#1.5 degrees

[reasonsforhope]

"A global shift to a mostly plant-based “flexitarian” diet could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help restrict global heating to 1.5C, a new study shows.

Previous research has warned how emissions from food alone at current rates will propel the world past this key international target.

But the new research, published in the Science Advances journal, shows how that could be prevented by widespread adoption of a flexitarian diet based around reducing meat consumption and adding more plant-based food.

“A shift toward healthy diets would not only benefit the people, the land and food systems,” said Florian Humpenöder, a study author and senior scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, “but also would have an impact on the total economy in terms of how fast emissions need to be reduced.” ...

The researchers found that adopting a flexitarian diet could lower methane and nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture and lower the impacts of food production on water, nitrogen and biodiversity. This in turn could reduce the economic costs related to human health and ecosystem degradation and cut GHG emissions pricing, or what it costs to mitigate carbon, by 43% in 2050.

The dietary shift models also show limiting peak warming to about 1.5C can be achieved by 2045 with less carbon dioxide removal, compared with if we maintain our current diets.

“It’s important to stress that flexitarian is not vegetarian and not vegan,” Humpenöder says. “It’s less livestock products, especially in high-income regions, and the diet is based on what would be the best diet for human health.”

In the US, agriculture accounts for more than 10% of total GHG emissions. Most of it comes from livestock. Reducing meat consumption can free up agricultural land used for livestock production, which in turn can lower methane emissions. A potent greenhouse gas, methane is mainly expelled from cows and other animals raised for livestock. Animal production is the primary contributor to air quality-related health impacts from US food systems.

“This paper further confirms what other studies have shown, which is that if we change our diets to a more flexitarian type, we can greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” said Jason Hill, a professor in the University of Minnesota’s department of bioproducts and biosystems engineering.

According to the study authors, one way to achieve a shift toward healthier diets is through price-based incentives, such as putting taxes on the highest-emitting animal products, including beef and lamb. Another option is informing consumers about environmental consequences of high meat consumption."

-via The Guardian, March 27, 2024

#flexitarian #vegetarian #vegan #environment #environmental news #agriculture #big agriculture #beef #methane #air pollution #greenhouse gasses #carbon emissions #1.5 degrees #climate action #climate hope #good news #hope #food #food systems

[feckcops]

World likely to breach 1.5C climate threshold by 2027, scientists warn

“The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years, and temperatures are likely to rise by more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have warned.

“The breaching of the crucial 1.5C threshold, which scientists have warned could have dire consequences, should be only temporary, according to research from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

“However, it would represent a marked acceleration of human impacts on the global climate system, and send the world into ‘uncharted territory’, the UN agency warned.

“Countries have pledged, under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, to try to hold global temperatures to no higher than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, after scientific advice that heating beyond that level would unleash a cascade of increasingly catastrophic and potentially irreversible impacts.”

#1.5 degrees #united nations #un #climate crisis #climate breakdown #climate change #emissions #tipping points #climate #antonio guterres

[kp777]

The next few days could be the world’s last chance of keeping global heating within safe limits, nations meeting for the Cop28 UN climate summit have been told. With talks in Dubai now entering their final phase, the world’s governments are still far apart on the central question of whether to phase out fossil fuels.

Read more.

#cop28 #fossil fuels #1.5 degrees

[brunelsblog]

Knew this year was set to be record heat yet again but 18°C Feburary Indiana. People have no idea how much worse this year can and is going to get.

#climate change #ipcc #1.5 degrees #environmental justice #global warming #climate emergency #climate crisis

[genesissane]

2023 (from provisional data) was UK's second hottest year on record

Provisional data from the Met Office shows that 2023 was the UK's second hottest year on record, only an average of 0.06C cooler than 2022 which is the current hottest year.

For Northern Ireland and Wales, 2023 was the hottest year on record.

In 2023, the UK had the hottest June and September on record. Average rainfall was up by 11%.

Current predictions are that 2024 will be hotter still with the El Nino event likely to continue at least through the first have of the year and it is expected that the Copernicus Climate Change Service will announce that 2023 was the hottest year globally since records began.

2024 may see the temperatures breaching the 1.5C warming threshold which the 2015 Paris agreement aimed to limit warming to.

#climate change #1.5 degrees #2023 second hottest year #global warmning #uk temperatures

[intersection-of-art-and-science]

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS.

Please sign the petition if you can!!

(Here’s the link to Alaina’s linktree which provides additional links to other important causes.)

#no more cop outs #Alaina Wood #COP28 #climate change #polluter pays principle #science #ecology #environmental science #nature #fossil fuels #fossil fuel lobbyists #1.5 degrees #2 degrees #UN climate conference #hottest hear in record #carbon dioxide #eco anxiety #eco activism

[dijetemjeseca]

#july 2023 #365project #myupload #1.5 degrees #kunsthalle #mannheim #germany #art #exibition #art gallery #instalation

[haute-lifestyle-com]

President Biden, who will be attending the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, reiterated the U.S. backing of Sweden's membership into the intergovernmental military alliance, which has confronted challenges from Turkey who believe that Sweden harbors terror organizations.

#janet walker #haute-lifestyle.com #the-entertainment-zone.com #beltway insider #washinton #scotus #roe vs. wade #abortion rights #yusef salaam #alzheimers #extreme heat #1.5 degrees #climate change

[prose2passion]

this dates from 19 May 2023 but I missed it then.

#science #climate catastrophe #1.5 degrees #environment

[greenfue]

Mahmoud Mohieldin:1% for 1.5C .. can power green finance

When it comes to tackling the climate crisis, the world has reached a perilous juncture. But as global finance and development leaders gather for the World Bank/IMF spring meetings in Washington D.C. this week, it may have also arrived at a new moment of opportunity. Today, poorer nations pay the highest human cost of climate change. They also pay the highest price for capital to shield…

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#1.5 degrees #1.5C #cop27 #Mahmoud Mohieldin #Multilateral Development Banks #power green finance #the World Bank

[mater-earth]

Last Call For Climate Action

Ever wondered why 1.5° is so important? 🤔 Despite commitments, there is a growing gap between ambition and action with sufficient GHG emission reductions to limit the worst consequences. Climate impacts are already widespread, rapid, and intensifying across all regions of the world. And the need for — and cost of — climate adaptation will only grow along GHG emissions and global temperatures. 

The infographic below shows the importance of 1.5° and how policymakers can help close the gap 👇

via @UN Environment Programme - infographic here

#environment #climatechange #climate #climate change #1.5 degrees #globalwarming #emissions #adaptation gap #biodiversity #conservation

[almondemotion]

Thermostatic analysis

How cold is cold? Thermoregulation for dummies.

It is seven degrees inside my house. This morning the car registered minus four. In the lake we were advised by the keeper of temperatures the water was four or thereabouts. Afterwards, the neoprene of my bootees having temporarily stuck to the frozen ground, pain shot through my fingers as blood and sensation returned. When the planet reaches 1.5 degrees of warming all hell will break…

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#1.5 degrees #climate #climate crisis #Cold #Manvers

[onekindredspirit]

*Make Way for the Sea* Cyanotypes & Original Images - One Kindred Spirit (+1.5 degrees)

#cyanotypes #ocean #sea #original photography #+1.5 degrees #copout28 #pinhole photography #analog photography #darkroom #alternative processes #photographers on tumblr

[kp777]

Excerpt:

James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist credited for alerting the world to the dangers of climate change in the 1980s, said that global heating caused by the burning of fossil fuels, amplified by the naturally reoccurring El Niño climatic event, will by May push temperatures to as much as 1.7C (3F) above the average experienced before industrialization.

#climate crisis #1.5 degrees

[oltammefru]

Very amused by this Kal'tsit from the new arknights song that looks very young. Like this catgirl looks like she's in her 20s to me in this.

#arknights #kal'tsit #kal'tsit arknights #i use new here sort of loosely since it's been out for like 1.5 weeks now. #i sort of hc that kal'tsit can control how old she looks to some degree. #this catgirl can look anywhere from 20 to 70 years old.

[imaginethat0327]

Hey y’all - I am having a bit of A Time right now where stress and weird emotions are ruining my day 😬 this has been going on and off for a few days now and I’m at my wits end and have no clue what’s going on. Was hoping I could snag a few quick words of encouragement from anybody who’s up for it? I’m trying to figure out my work schedule so I can actually have a day off (pretty sure I stressed myself into getting sick the other day from the constant work) and everything feels so freaking overwhelming and I kinda just want to curl up into a ball and cry. But I know you all are amazing and always make me smile, so… yeah. A few virtual hugs?? Please?? Sorry to ask!! -Imagine

#Honestly just a few words would be nice #I love my family but they definitely are on the more “tough love” side of the spectrum #Sometimes I just need someone to tell me that things are going to be okay 😭 #And that I won’t fail finding an internship and lose my degree that I am trying to get 1.5 years earlier than most other people my age #And that I won’t absolutely disappoint everyone in my family and around me by not being able to handle the constant working #I’m so freaking tired all the time 😭