I speak about climate futures, mitigation and adaptation in the face of the climate crisis. 🇿🇦
I am a huge fan of ephemeral social media, so my posts delete after 60 days. Content that I want around longer will be on my blog.
https://peterdutoit.com ..
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I speak about climate futures, mitigation and adaptation in the face of the climate crisis. 🇿🇦
I am a huge fan of ephemeral social media, so my posts delete after 60 days. Content that I want around longer will be on my blog.
https://peterdutoit.com
du Toit is an Afrikaans surname of French origin, originally from François du Toit, a Huguenot who moved to South Africa in 1686. It translates as "of the roof". People with the surname include:Alexander du Toit (1878–1948), South African geologist Anri du Toit aka Yolandi Visser, South African musician Braam du Toit, South African composer Christiaan du Toit (1901–1982), South African military commander Daniel du Toit (1871–1959), South African astronomer Dirk du Toit (1943–2009), South African politician Elize du Toit, South African born, British actress Flooi du Toit (1869–1909), South African cricketer Francois Jacobus du Toit (1897–1961), South African journalist and economist Gaffie du Toit, South African rugby union Jacob Daniël du Toit, South African poet and translator Jané du Toit, Namibian rugby union footballer Lydia Lindeque (1916–1997), South African actor Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer Nick du Toit, South African arms dealer Paul du Toit (1965–2014), South African artist Pieter-Steph du Toit, South African rugby union player Rachel Alida du Toit (1916–1997), South African actor Sarel Petrus du Toit (1864–1930), Second Boer War Boer general Simoné du Toit, South African shot putter Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (1847–1911), South African Afrikaans language pioneer Wikus du Toit, South African actor .. more
"Since atmospheric GHGs [which increased by +2.3% in 2024] drive global warming, [this is] ultimately the metric that matters for meeting the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement."
Unless these decline we are on a steady march to hell
#ClimateCrisis
There is at least 3 more years of this ahead if not more. Be informed.
Reference is made to the Anti-Autocracy Handbook see zenodo.org/records/1569...
Read it!
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There wasn’t. No one noticed because, thanks to the algorithm, no one was seeing our stuff there anymore anyway.
This is already playing out in real-time in December 2025.
Floods in KZN (iol.co.za/news/south...)
Drought in the WC (peterdutoit.com/knys...)
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This leads to permanent loss.
We see this playing out everywhere.
news.un.org/en/story...
#ClimateCrisis
Reposted by Stefan Rahmstorf, Du Toit
Paper by Arnell et al.: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Article: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"At least a moderate El Nino beginning in 2026 leads us to the projection in Fig. 5, with global temperature reaching a minimum at or above +1.4°C within several months and then rising to a record global temperature of about +1.7°C in 2027."
Source: www.columbia.edu/~je...
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China solidifying its position as the world’s first electrostate. I am sure they cannot believe their good fortune.
Absolutely no one should be surprised by this.
77,303,573 Americans voted for this.
Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Shannon Vallor, Paul Glasziou , and 20 more Timothy Snyder, Shannon Vallor, Paul Glasziou, Joe R. Feagin, Brigitte Nerlich, A. E. Dessler, Du Toit, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Patrick A. Jansen, Jason Stajich, Robert W. Wallace, Simon J. Greenhill, Tom Shakespeare, David Johnson, Dawn J. Wright, Alan Richardson, Jacob T. Levy, Tom Griffin, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Brian Keegan, Georg Weizsäcker, Tim Stephens, Aviel Roshwald
Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, A. E. Dessler, Brendan Nyhan , and 19 more Rebecca Solnit, A. E. Dessler, Brendan Nyhan, Du Toit, Wim Thiery, Jesse H. Kroll, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Julie L. Lockwood, Elena Litchman, Scott L. Greer, Robert W. Wallace, Alan de Brauw, Michael A. Clemens, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Kate Starbird, Leah Stokes, Nathan Richardson, Hisham Zerriffi, Aviel Roshwald, Carlos Carroll, Beth Tellman, Susanne Lachmuth
Extreme precipitation willl become more frequent putting people living near seasonal rivers at great risk.
We need robust early warning systems for people living near rivers!
youtu.be/93K0ZyfTUPs
#ClimateLiteracy
Reposted by John Kennedy, Peter Thorne, Du Toit
Blog: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/new-estima...
Paper by Morice et al.: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
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The package will help determine the future of automotive production in Europe – and whether the continent can scale its own battery supply chain.
Here’s what to watch out for 🧵👇
“After the objections of the U.S. official, as well as some from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Russia and other oil and gas producing nations, the summary for policymakers language was dropped entirely rather than renegotiated.”
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Through spekboom planting, the Thicket Restoration Flagship aims to restore 800,000 hectares of thicket.
Learn more about this #GenerationRestoration effort:
https://ow.ly/k50A50XIGsh
This from South Africa as we pass through ~1.5°C
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But the Old World is quietly doing a much better job of building a liveable tomorrow than the USA.
Just ask Finland, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Portugal.
"La Niña is favored to continue for the next month or two, with a transition to ENSO-neutral most likely in January-March 2026 (68% chance)
Full details: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.go...
www.edubloxtutor.com/education-un...
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Here's another blowdown at the Energy Transfer Compressor Station 176.
In all my years for documenting pollution I can honestly say that in my opinion Energy Transfer is the worst.
youtu.be/gJl4TU5WecY?...
"The [current] La Niña-like conditions will rapidly weaken until the end of winter. Therefore, it is more likely (80%) that ENSO-neutral conditions will persist until the boreal spring."
Full outlook text: ds.data.jma.go.jp/tc...