Bettina Schwarzen
@bettinaschwarzen.bsky.social
21st June is #ShowYourStripes Day
Warming stripes credit: Professor Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), Get yours: https://showyourstripes.info
Warming stripes credit: Professor Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), Get yours: https://showyourstripes.info
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As I say here, this is not about saving the planet. The planet will be orbiting the sun long after we’re gone.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
World must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, UN says
The United Nations says the world needs a new way of thinking about environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet
abcnews.go.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As I say here, this is not about saving the planet. The planet will be orbiting the sun long after we’re gone.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
The question is, will there be a healthy, thriving human society on that planet? The answer to that question is very much up for grabs at this point.
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12. This is why I rail against it. There are things we can do now, which are not prevented by the legacy of those who lived a century ago, eg switching to a plant-based diet or swapping fossil fuels for renewables. Let’s grasp some simple arithmetic, stop shifting blame, and do what we can. 12/12
December 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
12. This is why I rail against it. There are things we can do now, which are not prevented by the legacy of those who lived a century ago, eg switching to a plant-based diet or swapping fossil fuels for renewables. Let’s grasp some simple arithmetic, stop shifting blame, and do what we can. 12/12
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11. It’s not just that people are wasting their time. "Population concern” also distracts people from things we *can* change. And, in many cases, transfers blame for the huge consumption impacts of wealthy people to Black and Brown people in poorer nations. At worst it’s straight-up racism. 11/12
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
11. It’s not just that people are wasting their time. "Population concern” also distracts people from things we *can* change. And, in many cases, transfers blame for the huge consumption impacts of wealthy people to Black and Brown people in poorer nations. At worst it’s straight-up racism. 11/12
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10. “Greenwwashed” is desperately clinging to an idea long after the evidence has departed. It includes a radical and comical misreading of my “private sufficiency, public luxury” idea. I’m not promoting this to raise the human population, but to *accommodate* it, today and in the future. 10/12
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
10. “Greenwwashed” is desperately clinging to an idea long after the evidence has departed. It includes a radical and comical misreading of my “private sufficiency, public luxury” idea. I’m not promoting this to raise the human population, but to *accommodate* it, today and in the future. 10/12
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Warum verwenden demokratische Parteien nicht diese Informationen über die AfD, über die Clans, die völkischen Siedler, die Betrügereien, die Russland-Connection etc. im Wahlkampf? Warum kann man das Ansehen der AfD damit nicht völlig zerstören?
December 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Warum verwenden demokratische Parteien nicht diese Informationen über die AfD, über die Clans, die völkischen Siedler, die Betrügereien, die Russland-Connection etc. im Wahlkampf? Warum kann man das Ansehen der AfD damit nicht völlig zerstören?
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Have you seen our compelling new short film? 'An Uninsurable Future?' shines a spotlight on the growing #insurance crisis already impacting people around the world. Watch now 👇
#ClimateMajority @climatemajority.bsky.social
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#ClimateMajority @climatemajority.bsky.social
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An uninsurable world isn’t a future idea. Climate risks are rising so fast that insurers are pulling back, leaving some regions nearly impossible to cover.
Watch our short film “An uninsurable future?” and join the conversation:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Yq...
Watch our short film “An uninsurable future?” and join the conversation:
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5Yq...
An Uninsurable Future? | Climate Majority Project
YouTube video by Climate Majority Project
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Have you seen our compelling new short film? 'An Uninsurable Future?' shines a spotlight on the growing #insurance crisis already impacting people around the world. Watch now 👇
#ClimateMajority @climatemajority.bsky.social
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#ClimateMajority @climatemajority.bsky.social
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It took us a while to determine what they were after, but we figured out that at least the first few rounds of them were trying to get control of large Facebook pages. I’m not sure what the latest iteration is after, but obviously it’s nothing good. 😵💫
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
It took us a while to determine what they were after, but we figured out that at least the first few rounds of them were trying to get control of large Facebook pages. I’m not sure what the latest iteration is after, but obviously it’s nothing good. 😵💫
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Wer Luxus will, soll auch mehr Steuern zahlen: Die Grünen haben die originelle Idee, grüne und soziale Fragen zu verbinden. Und führen die Koalition so vor.
Klimapolitik: Besserverdienende Businessflieger besteuern? Gute Idee!
Wer Luxus will, soll auch mehr Steuern zahlen: Die Grünen haben die originelle Idee, grüne und soziale Fragen zu verbinden. Und führen die Koalition so vor.
www.zeit.de
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Wer Luxus will, soll auch mehr Steuern zahlen: Die Grünen haben die originelle Idee, grüne und soziale Fragen zu verbinden. Und führen die Koalition so vor.
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Donald Trump und ein Pipeline-Milliardär versuchen, die amerikanische Umweltbewegung zu zerstören. Das erste Opfer, dem die Pleite droht: Greenpeace USA
Greenpeace USA: Jahr eins der Vergeltung
Donald Trump und ein Pipeline-Milliardär versuchen, die amerikanische Umweltbewegung zu zerstören. Das erste Opfer, dem die Pleite droht: Greenpeace USA
www.zeit.de
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Donald Trump und ein Pipeline-Milliardär versuchen, die amerikanische Umweltbewegung zu zerstören. Das erste Opfer, dem die Pleite droht: Greenpeace USA
Wenn wir nicht aufhören, mehr aus der Natur zu nehmen als nachwachsen kann, und ihr gleichzeitig immer mehr Raum zu nehmen, werden wir und unsere armen Nutztiere bald die einzigen Wirbeltiere auf der Erde sein. Nur noch 3% sind Wildtiere.
Take it from the Royal Society, and with a headline no one will quite register.
(spoiler: the mass extinction event we’re in and struggle to comprehend is already more advanced than we had thought.)
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
(spoiler: the mass extinction event we’re in and struggle to comprehend is already more advanced than we had thought.)
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Ongoing over-exploitation and delayed responses to environmental change highlight the urgency for action to promote vertebrate recoveries by 2030 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Scien...
To safeguard nature, we must understand the drivers of biodiversity loss. Time-delayed
biodiversity responses to environmental changes (ecological lags) are often absent
from models of biodiversity ch...
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wenn wir nicht aufhören, mehr aus der Natur zu nehmen als nachwachsen kann, und ihr gleichzeitig immer mehr Raum zu nehmen, werden wir und unsere armen Nutztiere bald die einzigen Wirbeltiere auf der Erde sein. Nur noch 3% sind Wildtiere.
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2023
"Without urgent action, including effective conservation interventions and promoting sustainable use, ambitious targets to stop declines by 2030 may already be slipping out of reach."
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
"Without urgent action, including effective conservation interventions and promoting sustainable use, ambitious targets to stop declines by 2030 may already be slipping out of reach."
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
2023
"Without urgent action, including effective conservation interventions and promoting sustainable use, ambitious targets to stop declines by 2030 may already be slipping out of reach."
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
"Without urgent action, including effective conservation interventions and promoting sustainable use, ambitious targets to stop declines by 2030 may already be slipping out of reach."
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Have a listen!
Bristles with energy and ideas, and ends with a lovely depiction of what hope is.
ecolecon.eu/new-podcast-...
Bristles with energy and ideas, and ends with a lovely depiction of what hope is.
ecolecon.eu/new-podcast-...
New podcast episode! An introduction to industrial ecology with Paul Behrens – ESEE
ecolecon.eu
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Have a listen!
Bristles with energy and ideas, and ends with a lovely depiction of what hope is.
ecolecon.eu/new-podcast-...
Bristles with energy and ideas, and ends with a lovely depiction of what hope is.
ecolecon.eu/new-podcast-...
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At the #nationalemergencybriefing we heard a disturbing summary of just how bad it could get if #climate inaction continues
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
At the #nationalemergencybriefing we heard a disturbing summary of just how bad it could get if #climate inaction continues
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
www.newscientist.com/article/2506...
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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This is a remarkable paper on the climate-induced heatwave death in Europe and how they will increase in a warming world.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Increasing risk of mass human heat mortality if historical weather patterns recur - Nature Climate Change
The authors couple calculations of historical heatwave intensity at present and future global temperatures with exposure–response functions to quantify mortality from extreme heat events in Europe. Th...
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is a remarkable paper on the climate-induced heatwave death in Europe and how they will increase in a warming world.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Do the ideas associated with Trumpism lead somewhere, or are they a dead end? Can they stand on their own, without a reality star to animate them?
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Does MAGA Have Ideas?
A new book traces the intellectual origins of Trumpism—straight into the void.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Do the ideas associated with Trumpism lead somewhere, or are they a dead end? Can they stand on their own, without a reality star to animate them?
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
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it would indeed seem that elites are capturing much of our politics
In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics
The group has spent nearly $5 billion on elections since 2015.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it would indeed seem that elites are capturing much of our politics
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Es gibt einen Crash, vor dem nur wenige warnen. Er hat mit Unwettern zu tun und ist so verheerend wie alle anderen. Der Ausgangspunkt liegt wieder in den USA.
Klimarisiken in der Finanzwirtschaft: Vom Feuersturm zur Finanzkrise
Es gibt einen Crash, vor dem nur wenige warnen. Er hat mit Unwettern zu tun und ist so verheerend wie alle anderen. Der Ausgangspunkt liegt wieder in den USA.
www.zeit.de
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Es gibt einen Crash, vor dem nur wenige warnen. Er hat mit Unwettern zu tun und ist so verheerend wie alle anderen. Der Ausgangspunkt liegt wieder in den USA.
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Amazon now produces more carbon emissions than it removes from the atmosphere, moving closer to a “tipping point” after which it will be impossible to save the world’s largest rainforest. “We need urgently to get to zero deforestation in all Brazilian biomes, especially the Amazon,”"
The Race to Save the Amazon: Top Brazilian Scientist Says Rainforest Is at “Tipping Point”
As we broadcast from the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, we are joined by one of Brazil’s most prominent scientists, Carlos Nobre, who says the Amazon now produces more carbon emissions than it...
www.democracynow.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Amazon now produces more carbon emissions than it removes from the atmosphere, moving closer to a “tipping point” after which it will be impossible to save the world’s largest rainforest. “We need urgently to get to zero deforestation in all Brazilian biomes, especially the Amazon,”"
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First electric cars and buses, now trucks: in the past we were often told that electric trucks would not be feasible.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
First electric cars and buses, now trucks: in the past we were often told that electric trucks would not be feasible.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
But the market is picking up speed and electric trucks have become a reality. Expectations are for significant market expansion in the coming years.
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#COP30
Dangerous #ClimateChange
Understanding the Threat
James Hansen, 24 Oct 2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
Dangerous #ClimateChange
Understanding the Threat
James Hansen, 24 Oct 2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#COP30
Dangerous #ClimateChange
Understanding the Threat
James Hansen, 24 Oct 2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
Dangerous #ClimateChange
Understanding the Threat
James Hansen, 24 Oct 2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1NGOp...
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Trump has been secretly working with Putin to create a stitch-up peace deal which they will try to force on Ukraine.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump has been secretly working with Putin to create a stitch-up peace deal which they will try to force on Ukraine.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.
As for Europe: “We don’t really care,” a senior official told Politico.