Gary K
@garygq.bsky.social
Complexity. Systems. Climate. Sustainability. Philosophy. Open-water swimming to keep sane. Based in GQ (Gqeberha) South Africa.
It’s not a post I can like. Our minister is canned so that my fellow citizens can captive breed lions and sell their bones. While he co-chairs at COP!
This portfolio drives our NDC’s, Climate Action Plans, oversees the PCC, EIA’s, SANParks, and biodiversity management plans. And our stand at CITES
This portfolio drives our NDC’s, Climate Action Plans, oversees the PCC, EIA’s, SANParks, and biodiversity management plans. And our stand at CITES
In a brief note, President Cyril Ramaphosa has accepted DA leader John Steenhuisen’s request to remove the key wildlife portfolio from Dion George.
Dion George axed, despite ‘doing my job without fear, favour or prejudice’
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
It’s not a post I can like. Our minister is canned so that my fellow citizens can captive breed lions and sell their bones. While he co-chairs at COP!
This portfolio drives our NDC’s, Climate Action Plans, oversees the PCC, EIA’s, SANParks, and biodiversity management plans. And our stand at CITES
This portfolio drives our NDC’s, Climate Action Plans, oversees the PCC, EIA’s, SANParks, and biodiversity management plans. And our stand at CITES
This isn’t “war”.
Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens reut.rs/3Ute6LP
Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens
It is one of the highest reported death tolls among repeated recent cases in which people have been killed while looking for aid.
reut.rs
July 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This isn’t “war”.
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Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens reut.rs/3Ute6LP
Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens
It is one of the highest reported death tolls among repeated recent cases in which people have been killed while looking for aid.
reut.rs
July 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Israeli fire kills 67 aid seekers in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens reut.rs/3Ute6LP
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It's impossible for me to look at this thread & not conclude that there is something fundamentally broken with the anglophone news media.
HOW IS THIS NOT NEWSWORTHY?!? 😱
"This is a human rights & planetary health imperative & ultimately a matter of survival"
#EndClimateSilence
HOW IS THIS NOT NEWSWORTHY?!? 😱
"This is a human rights & planetary health imperative & ultimately a matter of survival"
#EndClimateSilence
I'm starting a thread to keep track of what media coverage this "urgent message to world leaders" from #climate scientists receives.
If you see anything, please add it to this thread 🧵
If you see anything, please add it to this thread 🧵
Almost 200 of the delegates at this week's Global Tipping Points Conference in Exeter endorsed a statement calling for world leaders to take “immediate, unprecedented action” to prevent devastating #climate tipping points.
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...
July 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It's impossible for me to look at this thread & not conclude that there is something fundamentally broken with the anglophone news media.
HOW IS THIS NOT NEWSWORTHY?!? 😱
"This is a human rights & planetary health imperative & ultimately a matter of survival"
#EndClimateSilence
HOW IS THIS NOT NEWSWORTHY?!? 😱
"This is a human rights & planetary health imperative & ultimately a matter of survival"
#EndClimateSilence
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🧵 Just finished reading Upgrading Democracy by @pollycurtis.bsky.social at @demos-uk.bsky.social .
It’s a sharp, hopeful intervention in the face of democratic breakdown, and it aligns in profound ways with the epistemic collapse I’ve been tracking in my own work.
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
It’s a sharp, hopeful intervention in the face of democratic breakdown, and it aligns in profound ways with the epistemic collapse I’ve been tracking in my own work.
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
July 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🧵 Just finished reading Upgrading Democracy by @pollycurtis.bsky.social at @demos-uk.bsky.social .
It’s a sharp, hopeful intervention in the face of democratic breakdown, and it aligns in profound ways with the epistemic collapse I’ve been tracking in my own work.
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
It’s a sharp, hopeful intervention in the face of democratic breakdown, and it aligns in profound ways with the epistemic collapse I’ve been tracking in my own work.
demos.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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In case someone in Wal-Mart asks you, as of yesterday, global sea-ice extent is second lowest on record for the day.
June 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In case someone in Wal-Mart asks you, as of yesterday, global sea-ice extent is second lowest on record for the day.
No cool heads in the room.
June 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
No cool heads in the room.
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Led by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup, the world’s 65 biggest #banks committed a total of $869 billion in financing fossil fuel, and $429 billion in fossil fuel production and infrastructure expansion finance in 2024.
earth.org/worlds-large...
earth.org/worlds-large...
June 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Led by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup, the world’s 65 biggest #banks committed a total of $869 billion in financing fossil fuel, and $429 billion in fossil fuel production and infrastructure expansion finance in 2024.
earth.org/worlds-large...
earth.org/worlds-large...
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‼️UNBELIEVABLE
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
53 DEGREES ON AN ISLAND
52.6 Failaka Island KUWAIT
also 51.3 Bubyan Island
>50 Iran,Iraq,49C in Qatar and Oman etc..
Absolutely extraordinary and it's the appetizer of what's coming next week !
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
53 DEGREES ON AN ISLAND
52.6 Failaka Island KUWAIT
also 51.3 Bubyan Island
>50 Iran,Iraq,49C in Qatar and Oman etc..
Absolutely extraordinary and it's the appetizer of what's coming next week !
June 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
‼️UNBELIEVABLE
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
53 DEGREES ON AN ISLAND
52.6 Failaka Island KUWAIT
also 51.3 Bubyan Island
>50 Iran,Iraq,49C in Qatar and Oman etc..
Absolutely extraordinary and it's the appetizer of what's coming next week !
WORLD CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN
53 DEGREES ON AN ISLAND
52.6 Failaka Island KUWAIT
also 51.3 Bubyan Island
>50 Iran,Iraq,49C in Qatar and Oman etc..
Absolutely extraordinary and it's the appetizer of what's coming next week !
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Naamsa, the Automotive Business Council, announced on Monday that Auto Week 2025 will be held in Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay, from 1 to 3 October.
AUTO WEEK 2025: Automotive Business Council announces Gqeberha as host of 2025 SA Auto Week
www.dailymaverick.co.za
June 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Naamsa, the Automotive Business Council, announced on Monday that Auto Week 2025 will be held in Gqeberha, Nelson Mandela Bay, from 1 to 3 October.
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🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new monthly *record high* in May 2025 - 430.51 ppm (seasonal maximum)
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
June 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🚨 Carbon dioxide (CO₂) levels set a new monthly *record high* in May 2025 - 430.51 ppm (seasonal maximum)
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
This is the second largest May-May increase in this dataset (3.6 ppm higher than 2024). This is not good... 🫣
Data from gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
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Confirmed: the May average of atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa was 430.5 ppm, first time above 430 ppm in 15 million years, and a big jump from a year ago, again: +3.6 ppm!
Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction.
Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction.
June 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Confirmed: the May average of atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa was 430.5 ppm, first time above 430 ppm in 15 million years, and a big jump from a year ago, again: +3.6 ppm!
Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction.
Overall, we're still speeding in the wrong direction.
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Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat.
People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.
People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.
May 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat.
People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.
People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.
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CO2 emissions from China are down 1.6% for Q1 2025 and 1% for the past 12 months. The greater deployment of renewables relative to fossil fuels appears to be starting to cut into emissions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
May 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
CO2 emissions from China are down 1.6% for Q1 2025 and 1% for the past 12 months. The greater deployment of renewables relative to fossil fuels appears to be starting to cut into emissions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋 www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
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Calling all US meteorologists and climate scientists! Starting May 28th, we will be holding a marathon livestream to share our work with the public and show why the services we provide should not be cut. Learn more & sign up to speak here (and please share!)
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
wcstreamathon.netlify.app
May 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Calling all US meteorologists and climate scientists! Starting May 28th, we will be holding a marathon livestream to share our work with the public and show why the services we provide should not be cut. Learn more & sign up to speak here (and please share!)
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NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.
NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU
May 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.
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Good morning with good news: Wind & solar set two new global records in March 2025.
1. W&S generated 18.86% of world's electricity, a record high share!
2. W&S generation set a monthly record of 471 TWh in March 2025!
That's up ~18% since March 2024 and ~145% since March 2019.
#energysky
1. W&S generated 18.86% of world's electricity, a record high share!
2. W&S generation set a monthly record of 471 TWh in March 2025!
That's up ~18% since March 2024 and ~145% since March 2019.
#energysky
May 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Good morning with good news: Wind & solar set two new global records in March 2025.
1. W&S generated 18.86% of world's electricity, a record high share!
2. W&S generation set a monthly record of 471 TWh in March 2025!
That's up ~18% since March 2024 and ~145% since March 2019.
#energysky
1. W&S generated 18.86% of world's electricity, a record high share!
2. W&S generation set a monthly record of 471 TWh in March 2025!
That's up ~18% since March 2024 and ~145% since March 2019.
#energysky
The conspiracy theory about chemtrails fascinates.
How conspiracy must abandon physics & practical know-how for it to fly
Currently we know about the aerosol tech & practicality of crop-dusting, cloud-seeding & stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI)
We know about the physics of vapour/contrails.
How conspiracy must abandon physics & practical know-how for it to fly
Currently we know about the aerosol tech & practicality of crop-dusting, cloud-seeding & stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI)
We know about the physics of vapour/contrails.
May 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The conspiracy theory about chemtrails fascinates.
How conspiracy must abandon physics & practical know-how for it to fly
Currently we know about the aerosol tech & practicality of crop-dusting, cloud-seeding & stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI)
We know about the physics of vapour/contrails.
How conspiracy must abandon physics & practical know-how for it to fly
Currently we know about the aerosol tech & practicality of crop-dusting, cloud-seeding & stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI)
We know about the physics of vapour/contrails.
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Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’ #Climate
Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’
Exclusive: Andrew Bowie calls climate scientists biased and says country should not be ‘hamstrung by arbitrary targets’
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Tory shadow energy minister claims 2050 net zero goal ‘not based on science’ #Climate
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In the 1980s, the US experienced one billion-plus dollar extreme weather disaster on average every 4 months.
Today? There’s one every 2 weeks, and 9 in 10 Americans say they’ve felt the impacts.
Clearly, this is the record to cut—if you don’t want to show how climate change is hitting home.
Today? There’s one every 2 weeks, and 9 in 10 Americans say they’ve felt the impacts.
Clearly, this is the record to cut—if you don’t want to show how climate change is hitting home.
May 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In the 1980s, the US experienced one billion-plus dollar extreme weather disaster on average every 4 months.
Today? There’s one every 2 weeks, and 9 in 10 Americans say they’ve felt the impacts.
Clearly, this is the record to cut—if you don’t want to show how climate change is hitting home.
Today? There’s one every 2 weeks, and 9 in 10 Americans say they’ve felt the impacts.
Clearly, this is the record to cut—if you don’t want to show how climate change is hitting home.
A few months before COP 30 where ramping up of NDC’s is meant to happen in Brazil, Sir Tony Blair’s think tank releases it’s “the Climate Paradox”
It’s a careful & clever reframing of some obvious truths in favour a “rational”, “realistic” & “workable” solution. institute.global/insights/cli...
It’s a careful & clever reframing of some obvious truths in favour a “rational”, “realistic” & “workable” solution. institute.global/insights/cli...
The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change
The Climate Paradox: Why We Need to Reset Action on Climate Change
institute.global
April 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A few months before COP 30 where ramping up of NDC’s is meant to happen in Brazil, Sir Tony Blair’s think tank releases it’s “the Climate Paradox”
It’s a careful & clever reframing of some obvious truths in favour a “rational”, “realistic” & “workable” solution. institute.global/insights/cli...
It’s a careful & clever reframing of some obvious truths in favour a “rational”, “realistic” & “workable” solution. institute.global/insights/cli...
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BREAKING: The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
UN food agency says its foods stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel's blockade
The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
bit.ly
April 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: The World Food Program says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s nearly 8-week-old blockade, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the territory.
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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
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More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record #Climate
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record #Climate