TG42Birder🇵🇸
@tg42birder.bsky.social
Low-carbon living & birding in TG42, East Norfolk. Patch 328, finds 302, patch finds 287 (latest PGP). Flight-free for 18 years 😁
https://tg42lowcarbonbirding.wixsite.com/tg42
Hardcore will never die, but you will.
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Hardcore will never die, but you will.
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@tg42birder.bsky.social
· Dec 4
"[A]mongst those of us privileged enough to fly, and make decisions about energy policy that will impact others more than ourselves, we appear oblivious to the catastrophe we are seemingly complicit in. Cognitive dissonance or a deliberate attempt to maintain privilege and global inequalities?"
"what I find most disturbing is that the use of aviation remains typically unquestioned, placing increasing pressure on other industries to move more quickly, despite its dominant use by a privileged minority." - Prof. @aliceclimate.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Charts like this paint an overly optimistic picture
Many countries are off track for delivery & are unlikely to fully implement their current policy targets without greater action
E.g UKs Climate Change Commitee asseses that there is insufficient implementation to meet 40%of our emissions target!
Many countries are off track for delivery & are unlikely to fully implement their current policy targets without greater action
E.g UKs Climate Change Commitee asseses that there is insufficient implementation to meet 40%of our emissions target!
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Charts like this paint an overly optimistic picture
Many countries are off track for delivery & are unlikely to fully implement their current policy targets without greater action
E.g UKs Climate Change Commitee asseses that there is insufficient implementation to meet 40%of our emissions target!
Many countries are off track for delivery & are unlikely to fully implement their current policy targets without greater action
E.g UKs Climate Change Commitee asseses that there is insufficient implementation to meet 40%of our emissions target!
A mate who lives at one of my fave birding spots in the village told me his son has lost two cars to the floods in Swansea at the weekend.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A mate who lives at one of my fave birding spots in the village told me his son has lost two cars to the floods in Swansea at the weekend.
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Amidst all the obfuscation, the misplaced hope and the delusional thinking around COP30, there are still people who distill reality into a pithy nugget of truth.
Like James does here:
Like James does here:
What we can say right now is the 50% budget for 1.5°C is nearly gone while emissions are at all-time high. Warming will soon exceed 1.5°C & then some. Any prospect for warming around 2°C needs immediate start of fossil fuel phase out. Much of the 'analysis' beyond this point is speculation & bull💩
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Amidst all the obfuscation, the misplaced hope and the delusional thinking around COP30, there are still people who distill reality into a pithy nugget of truth.
Like James does here:
Like James does here:
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The fact that two tier Keir likes low taxes for billionaires and very high taxes for nurses and police officers and wants refugee assets to be confiscated to pay for the billionaire tax cuts (billionaires who are proven friends of Jeffrey Epstein) and you can see that Keir Starmer is rather evil.
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The fact that two tier Keir likes low taxes for billionaires and very high taxes for nurses and police officers and wants refugee assets to be confiscated to pay for the billionaire tax cuts (billionaires who are proven friends of Jeffrey Epstein) and you can see that Keir Starmer is rather evil.
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I, like everyone else not born yesterday, knew Starmer was going to be a disaster, but watching his party throw refugees under the Farage-branded bus in a desperate attempt to attract his supporters is horrendous.
And to make things worse, it's a politically inept move as well.
And to make things worse, it's a politically inept move as well.
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I, like everyone else not born yesterday, knew Starmer was going to be a disaster, but watching his party throw refugees under the Farage-branded bus in a desperate attempt to attract his supporters is horrendous.
And to make things worse, it's a politically inept move as well.
And to make things worse, it's a politically inept move as well.
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I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Humanity has pushed Earth’s life-supporting systems to the brink, accelerated by our
failures over the past decade. Our only way to limit the duration and magnitude of
temperature overshoot is rapid, ...
www.cell.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
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Since Trump’s ‘ceasefire’, Israel killed 900 Palestinians in Gaza. In the West Bank, 691 Palestinians were kidnapped during 1,503 invasions. If the victims had been Israelis, the Western media would have been (rightly) protesting these pogroms. Now? A guilty silence prevails...
Yanis Varoufakis on X: "Since Trump’s ‘ceasefire’, Israel killed 900 Palestinians in Gaza. In the West Bank, 691 Palestinians were kidnapped during 1,503 invasions. If the victims had been Israelis, the Western media would have been (rightly) protesting these pogroms. Now? A guilty silence prevails..." / X
Since Trump’s ‘ceasefire’, Israel killed 900 Palestinians in Gaza. In the West Bank, 691 Palestinians were kidnapped during 1,503 invasions. If the victims had been Israelis, the Western media would have been (rightly) protesting these pogroms. Now? A guilty silence prevails...
x.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Since Trump’s ‘ceasefire’, Israel killed 900 Palestinians in Gaza. In the West Bank, 691 Palestinians were kidnapped during 1,503 invasions. If the victims had been Israelis, the Western media would have been (rightly) protesting these pogroms. Now? A guilty silence prevails...
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What a time to be alive.
November 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
What a time to be alive.
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Ignoring the tropics because of El Niño/La Niña, the past 12 months show record Sea Surface Temperatures for both hemispheres.
And the acceleration of warming over the Northern Hemisphere is painfully obvious:
And the acceleration of warming over the Northern Hemisphere is painfully obvious:
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ignoring the tropics because of El Niño/La Niña, the past 12 months show record Sea Surface Temperatures for both hemispheres.
And the acceleration of warming over the Northern Hemisphere is painfully obvious:
And the acceleration of warming over the Northern Hemisphere is painfully obvious:
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"LET THE MOBILE HOMES INTO GAZA!!!!
There are thousands of them waiting at the border! They’ve been there for a year!! Why? Why must people who have already lost everything be denied even a roof?" #Gaza
There are thousands of them waiting at the border! They’ve been there for a year!! Why? Why must people who have already lost everything be denied even a roof?" #Gaza
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"LET THE MOBILE HOMES INTO GAZA!!!!
There are thousands of them waiting at the border! They’ve been there for a year!! Why? Why must people who have already lost everything be denied even a roof?" #Gaza
There are thousands of them waiting at the border! They’ve been there for a year!! Why? Why must people who have already lost everything be denied even a roof?" #Gaza
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"Unfortunately, the 'good' models, the more realistic ones, are the ones where the AMOC weakens most... even for an intermediate emissions scenario, the probability of shutting down the AMOC is way above 50%... we will probably pass the point of no return for an AMOC shutdown in the next 10-20yrs" 😱
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Unfortunately, the 'good' models, the more realistic ones, are the ones where the AMOC weakens most... even for an intermediate emissions scenario, the probability of shutting down the AMOC is way above 50%... we will probably pass the point of no return for an AMOC shutdown in the next 10-20yrs" 😱
You may have wondered if flooding is not reported as much as it was a few years ago. It isn’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
You may have wondered if flooding is not reported as much as it was a few years ago. It isn’t.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Climate change is already making it dangerous to work outdoors and in factories in India — and we’re not even st 1.5C yet.
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Climate change is already making it dangerous to work outdoors and in factories in India — and we’re not even st 1.5C yet.
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
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Four years on since the pledge by 120 nations (but NOT the big methane emitting ones) to slash methane emissions, next to nothing has happened
Like all pledges and promises made at the climate COPs, it is all but worthless
Don't hold your breath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Like all pledges and promises made at the climate COPs, it is all but worthless
Don't hold your breath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Four years on since the pledge by 120 nations (but NOT the big methane emitting ones) to slash methane emissions, next to nothing has happened
Like all pledges and promises made at the climate COPs, it is all but worthless
Don't hold your breath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Like all pledges and promises made at the climate COPs, it is all but worthless
Don't hold your breath
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Shameful and outrageous
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
Former UN special rapporteur Richard Falk interrogated for hours in Canada
Falk, who has investigated Israeli abuses, says questioning reflects push to silence truth of Israel's war on Gaza.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Shameful and outrageous
Another one for the execrable and embarrassingly timid BBC Verify to ignore. 🤣🤷♂️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=plJQ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=plJQ...
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? | AJ #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
m.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Another one for the execrable and embarrassingly timid BBC Verify to ignore. 🤣🤷♂️
m.youtube.com/watch?v=plJQ...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=plJQ...
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"India is getting hotter, faster."
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"India is getting hotter, faster."
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
Since the first COP, atmospheric CO2 has continued to increase.
Global levels reached a new record of 422.8 ppm in 2024.
The rate of CO2 growth has accelerated from 0.8 ppm/year in 1960s to 2.4 ppm/year btw 2011-2020, & a record increase of 3.5 ppm between 2023-2024.
Temps are now accelerating.🙄
Global levels reached a new record of 422.8 ppm in 2024.
The rate of CO2 growth has accelerated from 0.8 ppm/year in 1960s to 2.4 ppm/year btw 2011-2020, & a record increase of 3.5 ppm between 2023-2024.
Temps are now accelerating.🙄
November 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Since the first COP, atmospheric CO2 has continued to increase.
Global levels reached a new record of 422.8 ppm in 2024.
The rate of CO2 growth has accelerated from 0.8 ppm/year in 1960s to 2.4 ppm/year btw 2011-2020, & a record increase of 3.5 ppm between 2023-2024.
Temps are now accelerating.🙄
Global levels reached a new record of 422.8 ppm in 2024.
The rate of CO2 growth has accelerated from 0.8 ppm/year in 1960s to 2.4 ppm/year btw 2011-2020, & a record increase of 3.5 ppm between 2023-2024.
Temps are now accelerating.🙄
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A request to scientists who say 1.5C is possible with CDR: please mention CDR assumptions in gigatonnes. Because my mind reads it as 1.5C possible with another impossibility
November 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A request to scientists who say 1.5C is possible with CDR: please mention CDR assumptions in gigatonnes. Because my mind reads it as 1.5C possible with another impossibility
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Another year, another Welsh town devastated by flooding.
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Another year, another Welsh town devastated by flooding.
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
We're tragically unprepared for the dramatic changes to our #climate & urgently need to invest in adaptation.
The longer we continue to burn fossil fuels the worse the impacts will become.
#Cymru 🏴 #Wales
#Claudia
#ClimateEmergency
Storm Claudia, UK today.
Wake up and smell the floodwater…
Wake up and smell the floodwater…
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Storm Claudia, UK today.
Wake up and smell the floodwater…
Wake up and smell the floodwater…
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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Another dataset confirms that last month was the warmest October on record in the #Arctic. The previous record was 2024. This is already a month with a very large increasing temperature trend (i.e., Arctic amplification). Not good.
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Another dataset confirms that last month was the warmest October on record in the #Arctic. The previous record was 2024. This is already a month with a very large increasing temperature trend (i.e., Arctic amplification). Not good.
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
Data from NASA/GISS GISTEMPv4 (data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/).
One of the more entertaining messages of the autumn. From Phil Heath concerning a local Dusky Warbler
Transcribed audio.
No idea who Melanie is. 🤷♂️😁
#Norfolkbirding
Transcribed audio.
No idea who Melanie is. 🤷♂️😁
#Norfolkbirding
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One of the more entertaining messages of the autumn. From Phil Heath concerning a local Dusky Warbler
Transcribed audio.
No idea who Melanie is. 🤷♂️😁
#Norfolkbirding
Transcribed audio.
No idea who Melanie is. 🤷♂️😁
#Norfolkbirding