The Climate Crisis Post 18
By Anders C. Sørby
- 4 minutes read - 698 wordsThe climate crisis is humanity’s greatest challenge to date. At the same time, we are very little aware of how massive and catastrophic it is. Climate activists are trying to break through the greenwashing and communicate what the scientists say is absolutely necessary to be able to cope with the climate crisis. They are met with censorship, persecution and denial instead.
There are extreme amounts of fossil energy that must be replaced or removed from society if we are to manage to adapt. At the same time, we have an economic system that depends on consumption growth and perpetual growth. It doesn’t work anymore. We need a new economic system that aims to use resources as efficiently as possible while meeting basic needs, providing us with welfare and protecting the environment.
Climate
Conservative mayor in Trondheim is in favor of the non-proliferation agreement for fossil energy https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/mQ7V9g/her-sier-hoeyre-ordfoereren-ja-til-kuttplan-for-olje-og-gass
Are we damned? How do we deal with climate anxiety? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00790-6
The story of “Climategate” and climate denial campaigns https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2019/nov/09/climategate-10-years-on-what-lessons-have-we-learned
A German village shows the cancer risk of burning wood https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/22/how-one-german-village-exemplifies-the-cancer-risk-from-wood-burning
The translated disaster. A man-made famine disaster is now unfolding in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. At the same time, several countries are cutting financial support to the region. https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2024-03-25/den-oversette-katastrofen
New fossil fuel projects in the US put the entire Paris Agreement at risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/oil-and-gas-fossil-fuels-report
Meta censored a newspaper that accused Meta of censoring and suppressing articles about the climate crisis https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/05/tech/meta-nonprofit-newspaper-independent-journalist-alleged-censorship/index.html
A new collective study of climate denial https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-339
What can we learn from the effect of climate news on climate policy? https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297644
Facebook is failing the planet and local media matters more https://kansasreflector.com/2024/04/04/when-facebook-fails-local-media-matters-even-more-for-our-planets-future/
Development
Fossil energy sabotages all sustainability goals https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/climate-change-undermines-nearly-all-sustainable-development-goals https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/01/fossil-fuel-addiction-sabotaging-every-sustainable-development-goal-report
Extreme weather
Rio de Janeiro has a severe heat wave https://en.mercopress.com/2024/03/18/rio-de-janeiro-under-unprecedented-heat-wave
Dangerous humid heat wave in West Africa. https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/dangerous-humid-heat-in-southern-west-africa-about-4c-hotter-due-to-climate-change/
Law
Oil companies may be sued for climate crisis murder in the US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/21/fossil-fuel-companies-homicide-climate-deaths-lawsuit
Dependence on fossil fuels sabotages sustainable development https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/01/fossil-fuel-addiction-sabotaging-every-sustainable-development-goal-report
The EU criminalises Ecocide https://www.stopecocide.earth/2024/eu-council-votes-to-criminalise-cases-comparable-to-ecocide
Read about the persecution of the eco-lawyer Steven Donziger in the USA https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/04/usa-steven-donzigers-release/
Nature
Only one in ten wants more cabins and farming at the expense of nature https://www.nrk.no/dokumentar/berre-ein-av-ti-onsker-meir-hytter-og-opdrett-pa-kostnad-av-naturen-1.16799587
AP’s nature contribution can slow down decommissioning https://www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-analyse/debatt/aps-naturbidrag-kan-bremse-nedbygging
The deforestation of the Amazon is destroying the culture that preserved it https://nautil.us/deforesting-the-amazon-is-uprooting-the-ancient-practices-that-preserved-it-536894/
Psychology
How to talk about the climate crisis and the problem of doomsday thinking. https://www.resilience.org/stories/2024-03-19/how-to-talk-about-climate-change-and-the-problem-with-doomerism/
Food production
Increased land productivity in food production is the key to stopping hunger and https://ourworldindata.org/agricultural-productivity-crucial
Is cheese an overlooked climate culprit? https://www.forskning.no/klima-mat-mat-og-helse/er-ost-en-oversett-klimasynder/2344101
Research
Study of the effectiveness and support of climate activism with civil disobedience https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-023-00096-9
Global study of climate activism https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01925-3
Relationship between estimated infant mortality and number of births in Bangladesh https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-02640-2
Greenwashing
Costa Rica’s president wants to use Norway to greenwash the new gas industry https://filternyheter.no/costa-ricas-president-will-use-norway-to-a-greenwash-new-gas-industry/
Environmental group sues oil company i https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/environmental-group-files-suit-against-fortisbc-alleging-greenwashing-in-advertising
Energy
Renewable
The offshore wind adventure will be without Norwegian ownership https://www.energiogklima.no/meninger-og-analyse/klimavalg21/det-blir-havvinventyr-men-uten-norsk-eirksan
Nuclear power
Discontinuation of nuclear power leads to increased use of fossil fuels, writes Zion Lights https://zionlights.substack.com/p/nuclear-phase-outs-increase-fossil-fuels
Climate activists fight for nuclear power in historic nuclear power rally in Brussels https://www.weplanet.org/post/historic-nuclear-energy-summit
The Rystad report on nuclear power was a masterpiece https://www.tu.no/artikler/rystad-rapporten-om-kjernekraft-var-et-makkverk/545211
The environmental parties must take ownership of nuclear power before it is too late https://www.harvestmagazine.no/artikkel/miljopartiene-ma-ta-eirksen-til-kjernekraft-for-det-er-for-seint
XKCD: What happens if you swim in a nuclear storage tank? https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8
KRF asks the Storting for nuclear power https://www.nrk.no/ostfold/krf-ber-stortinget-om-a-vurdere-kjernekraft-som-gronn-energikilde-i-norge-1.16832029
Oil
Not a job for climate destroyers, warns the UN chief https://reneweconomy.com.au/dont-work-for-climate-wreckers-un-chief-warns-young-people-off-fossil-fuels/
How the oil industry drives the genocide in Gaza https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/global-oil-industry-impact-israel-gaza-war?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
The Court of Appeal puts the oil ban on hold https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/retten-setter-oljeforbud-paa-pause
We need a phase-out plan for the oil industry https://www.aftenbladet.no/meninger/leder/i/XbxaeB/utvikling-og-avvikling
The Equinor tops receive an increased fixed salary https://www.dn.no/olje/equinor/anders-opedal/lederlonn/equinor-toppene-far-okt-fastlonn-etter-regjeringens-bonuskutt/2-1-1615833
Hard against Equinor and Rosbank. Very unethical https://borsen.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hardt-ut-uetisk/81128009
Warnings to agencies that want to work with Shell https://mumbrella.com.au/stark-warning-issued-to-agencies-pitching-for-shell-energy-820224
Equinor is increasing its emissions https://www.klimastiftelsen.no/publikasjoner/equinor-et-bredt-energiselskap
Activism
Climate protesters find it more difficult in Europe https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/verden/2024/03/18/195990054/fn-klimademonstranter-far-det-stadig-vanskeligere-i-europa?nr=1
Open letter to Rishi Sunak condemns attacks on the right to demonstrate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/08/open-letter-to-rishi-sunak-condemns-crackdown-right-to-protest-amnesty
Actions against Equinor’s collaboration with Ithaca Energy and the Rosebank field which will finance Israel and the illegal settlements in the West Bank. https://www.nrk.no/trondelag/aksjonerer-mot-equinor-i-trondheim_-bergen_-oslo_-floro_-stavanger-og-london-1.16813250
Nikoline researched cancer, but is now blocking traffic https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/nikoline-forskede-i-medicin-mod-kraeft-men-blokerer-nu-trafikken-igen-og-igen-i
Get to know Extinction Rebellion Norway https://extinctionrebellion.no/events/bli-kjent-med-xr-norge/