Ah, looks like thankfully there was some climate talk at the MSC afterall
15.02.2026 19:41
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Ah, looks like thankfully there was some climate talk at the MSC afterall
Unfortunate that climate is taking a backseat in Munich when climate change is fueling conflict throughout the globe. A great reminder in this essay!
Diagram showing absorption spectra of the most important greenhouse gases (water vapour, CO2, methane, etc.) with % absorption on the y-axis, and wavelength on the x-axis (logarithmic). Someone has gone through and drawn heavy black X's over all the peaks on the longwave part of the spectrum (to the right of the visible wavelengths). Above that is the overall atmospheric absorption peak pattern, and above that is the graph for energy intensity of emissions and the different wavelengths, shown for solar radiation at 5525 K (orange) and radiation emitted by the Earth to space at 210-310 K (blue). The peaks are widely separated. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_window
For his next trick, Trump's going to spend the rest of the day deleting greenhouse gas absorption bands with a Sharpie! Maybe he can open the atmospheric window wide enough to cool the planet -- thank you for your attention to this matter, Mr. President!
I found the nature commentary provocative and useful in identifying a target metric with positive framing, but this thread makes a strong case for keeping 1.5C alive. Why not use both?
I suspect if COPs were switched to a majority voting model instead of consensus we could have seen an actual, substantial, roadmap for phase out.
The prospects for investment in new Canadian LNG and heavy oil export infrastructure are far from promising, both economically and environmentally, write Kathryn Harrison and Simon Donner. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
Tomorrow should be exciting at #COP30.
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Yep, they are ticking all the boxes in this list...
What Authoritarian Regimes Do blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...
Like many, I also agree that the pace of progress in global climate action is underwhelming and support the idea of majority voting in climate negotiations by the UNFCCC starting with #COP30. For more read this post by @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/22/i...
How do we best address a collective action problem like anthropogenic global warming? Multilaterally! I'm heartened by most of what I heard from leaders outside the USA at this year's United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80. I really appreciated the address by Finland's President Alexander Stubb
I appreciate the inclusion of solutions to improve the international climate negotiation process in this post: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/un-c...
We sent a probe hundreds of millions of miles across space, set it on a tiny spinning asteroid, collected samples, flew the probe back, landed the capsule with samples on time and target, analysed the samples and discovered the building blocks of life. Science rules.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Addressing the climate crisis in my community! I've been appointed to the Whatcom County Climate Impact Advisory Committee to help advise the council on all things climate 💪 tons to learn but it feels great to be in a position to make a difference, guide policy, and use my expertise for good.
