Category Archives: Climate Emergency

Greta Thunberg: What will you tell your children?

Posted on 24th January 2020 by dizzy

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New year message

Posted on 1st January 2020 by dizzy

New year to all my readers. I wish you a successful and productive year – like I will have – unless you’re a Tory or Republican, Fascist, Racist, Xenophobe or a climate crisis-denying ignoramus. [ed: apologies that I forgot to … Continue reading →

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Comment on General Election result

Posted on 14th December 2019 by dizzy

As a supporter of the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn and his allies, I was truly shocked and disappointed by the result of the recent general election. The Labour Party achieved an unexpected poor result losing 59 seats while the … Continue reading →

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I’m a climate change scientist – and I’m campaigning for Labour this election

Posted on 3rd December 2019 by dizzy

Simon Lewis, UCL The 2019 UK general election matters because the climate emergency means that the next decade is critical for the future of humanity. Only a Labour government can really turn things around, not just in the UK, but … Continue reading →

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Scientists say that average temperatures from 2010-2019 look set to make it the warmest decade on record.

Posted on 3rd December 2019 by dizzy

Climate change: Last decade ‘on course’ to be warmest Scientists say that average temperatures from 2010-2019 look set to make it the warmest decade on record. Provisional figures released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) suggest this year is on … Continue reading →

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Climate emergency: world ‘may have crossed tipping points’

Posted on 28th November 2019 by dizzy

Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events The world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points, according to a stark warning from scientists. This risk is “an existential threat to … Continue reading →

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Statement on the Climate Crisis: Revised

Posted on 28th November 2019 by dizzy

The Earth’s climate is in crisis, it is an emergency. There is no doubt about it – scientists are in near unanimous agreement that humans are causing severe damage to Earth’s climate. This is our home and we have to care … Continue reading →

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Jeremy Corbyn to announce Labour manifesto

Posted on 21st November 2019 by dizzy

UK’s Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn is announcing the Labour manifesto today. While I am not and have never been a Labour member, I strongly support the current Labour party and their policies. Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party are … Continue reading →

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Climate Change: The Facts

Posted on 20th November 2019 by dizzy

[21/11/19 World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any catastrophic threat and to “tell it like it is.” On the basis of this obligation and the graphical indicators presented below, we … Continue reading →

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Climate scientists are agreed.

Posted on 19th November 2019 by dizzy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change There is currently a strong scientific consensus that the Earth is warming and that this warming is mainly caused by human activities. This consensus is supported by various studies of scientists’ opinions and by position statements of scientific organizations, many of which explicitly agree with … Continue reading →

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Statement on the Climate Crisis

Posted on 18th November 2019 by dizzy

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THE STATE WE’RE IN :: Climate change: ‘Clear and unequivocal’ emergency, say scientists

Posted on 5th November 2019 by dizzy

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50302392 A global group of around 11,000 scientists have endorsed research that says the world is facing a climate emergency. The study, based on 40 years of data on a range of measures, says governments are failing to address the crisis. … Continue reading →

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Coming soon :: How to campaign in a general election

Posted on 17th October 2019 by dizzy

I’m expecting a general election soon. BJ has spaffed up a Brexit mess that is certain to be refused by everyone. In theory in UK we exist in a participatory democracy. I say in theory because in reality rich vested … Continue reading →

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THE STATE WE’RE IN :: George Monbiot is trying to get arrested today

Posted on 16th October 2019 by dizzy

Journalist and author George Monbiot is trying to get arrested today as part of the Extinction Rebellion Climate Emergency protests in London. There have been over 1,400 arrests of XR rebels in London and the Metropolitan Police have now imposed … Continue reading →

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Global Extinction Rebellion protests start

Posted on 7th October 2019 by dizzy

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49957521 Extinction Rebellion activists are protesting in cities around the world, including Berlin, Amsterdam and Sydney. Organisers have planned to shut down key sites in central London, in addition to demonstrating outside government departments. Extinction Rebellion says protests in the capital … Continue reading →

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The climate crisis explained

Posted on 20th September 2019 by dizzy

The climate crisis explained in 10 charts The problem – rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere The level of CO2 has been rising since the industrial revolution and is now at its highest for about 4 million years. The rate … Continue reading →

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Time for rebellion on climate crisis :: Analysis, Strategy, Planning and Preparation

Posted on 7th August 2019 by dizzy

I have proposed commencing rebellion to the Climate Crisis on 31 October 2019. A discussion of that proposal follows. Unfortunately this blog is very one-directional. I get very little feedback to anything that I publish. It is however widely-read and … Continue reading →

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