@UCL prof: "obvious ACCELERATION of the breakdown of our stable climate simply confirms that - when it comes to the climate emergency - we are in deep, deep s***!"
"Many in the climate science community would agree, in private if not in public.
..more extreme scenarios have tended to be marginalised."
#MediaFail: "Plenty of peer-reviewed papers NOT addressed #IPCC documentation present far more pessimistic scenarios. There is no reason why consensus viewpoint should be right, & we need to be preparing for the WORS👀, even if we still hope for the best." @BBC@CBC#cdnmedia
@IPCC_CH reports: usually 1-2 years behind the literature.
"Are they fit for dealing with a rapidly evolving climate and political landscape - No!”
Need science advisory group taken seriously to guide policymakers on current science understand for climate policy #2030 #netzero
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Climate Emergency: HUNDREDS (1,300!) Missing & at Least 69 Dead as Raging Floods Strike Western Europe
Strong rains caused rivers to burst their banks & wash away buildings in Belgium & Germany. Netherlands & Switzerland also flooded #bcpoli#cdnpoli#goc nyti.ms/36DN4Zy
premier of North Rhine-Westphalia, blamed extreme weather on global warming:
"We will be faced with such events over & over, & that means we need to SPEED UP climate protection measures... because climate change isn't confined to one state" bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is in the US ahead of a meeting with President Joe Biden, called the flooding a "catastrophe"
"Nobody was expecting this - where did all this rain come from? It's crazy,"
"It made such a loud noise.. thought it would break the door down."