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#YouTuber @rezomusik did remarkable research for this video, talking to scientists and - really - checking out the insights provided by @IPCC_CH new #climate report. #rezo has strong views, but he's basing them on sound evidence. Sorry, this is in German: piped.video/watch?v=Ljcz4tA1…
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"If we go past 2°C of #globalwarming, we will enter completely unknown terrain, a #planet that is not even resembling our own planet, a place we haven't been in for the past 3 million years." PIK Director @jrockstrom in @UNFCCC podcast, tune in!
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All #PlanetaryBoundaries mapped out, six of nine crossed: For the first time, a team of scientists is able to provide a full picture of planetary resilience. Pressure in all those boundary processes is increasing, newly published research shows: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
ALT Six of nine planetary boundaries are currently transgressed. The length of the wedges symbolizes what the current state of the corresponding process is, in relation to the distance from the planetary boundary (end of the green area) and the Holocene baseline (origin of the diagram). The color symbolizes the risks associated with each. For example, a wedge may be very long because the current state is already very far from the planetary boundary and the Holocene. But it may still not be purple, because that is not yet associated with very high risks in this particular case. In other cases already a "small" overshoot (short wedge) results in a big risk: Then the color further inside already changes to purple.
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“A full #AMOC collapse would be a massive, planetary-scale disaster” tells PIK scientist @rahmstorf the @NewYorker. “We really want to prevent this from happening.” Interesting article on the fate of #Greenland & what it means for the rest of the Earth.
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38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change. 👉New PIK paper in @Nature by @KotzMaximilian , @Leonie_Climate , @ALevermann, Image: Kotz et al., Nature pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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“It’s a really bleak moment, not only because of the reports showing that emissions are still rising (...), but we also have so much scientific evidence that we are very, very close to irreversible changes." PIK Director @jrockstrom in @guardianeco.
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It's time to #FacetheClimateEmergency: In a letter to EU leaders, 150 scientists from all over the world, including PIK's @rahmstorf #Schellnhuber and more, call to politics to take action against climate destabilisation climateemergencyeu.org/
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500+ pages, 200+ researchers: The most comprehensive review to date on #TippingPoints in the Earth System is out, with @UniofExeter. The Global Tipping Points report delivers a comprehensive assessment of tipping point risks & societal opportunities.
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As PIK scientist @rahmstorf put it well: You too must watch at least the first 3 minutes of this event at #WEF23, with PIK Director @jrockstrom.
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“We’re seeing cracks in the resilience of the Earth’s systems. We’re seeing massive cracks on land (...), but the oceans are also showing signs of instability. Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end.” PIKs @jrockstrom in @guardian.
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#BREAKING PIK Director @jrockstrom is on the 2023 #TIME100 list! His work is described as “crucial to understanding the crises facing our planet & shaping the path forward, guiding leaders on how to turn complex science into clear, quantifiable actions.”
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📝 4 years of research.
🔎 50+ world experts from social + natural sciences.
🌍 safe and just boundaries to help us create a #SafeAndJust future.
Explore #EarthSystemBoundaries with #PIK director @jrockstrom published today in @Nature pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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“The signs of destabilisation being visible already is something that I wouldn’t have expected and that I find scary,” said PIKs Niklas Boers @guardian, “It’s something you just can’t [allow to] happen.” theguardian.com/environment/… #climate Thorough read by @dpcarrington
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Wekend pick📺: Are we at risk of crossing #ClimateTippingPoints? New documentary "climate extremes" out now! With PIK director @jrockstrom, PIK scientists @rahmstorf, @JonathanDonges, Levke Caesar, Sina Loriani, Nico Wunderling, @Weather_West et al.
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#UkraineUnderAttaсk will spur a #FoodCrisis. Next Monday, EU's agri ministers will meet. Today, #science is calling for demand-side action: less animal products, less #waste & greening 🇪🇺agricultural policy. Read the statement of >180 scientists here: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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"Scientifically, this is not a climate crisis, but something deeper: We are facing mass extinction, air pollution (...), we are putting humanity's future at risk. This is a planetary crisis." PIK Director @jrockstrom with Joyeeta Gupta at @wef.
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To maintain liveable conditions on Earth, protect people from rising extremes, and enable stable societies, we must do everything possible to prevent crossing dangerous tipping points. Every 10th of a degree counts - @jrockstrom on latest paper in Science: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
ALT A world map shows several tipping points.
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#Climatechange is worsening global fire behavior and smoke, endangering public health with pollution: 2 new attribution studies, featured in @NatureClimate, with contribution by PIK scientists Christopher Reyer, Matthias Mengel et al, out now!
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“The world’s remaining #carbon budget is running out so fast that we will soon have no scientific chance of keeping to the 1.5C warming target.” Clear words by PIKs @jrockstrom on #G7GER & the possible creation of a climate club.
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“Our only chance for a save landing on the #climatecrisis is not only to phase out #coal, #oil and natural #gas, we also need to secure the health of the #soils.” PIK Director @jrockstrom on healthy #soil as a carbon sink.
Respected Swedish scientist Johan Rockström @jrockstrom, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research @PIK_Climate, talks about the science of soil and the undisputed effectiveness of healthy soil as a carbon sink. #SaveSoil @SadhguruJV
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More extreme weather events and fossil fuel emissions at all-time high: 25 of 35 planetary vital signs are at record extremes according to the 2024 #StateoftheClimate report by @WilliamJRipple, PIK's @jrockstrom & @rahmstorf, @MichaelEMann and others: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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"The world needs to cut global #emissions by 50% in 7 years’ time. At #COP27, we were still battling over whether we are phasing down / out #coal, and were not willing to talk about #fossilfuels. The mismatch could not be wider," says PIK's @jrockstrom.
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#Climatechange has lessened the #temperature differences between regions, sapping the forces that drive the #jetstream, which normally brings wet Atlantic weather to #Europe, explains PIK scientist Peter Hoffmann. #drought
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🆕study: Tipping risks from overshooting 1.5 °C can be minimised, if global warming is swiftly reversed, a new study shows. Reducing emissions in the current decade is crucial for the stability of the Earth systems functions, scientists find: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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We have a #climate crisis and a weak planet. This is not a very good place to be in. So we really need rapid action." @CNN interview with PIK Director @jrockstromon on #planetaryboundaries & latest study update that finds 6 / 9 boundaries transgressed.
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Food matters: A global shift to a healthier, more sustainable diet could be a huge lever to limit global warming to 1.5°C, PIK researchers find. Results of the new study @ScienceAdvances indicate that a shift in diets could make a considerable difference: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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A grim 6/10: The sixth planetary boundary has found crossed in a new #study. It's that of freshwater. The reason: Plants are suffering from dramatic changes to the global water cycle, leaving parts of the #Amazon to dry out.@sthlmresilience @lan_wang pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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"We've been saying since 1990: We need to phase out the #fossilfuel-driven economy towards a #renewable-driven economy. And now here we are - we're hitting the wall." PIK Director @jrockstrom in @straits_times. #EnergyCrisis #ClimateCrisis #livingcrisis
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"The only 'currency' that counts today is 'speed and scale' to return the world within the safe operating space of #PlanetaryBoundaries", states PIK director
@jrockstrom. Read his summary of the latest scientific data & assessments of rising Earth risks👉
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Studies show that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has already weakened as a result of anthropogenic climate change and is possible moving towards a tipping point. 👉New overview article by PIK scientist @rahmstorf : pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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"Very little room for anything but a total phase-out of #fossilfuels" state PIK Director @jrockstrom & @PFriedling @UniofExeter in note to @UNFCCC. Rich countries would need to stop coal by 2030, oil & gas by 2040, poorer nations following a decade behind.
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"Merz? Laschet? Röttgen? Klima!": @zeitonline mit nachdenklichem Text von @rezomusik (ja, der mit den blauen Haaren) über @CDU Vorsitz-Kandidaten und #Klimawandel, auch mit Bezug zu @alevermann @PIK_Klima Studie (pik-potsdam.de/aktuelles/pre…). Wochenendlektüre: zeit.de/kultur/2020-02/cdu-k…
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Heute wieder #fridaysforfuture: Jugendprotest für #Klima-Lösungen. Die Wissenschaft zeigt, dass die Forderungen berechtigt sind. Letzten Freitag waren @GretaThunberg & @Luisamneubauer bei @jrockstrom & #Edenhofer @PIK_Klima zu Gespräch über Forschungsstand pik-potsdam.de/news/in-short…
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In an open letter, 500 scientists (including PIK researcher Wolfgang Lucht) are urging world leaders to end government subsidies for cutting and burning wood for industrial energy production: tinyurl.com/58k87y3e #biomass
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🆕Pioneering #PlanetaryBoundaries science: As a vital framework for addressing the #climatecrisis and ensuring humanity’s future, the full story of Planetary Boundaries - co-founded by PIK Director @jrockstrom - is now being told from the beginning.⬇️
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Too little, too late: The Baku Agreement fails on several accounts. The results are at best the avoidance of a diplomatic disaster. Statements on the outcome of #COP29 by PIK directors @jrockstrom and Ottmar #Edenhofer: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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While we wait for #COP29 outcomes, a weekend docu tip: Check out 'Climate Extremes' @climatextremes! With PIKs @rahmstorf, @jrockstrom et al. It's about #tippingelements like #AMOC or the #Amazon & #planetaryboundaries.
🆕subtitles in 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇹 🇹🇷 🇭🇺
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"Our children are looking with disbelief at our inability to deviate away from potentially catastrophic risks." In his visually stunning @TEDCountdown talk, PIK Director @jrockstrom presents a plan for putting the planet back on the path of #sustainability
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“If you want to have security, prosperity and equity for humanity on Earth, you have to come back into the safe space and we’re not seeing that progress currently in the world”, says the study's co-author PIK-director Johan Rockström: theguardian.com/environment/… #PlanetaryBoundaries
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"Those who set climate targets are responsible for meeting them." - Read the statements by PIK directors Ottmar Edenhofer and @jrockstrom on today's groundbreaking rulings by @ECHR_CEDH in 3 climate cases. 👇
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Weil wegen #coronavirus die #Schulen zu sind, bieten wir als kleinen Beitrag zu #homeschooling extra Vorlesungen für Kinder & Jugendliche. Hier ein erstes Video: Forscher @rahmstorf mit Grundlagenwissen #Klimawandel, für 7.-10. Klasse. Viel Spaß! #Bildung pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/Sch%C…
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While #COP15 in #Montreal is still running, #PIKs @jrockstrom pledges for a #ParisMoment for #biodiversity: similar to the global climate agreement to hold #globalwarming below 2C & aim for 1.5C, governments at COP15 need to set a limit to #nature destruction. #naturepositive
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"We are at the beginning of the end of the #fossilfuel driven world economy. There’s no going back any more. The question is will we do it fast enough?” PIK Director @jrockstrom in @guardian on #COP27
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Tipping elements of the Earth system should be considered #GlobalCommons, researchers argue in a new paper. To limit risks for human societies & secure critical Earth system functions they propose a new framework of #PlanetaryCommons: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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🆕2.7 °C of #globalwarming could lead to more than 1/5 of the global population being exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by the end of the century, pushing them outside their original climate niche.
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"Key is to do the math of disaster, in order to avoid it" - brand new #research by PIK's @jrockstrom , #Schellnhuber , @Cambridge_Uni et al on low probability but very high risk climate impacts. Brace for this extremely inconvenient truth 🌩️pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.21…
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The earth is sending bigger bills like #droughts, #floods, #heatwaves, says @jrockstrom at @TEDTalks: "This implies a 19% GDP loss by 2050 if we follow the current path. It equals $38 trillion loss yearly. It’s starting to hurt, socially & economically."
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Such flooding incidents are happening “more often and more intensely” due to #climatechange, says PIK scientist Fred Hattermann in @washingtonpost about the flooding in the western parts of Germany.
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“The global food system holds the future of humanity on Earth in its hand.” PIK director @jrockstrom in @guardian on new @FSECommission study that shows how current food systems destroy more value than they create due to hidden medical&environmental costs.
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“The sheer sum of acute & chronic #water stress symptoms – which now affect large parts of the #Earth & the life of billions of people – leads us to the brink of a global #watercrisis.” PIKs Dieter Gerten on new @WorldResources report, via @CNN.
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“A rise of 1.5C is not an arbitrary number, it is not a political number. It is a #planetaryboundary. Every fraction of a degree more is dangerous,” says PIK Director @jrockstrom about #COP26 & the struggle to stay within the 1.5C limit. Via @guardian
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Unless we embrace transformational action this decade, we will be taking a colossal risk with humanity’s future. @Marcia4Science, @cosmicpinot and PIKs @jrockstrom write @ProSyn: project-syndicate.org/commen… #climate #biodiversity #G7Summit2021
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Alfred Wegener medal & honorary membership by @EuroGeosciences for PIK scientist @rahmstorf - congrats👏The EGU is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary & space sciences for the benefit of humanity.
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The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the #Gulfstream belongs, might be approaching a critical threshold - a potential collapse could have severe consequences. New study in @NatureClimate by Niklas Boers: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates… Link to study: dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-02… !B
ALT Wavy ocean. Photo by Ivana Cajina/Unsplash
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"The remaining Global Carbon Budget is now down to 200 billion tonnes of CO2 for us to have a chance at all to hold the 1,5°C limit. In a world that emits 40bn t CO2 each year, that gives us 5 more years. We're truly in the decisive decade of humanity's future," says @jrockstrom.
Where are we heading with the Climate Action we have today? 💡
Prof. Johan Rockström, Director @PIK_Climate gives us some scientific data. 👇
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The window for meeting the 1.5°C target is closing, but: "If all climate #mitigation levers are pulled, it may still be possible to limit #globalwarming to 1.5°C in line with the #ParisAgreement," says PIK lead author Lila Warszawski.
👉new PIK study: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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If you've ever wondered what's behind the #AMOC and why it's so important to the climate system: Watch or listen to PIK scientist Levke Caesar take a deep dive into the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its impact & interactions. 👇
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Today I'm joined by climate physicist Levke Caesar for a comprehensive overview of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its connections to broader planetary systems.
Full episode: piped.video/YCxBvjyQBJA
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The first complete Earth “health check” shows 6 of 9 planetary boundaries are currently being transgressed. Transgression does not mean that drastic changes happen overnight, yet it marks a critical threshold for increasing risk, says PIKs @jrockstrom.
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🆕Evaluation of #climatepolicy over 2 decades: A global PIK study of 1,500 #climatepolicies, published in @ScienceMagazine, shows most failed to cut emissions. Only 63 cases saw a 19% average reduction. The key? Tax & price incentives in smart policies.
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Congrats to PIK Director @jrockstrom, who will be awarded with the 2024 @TylerPrize for Environmental Achievement for his pioneering work on the #PlanetaryBoundaries framework. 🎉- "An invaluable contribution to our planet’s welfare.": pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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Temporarily #overshooting the #climate targets of 1.5-2C could increase the #tippingrisk of several Earth system elements by more than 70%. PIK scientist Nico Wunderling explains key finding of new #tippingpoints study short & to the point.
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Out today: @GretaThunberg's Climate Book on the reality of the #ClimateCrisis. With contributions by PIKs @jrockstrom, @rahmstorf, @Ricarda_Climate, Alexander Popp and many more.
Today The Climate Book is finally released in many parts of the world!
I want to use my platform to share the reality of the climate crisis – to communicate a holistic picture of how the world is changing and what we need to do about it. That is why I created this book.
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Earth exceeds safe limits: First #PlanetaryHealthCheck with PIK director @jrockstrom & @planetarygdns
➡️6 of 9 #PlanetaryBoundaries transgressed
➡️7th on the verge
➡️clear trend of further transgression
➡️Annual report to provide updates on Earth’s health
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“We are pushing our planet too close to #tippingpoints. A solution is to scientifically define #safe & #just targets for human development on a stable & resilient planet. @SafeJustPlanet addresses exactly this.” @jrockstrom in new paper @EarthsFutureEiC
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10 New Insights in Climate Science:
The collaborative report, including PIK director @jrockstrom, @FutureEarth, @wcrp_climate finds that the planet becomes increasingly uninhabitable. Read more 👉 10insightsclimate.science
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New study: Too #dry, too #hot, or too #wet. "In Europe alone, about 70% of the land area is already affected by more persistent #weather situations,” says PIK scientist Peter Hoffmann.
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Impressive video by @nasaclimatechange showing the increase in global temperatures from 1880-2022. Whites / blues indicate cooler temperatures, oranges / reds show warmer temperatures. #globalwarming #climatechange
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"Dangerously close to the tipping point at which the flow becomes unstable.” Never before in over 1000 years the #Gulfstream System has been as weak as in the last decades. New study by Levke Caesar & @rahmstorf et al: bit.ly/3pTtRtZ
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2023 has been a year of record #weatherextremes for now: The impacts of #globalwarming have been severe, finds new report with PIK Director @jrockstrom & @WilliamJRipple et al. Read more about the latest update of planetary vital signs: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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🆕Worse than #diesel & #gasoline? #Bioenergy as bad as #FossilFuels if there is no pricing of #CO2 #emissions from land-use change, shows new study with PIK scientists @MerfortLeon, @NB_pik, @GunnarLuderer et al.
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"It is not enough to decarbonize the global energy system. The other #planetaryboundaries on land, biodiversity, nutrients, water & pollutants can on their own make us crash through the 1.5°C limit." PIKs @jrockstrom about the state of our planet in @TIME: time.com/collection/time100-…
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“Climate science shows: if we don’t have action by the global community now, we will shut the window for a liveable future for humanity on earth.” PIK Director @jrockstrom spoke at #ITB about #climatechange & its effect on the #HospitalityIndustry.
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“What right do we have to hand over a less livable world to our children than the planet that we are born on,” asks PIK Director @jrockstrom in this @TIME interview. #EarthDay2023 #healthyplanet #climatechange
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"It is a major mistake in current climate action debates, when big oil, gas & coal actors use investments in nature based solutions / CDR as 'offsets' for the inability to phase out #FossilFuels. This will not work." PIK Director @jrockstrom #Time100Voices
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The @nytimes covers our latest PIK study about the #Amazon being less able to recover from droughts and logging!
Breaking News: The Amazon is less able to recover from droughts and land-use changes, a study found, moving the region closer to becoming largely grasslands. nyti.ms/3hITQTe
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#Climatechange is likely to reduce future global income by about 19% until 2050 compared to a world with no climate change,finds new PIK study @Nature with PIK scientist @Leonie_Climate. Most strongly affected are countries like South Asia & Africa.
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"Exactly when we need a resilient #biosphere, we are losing it. If we get too far from planetary boundaries, feedback from #Earth will start to amplify our trajectory irreversibly toward a 4, 5/ 6°C world,” says @jrockstrom. Recommended read. @marlowehood
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👏Huge congrats by PIK Directors Ottmar #Edenhofer & @jrockstrom to #climate researcher Klaus #Hasselmann to be one of three scientists to be awarded this year's #NobelPrize in Physics today.
Read the full PIK statement here: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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"A pioneer in the #economics of #ClimateChange" who "decisively influenced the discourse on financial incentives" such as pricing #CO2: @umweltstiftung awards Ottmar Edenhofer @PIK_Climate @MCC_Berlin with most renowned German environmental prize #uwp20 dbu.de/index.php?menuecms_op…
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By 2030, 30% of the planet's land & sea areas should be protected. All subsidies leading to the degradation of nature should be reallocated. These are 2 of the recommendations from the @LeibnizBiodiv "#10MustDos" in the run-up to #COP15. #biodiversity
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💧 The global water cycle is increasingly out of balance: By 2050, the global #WaterCrisis could threaten over half of food production. The final report by the @watercommongood sets out what needs to change to counteract the water crisis:
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🆕Overshooting #climate targets could significantly increase risk for #tipping cascades, finds new study with PIK scientists Nico Wunderling, @JonathanDonges,@Ricarda_Climate et al.
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"With #Trump's win, we now face, at best, a repeat of his last term's climate inaction - a four-year pause we can't afford in this critical decade," says @jrockstrom. "With a climate sceptic back in the White House, the pressure on the world to act will intensify enormously."👇
Donald Trump's election victory puts a climate change denier back in the White House, poised to dismantle his predecessor's green policies and jeopardize global efforts to curb human-caused warming.
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ALT Donald Trump during a 2017 visit to the Andeavor refinery in Mandan, North Dakota
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"We have now had consecutive #droughts for the last 5 years. This year is the worst Europe-wide drought in hundreds of years," states PIK's Fred Hattermann. #Climatechange means #Europe will continue to experience more frequent & persistent droughts.
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New @Nature Commentary: #Water must be recast as a global common good. That means states establish an obligation under international law to ensure the protection of the global water cycle for all people & generations. @Andersen_LS @Mazzucato_M @jrockstrom
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Keeping #globalwarming to to 1.5C - can we still achieve this goal? The @washingtonpost examined over 1,200 different #climatechange scenarios supported by PIK scientists @lila_warszawski & Elmar Kriegler. Have a scroll, worth it!
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Unser Kommentar zum Kohleausstiegsfahrplan: "Der #CO2Preis wirkt, und den hätte man arbeiten lassen sollen." #Edenhofer
Deutschland hat jetzt einen konkreten Fahrplan, wie der Kohleausstieg eines ganzen Landes laufen soll. Es ist ein Plan, der weit in die Zukunft greifen muss. Aber es ist kein besonders guter Fahrplan, sagt Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Direktor des @PIK_Klima. #kohlegipfel
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"The only chance to land at zero in 30 years time, is if we start #bendingthecurve now. We have to cut global #emissions by half over the next 10 years." PIK's @jrockstrom in interview with @NobelPrize about the upcoming #NobelPrizeSummit
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"Offsetting carbon emissions with forest growth at this scale is a dangerous fantasy." An international team of researchers, including @jrockstrom & @GenerationCO2, has found serious problems with the feasibility of @Shell’s net zero plan
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"If we phase out #fossilfuels by 2050 & stop destroying nature, it will still get worse before it gets better. We are in the pipeline of #globalwarming. It’s inevitable that we will crash through 1.5 °C, probably within 10-15 years." PIKs @jrockstrom
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"The creeping #ClimateCrisis has reached a point of a #PlanetaryEmergency. If we fail to solve it, it will pose major immediate and long-term security threats that interact with #pandemics & #conflict,” said PIK Director @jrockstrom during #MSC2022.
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"If we want to stabilize the #climate, emissions need to go down to zero" - PIK´s research domain chair @ALevermann this week at the German Bundestag (video in German)
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PIK is reinventing itself – Johan @jrockstrom and Ottmar Edenhofer will become the new leadership: pik-potsdam.de/news/press-re…
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Why can peatlands help limit #weather extremes? They store twice as much carbon as forests worldwide. Yet once drained, they emit greenhouse gases - currently double of what global air traffic emits. Breaking #climate study @PIK_Climate @FHumpenoeder et al pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…
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3 out of 10 papers are from PIK scientists or include their contributions!! 🥳 Proud to have such great minds in the team 👏
Analysis: The climate papers most featured in the media in 2022 | @rtmcswee @AyeshaTandon @altmetric
Read: bit.ly/3X45BGu
ALT Infographic: the top 10 climate paper in 2022 for new and social media attention.
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The global economy is disrupting the #water cycle, making water increasingly scarce. "In the end, we will have so much water scarcity that we will have increasing food prices"- @jrockstrom in @TIME on why a global price on #freshwater might be needed: time.com/6182840/water-price…
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Ob Bürger einer #CO2-Bepreisung mehrheitlich zustimmen - wie jetzt bei @infratestdimap -, hängt davon ab, ob man ERKLÄRT, dass sie Teil einer Abgabenreform mit Rückerstattungen ist: #klimawandel nitter.app/klimareport/status/113…. Mehr hier pik-potsdam.de/aktuelles/nac…. #GroKo @CDU @spdde @fdp
Die CDU lehnt in einer Beschlussvorlage für die Vorstandsklausur am Sonntagabend eine CO2-Steuer ab und setzt auf Innovationen wie Flugtaxis. handelsblatt.com/politik/deu…
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“To keep the 1.5°C climate limit within reach, we need investments in natural climate solutions – in addition to rapidly phasing out #coal, #oil and #gas." PIK's @jrockstrom about new Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions. @ConservationOrg
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