Climate Crisis Advisory Group

Copernicus ECMWF World Meteorological Organization finds Europe had a record number of extreme heat stress days last year and is warming 2x faster than the rest of the globe 🌡️

We must:
🚫 Rapidly reduce GHGs
✂️ Remove excess GHGs
🔨 Repair damaged parts of the earth
💪 Strengthen resilience

On and the 8th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement, CCAG’s Professor Mercedes Bustamante reflects on Brazil’s progress on climate since 2016. 🌎⬇️

“Earth Day is a celebration of our common home. It reminds us how unique and precious our planet is and how dependent we are on its proper functioning. Earth Day is a call to action to protect, conserve, and restore our ecosystems. Two prominent and interconnected crises - climate change and biodiversity loss - require our effort and mobilization to bring about rapid, robust, and just solutions.

Eight years after the Paris Agreement, we can still not achieve its goals. In Brazil, we have once again reduced deforestation in the Amazon, but we still need to consolidate this achievement and replicate it in other Brazilian biomes. There has been an essential mobilization of civil society, scientists, indigenous peoples, and traditional communities to strengthen the sustainability agenda, however we still encounter significant resistance from the political system.

The next few decades are decisive, and our dependence on natural resources is another reason for betting that Brazil’s future lies in sustainability.”

According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration greenhouse gases in the atmosphere grew at almost record fast paces last year 🌡️

CO2 increased by 2.8 parts per million, and methane jumped by 11.1 parts per billion. We are not reducing emissions rapidly enough to limit the earth’s warning.

We can’t afford to not consider all possible available options to manage and mitigate the impacts of climate change ❌

Read more in CCAG’s recent Interventions report at the link in our bio ⬆️

Two globally renowned climate experts join CCAG‘s 15 current members, adding to the group’s expertise across climate disciplines.

Guido Schmidt-Traub is a managing partner at Systemiq and Professor Mercedes Bustamante rejoins after a year serving the Brazilian government.

Read more at ccag.earth

All eyes are on John Kerry as he steps down as US climate envoy, today - but what of his successor, John Podesta?

According to CCAG’s Alice Hill, “the selection of Podesta is welcome news as we urgently seek global action to limit temperature rises to 1.5C.”

“Podesta joined the climate fight decades ago, and through his years of service he has excelled in getting things done.

“He will be a critical component to ensure the US is at the vanguard of global climate action for COP30 and beyond.”

Emissions reductions are no longer enough to ensure a manageable future for humanity ❌

We need urgent climate intervention, including the removal of excess GHGs and repairing parts of climate systems 🌎

Read our latest report on sustainable and innovative pathways for humanity from the link in our bio 👆🏻

“2024 could be hotter than 2023, with more extreme weather events as El Niño takes hold. We must address climate change urgently to mitigate its impacts.”

Last weekend CCAG member was interviewed in The Observer by comedian discussing whether 2024 could exceed 2023 as the hottest year on record - and how there’s still reason for optimism despite this

🟢It’s now or never.

Cities can do more than any other human-designed system to alter the course of the .

But they are also acutely vulnerable to its impacts.

Read CCAG's blueprint for urgent action:https://ccag.earth/s/CCAG-Cities-Report-Risk-Resilience.pdf

🔴NEW REPORT

🏭Cities are on the frontline of the :

👥Home to 4.4bn
🔋Occupy

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Young voices matter.

cloverhogan's message to changemakers at and elsewhere:

"Young people have the courage to swim against the status quo; to speak out against outdated systems that are no longer serving our planet or people.

"That's why it’s more crucial than ever that our generation – the generation inheriting the worst impacts of the climate crisis – are included and engaged during key climate moments."

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Climate Crisis Advisory Group

🌎 INTRODUCING CCAG 🔴 We're the Climate Crisis Advisory Group – an independent body founded by former UK Chief Scientific Advisor and Special Representative for Climate Change Sir David King. 🔴 Our members are 16 world-leading experts from Read the full post on We Don't Have Time | Together we are the solution to the climate crisis

🔴🌎 A new study shows Earth is well outside the 'safe operating space for humanity':

🚨 Six out of nine 'planetary boundaries' have been broken due to human actions.
🔀 Key global systems are at risk.
📉 Professor Johan Rockström, Director of the P*K - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, warns of 'rising signs of dwindling planetary resilience'.

Read more here: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/earth-well-outside-safe-operating-space-for-humanity-scientists-find

🔥🛢️The relentless burning of fossil fuels is causing a food systems crisis.

Nyombi Morris's plea for and is to focus on the issue of starvation in Africa – a consequence of climate change largely driven by developed countries' emissions.

"We need to address the issue of starvation that is becoming rampant in the entire continent.

"It's crucial to invest in sustainable agriculture, which serves as the backbone of many African economies. We can achieve this through prioritising sustainable farming practices, research and technology, and supporting smallholder farmers to adapt to the changing climate.

"We also need to prioritise climate education and awareness. By empowering citizens, especially young people, with knowledge about climate change and its impacts, we can build a sustainable future for Africa."

🌍🌎🌏 and are vital opportunities to explore climate solutions for Africa and the world.

But meaningful progress will require more than just words, says climate campaigner Seyifunmi Adebote:

"I am counting on African leaders not to make new ambitious pledges and unrealistic commitments.

"We do not need new pledges from our leaders. We need them to showcase climate adaptation strategies and home-grown innovations that work, can be replicated, can be invested in, and can be a model for other parts of the world - beyond the African continent."

🚨 Red Alert For The World's Oceans 🌊

An Urgent Public Broadcast by CCAG:

The world's oceans are vital to our planet's well-being. And they're reaching record high temperatures. Join us tomorrow to hear from world-leading climate scientists about these concerning trends and to discuss urgent next steps.

🗓️ Thu 31 Aug
🕒 12pm BST
🖥️ https://fb.me/e/1AguvI9vC

The UK government believes that the economic cost of green policies is damaging for the region and will always lose votes - but this logic is flawed.

Alongside Caroline Verfuerth, PhD and Steve Westlake, CCAG member and Prof Environmental Psychology, University of Bath, Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, explores the win-win policies and incentives that should be developed.

Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren't a major barrier to public support, research reveals Reneging on climate commitments indicates the UK government’s misreading of public attitudes.

The Climate Crisis Advisory Group announces the Strategy, a simple, comprehensive plan to deliver a safe and manageable future for humanity:

☁️Removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere
🛠️Repair of damaged climate systems in a safe and manageable way
📉Reduction of emissions
🌱Committed action to build Resilience

https://ccag.earth/newsroom/introducing-the-4r-planet-strategy

“There’s no coincidence at all that climate change has driven these higher temperatures, and the higher temperatures are causing the fires that are spreading" says CCAG's Sir David King

Greek fires ‘big warning’ for tourists to Mediterranean, says climate expert Nearly 20,000 people are fleeing blazes on the island of Rhodes in Greece’s largest ever wildfire evacuation.

"It is high time that governments of the world recognised that this is the most severe crisis civilisation has ever had to face up to."

CCAG founder and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government Sir David King speaks to Times Radio about the causes of – and the desperate need for global leadership.

If you listen to nothing else today, listen to this.

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