Achieving net zero is this century’s Moonshot. The prize is minimising the severity of the worst climate consequences of global heating – leaving our children and future generations a sustainable “grand oasis” here on Earth. - Nick Dunstone, writing in the Conversation
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UK press coverage of climate issues, extreme weather puts pressure on power systems, climate science and weather attribution, a sand battery, installation of new GB solar at 15-year high, a Council scraps its climate emergency declaration.
Extreme weather is the new normal, most UK media reports on the heatwave don't mention climate, cars keep on getting bigger, Antarctic tourism, cruising, carbon capture and storage, council net zero, don't bank on coal, small actions.
177 countries ranked on environmental performance (UK comes third, India comes 176th), new GB hydropower projects, opposition to carbon capture and storage, more about ammonia, recycling in Wales, dynamic social norming is coming to North London, update on the Recyclability Assessment Methodology, recycling cars and tyres.
u3a member Geoff says: I am preparing a book on water and would like to engage with those interested. Where there is specific interest, I can make the relevant draft chapter available. The book is non-political and aims to provide a well-informed treatment as a basis for discussion leading to the resolution of our national water problems.
