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🚨#FakeNews alert! When we’re grappling with extreme weather events, climate change denial only adds fuel to the fire.  🏭From minimising CO2 impact to discrediting scientists, climate change deniers throw every argument they can at it. But facts trump fiction and the evidence is undeniable: Human activity is driving climate change. Ignoring this isn't just shortsighted—it's dangerous. Denial blocks action, leaving us vulnerable to the ravages of a changing climate. 🙋🏻🙋🏻♂️Together, though, we can make a difference. It's time to challenge denialism, spread awareness, and take meaningful action to protect our planet. 👩🏻💻Read our post to discover how to debate with climate change deniers—and win! https://lnkd.in/dgzR5Zis  #ClimateChange #FactsOverDenial

The dissemination of false or inaccurate information is causing a delay in taking necessary measures to address one of the most significant challenges humanity is currently facing. Below is an in-depth examination of eight prevalent misconceptions regarding climate change and a clear explanation of why they are factually incorrect.

Want to know what happened last year in terms of climate policy and events? Well, 2023 was the hottest year...yet. Climate events continued to rock the planet, like all major basins experiencing a category 5 storm. And WMO announced we will hit 1.5 degrees of warming within the next 5 years, albeit with a small caveat. I wrote an exhaustive post on 2023, both events and policy, have a look: #year2023 #climatechange #climateaction #climatepolicy #policy https://lnkd.in/dKdsU9GG

Urgent Call to Action! According to The Guardian's article, published on May 8, 2024, discusses a survey conducted among world scientists that highlights concerns over global climate failure. The survey reveals that global temperatures are on track to exceed safe limits, despite efforts to combat climate change. This survey expresses frustration and warns of the potential consequences of this failure on ecosystems and human societies, stressing the urgent need for more ambitious actions to combat climate change. This survey underscores the urgency of addressing climate issues to prevent catastrophic impacts on the planet. It is the time for bold and ambitious actions to tackle the climate crisis. https://lnkd.in/d_HpsPXm

I've been saying this for some time. The best reason to control or slow down human-accelerated climate change is to protect those with settled expectations and interests in how things are today, and where land is productive and valuable today. Human activity may well accelerate climate change but not in any way foundationally harmful to life (life THRIVED when the average global temperature was higher) or even human life. Opposing climate change categorically and trying to preserve everything as it is is about as unnatural and anti-evolutionary an act as anyone can commit. And eliminating fossil fuels is not even remotely the best way to slow or reverse climate change. We should conserve. We should avoid waste. But not in ways that are contrary to natural laws and forces and will almost certainly have significant and unanticipated negative consequences. So let's be a bit more thoughtful when we try to play God. Always.

Powerlessness is a choice. Change starts with a small group of people. It's up to you to decide who you are. Whatever is holding you back, climate change is gonna make it worse. The solutions are there, history shows we need disruption for implementation. https://lnkd.in/gpJUPNSh

#ClimateChange will have significant impacts if we don't take action. This article is a great read on the topic. However, to gain more support for climate initiatives, we need to explain the impacts in a more granular way. It's important that every person understands how climate change affects them, from real estate values to higher costs of goods and services. Only then can we hope to gain broad support for change. Check out this article for more information: https://bit.ly/4ajOIOH

This is a climate apocalypse unfolding. We can’t rely on governments to make sensible decisions. It’s up to each one of us to take action, most impactful of which is to purchase wisely and to consume less.

What if we already knew that climate change will cost us much more than mitigating against it? Six times more, to be precise. Would we spring into action, superhero*ine style? Well, for those of us who still don’t know, or who are still sitting on the fence (a fence, in danger of destruction by flooding, wildfire or cyclones): New research published in Nature Portfolio magazine found that the climate-related damages we have already committed to are six times larger than mitigation costs needed to limit warming to 2C degrees. Using new empirical data from climate impacts on economic growth in more than 1,600 subnational regions over the past 40 years, this detailed analysis draws a precise global picture. And with infrastructure poised to contribute some 79% of global emissions, our work here at VIDA to support building more climate intelligent assets is cut out for us. To read the study → https://lnkd.in/dSKCYnkh

The uncertainty of how climate change will play out should not reduce how we communicate the risk of impacts. This article seeks to describe the difference, but I think this will be an ongoing struggle for those of us working on climate impacts. Communicating uncertainty in data and analyses is essential to ensuring good decision making!