KarelHa
@karelha.bsky.social
Truth over opinion. Climate politics and economy (failing alternative to science & policy). Hope can only help when we realize that there are viable alternatives to our political/economic dystopia.
"Come now, let us reason together."
"Come now, let us reason together."
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KarelHa
@karelha.bsky.social
· Oct 4
If we wish to #reap the combined #intelligence of #diversity, we need people to #honestly speak up, especially when in #disagreement. We need to learn to embrace #conflict and grow beyond. But first we need to remain #together, notwithstanding our division!
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There actually is a local minimum in October around that region compared to the warmth nearby. However, this cold blob is more visible in long-term trend maps that smooth out the interannual variability like that is present in a noisy one-month view (e.g., just looking at October 2025 alone).
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
There actually is a local minimum in October around that region compared to the warmth nearby. However, this cold blob is more visible in long-term trend maps that smooth out the interannual variability like that is present in a noisy one-month view (e.g., just looking at October 2025 alone).
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Important: Do not count on the private sector to fund adaptation. They have no incentive to do it well and governments DO HAVE THE MONEY, they just need to stop doing other useless stuff like building weapons.
www.devex.com/news/sierra-...
www.devex.com/news/sierra-...
Sierra Leone challenges COP30 push for private sector to fund adaptation
Sierra Leone’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change Jiwoh Abdulai says that the private sector can’t meet adaptation needs.
www.devex.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Important: Do not count on the private sector to fund adaptation. They have no incentive to do it well and governments DO HAVE THE MONEY, they just need to stop doing other useless stuff like building weapons.
www.devex.com/news/sierra-...
www.devex.com/news/sierra-...
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One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
#Pesticide verbruik ( #gewasbescherming) in Nederland is dalende. Het gebruik wordt gemeten in milioenen kg. Dat kan ook verklaard worden doordat 1 kg modern gif (mogelijk) tientallen keren effectiever ( #giftiger) is dan middelen die in onbruik raken. Weet iemand hoe dit uitpakt??
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
#Pesticide verbruik ( #gewasbescherming) in Nederland is dalende. Het gebruik wordt gemeten in milioenen kg. Dat kan ook verklaard worden doordat 1 kg modern gif (mogelijk) tientallen keren effectiever ( #giftiger) is dan middelen die in onbruik raken. Weet iemand hoe dit uitpakt??
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When a government speaks responsibly about climate risks. Iceland's climate minister Jóhannsson:
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
After COP30 Fire and Floods: AMOC Shutdown
YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When a government speaks responsibly about climate risks. Iceland's climate minister Jóhannsson:
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
"We believe that confronting climate tipping points and the risks they pose openly is not a sign of 'pessimism' or 'alarmism' but a sign of realism and responsibility."
youtu.be/B-0eQnEEsYA?...
The good thing about the conclusion that “cooperation fails because of bad #communication used to be that nobody is guilty and so nothing is done. That used to work for me as well, until I realized that a #team can be responsible too. Not individually. We need to learn new #competences together.
November 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The good thing about the conclusion that “cooperation fails because of bad #communication used to be that nobody is guilty and so nothing is done. That used to work for me as well, until I realized that a #team can be responsible too. Not individually. We need to learn new #competences together.
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This is depressing
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This is depressing
I am in favor if a #GrowthMindset. But it gives me an itch as well. Because this term is used as an incantation formula. I.e. is there anyone opposed to this?
am.in
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I am in favor if a #GrowthMindset. But it gives me an itch as well. Because this term is used as an incantation formula. I.e. is there anyone opposed to this?
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
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How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
How much carbon budget do we have left if we want to stay below 1.5˚C?
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
Just 2 more years at current rates. It is essentially impossible to avoid global temperature rise exceeding 1.5˚C.
climatelabbook.substack.com/p/the-shrink...
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Do people who are not oceanographers know that elephant seals have been helping us collect temperature and salinity data in inhospitable areas of the ocean for the last 20 years?
May 28, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Do people who are not oceanographers know that elephant seals have been helping us collect temperature and salinity data in inhospitable areas of the ocean for the last 20 years?
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"I would want to see emissions going down for several years before I would stand up on a building top and shout that emissions have peaked"
Please take note of my wise words...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Please take note of my wise words...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"I would want to see emissions going down for several years before I would stand up on a building top and shout that emissions have peaked"
Please take note of my wise words...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Please take note of my wise words...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I am sorry for those dragged down by their self appointed leader, but the #USA is really a #disgrace!
I am not as fast as youtu.be/CtVyl402W5s?...
I am not as fast as youtu.be/CtVyl402W5s?...
Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RufusWainwrightVEVO
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I am sorry for those dragged down by their self appointed leader, but the #USA is really a #disgrace!
I am not as fast as youtu.be/CtVyl402W5s?...
I am not as fast as youtu.be/CtVyl402W5s?...
I completely forgot how awkward electric #cooking used to be. painfully slow and when hit at last, slow to adjust back! Far inferior to gas. Now #induction is fast and extremely adjustable. Superior even to gas!
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I completely forgot how awkward electric #cooking used to be. painfully slow and when hit at last, slow to adjust back! Far inferior to gas. Now #induction is fast and extremely adjustable. Superior even to gas!
Bij sportieve hoogbegaafdheid worden ontwikkelkansen met zorg begeleid. Hoe kan het zo zijn dat bij intellectuele #hoogbegaafdheid onmiddellijk goede resultaten worden verwacht. En dat er gesproken wordt in termen van risico op drop out? #psychologie; #sport vs. #intelligentie
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Bij sportieve hoogbegaafdheid worden ontwikkelkansen met zorg begeleid. Hoe kan het zo zijn dat bij intellectuele #hoogbegaafdheid onmiddellijk goede resultaten worden verwacht. En dat er gesproken wordt in termen van risico op drop out? #psychologie; #sport vs. #intelligentie
How can any #church refuse to be #inclusive (of “non #elite”), given the example given by #JesusChrist himself??
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
How can any #church refuse to be #inclusive (of “non #elite”), given the example given by #JesusChrist himself??
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it becomes a math problem at a high enough level of abstraction. There are never guarantees that the crow befriended by the dog will have BETTER outcomes, but *statistically* more friends and more DIVERSE friends make you safer :)
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
it becomes a math problem at a high enough level of abstraction. There are never guarantees that the crow befriended by the dog will have BETTER outcomes, but *statistically* more friends and more DIVERSE friends make you safer :)
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Unregulated capitalism isn't good for the poor OR the wealthy. If we had a system to set ethical boundaries for ambitious brains, we could set them competing to solve the most pressing problems for the greatest good without their dumb selfish egos messing everything up.. but that'll be a big shift
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Unregulated capitalism isn't good for the poor OR the wealthy. If we had a system to set ethical boundaries for ambitious brains, we could set them competing to solve the most pressing problems for the greatest good without their dumb selfish egos messing everything up.. but that'll be a big shift
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and the original argument here was on competition, not capitalism
So you admit that inherently, relying on competition is a bad way to run a society and it’s not an evolutionary advantage .
Thanks and have a good night
So you admit that inherently, relying on competition is a bad way to run a society and it’s not an evolutionary advantage .
Thanks and have a good night
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
and the original argument here was on competition, not capitalism
So you admit that inherently, relying on competition is a bad way to run a society and it’s not an evolutionary advantage .
Thanks and have a good night
So you admit that inherently, relying on competition is a bad way to run a society and it’s not an evolutionary advantage .
Thanks and have a good night
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Leaving selfish egos room to compete to CHEAT the system is a HUGE problem, yeah. It's supposed to be a government's job to stop that from happening AND to redistribute resources in equitable ways. People just didn't VOTE for that because all science and altruism folks forgot to get good at SALES
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Leaving selfish egos room to compete to CHEAT the system is a HUGE problem, yeah. It's supposed to be a government's job to stop that from happening AND to redistribute resources in equitable ways. People just didn't VOTE for that because all science and altruism folks forgot to get good at SALES
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this is like saying there’s nothing wrong with pollution, or there’s nothing wrong with deforestation…
There absolutely is something wrong with humans thinking they can change the climate however they want, regardless of how it affects other people, animals, plants, and survival for the future
There absolutely is something wrong with humans thinking they can change the climate however they want, regardless of how it affects other people, animals, plants, and survival for the future
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
this is like saying there’s nothing wrong with pollution, or there’s nothing wrong with deforestation…
There absolutely is something wrong with humans thinking they can change the climate however they want, regardless of how it affects other people, animals, plants, and survival for the future
There absolutely is something wrong with humans thinking they can change the climate however they want, regardless of how it affects other people, animals, plants, and survival for the future
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Maybe intelligence in this case is shorthand for 'the only species able to manipulate its environment to such a great extent'?
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Maybe intelligence in this case is shorthand for 'the only species able to manipulate its environment to such a great extent'?
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Maybe, we don't know for sure. We're doing all kinds of things (incl. leaving nuclear waste) that could tip life over. But in any case my point is that it's so often just about us and our future, with disregard for the other, all innocent, life forms whose existence and future we're wrecking.
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Maybe, we don't know for sure. We're doing all kinds of things (incl. leaving nuclear waste) that could tip life over. But in any case my point is that it's so often just about us and our future, with disregard for the other, all innocent, life forms whose existence and future we're wrecking.
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Even if 95% of all species die, there will be new vibrant ecosystems in 5-30 million years. With new types of animals and plants. This is how it has always been after every mass extinction. I find this fact very comforting.
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Even if 95% of all species die, there will be new vibrant ecosystems in 5-30 million years. With new types of animals and plants. This is how it has always been after every mass extinction. I find this fact very comforting.