I speak about climate futures, mitigation and adaptation in the face of the climate crisis. 🇿🇦
I am a huge fan of ephemeral social media, so my posts delete after 60 days. Content that I want around longer will be on my blog.
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I speak about climate futures, mitigation and adaptation in the face of the climate crisis. 🇿🇦
I am a huge fan of ephemeral social media, so my posts delete after 60 days. Content that I want around longer will be on my blog.
https://peterdutoit.com
du Toit is an Afrikaans surname of French origin, originally from François du Toit, a Huguenot who moved to South Africa in 1686. It translates as "of the roof". People with the surname include:Alexander du Toit (1878–1948), South African geologist Anri du Toit aka Yolandi Visser, South African musician Braam du Toit, South African composer Christiaan du Toit (1901–1982), South African military commander Daniel du Toit (1871–1959), South African astronomer Dirk du Toit (1943–2009), South African politician Elize du Toit, South African born, British actress Flooi du Toit (1869–1909), South African cricketer Francois Jacobus du Toit (1897–1961), South African journalist and economist Gaffie du Toit, South African rugby union Jacob Daniël du Toit, South African poet and translator Jané du Toit, Namibian rugby union footballer Lydia Lindeque (1916–1997), South African actor Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer Nick du Toit, South African arms dealer Paul du Toit (1965–2014), South African artist Pieter-Steph du Toit, South African rugby union player Rachel Alida du Toit (1916–1997), South African actor Sarel Petrus du Toit (1864–1930), Second Boer War Boer general Simoné du Toit, South African shot putter Stephanus Jacobus du Toit (1847–1911), South African Afrikaans language pioneer Wikus du Toit, South African actor .. more
"Since atmospheric GHGs [which increased by +2.3% in 2024] drive global warming, [this is] ultimately the metric that matters for meeting the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement."
Unless these decline we are on a steady march to hell
#ClimateCrisis
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A 🧵 on what this loophole would mean for Europe’s limited supply of advanced biofuels 👇
Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social
Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!
www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2
This is a *direct* result of our refusal to stop burning coal, oil and methane gas
What is presented here are consequences at ~1.5°C
The current NDC trajectory is ~2.5°C
We are on a highway to hell
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Check out this recent briefing, delivered to COP30 @iccinet.bsky.social
Very much designed for the non-expert, so don't be afraid to dip in!
www.youtube.com/live/YjYkKvw... 1/2
Reposted by Du Toit
2024 saw a record number of violent incidents over water around the world, far surpassing the 355 in 2023, continuing a steeply rising trend. Violence has more than quadrupled in the last five years.
www.latimes.com/environment/...
The municipality published their “contingency” plan to ward off Day Zero.
Here are all the red flags:
peterdutoit.com/knys...
Reposted by Christopher Wright, Adrian Vickers, Carlos Moreno
“Crisis has hit about 2 million people and left an entire southern city under water.”
www.scmp.com/week-as...
#ClimateCrisis
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#France 🇫🇷
#ClimateCrisis
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"The ocean condition is transforming in multiple dimensions at once, and even the deep ocean—once considered stable—is responding more rapidly than we thought.”— Prof. Lijing Cheng (IAP/CAS)
phys.org/news/2025-1...
#ClimateCrisis
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Plot shows zonal-mean temperature anomalies, where latitude = y-axis (not scaled by distance). GISTEMPv4 data using their 1951-1980 baseline.
🌡️ "The forecast indicates a strong global signal for enhanced probabilities of above-normal land surface temperatures."
🌧️ "Overall, the DJF 2025/26 rainfall outlook reflects a La Niña-influenced pattern"
Source: wmo.int/media/update...
2024 emissions increased by 2.3% from 2023.
2025 emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% from 2024
UNEP (2025): "Since atmospheric GHG concentrations drive global warming, these are ultimately the metrics that matter for meeting the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement."
If these are not curbed we are on a highway to hell.
Reposted by Du Toit
www.technosphere.earth/living-beyon...
Today they had to switch off the river extraction pumps due to extreme low water flow.
Knysna has been plagued by municipal mismanagement and infrastructure issues and the drought has amplified all this.
Population: 98,000
Reposted by Du Toit, David Johnson
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place
Jonathan Watts in Belém
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating
We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
Forewarned is forearmed.
peterdutoit.com/cons...
#ClimateCrisis #RealityCheck
Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Du Toit
As I wrote before, President Masoud Pezeshkian himself said that it might be necessary to relocate Tehranis in large number.” open.substack.com/pub/peterfra...
www.reuters.com/sust...
#COP30
Reposted by Du Toit, Stacy D. VanDeveer
Stop burning #fossilfuels. Stop turning them into plastics.
Leave them in the ground.
“A climate text that cannot mention fossil fuels is a climate text that refuses to speak the truth…”
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