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O=C=OThe rate at which atmospheric CO2 is increasing is now outpacing the pathways set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that limit global warming to 1.5C.The third working group report of the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IPCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IPCC</a>’s sixth assessment report (<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AR6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AR6</a>), published in 2022, presented a set of seven “illustrative pathways” that highlight how different mitigation choices across major economic sectors translate into future <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenhouseGas</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> and global temperatures.In the three most-ambitious pathways, <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> has a 50% chance of either staying below 1.5C, or overshooting it by only 0.1C (for up to several decades) before then returning to below 1.5C.Yet, not only are atmospheric <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CO2</a> concentrations still rising, the rate of rise is <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accelerating</a>. The build-up of CO2 in the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atmosphere</a> has been monitored at the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/MaunaLoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaunaLoa</a> observatory in <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawaii</a> since 1958. As illustrated by the iconic <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KeelingCurve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeelingCurve</a> below, the increase has been accelerating over the decades (blue line) due to ongoing emissions of CO2 from burning <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> and changing land use. So while the curve needs to rapidly bend in the other direction to hold warming to 1.5C (light red line), the rate of rising CO2 marches onwards and upwards.<a href="https://www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-atmospheric-co2-rise-now-exceeding-ipcc-1-5c-pathways/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-atmospheric-co2-rise-now-exceeding-ipcc-1-5c-pathways/</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCatastrophe</a>

O=C=OOcean-surface warming has more than quadrupled since the late-1980s, study showsThe rate of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ocean</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/warming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warming</a> has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown. Ocean temperatures were rising at about 0.06°C per decade in the late 1980s, but are now increasing at 0.27°C per decade. Published 28 January 2025 in Environmental Research Letters, the study helps explain why 2023 and early 2024 saw unprecedented ocean temperatures. This <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accelerating</a> ocean warming is driven by the Earth's growing energy imbalance—whereby more <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> from the sun is being absorbed in the Earth's system than is escaping back to space. This imbalance has roughly doubled since 2010, in part due to increasing <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenhouseGas</a> concentrations, and because the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a> is now reflecting less sunlight to space than before. Global ocean temperatures hit record highs for 450 days straight in 2023 and early 2024. Some of this warmth came from <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ElNi%C3%B1o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElNiño</a>, a natural warming event in the Pacific.<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ocean-surface-quadrupled-late-1980s.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-01-ocean-surface-quadrupled-late-1980s.html</a>Article: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adaa8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adaa8a</a><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateScience</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GlobalWarning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarning</a>

O=C=ODurability of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarbonDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarbonDioxide</a> removal is critical for stabilizing temperaturesThe world is emitting over 40 gigatons of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CO2</a> per year, contributing to an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accelerating</a> warming of the planet. The world needs to cut <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> rapidly to be remotely on track to meet our <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ParisAgreement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ParisAgreement</a> goals of limiting warming to well-below <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2C</a>, and we should be spending the vast majority (>95%) of our resources today on reducing emissions.<a href="https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/durability-of-carbon-dioxide-removal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/durability-of-carbon-dioxide-removal</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateScience</a>

Farista Sairuv“We <a href="https://mas.to/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#share</a> new <a href="https://mas.to/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evidence</a> of how the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/yachts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yachts</a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/jets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jets</a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/polluting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polluting</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/investments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#investments</a> of the 50 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/richest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#richest</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> are <a href="https://mas.to/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accelerating</a> the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crisis</a>. Oxfam’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/shows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shows</a> that the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emissions</a> of the world’s <a href="https://mas.to/tags/super" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#super</a>-<a href="https://mas.to/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rich</a> 1% are causing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economic</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#losses</a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/trillions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trillions</a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dollars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dollars</a>; contributing to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/huge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#huge</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crop</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#losses</a>; and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/leading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leading</a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/millions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#millions</a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/excess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#excess</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deaths</a>.” <a href="https://mas.to/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#environment</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CapitalisIsNotWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CapitalisIsNotWorking</a> <a href="https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-inequality-kills-why-curbing-the-excessive-emissions-of-an-elite-few-can-621656/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-inequality-kills-why-curbing-the-excessive-emissions-of-an-elite-few-can-621656/</a>

Chuck DarwinModern cars have been called “smartphones with wheels,” because they are connected to the internet and packed with sensors and cameras. <a href="https://c.im/tags/LexisNexis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LexisNexis</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Risk</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Solutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solutions</a>, a data broker, has traditionally kept tabs for insurers on drivers’ moving violations, prior insurance coverage and accidents.When Romeo Chicco requested his LexisNexis file, it contained details about 258 trips he had taken in his Cadillac over the past six months. His file included the distance he had driven, when the trips started and ended, and an accounting of any <a href="https://c.im/tags/speeding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speeding</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/hard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hard</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/braking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#braking</a> or <a href="https://c.im/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accelerating</a>. The data had been provided by <a href="https://c.im/tags/General" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#General</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Motors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Motors</a> — the manufacturer of his Cadillac.In a complaint against General Motors and LexisNexis Risk Solutions filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Mr. Chicco accused the companies of 💥violation of privacy and consumer protection laws. 💥The lawsuit follows a report by The New York Times that, unknown to consumers, automakers have been sharing information on their driving behavior with the insurance industry, resulting in <a href="https://c.im/tags/increased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#increased</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurance</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rates</a> for some drivers. LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and another data broker called <a href="https://c.im/tags/Verisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Verisk</a>, claim to have real-world driving behavior from ♦️millions of cars.♦️<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/technology/gm-lexis-nexis-driving-data.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/technology/gm-lexis-nexis-driving-data.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Chuck Darwin<a href="https://c.im/tags/Actuaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Actuaries</a> have issued a call for more <a href="https://c.im/tags/precise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#precise</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#risk</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/assessments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assessments</a>, highlighting the concept of the “🔹risk of ruin🔹,” which refers to a critical juncture beyond which global society might be unable to adapt to the ramifications of climate change.A collaboration between the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/IFoA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IFoA</a> ) and the University of Exeter has resulted in a report titled 💥“Climate Scorpion: the sting is in the tail,” 💥which makes a case for employing risk management strategies traditionally used in financial services to evaluate and convey the risks associated with climate change.The report advocates for the consideration of “worst-case” scenarios regarding climate change. It also issued a warning that the pace of global warming could be <a href="https://c.im/tags/accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accelerating</a>, with the likelihood it could surpass the 1.5°C target becoming increasingly plausible. This could lead to several tipping points, including the <a href="https://c.im/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collapse</a> of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenland</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sheets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sheets</a>, which could have long-lasting consequences. Unexpected sensitivity to climate change is also a concern, as what is often described as a “<a href="https://c.im/tags/tail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tail</a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#risk</a>” might have a higher probability of resulting in significant temperature increases. Methodologies are also now suggesting that a doubling of <a href="https://c.im/tags/greenhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenhouse</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gas</a> concentrations could lead to <a href="https://c.im/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperature</a> rises of 7°C or more. <a href="https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/environmental/policymakers-urged-to-consider-risk-of-ruin-for-climate-481136.aspx" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/environmental/policymakers-urged-to-consider-risk-of-ruin-for-climate-481136.aspx</a>

Matt WillemsenReport: US needs much more than the IRA to get to net zero by 2050 Current policies cut emissions in half—can we keep cutting? <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/national-academies-the-ira-is-nice-but-we-need-climate-policy-beyond-2030/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/national-academies-the-ira-is-nice-but-we-need-climate-policy-beyond-2030/</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Accelerating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accelerating</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/Decarbonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decarbonization</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetZero</a> <a href="https://fedibird.com/tags/IRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IRA</a>

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