by Peter du Toit | Jul 24, 2024 | Adaptation, Climate Literacy, Leadership, Mitigation
For two consecutive days, July 21 and July 22, the daily average global surface temperature record set on July 6, 2023 (17.08°C) has been broken. You can read more about this here New record daily global average temperature reached in July 2024 Current instrument...
by Peter du Toit | Jul 15, 2024 | Climate Literacy, Mitigation
In some quarters you will often hear some people say that nuclear energy is the solution to the climate crisis. Where does nuclear energy fit in and what impact does it have on what we are trying to achieve – that is to reduce emissions and thus reduce global...
by Peter du Toit | Jul 12, 2024 | Adaptation, Climate Crisis, Climate Literacy, Leadership
At a recent mitigation/adaptation workshop we used the EnROADS (Energy-Rapid Overview and Decision-Support) simulator to help plot a course of action to limit loss and damage from extreme weather events. Attendees were able to restrict global heating to just below 2°C...
by Peter du Toit | Jul 9, 2024 | Adaptation, Climate Crisis, Climate Literacy, Leadership
10 New Insights in Climate Science 2023/2024 “Multiple lines of evidence indicate that, due to insufficient mitigation of GHGs, no pathway remains that avoids exceeding 1.5°C global warming for at least some decades.” “During overshoot of 1.5°C warming, risks become...
by Peter du Toit | Jul 5, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Climate Literacy
The recent IPCC AR6 reporting made it very clear what is required for us to attempt to keep global temperatures below 2ºC of heating. Here it is: Notice the wording here: rapid, deep and immediate reductions are required. There is nothing ambiguous about this. Yet in...
