#YouTuber
@rezomusik
did remarkable research for this video, talking to scientists and - really - checking out the insights provided by
@IPCC_CH
new
#climate
report.
#rezo
has strong views, but he's basing them on sound evidence. Sorry, this is in German:
"If we go past 2°C of
#globalwarming
, we will enter completely unknown terrain, a
#planet
that is not even resembling our own planet, a place we haven't been in for the past 3 million years." PIK Director
@jrockstrom
in
@UNFCCC
podcast, tune in!
👂👉
All
#PlanetaryBoundaries
mapped out, six of nine crossed: For the first time, a team of scientists is able to provide a full picture of planetary resilience. Pressure in all those boundary processes is increasing, newly published research shows:
38 trillion dollars in damages each year: World economy already committed to income reduction of 19 % due to climate change. 👉New PIK paper in
@Nature
by
@KotzMaximilian
,
@Leonie_Climate
,
@ALevermann
, Image: Kotz et al., Nature
“It’s a really bleak moment, not only because of the reports showing that emissions are still rising (...), but we also have so much scientific evidence that we are very, very close to irreversible changes." PIK Director
@jrockstrom
in
@guardianeco
.
It's time to
#FacetheClimateEmergency
: In a letter to EU leaders, 150 scientists from all over the world, including PIK's
@rahmstorf
#Schellnhuber
and more, call to politics to take action against climate destabilisation
500+ pages, 200+ researchers: The most comprehensive review to date on
#TippingPoints
in the Earth System is out, with
@UniofExeter
. The Global Tipping Points report delivers a comprehensive assessment of tipping point risks & societal opportunities.
#BREAKING
PIK Director
@jrockstrom
is on the 2023
#TIME100
list! His work is described as “crucial to understanding the crises facing our planet & shaping the path forward, guiding leaders on how to turn complex science into clear, quantifiable actions.”
“The signs of destabilisation being visible already is something that I wouldn’t have expected and that I find scary,” said PIKs Niklas Boers
@guardian
, “It’s something you just can’t [allow to] happen.”
#climate
Thorough read by
@dpcarrington
#UkraineUnderAtta
сk will spur a
#FoodCrisis
. Next Monday, EU's agri ministers will meet. Today,
#science
is calling for demand-side action: less animal products, less
#waste
& greening 🇪🇺agricultural policy. Read the statement of >180 scientists here:
"Scientifically, this is not a climate crisis, but something deeper: We are facing mass extinction, air pollution (...), we are putting humanity's future at risk. This is a planetary crisis." PIK Director
@jrockstrom
with Joyeeta Gupta at
@wef
.
👉
To maintain liveable conditions on Earth, protect people from rising extremes, and enable stable societies, we must do everything possible to prevent crossing dangerous tipping points. Every 10th of a degree counts -
@jrockstrom
on latest paper in Science:
“The world’s remaining
#carbon
budget is running out so fast that we will soon have no scientific chance of keeping to the 1.5C warming target.” Clear words by PIKs
@jrockstrom
on
#G7GER
& the possible creation of a climate club.
Respected Swedish scientist Johan Rockström
@jrockstrom
, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
@PIK_Climate
, talks about the science of soil and the undisputed effectiveness of healthy soil as a carbon sink.
#SaveSoil
@SadhguruJV
"The world needs to cut global
#emissions
by 50% in 7 years’ time. At
#COP27
, we were still battling over whether we are phasing down / out
#coal
, and were not willing to talk about
#fossilfuels
. The mismatch could not be wider," says PIK's
@jrockstrom
.
👉
We have a
#climate
crisis and a weak planet. This is not a very good place to be in. So we really need rapid action."
@CNN
interview with PIK Director
@jrockstromon
on
#planetaryboundaries
& latest study update that finds 6 / 9 boundaries transgressed.
Food matters: A global shift to a healthier, more sustainable diet could be a huge lever to limit global warming to 1.5°C, PIK researchers find. Results of the new study
@ScienceAdvances
indicate that a shift in diets could make a considerable difference:
A grim 6/10: The sixth planetary boundary has found crossed in a new
#study
. It's that of freshwater. The reason: Plants are suffering from dramatic changes to the global water cycle, leaving parts of the
#Amazon
to dry out.
@sthlmresilience
@lan_wang
"The only 'currency' that counts today is 'speed and scale' to return the world within the safe operating space of
#PlanetaryBoundaries
", states PIK director
@jrockstrom
. Read his summary of the latest scientific data & assessments of rising Earth risks👉
"Very little room for anything but a total phase-out of
#fossilfuels
" state PIK Director
@jrockstrom
&
@PFriedling
@UniofExeter
in note to
@UNFCCC
. Rich countries would need to stop coal by 2030, oil & gas by 2040, poorer nations following a decade behind.
Studies show that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has already weakened as a result of anthropogenic climate change and is possible moving towards a tipping point. 👉New overview article by PIK scientist
@rahmstorf
:
In an open letter, 500 scientists (including PIK researcher Wolfgang Lucht) are urging world leaders to end government subsidies for cutting and burning wood for industrial energy production:
#biomass
"Our children are looking with disbelief at our inability to deviate away from potentially catastrophic risks." In his visually stunning
@TEDCountdown
talk, PIK Director
@jrockstrom
presents a plan for putting the planet back on the path of
#sustainability
“If you want to have security, prosperity and equity for humanity on Earth, you have to come back into the safe space and we’re not seeing that progress currently in the world”, says the study's co-author PIK-director Johan Rockström:
#PlanetaryBoundaries
"Those who set climate targets are responsible for meeting them." - Read the statements by PIK directors Ottmar Edenhofer and
@jrockstrom
on today's groundbreaking rulings by
@ECHR_CEDH
in 3 climate cases. 👇
#climatechange
#ECHR
"We are at the beginning of the end of the
#fossilfuel
driven world economy. There’s no going back any more. The question is will we do it fast enough?” PIK Director
@jrockstrom
in
@guardian
on
#COP27
Tipping elements of the Earth system should be considered
#GlobalCommons
, researchers argue in a new paper. To limit risks for human societies & secure critical Earth system functions they propose a new framework of
#PlanetaryCommons
:
🆕2.7 °C of
#globalwarming
could lead to more than 1/5 of the global population being exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by the end of the century, pushing them outside their original climate niche.
"Key is to do the math of disaster, in order to avoid it" - brand new
#research
by PIK's
@jrockstrom
,
#Schellnhuber
,
@Cambridge_Uni
et al on low probability but very high risk climate impacts. Brace for this extremely inconvenient truth 🌩️
Such flooding incidents are happening “more often and more intensely” due to
#climatechange
, says PIK scientist Fred Hattermann in
@washingtonpost
about the flooding in the western parts of Germany.
“The sheer sum of acute & chronic
#water
stress symptoms – which now affect large parts of the
#Earth
& the life of billions of people – leads us to the brink of a global
#watercrisis
.” PIKs Dieter Gerten on new
@WorldResources
report, via
@CNN
.
“A rise of 1.5C is not an arbitrary number, it is not a political number. It is a
#planetaryboundary
. Every fraction of a degree more is dangerous,” says PIK Director
@jrockstrom
about
#COP26
& the struggle to stay within the 1.5C limit. Via
@guardian
“The global food system holds the future of humanity on Earth in its hand.” PIK director
@jrockstrom
in
@guardian
on new
@FSECommission
study that shows how current food systems destroy more value than they create due to hidden medical&environmental costs.
Alfred Wegener medal & honorary membership by
@EuroGeosciences
for PIK scientist
@rahmstorf
- congrats👏The EGU is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary & space sciences for the benefit of humanity.
👉
The major Atlantic ocean current, to which also the
#Gulfstream
belongs, might be approaching a critical threshold - a potential collapse could have severe consequences. New study in
@NatureClimate
by Niklas Boers: Link to study: !B
"The remaining Global Carbon Budget is now down to 200 billion tonnes of CO2 for us to have a chance at all to hold the 1,5°C limit. In a world that emits 40bn t CO2 each year, that gives us 5 more years. We're truly in the decisive decade of humanity's future," says
@jrockstrom
.
The window for meeting the 1.5°C target is closing, but: "If all climate
#mitigation
levers are pulled, it may still be possible to limit
#globalwarming
to 1.5°C in line with the
#ParisAgreement
," says PIK lead author Lila Warszawski.
👉new PIK study:
The first complete Earth “health check” shows 6 of 9 planetary boundaries are currently being transgressed. Transgression does not mean that drastic changes happen overnight, yet it marks a critical threshold for increasing risk, says PIKs
@jrockstrom
.
👉
Congrats to PIK Director
@jrockstrom
, who will be awarded with the 2024
@TylerPrize
for Environmental Achievement for his pioneering work on the
#PlanetaryBoundaries
framework. 🎉- "An invaluable contribution to our planet’s welfare.":
If you've ever wondered what's behind the
#AMOC
and why it's so important to the climate system: Watch or listen to PIK scientist Levke Caesar take a deep dive into the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its impact & interactions. 👇
Today I'm joined by climate physicist Levke Caesar for a comprehensive overview of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and its connections to broader planetary systems.
Full episode:
Temporarily
#overshooting
the
#climate
targets of 1.5-2C could increase the
#tippingrisk
of several Earth system elements by more than 70%. PIK scientist Nico Wunderling explains key finding of new
#tippingpoints
study short & to the point.
Today The Climate Book is finally released in many parts of the world!
I want to use my platform to share the reality of the climate crisis – to communicate a holistic picture of how the world is changing and what we need to do about it. That is why I created this book.
1/4
New study: Too
#dry
, too
#hot
, or too
#wet
. "In Europe alone, about 70% of the land area is already affected by more persistent
#weather
situations,” says PIK scientist Peter Hoffmann.
👉
"Dangerously close to the tipping point at which the flow becomes unstable.” Never before in over 1000 years the
#Gulfstream
System has been as weak as in the last decades. New study by Levke Caesar &
@rahmstorf
et al:
Impressive video by
@nasaclimatechange
showing the increase in global temperatures from 1880-2022. Whites / blues indicate cooler temperatures, oranges / reds show warmer temperatures.
#globalwarming
#climatechange
“Climate science shows: if we don’t have action by the global community now, we will shut the window for a liveable future for humanity on earth.” PIK Director
@jrockstrom
spoke at
#ITB
about
#climatechange
& its effect on the
#HospitalityIndustry
.
"It is not enough to decarbonize the global energy system. The other
#planetaryboundaries
on land, biodiversity, nutrients, water & pollutants can on their own make us crash through the 1.5°C limit." PIKs
@jrockstrom
about the state of our planet in
@TIME
:
Breaking News: The Amazon is less able to recover from droughts and land-use changes, a study found, moving the region closer to becoming largely grasslands.
"It is a major mistake in current climate action debates, when big oil, gas & coal actors use investments in nature based solutions / CDR as 'offsets' for the inability to phase out
#FossilFuels
. This will not work." PIK Director
@jrockstrom
#Time100Voices
#Climatechange
is likely to reduce future global income by about 19% until 2050 compared to a world with no climate change,finds new PIK study
@Nature
with PIK scientist
@Leonie_Climate
. Most strongly affected are countries like South Asia & Africa.
👉
"Exactly when we need a resilient
#biosphere
, we are losing it. If we get too far from planetary boundaries, feedback from
#Earth
will start to amplify our trajectory irreversibly toward a 4, 5/ 6°C world,” says
@jrockstrom
. Recommended read.
@marlowehood
By 2030, 30% of the planet's land & sea areas should be protected. All subsidies leading to the degradation of nature should be reallocated. These are 2 of the recommendations from the
@LeibnizBiodiv
"
#10MustDos
" in the run-up to
#COP15
.
#biodiversity
👉
New
@Nature
Commentary:
#Water
must be recast as a global common good. That means states establish an obligation under international law to ensure the protection of the global water cycle for all people & generations.
@Andersen_LS
@Mazzucato_M
@jrockstrom
"We have now had consecutive
#droughts
for the last 5 years. This year is the worst Europe-wide drought in hundreds of years," states PIK's Fred Hattermann.
#Climatechange
means
#Europe
will continue to experience more frequent & persistent droughts.
Deutschland hat jetzt einen konkreten Fahrplan, wie der Kohleausstieg eines ganzen Landes laufen soll. Es ist ein Plan, der weit in die Zukunft greifen muss. Aber es ist kein besonders guter Fahrplan, sagt Professor Ottmar Edenhofer, Direktor des
@PIK_Klima
.
#kohlegipfel
"Offsetting carbon emissions with forest growth at this scale is a dangerous fantasy." An international team of researchers, including
@jrockstrom
&
@GenerationCO2
, has found serious problems with the feasibility of
@Shell
’s net zero plan
"If we want to stabilize the
#climate
, emissions need to go down to zero" - PIK´s research domain chair
@ALevermann
this week at the German Bundestag (video in German)
"If we phase out
#fossilfuels
by 2050 & stop destroying nature, it will still get worse before it gets better. We are in the pipeline of
#globalwarming
. It’s inevitable that we will crash through 1.5 °C, probably within 10-15 years." PIKs
@jrockstrom
Why can peatlands help limit
#weather
extremes? They store twice as much carbon as forests worldwide. Yet once drained, they emit greenhouse gases - currently double of what global air traffic emits. Breaking
#climate
study
@PIK_Climate
@FHumpenoeder
et al
The global economy is disrupting the
#water
cycle, making water increasingly scarce. "In the end, we will have so much water scarcity that we will have increasing food prices"-
@jrockstrom
in
@TIME
on why a global price on
#freshwater
might be needed:
“To keep the 1.5°C climate limit within reach, we need investments in natural climate solutions – in addition to rapidly phasing out
#coal
,
#oil
and
#gas
." PIK's
@jrockstrom
about new Exponential Roadmap for Natural Climate Solutions.
@ConservationOrg
"While 1.5°C is a scientific necessity and potentially physically possible,
#COP27
shows that it is politically dead." PIK Director
@jrockstrom
after
#cop27egypt
came to a close last weekend.
👉Follow pik_klima on Instagram for more videos!
🎵
“
#Biodiversity
is fundamental to keeping the carbon cycle & the water cycle intact,” PIK Director
@jrockstrom
says in
@FinancialTimes
about latest planetary boundaries study. “The biggest headache we have today is the
#climatecrisis
& biodiversity crisis.”
#COP26
: “We have 30+ years of scientific advancements; 150 years of unsustainable pressures rising; now we've basically saturated the system. The only way out is 100% sustainability.”” PIK director &
@CCAG
member
@jrockstrom
. Via
@Forbes
Ten of the most important insights within the field of climate science 2020 are being presented right now by
@UNFCCC
's Secretary
@PEspinosaC
and an international team of scientists including PIKs
@jrockstrom
.
What´s on the list of must-knows? 👉👉👉
4 of the top 10 peer-reviewed
#climate
science papers most referred to in news and social media in 2023 featured authors from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, a ranking by
@CarbonBrief
based on Altmetric scores reveils:
A
#NetZero
world needs new institutions to build trust:
@TheEconomist
takes up PIK Director
#Edenhofer
's concept of "a central bank for carbon to supervise the use of removals, preventing politicians from debasing the currency/breaking commitments." (€)
Climate system stability is under threat. A 50-50 chance of planetary warming surpassing 1.5C in the next 5 years. BUT: We can still stop the
#climatecrisis
. Governments must provide leadership & direction, businesses must act now, writes PIKs
@jrockstrom
.
“The
#climatecrisis
is much more urgent than assessed 10 years ago. We see that impacts are already kicking in, that they are more dramatic.” PIKs
@GunnarLuderer
says it very clearly: We need to do more. Tune in to our latest
#SustainAbility
Podcast🎙️