The new IPCC report makes for some pretty heavy reading. As designers & architects we must prioritise strategies for resilience and adaption, particularly for the most vulnerable communities.
nytimes.com/2022/02/28/cli…
Jamal my friend, you were a true legend. You left us too soon and too young, but your memory prevails. Your passion and enthusiasm still remain. I miss you. I wish I could have said good bye. R.I.P
Jamals platform SB.TV was dedicated to celebrating and supporting under-represented talent. He helped establish musicians like Ed Sheeran, Jessie J and Dave in the early days of their careers and he supported hundreds more by recording and promoting their music.
I’m lost for words today. I first met Jamal 10 years ago when we were making videos on YouTube. Over the years he has been a friend and a mentor to me. He inspired me to push my limits and keep building on the ideas I was passionate about.
Young people like @JackHarries and our @ObamaFoundation leaders are using their platforms to pressure the world on climate change. As we move forward with the Glasgow pact, we must listen and follow through on our commitments to protect our planet and secure a better future.
Now as #COP26 is coming to an end, beware of a tsunami of greenwashing and media spin to somehow frame the outcome as “good”, “progress”, “hopeful” or “a step in the right direction”.
The evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions are choking our planet & placing billions of people in danger.
Global heating is affecting every region on Earth, with many of the changes becoming irreversible.
We must act decisively now to avert a climate catastrophe. twitter.com/IPCC_CH/status…
The climate emergency is no longer contained in the distant reaches of our collective imagination, as some far-off doomsday calamity. It’s here.
But there’s no time for nihilism. What’s required of us is adaptation, ingenuity & humility.
My latest. atmos.earth/no-time-for-ni…
Decarbonising our society & adapting to this future will require fundamental transition in our economic geography, urbanism, architecture & our way of life - in a integrated manner
It’s clear we are heading to 3.5 degrees not 1.5 degrees - whole cities and settlements will be displaced, whole cities will need to deep retrofitted and we are just not ready.
The IPCC website seems to of crashed due to popular demand to read the Sixth Assessment report... that seems strangely encouraging to me. #climatecrisis
"Highest temperature ever recorded in the planet north of 50N latitude also shattered (44.4C from July 1941)" - @extremetemps
Heat records are usually broken by decimals, like a tenth of a degree. And not in June...
This heat-wave is just getting started.
#FaceTheClimateEmergencytwitter.com/ScottDuncanWX/…
Wow.
Canada has a new all-time high temperature record: 46.6°C (115.8°F)
These records are normally broken by 0.1 or 0.2 degrees. This record was set by 1.6°C (2.8°F)
This is a totally new climate. twitter.com/ECCCWeatherBC/…
BREAKING: Today likely will go down in history as a major turning point in saving our planet.
Dutch court orders Shell to halve emissions; shareholders slam Chevron over Ecuador; Exxon loses two Board seats to climate activists.
The fossil fuel era is ending.
Hard to overstate how much Big Oil is getting its ass kicked today by courts and shareholders alike.
🔥Shell loses massive trial
🛢Chevron shareholders want to limit Scope 3 emissions
⛽️Exxon expecting at least two new climate activist board members
Where you're born is down to chance. Acting with love is up to you.
Huge love and thanks to everyone who spread the #ChooseLove and #ChooseEarth message this week.
Yes, farms can help fight climate change.
But if business and policy leaders continue to ignore race, equity, and access, "regenerative agriculture" will not only be incoherent—it will be environmentally ineffective.
I explained why for @TheCounter:
thecounter.org/regenerative-a…
We've officially crossed over to 418ppm, the highest atmospheric carbon dioxide levels in millions of years — before the pyramids, before the ice age, before modern humans existed.
Humanity has never experienced our planet like this.
We are in a climate emergency.
Yesterday we celebrated the grim aniversary of a year since we went into lockdown. Here's three things I learned. finnharries.medium.com/a-year-in-lock…
It’s global climate strike. We strike because climate justice isn't a myth, but a reality we intend to build. We strike because we are done with empty promises & distant net zero targets. We strike because we need real action, starting now. #NoMoreEmptyPromises#AlleFür1Komma5
YES! Finally the #PritzkerPrize goes to an architecture firm best known for their brilliant refurbishments of existing buildings. This is how we get architecture's carbon emissions under control: less demolition, less new construction, epic sexy retrofitting projects.