This line caught my attention:

‘We’ve produced more co2 in the 33 years since than in all of human history before.’

Source: Glasgow: where climate wreckage began – by Bill McKibben – The Crucial Years

‘Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and nuclear disarmament activist Sunao Tsuboi has died at the age of 96, his advocacy group said on Wednesday.’

Source: Hiroshima bomb survivor Sunao Tsuboi dies at 96 | News | DW | 27.10.2021

‘In April, President Biden unveiled the United States’ most ambitious plan ever to cut emissions that drive climate change, and he urged other nations to follow. Now, days before Biden prepares for a pivotal climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, the White House’s keystone legislative plan to tackle climate disruption appears to be dead, sunk by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin.’

Source: How decades of disinformation about fossil fuels halted U.S. climate policy : NPR

‘Executives of some of the world’s biggest oil and gas companies — Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Shell — are set to appear before a congressional committee Thursday to address accusations that the industry spent millions of dollars to wage a decades-long disinformation campaign to cast doubt on the science of climate change and to derail action to reduce emissions from burning fossil fuels.’

Source: Oil Executives to Face Congress on Climate Disinformation – The New York Times

‘The Biden administration released several reports Thursday on climate change and national security, laying out in stark terms the ways in which the warming world is beginning to pose significant challenges to stability worldwide.’

Source: Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security – The New York Times

‘As 20,000 government leaders, journalists, activists and celebrities from around the world prepare to descend on Glasgow for a crucial climate summit starting late this month, another high-level international environmental meeting got started this week. The problem it seeks to tackle: A rapid collapse of species and systems that collectively sustain life on earth.’

Source: Why the U.N.’s Biodiversity Conference Is So Important – The New York Times

‘A major new report provides a stark warning ahead of the UN climate summit: Yes, clean-tech deployment is really surging, but energy systems are still transforming far too slowly to rein in global warming.’

Source: Energy systems transforming too slowly to rein in global warming: Report – Axios

Animation and story from CarbonBrief:

‘History matters because the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted since the start of the industrial revolution is closely tied to the 1.2C of warming that has already occurred.’

‘The IMF found the production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidised by $5.9tn in 2020, with not a single country pricing all its fuels sufficiently to reflect their full supply and environmental costs. Experts said the subsidies were “adding fuel to the fire” of the climate crisis, at a time when rapid reductions in carbon emissions were urgently needed.’

Source: Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds | Fossil fuels | The Guardian

‘…By allowing Line 3 to become operational now, Biden has done precisely what he sought to avoid: undermined his own climate credibility, and the U.S.’s ability to influence abroad. Biden could have easily paused Line 3’s construction by ordering the complete environmental review Trump never gave it. Instead, he chose to let it move forward—and ignored every attempt by his constituents to explain why.’

Source: Biden’s silent climate betrayal – by Emily Atkin – HEATED