Not many environmental stats the FSoA compares well against other countries with, but at least on making a marginal improvement here with a slower increase in use of FFs for energy production than most other countries.  Mind you, that DOES NOT mean we decreased our use of FFs.  It only means our rate of increase slowed down by a pretty pathetic -2.7%.  That still a lot better than the Billions of Indians, who increased their consumption by a whopping 9%.

Looked at as a Global Carbon Balance Sheet, we're a loooong way from net zero, much less reducing the carbon footprint of Industrial Civilization.



https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-the-worlds-carbon-emissions-from-energy-production/

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This newz will not surprise long term readers of the Diner.  Back in 2015 when the Paris accords were drafted I predicted the goal was DOOMED from the get-go, and the annual records for hottest year ever ratcheting up each year since made it obvious.  Nevertheless, staying under an increase of 1.5C has remained the stated goal at each COP conference.  Which made every conference a ridiculous waste of time.

Now the main question is when one of the "tipping points" will be reached and we go from incrementally deteriorating climate conditions to radically altered ones in the space of a decade or even a single growing season.  Climatically as well as economically and politically, we live under the Sword of Damocles, awaiting its inescapable drop.  Which one will be first and when will it come?  How will society react and adapt or die?  Those are the questions that keep the Diner interesting.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/nov/18/climate-crisis-world-temperature-target

World's 1.5C climate target 'deader than a doornail', experts say

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There's very little suspense in these monthly CO₂ reports, you know it's going up.  The only interesting question is "How much this time?"  Answer in this case, another record.  Given that the 1.5C target is now history, they're going to need to come up with some new goal to shoot for at the next big COP tet-a-tet.  Of course no matter WHAT goal they set odds are they won't achieve it, having the goals is important to document how epically we're failing at keeping the planet a habitable home for living organisms.  This way, once we're down to  the last 10K homo saps, they'll finally look at the history and say, "Wow, how fucking stupid can you get?"

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2464408-air-monitoring-station-records-biggest-ever-jump-in-atmospheric-co2/

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"We encourage governments and institutions to draw on the panel's analyses, policy briefs and country-level engagement to strengthen nationally determined contributions, inform sectoral strategies and accelerate implementation of just and orderly energy transitions across different national contexts," André Aranha Corrêa do Lago said.

I am wondering what this Brazileiro Profesor bases his analysis on?

Jannuzzi said there was still time to bring about an energy transition. "Technically, there is no problem. The problem is how to disseminate the information and secure the financing," he said.

No technical problems?  How about the necessary build out of the global electrical grid to handle the load?  How about the financing?  How much will it cost and how will debt saturated economies and consumers pay those costs?

Based partly on the model of the UK's climate change committee, it includes national and sector-level milestones for eliminating fossil fuels in line with scenarios that return global heating to 1.5C by the end of the century.

Last I read on this topic, due to lag time even if all fossil fuel burning were to cease tomorrow, global average temps would continue rising for another 40 years, leaving just 34 years to get it all the way back down to just 1.5C, which it has already exceeded.  That's a mighty ambitious goal, considering all they are doing at the moment is jawboning about it.

I will grant however that if half the population dies off due to lack of fertilizer and the survivors all turn Amish, it might be possible. 😒

QuoteRoadmaps for accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels and deforestation.

I want a plastic laminated one.  I love maps, always have.





Possibility is a fairer house than prose.  But prose is more satisfying when all possibility is gone.




Would you tell people there are roadmaps for a juicy steak.  A MAGAnificent juicy one broiled to perfection?  That is a question more interesting than a roadmap, even a plastic coated one.