StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: climate emergency

I don't think you can argue against the idea of global warming when looking at this information. There's a definite warming trend detectable from about 1910 that runs to the modern day [2020], with a period around 1950 that "zig-zag-ed" around the long-term average. What's also visible is that the rate of warming started to increase about 2010 ... Determining & counteracting the causes of this warming before it passes a tipping point has been exercising the minds of scientists and politicians since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The conclusion was the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide were a significant factor, and various measures are being introduced to counteract [control] the rise in temperatures. . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Eastern Europe in 3D, some areas visible that are [potentially] vulnerable to even a modest rise in sea level. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

The mountains and lowlands of the western European land mass. There are significant areas that would be flooded by even a modest rise in sea level. . . Not my Image : Fair Use & education.

The "carbon footprint" of commonly available foods. This can be used to chose foods with a lower environmental impact. However, it is not clear if processing and transport factors are included in these types of lists. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

The support for developments in the clean energy [renewables] sector is woefully small - to non-existent - in some countries. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Although there has been a lot of variation between the mean temperature for individual years, there has been an overall increase between c1880 and 2020, even with the slight drop in the 1950s. One of the lowest appears to be c1962/3 which I remember as being a particularly hard and long winter. . So, what changed ... In the 1950s, private car ownership began expanding. Home central heating started being installed in new houses, and there was a baby / housing boom. Industry, even the traditional heavy users of coal, began a period of boom - ever increasing production. More nations became industrialised, greater international trade, all of the post WW2 "brave new world" ... . All these changes would have increased carbon dioxide emissions, and other waste materials polluting the atmosphere and the environment on top of, and amplifying the natural process of warming up after a glacial episode. What was, initially referred to as the "Greenhouse affect" then "global warming" and now "climate change emergency". . . . Not my Image : Fair Use & public information