StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Climate Emergency

A striking graphic. Even a rise of 1.5 C will be problematical for many countries. I was hopeful that the promises made in Paris [2015] would make a start in reducing the seemingly ever larger increases in CO2 emissions. But some of the largest emitters are still, in 2021, building new fossil-fuel [coal] powered electricity generating stations. {looking straight at China} . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Emissions of CO2 are a serious worldwide problem in driving [accelerating global warming] climate change, & not the only one. The 27 countries of the EU [in 2018, includes the UK] combined are third ... . From another graphic - data from 2014 - electricity generation produced 44% of the excess CO2. Although lots of little, individual changes for the better will combine to help the picture, moving to cleaner, non-carbon sources of power will be even more significant. . The drop in worldwide emissions during early 2020 [lockdowns in Covid-19 pandemic] was interesting to observe, but "re-opening the economy" and recent wildfires have quickly negated those gains. . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Various foods have a range of impacts from greenhouse gas emissions. These gases include carbon dioxide and methane. Cattle, especially intensively reared ones, emit a lot of methane [CH4] as part of their digestive processes, plain grass fed animals produce rather less. . I'm not sure if this data includes the affects of transporting that food from farm to plate, or other detrimental environmental affects. eg the pollution from fish farms affects water quality. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Cities are vulnerable to factors such as flooding, wildfires and heat affects from climate change. Some of the fastest growing cities are in places vulnerable to "heat stress" from increasing global temperatures and the population pressures of incoming migrants. Yet some cities in Europe and the Americas are also vulnerable to, for example, flooding from rising sea levels. Infrastructure such as the Thames Barrier will only work up to a certain increase in sea levels, it was built more as protection against storm surges in the North [German] Sea [ref 1953]. {the above is largely my own opinions, based on studying the available information} . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Even the UK would be affected by rises in world temperatures ["global warming" or the "greenhouse affect"] and these anomalies will also have further affects in the general weather patterns [mainly rainfall] and hence flooding & average sea level. . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information

Increasing numbers of people, property and areas will become at risk [or greater risk] of flooding from weather and tidal events if sea level is allowed to continue rising at the present rate of approximately 4cm [c 1 1/2"] per decade. The current rate is fuelled by land ice [glaciers & ice sheets] melting - loss of sea ice has no discernible affect on sea level, but does affect salinity and wildlife. [note : scale of these maps does not show enough detail, many UK counties are actually very diverse in their flood risk] . . Not my Image ; Fair Use & public information