#decarbonise — Public Fediverse posts

Day 72: In Papua you can never be sure about schedules and timing until the ship has actually taken off. After an obligatory 3 hour delay, I am eventually about to embark for the previous to last stage of my journey: 4 days of navigation over a 1,100km route: Lae-Umboi-Gloucester-Kimbe-Rabaul. I still don't know how to manage the last stretch from Rabaul to Buka....

I can't believe that after 70 days of travel I am just about to complete the 28,000km dividing Italy from the Solomons without flying! It will count nothing in terms of overall greenhouse emissions, but for me, now, it's everytghing I can do to for this wonderful fragile planet. 91/

I slow travel mainly to reduce my carbon footprint (by 10 times according to available estimates) but also to experience travel as most people in this world do.

#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Lae #MerobeProvince #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco

https://youtube.com/shorts/wPmND_u8zn0?feature=share

Excellent stuff. Come on Labour, shout that it was YOUR Government which pushed this, not the present bunch of deniers, racists and dummies.

Also, sounds like the CEO might have worked at the place I started my professional career: South Wales British Steel :)

https://youtu.be/y6VeviZTj5Y

#Steel #Decarbonise #ClimateChange #NZPol

There are no bus schedules, no tickets, and buses depart when they are full. I am getting to the main departing point in Madang when it's already late in the morning - but I really wanted to talk about locals about coastal erosion in the city. Fortunately, I still find a place for me on probably the last bus, and two seats are allocated to my bulky luggage. Off we go for the last stop in Papua island before hopefully embarking for the Bismarck archipelago.

It takes 6 hours to cover 212km on "Ramu Sugars" road. It was even slower 3 yrs ago with unpaved track
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I slow travel mainly to reduce my carbon footprint (by 10 times according to available estimates) but also to experience travel as most people in this world do.

#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Madang #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco

Day 65: After a smooth 9-hour boat ride over the Sepik river, we made it to Sisimagung, Northern Papua. This is the 65th day of my no-fly trip from Italy to the Solomon islands. The coastline is beautiful, what you could describe as paradise on earth. Coconut trees gently bend over sandy beaches and the sound of the waves quietly resound among villagers busy with their fishing nets or cooking earths. It is then all the more upsetting that this beauty is slowly but incessantly being destroyed by sea level rise. This is what Jeffery Bae, a local resident, tells me in the few hours I have here before getting on a truck to Madang. It seems impossible that a sea so quiet can become the agent of destruction, but this is precisely what happens, as Jeffery shows traditional houses made with sago and bamboo leaves having been dismantled by the latest storm surges.
"We will have to relocate", tells me Jeffrey with an empty, "but we don't know where, because right behind our village there's a swamp".
Once more, I hear the same story: no help from national, regional governments, and neither from international organisations.
How many million stories are similar to Jeffrey's, and I wouldn't hear were it not for my slow travel.

Check interview here:
https://youtu.be/hk4Vr9p5ZFc

#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Wewak #Sepik #WestSepik #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco

Polls show most people believe in climate change, and think governments are not doing enough.

Here are a few things that I think the ("western") public has *not* yet accepted:

Feel free to add to the list

1) Air travel will have to be electrified ASAP, or largely go away

2) Sea travel will have to be decarbonised ASAP, or largely go away

3) Coastal areas are bad places to live

#ClimateChange #decarbonise #ZeroEmission #adapt #SeaLevelRise #climate #ClimateRisk

Day 65: I cross the Sepik river in a 9-hour night boat ride. I didn't know it was possible to sleep comfortably on betel nut bags, but it is. The quiet of the sunrise in the foggy dimmed-light awakening will never die in me. So the warmth of the fellow passengers and the skipper Bendol. Incidentally, his torch faded away soon after setting off. What would he have done if I hadn't lent me my own torch to navigate the boat in the night? This is typical Papua: no thinking about the future, everything will be alright.

I slow travel mainly to reduce my carbon footprint (by 10 times according to available estimates) but also to experience travel as most people in this world do.

#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Wewak #Sepik #WestSepik #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco

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The original plan was to take a boat straightaway after my arrival in Angoram, in the Sepik river, but I thought I'd better take a rest instead - even if I had nothing booked. the local priest put me up and in the morning local guy Morgan shows me arob Ng the local market, open everyday. the main food from here is sago, a tree from the palm oil family, from which the locals take almost everything. from the internal pulp that is eaten raw or processed to make flour, to its leaves that are used to make up houses' roofs. Watch YT video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/cdcVaPis2MY

I slow travel mainly to reduce my carbon footprint (by 10 times according to available estimates) but also to experience travel as most people in this world do. 78/

#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Wewak #Sepik #WestSepik #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco

Day 63: Big setback as only ferry serving Wewak has broken engine. The pastor looking after me recommends an alternative route through the Sepik river.

He leaves it late, but in the end he manages to find a place on the last truck of the day travelling to Angoram on the Sepik river. They leave me the privilege of travelling on the front of the truck where I have a comfy seat rather than the wooden benches all the other passengers use on the back. the scenery is very diverse from the ones I used to in Bougainville. there's no rainforest here, but rather grassland and bushes. it strikes me that even this very old, noisy and rusty truck is a luxury in comparison with the many who cannot afford it and walk over the main (and only) road. actually, we are lucky there's a road at all. This will stop at the Sepik river, as there's no bridge crossing over it.

I get to Angoram after an 8-hour drive. I have no idea where to stay and find a place to sleep in the local church (along with rats & insects).

https://youtube.com/shorts/xT5dboTbjP8

#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Wewak #Sepik #WestSepik #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco

I slow travel mainly to reduce my carbon footprint (by 10 times according to available estimates) but also to experience travel as most people in this world do.

Im #Rhein entsteht ein neuartiges Wasserkraftwerk: Nahe der rheinland-pfälzischen Stadt Sankt Goar werden sogenannte #Energyfishe am Flussgrund verankert. Dabei handelt es sich um schwimmende Strömungsturbinen, rund 2,8 mal 2,4 Meter lang und tief und 80 Kilogramm schwer. Diese Turbinen haben eine Leistung von 6 Kilowatt und schwimmen in der Strömung.

https://taz.de/Vor-den-Landtagswahlen-am-Wochenende/!6163983/ #energieKrise #decarbonise

I long to return to the "House of Culture" museum in Yogjakarta, a real "Atlas" of Javanese culture and history.
I am mesmerised by the section on the "Batyk", shawls that are worn in ceremonies marking the main stages in a person's life:
- birth, where the "gendogan" batyk is meant to wish good luck to the newborn;
- "Mitoni", taking place at 7 months of pregnancy;
- Adolescence (with a ceremony for boys when they get circumcised and girls when they have their first menstruation);
- Wedding, preceded by an engagement ceremony, where various batyk mark the 7 days of the rituals; The spouses often wear Sidomukti (to become noble/prosperous) or Truntum (reawakened love) to bless their union.
- Turning 64- as a person can be thought of having lived life to its full and to have acquired wisdom.
- Death, marked by dark tones.

Batyk also reveal a person's social status, as some patterns are exclusive to the "elite" and are forbidden to the "commoners". An example is the "Parang" - a diagonal "S" patterns representing waves of swords. They symbolize power and authority; the larger the motif, the higher the wearer's rank.

I wonder how virtually all human societies are characterised by rites of passage marking birth, adolescence, wedding, and death. We have more in common that what we could think of. More on my YT: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJL-sRWA7R4-tCkqYDPa3323wgLuqOBZg 67/

#RefuseToFly #ClimateEmergency #Slowtravel #decarbonise #ClimateAction #Sonobudoyu #Java #Indonesia #Yogjakarta #RitesOfPassage #Batyk

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#Transport for #London has appointed SSE Energy Solutions to develop #solar installations that will supply #renewable #electricity directly to the Tube via a private wire network. The scheme could generate up to 65,000MWh a year — around two-thirds of the Victoria line’s annual demand — cutting reliance on the National Grid and helping stabilise energy costs. The solar sites, likely to include ground-mounted arrays and rooftop panels near the network, could save more than 27,000 tonnes of carbon over 25 years. TfL, London’s largest electricity user, consumes about 1.6TWh annually and aims to run entirely on renewable electricity by 2030. The deal supports its wider energy purchasing strategy, including power purchase agreements, and forms part of efforts to #decarbonise operations, expand zero-emission #buses and improve #energy efficiency across the network.
https://tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/tfl-selects-sse-energy-solutions-to-deliver-solar-power-directly-to-help-run-the-tube

I am very proud of my newly bought solar power generator and I use it straightaway on my makeshift office space at the upper deck of the ship taking me to Jakarta. The sunset over the Java sea is, however, a big distraction for my overdue essay...
See video : https://youtube.com/shorts/X4CwMSqv_Wk

#RefuseToFly #Slowtravel #Decarbonise #ClimateAction #StrictlyPublicTransport #researcherlife #researcher #AFuoco #Singapore #Indonesia #Batam #Jakarta #FerryTravel #Pelni #JavaSea

It's a very short boat ride the one from Singapore to Batam, Indonesia. But it's really a springboard from the globalised, motorised, and carbonised part of the world to the Global South. I have already travelled about 14,000km to come here without taking airplanes and I truly savour the crossing of this physical but most importantly cultural boundary between North and South.

The taxi that takes me to the embarkment to Jakarta travels through bumpy roads, which turn into dirt road at the very access to the Pelni (the Indonesian national ferry company) departure point. I am torn between accepting the offer of porters to carry my luggage or carrying it myself. It's little money for me and a lot of money for them. I opt for carrying it myself, as I am short of Indonesian cash and I perceive porters' requests as bordering extortion. I travel 3rd class, because I want to stay as close as possible to the travelling conditions of most travellers. I get a bed in one of the many sleeping halls provided on the ship. A mattress is provided, although it's better not to think of the last time it has been washed. I must say sleeping is hard. People talk loudly throughout the night and kids cry loud. However, I am so tired that I sleep tight. As usual, I am woken up at 4am by the call to the Islamic morning prayer.

#RefuseToFly #Slowtravel #Decarbonise #ClimateAction #StrictlyPublicTransport #researcherlife #researcher #Singapore #Indonesia #Batam #FerryTravel #Pelni

Day 38 of my no-fly trip from Italy to Papua New Guinea: I only have a few hours to spend in Bangkok before my train to the far south of Thailand departs at 3 p.m. In this precious time visit Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn. It is every bit as impressive as the Royal Palace and Wat Pho, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. I must say that I am torn between the magnificence of the place (the stupas are covered with countless pieces of uniquely crafted ceramics) and the awareness of the immense economic and political concentration of power that the construction of this temple must have meant. From time to time, I simply try to let myself be carried away by the beauty of the colours and the philosophical meaning of approaching the central stupa... I also try not to think that Bangkok is at the top of the list of capitals at risk of being submerged by sea water within this century. All cities at the confluence of large rivers share this common fate, and the excessive use of aquifers by the expanding population contributes to this bleak future. The colours of the Chao Phraya River blend beautifully with the soft tones of the temple, but it won't be long before these same waters could bring this temple to ruin, unless we stop our mad rush towards fossil fuels, deforestation, and cementification.

#refusetofly #SlowTravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #researcherlife #TheResearcher #ClimateAction #Bangkok #Overnighttrain #StrictlyPublicTransport #AFuoco 52/

bon les cocos, c'est pas tout d'avoir augmenté la production d'élec bas carbone ou sa fiabilité, si vous n'électrifiez pas les usages ça ne réduira juste pas les émissions de gaz à effet de serre.

#decarbonise #decarboneEU #sortirDesFossiles

I reach the South Coach station in Kunming after half an hour on the metro. They tell me there's a coach leaving for the Golden Triangle in an hour. I have no idea where the Golden Triangle is. I find out that it's a point where Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar share a border. it's a deviation from the North-South route I'm travelling on, but it'll save me some days of travel. So I jump on the coach. As in 2019, there are bunk beds on board! After 12 hours of overnight travel, I have a veggie breakfast at a roadside restaurant in China. It ends up way too spicy, but it´s good. Finally, I leave China and enter Laos, not without a lot of questioning at the border as the reasons for my slow-travel.

You can watch videos of my journey on my YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0pJz61Yugg&list=PLJL-sRWA7R4--Dp2bFilC5zc-f2mXp0e4 47/

#RefuseToFly #Decarbonise #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #slowtravel #TrainTravel #China #goldentriangle #OvernightCoach

Great case-study of #scienceinanemergency - studying changes in #geneexpression (once my research field!) is so important and fascinating, and wow - polar bears, the 'poster species' for #climatebreakdown! But let's not get distracted from the primary need to #decarbonise
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/12/changes-to-polar-bear-dna-could-help-them-adapt-to-global-heating-study-finds

Extreme case-study in the need to #decarbonise - grim reading:
"Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi told state media this month that 58,975 Iranians had died as a result of breathing in PM2.5 particles during the year that ended in March. That means 161 deaths per day"
(The cleaner stuff is our valuable export, so let's burn #mazut first. File under #FossilCapital?)
https://aje.io/1jtvi7

You've got to hand it to Ukraine to how they're decarbonising Russia's economy, every night...

#Ukraine #Russia #Decarbonise

I am happy to support the campaign by @ExtinctionR
social.rebellion.global
(XR) at the climate conference of the parties (COP30) in Brazil, as well as the ongoing campaigns and legal case by @ScientistRebellion (SR) through a donation of €6.600 in total. This donation matches what XR and SR supporters donated for these causes. I thank all donors to these campaigns.

Last January, I received monetary compensation from my former employer, the #KielInstituteforTheWorldEconomy (Kiel IfW). In October 2023, they terminated my contract after I refused to take a plane to return to Europe from fieldwork research in Papua New Guinea (PNG). I did that because I wanted to stick to my principle of taking lower-carbon alternatives to aeroplanes, given the climate emergency we're facing. The current donation is part of the severance payment that I received from #KielIfW) when I left the employment relationship.

Even if these annual conferences have failed to achieve climate safety/justice so far, they are the only venues at which vulnerable countries can sit at the same table as high-emitting countries. I think global governance must be strengthened, and fossil fuel companies should be kicked out of the COP. I wish activists on the ground to do all they can to achieve climate justice..

Video of my motivations to donate: https://youtube.com/shorts/Lbh3w8xBX3w?feature=share

#RefuseToFly #COP30 #COP30Brazil #Decarbonise #ClimateJustice

Could we have cracked one of the world's toughest climate problems?

It is almost impossible to make cement without emissions, but carbon-capture-and-storage technology is finally being deployed to decarbonise the sector.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250924-could-we-have-cracked-one-of-the-worlds-toughest-climate-problems?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#CarbonCapture #Cement #Netzero #Decarbonise #Decarbonisation #CO2 #Engineering #Tech #UK #Wales #Germany #Science

“This new report [from Tony #Blair Institute] is muddled and misleading.

There is far more progress being made around the world to #decarbonise the global economy than it suggests.

For instance, China is the world’s leading producer and domestic deployer of #renewables and #EVs. Its power generating capacity from renewables has now exceeded that of fossil fuels and its emissions are likely to peak in the next two years.”

Nicholas Stern (Blair’s #climate advisor when in office)

Slow-travelling 700km 10hrs Milan-Passau for yet another office move. Loved Spluga pass. High occupancy rate=high carbon efficiency on German trains.
CO2 Emissions (in kg) as per @deutschebahn.com+ @CarbonAcademy calculator:
🚄=11.5
🚌=20
🚗=120.3
✈️=145
#Decarbonise

UK Govt paper #Greenjobs #decarbonise - considers #sunsetjobs as well as new skills and training. (Though fundamentals like plumbing and electrics still in short supply)
#GreenerJobsAlliance
https://post.parliament.uk/green-education-training-and-employment/

Very pleased with showing in my hometown of Milan the story of my 42.000km no-fly journey to research climate adaptation. Some people even shed some tears.
🙏Carlo Monguzzi & Simonetta D'Amico councillors of @ComuneMI & @MassimoCirri for collaborating in the event. The trailer of the film by P. Casalis @produzionifuorifuoco 👉https://produzionifuorifuoco.it/portfolio_ricercatore.html

#ClimateEmergency #RefuseToFly #ClimateChange #SlowTravel #ClimateAction #Decarbonise

The high upfront costs and burden on consumers of adding nuclear to Australia’s #energy mix have been confirmed in an independent review.

Building nuclear reactors would cost six times more than #wind and #solar #power firmed up with batteries, according to the independent report released on Saturday by the Clean Energy Council.

“We support a clear-eyed view of the costs and time required to #decarbonise Australia and right now, nuclear simply doesn’t stack up,” the...

https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-option-costs-six-times-more-than-renewables-study-finds/

The EU’s future #EnergySystem will be very different from today’s.

As it relies more and more on #renewables, the direct use of electricity, rather than fuels, is the most cost-efficient way to #decarbonise our energy use.

Energy system integration ⚡️ https://europa.eu/!BhCfGR
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The EU’s future energy system will be very different from today’s.

As it relies more and more on #renewables, the direct use of electricity, rather than fuels, is the most cost-efficient way to #decarbonise our energy use.

#EnergySystem integration 👉https://europa.eu/!CJccrT
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