#emitters — Public Fediverse posts

Here is a small sample of institutional push for more fossil energies. 👆🏼 👇🏽 🧵

#multilateral #development #growth #banks #fossilFuels #oilAndGas #valuation #markets #energy #energyTransition #money #emitters #carbon #CO2

https://theconversation.com/why-the-electric-suv-boom-is-a-problem-for-climate-health-and-equity-284262. "SUV #emissions are now so large that, if all #SUVs were a country, they would be one of the world’s 5 biggest CO₂ #emitters. The problem with SUVs is not only their tailpipe emissions. It is also their size, weight, cost & the way they reinforce car-dependent lifestyles." "In #China, #electric SUVs accounted for >60% of electric car sales in 2025. In #Europe, SUVs accounted for ~75% of electric models in 2025. In the #US, the figure was even higher, at >85%."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/07/iran-war-global-dependence-fossil-fuels-biggest-emitters-reaping-rewards. "Simon Stiell, the UN #climate chief, said in March: 'Fossil fuel dependency is ripping away #nationalsecurity & #sovereignty & replacing it with subservience & rising costs.' ... the #war in #Iran, & the #Ukraine war before it, have also exposed a sobering reality. Many of the world’s most powerful countries & biggest #emitters are beneficiaries of high #fossilfuel prices. The US #oil & #gas sector is set for a $60bn windfall from the war."

New paper out: „Plasma-induced optically active defects in hexagonal boron nitride“. We show that purely physical argon #plasma treatment is the most promising route for creating optically active #defect #emitters in #hBN by plasma exposure.

https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/126/4/043103/3332361/Plasma-induced-optically-active-defects-in

Could a new kind of #carbon budget ensure top #emitters pay their dues?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2474091-could-a-new-kind-of-carbon-budget-ensure-top-emitters-pay-their-dues/

'Even in those economies with lower historical and per capita emissions, there is a significant gap between most of the population’s emissions and the highest emitters. The economist Lucas Chancel finds that “carbon inequality” is greater within countries than between them, and that it tracks inequalities in income and wealth.'

Laurence Tubiana : https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/tax-fossil-fuels-pollution-wealth-revenues-for-climate-change-just-transition-by-laurence-tubiana-2024-04

#fossilFuels #fossil #emitters #emissions #CO2 #GHG #pollution #pollutionTax #taxes #LaurenceTubiana #Tubiana #France #FRPol

The #Pantanal is the world’s most extensive tropical wetland.

Threats include:
• Export-driven cattle ranching
• Monoculture, including soy plantations
• Mining, road construction, hydropower
• Extreme heatwaves and droughts, driven by climate heating
• Wildfires, including many set intentionally to clear land for agriculture.

#EJF: https://ejfoundation.org/what-we-do/protecting-the-pantanal @food

#globalHeating #wetlands #agribusiness #Brazil #Bolivia #Paraguay #meat #cattle #methane #emitters #climateChange #wildfires

It is a matter of national sovereignty:
“Chinese officials view coal as the primary guarantee of energy security,” said Anders Hove, senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies cited at https://colombogazette.com/2024/06/05/chinas-coal-surge-threatens-climate-goals-despite-xis-pledge/

#China #coal #footprint #GHG #CO2 #carbon #economy #production #industry #energy #anthropocene #emissions #emitters #expellents #climateChange

A map of population and a map of CO2

#CO2 #density #population #emitters #emissions #Europe #Benelux #Netherlands #Germany #Poland #Russia #GHG #climateChange #map #maps

@climate @geography
The previous comparison of two maps shows similar to a study of Per Capita CO2 Emissions:
Oil-producing countries in the Persian Gulf are the highest expellents of CO2 per person, followed by developed countries like the #USA, #Australia, #NewZealand, and #Canada: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-global-per-capita-co2-emissions/

#GHG #CO2 #DataViz #economy #production #industry #energy #oilAndGas #density #anthropocene #emissions #emitters #expellents #developed #OECD

@vonneudeck @climate @anthropocene @geography

A person at @datadon might take the time to compute a comparison of emissions and population footprints. Here is data: https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/datasets.php

What is available is to look at the map of emissions density at https://mas.to/@maugendre/112189998576957832 and the below map of population density.

#GHG #CO2 #DataViz #maps #map #economy #production #industry #energy #oilAndGas #density #anthropocene #emissions #emitters

"The World Bank poured billions of dollars into fossil fuels around the world last year despite repeated promises to refocus on shifting to a low-carbon economy, research has suggested."

Fiona Harvey: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/12/world-bank-spent-billions-of-dollars-backing-fossil-fuels-in-2022-study-finds

#multilateral #development #banks #MDB #fossilFuel #fossilFuels #COP28 #oilAndGas #finance #IFC #WorldBank #tradeFinance #energyTransition #promises #AjayBanga #money #emitters #carbon #CO2

Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean | Pollution | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/10/small-island-nations-take-high-emitting-countries-to-court-to-protect-the-ocean

#Emitters
#SmallIslandNations
#UNConvention