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Chart: Global investment in the energy transition surpasses $2T
(www.canarymedia.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Is it a transition or just addition?
It's both. Electrified transport and electrified heat are displacing fossil use directly. Global ICE sales peaked in 2017 and appear to be in permanent decline.
What matters is total carbon, and unfortunately 2024 appears to have been another record year. Hopefully 2024 was peak and 2025 is the start of declining carbon. Every other metric is just an interesting part of the overall story.