Huw Spanner (huwspanner) from Climate Camp

@Nico2lette So, I find it a bit dismaying. Someone actually said today, to loud applause, that we can't tackle climate change without a [from the next tweet] revolution first. And to that extent I think Climate Camp is, as Mark Lynas has said, self-marginalising and self-defeating
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 I went to a packed seminar this afternoon on whether authoritarianism is the only way to combat global warming

Climate tipping point defined for US crop yields - 26 August 2009 - New Scientist

"The single best predictor of a year's yield is the amount of time temperatures exceed about 29 °C and the extent to which they do so," they say. "Below this, warmer temperatures are beneficial for yields, but the damaging effects above 29 °C are staggeringly large."

Twitter / Darren Willman

Climate change is sexy for politicians: its a LONG-term issue, action is always in the future and someone else is always to blame.

Quarter of Africa faces water shortage, courtesy global warming: Pachauri | Sindh Today - Online News

Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Twenty five percent of Africa experiences shortage of drinking water due to global warming, which is increasing at a higher rate now than in earlier decades, says noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri.

Weird Ways Global Warming is Changing Animal Populations : TreeHugger

Fishing could become a pastime of the past if global temperatures continue to rise, according to a recent study.