ClimateAdam | 30 Climate Lessons I Learned in 30 Years @ClimateAdam | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
I'm getting older, and so is the world. I've spent thirty years and ageing and learning about climate change, and this is what I found out. Here's hoping the next 30 years involve more learning and less global warming!
#CreatorsForChange
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==MORE INFO==
1. Sense of the world itself
2. Sense of patterns in weather, i.e. climate
youtube.com/watch?v=5unvaRQMeNg
3. A teacher told me we were changing the climate
4. What the greenhouse effect actually was
youtube.com/watch?v=23t5i2Mij6M
5. Learnt I loved photography
6. What feedbacks were
climate.nasa.gov/nasa_science/science
7. Learnt about nuclear fusion power
newscientist.com/article-topic/nuclear-power
8. Met first true climate skeptic
9. Learnt I loved explaining things!
10. I loved presenting
11. Met someone who was vegetarian for environmental reasons
carbonbrief.org/feeding-the-world-can-we-preserve-forests-go-organic-and-eat-meat
youtube.com/watch?v=lGSZGRSpWco&t=4s
12. Science pretty settled
IPCC report from the day: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html
13. Every little helps is wrong attitude
google.co.uk/search?q=every+little+helps+hot+air&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab&gfe_rd=cr&ei=JsSVWamLMqiA3AOUhLyYDw
14. Learned that getting the world to agree was hard
youtube.com/watch?v=oUyZOgcHn-Q
15. Learned that CO2 sticks around in atmosphere for ages
16. → means its the total amount of carbon-dioxide that matters
youtube.com/watch?v=JaF-fq2Zn7I
17. Learned that I wanted to make my life about climate change
18. Learned why we’re scientists so sure:
youtu.be/8EK_b0oy0h8
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_of_recent_climate_change
19. Just how big disconnect is between science & public/politics
20. Learned that emissions were heading in opposite direction to what we needed
if.org.uk/2014/04/08/what-will-it-take-to-tackle-our-greatest-intergenerational-threat
21. Learned how extreme weather linked to climate change
youtu.be/vpz-qDK9wd0
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064006/meta
22. Learned that there are people in all walks of live who don’t believe climate change
23. Learned that it’s hard to meet a climate scientist who thinks CO2 not cause
24. Not everyone stuck in their ways about climate change
youtube.com/watch?v=8zx8MOvFLxM
25. There are people who want to watch me arseing about on camera
26. Learned that technology can surprise us
theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/06/spectacular-drop-in-renewable-energy-costs-leads-to-record-global-boost
27. Learned that the world is ready to tackle climate change
youtube.com/watch?v=2xqQkU_19cg
28. Countries can surprise us
theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology
29. Learned that I can still be disappointed
youtube.com/watch?v=qhZT1MOYN_4
30. That I have no idea what next 30 years will hold
I'm getting older, and so is the world. I've spent thirty years and ageing and learning about climate change, and this is what I found out. Here's hoping the next 30 years involve more learning and less global warming!
#CreatorsForChange
twitter: twitter.com/ClimateAdam
facebook: facebook.com/ClimateAdam
instagram: instagram.com/climate_adam
==MORE INFO==
1. Sense of the world itself
2. Sense of patterns in weather, i.e. climate
youtube.com/watch?v=5unvaRQMeNg
3. A teacher told me we were changing the climate
4. What the greenhouse effect actually was
youtube.com/watch?v=23t5i2Mij6M
5. Learnt I loved photography
6. What feedbacks were
climate.nasa.gov/nasa_science/science
7. Learnt about nuclear fusion power
newscientist.com/article-topic/nuclear-power
8. Met first true climate skeptic
9. Learnt I loved explaining things!
10. I loved presenting
11. Met someone who was vegetarian for environmental reasons
carbonbrief.org/feeding-the-world-can-we-preserve-forests-go-organic-and-eat-meat
youtube.com/watch?v=lGSZGRSpWco&t=4s
12. Science pretty settled
IPCC report from the day: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html
13. Every little helps is wrong attitude
google.co.uk/search?q=every+little+helps+hot+air&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-ab&gfe_rd=cr&ei=JsSVWamLMqiA3AOUhLyYDw
14. Learned that getting the world to agree was hard
youtube.com/watch?v=oUyZOgcHn-Q
15. Learned that CO2 sticks around in atmosphere for ages
16. → means its the total amount of carbon-dioxide that matters
youtube.com/watch?v=JaF-fq2Zn7I
17. Learned that I wanted to make my life about climate change
18. Learned why we’re scientists so sure:
youtu.be/8EK_b0oy0h8
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_of_recent_climate_change
19. Just how big disconnect is between science & public/politics
20. Learned that emissions were heading in opposite direction to what we needed
if.org.uk/2014/04/08/what-will-it-take-to-tackle-our-greatest-intergenerational-threat
21. Learned how extreme weather linked to climate change
youtu.be/vpz-qDK9wd0
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064006/meta
22. Learned that there are people in all walks of live who don’t believe climate change
23. Learned that it’s hard to meet a climate scientist who thinks CO2 not cause
24. Not everyone stuck in their ways about climate change
youtube.com/watch?v=8zx8MOvFLxM
25. There are people who want to watch me arseing about on camera
26. Learned that technology can surprise us
theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/06/spectacular-drop-in-renewable-energy-costs-leads-to-record-global-boost
27. Learned that the world is ready to tackle climate change
youtube.com/watch?v=2xqQkU_19cg
28. Countries can surprise us
theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology
29. Learned that I can still be disappointed
youtube.com/watch?v=qhZT1MOYN_4
30. That I have no idea what next 30 years will hold