The “Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries” (OPEC) published on June 18, 2026 the “World Oil Outlook 2050”. The key message from the report and the presentation: “(…) there is no peak oil demand on the horizon.” In the view of Mr. Al Ghais, the report “offers data driven, transparent,…
climate change
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
Current wildfires, et al. are just the beginning
There is a delay of about 30 years between “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions and actual global warming (see following graph 1), GHG emissions are still raising, and global warming is already accelerating (see following graph 2) – the “1.5°C limit” has always been merely a very rough estimate for the “corridor of human…
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
2026 UN “June Climate Meeting” shows strong demand and interest for first global referendum on ‘climate action’
Over 140 country delegations, thousands of civil society representatives, and more than nine thousand registrations marked this year’s “June Climate Meeting” (SB64) in Bonn, organised by “United Nations Climate Change” (UNFCCC). The “United Nations Climate Change” body follows an annual cycle of conferences that culminates in the “Climate Change Conference…
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
Why Africa’s Realities on Climate Change demand Global Action
Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions yet faces the harshest consequences of climate change. While advocacy for global mitigation is important, Africa cannot wait passively for others to act. Africa’s Climate Realities Are Urgent Climate change is a global challenge, but its consequences are felt by some…
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IDGR works out the currently by far most important graph for humanity
Ahead of the 2025 “Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” (COP30), heaving read e.g. the fantastic contributions “UNEP – Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off target. Continued collective inaction puts global temperature goal at risk” and the “WMO – State of the Climate Update…
global warming, climate disruption, and biodiversity loss
What happens after reaching the “1.5°C climate tipping point” in 2029?
Inspired by the fantastic contribution “Climate science is clearer than ever. How should companies respond?” (World Economic Forum, Radio Davos, 2025/08/25), I want to clarify three in my view most important points.
trans- & interdisciplinary global warming scenario
First trans- and interdisciplinary global warming scenario
I did a first rough draft, you also might call it a (heuristic) “theory”, on how global warming, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity looks like from a trans- & interdisciplinary perspective. The story I tell with the scenarios effects the imagination and actions people take and we deeply…
trans- & interdisciplinary global warming scenario
Temperature rise shows a delay of about 30 years
Global average temperature rise has reached ca. 1.4°C in 2023 (cf. e.g. WMO, Copernicus, NOAA) and shows a time lag of ca. 30 years between the emission of the GHG and the actual temperature rise (for “climate lag” see graph based on graphs from “Our World in Data“). GHG sinks…