Finally you have said something interesting. As a self confessed geek I now want to know where this science porn is so that I can go away and properly study it!
Farmers, custodians of the countryside Illegal burning of farm plastics. Bale wrap, fertiliser bags, feed bags, dumpy bags, feed buckets, bale mesh and anything else he wants rid of for free(ish, if you count the cost of fuel to start the fire).
Blame Labour for that, they encouraged farmers to get rid of trees and shrubs in order to increase productivity of the land. Then they wonder why fields flood. In Devon they're doing a trial over the next 10 years, filling borders with trees to see if it prevents flooding. Then if it works they're rolling it out across the UK.
Farmers and land owners are to blame for flooding. Drainage of the moors and farmland means that rainwater makes its way to the main river very quickly which means huge rises in water levels very quickly. Here's an example of a small burn running through farmland that has been made into a drainage ditch.
What has been agreed at COP26? Many countries set out plans to reduce emissions before the summit, but there has been a flurry of new announcements: Trees: More than 100 world leaders promised to tackle deforestation, which is important because trees can absorb vast amounts of CO2. There have been similar initiatives before, but this one's better funded Methane: More than 100 countries joined a scheme to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030. Big emitters China, Russia and India haven't joined Coal: More than 40 countries agreed to shift away from coal, the single biggest contributor to climate change. Some of the world's most coal-dependent countries, including Australia, India, China and the US, haven't signed up Money: 450 organisations controlling $130 trillion dollars - around 40% of global private assets - agreed to back "clean" technology, such as renewable energy
I can't help but think that short term economic needs will trump long term planet sustainability every second of the calendar. It wouldn't surprise me if planet earth took an overheating planet into its own hands and released the instant earth cooling effect of a super-volcano eruption. Britain wouldn't lose much sunlight!
So as US, China, Russia and India haven't bothered then literally very little effect will be seen. Pointless.
Not so. There will still be a positive and noticeable effect and every action counts and is important. But, yes the World needs the likes of Russia, China, India, Australia and the USA to stop putting self interest ahead of the World’s needs.
Progress albeit small or another botched opportunity? Selfish self interest succeeded at the end with the dilution of the coal commitment by India and China but, at least, we still keep tottering forward on the brink just keeping the prospect of saving the planet on the horizon. One day we will wake up and we won’t have a tomorrow to postpone the hard decisions too and then we might have World Leaders able to make those decisions…hopefully.
. Correct. But this isn't about that. It's about saving the planet. The planet needs the human race to die out and quickly
