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Can we live on our planet without destroying it?

Klaus Hubacek investigates planetary boundaries 13 November 2024

When we cross planetary boundaries, it can irreversible damage to the Earth’s stability and resilience. Billal Hossains house is washed away and he has nowhere to go. Now he breaks his house down and collects the last brick to shift to another place to settle. Photo Moniruzzaman Sazal / Climate Visuals Countdown

How much land, water, and other resources does our lifestyle require? And how can we adapt this lifestyle to stay within the limits of what the Earth can give? It is possible, Hubacek shows, but it will require policies based on scientific evidence.

With eight billion people, we use a lot of the Earth’s resources in ways that are likely unsustainable. Klaus Hubacek, Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, takes stock of the situation.

Our consumption patterns affect the environment. Every winter, this regional capital in India is covered in a thick cloud of smog. Photo Raunaq Chopra / Climate Visuals Countdown

FSE Newsroom | René Fransen (text) Leoni von Ristok (image editor)

Our consumption patterns affect the environment, that much we know. A clear example is the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

It has been rising at an increasingly faster rate since the 1960s, resulting in global warming, along with all its dire consequences. There is a limit to the amount of consumption the Earth can support, and in 2009, scientists defined nine ‘planetary boundaries’ as indicators of when we have reached that limit.

Crossing them may lead to irreversible damage to the Earth’s stability and resilience. These planetary boundaries include indicators such as ocean acidification and the global use of fresh water.

In 2023, six of these planetary boundaries had already been crossed.

The divide between rich and poor

In 2009, scientists defined nine ‘planetary boundaries’. In 2023, six of these were already breached. Climate change increases the calving off of icebergs, causing economic damage to fishermen. Photo Turpin Samuel/ Climate Visuals

Hubacek has devoted his academic career to studying how humanity is performing in terms of these planetary boundaries, and what needs to change to prevent us from crossing them even further. According to him, ‘the basic calculation is: given a certain number of people on the planet and the planetary boundaries, how much can we consume to stay inside these limits?’.

The richest one percent of the world population produces fifty times more greenhouse gases than the four billion people making up the poorest 50 percent. Women in Bangladesh sort plastic bottles for recycling. Photo Abir Abdullah / Climate Visuals Countdown

At the moment, the richest one per cent of the world’s population produces 50 times more greenhouse gasses than the four billion people in the bottom 50 per cent.

The divide between the rich and the poor on this planet is a common thread in Hubacek’s work. He is one of the authors of a paper, published in the journal Nature on 13 November, that describes this issue. Using an extensive dataset covering up to 201 consumption groups across 168 countries, the paper analyses the impact of spending patterns on six key environmental indicators.

Controlled Western Media Prepares to Axe Zelensky / Boosts Russian Capitulation Myth – Simplicius

Fourth Estate Begins Conditioning Ground for Removal of Defiant ZelenskyЧетвертая власть начинает готовить почву для отстранения Непокорного Зеленского

Simplicius. Nov 14, 2024

Just a day after we wrote about the ‘rumored’ new plan for the US to hold Ukrainian elections next year to give intransigent Zelensky the boot, The Economist made it semi-official by acknowledging that, ‘suddenly’, Zelensky is facing a ‘power struggle’ at home:

https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/11/12/volodymyr-zelensky-faces-a-power-struggle-in-2025

It’s in line with how Biden’s advanced dementia was just “abruptly” discovered by figures and organs of the establishment, only after becoming convenient and politically expedient enough for them to make it public.

Similarly here, as soon as the memo-from-above’s arrival, The Economist sprang into pre-conditioning the ground to sell the narrative that Zelensky’s regime is now on uncertain footing; they would have never been allowed to even suggest that Zelensky faced danger at home until it became necessary to do so.

The article opens up with the admission that funeral ceremonies for soldiers in Kiev have “become more frequent” after the recent ramp-up of Russia’s offensives, a testament to the AFU’s own mounting death toll at a time when they’re desperately trying to sell the opposing claim about ‘astronomical Russian casualties’.

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For now, there are two dates on Kyiv politicos’ lips: January 20th 2025, the date of Mr Trump’s inauguration, the first moment for any possible ceasefire and lifting of military law, and May 25th, the earliest mooted date for an election.

An election during pinnacle of wartime seems unthinkable, they write, but:

Still, some groundwork appears to have begun. Regional election headquarters are mobilising, and work on candidate lists is beginning. The representatives of one likely presidential rival to Volodymyr Zelensky say that Ukraine needs elections; but they worry about making a public statement to this effect, fearing a fierce backlash from the presidential office.

Then, of course, comes the obligatory stab in the back:

Not only did Economist now roll out some “internal polling” that seemingly didn’t exist before, but the big kicker is the predictable insertion of Zaluzhny as new heir to the throne. That’s not to mention the suggestive lay out of their preferred outcome:

But a former colleague of the president says his best move might be to step aside regardless, and keep to his original promise only to serve one term. “Zelensky has only one way out to get out with an intact reputation,” this source says. “That is to run elections [without him] and go down in history as the man who united the nation in war.” The alternative is to risk being associated with a military collapse or an incomplete peace.

Ah, so a ‘dignified bow out’ just like the same establishment forces asked of Zelensky’s fateful partner-in-crime Joe Biden. Remember, it’s either the “easy way” or the “hard way”, as Pelosi said; the same stands for Zelensky. Take your free trip to Tel Aviv or we can begin raising the level of ‘encouragement’.

Feminist Kurds on Death Row – please support our sisters #NoToExecutions

After the recent announcement of the death sentence against Warishe we as Women Defend Rojava call once again to strengthen the actions of the women’s movement KJAR within the framework of #NoToExecution.

Let’s make short videos in many places to express our solidarity with our imprisoned friend in the prison of the Iranian state and to create public awareness and pressure.
You can find examples of videos here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBPADEcJ6YX/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
(Or see video above)

The videos can be sent directly to the campaign mail for publication: life.not.execution@gmail.com

Woman, Life, Freedom

Pashkan is another feminist activist currently waiting on Death Row in Irán…. Les companyes de presó de la feminista Pakhshan Azizi, condemnada a mort a l’Iran, demanen justícia per a ella https://kurdiscat.blogspot.com/2024/11/les-companyes-de-preso-de-la-feminista.html

To read the appeal:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9zXCgGN8OX/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ

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Kurdish political prisoner Mixgin is DEAD. Turkey claims she died in hospital after a suicide attempt on Mardin Prison in the Turkish State

La presa política kurda Mizgin Acar, que suposadament va intentar suïcidar-se a una presó de Mardin l’u d’octubre, ha mort a l’hospital. https://t.co/l5nfsiK2qg

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