EU Summit just agreed a “binding EU target of a net domestic reduction of at least 55% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030” - so UK going somewhat further at 68%...
“proposing a carbon border adjustment mechanism to ensure environmental integrity of EU policies & avoid carbon leakage in WTO-compatible way”
EU would not "require the UK to follow us every time we decide to raise our level of ambition... they would remain free - sovereign if you wish - to decide what they want to do", says EU chief Ursula von der Leyenhttps://t.co/oXUz7aTwZK pic.twitter.com/ZMIjuk6ZnO
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) December 11, 2020
IF that can be got right, there’s still a route through here
.@MinPres on Johnson's annoncement that he is prepared to travel to Paris, Berlin, other capitals to clinch a deal: 'I would like to invite him to stay in London and work hard. Capitals don't negotiate, Barnier does, has our full support'. #brexit #EUCO
— Christoph Schmidt (@trouwschmidt) December 11, 2020
More from Climate change
Below I am adding to the list including several newly documented mechanisms.
*thread*
1. Heat stress reducing crop yields https://t.co/7SNN00rNox\xa0
— Jim Baird (@JimBair62221006) February 14, 2020
2. Heat stress on farmers (sometimes fatal) https://t.co/jYKjwATe5S, https://t.co/wtcp0kT8Wk\xa0
3. Heat stress on livestock (often fatal) https://t.co/MxogLlksC2, https://t.co/RiJ0A7ezld, https://t.co/rGX2UTTUJM
Several primary impacts relate to altered soil & plant chemistry & biology:
1. Disruption of the phosphorous cycle - the second most vital element for plants after nitrogen
2. Decreased content of key nutrients in major
3. Reduced chill hours required for many plants to bloom normally in the
Other additional primary impacts include:
4. Fossil fuel pollution impacts on crops - this is not a result of climate change per se, but is included since it is due to the same root cause (fossil fuel use):
'future warming and unmitigated ozone pollution in the US, could cause a decline\xa0of 13% in wheat crops, 28% in soybean yield, and 43% in maize by 2050'
— Jim Baird (@JimBair62221006) September 19, 2020
& in India, ozone is 'killing crops that could feed 94 million'#ClimateCrisis #AirPollutionhttps://t.co/T3iTCj5C0X