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<font size="+2"><i><b>December 11, 2022</b></i></font><br>
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<i>[ Prof Katharine Hayhoe at BYU by Deseret News ] </i><br>
<b>Opinion: We need to talk about ‘global weirding’</b><br>
As Katharine Hayhoe called it in her recent BYU forum address,
‘global weirding’ is dividing the world<br>
By Readers’ Forum<br>
Dec 10, 2022<br>
I had the pleasure of watching climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe
address the Nov. 29 BYU Forum. She started with “I’m a climate
scientist because I’m a Christian.”<br>
<br>
“It’s not about saving the planet; we need to save us.” The most
vulnerable to climate disasters are the poorest people on earth.
Global warming is increasing the economic gap between the world’s
richest and poorest countries … something to ponder as Christmas
approaches.<br>
<br>
She is an articulate, engaging speaker who backed up her talk with
effective visuals. While climate change is the most polarizing issue
in politics, a thermometer doesn’t give us different answers based
on how we vote. Extreme weather doesn’t care about politics.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/12/10/23500322/opinion-katharine-hayhoe-global-weirding">https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2022/12/10/23500322/opinion-katharine-hayhoe-global-weirding</a>
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<i>[ this video sermon presented at BYU ]</i><br>
<b>Katharine Hayhoe | Loving All God’s Creation</b><br>
BYU Forum Address<br>
duration 46:12<br>
Katharine Hayhoe, climate scientist. “Caring about God’s creation…is
a genuine expression of our faith, a faithful acceptance of our
responsibility and a true expression of God’s love.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.byutv.org/byu-forum/episodes/2022.?player-open=true&content-id=7ad53049-ffd3-4b2b-a1d6-c5e911c86be0">https://www.byutv.org/byu-forum/episodes/2022.?player-open=true&content-id=7ad53049-ffd3-4b2b-a1d6-c5e911c86be0</a>
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<i>[ Meanwhile on Twitter - ]</i><br>
<b>Climate misinformation explodes on Twitter</b><br>
Update December 5th, 2022<br>
2022 has been the worst year yet for ‘climate-sceptic’ content on
the social media platform, according to recent analysis.<br>
Lies about climate change on Twitter escalated to unprecedented
levels this year, according to new analyses. The unnerving rise of
content that rejects widely accepted climate science — sometimes
referred to as climate skepticism or climate denial — piles on top
of growing concerns about misinformation and hateful content that’s
proliferated since Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media
platform.<br>
<br>
There have been more tweets and retweets “using climate-sceptic
terminology” in 2022 than in any other year since Twitter’s founding
in 2006, according to analysis conducted for The Times by City,
University of London researchers. That’s 850,000 climate-skeptic
tweets or retweets this year compared to 650,000 in 2021 and 220,000
in 2020. <br>
<br>
“Climate denial on Twitter was already a dumpster fire; now, it’s as
if it had a litre of gas thrown on it,” climate scientist Katharine
Hayhoe said to The Times. <br>
Much of the recent rise in climate misinformation can be tied to a
single hashtag: “#climatescam.” It makes up around 40 percent of
tweets this year containing climate-skeptic language, City,
University of London researchers Max Falkenberg and Andrea
Baronchelli found. That’s compared to just 2 percent before 2022.<br>
<br>
Now, “#climatescam” appears as a top result when searching for
“#climate” on Twitter. The hashtag offers up a buffet of false
information about climate change. One popular post includes an image
that defines “manmade climate change” as “the made up catastrophe
the globalists/socialists use to instil fear and guilt to tax,
regulate, and remove our freedoms while pretending to be saving the
planet.”<br>
<br>
Another popular meme tweeted with #climatescam features what looks
like an altered image of Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons with his
finger in his nose. “The TV told me that if I eat bugs and pay more
money to the government the weather will be gooder,” the meme says.<br>
<br>
The overwhelming body of research confirms that greenhouse gas
emissions from fossil fuels are causing climate change. A major
United Nations climate science report published last year by 230
authors from 66 countries concluded that human activity is primarily
responsible for more frequent extreme weather across the planet.<br>
<br>
Nevertheless, misinformation about climate change exploded on
Twitter in November as delegates from across the world met for a key
United Nations climate conference. The use of #climatescam in tweets
doubled from October to November, appearing in 23,832 posts last
month. That was 17 times more than the hashtag was used in an
average month in 2021, according to another analysis conducted for
The Times by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. <br>
<br>
Repeat offenders seem to be driving much of the climate
misinformation on Twitter. Just 10 Twitter handles accounted for a
quarter of recent widely shared climate-skeptic content. Musk’s
decision to welcome back people who had previously been barred from
the platform has also allowed people to return who push content that
contradicts mainstream climate science. That includes Canadian
personality Jordan Peterson, who was initially thrown off Twitter in
July for tweets misgendering trans actor Elliot Page. Recently,
Peterson has taken to Twitter to disparage efforts to reach net zero
greenhouse gas emissions, which research has found is necessary by
the middle of the century to prevent global warming from surpassing
1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times.<br>
Meanwhile, actual climate scientists and experts are weighing
leaving Twitter, The Guardian reports, as the platform fails to
moderate harmful content. Separately, the Center for Countering
Digital Hate has also found a rise in hate speech on Twitter since
Musk took the reins. Twitter, which effectively disbanded its media
relations team during layoffs in November, did not respond to a
request for comment by The Verge.<br>
<br>
“I can understand climate scientists saying this is not a productive
place for conversations with each other any more. They’ve become
lightening rods for hate speech and death threats, we are seeing a
real escalation of threats against them, intended to drive them off
the platform,” Jennie King, head of civic action and education at
the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, said to The Guardian.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494220/elon-musk-twitter-climate-misinformation-rise-analysis">https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/5/23494220/elon-musk-twitter-climate-misinformation-rise-analysis</a><br>
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<i>[ Things to talk about in your congregation - PEW opinion
research ]</i><br>
<b>Younger evangelicals in the U.S. are more concerned than their
elders about climate change</b><br>
BY MICHAEL LIPKA, BECKA A. ALPER AND JUSTIN NORTEY<br>
DECEMBER 7, 2022
<p>Young people around the world have been at the forefront of
climate change protests, and in the United States, adults under 40
are considerably more likely than their elders to express concern
about the issue and attribute it to human activity.<br>
<br>
This age pattern also exists within major Christian traditions in
the U.S., including evangelical Protestants, who are among the
groups most skeptical about climate change.<br>
<br>
Overall, two-thirds of U.S. adults younger than 40 say global
climate change is an extremely or very serious problem, compared
with roughly half of those ages 40 and older (52%), according to a
recent Pew Research Center survey. Furthermore, 64% of adults
under 40 say the Earth is getting warmer mostly because of human
activity, such as burning fossil fuels, while fewer than half of
older Americans (47%) take that position.<br>
<br>
There are similar age gaps among evangelical Protestants, even
though both younger and older evangelicals are less likely than
Americans overall to express concern about climate change.
Evangelical Protestant adults under 40 are more likely than older
evangelicals to say climate change is an extremely or very serious
problem (41% vs. 31%). And 42% of evangelical adults under 40 say
the Earth is warming due to human activity, compared with 28% of
evangelicals ages 40 and older.<br>
<br>
These age gaps are not unique to evangelicals. For instance,
around two-thirds of U.S. Catholic adults under 40 (66%) say the
Earth is warming because of human activity, while half of older
Catholics share this view. Among religiously unaffiliated
Americans – a group that is more concerned than Christians as a
whole about climate change – young people again are especially
concerned. (The survey did not include large enough samples of
members of non-Christian groups to analyze age categories within
them.)<br>
<br>
Views toward climate change are even more closely tied to
political party than to religion or age, with Democrats and
Democratic-leaning independents much more likely than Republicans
and Republican leaners to express high levels of concern. Still,
among Republicans, adults under 40 are considerably more likely
than those ages 40 and older to say that climate change is an
extremely or very serious problem (35% vs. 21%) and that the Earth
is getting warmer mostly because of human activity (38% vs. 19%).
The age gap is not as pronounced among Democrats, with large
majorities of both younger and older Democrats expressing these
views.<br>
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<p>Few young adults are both highly religious and concerned about
climate change<br>
While young adults in the U.S. tend to be more concerned about
climate change than adults ages 40 and older, they also tend to be
less religious than older Americans. These crosscutting patterns
show up when examining the percentage of young Americans who are
both highly religious and concerned about climate change.<br>
<br>
Just 5% of U.S. adults under 40 are both highly religious and
concerned about climate change, compared with 9% of those ages 40
and older. (In this study, “highly religious” is defined as those
who say they pray each day, attend religious services at least
weekly and consider religion to be very important in their lives.)<br>
<br>
Adults under 40 are far more likely than older Americans to both
have a low level of religious commitment and be concerned about
climate change. This is true for 27% of U.S. adults ages 18 to 39
– about double the share of those ages 40 and older in this
category (13%).<br>
<br>
A table showing that Americans under 40 are less likely than their
elders to say God gave humans a duty to protect and care for Earth<br>
Young Americans are less likely than their elders to hold some
beliefs that connect religion to the environment. For instance,
while 55% of Americans under 40 say they completely or mostly
agree with the idea that God gave humans a duty to protect and
care for the Earth, 72% of adults 40 and older say the same.
Younger Americans also are less likely than their older
counterparts to say they have prayed for the environment in the
past year (27% vs. 37%). These gaps exist in part because young
Americans are less religious in general, including being less
likely to believe in God and to pray on a regular basis.<br>
<br>
Among evangelical Protestants, however, differences between
younger and older adults on these questions are modest.
Eight-in-ten or more evangelical adults under 40 (82%) and ages 40
and older (88%) say God gave humans a duty to care for the Earth,
while similar shares of both groups say they have prayed for the
environment in the past 12 months (41% and 44%, respectively).</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/07/younger-evangelicals-in-the-u-s-are-more-concerned-than-their-elders-about-climate-change/">https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/12/07/younger-evangelicals-in-the-u-s-are-more-concerned-than-their-elders-about-climate-change/</a><br>
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<i>[ Twitter communication from the professor ]</i><br>
<b>Prof. Katharine Hayhoe</b><br>
@KHayhoe<br>
Dec 9, 2022<br>
Stunning visuals show how wildlife is disappearing around the world,
in the oceans and on land. Humans are taking over too much of the
planet and climate change make survival harder. Read more: #COP15<br>
nytimes.com<br>
Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live<br>
Talks in Montreal this month could be a big victory, or a missed
opportunity, for the planet’s wildlife. We explain why, and show...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1601394116184924160">https://twitter.com/KHayhoe/status/1601394116184924160</a><br>
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<i>[NYTimes offers a colorful display ]</i><br>
<b>Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live</b><br>
By Catrin Einhorn and Lauren LeatherbyDec. 9, 2022<br>
<br>
WILDLIFE IS DISAPPEARING around the world, in the oceans and on
land. The main cause on land is perhaps the most straightforward:
Humans are taking over too much of the planet, erasing what was
there before. Climate change and other pressures make survival
harder.<br>
<br>
This week and next, nations are meeting in Montreal to negotiate a
new agreement to address staggering declines in biodiversity. The
future of many species hangs in the balance. Meet some of the
animals most affected as humans convert more and more land:<br>
<br>
At least 60 percent habitat loss since 2001At least 50 percent
habitat loss since 2001At least 45 percent habitat loss since 2001At
least 40 percent habitat loss since 2001At least 35 percent habitat
loss since 2001At least 33 percent habitat loss since 2001..<br>
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The groups of animals you just scrolled through aren’t the only
species that have lost a third or more of their global habitat.
They’re just some of the mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles
researchers can currently track. Most live in tropical forests.<br>
<br>
“If the forest disappears, they will disappear,” said Walter Jetz, a
professor of biodiversity science at Yale University who leads Map
of Life, a platform that combines satellite imaging with ecological
data to determine how species ranges are changing around the world.
Map of Life shared data with The New York Times.<br>
<br>
Biodiversity, or all the variety of life on the planet — including
plants, invertebrates and ocean species — is declining at rates
unprecedented in human history, according to the leading
intergovernmental scientific panel on the subject. The group’s
projections suggest that a million species are threatened with
extinction, many within decades.<br>
<br>
Nations are meeting in Montreal to try to chart a different path.
Delayed two years because of the pandemic, delegations are working
to land a new, 10-year agreement to tackle biodiversity loss under a
United Nations treaty called the Convention on Biological Diversity.<br>
<br>
“With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic
growth, humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,” said
António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, in his
opening remarks on Tuesday in Montreal...<br>
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“Currently, most governments spend far more on subsidies that
actually are destroying nature than they do on financing
conservation,” Mr. Cooper said. “So, certainly a change in that will
be critical.”<br>
<br>
The United States is the only country besides the Holy See that
isn’t a party to the convention, so although the United States will
attend the meeting, it will be participating from the sidelines.<br>
<br>
“We can play a very constructive role from the outside,” said Monica
Medina, an assistant secretary of state who is also special envoy
for biodiversity and water resources. But she acknowledged that
being a member would be better. “I hope that someday we will be,”
she said.<br>
<br>
Of the many targets being negotiated, the one that has gotten the
most attention seeks to address habitat loss head on. Known as
30x30, it’s a plan to safeguard at least 30 percent of the planet’s
land and oceans by 2030. More than 100 countries back the proposal.
While some Indigenous groups fear it will lead to their
displacement, others support the plan as a means to secure stronger
land rights.<br>
<br>
But experts emphasize that action will have to go further than lines
on a map.<br>
<br>
“You can set up a protected area, but you've not dealt with the fact
that the whole reason you had habitat loss in the first place is
because of demand for land,” Dr. McElwee said. “You have to tackle
the underlying drivers, otherwise you're only dealing with like half
the problem.”<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/09/climate/biodiversity-habitat-loss-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=I4ZyYn11IX0coKgKexXjpwboRT90tl2ggqHznTaicdjhGppWbRmV1YSsSRqm-mH8fHzyI2LvqQe9eCpqtB9lHEE4vuDVroQqQEIuET3BjDpiwHsyZ1ftObGDS0t1DnQzbaQrV9tI8_YP-izDJcX4PMv4RJXYYr-NMWEliqw1lr5QHv2OCbWc1RPBmdPd2ouourKe0L8zy7ZapArPFXQ9F4POvnlrn4ZnjGQYb4puBj3kU3w81Cdq82FFWV1cCFbxtKNKSokmFN_JBu6rzhzyX2OBOL0KwPb5QrLvlEVEtLvfZsaZ6lPT4HrmDEU2D4Qfb7SdDFgc12x-sDGbuFchYNPMwdL2kSNJBibmQ_ckYcsOfUzSHNu0iJd91A&smid=share-url">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/09/climate/biodiversity-habitat-loss-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=I4ZyYn11IX0coKgKexXjpwboRT90tl2ggqHznTaicdjhGppWbRmV1YSsSRqm-mH8fHzyI2LvqQe9eCpqtB9lHEE4vuDVroQqQEIuET3BjDpiwHsyZ1ftObGDS0t1DnQzbaQrV9tI8_YP-izDJcX4PMv4RJXYYr-NMWEliqw1lr5QHv2OCbWc1RPBmdPd2ouourKe0L8zy7ZapArPFXQ9F4POvnlrn4ZnjGQYb4puBj3kU3w81Cdq82FFWV1cCFbxtKNKSokmFN_JBu6rzhzyX2OBOL0KwPb5QrLvlEVEtLvfZsaZ6lPT4HrmDEU2D4Qfb7SdDFgc12x-sDGbuFchYNPMwdL2kSNJBibmQ_ckYcsOfUzSHNu0iJd91A&smid=share-url</a><br>
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<i>[The news archive - looking back]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>December 11, 1985</b></i></font> <br>
December 11, 1985: The New York Times reports:<br>
<blockquote>"A group of senators and scientists today called for
national and international action to avert a predicted warming of
the earth's climate resulting from a buildup of carbon dioxide and
other man-made gases in the atmosphere.<br>
<br>
"They warned at a Senate hearing that such an effect, like that of
a greenhouse, would produce radical climate changes and a
subsequent rise in ocean levels that could have catastrophic
results in the next century unless steps were taken now to deal
with the problem.<br>
<br>
"Senator Albert Gore Jr., Democrat of Tennessee, said he would
introduce legislation to expand and focus scientific efforts on
this greenhouse effect.<br>
<br>
"At a hearing of the Senate Subcommittee on Toxic Substances and
Environmental Oversight, Mr. Gore said his bill would call for 'an
international year of scientific study of the greenhouse effect
and would request that the President take steps to begin this
worldwide cooperative investigation.'"<br>
</blockquote>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/11/us/action-is-urged-to-avert-global-climate-shift.html">http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/11/us/action-is-urged-to-avert-global-climate-shift.html</a>
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