PLANET Project EU planet c technology

Earth is warming at 5 nuclear bombs per second = 5X more than 1968 – 1992

Greenhouse gases have gone up 45% in 30 years

66% of humans will live in water stressed areas by 2025

Ice is melting 1 million tons per minute per year

Europe gets 50% of its renewable electricity burning imported trees

Europe burns 80% of recycled plastic & paper for electricity

Europe burns 50% of its palm oil shipments in cars & trucks

It takes tree plantations 30 years to recoup 10% of their carbon offset

Wildfire suppression cannot be scaled up for future wildfire scenarios

10 years cutting air pollution in China raised global north temps 0.1 °C

Abrupt permafrost thaw not modelled

Only 4% of total global energy is renewable and only 2% is solar and wind

15% of total global energy will be renewable by 2040

28% of total global energy will be renewable by 2050

96% of mammals are livestock and human by weight ( Ecowatch 2018 )

96% of tigers gone in 100 years ( IFL Science 2019 )

90% of elephants gone in 100 years ( Hurriet 2019 )

90% of lions gone in 100 years ( African Impact 2019 )

90% of Leatherback sea turtles gone since 1980 ( Earth Watch undated )

90% of Monarch Butterflies gone in 20 years ( Inhabitat 2014 )

80% of Antarctic Krill gone in 30 years ( Research Gate 2005 )

77% of Eastern lowland gorillas gone since 1996 ( Treehugger 2020 )

68% of world’s wildlife has been wiped out since 1970 ( Mongabay 2020 )

50% of Marine vertebrates gone since 1970 ( WWF 2015 )

50% of Great Barrier Reef gone since 1985 ( Live Science 2012 )

40% of Giraffes gone since 1990 ( NRDC 2019 )

40% less insects in next 30 years ( PNAS 2019 )

4% of mammals are wildlife ( Vegan News 2020 )

sources available at Loki's Revenge blog

2020 : Greenhouse gases up 45% in 30 years

2020 : Fossil fuels have been 80% of global energy for 25 years

2020 : 4% of global energy is renewable after 30 years trying

2020 : Electricity is 20% of total global energy

2020 : 2% of global energy is solar and wind after 20 years trying

2020 : Oncoming water stress threatens 50% of thermal power capacity

*2025 : 66% of the globe will live in water stressed areas
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2030 : Runaway hothouse mass extinction starts at 1.5 °C

2020 : Emissions must go down 50% in 10 years to stay under 1.5 °C

2040 : 15% of global energy will be renewable

2050 : 28% of global energy will be renewable

27 Nobel Prize winning economists support James Hansen’s dividends, including: 3,589 U.S. Economists, 4 Former Chairs of the Federal Reserve and ALL 15 Former Chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers