Thursday, 29 June 2023

King Charles and London Mayor Warn: Only 6 Years Left on the Climate Clock

King Charles joins London mayor Sadiq Khan at launch of National Climate Clock which warns there are little more than six years left for world to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Centigrade

  • King Charles and Sadiq Khan launched the National Climate Clock in London 
  • Clock counts down to time window by which the world must hit zero emissions
  • It is the latest in a line of clocks around the world which state we have just six years left 

King Charles and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have launched a National Climate Clock, which warns there are just six years left for the world to limit global warning. 

The King activated the clock during the Climate Innovation Forum at the Guildhall in London today, to warn the world it has just six years and 24 days to limit the heating of the earth to 1.5 degrees centigrade. 

The clock also has a built in Renewable Energy Lifeline, which shows the percent of global energy coming from renewable sources currently sits at 12.5 per cent. 

This tracks factors including renewable energy sources, land and inland waters managed by Indigenous Peoples, climate debt, monies contributed by countries to the Green Climate Fund, and gender parity. 

The clock is the latest in a worldwide project which brings together art, science, technology and grassroots organisation to count down to the critical time window in which the globe must reach zero emissions.

The King activated the clock during the Climate Innovation Forum at the Guildhall in London with London Mayor Sadiq Khan

The King activated the clock during the Climate Innovation Forum at the Guildhall in London with London Mayor Sadiq Khan 

The clock warns the world it has just six years and 24 days to limit the heating of the earth to 1.5 degrees centigrade

The clock warns the world it has just six years and 24 days to limit the heating of the earth to 1.5 degrees centigrade

The clock is the latest in a worldwide project which brings together art, science, technology and grassroots organisation to count down to the critical time window in which the globe must reach zero emissions

The clock is the latest in a worldwide project which brings together art, science, technology and grassroots organisation to count down to the critical time window in which the globe must reach zero emissions

The clock counts down to the critical time window in which the globe must reach zero emissions

The clock counts down to the critical time window in which the globe must reach zero emissions

It was activated at the Climate Innovation Forum - the flagship event of London Climate Action Week

It was activated at the Climate Innovation Forum - the flagship event of London Climate Action Week

The first Climate Clock was launched in New York in September 2020 and since then more have appeared in Seoul and Glasgow to name a few. 

The Climate Innovation Forum is the flagship event of London Climate Action Week, which brings together 1,500 leaders from government, business, finance, and society to encourage collaboration and innovation to meet climate goals. 

It is the fifth year that the event has been run. 

King Charles has long warned of the dangers of climate change. 

Earlier this week, stars such as Olivia Coleman and Woody Harrelson were among well-known faces reciting the King's speeches to mark the launch of a new YouTube channel focussing on climate change

The King met Mr Khan at the Guildhall in London, to hear ways in which the world can accelerate and scale the transition towards a sustainable future

The King met Mr Khan at the Guildhall in London

The King and the Mayor met with leaders and experts in London and beyond to discuss how to approach the issue of climate change

The King and the Mayor met with leaders and experts in London and beyond to discuss how to approach the issue of climate change 

The Climate Innovation Forum is the flagship event of London Climate Action Week, which brings together 1,500 leaders from government, business, finance, and society to encourage collaboration and innovation to meet climate goals

The Climate Innovation Forum is the flagship event of London Climate Action Week, which brings together 1,500 leaders from government, business, finance, and society to encourage collaboration and innovation to meet climate goals

Group-think has taken over as climatism demands total allegiance, and has become an unchallengeable doctrine guiding individuals, institutions, cultures and social movements

Group-think has taken over as climatism demands total allegiance, and has become an unchallengeable doctrine guiding individuals, institutions, cultures and social movements

This dangerously myopic view simply reduces the present and future state of our complex world to just the fate of global temperature or to the concentration of carbon dioxide

This dangerously myopic view simply reduces the present and future state of our complex world to just the fate of global temperature or to the concentration of carbon dioxide 

It makes no sense to reduce politics to the pursuit of a single over-arching goal: to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by a given date

It makes no sense to reduce politics to the pursuit of a single over-arching goal: to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by a given date

Hurricanes and heatwaves are seen as manifestations of the behaviour of fossil-fuel companies, colonialism, capitalism, Amazonian loggers, rich meat-eaters or frequent flyers

Hurricanes and heatwaves are seen as manifestations of the behaviour of fossil-fuel companies, colonialism, capitalism, Amazonian loggers, rich meat-eaters or frequent flyers

Risks are exaggerated and climate is elevated to be a more dominant factor shaping the future than is warranted

Risks are exaggerated and climate is elevated to be a more dominant factor shaping the future than is warranted

Ultimately, the rush to take political action without properly thinking through the consequences can backfire spectacularly

Ultimately, the rush to take political action without properly thinking through the consequences can backfire spectacularly

Experts warned the high levels could 'turn back the climate clock' three million years have have a serious effect on our planet's future

"Experts" warned the climate clock could be turned back three million years

Gas cooktops and heaters could be banned 'well before 2050' so Australia can meet its net zero climate change targets (pictured is a stock image)

Gas cooktops and heaters to be banned so Australia can meet its net zero climate change targets

Tory MPs seized on Mr Miliband's appearance in the wake of the row over Labour taking £1.5million from green energy businessman Dale Vince, pictured, who also funded Just Stop Oil campaigners

The Labour Party took  £1.5million from green energy businessman Dale Vince, pictured, who also funded Just Stop Oil 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday spoke at a diplomacy event in Ottawa. He has shrugged off blame for the wildfires, blaming them entirely on climate change, while calling in help from the US

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shrugged off blame for Canadian wildfires, blaming them entirely on climate change

New York City had the worst air quality of anywhere in the world yesterday as a result of the fires, which many now say could have been prevented or at least reduced with better forest management

New York City had the worst air quality of anywhere in the world as a result of the Canadian wildfires, which could have been prevented with better forest management 

Protesters (pictured) in the tiny Victorian town of Nowa Nowa saw a planned hazard reduction burn reduced from 370ha to nine hectares last September. Two months later the town had to be evacuated when the East Gippsland mega blaze closed in

Protesters (pictured) in the tiny Victorian town of Nowa Nowa (Australia) forced a planned hazard reduction burn to be stopped. Two months later the town had to be abandoned when a mega blaze closed in

The $105million deal was announced by the Prime Minister in Hanoi on Sunday, following a meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh (the pair are pictured)

Aussie PM gave $105million in taxpayers money to Vietnam to fight climate change, following a meeting in Hanoi with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh (the pair are pictured)

New York topped the list of most polluted major cities in the world on Tuesday night and again on Wednesday afternoon, as smoke from the fires continues to blanket the East Coast

New York topped the list of most polluted major cities in the world, as smoke from the Canadian fires continued to blanket the East Coast of USA

The New York Democrat (pictured) tweeted on Wednesday in response to the wildfires in Canada that have engulfed the East Coast and record temperatures in Puerto Rico

AOC jumped on the wildfires as a chance to push the Green New Deal, which would bankrupt the nation

Members of the eco-group The Tyre Extinguishers claimed responsibility for damaging 11 cars in the Clifton. One car had 'climate criminal' spray painted on it in the most recent action (pictured from previous demonstration)

Members of the eco-group The Tyre Extinguishers vandalized cars in UK, such as by spray painting "Climate Criminal" on them.

Another vehicle had 'this machine kills kids' branded on one of its doors (picture from previous demonstration)

Another vehicle had 'this machine kills kids' spray painted on one of its doors

The activist group, which began in the UK but has now become a worldwide campaign operating in 18 countries, aims to make it 'impossible to own an SUV in the world's urban areas for climate, health and public safety'. Pictured: A Mercedes 4x4 tyres being slashed

The activist group, which began in the UK but has now become a worldwide campaign operating in 18 countries, aims to make it 'impossible to own an SUV in the world's urban areas'. Pictured: A Mercedes 4x4 with tyres slashed 

Cars that had their tyres deflated or been graffitied include Range Rovers, Mazdas and Volkswagens

Cars that had their tyres deflated or were graffitied include Range Rovers, Mazdas and Volkswagens

The action includes a combination of deflating tyres and spray painting slogans such as 'this machine kills kids' on expensive vehicles

Their actions include a combination of deflating tyres and spray painting slogans such as 'this machine kills kids' on expensive vehicles 

Tobias Garnett was hired as a political adviser and now works for Labour climate change spokesman Ed Miliband (pictured)

Extinction Rebellion's Tobias Garnett was hired as a political adviser and now works for Labour climate change spokesman Ed Miliband (pictured) 

Labour's 'bonkers' green energy plans will drive up mortgage rates and make Britain more reliant on foreign oil and gas, ministers warned last night (File image)

Labour's 'bonkers' green energy plans will drive up mortgage rates and make Britain more reliant on foreign oil and gas

Tim Martin and Joanna Smith face five-year jail terms for conspiring to damage a priceless Degas masterpiece in Washington DC in April

Tim Martin and Joanna Smith face five-year jail terms for conspiring to damage a priceless Degas masterpiece

Two members of Just Stop Oil threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London in October last year

Two members of Just Stop Oil threw tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London

Just Stop Oil protestors throwing paint over a show garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show

Just Stop Oil protestors throwing orange paint over a show garden at this year's Chelsea Flower Show

The militants and the lambs Sammy, Sunny and Sooty torn away from their mothers. 1. The rebellion regular: Rose Patterson is a full-time animal rights activist 2. The property queen: Sara Foy and 3. Climate crusader: Rosa Sharkey says she has dedicated herself to ¿climate and animal activism¿ for years

The "Animals Rising" lunatics who stole the lambs Sammy, Sunny and Sooty from their mothers on the Royal Farm in UK


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