r/ClimatePosting

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The climate emergency is escalating, with increasingly alarming impacts on the food system. Animal agriculture is both highly dependent on a stable climate system and one of the biggest contributors to climate change, primarily through methane and nitrous oxide pollution and indirectly as a major driver of deforestation and land-use change.

Transformative changes are needed and shifting diets in many areas where meat and dairy are overconsumed is essential to bring down emissions and improve health. The 2025 EAT-Lancet report provides further evidence for how healthy and sustainable diets on a planet of 10 billion people are feasible, and how shifting to such diets would cut emissions from the food system in half and prevent 15 million premature deaths per year.

The last UN climate conference, COP30, took place in November 2025 in Belém in the Brazilian Amazon, and hopes were high that transforming agriculture and food systems would finally make it into an official conference text. However, this did not happen. Instead, agribusiness voices focused on efficiency and concerns around food security featured prominently across the conference, standing in the way of real change. While climate change is a real threat to food security, this narrative is reframed and exploited by meat and dairy industry actors to justify continued growth of animal agriculture.

Additionally, despite the scientific consensus that dietary shift and agricultural methane reductions are crucial to stay on a 1.5°C or even a 2°C-degree trajectory, just 4% of national climate plans (nationally determined contributions, or NDCs) include quantified, time-bound agricultural methane reduction targets, and fewer still include sustainable diets.

This briefing will unpick some of the key industry narratives that are being used to prevent the inclusion of food systems on the climate agenda. It highlights arguments and key messages pushed by meat and dairy industry representatives and allies at both the World Meat Congress, a biennial industry event which last year was held in Brazil just before COP30, and at COP30 itself.

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>Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) really moving toward large-scale deployment or are the economic challenges highlighted by critics still unresolved? Can factory-built modular reactors reduce construction risk, shorten build times and lower costs through mass production? Or will shrinking reactors actually make them more expensive? The sceptics are quite certain of the answer but politicians keep barrelling ahead. So, will we ever really see an SMRs on the outskirts of major towns and cities around the world?

This weekly review by the ALLATRA Global Research Center (GRC) presents a comprehensive overview of the most significant natural disasters and extreme weather events recorded worldwide over each week. Based on continuous monitoring and daily data collection, GRC analyzes emerging patterns, tracks the escalation of climate-related events, and highlights the growing instability of the Earth’s climate system.

Key events of the week:

China: A powerful convective storm impacted the Pearl River Delta, bringing over 100 mm of rainfall in a day, hail, and wind gusts up to 34 m/s. The event caused transport disruptions and infrastructure damage, reflecting an intensifying trend of severe convective activity.

Europe (Cyclone Deborah): A major cold air intrusion triggered extreme weather across several countries. France, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Bulgaria experienced heavy snowfall, hurricane-force winds, hailstorms, and flooding. The cyclone caused widespread infrastructure damage, power outages affecting tens of thousands, and major transport disruptions across the region.

Middle East: An unusually strong storm system affected arid regions. Qatar recorded near-annual precipitation within days, leading to severe flooding. The United Arab Emirates experienced widespread urban flooding and transport disruption. In Oman and Yemen, intense rainfall triggered destructive flash floods, resulting in casualties, infrastructure damage, and large-scale displacement.

The events presented reflect processes occurring within the Earth's interior that influence the climate system. The ocean floor is an active geological environment, through which heat energy is transferred to water from underwater volcanoes, faults, and hydrothermal vents. When geodynamic activity intensifies, the heat flux increases, and the ocean receives additional energy.

Research confirms that warming occurs not only at the surface but also in the near-bottom layers. The ocean functions as a planetary thermostat, redistributing heat and stabilizing the climate. Today, its cooling capacity is disrupted by micro- and nanoplastics, which hinder natural heat dissipation.

As a result, the frequency and intensity of natural phenomena around the globe are increasing. Understanding the physics of these processes is crucial for grasping the current situation. These changes affect everyone, making a scientific approach to studying the planet a priority for society.

Things have been looking up for the climate recently. Following the closure of the strait of hormuz, a second argument for clean energy has emerged, that being energy independence. Higher fuel prices have also led to increased demand in EVs, which will in turn push many people into life time EV buyers, and later down the line add to the second-hand market. In another vein, the electric trucks of Tesla and WindRose seem to be quite competitive with their fossil counter parts (something that was pretty unimaginable a few years ago), thereby helping to decarbonise an industry which doesn't care much for narratives (whether that be for or against the climate). Finally we are of course seeing batteries, both for the home and grid, drastically reducing in price, allowing renewables to be even more competitive. IDK just feels optimistic from this part of the world!

Does anyone have any solid solutions for ski resort emissions? Policies? Rules? Reports?