Climate scientist at @KingsCollegeLon | Research Associate in Unseen Climate Extremes | Postdoc in @kclgeography / @Kings_SGA.
Leeds, England
Joined March 2017
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Tom Wood retweeted
Despite being a climate summit, COP is often held in countries that are putting their foot on the accelerator of environmental collapse.
Last year's COP was held in Dubai, and climate scientist @TomWoodScience was shocked by the gap between rhetoric and reality.
Yet another depressing failure of COP is on the cards it seems.
Key text on climate finance is down to five pages and includes an attempt at a compromise.
- $1.5tr overarching goal *by* 2035
- $250bn sub goal from industrialised nations, but appears to include private finance and MDB contributions
- invites emerging economy contributions
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Tom Wood retweeted
An ERA5 animation showing the unprecedented November 2024 Typhoon outbreak in the Western Pacific Ocean.
Just incredible.
“It was a screaming example of everything that is wrong with the attitude of society: the juxtaposition of hyper-consumerism, wholly reliant on fossil fuels, and vulnerable people [at the conference] screaming out to us, ‘Do something about this’ – and not being listened to."
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We spoke about my experience at COP28 in Dubai.
On the view from my hotel window:
"On the right ... the Dubai Marina, full of fancy restaurants & supercars. On the left, stretching out...as far as the eye could see, one of the biggest natural gas plants in the world...
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“A low risk [of really extreme warming] is not no risk. That risk exists. If that risk is so severe it’s going to be catastrophic or existential, policy makers need to be prepared.”
One of the quotes from me in this excellent piece from @RTakver discussing the impact of #COP29.
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Tom Wood retweeted
Important new study shows that current climate models underestimate the human-caused slowing of the #AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation), because they neglect freshwater influx from Greenland melt and other sources. /1
nature.com/articles/s41561-0…
The Paris Agreement is far from adequate, but its the best basis for international cooperation on the climate challenge we have. We must advocate for it to be upheld and strengthened against the current significant headwinds.
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