Friday Curation

January 2024 - Happy New Year!

Amandine’s edits

Carbon bombs mapping

Oil and gas extraction projects must stop to keep our planet under a 1.5℃ temperature increase and manageable global warming. Still, some want to push for more intense business. Carbon bombs, created by Data for Good and éclaircies, list and locate the most significant fossil fuel extraction projects, current and future, releasing over one gigaton of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during their lifetime, precipitating humanity in dangerous and unknown climate shifts. We have, at least, a way to keep track of the madness. 

Guess who’s the biggest supporter of carbon bombs?

Further from the above, this Guardian article by Ajit Niranjan highlights the protagonism of banks, particularly French banks, into funding carbon bomb projects. Where shall we put our money in this context?

Reduce, reuse, recycle

While some push for new fossil fuel and coal extraction projects, others are creatively thinking of what to do when this type of infrastructure becomes disused. This piece by Lottie Limb narrates how some abandoned coal mines in the UK and Europe have been transformed into geothermal plants, providing low-carbon energy to nearby residential areas.