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If you needed more solid proof that the climate- and ecological crisis can not be solved within today's systems, well here you go. twitter.com/FridayForFutur…
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”Cop26 sets course for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C”
And that’s based on numbers that are “underreported” and “flawed” according to Washington Post’s investigation. And also IF leaders stick to their words. Their track record suggests otherwise…
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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”Plans to take carbon dioxide out of the air are becoming a giant loophole - just as experts have warned for years.”
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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"Global coal demand is set for with a 4.5% increase this year, pushing beyond 2019 levels."
So much for "building back better" and a "green recovery"... We are still speeding in the wrong direction. #MindTheGap #BlahBlahBlah #UprootTheSystem reuters.com/business/energ…
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"You can only adapt so much. This heatwave is testing the limits of human survivability." edition.cnn.com/2022/05/02/asi…
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“The rubber-stamping of such a project sends a message not just to our generation but humanity as a whole: The future of our planet & the present well-being of frontline communities are being sacrificed for short-term economic gain & political expediency.”
cnn.com/2023/04/07/opi…
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“It was this settler colonial worldview – of just accumulate, accumulate, accumulate, consume, consume, consume – that has got us where we are now.”
@GhoshAmitav on colonialism and the planetary emergency.
theguardian.com/books/2022/jan…
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“Cancer became just like a flu…”
Ali, a young man from Iraq who lived on a @bp_plc oil field, died of leukaemia last Friday.
His father challenged BP at its AGM, demanding an end to its cancer-causing pollution.
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Tomorrow we strike again in 62 countries all over the world! Online or in small numbers in the streets where the situation allows and in line with local corona restrictions.
Find your local strike or register your own at fridaysforfuture.org
#NoMoreEmptyPromises
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I will not earn any money from this book as my copyright belongs to the Greta Thunberg Foundation. So all royalties go to charity.
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2020 was the warmest year ever recorded tied with 2016 according to @CopernicusECMWF
"It is notable that 2020 matches the 2016 record despite a cooling La Niña, whereas 2016 was a record year that began with a strong warming El Niño event."
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-202…
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Scientists estimate that our actual greenhouse gas emissions can be up to 20-30% higher than what we report. Future climate scenarios and the necessary emissions reductions are calculated based on the reported emissions. 1/4
sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/nya-sa…
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Idag blir jag stolt ny ambassadör för @MinStoraDag som uppfyller önskningar och ger livsviktig glädje till barn med allvarliga sjukdomar och diagnoser. Det betyder väldigt mycket eftersom det är avgörande att bry sig om den kamp som många barn utkämpar varje dag i det tysta.
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"The Amazon is losing its ability to recover from disturbances like droughts and land-use changes, scientists reported Monday, adding to concern that the rainforest is approaching a critical threshold beyond which much of it will be replaced by grassland"
nytimes.com/2022/03/07/cli…
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”It finds that virtually every child on the planet is exposed to at least one climate or environmental hazard right now.”
Adriana Calderón, Farzana Faruk Jhumu, Eric Njuguna and me write in NYT as @UNICEF publish their Children’s Climate Risk Index.
nytimes.com/2021/08/19/opi…
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"Vanessa continues to teach a most critical lesson. She reminds us that while we may all be in the same storm, we are not all in the same boat."
So proud of my friend Vanessa Nakate!
#Time100 #FridaysForFuture #ClimateJustice
time.com/collection/tim…
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"[This] was the latest in a series of actions taken by the administration to back Trump-era approvals of oil and gas infrastructure, despite President Biden’s pledge to aggressively cut emissions from fossil fuels"
#MindTheGap between words and action.
nytimes.com/2021/06/24/cli…
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"Humanity must solve the climate and nature crises together or solve neither, according to a report from 50 of the world’s leading scientists."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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“China’s economic recovery from the pandemic so far has been anything but green”
Its new 5 year plan could allow for emissions to keep growing through 2025.
This is unfortunately no surprise. No-one is stepping up, and China is of course no exception.
vox.com/22313871/china…
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"Earth’s wildlife populations have plunged by an average of 69% in just under 50 years, according to a leading scientific assessment, as humans continue to clear forests, consume beyond the limits of the planet and pollute on an industrial scale."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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”The production and burning of coal, oil and gas was subsidised by $5.9tn in 2020.”
People in power are spending $11 million every minute on practices that destroy our living conditions and life supporting systems.
Ignorance and stupidity defined. theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Logic tells us, the fact this is ignored - or in the best case treated as a minor news story - means:
-There's no crisis
-This is fine
-The science is inaccurate
-Scientist are hugely exaggerating
-Climate activists are crazy alarmists
No wonder there's no change in sight... twitter.com/GretaThunberg/…
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A big congratulations and thank you to Fridays For Future Bangladesh and all other climate activists who have been pushing for this! twitter.com/TRF_Climate/st…
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“What we found suggests that people need to hear the same accurate messages about climate change again and again. If they only hear it once, it recedes very quickly.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm