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One of my greatest sources of hope lies in the huge potential of rewilding and restoring nature. This, together with climate equity and stop burning fossil fuels, is the key towards a sustainable world. #FaceTheClimateEmergency
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”The same human activities that drive climate change and biodiversity loss also drive pandemic risk through their impacts on our environment.”
- @IPBES
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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School strike week 115. Yesterday new COVID-19 recommendations came into place here in Stockholm. The situation is worsening, so therefore it’s back to #ClimateStrikeOnline for me.
Stay safe, take care of each other and #flattenthecurve !
#fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate
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"That we live in a post-truth society today, and that we don't care, that we have lost empathy. We have stopped thinking long-term and sustainable. And that's something that goes much deeper than just climate crisis deniers."
Long interview in @NatGeo
nationalgeographic.com/environment/20…
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No one says passing 1.5° will be like "being hit by an asteroid". Every fraction of a degree will ALWAYS matter.
But we demand a safe future. And the thought of giving up our targets without even trying - without people even knowing the risks and consequences - is unacceptable.
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"Led by Wall Street giants Bank of America, Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase, 50 top investment banks provided financial services to sectors driving mass extinctions and biodiversity loss worth more than the GDP of Canada in 2019, the analysis found."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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"Scientists have found evidence that frozen methane deposits in the Arctic Ocean – known as the “sleeping giants of the carbon cycle” – have started to be released over a large area of the continental slope off the East Siberian coast."
theguardian.com/science/2020/o…
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"Science tells us every day with more precision that urgent action is needed - and I am not dramatizing, this is what science says - if we are to keep the hope of avoiding radical and catastrophic climate change. And for this we must act now. This is a scientific fact." @Pontifex twitter.com/TEDCountdown/s…
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Some of those who have done the most for the climate and the living world are journalists and news outlets, and they deserve our deepest respect and gratitude.
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Important reminder:
When we criticize media's lack of reporting on the climate- and ecological emergency, we are not criticizing journalists. We are criticizing editorial decisions.
As we've pointed out: there is no future for democracy without a strong, independent free press.
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This week the European Parliament voted for a new 7yr Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that will be disastrous for climate, biodiversity and sustainable farming.
But it’s not over yet.
Sign the open letter demanding the
@EU_Commission
to #WithdrawTheCAP
WithdrawTheCAP.org
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm