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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
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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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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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"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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"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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"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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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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"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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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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”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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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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Happy Halloween everyone...
#ClimateEmergency twitter.com/ZLabe/status/1…
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This is a rough quick introduction explaining why technology alone won't "solve" the climate crisis.
Do we need it? - Yes.
Should we invest every possible resource? - Yes, as long as it's holistically sustainable.
Will it be enough? - No, far from it.
bbc.com/news/science-e…
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"Of course I don’t see the world in black and white. It’s just that when it comes to the climate and environment, you can’t be a little bit sustainable. Either you are sustainable or you are unsustainable."
Long interview in @NYTmag
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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I don’t know about you, but I sure am willing to call-out-the-fossil-fuel-companies-for-knowingly-destroying-future-living-conditions -for-countless-generations-for profit-and-then-trying-to-distract-people-and-prevent-real-systemic-change-through-endless greenwash-campaigns. twitter.com/Shell/status/1…
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Today, many of you will have the opportunity to make a choice.
Your vote will affect billions of people around the world.
Your vote will affect countless of generations to come.
Use it.
Use it well.
Every election is a climate election.
#ElectionDay
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Globally, October was the third warmest ever recorded, marginally behind 2015 and 2019.
In Europe it was the warmest October on record. twitter.com/CopernicusECMW…
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So ridiculous. Donald must work on his Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Donald, Chill! twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
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School strike week 116. Because of new COVID-19 recommendations and the rapid spread, we’re back to #ClimateStrikeOnline .
If you strike, remember to keep distance and follow COVID-19 restrictions and recommendations.
#fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #flattenthecurve
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My thoughts are with the countless people affected by the disastrous aftermath of storm #ETA .
#mapa twitter.com/BBCWorld/statu…
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When it’s about something that's in 10 years’ time, they're more than happy to vote for it because it doesn’t really impact them. But when it’s something that actually has an effect right here right now, they don’t want to touch it. It shows the hypocrisy.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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“Countries pouring money into fossil fuels to fight recession”.
So this is what our leaders mean when they talk about a so-called “green recovery” and “listening to the children”.
No one is coming to our rescue.
It’s up to us.
We’re on our own.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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As long as we don’t treat the climate crisis like a crisis, we can have as many climate conferences and summits as we want, but as it is now it will just be negotiations, empty words, loopholes and greenwash.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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It becomes clearer and clearer that it doesn’t seem to end with giving up on empathy, equality, facts and science.
It appears after that follows diminishing or denying democracy itself.
A global phenomenon - all for greed and power.
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm