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If you can’t see that “net zero targets” risk leading to these things, then you either don’t understand the problem or you have a very clear agenda.
The problem is of course not the “net zero targets” themselves, but that they’re being used as excuses to postpone real action.
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A friendly reminder: We can't solve the climate crisis without treating it like a crisis.
What does that mean?
It means we can't solve the climate crisis without treating it like a crisis. And to this day we never have. Not once. Not one single time. Ever.
#MindTheGap
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”In the end the EU’s credibility as a promoter of science-based climate policy is at stake, whatever the Nordic countries advocate.”
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So apparently California will continue to extract oil for another 2,5 decades... And yet this is somehow seen as “good news”.
The gap between the urgency needed and where the discussion is at is becoming more and more absurd.
#MindTheGap
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”Germany's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country's 2019 climate protection act is in part unconstitutional.”
Everywhere around the world we see layer upon layer of incomplete targets and insufficient action. Little by little it’s starting to become exposed. twitter.com/dwnews/status/…
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School strike week 141. On a clearcut in central Sweden that belongs to the Church of Sweden. #ArborDay
#MindTheGap
#climatestrikeonline
#fridaysforfuture #FaceTheClimateEmergency
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Older people need to make sacrifices to protect the future, says @TimmermansEU vice-president of the EU commission.
It's hopeful when politicians are slowly starting to speak more realistic about the climate crisis.
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"Instead of acting, many governments are choosing to shoot the messenger, by criminalising nonviolent protest. As scientists, we have a duty to stand with the activists who are paying attention to the science, rather than these governments"
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The Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20% more CO2 into the atmosphere over the past decade than it absorbed, according to a report that shows humanity can no longer depend on the world’s largest tropical forest to help absorb manmade carbon pollution.
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Some very good points in this article. But still: the problem isn’t what we call these targets but what they contain and that they’re now being used as excuses to postpone real action. They've proven to be very loophole-friendly while leaving out huge parts of our emissions. 1/n twitter.com/James_BG/statu…
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Yes some ghg emissions will need to be balanced out, so calling targets ”net zero” makes sense. But our main concern should be to first actually include all emissions in our targets as well as the aspect of equity while of course making immediate emission cuts at the source. 2/n
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Of course we must use what we have; frameworks, agreements and goodwill. But as this is clearly far from sufficient we cannot be satisfied with that alone. The sense of urgency and action needed is still nowhere in sight. 3/n
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Nu finns hela BBC serien ”Greta: Lyssna Inte På Mig!” på svtplay. Avsnitt 1 sänds på torsdag 6/5 20.00 på SVT2. @bbcstudios @svtdokumentar
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Tomorrow @Ahl_Alexander_ @AldeFermskog @AntonFoley4 and I will have a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to discuss the climate- and ecological emergency.
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Missa inte Världens viktigaste kväll kl 20.00 i TV4! I år är den viktigare än någonsin. Bli världsförälder eller höj ditt belopp på unicef.se @unicefsverige #världenskväll
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Our so-called “role models”indeed have some work to do. Pretty hard to “solve” the climate crisis without addressing this elephant in the room... #MindTheGap #ClimateJustice
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Global average per capita CO2 emissions for
- Top 1% income earner: 74 tonnes
- Bottom 50% income earner: 0.69 tonnes
#GapReport #Unep #Oxfam
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We can’t call for climate justice while advocating for policies and face-out-dates based on targets that exclude aspect of equity and historic emissions. The first step towards climate justice must be to include ALL (especially) high income nations emissions in the targets. 1/n
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To surrender the aspect of equity based on historic emissions and climate justice for low- and middle income countries in order to create goals and targets that high income nations consider to be “politically possible” is not just immoral - it violates the Paris agreement. 2/n
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"Över 200.000 ton träpellets ska brännas varje år i Vattenfalls planerade kraftverk i nederländska Diemen. Satsningen är en del i bolagets omställning till fossilfritt – men riskerar i stället att leda till ökade utsläpp av koldioxid."
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"Goodbye climate deniers, hello – and you’ll pardon me for being blunt here – climate bullshitters."
A nice collection of some "case-study bullshit". And keep in mind - Damian is very kind and generous here...
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”Greta Thunberg - A Year To Change The World” is now streaming on Hulu (US), BBC iPlayer (UK), ABC iview (AUS) and many more soon TBA. And tonight the series premieres on SVT at klockan åtta på tvåan. Finns på SVTplay också!
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Yes, China is still categorized as a developing nation by WTO, they manufacture a lot of our products and so on.
But that's of course no excuse for ruining future and present living conditions. We can't solve the climate crisis unless China drastically changes course.
#MindTheGap twitter.com/CNN/status/139…
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm