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"The nations that make up the G7 have pumped billions of dollars more into fossil fuels than they have into clean energy."
Ah yes, that "green recovery"...
#MindTheGap
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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In a way, this is hopeful, as it so clearly shows the gap between words and action. All the talk about "building back better" while at the same time building back the same, or even worse.
Just imagine how fast things could change if we were informed and started to demand action.
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"Si l’on imaginait le budget carbone restant – c’est-à-dire la quantité d’émissions de gaz à effet de serre à ne pas dépasser pour limiter le réchauffement climatique à 1,5 °C – comme un gâteau, les pays riches devraient se contenter d’une plus petite part" twitter.com/lemondefr/stat…
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"Most major news outlets still present climate change as no more important than a dozen other public issues, when the fact is that if the world doesn’t get it under control, fast, climate change will overwhelm every other issue."
#MindTheGap
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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"The root cause of pandemics – the destruction of nature – is being ignored, scientists have warned."
theguardian.com/world/2021/jun…
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"Low and middle-income nations received nearly $16bn a year between 2017 and 2019 to fund projects related to gas, a fossil fuel that worsens global heating. This was nearly four times more than international public finance for wind or solar projects."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Well would you look at that... twitter.com/BMW/status/140…
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Spotted on Times Square in NYC today! 👀
@MercyForAnimals #ForNature
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“Four countries in the Middle East saw temperatures surpass 50C at the weekend amid a continuing pattern of record-breaking heat for the time of year.”
middleeasteye.net/news/middle-ea…
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Emitted CO2 (excluding land use) vs captured CO2.
A must read for anyone with even a remote interest in future living conditions.
#MindTheGap between words and action, rhetoric and reality.
@KetanJ0 1/n
medium.com/lobbywatch/car…
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"The IEA report assumes around a 3–4x scale up in the annual addition of renewables, by 2030, compared to 2020. But it assumes a 59x scale up in the annual additions of CCS capture capacity, by 2030."
2/n
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"Not only is the gap between promise and reality much, much bigger compared to renewables, there is no evidence that its corporate proponents are much inclined to put effort into filling that gap, and plenty of evidence that they’ll continue stalling for as long as they can." 3/n
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A big congratulations and thank you to everyone - especially the indigenous peoples on the ground - who made this happen!
This is what people power looks like. Activism works. So act. #NoKXL twitter.com/dallasgoldtoot…
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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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School strike week 147. Today we are back outside the Parliament. But the pandemic is still far from over, so we will continue to keep our numbers as low as possible and act in accordance with local restrictions.
#FridaysForFuture #MindTheGap
#climatestrike #schoolstrike4climate
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“I’m more than disappointed/.../to spend these trillions of dollars and not use this occasion to reverse the trends and massively invest in the green economy will be an unforgivable lost opportunity.”- @antonioguterres
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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High income nations donating vaccines to low- and middle income nations (once they've vaccinated most of their own populations) might be seen as a nice gesture. But it sure isn't solidarity. #VaccineEquity twitter.com/OurWorldInData…
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"Yes, planting new trees can help. But intact wild areas are much better. The world needs to treat warming and biodiversity loss as two parts of the same problem, a new report warns."
#ClimateBreakdown #EcologicalBreakdown
nytimes.com/2021/06/10/cli…
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"For the first five months of the year, the data show deforestation was up 25% compared with a year earlier, with 2,548 square km destroyed - an area more than three times the size of New York City."
Brazil Amazon deforestation up 67% compared to May2020.
reuters.com/business/envir…
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“Even something as radical as reforesting the entire tropics – far beyond any plausible real-world policy outcome – would have less influence on the climate than you might think."
#MindTheGap
theconversation.com/what-would-hap…
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"Without a specific timeframe, the final language would be weaker than a commitment G7 environment ministers made in May."
Lol
politico.eu/article/g7-sum…
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"For the umpteenth time the rich club has failed to deliver on its promise to channel $100bn a year to poor nations coping with a heating climate."
"The world's richest democracies have responded with a plan to make a plan."
#G7UK #MindTheGap
bbc.com/news/science-e…
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The climate and ecological crisis is rapidly escalating. G7 spends fantasy amounts on fossil fuels as CO2 emissions are forecast for 2nd biggest annual rise ever.
This calls for steak-and-lobster-BBQ-celebration while jet planes perform aerobatics in the sky above the G7 resort!
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The G7 leaders really seem to be having a good time presenting their empty climate commitments and repeating old unfulfilled promises.
#G7UK #MindTheGap
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Tonight @isabelle_ax, @EllJarl and I will meet with the EU commissioner for the environment and oceans Virginijus Sinkevičius @VSinkevicius to discuss the climate- and ecological emergency and the fairytale of the so-called "sustainable" Swedish forestry. #StopFakeRenewables
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm