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"...his delegation wanted to go to Glasgow and convince the world that people were wrong about Brazil - it even said it would move forward its commitment to ending deforestation by 2028.
But with numbers like these, who can believe Jair Bolsonaro now?"
bbc.com/news/world-lat…
702
The European Parliament once again betrayed present and future generations, failing to #VoteThisCAPDown
We're drowning in promises and speeches but every time they can do something concrete, they fail.
Every. Single. Time.
But the worst part is that they seem to get away with it. twitter.com/Europarl_EN/st…
703
Stand with Wet'suwet'en.
#WetsuwetenStrong twitter.com/Gidimten/statu…
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"At least 26 million people are struggling for food following consecutive poor rainfall seasons in the Horn of Africa. Drought conditions in northern Kenya, much of Somalia and southern Ethiopia are predicted to persist until at least mid-2022"
bbc.com/news/av/world-…
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“The European Union will not update its emission reduction plan next year, the Commission said Wednesday”
So much for the yearly updated NDCs - the big “success” of #COP26 …
politico.eu/article/eu-wil…
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“total CO2 emissions from fossil fuel in the EU in 2020 amounted to 2600 megatonnes, in other words - wildfires this year generated 148% more than total EU fossil fuel emissions in 2020/…/this figure is likely to grow.”
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/wildfires-wrea…
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"Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years"
washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
711
"Wilder winds are altering currents. The sea is releasing carbon dioxide. Ice is melting from below."
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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“Our livelihoods depend on a planet that is not on fire. We are an Arctic people and our culture is written in snow. But climate change means the snow will get less and less.”
theguardian.com/society/2021/d…
714
"The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has climbed to 375, with more than 50 others still missing"
abcnews.go.com/amp/Internatio…
Please donate to help, information is here: twitter.com/YACAPhilippine…
#OdettePH #ReliefPH #Rai
#ClimateJusticeNow
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We're now 2 yrs into the decisive decade. Emissions should be in an unprecedented fall, instead we're seeing the 2nd biggest rise ever recorded. We're wasting invaluable time pretending we can solve this crisis without treating it like a crisis. World leaders are still in denial.
716
School strike week 175. Happy holidays from us on Mynttorget in Stockholm! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #UprootTheSystem
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”We live in a world dominated by greed. We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.”
Article by the brilliant Desmond Tutu, from 2014. Rest in Peace. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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"We don’t prioritize the climate today. Our goal isn't to lower emissions. Our goal is to find solutions that allow us to continue life today. Of course you can ask “Can’t we have both?” But the uncomfortable truth is that we've left it too late for that."
washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/…
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"The death toll from floods hammering northeast Brazil rose to 20 on Monday, as the governor of Bahia state declared it the worst disaster in the state's history and rescuers braced for more rain in the coming days." #SOSBahia
reuters.com/markets/commod…
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School strike week 176. The climate crisis doesn’t go on holiday, so neither will we. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #UprootTheSystem
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”Brussels Airlines makes 3,000 unnecessary flights to maintain airport slots”
The EU surely is in a climate emergency mode…
thebulletin.be/brussels-airli…
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“(UK) Ministers say they want to “safeguard the future” of the oil and gas industry, which welcomed the move as potentially being a boon to “investor confidence” in fossil fuels, which scientists say should be phased out.”
You could not make this up…
independent.co.uk/climate-change…
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2021 was the fifth hottest year on record, and the last seven years have been the 7 warmest years recorded.
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-glo…
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“We aren’t just reducing the carbon intensity of the economy, we are increasing it. We are doing exactly the opposite of what we need to be doing.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm