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"You can only adapt so much. This heatwave is testing the limits of human survivability." edition.cnn.com/2022/05/02/asi…
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”Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon surged to record levels for the month of April, nearly doubling the area of forest removed in that month last year — the previous April record”
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“The probability of one of the next five years surpassing the limit is now 50%/.../ As recently as 2015, there was zero chance of this happening in the following five years. But this surged to 20% in 2020 and 40% in 2021.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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"The EU's greenhouse gas emissions in the last quarter of 2021 were higher than any quarter since late 2018, scrubbing out the apparent gains made during the pandemic."
Yet, the EU still somehow identifies itself as a "climate leader".
politico.eu/article/eu-cli…
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Finally we can reveal the cover for the Climate Book! The Warming Stripes graphic by @ed_hawkins on the cover shows the dramatic heating of the planet in recent decades. The book contains essays from over 100 leading experts and voices. It will be released this October.
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School strike week 197. Only one week left until the big climate strike in Stockholm! See you at 13.00 on Odenplan! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #PeopleNotProfit #SchoolStrike4Climate #RöstFörRättvisa
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Klimatstrejk idag kl 13 på Odenplan!
Nu pågår internationella miljökonferensen Stockholm +50. Efter 50 år av konferenser och tomma ord kräver vi förändring. Vi går mot Norrmalmstorg där det blir uppträdanden från artister och tal från hela världen.
Vi ses där!
#RöstFörRättvisa
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School strike week 198. Thousands are marching on the streets of Stockholm to demand climate justice!
#RöstFörRättvisa #PeopleNotProfit #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
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"The world is witnessing a "gold rush" for new fossil fuel projects, according to a new report"
"'If all these plans materialise they will either end up as massive stranded assets or they'll lock the world into irreversible warming,' the CAT report says."
bbc.com/news/science-e…
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School strike week 199. Today, @Malala , @olya_mrd , activists from @Fridays4future & @Riseupmovt came together in Stockholm at our weekly strike, to share and learn about the link between girls’ education and climate action and to stand in solidarity with all Afghan girls. 1/7
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A @MalalaFund report from last year estimates that if current trends continue, by 2025 climate change will be a contributing factor in preventing at least 12,5 million girls from completing their education each year. 2/7
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Research shows that countries that have invested in girls’ education have suffered far fewer losses from droughts and floods than countries with lower levels of girls’ education. 3/7
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Young people are left to solve too many problems. To make all our calls for action even stronger, movements should together and remind leaders that so many of the issues young people are fighting for are interconnected. 4/7
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Right now in Afghanistan, girls are not allowed to go to school because of the Taliban’s ban on girls’ secondary education. Many activists from Afghanistan were fighting alongside us for the future of our planet – and now for the right to education. 5/7
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Afghanistan is amongst the lowest emitters of greenhouse gases per capita, but one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Since the Taliban takeover, young Afghan women and girls have lost their basic right to go to school … 6/7
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... which means girls' futures are lost and so is their immense potential to innovate sustainable solutions.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EducateGirlsForClimateJustice #RiseUpMovement
#FridaysForFuture #RöstFörRättvisa #PeopleNotProfit #ClimateStrike
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“EU is far from that goal. A tracker launched in/…/2021 to monitor progress shows that, as of 15 June, the EU has planted/.../not even 1% of the three billion goal.
That means there are 2997053985 [trees] left to plant in the next seven and a half years.”
euractiv.com/section/climat…
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“What we found suggests that people need to hear the same accurate messages about climate change again and again. If they only hear it once, it recedes very quickly.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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School strike week 201. Happy midsummer! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
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I’m excited to announce that today I will be on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 5.15pm. See you there! @glastonbury
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm