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We're very honoured by this!
But in all fairness @amazon , if you consider schoolchildren fighting for the right to a safe future to be a "threat to your business", then you seriously need to reconsider your priorities...
#FridaysForFuture
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”The climate emergency is already hitting ’worst case scenario’ levels that if left unchecked will lead to the collapse of ecosystems, with dire consequences for humanity.”
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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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“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.”
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"Parts of eastern Antarctica have seen temperatures hover 70 degrees (40 Celsius) above normal for three days and counting"
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"Three-quarters of people in the world’s wealthiest nations believe humanity is pushing the planet towards a dangerous tipping point and support a shift of priorities away from economic profit, according to a global survey."
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This is the place we call “normal”. But ”normal” was also a crisis, and it’s no place to return to after the pandemic. It’s a place we must leave to safeguard future living conditions. We must start to move towards a zero carbon society while leaving no one behind in the process.
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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.”
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”UK set to ‘torpedo climate action’ by approving six new North Sea oil and gas fields”
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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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This Saturday 14/1 I will join activists in Lützerath to defend the village and stop the coalmine. Join us at 12.00 to protect life, and put people over profit!
The science is clear, the most affected people are clear: no more fossil fuels!
#LütziBleibt #EndCoal twitter.com/FridayForFutur…
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Wealthiest 1% produce double the combined CO2 emissions of poorest 50%.
"We have got to cut over-consumption and the best place to start is over-consumption among the polluting elites who contribute by far more than their share of carbon emissions."
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According to New York Times; “84 percent of shots that have gone into arms worldwide have been administered in high- and upper-middle-income countries. Only 0.3 percent of doses have been administered in low-income countries.” 2/3
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Happy Easter everyone! Today, instead of going egg-hunting, we went waste-hunting!
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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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Huge climate strikes today across Australia. Tens of thousands of people. Soon the rest of the world will join in... #schoolstrike4climate #ClimateStrike twitter.com/jackbegbie/sta…
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Study in Nature says "the carbon pollution already put in the air will push global temperatures to about 2.3°C".
But of course this doesn't mean it's "game over".
It means we're in a crisis and we'd better start to act like it.
#FaceTheClimateEmergency
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"Despite climate emergency, the United States, Canada, and Norway 'pumping more oil than ever'". These are "three countries who like to see themselves as climate leaders".
As always - the gap between their words and actions never fails to deliver...
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School strike week 131.
#climatestrikeonline
#fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #FaceTheClimateEmergency
#StandWithDishaRavi
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"The world remained firmly in warming’s grip last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 being the fifth-hottest year on record"
"The eight warmest years on record have now occurred since 2014"
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”We kids most often don’t do what you tell us to do. We do as you do. And since you grown-ups don’t give a damn about my future, I won’t either. My name is Greta and I’m in ninth grade. And I am school striking for the climate until election day.” 1/3 twitter.com/GretaThunberg/…
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Stand with Wet'suwet'en.
#WetsuwetenStrong twitter.com/Gidimten/statu…
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Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm