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Spring usually arrives in Stockholm around 20/3. 2021 it arrived on 19/2. In 2020 on 15/2.
Yesterday Sweden recorded its warmest Feb temp ever +17°C.
Now we're so used to heat records that unusually cold weather (not records) or even just normal cold weather gets more attention.
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School strike week 151. This Friday we are in a tree plantation in Sápmi, Northern Europe. This used to be a forest, but after it was cut down forest companies have planted an invasive tree species that grows faster than the local ones. 1/7
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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"
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Over 3400 have been arrested and more than 1000 taken to court for protesting non violent civil disobedience in order to draw attention to the fact that we are - in just about every possible way - still failing to face the climate- and ecological crisis.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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"Between a third and half of the world’s wild tree species are threatened with extinction, posing a risk of wider ecosystem collapse"
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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The movie “I Am Greta” is now steaming on Hulu (USA), ARD Mediathek (Germany), DocPlay (Australia), Crave (Canada) and SVT play (Sweden).
In early 2021 also on BBC, NRK, DR, YLE and approx 70 other countries including China, Russia and India.
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"Indigenous nations were not part of the negotiations despite the fact that 80% of the planet’s biodiversity survives in our territories. The problem is not only the blah, blah, blah of politicians, but the bang, bang, bang of greenwashing..." theguardian.com/environment/20…
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“We need to step up our game” all our leaders keep saying.
Well then, please go ahead!
You don’t need UN summits, treaties or ”deals” to start lowering emissions.
Nor do you need to wait for anyone else.
You can start right this second!
No-one is stopping you.
#FightFor1Point5
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“Global greenhouse gas emissions are likely to rise to record levels in the next two years, as governments fail to ‘build back better’ from the Covid-19 pandemic.”
#MindTheGap between words and action.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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This is Riehpovuotna/Repparfjord in the northern part of Sápmi, in Norway. The fjord is a protection area for the threatened Atlantic salmon. The Norwegian government has granted a permission to pump 2 million tons of toxic mining waste into the fjord annually. 1/3
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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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This report is "a red alert for our planet" says UN Secretary General @antonioguterres
As long as this doesn't dominate the news we stand no chance of reaching the targets of the Paris Agreement and thereby securing future living conditions for humanity.
#FaceTheClimateEmergency twitter.com/GretaThunberg/…
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"Antarctic ice shelf nearly the size of Los Angeles collapsed as temperatures soared to 40 above normal"
edition.cnn.com/2022/03/25/wor…
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School strike week 116. Because of new COVID-19 recommendations and the rapid spread, we’re back to #ClimateStrikeOnline .
If you strike, remember to keep distance and follow COVID-19 restrictions and recommendations.
#fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #flattenthecurve
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"The total emissions of the richest 10 percent alone are set to exceed the 1.5°C-aligned level in 2030, regardless of what the other 90 percent do" - study from @SEIresearch and @IEEP_eu
This is one of the many reasons why we need climate justice. #COP26
oxfam.org/en/press-relea…
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This week the European Parliament voted for a new 7yr Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that will be disastrous for climate, biodiversity and sustainable farming.
But it’s not over yet.
Sign the open letter demanding the
@EU_Commission
to #WithdrawTheCAP
WithdrawTheCAP.org
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"This report is another thundering wake-up call. How many do we need?”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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During COP27, we urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all those held simply for peacefully exercising their human rights, implementing criteria set by local NGOs for these releases: fairness, transparency, inclusiveness and urgency. 1/4
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We are 636 young people in @auroramalet who are suing the Swedish state for insufficient climate action.
”When the state carries out climate policy that threatens our human rights, it breaks the law.”
#aurora #ClimateTrials #UprootTheSystem
dn.se/sverige/greta-…
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School strike week 145. This is starting to get a bit repetitive...
#MindTheGap
#climatestrikeonline
#fridaysforfuture #FaceTheClimateEmergency
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Today on Black Friday is the perfect day to sue the state over its insufficient climate policies.
So that’s what we did.
See you in court!
#Aurora #ClimateTrials #UprootTheSystem
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”The climate crisis has driven the world to the brink of multiple “disastrous” tipping points, according to a major study.
It shows five dangerous tipping points may already have been passed due to the 1.1C of global heating caused by humanity to date.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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They can't even come up with the bare minimum. This is shameful. Deeply shameful. twitter.com/Josh_Gabbatiss…
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm