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"We must shift focus from mid-century net-zero targets to immediate, real emissions reductions in our own high-income countries. Reductions of at least 10% per year are needed."
The myths of "net-zero" debunked by 41 scientists. #FightFor1Point5
climatechangenews.com/2020/12/11/10-…
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Here are some “positive” news after the recent extreme weather events around the world: OPEC has decided to INCREASE the production of oil, starting next month.
”Overall production will increase by 400,000 barrels per day on a monthly basis”.
cnbc.com/2021/07/18/ope…
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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…
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"If the commitments of lowering all our emissions by 70%, 68% or even 55% by 2030 actually meant they aim to reduce them by those figures then that would be a great start. But that is unfortunately not the case."
My speech at #wef21 #DavosAgenda in print.
weforum.org/agenda/2021/01…
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This is one of the most important and informative texts I have ever read on the climate- and ecological crises. It's quite long, but worth every second of reading. Please republish and share wherever possible.
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"We must redefine our way of life and consumption."
This may seem radical, but it's nothing new. It has been stated in reports many times before.
This thread explains the leaked IPCC working group 2 document and puts into context. twitter.com/KHayhoe/status…
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Solo nonstop around the world. Tonight the first boats in @VendeeGlobe return to France. After 44000 km and 80 days only mins and hrs separate top 5. And my good friend @borisherrmann is one of them! While carrying along scientific equipment to measure oceanic CO2...
A true hero!
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"China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have grown at their fastest pace in more than a decade, increasing by 15% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021."
#MindTheGap
carbonbrief.org/analysis-china…
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Spotted on Times Square in NYC today! 👀
@MercyForAnimals #ForNature
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"It (the IEA report) is a sequel of the La La Land movie. Why should I take it seriously?" says the Saudi Energy Minister.
Wow. We're clearly witnessing the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. They're starting to panic.
Let's speed up the process.
reuters.com/business/susta…
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“In total, with their dirty business they have channeled $24 billion into coal, oil and gas companies already since the Paris Agreement.”
Join us in calling out Standard Chartered Bank. Tag @StanChart , use
#RaiseYourStandards & #CleanUpStandardChartered
fridaysforfuture.org/CleanUpStandar…
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“Around the world, young women are fighting for our future. Our activism takes different forms but we are working together towards the same goal: changing political and economic systems to prioritize people and our planet.”
Thank you @Malala for letting me guest edit Assembly! twitter.com/Malala/status/…
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This Friday there are global climate strikes happening all over the world! I’ll join the strike in Berlin, 12.00 at the Bundestag. To find out more about the strikes happening visit fridaysforfuture.org/september24/ See you in the streets! #UprootTheSystem #FridaysForFuture #AlleFürsKlima twitter.com/FFF_Berlin/sta…
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”Germany's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country's 2019 climate protection act is in part unconstitutional.”
Everywhere around the world we see layer upon layer of incomplete targets and insufficient action. Little by little it’s starting to become exposed. twitter.com/dwnews/status/…
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As CO2 emissions stay in the atmosphere up to 1000years we of course need to look at historic emissions and in context to population and emissions per capita. And developed nation must lead so others can raise their living standards. As I say all the time.
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"The Biden administration announced on Friday that it would resume selling leases for new oil and gas drilling on public lands"
nytimes.com/2022/04/15/cli…
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Wow! Really impressed by yesterday’s #NetZeroSummit . The ambitious #NetZero emissions targets now being set by our leaders really show that we’ve entered a new era on climate, with less talk - and more action.
I'm so happy to say that the Paris Agreement is finally within reach! twitter.com/IEA/status/137…
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Great news for wind and solar! twitter.com/DrSimEvans/sta…
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“Civil society voices are critical to the outcome of Cop, but we’ve not been able to do our jobs. If participation and inclusion are the measure of legitimacy, then we’re on very shaky grounds”
#COP26 legitimacy is questioned as civil society is excluded.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Global average per capita CO2 emissions for
- Top 1% income earner: 74 tonnes
- Bottom 50% income earner: 0.69 tonnes
#GapReport #Unep #Oxfam
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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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Despite being so cold, February 2021 was still 0.06°C above the 1991-2020 global average and 0.26°C above the 1981-2010 global average. twitter.com/CopernicusECMW…
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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…
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm