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The climate and ecological crisis is rapidly escalating. G7 spends fantasy amounts on fossil fuels as CO2 emissions are forecast for 2nd biggest annual rise ever.
This calls for steak-and-lobster-BBQ-celebration while jet planes perform aerobatics in the sky above the G7 resort!
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We are filing a legal petition to the UN secretary-general urging him to declare the climate crisis a global level 3 emergency – the UN’s highest category.
#FaceTheClimateEmergency
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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“We can no longer let the people in power decide what hope is. Hope is not passive. Hope is not blah blah blah. Hope is telling the truth. Hope is taking action”
My speech at #Youth4Climate #PreCOP26 in Milan.
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Today The Climate Book is finally released in many parts of the world!
I want to use my platform to share the reality of the climate crisis – to communicate a holistic picture of how the world is changing and what we need to do about it. That is why I created this book.
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Now as #COP26 is coming to an end, beware of a tsunami of greenwashing and media spin to somehow frame the outcome as “good”, “progress”, “hopeful” or “a step in the right direction”.
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When your house is on fire you don’t wait another 10, 20 or 30 years before calling the fire department.
When your house is on fire you don’t wait another 10, 20 or 30 years before you stop actively pouring petroleum on the flames. You act now.
In every way you possibly can.
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There's a myth that young people get anxious or depressed when people talk about the reality of the climate crisis.
My experience is the opposite.
The worst part is denial, looking away, downplaying or spreading false hope saying ”we'll fix this” without taking sufficient action.
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Time is running out. Change won’t come from these conferences like #COP26 unless there is big public pressure from the outside.
Join the climate strike this Friday (Kelvingrove Park 11am), and the climate march Saturday (11.30am) to make your voice heard. Together we are strong.
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"Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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Isn't it funny that the same people who are calling us naive for believing change is possible are the ones who believe fossil fuel companies, big polluters and oil producing nations will ”fix” the climate- and ecological crisis with their vague, distant ”net zero” commitments...?
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The “Science” Museum just killed irony (and their own reputation). twitter.com/Channel4News/s…
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We’re back! Today we were over 100 000 on the strike in Berlin and 620 000 in Germany alone along with many others all over the world, asking world leaders to #UprootTheSystem . There were strikes in over 80 countries! #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
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“As citizens across the planet, we urge you to face up to the climate emergency. Not next year. Not next month. Now”
Join me and activists all over the world and demand leaders to face the climate crisis at #COP26
So far more than 650k people have signed!
secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/cl…
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Today is #WorldOvershootDay - the day when we've used up the world's resources for 2021.
On national levels this date varies a lot. In my country Sweden it occurs on April 6th. We're not just stealing the future - we're also stealing the present from other parts of the world.
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"The melting of ice across the planet is accelerating at a record rate /.../ The rate of loss is now in line with the worst-case scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change." theguardian.com/environment/20…
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The true face of Chevron and Big Oil.
Watch and share. #FreeDonziger twitter.com/SDonziger/stat…
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Today hundreds of thousands all over the world marched for the climate, sending a clear signal to people in power at #COP26 to protect people and planet. Our so-called “leaders” aren’t leading - THIS is what leadership looks like! #UprootTheSystem
📸: Glasgow, Oliver Kornblihtt
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It is getting even more impossible to ignore the climate crisis. The fact that people in power still somehow live in denial, and actively move in the wrong direction, will eventually be seen for and understood as the unprecedented betrayal it is. It is just a matter of time. twitter.com/IPCC_CH/status…
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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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The #COP26 is over. Here’s a brief summary: Blah, blah, blah.
But the real work continues outside these halls. And we will never give up, ever. twitter.com/GretaThunberg/…
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The EU discuss its so-called "climate targets" in an event "presented by Shell".
It's hard to picture a better way to summarize our current situation. If nothing else, at least it's refreshingly honest. twitter.com/POLITICOEurope…
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"As hospitals in India run out of oxygen and the country continues to set alarming records for confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths, officials have ordered Twitter to take down social media posts critical of the government’s pandemic response." washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/…
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When in Scotland… twitter.com/petercassidy20…
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"We understand that the world is very complex and that change doesn’t happen overnight. But you’ve now had more than three decades of blah blah blah. How many more do you need?"
My address to the World Economic Forum today.
#wef2021 #DavosAgenda
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm