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”Global Witness found more than 600 people at the talks in Egypt are linked to fossil fuels.
That's more than the combined delegations from the 10 most climate-impacted countries.”
"If you want to address malaria, you don't invite the mosquitoes”
#COP27
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2021 was the fifth hottest year on record, and the last seven years have been the 7 warmest years recorded.
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-glo…
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Climate strike week 227. The climate crisis doesn’t go on holiday. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #PeopleNotProfit
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Belgium floods *again*... twitter.com/MeteoExpress/s…
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Tomorrow the European Parliament will decide whether fossil gas and nuclear will be considered "sustainable" in the EU taxonomy. But no amount of lobbyism and greenwashing will ever make it "green".
We desperately need real renewable energy, not false solutions. #NotMyTaxonomy
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Since the Paris Agreement was signed 5 yrs ago, G20 states have subsidised fossil fuels by more than 3.3 trillion dollars.
Only *2%* of their financial support after the pandemic has gone to clean energy transitions.
#MindTheGap between words and action.
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As long as we don’t treat the climate crisis like a crisis, we can have as many climate conferences and summits as we want, but as it is now it will just be negotiations, empty words, loopholes and greenwash.
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A friendly reminder: We can't solve the climate crisis without treating it like a crisis.
What does that mean?
It means we can't solve the climate crisis without treating it like a crisis. And to this day we never have. Not once. Not one single time. Ever.
#MindTheGap
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"The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new research, described as an 'unprecedented' increase amid the climate crisis."
theguardian.com/science/2021/j…
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”We are still here, and we are not planning on going anywhere. Young people all over the world are stepping up, showing that our leaders messed with the wrong generation.”
My full speech from The Climate Event at Southbank Centre this Sunday is here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=ropBOw…
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Climate strike week 231, in Davos outside the World Economic Forum where those most responsible for the climate crisis meet. We’ve written a letter to fossil fuel CEO’s demanding no new fossil fuels. You can sign it too: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/da…
#FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike
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“Air pollution is the greatest external threat to human health on the planet, and that is not widely recognised, or not recognised with the force and vigour that one might expect"
theguardian.com/environment/20…
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”I am Greta” documentary now streaming on hulu.
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“We are approaching a precipice. And I would strongly suggest that those of us who have not yet been greenwashed out of our senses stand our ground. Do not let them drag us another inch closer to the edge. Right here, right now, is where we draw the line.”
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"Scientists have discovered a series of worrying weaknesses in the ice shelf holding back one of Antarctica’s most dangerous glaciers, suggesting that this important buttress against sea level rise could shatter within the next three to five years"
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”We must also keep in mind that we cannot negotiate and compromise with nature and the laws of physics.”
Full interview with @Luisamneubauer and me here youtube.com/watch?v=1nUVUz…
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”The leak reveals Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia are among countries asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.”
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Every year we measure higher and higher levels of CO2, since our emissions are cumulative and stay in the atmosphere for up to 1000 years.
Here is a reminder where they come from: twitter.com/CarbonBrief/st…
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An iceberg about the size of Mallorca has calved from Antarctica, making it the biggest iceberg in the world. twitter.com/CNN/status/139…
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School strike week 129.
#FridaysForFuture is a global movement, and we support each other. We share the same cause, and we will not back down. #climatejustice
#climatestrikeonline #schoolstrike4climate #FaceTheClimateEmergency
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the longer we pretend we can solve the climate- and ecological emergency - without treating it like a crisis - the more precious time we will lose. And this is time we do not have.
#FaceTheClimateEmergency
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"Climate is not like a footy match where you lose and it is game over. The climate game continues, so even if the 1.5C game is lost, it is still game-on for 1.6C and 1.7C. /.../every fraction of a degree, every year and every choice matters."
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Autistic climate justice activist Born at 375 ppm