Thread by @ProfRayWills

Message #1 for #G7

Science facts are useful
The planet’s on fucking fire
There are a lot of things we could do to put it out
Are any of them free?
No, of course not
Nothing’s free, you idiots. Grow the fuck up.

@BillNye on response to #ClimateBreakdown

Message #2 for #G7
Imagine the planet was suffering its own #Coronavirus #pandemic

Imagine we responded to the #climateemergency like it might be life threatening to us all

The Earth has more than a fever

Our house is on fire

We are the cause

We can also fix it

Message #3 for #G7

Are you mature enough to tell it like it is?
@GretaThunberg
Listen: most important 2 minutes you have today
And for the rest of your life
And our lives

If you are also mature enough to act

#ClimateEmergency
ipcc.ch/sr15/chapter/2…

Message #4 for #G7
Let's act on climate breakdown and world militarization.
We can.
We must.

#ClimateBreakdown
#ClimateEmergency

"Parallel Worlds" by Turkish visual artist, Uğur Gallenkuş

Message #5 for #G7
We can do this
Understanding the past helps us anticipate the future
Evidence is clear: we’re massively underestimating how quickly renewables and clean technology can be adopted
Tackling climate change is possible in a renewable future

Message #6 for #G7
The world owes thanks to #Germany for making electricity from sunshine commercially available to the world
And to #China for scaling manufacturing to make #solar commercially the cheapest way to build new energy generation in the world

Message #7 for #G7
Ambition is a dish best served now
Avoid post-mortem target
2050 is for most things a "post-mortem target" a mediocre promise to get job done after you've retired, or expired
2 decades sufficient time: act as if its a global pandemic

Germany made manufacturing of solar cheap by developing tech and building the industry - and deploying when solar still expensive
China utilised mostly German tech to massively scale and make solar panels at volume which has reduced the price for the world