Thread by @UNFCCC

The #Earth has already warmed by more than 1 °C due to #ClimateChange. Looking at our common home from space, we can witness the impacts in real-time. Thread. 1/10 🌎

We see that #wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense, like here in California. 2/10
(Image: @esa @Astro_Alex)

Or here in Sweden (in 2018). 3/10
(Image: @esa)

We see the devastating impacts of ever stronger #storms. 4/10
(Image: @esa)

Just this year, #CycloneIdai became one of the strongest and most devastating #cyclones on record. The image shows the impact it had on electric lighting in the region. 5/10
(Source: @NASAEarth )

We see that #Arctic ice is melting at unprecedented rates & cracks are running even through the thickest ice shields. 6/10
(Image: @esa)

We see #glaciers retreat, like here in northeast India. 7/10
(Image: @esa)

We see that weather patterns are changing, like last year, when fields and parks across Europe went brown in one of the driest and warmest summers ever recorded. 8/10
(Image: @esa)

In short, we see that we have no time to wait. #ClimateAction is urgently needed now. We need to raise the ambition of national #climate plans so they are in line with the goals of the #ParisAgreement. 9/10
(Graph: @UNEnvironment) Read more: bit.ly/30hTR6F

Images are from @esa @NASAClimate @NASAEarth @esaclimate @CopernicusECMWF These are great resources to learn about #ClimateChange and its effects on the planet. #ClimateEducation #ACEnow 10/10