1. The natural world is collapsing 2. Earth's climate soon won't suit us 3. A 6th mass extinction has begun 4. Free market capitalism must end 5. Economic growth is destructive 6. Government intervention is vital 7. Energy distribution must be fair
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BIOLOGICAL ANNIHILATION EMERGENCY:
There is 'a common misimpression that Earth’s biota is not immediately threatened, just slowly entering an episode of major biodiversity loss.'
In reality 'the window for effective action is very short'.
⚠️ We cannot keep the current growth economy if we want to survive according to the recent IPBES report and the 23,000 scientists who put their names to the ideas in this paper (academic.oup.com/bioscience/art…) amongst many others...
'If the U.S. and the world are to succeed in limiting disruptive climate change, the U.S. will have to give up the idea that free markets alone can adequately address climate change markets need help from governments'scientificamerican.com/article/withou…
INEQUALITY EMERGENCY:
"A key constituent of sustainable pathways is steering away from the current limited paradigm of economic growth..That implies incorporating the reduction of inequalities into development pathways, reducing overconsumption and waste"
The only decent, workable response 'is energy as a public good, a global decentralised RE energy system, with a massive reduction in energy use together w/ total break up of agribusiness model with food as a right & agro-ecology as model.'
BREAKING: toxic forever chemicals are now being widely added to pesticides spreading them directly into the US's food and water supply 🧵
1. Increased PFAS use “disturbing”
"We should be eliminating PFAS from all products..particularly pesticides because you’re spraying them on crops..there’s not a more direct way to expose the population than that..We should not be going in this direction”dumptheguardian.com/environment/ar…
2. 'So, how can you avoid PFAS in your diet? Well, you can’t.
“It’s almost impossible to shop your way out of contamination,”
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Even if it may be impossible to avoid the chemicals altogether, there are some steps you can take to reduce your exposure..' dumptheguardian.com/us-news/articl…
BREAKING: scientists reveal global warming has been underestimated with Earth already having warmed by more than 1.5°C since the late 19th century confirming we're in the process of passing multiple climate tipping points as warming accelerates to a rate of 0.25-0.5°C/decade 🧵
1. Temperature datasets have underestimated global warming according to this reliable new study. In 2023 Earth had warmed by 1.548°C since the late 19th century.
2. 'The Earth may have left a safe climate state beyond 1°C global warming. A significant likelihood of passing multiple climate tipping points exists above ~1.5°C..
Tipping point likelihood increases further in the Paris range of 1.5 to <2°C warming.' science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
BREAKING: scientists now fully expect global warming levels severe enough to harm all sectors of civilization including food and water within a decade or two as the world's biggest all-time emitters the US and UK refuse to stop fossil fuel expansion 🧵
1. Scientists project 1.9- 2°C by the 2030s or 2040s.
In the 2010s, scientists agreed 2°C would mean harm/dislocations for civilization. In 2022, the IPCC's AR6 report showed extreme impacts at 2°C will be even worse than previously expected.
2. 'countries including the UK, the US.. are increasingly being thought of by some experts as the “other petrostates”
'Just five global north governments – the US, the UK, Australia, Canada and Norway – are responsible for a majority of planned expansion..dumptheguardian.com/environment/ar…
BREAKING: mass media stay silent as climate scientists all agree economic growth means Earth's species face the threat of dire 1.75- 2°C of global warming by the 2030s 🧵
1. Conservative estimates imply threat of >1.7°C by the 2030s.
James Hansen warns of 2°C.
'This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being close to an all-time high and a reduction in the cooling impacts of aerosols'carbonbrief.org/guest-post-tra…
2. Conservative projections show 2°C as early as 2037. Species like humans reach limits of adaptation at this point. (Tropical ecosystems wrecked at 1.5°C.)
Change this Extinction Economy now to protect species and everyone now while it's still too late. carbonbrief.org/analysis-what-…
2. 'Planetary boundaries represent thresholds in major Earth system processes that are sensitive to human activity and control global-scale habitability and stability
critical oxygen thresholds are being approached at rates comparable to other.. processes'