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In September:
1000 elephants will be slaughtered;
50,000 kids will die from toxic air;
1 million tons of plastic will enter the Ocean;
4 million flights will pollute the skies;
3 billion tons of CO₂ will be emitted.
Will the Ecological Crisis be front page news every day?
1000 elephants will be slaughtered;
50,000 kids will die from toxic air;
1 million tons of plastic will enter the Ocean;
4 million flights will pollute the skies;
3 billion tons of CO₂ will be emitted.
Will the Ecological Crisis be front page news every day?
Between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean each year.
The annual amount of plastic waste tumbling out to sea will 'more than double' by 2025.
sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/h…
The annual amount of plastic waste tumbling out to sea will 'more than double' by 2025.
sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/h…
More than 202,000 flights on one of aviation’s busiest days in history:
independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…
45 million flights in 2018 - a climate crisis nightmare
eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/c…
and the number of flights is increasing - 5 billion individual journeys in 2019?telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-…
independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…
45 million flights in 2018 - a climate crisis nightmare
eu.usatoday.com/story/travel/c…
and the number of flights is increasing - 5 billion individual journeys in 2019?telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-…
Aviation is essentially a fossil fuel industry:
It 'guzzles an eye-watering 5m barrels of oil every day. Burning that fuel currently contributes around 2.5% to total carbon emissions, a proportion which could rise to 22% by 2050...'
theconversation.com/its-time-to-wa…
It 'guzzles an eye-watering 5m barrels of oil every day. Burning that fuel currently contributes around 2.5% to total carbon emissions, a proportion which could rise to 22% by 2050...'
theconversation.com/its-time-to-wa…
Emissions: ' a new high of 37.15bn tonnes of CO2 in 2018, with China and the US as the two largest emitters'
'Continued emissions growth in 2019 “appear[s] likely”...driven by rising oil and gas use and rapid economic growth'
We need a postgrowth economy.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fossi…
'Continued emissions growth in 2019 “appear[s] likely”...driven by rising oil and gas use and rapid economic growth'
We need a postgrowth economy.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fossi…
