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1. methane fountains in Siberia
2. ultrarapid typhoon intensification
3. strongest hurricanes ever
4. hottest Arctic heatwaves ever
5. hottest September ever
6. hottest summer ever
7. hottest month in world history

The planet we think we're living on no longer exists.
Explore these threads for extraordinary details on this climate and ecological catastrophe.

Only total political/economic system change can limit the damage now.
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This could kill billions by the 2040s.

We must stop all emissions by 2029.

commondreams.org/news/2019/10/0…
October 2019:

Typhoon Hagibis took place on Monday, when the storm's winds increased by 100mph (160km/h) in just 24 hours, which is one of the fastest rates of intensification ever observed on Earth.

nzherald.co.nz/world/news/art…
How many did #HurricaneDorian kill?

100?

1,000?

10,000? newscientist.com/article/221493…
“the strongest hurricane on record this far north and east in the Atlantic basin.”

earther.gizmodo.com/hurricane-lore…
Unprecedented Arctic heatwaves.

See thread:
"With continued greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting impact on global temperatures, records will continue to be broken in the future".

This is climate catastrophe, but you wouldn't know it reading state-corporate media.

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
This year's June-July-August 'had the warmest global average for such a period ever directly observed.'
'global carbon emissions continue to hit new peaks, with 2018 having set a new record for total output.'
livescience.com/july-hottest-m…
July 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded.

Some may well forget the record extreme weather of the 2010s if/when simultaneous global crop failures hit in the 2020s.

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Ben See
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Remember:

🔺Greenhouse gas emissions had to peak and start falling sharply by August 2019 to avoid catastrophe.

🔺Emissions are accelerating.

🔺Feedback loops are beyond our control.

🔺Billions dead by 2050s at 4°C.

🔺Your government knows this.theguardian.com/environment/20…
⚠️ From 2009 ⚠️:

❗"We've always talked about these very severe impacts only affecting future generations, but people alive today could live to see a 4°C rise."

❗"People will say it's an extreme scenario, and it is an extreme scenario, but it's also a plausible scenario."
How soon is now?

⚠️ From Sept 2009: ⚠️

'a 4C rise could come by 2060 or 2070, depending on the feedbacks. Betts said: "It's important to stress it's not a doomsday scenario, we do have time to stop it happening if we cut greenhouse gas emissions soon."'

Do we still have time?
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Ben See
@ClimateBen
Remember:

1. Feedback loops are out of control
2. Emissions are accelerating wildly
3. Trillions of animals, plants will die
4. Ecological collapse has begun
5. Climate chaos is set to kill billions
6. Fossil fuel firms must go extinct

None of this is front page news.
1. Climate breakdown is now irreversible:
telegraph.co.uk/science/2019/0…

2. Feedback loops were triggered years ago at 1°C:
news.yahoo.com/its-already-be…

3. Earth is set to be 'a largely unlivable planet' within decades.
vice.com/en_us/article/…

#EcologicalEmergency
We're in trouble.

The world marked record highs of emissions in 2018, and will do so again in 2019.

'turning the corner on emissions remains nowhere in sight.'
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Ben See
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'If XR had listened to the many movements rising in the global south for decades, it would have adopted the politics of anti-racism, feminism, and global justice not only as a matter of morality, but as a matter of strategy.'

@TatGaravito @n_thanki

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If #ExtinctionRebellion is to succeed, it will need to more clearly echo #ClimateJustice voices like those from @wretchedotearth, @WarOnWant, @gcdcj and so many others. Many individuals and local groups would agree with me on that, but it needs to become central/widespread.
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I was delighted to support #ExtinctionRebellion as soon as it appeared on the scene as I was sure it was a way of transforming public awareness, just as I was sure that #FridaysForFuture had the potential to have an enormous global impact. This has been the case.
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