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NEW landmark @UNEP et al. report shows almost all countries' climate commitments ring hollow. While governments pledge to cut greenhouse gas *emissions*, they are simultaneously investing in fossil fuel *production* at double(!) the safe limit. THREAD.

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2/n: This is cognitive dissonance on a global scale. It's like promising to go on a diet while simultaneously baking a cake.
reuters.com/article/us-cli…
3/n: As @CNN observes, the climate movement's years of calls to #KeepItInTheGround are based on science, yet "many of the world's governments are not heeding [scientists'] calls." cnn.com/2019/11/20/wor…
4/n: The #ProductionGap report's authors are clear: "We’re in a deep hole over the climate crisis and we need to stop digging," @SEIresearch's @MansNilsson tells @dpcarrington @guardian. theguardian.com/environment/20…
5/n: Or as @EARTH3R's @blkahn puts it, "Way more radical action is needed to show the world is really committed to minding the gap."

earther.gizmodo.com/building-all-t…
6/n: The #ProductionGap has far-reaching implications. First, it affirms that global warming policy fixated on demand, while ignoring supply, is quantifiably failing. Report coauthor @_aploy & I recently wrote about why politicians must use the F-word: blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/t…
7/n: The #ProductionGap also highlights the disconnect between institutional rhetoric and behaviour.

Dear Very Serious People running our institutions, like @Harvard & @MIT, say, who refuse to #divest from fossil fuels: What part of this science and policy do you not understand?
8/n: The #ProductionGap report is a profound contribution to the global climate narrative. Bravo to its coauthors @UNEP @SEIresearch @CICERO_klima @CA_Latest @IISDRS @ODIdev. A special well-done & congrats to @SEIclimate friends @_aploy @SEI_Erickson @mlaz_sei @cleoverk et al! 🙌
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