Thread by @Bec_Carman

THREAD: #Australia has a #ClimateEmergency

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The intensity of the 2019 #bushfires, ablaze for months, can be directly attributed to #ClimateChange. Approx. 2 million ha burned, toxic smoke, no end in sight.

Photo (R) of #BondiBeach via @GettyImages @BBC

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca You can be sure that the main request to Santa this year is rain for Christmas to give everyone a short reprieve. These photos were taken recently at 2am near #Lithgow.

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP And don't forget #Australia is highly reliant on VOLUNTEER firefighters - esp. in rural areas. #NewSouthWales has world's biggest force of ~70,000 - incl. former Prime Minister #TonyAbbott (partly why current PM's "I don't hold the hose" remark got criticised)

Pic (c) @nswpolice

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice #NewSouthWales has 100+ #bushfires right now: ~70 are out of control. Some are joining up into "mega fires" & some are creating thunderstorms (flammagenitus) - no rain, dry lightning & erractic winds that gust embers & spread fire faster.

Thunderstorm pic via @NSWRFS

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin The @guardian has great visualiser showing how the fires have grown over months into current #bushfirecrisis.

theguardian.com/news/datablog/…

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian #Australia is a big country: it can be hard to understand scale of #bushfirecrisis. Well, an area bigger than Belgium has/is burning. You can overlay fires of #NewSouthWales & #Queensland over cities at the @guardian to get idea.

theguardian.com/australia-news…

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb Insurers have received 2306 claims worth ~US$182.6 M from #bushfirecrisis. This is only beginning as fires move to other states. @ICAUS estimates fire & smoke disruption could cost #Sydney (Australia's biggest city) up to A$50m a day!

Photo (c) @GettyImages via @BBC

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb @ICAUS @kalyankeo @jamisonervin @LeoDiCaprio @louis_da_costa_ @leahstokes Nearly one-third of #Australia population lives in #NewSouthWales, where #bushfire danger is currently rated between "high" and "catastrophic" by @NSWRFS.

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb @ICAUS @kalyankeo @jamisonervin @LeoDiCaprio @louis_da_costa_ @leahstokes This is not a drill. #Australia has a #bushfirecrisis caused by the #climatecrisis - even if national media & politicians won't admit it. Fantastic breakdown by @BBC: keeping it real about impacts of #climatechange in world's hottest country.

bbc.com/news/av/world-…

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb @ICAUS @kalyankeo @jamisonervin @LeoDiCaprio @louis_da_costa_ @leahstokes It's time to choose love of #Australia over love of #coal.

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb @ICAUS @kalyankeo @jamisonervin @LeoDiCaprio @louis_da_costa_ @leahstokes #BoxingDay is holiday in Australia. It brought good conditions & small respite for firefighters readying for extreme heatwave this weekend.

Latest stats:
5 mil ha burned
306 mil tons CO2 emitted
9 people dead
950 homes gone (~850 in #bushfiresNSW)
Animal loss 🐨🦘🐮🐑🐴😱

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb @ICAUS @kalyankeo @jamisonervin @LeoDiCaprio @louis_da_costa_ @leahstokes Thanks to all those putting out water and food for our dehydrated & starving wildlife during the #Australia #BushfireCrisis. 🙏🐨🦘🦇💚

globalnews.ca/video/6330115/…

@GettyImages @BBC @billmckibben @EricHolthaus @AlanaCraigen @ScheuerJo @GretaThunberg @AlexandriaV2005 @SameeraSavarala @SaleemulHuq @schipper_lisa @ap4ca @jean_hinchliffe @MikeHudema @AUsdgs @ScottMorrisonMP @nswpolice @NSWRFS @ClimateKristin @guardian @350Australia @martinfredras @BagalueSunab @cassie_flynn @ASteiner @riadmeddeb @ICAUS @kalyankeo @jamisonervin @LeoDiCaprio @louis_da_costa_ @leahstokes Here's how YOU can help wildlife during #ClimateChange-induced heatwaves:

abc.net.au/radio/newcastl…

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