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My friend and hero @GretaThunberg came round to ours today, and we had a wonderful and inspiring three hours talking about every aspect of the climate emergency and how to confront it. I feel even more determined than I was before.
@GretaThunberg Putting the world to rights ...
@GretaThunberg I've seen some trolling in my time, but some of the responses to these photos are off the scale. Some people clearly feel deeply threatened by a gifted, highly intelligent and extremely effective young woman.
@GretaThunberg On the other hand, thank you to many others for your lovely comments.
@GretaThunberg Please remember, we only get one shot at this life. You can either waste it - trolling people, denying science and spreading hate and bile - or use it wisely, to help confront the greatest predicament humanity has ever encountered: the collapse of our life support systems.
@GretaThunberg Imagine somebody looking back on your life, a couple of decades after you pass away.
Would they think "that is a life lived well", or "that is a life frittered away"?
Let's live as if that person is always watching us.
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George Monbiot
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I've seen almost identical graphs explaining natural flood management. If you Slow the Flow and Attenuate the Peak, the water - or virus - doesn't overwhelm the defences at the bottom of the catchment.
Same principle, same maths.
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It's because of this maths that Boris Johnson's suggestion that perhaps the government should allow #coronavirus to move through the population "in one go" is catastrophically wrong. You might have hoped he'd be properly briefed by now.
But there's a long-standing belief in this country, cultivated in private schools, in "short sharp shocks" and "taking it on the chin". Just as long as it's someone else's chin.
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I'm getting tired of being told on Twitter that I'm a multimillionaire. Apparently, there are several "net worth" sites that simply make up their figures.
It's especially frustrating for two reasons.
1. I publish a full account of my assets and income: monbiot.com/registry-of-in…
2. I deliberately limit my income.
I get offered some extremely lucrative gigs (sometimes $20k for a single talk). I turn them down.
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Partly because I won't fly
Partly because I won't take corporate money
Partly because I believe journalists shouldn't become too rich.
There's plenty of evidence that, on average, the richer people become, the less they relate to the lives of others and the less they care.
In this respect, wealth impoverishes us.
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George Monbiot
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This, I think, is the point at which the tanker begins to turn. As we launch our legal case, suing the government for our survival, I'm beginning to see what winning might look like.
My column.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Here's my comment below the line, in response to those who claim we're trying to thwart the "people's will":
This is amazing. Just 16 hours after we launched our crowdfunding appeal, we already have £18,000 pledged. We're well on our way to getting the case funded. Thank you everyone for your help so far. crowdjustice.com/case/no-new-fo…
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Bubba Rogowski
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Beste mensen, er is geen significante zeespiegelstijging, geen globalwarming, ijsberen gaat ook prima mee, stikstofcrisis is ook verzonnen, etc.
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FAILED PREDICTIONS!
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Cory Morningstar
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This is going to be a very important thread.

#WorldEconomicForum
#FourthIndustrialRevolution
#GretaThunberg
#SavingCapitalism with
#StakeholderCapitalism
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Let's start here, with this misleading article shared by the GT account.
To start. From the article:

"The theme of this year’s gathering in #Davos is “#stakeholders for a cohesive and sustainable world”. According to the forum’s website, leaders will meet to discuss ideas and improve our global progress on climate change."

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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"Focus of the meeting will be on renewing the concept of stakeholder #capitalism to overcome income inequality, societal division and the #climate crisis."

This #WEF release is new (Jan 14 2020) - but the focus & theme is not.
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Ratnakar Sadasyula
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Today is Jayanti of 2 great persons, both associated with the Emergency in their own ways, one led the movement against Indira, another was the brains behind it.- JP and Nanaji Deshmukh both born on same date.
Two men, from two vastly different backgrounds- Jayaprakash Narayan and Nanaji Deshmukh. Both born on the same date, Oct 11, separated by a gap of 14 years. Destiny would bring them together during #Emergency.
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Akarnious
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You Were #WARNED = NOW it is HERE

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My name is Elsie Luna.
I am here today in Berlin at the @BBC offices,
standing with #ExtinctionRebellion in London.
No, I am not here to beg the BBC
to let me watch BBC programs outside the UK,
but because I want them to declare a climate emergency on the BBC.
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I care about climate change because I don’t want people to die.
I don’t want to have a future
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and an atmosphere
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I don’t want to see all these species go extinct.
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I won’t let that happen.
People say I shouldn’t be doing this.
Really I kind of agree,
it is not my fault,
and the adults should really be taking responsibility.
But they are not,
so why not protect the planet if no one else is?
3/11
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