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#COVID19: The choices made by the young can be "the difference between life & death for someone else", WHO Director-General

#ClimateCrisis: "Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that buried its head in the sand, that fiddled while the planet burned?", UN SG

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Will older generations be blamed for the #ClimateCrisis & younger generations blamed for the #COVID19 crisis?

Both problems require individual & collective action, though playing out over very different time scales...
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* un.org/sg/en/content/… (during COP25)
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Glen Peters
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Negative oil prices coming?

Oil "[d]emand is falling so fast relative to supply that very soon many producers' main issue is ... if they can find an outlet for their crude"

One storage option: loading the extra crude onto ships.

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HT @AukeHoekstra edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/bus…
BC said about 20% of the global fleet of very large crude carriers (VLCCs) could become floating storage. But even that would not absorb the surplus.

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This oil glut is creating a scenario where some obscure grades of oil already have actually dropped below zero. For instance, a Wyoming crude grade was recently bid at negative 19 cents a barrel.

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Glen Peters
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"But prudent spending of economic stimulus measures, & a permanent adoption of new work behaviours, could influence how emissions evolve in future" (me)

Nice piece by @FogartyClimate
straitstimes.com/opinion/crisis…
"It could well bring forward the inevitable structural change that technology is driving anyway" @TimBuckleyIEEFA

"The long-term strategy should now be to build a green economy. Indeed, this is exactly the moment to seize the initiative." @KingsmillBond
"There is absolutely no doubt that when money dries up, climate change suffers. The overall effect is likely to be negative and further hinder the success to achieve the NDCs." @pepcanadell

This is a good reason to postpone #COP26 & give countries & year to get on their feet!
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Glen Peters
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Norway has started to report #COVID19 cases when the test was taken (right) as opposed to when the case was reported (left).

This means the official number of cases gets adjusted back in time (results can take days)

Right: fhi.no/sv/smittsomme-…
Left: worldometers.info/coronavirus/co…
It may have implications for growth rates, but I am sure that effect will be smaller each passing day (should not use the last 2-3 days in the Norwegian reports, as they are not complete).

Max cases per report day 400, max cases per test day 300! Not a minor difference...
There is a clear weekend effect with the test dates (14-15/3, 21-22/3).

If you want a test, I guess don't turn up on the weekend... Maybe avoid getting sick on a weekend too? (it could also be a remarkable coincidence, more data needed to verify).

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To my colleagues and friends in the NHS and health services across the globe, clinical, drivers, Biomedical engineers, porters, cleaners and admin staff
These coming weeks and months will be the biggest battle of your professional lives and it all comes down to what you do right now.

Either, we stop this virus together as a team, or we crumble. Each and every one of us has our part to play.

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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros. #coronavirus pscp.tv/w/cUOeTTI2MTAy…
"Every day, #COVID19 seems to reach a new and tragic milestone.

More than 210,000 cases have now been reported to WHO, and more than 9,000 people have lost their lives"-@DrTedros #coronavirus
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It is time for one long #Coronavirus update. I have been resisting doing this as (1) I do not want to add to the hysteria & the panic & (2) I don't believe in doomsday predictions. Moreover, things have been moving so fast, who knows what's what. BUT it's time for real talk...
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Elena Hung
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Do endorsements matter? As someone who just endorsed @ewarren in my personal capacity, I sure hope so! I have gotten to know Elizabeth and her team, and I have come to the conclusion that she is who our country needs right now. Here's why:

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#Warren2020 photo of Xiomara, young girl smiling, holding a framed, signed Time Magazine cover of Elizabeth Warren. “Xiomara, We persist! - Elizabeth” is handwritten at the top.
I first met @ewarren in June 2017, on my very first day going to Capitol Hill. I was there with my friends & our kids to talk about the proposed health care repeal bill when we saw her. Her staffers were pulling her away, but she still stopped & spent time with our kids.
2/ photo of Elizabeth Warren and I kneeling down on either side of Xiomara (a young girl with pigtails and a trach/ventilator) who is sitting in her medical stroller, all smiling at the camera
I’ll never forget how she didn't hesitate even though she was clearly in a huge hurry. This is a big deal because people overlook & ignore disabled kids all the time. But @ewarren rushed over. Her face lit up as she got down on her knees to be at eye level with Xiomara. 😍
3/ photo of Elizabeth Warren kneeling down in front of Xiomara (a young girl with pigtails and a trach/ventilator) sitting in her medical stroller and talking to her
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Dr. Merritt Turetsky
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I often discuss peatland science, but they also are iconic in art & literature. The first evidence is the preponderance of synonyms. Peatland, mire, moor, muskeg, morass, quagmire, slough, glade, holm, polder, swale. Beautiful yet haunting words. Image: seedball.co.uk/going-peat-free 1/
@profmarkreed Cue the colloquialisms! Don't get bogged down. This is a complete quagmire. It swamped him. I fell into a morass. He became mired. Sensing a theme? They are all about getting stuck, & peatland folk know a lot about that. 2/
@profmarkreed “They best pass over the world who trip over it quickly; for it is but a bog. If we stop, we sink.” -Elizabeth I

This is the earliest peatland quote I could find. Presumably the lesson is to keep moving, keep the momentum, for better or worse.

Image: ancient-origins.net/history-famous…
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