Thread by @WarOnWant

The UK government just announced its "ambitious" climate target. This much is clear: it is failing to act with the urgency needed.

Research shows that to do its fair share the UK must hit zero emissions by 2030 AND give £1trillion in finance and technology to the poorest. 1/6

Scientists have rung countless alarm bells that the devastating impacts already being felt by the world's poorest at just 1°C warming will be dwarfed by runaway climate change if the 1.5°C guardrail is breached. 2/6

Across Africa, Asia and Latin America, collapses in food production, killer floods, droughts and extreme weather events will devastate the lives of those least responsible for this crisis. 3/6

The UK is responsible for 3.5% of global emissions. To do its actual fair share needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the UK must reduce emissions by 200% by 2030.

This means hitting zero and supporting the same level of reductions again overseas. 4/6 waronwant.org/resources/uks-…

Those who grew rich from fuelling the crisis have a legal and moral responsibility to act to stop the sacrifice of the poorest in the Global South.

If the rich don't do their fair share to stay within 1.5°C, it will be a death sentence for millions. 5/6

But there is hope. Climate justice movements in the Global South have real solutions to create a fairer, safer and more just world. What is lacking is the political will to act. 6/6

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