Thread by @ClimateBen

Dear Journalists & Editors,

Please find enclosed a first Thread of 10 Threads with peer-reviewed & IPCC science to help you report on key aspects of the rapidly expanding Ecological-Climate Catastrophe.

First up: Arctic Sea Ice Loss & The Polar Jet Stream Crisis

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Ben
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1. Arctic Sea Ice Loss by 2035 will be one of a number of threats to global food security as we approach or even exceed 2°C at which point the IPCC says agriculture will shift from being at 'moderate' to 'high' risk.

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1341422321907724288?s=20

2. The ongoing destruction of Earth's forests appears to have lead us to a crucial tipping point.

Tropical Rainforests look increasingly unlikely to avoid collapse in the coming decades.

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1340641782783160321?s=20

3. Food systems account for 37% of greenhouse-gas emissions. We must rethink destructive industrial agriculture immediately.

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1341729534454935555?s=20

4. There's little or no chance of avoiding profoundly catastrophic +2°C which looks very likely by 2034-2052.

Negative Emissions Technologies won't work at scale. We need emergency action for zero carbon emissions by 2025-2030 (not net-zero 2050).

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1340591793994424320?s=20

5. Over half of all species on the planet (which humans of course rely on for survival) will be wiped out by the 2060s without emergency action to try to avoid 3-4°C of warming.

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1340960852892127232?s=20

6. If we approach or exceed 2°C of global warming by the 2030s, these already dire projections of extreme heat could well hit even earlier:

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https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1341471256651182081?s=20

7. Plant extinction rates are deeply disturbing. Most tree species are now in danger.

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1331684804417507329?s=20

8. The chances of deadly and even literally unsurvivable heat waves hitting major ecosystems and cities will rise dramatically from the 2030s onwards.

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1341694295280136192?s=20

9. We're set to hit 2°C by around 2035-2045, or even before. This has been described as a death sentence for African countries.

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1340679700558077961?s=20

10. Exceeding 1.5-2°C will have profound implications in terms of the loss of Antarctic & Greenland ice.

Sea level rise is already dangerous, wrecking ecosystems and threatening island nations & major cities with near-term destruction.

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1341495320748933122?s=20