1/ Dear Journalists,
Subject: Ecological Ruin
Emissions must stop rising in 2021 for a fair chance of decent human survival.
Emissions must plummet towards zero in the years 2021-2029 for a fair chance of decent human survival.
Emissions are likely to keep rising in 2021.
Subject: Ecological Ruin
Emissions must stop rising in 2021 for a fair chance of decent human survival.
Emissions must plummet towards zero in the years 2021-2029 for a fair chance of decent human survival.
Emissions are likely to keep rising in 2021.
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We are in a profound Ecological Catastrophe caused by the human activities of industrial capitalism. Economic growth has proved to be extraordinarily destructive. Technology will not prevent our predicament from becoming impossible to handle.
We are in a profound Ecological Catastrophe caused by the human activities of industrial capitalism. Economic growth has proved to be extraordinarily destructive. Technology will not prevent our predicament from becoming impossible to handle.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1344027082637115392?s=20
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Ecosystem collapse is already happening, and not just because of abrupt climate change.
Ecosystem collapse is already happening, and not just because of abrupt climate change.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1338160972712775684?s=20
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Destructive industrial agriculture, deforestation, pollution... this ecological catastrophe is about the whole economy, not just fossil fuels.
Total system change is surely needed to avoid further wrecking of the habitats of wildlife we depend on.
Destructive industrial agriculture, deforestation, pollution... this ecological catastrophe is about the whole economy, not just fossil fuels.
Total system change is surely needed to avoid further wrecking of the habitats of wildlife we depend on.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1341835331096723458?s=20
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2 - 2.5°C (1750 baseline) by the 2030s/2040s looks increasingly likely without emergency action.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-when-…
2 - 2.5°C (1750 baseline) by the 2030s/2040s looks increasingly likely without emergency action.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-when-…
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Prof Corinne Le Quéré, a Royal Society research professor of climate change science at the University of East Anglia:
The huge impact of Covid-19 lockdowns means a rebound in global emissions “is very likely”...
carbonbrief.org/global-carbon-…
Prof Corinne Le Quéré, a Royal Society research professor of climate change science at the University of East Anglia:
The huge impact of Covid-19 lockdowns means a rebound in global emissions “is very likely”...
carbonbrief.org/global-carbon-…
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