Thread by @ClimateBen

1/Industrial capitalism is a poison.

Yes, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced towards zero in the 2020s for any reasonable chance of decent human survival, however, global warming is just one part of our predicament. Chemical, plastic, light & noise pollution, deforestation

https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1356030114476158977

2/, destruction of fertile soils, wiping out of insects, birds, reptiles, amphibians, & mammals, the collapse of major ecosystems, overkilling of ocean and terrestrial life,..all of these and more are an immediate threat to Earth's species including primates.

#EcologicalCollapse

3/Economic growth really is killing life on Earth. Both the IPBES and IPCC acknowledge the need for a total transformation of the global economy. The IPBES has specifically pointed to economic growth as the problem. Every policy we read about is a joke. We need emergency change.

4/How many more years of this can the biosphere we rely on stand?

We can expect 2C warming by 2029-2043, but we need to start talking about *Ecological* Catastrophe if people are to grasp the urgency and type of radical action now required.

See thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1311731435313790976?s=20

5/Immediate extraordinary transformative change away from economic growth required to try to limit the damage of this unprecedented decline in nature.

#EcologicalEmergency

Thread:

https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1300136679710363661?s=20