More than half of the world's 60,000 tree species are now vulnerable to potential extinction threats like accelerating deforestation and unprecedented levels of heat by the 2030s with staggering implications for all life on Earth. 
1. This is an Ecological Catastrophe.
However, it's not too late to take emergency individual-collective action to change consumption and production, organising for political and economic system change away from growth & corporate crimes.
Ideas here:
However, it's not too late to take emergency individual-collective action to change consumption and production, organising for political and economic system change away from growth & corporate crimes.
Ideas here:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1386200536232386568?s=20
2. 'At the current pace of warming, much of the world will be inhospitable to forests as we know them within decades.. And some recent research suggests that, in 40 years, none of the trees alive today will be able to survive the projected climate..'insideclimatenews.org/news/25042020/…
3. 'prevent them becoming extinct..'
'more than half of the species (58%) were only found in one country, suggesting they were vulnerable to potential threats, such as deforestation from extreme weather events or human activity' during capitalism. bbc.com/news/amp/scien…
'more than half of the species (58%) were only found in one country, suggesting they were vulnerable to potential threats, such as deforestation from extreme weather events or human activity' during capitalism. bbc.com/news/amp/scien…
4. Eight years after this 'Climate Departure' study, we're still on a high emisssoins trajectory: tropical regions with many tree species will experience new extreme climate conditions from the 2020s/30s, with the whole world hitting departure by the 2040s.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1185196406233030656?s=20
5. 'the conservation status of only about 20,000 tree species.. are currently known.'
60,065 tree species currently living on Earth: 'more than half were found to only occur in a single country, which could suggest an increased vulnerability to threats..'
latestnigeriannews.com/news/4284501/a…
60,065 tree species currently living on Earth: 'more than half were found to only occur in a single country, which could suggest an increased vulnerability to threats..'
latestnigeriannews.com/news/4284501/a…
6. There is no carbon budget. All greenhouse gas emissions must be slashed to zero by 2030 for any reasonable chance of decent human survival.
We may yet still limit the damage with profound changes in the coming months and years.
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We may yet still limit the damage with profound changes in the coming months and years.
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8. 'Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has surged above three football fields a minute... pushing the world’s biggest rainforest closer to a tipping point beyond which it cannot recover.'
dumptheguardian.com/world/2019/jul…
dumptheguardian.com/world/2019/jul…
10. To protect forests everywhere, take action in the country you live in. Organise politically to save the world's trees, and humanity, from a terrible fate within decades.
Three threads on rainforests:
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Three threads on rainforests:
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https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1365067269739544577?s=20
Old forests carry an intrinsic value for all living things.
Unique ancient forests are irreplaceable, even if trees are replanted.
“When you log an old-growth forest, it’s not coming back.”
Ecocidal logging in Canada:
thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-…
Unique ancient forests are irreplaceable, even if trees are replanted.
“When you log an old-growth forest, it’s not coming back.”
Ecocidal logging in Canada:
thenarwhal.ca/bc-old-growth-…
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