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19 May, 5 tweets, 3 min read
'These countries are leading the way...'

1. France funds @Total and wants to drill the Arctic

2. Germany is destroying its forests for coal

3. Norway continues to be a major fossil fuel exporter

There is no post-pandemic green recovery.

No lie is too big for these people.
1.
France 'has left the door open to continuing to finance projects overseas until 2035...

France's credit export agency Bpifrance is considering giving a guarantee of 700 million euros to Total for a project in the Russian Arctic..'

Ultimate crimes.

france24.com/en/live-news/2…
2.
'Germany's coal exit plan [by 2038] falls far short of environmental recommendations. According to estimates, the European Union needs to phase out coal by 2030 to meet the 1.5C target of the Paris Agreement'

Ultimate crimes.

bbc.com/future/article…
3.
Norway is 'a major fossil fuels exporter. And it plans to keep it that way for a long time'.

'the UK is contemplating opening a new coal mine.. Canada is pouring tax dollars into a doomed oil pipeline project'

Ultimate crimes.

#ZeroEmissions2020s

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/02/17…
4.
From 2018: 'Activists have questioned the integrity and effectiveness of the U.N. climate talks in Poland, in light of its close associations with the coal industry.'

Laugh or cry? news.mongabay.com/2018/12/coal-c…

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Ben See Profile picture
8 May
Did you know?

1. The tropics contain over 75% of all Earth's species

2. Scientists expect 1.5°C of global warming by 2030

3. Deforestation, mining, road building & pesticides also threaten the tropics

It will never be too late to try to limit the damage & protect everybody. Image
How many people now strongly suspect capitalism is a threat not just to organised human society but to all species?

Scientists expect 1.5°C by 2026-2032, but with emergency, climate justice, degrowth, economic-system-change action it could yet be delayed.newscientist.com/article/227035…
'The tropics contain.. more than three-quarters of all species.. actions are urgently required to prevent a collapse of tropical biodiversity'.

nature.com/articles/s4158…

To feel better and help try to prevent utter calamity, take action if you can.

Ideas:
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8 May
Did you know the tropics seem set to start becoming uninhabitable from as early as 2026 with the majority of Earth's species facing a struggle for survival in extreme conditions as ecosystems collapse due to habitat destruction & climate change during capitalism? Rise up now, etc
'The tropics could become uninhabitable if we don’t limit global warming to less than 1.5°C'.

newscientist.com/article/227035…

Scientists expect 1.5°C to hit by 2026-2032, but with emergency, climate justice, degrowth, economic system change action it could yet be delayed. Organise now.
The tropics contain the majority of Earth’s biodiversity: their terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems hold >75% of all species. Concerted local, national and international actions are urgently required to prevent a collapse of tropical biodiversity.nature.com/articles/s4158…
Read 5 tweets
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6 May
Remember:

emissions must peak-&-plummet now
deforestation must stop now
plastic overproduction must stop now
pesticide use must stop now
industrial fishing must stop now
industrial agriculture must stop now
soil destruction must stop now

Extraordinary change is coming.
1.
Slash emissions to zero by 2025-30 while it's still too late.

2.
Forests are in the tipping point danger zone.

Read 4 tweets
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6 May
WARNING: grotesque irony

You'll pardon me for being blunt here, but the article itself is full of uncritical, dangerous bullshit.

Thread.

dumptheguardian.com/commentisfree/…
1. 'The impacts of the climate emergency are now so obvious, only the truly deluded still deny them.'

No. Corporate media like The Guardian still omit the words 'climate change' from articles, even those on extreme weather. This fuels cognitive dissonce & subtle forms of denial.
2. 'a 45% drop is needed to avoid climate catastrophe'

No. That figure relies on extraordinary assumptions (carbon feedback cycle, climate sensitivity, future technologies, possible acceleration of warming). We need 45-100% by 2025-30 and even that may not allow us to avoid 2C.
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1 May
The likely destruction of both the Amazon Rainforest and summer Arctic sea ice by 2035 heralding ecological and climate chaos as species vanish and global crop failures loom threatening decent human survival is the biggest story in history according to everyone except the media.
1. Likely, but not 100% certain..

It's not too late to take emergency individual-collective action to limit the damage by changing consumption & production while organising for political system change away from economic growth & corporate crimes.

Ideas:
2. Until media conviey these extraordinary threats and the public grasps them, we are unlikely to see the extraordinary international cooperation now needed.

The Amazon Rainforest :
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30 Apr
The Amazon Rainforest will enter into a sustained death spiral by the 2030s if deforestation isn't completely stopped in the next 48 months.
Amazon destruction surged 21% in 2020.

At that rate the rainforest 'will reach a tipping point in 10 to 20 years, after which it will enter a sustained death spiral'.

"It is mandatory to reach zero deforestation in all of the Amazon in less than 5 years".mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/id…
“We are scientists who have been studying the Amazon for many decades. Today, we stand exactly in a moment of destiny: The tipping point is here, it is now"

TO DO
reforestation
raise quality of life in Amazonian cities
develop bioeconomy
stop agribusiness
news.mongabay.com/2019/12/the-ti…
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