Now will now share with you some of the sentences we think are most meaningful within the document.
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These words really make a strong case against the criminal inaction of governments and corporations😡
“Mitigation and development goals cannot be met through incremental change” 🤮
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“Transition pathways entail distributional consequences such as changes in employment and economic structure”👩🚒👨🏭👨🌾
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“Equity and justice are important enabling conditions for effective climate mitigation. Institutions and governance that address equity and supporting narratives that promote just transitions can build broader support for climate policymaking” ⚖️
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“Individuals can contribute to overcoming barriers and enable climate change mitigation. Individual behavioural change in isolation cannot reduce GHG emissions significantly” 🤓
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“If 10-30% of the population were to demonstrate commitment to low-carbon technologies, behaviours and lifestyles, new social norms would be established”
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“Collective action through formal social movements and informal lifestyle movements expands the potential for climate policy and supports system change”
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“Estimates of committed CO2 emissions from current fossil energy infrastructure are 658 GtCO2 […] nearly double the remaining carbon budget” 😱
“Delayed action increases challenges to both economic and societal feasibility after 2030” 🤦🤦♂️🤦♀️
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Whilst the science has been clear for decades, a rational and appropriate response from our governments has been lacking.
New research has now demonstrated how powerful established economic powers have weaponized policy inaction and garnered undue inside support to lock an unjust system into its destructive ways.
Our reponse to the IPCC AR6: Scientific establishments are starting to say what climate activists have been saying for decades: we are beyond the precipice, our only hope is a political revolution.
Climate tipping points are already breached, our weather violently disturbed, our food supplies at risk, our water endangered, our homes threatened, and our prospects for survival under siege.
Terrifyingly - this is the conservative view, the inescapable reality wrapped in a soft and agreeable tone. The truth is we have been murdered in our sleep, our futures stripped and sold like assets, gambling chips in the games of billionaires.