Thread by @ExtinctionR

You may have heard that just one country - Gambia 🇬🇲 which hardly has any emissions anyway - is currently on course to deliver climate action that is in alignment with limiting global heating to 1.5°C.

Actually it's worse than that.

edie.net/news/9/Just-on…

The planet only cares about total emissions 📈. If we were to limit heating to 1.5°C then all countries would need to do their part. When some countries drag their heels, the physics is clear that others need to pick up the slack. And right now, no-one is doing that.

So how are those "critically insufficient" countries coping with climate breakdown so far?

Parts of Iran 🇮🇷 are already turning into dustbowl.

nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…

Toxic smoke from uncontrollable wildfire in Yakustk, Russia 🇷🇺 created one of the world's worst ever air pollution events.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Wet bulb heat will make spending sustained periods outside increasingly lethal in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, with severe implications for the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/07/more-w…

The Saudi Prince of oil 💀 has vowed to drill "every last molecule", a terrifying remark that was met with silence from his Western allies.

bnnbloomberg.ca/the-saudi-prin…

Bangkok, Thailand 🇹🇭 is expected to be under water by 2050 (and Southern Vietnam could all-but disappear).

bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener…

Wet bulb heat is also a big threat in the humid heat island that is Singapore 🇸🇬.

theconversation.com/climate-explai…

You may have spotted the UK 🇬🇧 government in the "almost sufficient" category - but this is based on its plan, not its actions.

From road building to airport expansion to oil drilling to greening homes, it specialises in saying the right thing while doing the wrong thing.

Fires, floods, storm, megadrought... the consequences of the heating we're already experiencing are worse than anticipated.

1.5°C is not safe, but it's a lot better than where we're headed without radical transformation of high-emitting countries.

https://twitter.com/ThierryAaron/status/1436278805283450881

Finally, if you don't know about wet bulb heat, you should.

https://twitter.com/mateosfo/status/1409664424000950277