1. Brazil and Argentina lobby against evidence in the draft scientific UN/IPCC report on the need to reduce meat consumption to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
@BBCNews reports this, based on leaked documents obtained by @UE (follow them).
3. Australia is not alone: it is also revealed how OPEC and Saudi Arabia are lobbying the UN's climate change experts to delete the finding that the world needs to rapidly phase out fossil fuels.
4. Australia also asks IPCC scientists to delete a reference to the analysis of the role played by fossil fuel lobbyists in watering down action on climate in Australia and the US.
So the Australian government lobbies for the anti-climate action lobbyists?
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5. Talking about #COP26, I was interviewed yesterday by A News; you can watch or read that in the latest The Planet newsletter.
1. Iβm fascinated by the beauty of nature and enjoy learning more every day. Look for instance at these mushrooms realising millions of microscopic spores to propagate.
𧡠A thread about the beauty of planet earth, our only home.
1. Suppose an alien spaceship will land on earth next week.
After many light-years of travel through space, some friendly little green creatures decide to get out and stretch their legs on our planet.
What would they report home?
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2. I guess their first description would be ecstatic.
Hidden in the fast, cold, and dark universe, they discovered a blue planet that brims with an incredible diversity of life, aided by ideal living conditions.