worth knowing...
1. there's a new scientific consensus: continued economic growth means 1.5°C-2.5°C of crop-destroying global warming & likely mass extinction in 25 years
2. a new postgrowth economy can be created if the public is informed
3. we must support independent media
1. there's a new scientific consensus: continued economic growth means 1.5°C-2.5°C of crop-destroying global warming & likely mass extinction in 25 years
2. a new postgrowth economy can be created if the public is informed
3. we must support independent media
1. POST-GROWTH
focus on human needs/well-being: reduce inequality, ensure living wages, shorten working week to maintain full employment, guarantee universal access to public healthcare, education, transportation, energy, water, affordable housing
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focus on human needs/well-being: reduce inequality, ensure living wages, shorten working week to maintain full employment, guarantee universal access to public healthcare, education, transportation, energy, water, affordable housing
Threads:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1451548515944050690?s=20
2. 6th mass extinction
There's no good reason to think continued economic growth can end habitat destruction or pollution. Over 20,000 scientists put their names to a 2017 paper saying we're in a mass extinction with economic growth a key problem.
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There's no good reason to think continued economic growth can end habitat destruction or pollution. Over 20,000 scientists put their names to a 2017 paper saying we're in a mass extinction with economic growth a key problem.
Thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1446571289427288071?s=20
3. 1.75°C-2°C likely by the 2030s
It's clear state-corporate media won't reveal the reality of growth driving extinction. Independent media must be supported to counter corporate tyranny.
Realistically only degrowth action may delay 1.5C-2C.
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It's clear state-corporate media won't reveal the reality of growth driving extinction. Independent media must be supported to counter corporate tyranny.
Realistically only degrowth action may delay 1.5C-2C.
Thread:
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1445379936525619207?s=20
4. 'It should..be noted..that the authors only studied changes to temperature and rainfall exposure. They did not model other climate-change impacts known to affect wildlife, such as heatwaves or the disappearance of Arctic sea ice'
I fear aerosol masking.carbonbrief.org/deep-emissions…
I fear aerosol masking.carbonbrief.org/deep-emissions…
5. We simply must shift rapidly to a postgrowth global economy that cares for people and species.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1451553793309609984?s=20
6. Economic growth threatens global food insecurity by the late 2020s, the 2030s, or the 2040s.
Climate famines due to capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism are happening now (Madagascar,etc) but remain largely ignored by mass media journalists/editors.
Climate famines due to capitalism, imperialism, and colonialism are happening now (Madagascar,etc) but remain largely ignored by mass media journalists/editors.
https://twitter.com/ClimateBen/status/1452639167779909635?s=20
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