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23 Nov, 9 tweets, 4 min read
Judge them by their actions, not their words.

So what have "world leaders" been up to since COP26 began?

@JoeBiden 🇺🇸 is releasing 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to make sure Americans burn more of it. 🤯
Australia 🇦🇺 is going big on dirty methane gas, showing it is in no way serious about its 2050 net zero target.

The European Union 🇪🇺 has also decided dirty methane gas is kinda clean.

Yes this is the same @TimmermansEU who urged COP to "bring hope to the hearts of our children and grandchildren". By burning gas.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The UK 🇬🇧 continues to back dozens of new oil and gas projects.

independent.co.uk/climate-change…
India's 🇮🇳 courts are closing coal-fired power stations due to the lethal air pollution in New Delhi, even as the Indian government plans to build many more.

ft.com/content/7192e3…
China 🇨🇳 just hit record levels of coal production - which should not be surprising as they are not planning to peak their use of coal for another five years.

fortune.com/2021/11/15/chi…
Reminder: "To limit warming to 1.5°C, not only should no new fossil-fuel-using infrastructure be built, ever again, some existing power plants need to shut down early."

nationalgeographic.com/environment/ar…
These are acts of mass murder against the most vulnerable people and places. Against our children.

No-one is coming to save us. Only mass civil resistance can do that.

rebellion.global/get-involved/
Fossil fuel production is set to soar over this crucial decade when it needs to be slashed.

Countries plan to drill or mine more than double the levels needed to keep within 1.5°C.

We all have a duty to stop this obscene crime.

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

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18 Nov
There has long been a tension between incrementalists in the environmental movement, and people like us who demand radical change.

You can see it in the reactions to COP26 - some say "It's a start" while others say "It's an atrocity".
It would be great if we could stop the breakdown of climate and nature through existing power structures and incremental changes. System change is scary and hard to bring about.
But we have to accept that incrementalism has failed for the past 30 years, and it's too late now.

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17 Nov
We'll need to halve our use of electricity, cut levels of flying, shipping, cement, cows and sheep according to Julian Allwood of @Cambridge_Eng.

And that's for net zero 2050, which is way too late.

#COP26 may have taken place on a different planet to this one.
The original article including Julian's quote.

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…
More scientists give their perspectives on #COP26 here.

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17 Nov
Today saw the UK's first court case for @InsulateLove campaigners, who have been repeatedly sitting in roads including motorways to demand the government insulate homes.

This is not an XR campaign but some XR rebels have been participating and were in court today.
In cold countries like the UK, decarbonisation is not possible without home insulation. It simply needs to happen. The longer it's delayed, the more vulnerable people die in fuel poverty and the more people are killed in climate breakdown thanks to emissions from gas heating.
Italy provides an example of how governments can provide home insulation, create jobs and cut emissions at the same time.

itv.com/news/2021-10-2…
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17 Nov
Today is the day when @JoeBiden betrays the whole world.

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/n…
“No more subsidies for [the] fossil fuel industry. No more drilling on federal lands. No more drilling, including offshore. No ability for the oil industry to continue to drill, period. Ends.”

@JoeBiden lied when running for president.

Many people will die as a result.
It's not just the Gulf of Mexico. It's not just the refusal to #StopLine3. Biden's government are doubling down on oil and gas while trying to deflect blame for climate breakdown onto India and China.

npr.org/2021/07/13/101…
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15 Nov
"Listen to the science" they say. So what are climate scientists saying about what was agreed at #COP26?

"World leaders collectively chose to sign a death warrant for many of our own children tomorrow and poorer communities today" - @KevinClimate

"#COP26's final agreement is a continuation of decades of climate failure" - @JamesGDyke
"The world's most vulnerable communities and countries left Glasgow feeling betrayed by the #COP26 Presidency" - @SaleemulHuq

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5 Oct
The Cassandra metaphor comes from Greek mythology and describes a person whose valid warnings or concerns are disbelieved by others.
In 1970, Syukuro Manabe made a global temperature prediction for the year 2000 which was only 0.03C out.

Here is Manabe in 1988 explaining why global heating would be most extreme at the North Pole.

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