*Trigger warning*
I'm reading stories from the #LismoreFloods. Two-story homes underwater. People screaming, trapped inside their roofs. Seniors drowned inside their homes. I'm crying, and I'm worried for friends and family that live in Lismore. This is a catastrophic flood.
I'm reading stories from the #LismoreFloods. Two-story homes underwater. People screaming, trapped inside their roofs. Seniors drowned inside their homes. I'm crying, and I'm worried for friends and family that live in Lismore. This is a catastrophic flood.
It's a flood so high that they're calling it a "Once in 1000 yr flood." But this was predicted. Climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme rain and floods. This flood is a clear failure of global leadership to treat the #ClimateCrisis as an emergency.
Yesterday, while Brisbane and Lismore were underwater and people were fleeing for their lives, our elected MLAs in BC were arguing about which party (@bcndp vs @bcliberals) were more supportive of fracked LNG exports.
#bcpoli
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BC MLAs argued about "who can frack better" one day after the #IPCCReport stated: "climate change is a threat to human well-being & the health of the planet. Any further delay in concerted global action will miss the brief, rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future."
How is this even real?
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the latest #IPCCReport "a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.”
That is exactly what we're seeing within the @bcndp and @bcliberals, and I am appalled.
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the latest #IPCCReport "a damning indictment of failed climate leadership.”
That is exactly what we're seeing within the @bcndp and @bcliberals, and I am appalled.
#bcpoli
I am also in shock that following this eloquent and passionate speech by BC Green leader, @SoniaFurstenau, only one person clapped, fellow BC Green @AdamPOlsen.
This kind of hyper-partisanship is unacceptable in a #ClimateCrisis.
This kind of hyper-partisanship is unacceptable in a #ClimateCrisis.
It is clear that Premier @jjhorgan and the most powerful man in BC @geoffmeggs do not understand climate change, despite the catastrophic fires and floods that devastated BC in 2021. We cannot invest in new fossil fuel infrastructure. This is a clear failure of leadership.
We need to work together, beyond partisan boundaries, and respond to the #ClimateEmergency as an emergency.
355+ businesses and organizations have signed an open letter calling on the BC government to implement ten urgent climate actions.
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climateactions.ca/signatories/
355+ businesses and organizations have signed an open letter calling on the BC government to implement ten urgent climate actions.
#bcpoli
climateactions.ca/signatories/
The #IPCCReport states we must:
• immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• urgently invest in climate adaptation
• enhance biodiversity
• achieve the sustainable development goals
CleanBC's roadmap to 2030 is not ambitious enough.
#bcpoli
• immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• urgently invest in climate adaptation
• enhance biodiversity
• achieve the sustainable development goals
CleanBC's roadmap to 2030 is not ambitious enough.
#bcpoli
The #IPCCReport also said that "Starting today, every action, every decision matters" and that "Worldwide action is more urgent than previously assessed."
We know what we need to do. Let's get to work.
#ClimateEmergency
We know what we need to do. Let's get to work.
#ClimateEmergency
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