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Nov 7 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
This time last year I was one of 21 scientists arrested at #COP26 for a peaceful protest with @ScientistRebel1

Here's a clip of a very wet ☔️ me explaining the reason I took part in the action 💚

A year later & governments are still failing #COP27

@ScientistRebel1 You can read more about the action in this @Nature article ...

“We believe this is the first ever mass arrest of scientists over the climate crisis" - @CharlieJGardner

nature.com/articles/d4158…
One thing that has changed since last years #COP is that there has been an massive increase in activism by scientists - with many more mass arrests!

I highlight some key examples in this thread 🧵

I go into more details about why I chose to take part in this act of civil disobedience at #COP26Glasgow in this short talk for @PSAEnvironment (my remarks are from about 17mins 30sec's).

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Nov 9
The KEY question, I'm asked by students when I guest lecture about the #ClimateCrisis is 'but what can we do?'

So I recently rewrote my materials to try & tackle that question head on. Feel free to adapt them.

Buckle up - here's a LONG thread🧵about how we can fight back! Image
First, let's just recap and take in where we are:

Following the latest @IPCC_CH report @UN Secretary General @antonioguterres made clear this was a
🚨"Code Red for humanity"🚨 2/n Image
The @IPCC_CH report states clearly that we have a "brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all" 3/n Image
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Nov 6
Unreal! Its 2022 & I'm still listening to #LauraKuenssberg framing today's debate as "can we afford to solve the #climate crisis?"

It feels like we're stuck in groundhog day for the past 20yrs!

Here's a Climate Economics 101🧵:

@bbclaurak @BBCJustinR
@bbclaurak @BBCJustinR Does anyone remember @lordstern1's review on 'The Economics of #Climate Change' published by @hmtreasury back in 2006?

It found: "the costs of stabilising the #climate are significant but manageable; delay would be dangerous and much more costly"

2/n
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/…
@bbclaurak @BBCJustinR @lordstern1 @hmtreasury A few years later @lordstern1 candidly stated in an interview that “Looking back, I underestimated the risks... This is potentially so dangerous that we have to act strongly... These risks for many people are existential"

3/n
 climatechangenews.com/2013/01/28/nic…
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Oct 27
An egregious example of #GreenhouseGaslighting by @bbcnickrobinson on @BBCr4today from yesterday morning.

Here's a short thread on why the @JustStop_Oil protestor is entirely correct in her assertions 🧵

@bbcnickrobinson @BBCr4today @JustStop_Oil Just a couple of days ago @IISD_news published a new report that showed there is a “large consensus” across all published studies that developing new oil and gas fields is “incompatible” with the 1.5C target...

carbonbrief.org/new-fossil-fue…
Here in the technical summary @IPCC_CH WG3 report from this April, signed off by all world governments, is the plain truth that meeting even the 2C climate target means the majority of fossil fuel reserves become stranded assets #CarbonBubble
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Oct 14
*Announcement*

In light of their decision to invite two notorious climate deniers to speak at their conference, I have decided I must withdraw from participating in the CC Forum "Investment in Sustainable Development" event in London next week london.cc-forum.com

🧵1/8 Image
Given the immense stakes & need for immediate climate action, I cannot in good conscience lend legitimacy to an event that would profile grifters who knowingly shill for fossil fuel polluters, even as millions have their lives & livelihoods destroyed by climate impacts 2/8
I was initially excited to speak at the event, billing itself as a “conference which is 100% dedicated to investment in sustainability”. But was horrified to subsequently discover Monckton & Morano added to the agenda. Both are infamous for spreading climate disinformation 3/8 Image
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Oct 13
These headlines on the latest @WWF @ZSLScience Living Planet Index are completely wrong and misrepresent the reports findings.

Here's a short thread on what the report actually show🧵
Before I begin, let me be completely clear: The destruction of nature is a massive threat, equal to that of the climate crisis.

It is vital that we reverse the losses to biodiversity, & that will require systems wide transformation to our economies! 2/n
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
The @LPI_Science is is a measure of the state of the world's #biodiversity based on population trends of monitored vertebrate species globally.

The index shows a staggering and alarming decline since 1970 3/n
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Oct 11
I'd normally not bother wasting time on this nonsense from @benleo444, theres simply more important work than repeatedly putting to bed zombie climate denial talking points, but in solidarity with @JustStop_Oil protesters risking their liberty, here goes🧵
@benleo444 @JustStop_Oil Q1. “Why was there a warming period in the Roman times over a couple of hundred years, it was exceptionally warm and then it got cold. There wasn’t any industrial revolution?” 2/n
A. There was no global warm period in Roman times, it was a regional fluctuation due to variability in the climate system 3/n

nature.com/articles/s4158…
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