RETHINK CLIMATE EPISODE 4 Green technology and innovation - a truly inspiring episode! 💚
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Thanks Amol Rajan for this vital series. All week 9am BBC Radio 4 & @bbcsounds
#ClimateEmergency @amolrajan
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
See 🧵⬇️
Thanks Amol Rajan for this vital series. All week 9am BBC Radio 4 & @bbcsounds
#ClimateEmergency @amolrajan
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Masses of tech potential to counter #ClimateEmergency *BUT* government must provide policy framework
Heartfelt words from Anote Tong, former Kiribati president
- Where’s the political will? Impacts we’re experiencing will get worse, we’ll have to find somewhere else to live
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Heartfelt words from Anote Tong, former Kiribati president
- Where’s the political will? Impacts we’re experiencing will get worse, we’ll have to find somewhere else to live
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WHAT ABOUT FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES?
To give green tech & green economics a fighting chance, governments must stop subsidising fossil fuels with $3 TRILLION A YEAR 😱
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rechargenews.com/transition/fos…
To give green tech & green economics a fighting chance, governments must stop subsidising fossil fuels with $3 TRILLION A YEAR 😱
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rechargenews.com/transition/fos…
WHAT ABOUT CHINA?!
In 2021 China built more offshore wind farms than the rest of the world put together over the previous 5 years
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euronews.com/green/2022/10/…
In 2021 China built more offshore wind farms than the rest of the world put together over the previous 5 years
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euronews.com/green/2022/10/…
WHAT ABOUT SHIPPING? 🚢 (very polluting!)
Transition away from fossil fuel economies and current agricultural systems and we’ll need MUCH LESS SHIPPING because we won’t transport fossil fuels and livestock across the oceans
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Transition away from fossil fuel economies and current agricultural systems and we’ll need MUCH LESS SHIPPING because we won’t transport fossil fuels and livestock across the oceans
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OK RENEWABLES, BUT WHAT ABOUT STORAGE?
Take a sideways look. Instead of storage let’s have 5 times the renewables we need so we’re covered for dark, still days. A SUPERABUNDANCE of free energy to decarbonise other industries
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Take a sideways look. Instead of storage let’s have 5 times the renewables we need so we’re covered for dark, still days. A SUPERABUNDANCE of free energy to decarbonise other industries
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WHAT ABOUT ENERGY EFFICIENCY?
The International Energy Authority says energy efficiency is the biggest lever
And we all know what that means - #InsulateBritain!
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iea.org/reports/energy…
The International Energy Authority says energy efficiency is the biggest lever
And we all know what that means - #InsulateBritain!
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iea.org/reports/energy…
CARBON CAPTURE IS THE ANSWER!
Er … no
“Trying to solve the #ClimateEmergency with carbon capture is like trying to bail out the Titanic with a teaspoon”
- @GraihaghJackson 🙏
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Er … no
“Trying to solve the #ClimateEmergency with carbon capture is like trying to bail out the Titanic with a teaspoon”
- @GraihaghJackson 🙏
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HEAT PUMPS 😊💚
More than two thirds of homes in Norway have heat pumps
Governments must aid citizens to decarbonise their homes
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reasonstobecheerful.world/heat-pumps-nor…
More than two thirds of homes in Norway have heat pumps
Governments must aid citizens to decarbonise their homes
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reasonstobecheerful.world/heat-pumps-nor…
ECONOMICS
We need to change economics so it factors in the #ClimateEmergency and the #EcologicalEmergency
At the moment governments are advised by economists WHO DON’T TAKE THESE ISSUES INTO ACCOUNT 🤯
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We need to change economics so it factors in the #ClimateEmergency and the #EcologicalEmergency
At the moment governments are advised by economists WHO DON’T TAKE THESE ISSUES INTO ACCOUNT 🤯
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