1/ Yet again @NickFerrariLBC shows he's extremely ill informed.
As anyone familiar with the facts knows, the activists' demands are entirely consistent with mainstream science, yet Nick is too lazy to inform himself.
6/ A separate team from @GlobalEnergyMon
found the same thing... "If the UK claims to be a climate leader, it cannot allow these new fields to start up, nor hold another licensing round"
@GlobalEnergyMon@NickFerrariLBC 7/ What's this... There is a “large consensus” across all published studies that developing new oil & gas fields is “incompatible” with the 1.5C target.
8/ @antonioguterres warns “investing in new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral & economic madness” & that "The truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels."
The @OECD: "current scientific evidence unequivocally supports unprecedented, urgent and ambitious climate action to tackle the risks of climate system tipping points."
@OECD "Tipping points impacts will also cascade through socio-economic and ecological systems over timeframes that are short enough to defy the ability & capacity of human societies to adapt, leading to severe effects on human and natural systems"
@OECD "the existence of climate system tipping points means it is vital to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C, with no or very limited overshoot."
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!
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
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
@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"
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...
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
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
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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