Dr Yamina Saheb alongside the IPCC's definition of sufficiency, the culmination years of her work, in the EU Parliament hemicycle. #BeyondGrowth2023
Standing ovation for Yamina, who ended her talk with this slide from the IPCC SYR, the story of her family, her mother who still lived mostly in a stable climate, herself experiencing the turn, her son facing all the dangers. πππ
This is my story too. ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/
And @OliviaLazard gave a challenging compelling talk on the geopolitical pitfalls of depending on authoritarian regimes for our resources, as well as ways forward. The dynamics of growth, military, competition and resource dependence are highly dangerous.
As floods & fires rise, oceans boil & ice melts, and "safe" temperatures are breached, something momentous just happened in the heart of the EU. No one has heard about it: journalists were present, but their editors refused to publish π€―.
π§΅, please RT. #BeyondGrowth2023 1/
For 3 full days the EU parliament hosted thousands of scientists, activists and policy-makers charting a future beyond growth. The talks & discussions were recorded and are now available to all. Thousands attended, thousands more followed online. 2/ beyond-growth-2023.eu/programme/
Topics covered planetary boundaries, trade, finance, fiscal policy, global South, decolonisation, gender, justice, well-being, social policies. Every panel included major advances in understanding. Together, the conference represents a monumental coming of age of post-growth. 3/
This whole entire thread. Not just @UNFCCC but @IPCC_CH & those running to be its next chair like @JPvanYpersele should be shouting from rooftops that this is a complete hijacking and perversion of any hope for climate action. This is NOT the time for complicit diplomatic words.
This is the time for simple, plain truth: that fossil fuel companies and their captive states are going full out in their determination to destroy a liveable planet. In the fight for the right to life of current & future generations against these forces, timid words = complicity.
I should add that this hostage-taking by fossil fuel industries of climate diplomacy should be a surprise to precisely *nobody* with 2 brain cells to rub together. In Gandhi's progression, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" ...
To be honest, I was expecting a lot more pushback from mainstream economists when our project was announced 6 months ago, but better late then never, I guess ...? π€·ββοΈ
(also, ahem, I guess Giorgos is "et", and baby you can call me "al"? π)
Anyhoo, the replies and QTs are full of great examples of what economists really think of the "marketplace of ideas" when One. Single. Major. Project. doesn't fit the overwhelmingly-funded orthodoxy. Bunch of absolute conformist whining babies, for the most part. π€¦ββοΈ
So, for the record: 1. Our project was selected on research merits, not ideology. It is amazing and its results will blow everyone's minds in about a gazillion ways. The learning and new science per euro will be off the charts.
Packing my least frumpy [still quite frumpy] clothes for Brussels Beyond Growth extravaganza. Time for a rare music thread, Anohni appreciation flavour. First up, Manta Ray.
Let's be absolutely clear: this is a corruption of science and research. The most important single mission on climate is to STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS. Not give fossil fuel companies propaganda cover by pretending green tech fairies will come along eventually to clean up the mess.
On the other hand I guess, all thanks to @Stanford "sustainability" school @Shell@exxonmobil@TotalEnergies for demonstrating in such an immediate + pure way that fossil fuel money does indeed lead to terrible research priorities, and corrupt academia's public interest purpose.
Because make no mistake, these companies have research $$$$$ to spend internally on this stuff, like they researched, proved, then denied climate change. Getting @Stanford to do this means (1) they themselves know it's useless (2) it's just a PR stunt. π€·ββοΈ science.org/doi/10.1126/scβ¦
That time, all the way back in 2022, when @patagonia made a movie about climate that
1β£ celebrated flying (including in private jets, just for the sake of reaching remote sports areas),
2β£ was shown on @Delta airlines, and
3β£ limited climate action to voting.
π€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈ. A π§΅.
1/
I have hesitated a long time to write this because there is a person at the centre of @patagonia 's documentary: a real person, who moreover is on twitter. I do not want this person to be hurt by my criticism of the movie but this is hard, because the movie centres on them.
2/
This person has an extremely interesting and compelling story to tell, as well as a traumatic and difficult history, including family trauma of the shameful Japanese internment in the USA during WWII, and difficult mental health diagnosis, alongside climate anguish.
3/