Literature Teacher providing information on the rapid Extinction-Climate Catastrophe and urging radical degrowth system change action to try to limit the doom.
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Oct 6 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
OLD NEWS: cataclysmic global warming of 2°C and rising which is associated with societal collapse is now likely by 2030-2055 even with capitalist emissions reductions 🧵
1. Minor or zero emissions reductions mean 2°C by the 2030s/40s. Major reductions promised by capitalism likely mean 2°C by 2055 (2044 possible; 2064/65 very likely).
Even near-best-case giant reductions (implausible given growth) would likely mean ~2°C.dohanews.co/ai-study-warns…
Oct 6 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: extraordinary admission from IPCC Chairman confirms catastrophic near-term global warming of 1.8-1.9°C and rising is unavoidable because there are no emissions reductions in sight 🧵
1. The planet you think you're living on no longer exists. Abrupt climate change is just one compounding factor in extinction catastrophe.
2 to 6 million species set to be wiped out in decades.
Change this Extinction Economy now while it's still too late.
BREAKING: wealthiest countries break promise to pay for stopping and reversing biodiversity destruction by 2030 as rapid extinction begins to overwhelm the majority of Earth's species during capitalism 🧵
1. This Extinction Economy of growth and short-term profit maximisation won't protect species or anyone.
'out of the 196 parties that agreed to the global biodiversity framework in 2022, only 10% of countries have submitted their updated national plans' greenpeace.org/international/…
Oct 4 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: scientists remind world 12-29% of Earth's species will very likely go extinct within a couple of decades leaving humanity on the brink and suffering vast global misery during capitalism 🧵
1. 'study confirms that the rate of extinction has accelerated.
Since 1500.. extinctions multiplied by 28. Other studies claim.. by 100'
'we are facing the sixth mass extinction — the first caused by a single species and over a very short period of time' google.com/amp/s/english.…
Sep 29 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING: wealthy elites confirm they know full well the natural world is buckling under the pressure of their ecocidal actions with their ongoing 2020s annihilation of Earth's ecosystems and wildlife now the gravest of near-term existential threats to life on the planet 🧵
1. The Doom Economy won't stop wrecking ecosystems
"truth is, we are living at odds with the natural world.. it is buckling under the pressure of our actions.. If we are to keep this planet liveable for our children and grandchildren, we must act urgently"gbnews.com/royal/prince-w…
Sep 24 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: extreme record high sea surface temperatures intensify terrified scientists' suspicions cataclysmic rapid warming of 2°C will likely hit for the first time in 7-14 years making economic system change essential for a chance of protecting vulnerable species like humans🧵 1.
'Targeting a sustainable world involves fundamental changes to political and economic systems'.
(IPCC)
If even official scientific consensus documents are going this far, we should be clear that economic system change must be achieved to protect all. ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2…
Sep 20 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: fury and disgust as mass media remain silent despite scientists confirming cataclysmic global warming of 1.7-2°C by 2030-2050 is now unavoidable even in best-case emissions scenarios 🧵
1. "We inevitably face..overshoot" (beyond 1.5°C)
'by.. probably multiple tenths of a degree even under the highest possible ambition'
BREAKING: scientists warn humanity has 66 months to organise and implement a massive unprecedented transformative shift away from today's short term profits and economic growth to halt biodiversity destruction and curb extinction rates which are now the fastest in Earth history🧵
1. Corporations block change
Achieving the Biodiversity Plan will require massive, unprecedented transformation and shifting from short term profits to long term sustainability..high ambition must prevail..halt and reverse biodiversity destruction by 2030.iucn.org/cbdcop16
Sep 16 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: scientists say global warming is now becoming so extreme and non-linear that combined with habitat destruction, pollution, and overkilling of species it threatens collapse in the natural world including human systems within years not decades 🧵
1. Habitat destruction means rapid extinction. We are set to enter the collapse zone of 1.75/2.25°C in around 6 to 18 years. Many systems collapse before 1.75°C.
The majority of scientists expect 2.5-5°C, with 3°C leaving at least 50% of species extinct.
BREAKING: the majority of climate scientists now expect conditions extreme enough to wipe out 35-70% of Earth's species within decades 🧵
1. An extraordinary 77% of IPCC scientists questioned expect 2.6-5°C of global warming (or more) in the coming 5 to 9 decades.
Conservation biologists say at least half of Earth's species will be wiped out at 3°C.
BREAKING: new terrifying best-case global warming scenario of 1.6-1.8°C and falling is based on profoundly speculative assumptions with 95% of scientists actually fully expecting 1.9-2.1°C and rising fast towards 21st century extinction for the majority of Earth's species 🧵
1. Few IPCC experts expect the extraordinary emergency action in the coming years of capitalism required (in theory) to avoid 2.7-3.3°C. They expect 1.9-5°C.
Change this Extinction Economy now while it's still too late to protect species and everyone.
BREAKING: horror as scientists confirm cataclysmic global warming of 1.75-2°C by 2030-2050 is unavoidable even in best-case emissions scenarios 🧵
1. "We inevitably face..overshoot" (beyond 1.5°C)
'by.. probably multiple tenths of a degree even under the highest possible ambition'
BREAKING: out of control methane emissions are following the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most pessimistic greenhouse gas scenarios implying a cataclysmic global temperature increase of 1.9-2.1°C and rising in the next decade or two 🧵
1/emissions soaring to record highs
trend “cannot continue if we are to maintain a habitable climate
currently no technologies capable of removing gas from atmosphere
researchers found little evidence world is making progress on pledges to cut emissions euronews.com/green/2024/09/…
Sep 10 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
BREAKING: horrific extreme temperatures of 2023/2024 unlikely to be a blip with 1.75-2°C of global warming projected to hammer Earth's species within years 🧵
1. A range of projections show 1.75-2°C as likely to hit by 2030-2043, so in less than one or two decades. Conservative estimate: 2°C by ~2048.
'some combination of forcings or changes in feedbacks may be driving higher global temperatures going forward'
OLD NEWS: mass extinction media journalists stay shamefully silent despite scientists revealing the economy has set up death and destruction for billions as ecosystems collapse and millions of species vital for decent human survival are cruelly annihilated right now in the 2020s
1. nature.. may be at risk of unraveling from deforestation, overfishing, development, and other human activities.. one million species may be pushed to extinction in the next few years, with serious consequences for human beings as well as...'
BREAKING: mass extinction media journalists stay shamefully silent despite scientists revealing today's economic and political institutions can't end biodiversity destruction or prevent profoundly horrific global warming of 1.8-2°C and rising by 2030-2055 🧵
1. 'the world needs to be prepared for the possibility of an overshoot of the 1.5 °C limit by.. probably multiple tenths of a degree even under the highest possible ambition'
BREAKING: record Arctic temperatures look "like something that shouldn't be physically possible" as global climate enters a "catastrophic phase" 🧵
1. The cryosphere is collapsing as we head for cataclysmic 1.9-2°C of global warming by 2030-2045.
BREAKING: partial collapse of Amazon is accelerating with most of the Rainforest now facing near-term destruction as fires become uncontrollable with catastrophic consequences for Earth's species 🧵
1. "We are accelerating the climate collapse
"The forest that remains is no longer the same; it's like the Amazon is sick
each time, the fire is more uncontrolled"
degradation getting worse
deforestation increasing temperature
20% of forest already gone google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.c…
Aug 28 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING: climate scientists confirm global crop yields will start to drop dramatically by 2025-2034 🧵
1. Best-case scenario for climate change is now 1.6°C of warming.
1.5°C by 2020-2029 in all economic growth scenarios. 1.6-2.1°C to follow by ~2035.
Dire ~5-50% drop in crop yields by 2030s anticipated.
BREAKING: scientists warn unstoppable collapse of Amazon Rainforest likely to begin in 2020s 🧵
1. At 1.5°C plus degradation, fires and deforestation, the south, centre and east of the Amazon passes the tipping point with 50-70% of the forest lost.
Climate models show 1.5°C hits before 2030 in all economic growth scenarios.
BREAKING: scientists warn the majority of Earth's species will go extinct within 35 to 70 years because transformative change is not happening 🧵
1. "the transformative change we need is not possible"
A phenomenal non-linear increase in ambition to stop biodiversity destruction is effectively impossible given today's economic system.
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