Today scientists came back to parliament to talk to their MPs about New Oil&Gas.

Let’s start with a clear statement:
No one is asking that the current supplies of Oil&Gas are turned off overnight.
Not JSO, not the International Energy Agency, no Scientist, not the UN. No one!🧵 Let’s be clear, from the exchange we had so far with our MPs, it is clear that there is sometimes a knowledge gap (regardless of the party) on what New Oil&Gas licences really mean.
So starting where we are heading…
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Nature is in crisis, nationally & internationally. @ScientistsX took to the streets to share some hard, scientific facts about the state of biodiversity decline & loss, and the failure of governments, including @DefraGovUK & the UK government, to address this. #TheBigOne

1/19 A global, intergovernmental assessment of biodiversity and ecosystems concludes that up to 1 million animal & plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades. @IPBES (2019) ipbes.net/news/Media-Rel…

#TheBigOne
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1/ To commemorate the life & work of Prof. Will Steffen (1947-2023), we have compiled a thread of clips with some of his key insights.

He was a pioneering Earth-system scientist, science communicator & powerful advocate for climate action with a vital message for the world... 🧵 2/ Prof. Steffen was one of the originators of the planetary boundary framework which provided a science-based analysis of the risk that human perturbations will destabilize the Earth system at the planetary scale🌍🚨

Read more:
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🚨Breaking - NOT Guilty ! 🚨

Four members of Scientists for Extinction Rebellion vindicated by Crown Court following appeal.🧵 2/ The defendants were part of a group of scientists who took part in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy to highlight the danger posed by new oil & gas exploration

Seven courageous women have put their liberty on the line to warn the world about @Barclays ecocidal investments.

Here's a thread on the science behind their action 🧵to honour their brave sacrifice on behalf of all or futures...

@Barclays Following the latest @IPCC_CH report @antonioguterres
made clear we are at🚨"Code Red for humanity"🚨

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*BREAKING*
Members of @ScientistsX are protesting outside @DefraGovUK demanding that @GOVUK stops its #AttackOnNature and takes immediate action to halt biodiversity loss in the UK.

A thread on why we're taking action today 🧵

#NoNatureNoFuture Among those taking part are leading experts in ecology and conservation science.

Some of the scientists pasted posters calling attention to the dramatic declines in UK species onto the windows of @DefraGovUK headquarters.

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If grief is the price of love, responsibility is the price of power. While the eyes of the world are turned towards the UK, we ask the government to address the concerns of the people, and to allow them to live in dignity.
#Meanwhile #Meanwhile

This time last week a group of desperate scientists stuck scientific papers (and themselves!!!) to the front of @beisgovuk. They had a simple and science led demand: Stop all NEW fossil fuel investment & development.

Here's a🧵on the science in the papers they pasted... 1/n Welsby et al 2021: "to allow for a 50 per cent probability of limiting warming to 1.5 °C. By 2050, we find that nearly 60 per cent of oil and fossil methane gas, and 90 per cent of coal must remain unextracted to keep within a 1.5 °C carbon budget" 2/n

nature.com/articles/s4158…