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@WWF_UK Chief Adviser - #ClimateChange. @#COP26 (former UK negotiator), WWF IPCC lead, 1.5°C, impacts on nature. Views mainly my own; retweets not endorsements.
Aug 8, 2019 9 tweets 7 min read
Takeaways from the #IPCC Special Report on #ClimateChange & Land (#SRCCL). A thread.

1) We use a lot of land (much unsustainably)

Humans directly affect ~72% of "global ice-free land surface" & all is impacted by climate change (e.g. through warming & more intense extremes

1/9 2) A two-way interaction

Our use of land drives #ClimateChange ("agriculture, forestry and other land use" are ~23% of global man-made GHG emissions) & climate change adds stresses so worsens existing risks (e.g. biodiversity & degradation from extremes events)

2/9 #IPCC #SRCCL