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A Catalan in the UK | Director of Global Climate Program at @GAIAnoburn | Research Fellow at @ManchesterSCI | SuperMum | Tweets my own.
Apr 5, 2022 10 tweets 10 min read
These are our 5 takeaways from the #IPCC report on #mitigation, looking at what it means for the #waste sector. Spoiler: we need to cut emissions as fast and furious as we can, and reducing #waste, #plastic and being more materials efficient can help lots
no-burn.org/ipcc-takeaways… As the report points out, the #waste sector remains the largest contributor to urban emissions after the energy sector, even in low-carbon #cities. Urban areas themselves represent the lion’s share of global emissions, and it's increasing: from 60% in 2000 to 67% in 2015.