Harborne Climate Action

A grassroots group for people in Harborne who want to take action on climate change. Meet once a month at The Plough

[Harborne Climate Action @ActionHarborne]

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[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Scientists developed the first climate models in the late 1960s (for which the Nobel Prize in physics was recently awarded!).

How have these models held up against what happened in the real world after they were published? Surprisingly well, it turns out:

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

1/4.📢Speaking at the mandated event on the 2024 review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage, the @COP29_AZ Presidency speaks to what to expect from today's event: “From Pledges to Action: Full Operationalization of the Fund for Responding to #LossAndDamage”.

[Peter Walker @peterwalker99]

The DfT has sent a response, and it seems that they *still* think LTNs are unpopular and ineffective, despite their own research saying the opposite.

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

The most important event in British politics yesterday took place in Maryland. At CPAC Liz Truss declared war on Britain's "deep state" - the Environment Agency, the OBR and the Judicial Appointments Committee... I kid you not... 1/ 🧵

https://t.co/KJ9adDRxNF

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

There's been a lot of nonsense spouted about Labour's £28bn green investment plans. And doubtless there'll be lots more nonsense spouted in the coming months.
With that in mind, here's my primer on the plan - and its affordability.
No nonsense. But maybe one or two charts...

[Birmingham Climate Justice Coalition @BrumCJC]

Birmingham Youth Strike 4 Climate striking and marching in Birmingham.
💚✊🏻🌍
#EndFossilFuels #FastFairForever #ActNow

[Chris Grey 🇺🇦 @chrisgreybrexit]

This never fails to boil my blood. It's not just the dishonesty, it's that it is so skillfully made and so emotionally manipulative.

[Richard Corbett @RichardGCorbett]

Far more important than Farage’s fulminations:

[Just Stop Oil @JustStop_Oil]

Confettigate: A Statement From Just Stop Oil

The lady who threw confetti in Bruton yesterday was upholding a tradition that is common across many cultures. We absolutely defend the right for people to throw confetti (of whatever colour) at weddings and other celebrations.

If it was a form of protest — which is yet to be established — we applaud it and thank the person concerned. It was peaceful and not especially disruptive, but got massive media attention for Just Stop Oil’s demand.

It has also helped people to recall that George Osborne, one of the main architects of economic austerity, is directly responsible for over 300,000 excess deaths, and that — as a newspaper editor — he was responsible for some of the most egregious climate-denying nonsense ever to darken the pages of mainstream mass media.

However, as much as we applaud the use of orange confetti at this wedding, we were not responsible.

Perhaps the press could focus on something more important now? Like the current government’s plans to licence over 100 new oil and gas projects, which will result in excess deaths the likes of which we have never seen. Or the fact that the UN Secretary General has said that ‘climate change is out of control’ as we’ve just seen the hottest average temperatures since records began. Or the fact that Canadian wildfires have now burned down an area the size of Portugal.

We are in catastrophically dangerous territory and the press have a moral responsibility to inform and educate people as to the causes of the crisis so that we can take action to defend ourselves. In 2023, it is simply criminal not to check your facts.

[Harborne Climate Action @ActionHarborne]

@andy4wm Will there be charging points for electric cars for those dwellings which don’t have a driveway, such as apartments?

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

I don't know how to say this in a punchy, eloquent way... but the climate and environmentalist movements need to get very serious about creating alliances with labour movements and working-class political formations. And fast...

[MPHT @MoorPoolHT]

We dare you to join us for some creepy craft for Halloween half-term! We will be at the Carless Eco Centre from 10.30 - 12.30 on Wednesday 26th & Friday 28th October - just don't look behind you! @HarbornePress @HarborneOrch @ActionHarborne @CommunityBham @

[Greenpeace UK @GreenpeaceUK]

This. 👇

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

"We have to be straight about this. We have to tell the truth about the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced."
@BBCHARDtalk
https://t.co/24T6izkt0K

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

Simply planting trees on city streets would give 77 million people a 1°C reprieve on hot days. Trees also filter the air we breathe, improve our mental health, their soil reduces flood risk, and they take up carbon too. It's a win-win-win-win-win. https://t.co/hEKlYEuCfg

[Elisabeth Anderson is at @[email protected] @velobetty]

An utterly ridiculous headline from @BBCNews "Teen injured after colliding with two cars while cycling in Streatham" should be "Teen injured after being hit with two cars while cycling in Streatham".
https://t.co/X9RpIrA04z

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Explainer: Will global warming ‘stop’ as soon as net-zero emissions are reached? | @hausfath #archive

Read: https://t.co/8VmrkkIQEP

[Sarah 🍓 @SarahJ_Berry]

The first thing anyone should have to do when they become a local councillor is make three local journeys: one by bike, one in a wheelchair, and one with a buggy.