The consequences for humanity of exceeding the 1.5˚C temperature limit are dire. #Heathrow expansion would mean 40 million tonnes of CO2 by 2050. Supporting expansion is treasonous betrayal of youth and makes a mockery of @GOVUK "leadership" in the face of a #ClimateEmergency
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: Air pollution was found to be a factor in the death of a nine year old girl.
𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: The Supreme Court cleared the way for Heathrow to build its toxic third runway.
It’s time to get serious about deadly air pollution.
#Climate disruption is accelerating. 1.2°C now, 1.5°C before 2030, 2°C likely before 2050. #Climate targets of zero by 2050 are too little, too late. It's time for a https://t.co/erLlsMTB2l. @BreakthroughCCR
Catch me in today's Guardian
(ps, cool photo right?)
“Climate breakdown will greatly determine the future of me and my peers, but we haven’t been prepared for it at all,”
https://t.co/7i1M2ATG74
Bishop Olivia gives the sermon for our Church at Home service this morning. "We have a prophetic responsibility to sound the alarm about the environmental crisis" she will say. Join us online at 10am as we mark @ClimateSunday https://t.co/K6dlgjpbAL @CClimateAction
A team from Scotland and Iceland compared photographs taken in the 1980s with present-day drone images.
"We saw a staggering difference in a very short amount of time."
Iceland's glaciers have retreated by a total area of about 750sq km since 2000 https://t.co/FMinc69lAV
“There’s no point in being pessimistic, because if you’re really pessimistic you don’t do anything.”
Author @MargaretAtwood says she’s “quite optimistic” about the 21st Century in light of increasing environmental youth activism which is “moving the political needle”
#Newsnight
Climate anxiety is a real thing for young people especially. 77% of Y/P say thinking about the climate crisis makes them anxious.
"We need to aim it, own it, acknowledge it." - @GraceREThomas
And we can have faith and hope in this. @erica_leessmith#christianclimateconf
Day 5 of the September @ExtinctionR uprising and I already have that 'why on earth do I have to be here' feeling.
I love the UK, but it's utterly ridiculous that people are having to get arrested to make our leaders listen to the science.
Come on @BorisJohnson - lead!!
BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion blocks News Corps Printworks and demands they FREE THE TRUTH
As the printing presses crank up, #ExtinctionRebellion groups in North London and Liverpool are taking on the titans of the media industry.
#FreeTheTruth#WeWantToLive#ChangeIsNow
During this #SeasonOfCreation, may we be attentive to the rhythms of creation. The world was made to communicate the glory of God, to help us to discover the Lord of all in its beauty, and to return to Him.
The police are currently holding people on Lambeth Bridge, we have been advised this is illegal. If you or your friend are on the bridge, please contact @xrlegalsupport on [email protected] with details, so they can make a case against the met police. #ExtinctionRebellion