The Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, has vowed to haul the Amazon out of centuries of violence, economic “plundering” and environmental devastation and into “a new Amazon dream”, at the start of a major regional summit on the world’s largest rainforest. https://t.co/xshTwURa9Z
Though it keeps failing, it would be wrong to say that Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) doesn’t work. It works precisely as intended, even if it never materialises: it is a highly successful method of buying more time for the fossil fuel industry.
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We need to talk about wet bulb temperature.
We're moving from the era of global warming to "the era of global boiling." In the not so distant future, we won't check just the temperature before we head outdoors — we’ll check the “heat index,” or the wet bulb temperature. 1/6
“Drug addicts are in denial of just how close they are to death. This fossil fuel-addicted civilisation is in denial of its ongoing collapse. And it will still be in denial until it reaches rock bottom” #ClimateCrisis
Sir #DavidAttenborough
“Things are going to get worse."
"This is the new extinction & we are half way through it."
"We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get."
#ClimateCrisis
https://t.co/EfMrZh9RGB
"Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning."
- @antonioguterres on the new data from @WMO@CopernicusECMWF that confirms July will be the hottest month ever recorded.
We need more ambitious action against the climate emergency. Now.
I like this phrasing from UN Secretary General @antonioguterres:
"We can stop the worst, but to do so we must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition and accelerate climate action now."