Trista Patterson

Director of Gaming Sustainability @Microsoft. PhD Economist. Co-Founder @P4PAlliance & @TEEB4me

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Full day ahead 4 the @UNEnvironment @GRIDArendal @playmob official launch of the #PlayingForThePlanet Alliance @UN headquarters #UNGA today. How far we've come. A heartfelt thanks to the gifted individuals (seen and especially unseen) who made this impossible possible. #underdogs

[UN Spokesperson @UN_Spokesperson]

The sun and UN flag rise for the #ClimateActionSummit! Watch on https://t.co/YDghrBCyDr #UNGA

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

I just get tired...Tired of hearing that 1.5°C is a "target" or "goal". IT IS NOT. It is a limit. The only real goal is 0°C. And not bad 1.5°C, when we LIKELY tip GIS, WAIS, Tropical Coral Reefs and Abrupt Boreal Permafrost, and get more floods, droughts, heat, disease, storms.

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

All the metals the world mined in 2021 to scale. (Squint to find cobalt and lithium) https://t.co/6Lb9FQrHf2

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Deep humanitarian underresourcing in Somalia & Niger after a four year drought. Seasons rains have not come again & children are dying in masses. This is but a glimpse of a future warming planet, coupled with radical wealth inequality. We must be better than this & must do MORE.

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’ https://t.co/eaSSS70Nu2

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

If you need some perspective this AM, consider this podcast w real world hero Mary-Ellen McGroarty. The unrelenting brightness in this remarkable woman’s voice, considering the abject travesty of the regions & individuals shes served, is testament to the best of the human spirit.

[United Nations @UN]

For 20+ years, Mary-Ellen McGroarty has worked for the UN in some of the world's most dangerous places.

Currently, she's head of @WFP in Afghanistan.

Listen to her inspiring story in the latest episode of our Awake At Night podcast with @MelissaFleming: https://t.co/qrdtOL4xRp

[Johan Rockström @jrockstrom]

We are sliding downhill…80 million facing starvation when WFP tent was set up in Davos 17 yrs ago by @MPB_WBCSD Peter Bakker et al, now 160 million face hunger, to rise >200 million due to climate change nature loss and Ukraine war https://t.co/KTJ4X2Em3o

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Pretty good podcast covering corporate internal carbon tax here, explained w a cameo by my awesome colleague Liz Willmont

[Shannon O'Shea @soshea]

Companies like @Microsoft are being proactive on their sustainability journeys, developing and enacting internal polices before government requirements. Great podcast on examples of how companies are pricing carbon emissions voluntarily. https://t.co/UiHhuhcR77

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Last year, I walked out of a lush rainforest onto a sun-baked, degraded pasture & made a split decision to again give up beef. Haven't missed it a bit! Instead I get hits of joy when I remember! If you can't quit, at least be judicious & STUDY UP, folks. https://t.co/b57Jw6KB2o

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Its unthinkable, and unbearable. Amazon rainforest reaching its tipping point towards Savanna: Study: https://t.co/R85qGexNUc https://t.co/dGd2nbdrx1 Solution: provenance, traceability, cutting beef demand & finance https://t.co/MoYtJL7479

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

@ajscholz Wing & prayer! Hope is the thing with feathers. https://t.co/aZ8QT6SItj

[Sofie Hvitved @Sofie_Hvitved]

👉 Look here if you're interested in doing an important job in the intersection of gaming and sustainability.👇 Bonus info - you get to work with the visionary Trista Patterson 💥 #gaming #sustainability https://t.co/HnyvumjX7A

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

@Ravynlea @necrosofty Send me your CV or LinkedIn I can keep my eyes open for you

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Finally! This is a much needed development @IEA. Next up: keep improving the downscaling/resolution (globally) of renewable energy grid mix

[John Kemp @JKempEnergy]

IEA plans to drop paywall and make all its data publicly available: https://t.co/4JmQroGsdJ

[Thomas Pogge @ThomasPogge]

2/2
FAO annual report 2021:
2.37 billion people are food-insecure.
3 billion people (41.9% of those for whom we have data) cannot afford a healthy diet, for which one needs on average the purchasing power of $4 per day.

[Inger Andersen @andersen_inger]

The heat is on.

"Less than one week before @COP26 in Glasgow, we are still on track for climate catastrophe.

The clock is ticking.

The #EmissionsGap is the result of a leadership gap."

@antonioguterres

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Proud & psyched to listen to tech leaders @oscarmikie @africacomicade & @xbox Sr Engineer Rebecca Reed reflect on Green Code with @uk_ie Dan Wood #GreenGames2021

[🌍Hugo Bille @HugoBille]

I'm kinda blown away by this lineup for next week's Green Games Summit by @uk_ie & @P4PAlliance. Some of the biggest players including @Xbox, @PlayStation coming together to discuss how to transition our industry. Alongside truly impressive experts. Free & digital. Be there!

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

@hyperfashionist your posts always make me nostalgic for the good old days of in-person office spaces. At least thanks to you/twitter I can still live vicariously through my colleagues highly superior fashion sense!

[Margaret Besheer @mbesheer]

In southern #Madagascar @WFPChief described people subsisting on mud & cactus flowers & hundreds of emaciated children with ripples of sagging skin on their limbs.

“It’s something you see in a horror movie,” he said.

https://t.co/uknUYgRJZM

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Working on #environment and #SDGs & need a boost of creativity/interactivity to your day? Head over to the @P4PAlliance #GreenGameJam and browse all the entries reaching millions of gamers- 2 more days to register your vote for the players choice award! https://t.co/OQLoJdVgb8

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

In most sectors, Scope3 emissions avg 3-4x that of Scope1 & 2, & if included are oft under-reported by 80%. In closing the global emissions gap, companies who assume more leadership for Scope 3 will take much bigger strides than those who view it as a responsibility to b shirked.

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

Dear headscratchers: scroll down. "All net-zero references in this announcement apply to emissions from oil sands operations (defined as scope 1 & scope 2 emissions)." Scope 3 (up & downstream emissions) -ie in the use of the oil itself, are not included. #thedevilsinthedetails

[Sheamus Murphy 🇺🇦🇨🇦 @sheamusmurphy]

Huge news: "Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy, Imperial, MEG Energy and Suncor Energy formally announced today the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero initiative." https://t.co/T0jRT5939L

[Trista Patterson @TristaPatterson]

In contrast, the UN @globalcompact SBTi @sciencetargets initiative requires NetZero commitments to at minimum set scope 3 reductions in line with the percentage reduction of absolute GHG emissions required at a global level over the target timeframe. https://t.co/YQuKevDaTF