New @Oxfam and @ActionAid research show how a corporate bonanza is supercharging inflation, further deepening poverty globally. World’s 722 biggest companies ‘making $1tn in windfall profits’ https://t.co/3ZDUtkUWvz
Yesterday was the first day CO₂ at Mauna Loa was 425 ppm. This is:
-likely the first time in the past 800,000 years.
-possibly not seen in over 3 million years (mid-pliocene warm period).
-A CO₂ forcing equal to 2.5-4°C of warming and 5-25 meters higher global sea level.
#COP27 While negotiators are in COP27, indigenous leaders are still threatened for defending their territories. We believe the climate negotiations only make sense if they protect the rights of indigenous peoples, the true protectors of humanity's tomorrow.
#guardiansoftomorrow
Just in time (let’s hope): 2 out of 3 of these countries rainforests recently surpassed the limit of being a net emitter of co2 rather than sink - Brazil, Indonesia and DRC in talks to form ‘Opec of rainforests’ | Brazil | The Guardian https://t.co/YsaxeJRKMM
Two heroines of our time (and mine) - this is one conversation I do not want to miss! - Greta Thunberg in conversation with Naomi Klein https://t.co/CY3ZpFDQ1S #GuardianLive
"We can today say scientifically, without any hesitation, that anything beyond 2°C of global warming is nothing but catastrophic. Every tenth of a degree matters." Important exchange with @UNFCCC & @rkyte365 on unpacking the #ClimateEmergency.
https://t.co/uoLxTUyIoU
Vi står inför en historisk hungerkris, varnar FN. Djupt oroande att en ny regering vill backa från enprocentsmålet. Sverige borde istället öka - inte minska - insatserna för att motverka fattigdomen och hungerns grundorsaker.
https://t.co/z7Ziq1KejT
Important new legal protection for Colombia’s environmental defenders as country prepares to scale up tenure rights recognition for local & indigenous communities: Colombia's Congress ratifies Escazu international agreement for the environment https://t.co/4I6t5Ljqdx
Another interesting article touching on the political economy of large scale tree planting projects Phantom Forests: Why Ambitious Tree Planting Projects Are Failing https://t.co/MP9WTgUE2L via @YaleE360@DuncanMacqueen@JamesMayers1
Reducing deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is possible and within reach. But entirely dependent on the political outcome of not only this election but many to come if the Amazon is to become a carbon sink again…
What happens in Brazil is key to all citizens on Earth, given that The Amazon Rainforest is one of Earth's Tipping Elements and thus a Global commons. Analysis: Bolsonaro election loss could cut Brazilian Amazon deforestation by 89% https://t.co/f2VJA9Lako
Billionaire philanthrocapitalism will not save us. The Gates Foundation invited me to speak at their annual #Goalkeepers2030 event and I could only show up in that space if I challenged it. Here’s some of what I said:
Thank you @antonioguterres one of the few leaders to #TellTheTruth about how it is & what must be done
"Our🌍is a victim to #fossilfuel & it's time for an intervention - we need to hold fossil fuel companies & their enablers to account"
Hold them to account
Join us OCT 14-16
Even if we phase out all oil, coal & gas by 2050, we still fail on holding the well-below 2°C limit, if we do not get nature back within safe planetary boundaries. We need a carbon law for Nature, and exponential roadmaps for nature climate solutions
https://t.co/Kw50N0kSb8
"Don’t just invite them to conferences and include them in your press releases. Give Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities leadership roles. Listen to them, let them lead with their ideas." -@SolangeBandiaky#APAC2022 Day 4 Leadership Doaloge on Human Rights in #Conservation
Good to see the human right to a healthy and safe environment is also being recognised in EU's regulation targeting deforestation in supply chains @Sida
Breaking News: The @EP_Environment Committee has included greater protection of forest defenders and #IndigenousPeoples#LandRights in the EU’s new #Deforestation Regulation.
The EU is finally acknowledging that deforestation is a social and human rights issue!