Bethany Kwoka

Climate science & policy masters student at @Scripps_Ocean. Formerly clean energy & climate comms. Also DnD, baking, and books. They/She. Opinions my own.

[Elizabeth Wathuti , O.G.W 🇰🇪 @lizwathuti]

A reality check. #COP26 was meant to keep 1.5ºC alive. The current draft text would deliver a 2.4ºC world. That is a death sentence for communities like mine.

Leaders must not sacrifice those on the frontlines of the climate crisis.

No more talking. Start acting!

[Michael Jacobs @michaelujacobs]

Lots of people not professionally involved in climate change may be finding it difficult to understand what is going on at COP26. Many of the people here have no idea either! So I have tried to summarise where we are with three days to go. Hope it may be helpful. 🧵/1

[Dr. Merritt Turetsky @queenofpeat]

Not mincing words. As a permafrost scientist & IPCC author, I say with confidence that the cryosphere is in DIRE shape. Climate policy NOW will dictate the fate of the Arctic. In turn, the Arctic will influence all of our climate for many generations. https://t.co/fRaTQUJFRm

[Navroz K Dubash @NavrozDubash]

Delighted to have this special issue out on Varieties of Climate Governance, with a great group of authors. The full set of papers will be available shortly. Stay tuned.

[Sara Alfageeh @SaraAlfageeh]

3 years ago, @Nadia_Shammas_ took me out to eat, it was the first time we met as co-authors.

Didn't eat a single bite of food, instead we obsessively wrote notes on the tablecloth and in 3 hrs solved the final battle scene.

From tablecloth to shelf: SQUIRE is open to pre-order!

[Charmaine Chua @CharmaineSChua]

These photos of a new Amazon warehouse in Tijuana, Mexico have been going viral as the "This is capitalism" picture of the year. But there's a lot more going on here than the picture can tell you. Let's trace the Amazon supply chain! A thread:👇 1/

[Oliver Darkshire 🌈 @deathbybadger]

turns out the real fantasy of D&D is having any impact at all on the apocalypse as it unfolds around you

[Conservation Law Foundation @CLF]

Tune in for CLF's #EarthDay 🌎 Conversation Series!

Our speakers include influential women in literature, medicine, religion, and the youth movement who bring their unique perspectives on environmentalism!

Register here: https://t.co/Ow64Nl1lR4

[UCS Climate & Accountability (moving to Bluesky) @ClimateUCS]

We must "make the only moral choice: break with the fossil-fueled past and go all-in for a clean energy future." - Our @UCSUSA climate experts on @POTUS's crucial opportunity at The Earth Day Summit. #AllInfor50 https://t.co/ZNf618potc

[Justin Worland @JustinWorland]

The Pandemic Remade Every Corner of Society. Now It's Climate's Turn

Recognition is growing that climate change is the challenge of our time. That understanding has begun to reshape everything across our society and economy

On this week's @TIME cover

https://t.co/8jFtXhP6vE

[Conservation Law Foundation @CLF]

First calf sighting of the day! And @HelloAdilson's first EVER whale sighting – what a treat! 🐋💦

#RightWhales #FieldTripFriday #SaveTheWhales

[Bethany Kwoka @bkwoka]

Another reason to love (and eat way too many) Peeps.

[Zach Despart @zachdespart]

New: We investigated all 254 Texas counties to find each death caused by February's cold & blackouts.

We found 194, almost 2x the state's count. And toll will almost certainly increase.

It's now clear: This was one of worst TX disasters in past century.
https://t.co/zNMvFteHLt

[𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗 @dharnanoor]

compared with US history, biden's infrastructure plan is big! compared with what the climate crisis actually requires of us, it is a drop in the bucket. https://t.co/jxcFx1xRZ8

[Bruce Nilles @brucenilles]

Climate change exposes weaknesses of pretending the future will be same as the past, and we have a lot of investment (GND) needed to prepare for the future and ensure our most vulnerable populations.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"It's not an investment if its destroying the planet."
~Vandana Shiva.

RT if you agree.

#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #cdnpoli #abpoli #KeepItInTheGround #go100re #Vote2020 #VoteLikeYourLifeDependsOnIt

[Bethany Kwoka @bkwoka]

@UnionSaltBae

[Naomi Klein @NaomiAKlein]

Cancel student debt. Then launch a massive FDR-style youth jobs program (CCC+NYA) addressing the crises of unemployment, mental health, racial injustice and climate all at once.

For the young people I teach, the best thing that happened today was Bernie's mittens. Not enough.

[Bethany Kwoka @bkwoka]

The closer the holidays get, the more called out I feel by this tweet. 😅😅

[Taylor McNair @taylormmcnair]

You are kidding yourself if you say you're going to get through your open tabs and catch up on all those decarbonization reports over the holidays.