It is #finance day @COP26 and we have kicked off with a big announcement by @RishiSunak committing the UK will be the world’s first #netzero financial centre by mandating transition plans that align with limiting global warming to 1.5C. 🎉👏👏
https://t.co/RtSywgu5Wb
Today world leaders begin their negotiations at #COP26. Four youth activists from Namibia, Uganda, Mexico & Bangladesh have defied all odds & are sailing to the UN climate summit to hold world leaders to account. They demand a seat at the table #MAPA
🚨BREAKING: The Rainbow Warrior, carrying four @FFFMAPA activists from the most affected areas by the climate crisis, will defy the authorities in Glasgow and sail up the River Clyde to the global climate conference, #COP26#MAPA
https://t.co/7M0C7GJUmI
Very exciting, another landmark climate case out of the Netherlands. Shell ordered to reduce emissions by 45% by 2030 (one 2019 levels). Amazing precedent set here!
Despite multiple audits the reduced deforestation offsetting schemes used to justify eye-catching promises of carbon neutrality can’t prove they have produced enough carbon savings to justify these bold claims.
https://t.co/1eKfnk8kr4
The world’s biggest banks have pumped a staggering $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel industries over five years.
“This report serves as a reality check for banks that think that vague ‘net-zero’ goals are enough to stop the #ClimateCrisis”.
https://t.co/KrR1DV8Z2U
👏 It's a historic day today: Nuclear weapons are now illegal under international law! 👏
After 75 years, a new treaty comes into force after 51 countries ratified the #nuclearban.
It's a huge step towards a more peaceful world.
#entryintoforceday
https://t.co/yKMAYqYUjk
"More snowfall during winter storms is an expected outcome of climate change. That’s because a warmer planet is evaporating more water into the atmosphere."
This should of course be basic, common knowledge by now, but apparently it isn't...
https://t.co/NCVMh5mQaJ
Climate litigation is now going to the heart of the financial system, with Australia being sued for not disclosing climate risk in its sovereign debt https://t.co/5qJtTT4P6e
Bravo! Greenpeace activists are peacefully and safely protesting outside Luxembourg's Fonds de Compensation this morning against the state pension fund’s #fossilfuels investments and #greenwashing.
We want pensions that *protect* people and planet, not dirty risky assets.