Tickets for @lumieredurham 2023 are now available to book via https://t.co/qp2z5jOKWk. Tens of thousands of FREE tickets for peak time entry to the UK's light art biennial from 16-19 November in #Durham.
“If the ice in the Antarctic melted, sea levels globally would go up by 57 metres - even a metre would have drastic consequences”, polar scientist Professor Martin Siegert tells @mattfrei.
https://t.co/7ZSze9OvHq
Am in Florence in the middle of a mega heat wave, and it's quite something watching the ambulances rush to pick up people who have collapsed in the heat while everyone drives around and eats tons of meat and gazillions of tourists fly in & out.
#ClimateCrisis
I recently spoke to a room of 1200+ people on the role of activism.
This speech took me in a direction I didn't expect. It felt nerve-wracking yet important to expose what I consider to be the biggest climate cover-up in history...
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The ground temperature in some areas of Spain has hit more than 60C! (140F) Sixty C! This is no longer a "Holiday" destination - #Spain is now a torturous sweatshop. You can't sustain crops in this heat for long - nor a society.
A young person never complained, the police said there was no evidence of criminality - both before and after The Sun story - and yet a 61-year-old man's private life was mauled by millions, and he now lies in hospital, his life in tatters and wife begging for it to stop.
🧵Since it is becoming hard to track, here is a thread of the simply astounding weather records planet Earth has started shattering in recent weeks:
1. Dramatic flood events have begun striking various countries around the world simultaneously this week.
https://t.co/BLiyOyxHHp
We need a majority of people to know 5 things, which they largely do not:
1. Pollution from oil, coal and gas is heating the earth and causing dangerous weather.
2. All the climate scientists agree.
3. We must move quickly if we are to save a livable climate.
4. There are exciting solutions available right now, most of which save money.
5. Big polluting companies knew, lied, and stopped action. They need to pay to clean up their mess.
Psst… we’re revealing our programme for #BirminghamFestival23 this morning with a press launch at @LibraryofBham. Have a look at https://t.co/xbzS9W21jI from 9am and follow us here as we guide you through. Exciting!