There is not a single climate scenario that decarbonizes energy and land use fast enough to keep us under 1.5C or 2C without also significantly *reducing* the energy and land use of rich nations. That is a fact, and we should be talking about it.
Conservative Government votes 366/221 a majority of 145 to lift the ban on bee-killing pesticides.
Labour MPs voted to #savethebees 🐝
Tory MPs voted to allow bee-killing pesticides to be used again.
“The notion of there being a climate emergency is the subject of some debate” WTAF @BBCNews@BBCr4today??? The UN says so, the government says so, more than 13,000 scientists say so,even David Attenborough says so.This is CRIMINAL misreporting. Read this: https://t.co/3s5byNRhki
Yet another reminder from David Attenborough that there’s a much bigger crisis than Covid-19. Indeed the way we have ignored the environmental and climate emergency have contributed to Covid. Meanwhile our government’s priorities are entirely wrong headed. #ExtinctionTheFacts
"We are currently, in a systematic manner, exterminating all non-human living beings," Anne Larigauderie, IPBES executive secretary, told AFP."
It would be great if everyone would start to wake up. Like right now. #FaceTheClimateEmergency#EcoBreakdown
https://t.co/StVOLmwVjc
Jeff Bezos has added $87 billion to his fortune this year
All 400,000 Amazon warehouse workers will make $13 billion combined this year
This year, Amazon took away $2/hour hazard pay for those workers & declined to provide paid sick leave in a pandemic
https://t.co/vCtqEFIyr3
"Alberta minister says it’s a ‘great time’ to build a pipeline because COVID-19 restrictions limit protests against them."
Well, at least we are seeing some honesty for once... Unfortunately this how large parts of the world are run.
https://t.co/1zrYjm286t
Prompted by the shocking falsehoods in Planet of the Humans, this thread asks why so many people in rich nations claim that the biggest environmental problem is #PopulationGrowth. The conclusion will enrage some people, but I think it’s unavoidable.
Let’s take this step by step
This is an extraordinary result, suggesting people are ready for a massive change in the way we measure and achieve well-being. It's the best news I've seen for a long time. https://t.co/0epXMUcvgd
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose sharply last month. The area destroyed in April was 64% bigger than in the same period last year. #NoForestNoFuture https://t.co/k1RhK7GWQE
If you’re looking for some weekend reading, I highly recommend @IEA’s new Global Energy Review 2020. It offers a sweeping view of the #Covid19 pandemic’s impact on the global energy system & carbon emissions.
In brief: https://t.co/mrpmgQF2RT
Full report: https://t.co/FrNXvEOEwv