SOLVATTEN

Just add sun for clean water ☀️💧🙂♥️ Life-centred design.

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

The Dutch team who took @Shell to court and WON have just published a public "Climate Case Tool" so that we can all learn from their strategy and success, and replicate it as far as possible.
https://t.co/Z87I59vvyW
Thanks to @milieudefensie @DonaldPols & the whole team.
👏👏👏👏

[SOLVATTEN @SOLVATTEN]

Looking forward to work Together!

[Organization of Women in Sports (AKWOS) @akwosrwanda]

Today at our office ,we received solar powered containers for cleaning contaminated water sent to us by @ChristineJakob8 .They are from @SOLVATTEN of Sweden. Looking forward to this program in future& involve our rightsholders from the rural areas.#Safedrinkingwaterandsanitation

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

You thought 2023 was hot? 2024 looks BROILING hot. The forecast for the next 3 months looks like it'll be the hottest spring ever recorded. The limits of human survivability will once again be pushed in many regions around the globe. 1.5 is dead. #Mitigation is urgent. #climate

[Climate Watcher 🔥 @pmagn]

👀 António Guterres: 'The era of global warming has ended the era of Global Boiling has arrived' 🔥

Welcome to the #Pyrocene #wass

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

Central #Africa is on fire. The map shows that most of Central Africa has experienced #fires of some sort or another in the past 3 weeks. Central Africa, after the #Amazon, is one of the planet's largest carbon stores - & one of its lungs. Data - NASA FIRMS

[Stephen Barlow @SteB777]

A massive amount of energy has been wasted on trying to convince politicians, who didn't want to be convinced. The present economic model, is wholly predicated on the burning of fossil fuels, and the unsustainable use of natural resources.
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[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

By request, here is an alternative coloring of the Earth Albedo graph showing the rapid decline of our planet's reflectivity.

As the planet gets less reflective, more incoming solar radiation is absorbed and radiated back as longwave heat, which is then trapped by rising GHGs.

[🇺🇳 #UN 🇺🇳 #SDGs 🌏 #ClimateAction 🌐 #ActNow @Sdg13Un]

Forests are unsung #ClimateAction heroes. 🌳

Up to 13 billion tonnes of carbon is stored in their trees and soil.

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

People are swallowing hundreds of thousands of microscopic pieces of plastic each time they drink a liter of bottled water, scientists have shown — a revelation that could have profound implications for human health. https://t.co/RcteUOwolf

[OCHA Funds @OCHAFunds]

Timor-Leste faces an imminent and severe drought due to El Niño.

@UNReliefChief has allocated $2.08M from @UNCERF to kick-start the response, scale up #anticipatoryaction before the drought and to help people already in need.

#InvestInHumanity

[Mathias Sundin @MathiasSundin]

🗓️ Good news wasn’t concentrated to a few events. They happened all year.

Here are 52 optimistic news from every week in 2023

January
🌍 Ozone layer to be healed
❌ Guinea worm disease is almost gone
🗳️ New study: No evidence of democratic decline
💊 New skin cancer treatment more effective than expected

February
🎗 33 percent fewer deaths from cancer in the US in 30 years
🦏 Rhino poaching falls to zero in large Indian reserve
🌍 EU knocked a decade off their decarbonization timeline
🌊 The first international agreement for ocean protection since 1982 is signed

March
🦟 Azerbaijan and Tajikistan declared malaria-free
🌡️ Global heat pump sales see double-digit growth
🧒 Children's lung health has improved and urban air has become cleaner
💰 Electric vehicles surpass $1 trillion in global sales

April
💉 Fewer child deaths, thanks to new vaccine
🚗 First time: An EV is Europe's best-selling car
🚭 US adult smoking hits all-time low
🥇 Graphene just broke another physics record

May
🐬 Critically endangered porpoise on the road to recovery
🗳️ Support for democracy is very high - and increasing over time
📉 Child marriage is on the decline
💉 World’s first RSV vaccine is approved

June
🦟 Belize declared malaria-free
🏳️‍🌈 Estonia legalizes same-sex marriage
🧭 New study: Morality not in decline
🏭 Global climate emissions no longer on worst-case trajectory

July
🌏 Global inequality is actually decreasing
🎨 AI art generation creates a revolution in protein design
👁️ Iraq eliminates trachoma
🛢️ US destroys its chemical weapons stockpile

August
🔩 Steel is getting cleaner
🐝 The global population of honeybees is fine
🎮 Violent video games don't make children aggressive
🌊 Less plastic in the oceans than presumed, says Dutch researcher

September
🔌 Record global access to electricity
😊 New survey: Americans satisfied with their lives
📉 Canada has almost eliminated poverty
📶 Record number of internet users, two-thirds are now online

October
👵 Dementia has started to decline
👧 50 million more girls in school
💉 Egypt has almost eliminated hepatitis C
🌳 Deforestation is reversing in Brazil

November
🏭 China’s emissions set to fall in 2024, says report
🍛 Bangladesh has added an additional year of healthy life for just $1
🔋 Northvolt's new battery needs less rare minerals
📉 Over 200,000 annual deaths averted through lower carbon emissions

December
🏆 XPRIZE aims to add 10 healthy years of life - $101 million in prize money
💊 UK, US, and Bahrain approve CRISPR therapy to effectively cure sickle cell disease
🎨 Thousands of stolen art items are returned
👩‍💻 New studies: No negative mental health impact from internet and social media

Read about them and sign up for weekly fact-based optimistic news at Warp News.

[Dorothy Knable. @dorothyknable]

@MichaelEMann: Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here's why. https://t.co/6HAF3cWU5K

[SOLVATTEN @SOLVATTEN]

@detljuvalivet @GreiderDD Starkt berättat

[Doctors + Scientists Against Wood Smoke Pollution @dsawsp]

The health cost of burning wood to warm homes: “Wood burning is not a solution for reaching net zero or avoiding high bills for individuals. It is not cheaper, not truly renewable, but it constitutes a major health risk.” #WoodSmokePollution #AirPollution https://t.co/lyBEJUeUT9

[Gillian Triggs @GillianTriggs]

Sport has the power to unite, inspire and empower.

Sport plays a pivotal role in fostering inclusion & protection for both refugees & host communities.

I'm proud of the commitment from the sport sector in supporting refugees globally, emphasized today at the #RefugeeForum.

[Robert Redmayne Hosking 🎤🔥🌊🌿🌸🌼 @rhosking252]

Have you seen this today...????

At least 170 dead, thousands displaced as floods sweep Kenya.

The ravages of a planet in collapse are all to apparent........

While we continue to burn fossil fuels, we will continue to see scenes like this..........

[Greenpeace Africa @Greenpeaceafric]

So lemme get this straight:

Other countries come to Africa, exploit our resources, drill our forests, pollute our air, soil and water, but what do we get in return?

No electricity?
No food?
Cyclones?
Droughts?
Heavy Rains?
Landslides?

I feel scammed!

[Al Gore @algore]

The decision at #COP28 to finally recognize that the climate crisis is, at its heart, a fossil fuel crisis is an important milestone. But it is also the bare minimum we need and is long overdue. The influence of petrostates is still evident in the half measures and loopholes included in the final agreement.

Fossil fuel interests went all out to control the outcome, but the passionate work of millions of climate activists around the world inspired and motivated delegates from many nations to loosen the industry’s grip.

Whether this is a turning point that truly marks the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era depends on the actions that come next and the mobilization of finance required to achieve them.

We must ask ourselves how much longer will the world have wait before all nations summon the political will to overcome these narrow special interests and act on behalf of the future of humanity. It is up to all of us to hold our leaders accountable to their promise to transition away from fossil fuels once and for all.

[Mattias Goldmann @mattiasgoldmann]

In case negotiators forgot, COP does NOT mean
Coal
Oil
Petroleum
#COP28

[SOLVATTEN @SOLVATTEN]

Desperation of emission producers

[Climate Action Network International (CAN) @CANIntl]

📰 BREAKING: Leaked letters from the OPEC oil cartel has warns its members to rail against phasing out fossil fuels at #COP28.

This is a desperate attempt to halt global momentum towards #EndingFossilFuels.

🧵 below, with responses from @CANIntl members:
https://t.co/yz4jPSNo22