A coalition of over 70 pension funds and investment managers representing assets of $16tn have designed a “net zero” framework to cut emissions from their portfolios by 2050. https://t.co/gQ94vMcoQM
We've received the Gov's response to our pre-action letter on its disastrous "Covid Recovery" programme.
They're denying the Paris Agreement is a relevant consideration (here we go again ...)
We've asked for permission to publish it and expect to be able to do so by tomorrow.
Another day, another devastating headline - but things don't have to be this way!
The UK government can help prevent this with new laws requiring companies to cut deforestation out of their supply chains. #ActForTheAmazon https://t.co/qfaU1eSR12
BREAKING: Today we've served the Government with a Pre-Action Protocol letter over its disastrous bail-outs for business-as-usual.
@BorisJohnson is following neither the science nor economics, just his corporate sponsors. We can't let this happen:
https://t.co/zRqSH29Voj
Governments know what needs to be done but they're not doing it. We're being sacrificed to their corporate gods. It's the most basic breach of the social contract, conferring a right (and duty) of revolution:
https://t.co/hK0UPjt3xI
@fionaharvey
A new report from @UK100_ suggests that a further £5bn of ‘kickstart’ investment from the UK government in energy efficiency projects could unlock £100bn of private capital investment and create 300k new jobs #buildbackbetter#greenrecovery https://t.co/DLGigsnlVU
Energy efficiency home improvements are not the cheapest way to reduce emissions. The gov’s £2bn fund will save c.0.5m tonnes of CO2 p.a. A cost of c.£200-£250/tonne saved, about twice the cost of a new large solar farm. Thanks to @ChrisGoodall2 for the maths #BuildBackBetter
Record carbon emissions from wildfires in the Arctic Circle are another sign that the heatwave could be making the fire season worse https://t.co/LXyODhLzgv
@Nature reports that grinding up basalt and spreading it over agricultural land can capture CO2 from the air could improve fertility. It is cheap and as much as 5% of global emissions (0.5-2bn tonnes per year) could be captured like this #CCS https://t.co/QIUdvg9JGq
Climate charity @PlanB_earth of Heathrow expansion fame are threatening legal action against the UK government’s COVID recovery strategy on the basis that funding set aside for a green recovery is less than bailouts for climate-wrecking projects and industries #buildbackbetter
@UN has published a fascinating report, Preventing the Next Pandemic: Zoonotic Diseases and How to Break the Chain of Transmission. Sections 1 and 3 echo the points we discussed in back in May https://t.co/k50LyZ0Fsw full report here https://t.co/rq2e7z92EV
#pandemic#COVID19
Jamaica has become the first Caribbean nation to submit a tougher climate action plan under the Paris Agreement by adding targets for forestry and stepping up curbs on greenhouse gas emissions from energy. https://t.co/UMThljZBNl
Strong Institutions are critically important for the progress of all the other SDGs; but institutions must be strong for everyone, not just the people who built them https://t.co/yfvJtSeqSt #BlackLivesMatter#BLM#Racism#inequality
"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"
- George Orwell
The virus does not discriminate, but its impacts do.
Read more https://t.co/QbdXyEavh2
#inequality#racism#COVID19
Boris Johnson is spending less on this 'New Deal' than we did on TWO aircraft carriers.
Looks like Boris hasn't done his homework.
#GreenNewDeal#BuildBackBetter