Tristan Copley Smith

Earth-based filmmaker & entrepreneur // weaving a new climate narrative.

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[Bob Vylan @BobbyVylan]

Silence is not an option.

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

@simon_reeve my (half Norwegian) daughter and I are loving the Scandinavia series. Inspiring work.

I'm also a filmmaker, also passionate about the climate/environment. Love to have a coffee sometime in LDN if you're open to it.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

We just dropped in on Liz Truss’s pro-Trump speaking tour with a remote-controlled lettuce banner. She didn’t find it funny. 🥬

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

@RishiSunak - STOP THE BETS 😂
https://t.co/vuJKIKmTCf

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

Great line from the eminent @JohnJCrace:

"It’s a sign of how far we’ve fallen as a country that a promise not to make everyone worse off provokes an outburst of gratitude from voters. Tears of relief that we won’t all become destitute."

https://t.co/l43vYALCTV

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

Dear academics - #canihazpdfplease if that is still a thing 🙏
https://t.co/74v7LhWe2g

[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.

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

How to be a pretrostate at #COP28:

1. Lobby for deliberately outrageous text in draft, gaslighting progressives.

2. Remove said text, leaving all loopholes in place.

3. Congratulate selves for "major progress on climate."

🤮

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

@JusperMachogu @algore I don't want a thing to do with your oily propaganda or internships, thanks.

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

@JusperMachogu @algore You, sir, are clearly on the fossil payroll.

[Al Gore @algore]

COP28 is now on the verge of complete failure. The world desperately needs to phase out fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this obsequious draft reads as if OPEC dictated it word for word. It is even worse than many had feared. It is “Of the Petrostates, By the Petrostates and For the Petrostates.” It is deeply offensive to all who have taken this process seriously. There are 24 hours left to show whose side the world is on: the side that wants to protect humanity’s future by kickstarting the orderly phase out of fossil fuels or the side of the petrostates and the leaders of the oil and gas companies that are fueling the historic climate catastrophe. In order to prevent COP28 from being the most embarrassing and dismal failure in 28 years of international climate negotiations, the final text must include clear language on phasing out fossil fuels. Anything else is a massive step backwards from where the world needs to be to truly address the climate crisis and make sure the 1.5°C goal doesn’t die in Dubai.

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

So lets get this straight:

The UK's #climatechange minister is *leaving COP early* to scurry home and vote on @RishiSunak's *racist Rawanda bill*?

It's racist towards refugees, its racist to the Global South, its a derriliction of duty. Its sickening.

https://t.co/wXvvfVTN96

[Richard D. Bartlett @RichDecibels]

question for people who have experienced long dark depressive periods in the past and are mostly better now: how did that happen?

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

Hey @channel4earth, saw this and thought of you! An amazing resource for employee #climate action from @ClimateVoiceOrg:
https://t.co/YXZ9CMlQVL

[Truth About Plastic @PlasticsCrisis]

Plastics Rebelion has written an open letter to Ed Balls, asking him not to speak at this year’s British Plastics Federation Annual Dinner. A thread: 🧵🪡

[Jan Dutkiewicz @jan_dutkiewicz]

What can you even say about this?

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is the very moment an oil tank catches fire after a lightning strike.

It happened at Calcasieu Refining Co. in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on June 3, 2023

[read more: https://t.co/upYM3Qe7Ea]

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

@fionaharvey @CarbonGap Thanks for sharing this, but you didn't answer my question before, and you still haven't.

This is not a personal attack, and it's not about "blaming journalists". The public needs education on carbon markets, the Guardian can play a key role in that. I hope it will.

[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

Dear @fionaharvey,

*What role should the media play in educating the public about carbon markets and CDR?*

I posed this question in @carbongap's brilliant #carbonremoval webinar today, but it did not get a proper answer from you.

Will you answer it now?

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[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

(For more on the state carbon dioxide removal and mitigation deterrance see @carbongap's awesome new report: https://t.co/F43GX08cfW)

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[Tristan Copley Smith @trizcs]

The media is a power centre like any other.

As @Guardian’s Environment Editor, will you use that power to educate the public on CDR? Because these incorrect public perceptions are hurting this communities efforts to solve the #climatecrisis.

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