ColinMcQuistan (Still wearing a mask)

@ColinMcQuistan

Bunny Hugger. Born as 318ppm Focus on climate justice and Loss and Damage (He/him) 🕊🌏♻🙏

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    10 Oct 2017

    Ada Lovelace teacher was worried she would injure herself her body wouldn’t be able to cope with over-powered brain

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  2. 16 hours ago

    California is in the grip of its most severe drought in 1,200 years and scientists say this is fueling the heat seen in many places reducing moisture in soils, which bake more quickly, a major component of increased fire risk.

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    Feb 3

    Event | 8 Feb. 13.00 GMT - Join a deep dive discussion on innovative legal & financial approaches to , hosted by , and presented by experts Register here:

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  4. Feb 3

    A deep dive into loss and damage solutions via

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  5. Feb 3

    The climate finance targets must be realigned to ensure that at least 50% of international public climate finance in the context of the $100 billion promised is allocated to climate change adaptation in developing countries and flows in the form of grants and not loans.

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  6. Feb 3

    Despite disappointment at on the failure to deliver the $100Bn climate finance promise, in 2022 we start to map the scale of climate finance needs beyond 2025, crucial to define specific targets for; Mitigation, Adaptation and set up a new allocation for Loss and Damage.

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  7. Feb 2

    New oil and gas fields are incompatible with the UK's net-zero target and its desired global position as a climate leader. Isn't it time to start to act, we are facing a ?

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  8. Feb 2

    The UK government's fossil fuel industry regulator has approved a new oil and gas project in the North Sea, just months after the UK hosted the climate change summit.

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    Feb 2

    Join & 's at this hosted deep dive into solutions today at 1pm UTC. Find out more and register 👉

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  10. Feb 1

    Disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability. We must acknowledge the human-made components of both vulnerability and hazard and emphasize human agency in order to proactively reduce disaster impacts.

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    Feb 1

    Interested in a 'Deep dive into constructive solutions and progress made to address '? Join the Event on February 2nd, 1pm GMT. With , , and me on the panel. Infos here:

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    Feb 1

    Nepal is one of the first countries to localise and adapt the IFRC’s national-level disaster law tools to guide local law and policy making efforts. Find out more 👇

    Find out about creation of ’s Municipal Risk Governance Assessment Tool designed to assess and enhance capacity among local governments taking on new responsibility for 👉
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  13. Jan 28

    Lessons from the devastating flooding in Western Europe and China in 2021 highlights the importance of flood risk reduction activities and the long-term consequences of inaction – call for increased investment in our future. finance now.

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  14. Jan 28

    An evaluation of the increasing frequency and severity of climate exacerbated hazards and how the resulting economic losses indicate that flooding had the biggest impact and resulted in $105 billion in economic loss and damage last year.

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  15. Jan 26

    Urban greening may not be the panacea for climate impacts in Cities as currently portrayed. Recent research finds that the ability of urban greening to mitigate local flooding and excess heat is not automatic nor, in some areas, even possible.

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  16. Jan 26

    Faced with the gathering collapse of the biosphere, and governments’ refusal to take the necessary action, how do we stop ourselves from falling apart?

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  17. Jan 25

    Biodiversity is the best indicator of the health of the planet, natural systems are inarguably the most resilient and will still be here if we delay global-scale climate action and continue to make the planet uninhabitable. We are already at +1.1oC of warming.

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  18. Jan 25

    Great to see the Private Sector under the recognising the failure of climate action as the biggest risk in 2022.

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  19. Jan 25

    At the start of 2022 the annual risk perception report lists the following top five; 5. Employment and livelihood crises 4. Erosion of social cohesion 3. Biodiversity loss 2. Extreme weather 1. Failure of climate action

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    Jan 25

    “Loss and damage is not only in the infrastructure and crops in Africa but also in lives… climate change is a driver of conflict [in Africa] so we end up losing a lot of lives [beacsue of ]. via event on happening now.

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  21. Jan 25

    For how long must the idea of international compensation for the victims of climate change remain beyond the realm of possibility?

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