1/ 🚨HSBC made a *secretive* multimillion-dollar loan to the energy company bulldozing a village in western Germany to expand its huge coal mine, just three months after the bank pledged to stop funding coal
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This update on climate tipping points is one of the scariest papers I've read in a while. The crisis doesn't unfold slowly, linear, and why the 1.5°C goal is so crucial.
My analysis Bloomberg w/
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Despite claiming to have #netzero targets, new research finds that in the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan & the US, corporate emissions targets are on track to go through the #ParisAgreement targets and hit 2.7°C of warming.
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Adani’s #coal production, as both MDO (miner, developer, operator) and owner (commercial mining), has been steadily increasing since the Paris Agreement was signed. The Carmichael coal mine could turbocharge this trend.
#StopAdani
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Let’s hope such a crazy anomaly is impossible in inhabited regions of the planet…
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The recent extraordinary heatwave in Antarctica appears to have set a new World Record for the largest temperature excess above normal (+38.5 °C / +69.3 °F) ever measured at an established weather station.Show this thread
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“These 2021 emissions consumed 8.7% of the remaining carbon budget for limiting anthropogenic warming to 1.5 °C, which if current trajectories continue, might be used up in 9.5 years at 67% likelihood.”
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Shameful that the Tories, who claim to ‘lead the way’ on climate, have taken hefty donations from the same source as Nigel Farage's anti-net zero cabal
This is blatant hypocrisy – we need urgent investigation into Tory donors’ dirty ties to fossil fuels
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We are hosting a major event on methane emissions next week.
It will include keynotes from of , Chris Smith of , and !
It is virtual and you are all invited:
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A deadly mining accident which killed 17 people and injured hundreds more in #Ghana in January has sparked calls for industry reform.
Experts highlight lack of risk assessment and inadequate support & information for local communities on mining hazards ⬇️
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Investor & mining response to #RioTinto report
From - "Juukan Gorge highlighted a culture of arrogance and other deep seated issues at Rio Tinto, which had bubbled to the surface through this report"
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Stop the colonisation of the Sámi by the Swedish Government - sign the petition! 🔥🌍
#StandWithSápmi #NoMineInGállok #MAPA
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Today seems like a good day to share this amazing graphic of UK land use
(I estimate solar farms cover less than one tenth of one percent of the UK – 0.08%)
carbonbrief.org/qa-will-englan
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Allies, you are needed right now! Call on to:
📣 Press reset on the Ring of Fire regional assessment, &
📣 Start fresh with an Indigenous-led process.
Need background? Keep reading this thread.
Please SIGN & SHARE! 📣📣📣attawapiskatriverprotectors.com/how-to-support
#cdnpoli #FPIC
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Great overview of how Chile's current constitutional convention and may protect Indigenous rights to free, prior and informed consent and the rights of nature amid increased demand for mining EV battery materials
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Nice to be quoted in the WSJ, although we think by "some energy analysts" the journalist meant "the International Energy Agency, mainstream climate scientists, the journal Nature and almost anyone without a financial stake in saying otherwise"
wsj.com/articles/clima
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If there was a shred of doubt after the Shell exhibition and ongoing BP and co. sponsorship, that the Science Museum are on the wrong side of history -- they now go and team up with Adani, not only a coal empire, but one of the worst ones.
transitionpathwayinitiative.org/companies/adan
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We are delighted to support Energy Revolution: The Adani Green Energy Gallery at the @sciencemuseum in London. The new gallery will explore how we can power the future through low carbon technologies. It will be a reminder of the power of the sun and the wind in our daily lives.
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🚨 #BREAKING: The Kunming Declaration has been adopted at the High-Level Segment of the first part of #COP15
In the lead up to the second part of #COP15 & the adoption of the #post2020 framework, this demonstrates critical momentum #ForNature.
Read now:
cbd.int/doc/c/99c8/942
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If they planned to meet their net zero goals why appeal?
Oh right, how silly of me
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All-time heat records getting smashed before noon.
Hotter tomorrow. Hotter the day after... I can't believe what I am seeing.
The US Pacific Northwest and BC Canada is at the epicentre of one of the most outrageous heatwaves in history.
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Arrested for painting banners?! Absurd and frightening. Government silencing civil society is not a sign of a healthy democracy
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Seems like painting banners is illegal now. This is why we must defend the #RightToProtest and #KillTheBill this weekend. 4 arrested for making art this am. We must protest this #FakeDemocracy and #FreeThePress. @netpol @kill_bill_UK #ExtinctionRebellion
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UN's pension fund--worth $85 billion--strides off down the divestment path!
unjspf.org/the-united-nat
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Eric Jensen, co-founder and CTO of client , spoke on the company's innovative #ESG capabilities amidst a rising demand for sustainability data. Read more via for : bny.mn/3u5GDYd
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Pension advice needed 📢 I'm looking to set up 's employee pension scheme. Would welcome any advice on ethical funds and/or contacts of pensions advisers who actually understand this area.
Photographed: my 93 y/o grandma, seasoned pensioner, this morning.
If you want to see our community food project happen, bringing more nature and healthy fresh food to Lewisham, please DONATE if you can, and SHARE the news with your networks! Big thanks for all the love and support so far 🌱 spacehive.com/grow-lewisham
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We are really happy to be one of the organisations alongside Coco Collective, & supporting , a new community garden in Lewisham aiming to grow food for borough residents🌱🧺
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Boy writes to judge & to stop his dad's deportation to Jamaica. Priti Patel deports his dad anyway this morning. He was a direct #Windrush descendent #Jamaica50
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We demand that end their partnerships with Hebrew University of Jerusalem as they continue to violate international law against Palestinians
#BoycottHebrewU #ApartheidOffCampus
#BDS
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Hi! I’m looking to speak to music critics/writers on accountability among male rappers in the industry and their success despite allegations of abuse against women, for a feature for . DMs are open! #journorequest
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Very happy to be named ESG Journalist of the Year at
Institutional Press Awards yesterday for my work covering deadly mining waste facilities and the response from the investment world
Read the winning article on here: bit.ly/3niW9Nu
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“There will be educational institutions and foundations with giant endowments who think they've cleaned up their portfolios by addressing the public equity space, but who really need to understand the private equity space,” Julie Goodridge, CEO of NorthStar Asset Management
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US public pension funds have been investing in controversial prison services companies via private equity firms – but NGOs are trying to stop the money pipeline
Me for @RI_News_Alert on #responsibleinvestment in the age of #blacklivesmatter bit.ly/3jc929V
#blm #esg
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US public pension funds have been investing in controversial prison services companies via private equity firms – but NGOs are trying to stop the money pipeline
Me for on #responsibleinvestment in the age of #blacklivesmatter bit.ly/3jc929V
#blm #esg
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‘Market neutrality may not be the appropriate benchmark’ says as it mulls exclusion of climate-risky bonds
Me and today for
#climate #centralbanks
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"Having accepted the inevitability of catastrophic warming, the report calls for a massive program of new UK military interventions in response to a scenario of accelerating climate crises around the world"
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The UK's Ministry of Defense considers a 3.5°C temperature rise as something the government should expect to happen, versus just one of many potential worst-case scenarios. bit.ly/3isXJKI
The UK's Ministry of Defense considers a 3.5°C temperature rise as something the government should expect to happen, versus just one of many potential worst-case scenarios.
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And If you didn't catch it yesterday, report says green bonds aren't associated with falling carbon emissions
Published on bit.ly/3mu7hrt
#climatechange #sustainablefinance #greenbonds
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US pension giant locks horns with over criticism of its $6.5bn coal holdings
#ESG #sustainability #fossilfuels #coal #climatechange
Me for today: bit.ly/2FHKp6V
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