I've cried almost every time I've watched this incredible truth-to-power speech by @GretaThunberg at the U.N. plenary in Katowice, Poland a few days ago. "We cannot solve a crisis without treating it like a crisis." 4/x https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=164&v=HzeekxtyFOY …"
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The technology and solutions to climate change are, to a large extent, known and available. And each one of us, in whatever way we can, need to be part of the cultural shift underway to make this a political reality because we're running out of time. 5/x
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[I deleted a tweet about the number of years re the IPPC report because I'd written 12 years, when it should have been 22, and didn't want misinformation to spread. Will send updated tweet in a moment]
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According to the IPCC report we have about 12 years. “Avoiding the most serious damage requires transforming the world economy within just a few years" 6/x https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/climate/ipcc-climate-report-2040.html?module=inline …https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/08/global-warming-must-not-exceed-15c-warns-landmark-un-report …
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Millions of lives could be saved by tackling climate change, according to a report by the World Health Organization earlier this month. There is So. Much. To. Gain. 7/xhttps://www.cnn.com/2018/12/05/health/climate-change-cop24-who-study/index.html …
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Climate change requires bold, visionary leadership of every company and every government in the world that matches the urgency of the challenge before us. 8/x
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Amazon doesn't have a plan for addressing the disruptions posed by climate change, and how it is reducing its company-wide dependence on fossil fuels. I'm hoping the shareholder resolution will help change that. 9/x
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In the NYT article, a rep from Amazon said they "have set a goal to power our global infrastructure with 100 percent renewable energy." When? How? I can't fathom an Amazon employee walking into a meeting without a launch date and milestones for their business plans. 10/x
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From a purely cynical, self-interested standpoint, Amazon would benefit from a climate plan: "There could be $23 trillion of global economic losses a year in the long term without rapid action." 11/xhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors …
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"This permanent economic damage would be almost four times the scale of the impact of the 2008 global financial crisis." 12/x "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds-biggest-investors …
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For some reason tweets 13-17 got cut off from the thread, so reposting here:https://twitter.com/emahlee/status/1074478027218665472 …
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