Marek Soanes @marek_soanes
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Lights, Camera, Climate-Action?
On #ClimateCast@AnnaJonesSky &@kvittozzi ask@MichaelEMann who@LeoDiCaprio credits with inspiring his character in Don't Look Up. Plus, they discuss whether climate-fiction can nudge us to take action
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
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@UNWomenWatch Accross#SDG5 we have made good progress on increasing the proportion of women in local government (Target 5.5.1) We are nowhere even close on 5.4.1 and 5.6.1 - Reproductive health access and ratio of unpaid work has deteriorated.http://sdg.iisd.org/news/snapshot-report-shows-17-sdgs-through-lens-of-gender-equality/ … -
Saleemul Huq Retweeted
I applaud the continued collaboration between the
@UN and@_AfricanUnion on@AFCFTA,#COVID19 recovery, and#ClimateAction. Together, we can deliver#Agenda2030 and#Agenda2063.https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/02/1111352 … -
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“The only obstacle here isn't technological at this point; it's political. We just need policies that speed up this transition that's already underway from fossil fuels to
#renewableenergy. We can do it.”@MichaelEMann@Alex_Verbeek@KlausHubacek@neokyma13https://bit.ly/35ImMYI -
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#SundayMorning Reading:#FossilFuels vs.#Renewables: "The EU also is considering a carbon tax on imports from countries that don’t have the same environmental restrictions."https://www.euronews.com/2022/01/31/eu-auditor-fossil-fuels-get-more-tax-breaks-than-renewables … -
Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Victoria Falls residents counting losses after city is hit by floods https://thestandard.newsday.co.zw/2022/02/05/victoria-falls-residents-counting-losses-after-city-is-hit-by-floods/ … via @The Standard -
Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Recommended read: Ensuring our long-term energy future demands big decisions right now |
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Climate change: Mount Everest ice which took 2,000 years to form has melted in just 25, scientists sayhttps://news.sky.com/story/climate-change-mount-everest-ice-which-took-2-000-years-to-form-has-melted-in-just-25-scientists-say-12532956 …
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
It needs to be made clear quite how disastrous 2 or 3°C heating will be. You would think the word Catastrophic would cover it, but we need to understand, normal life as we know it, ends. Forever.https://twitter.com/MrMatthewTodd/status/1490435672796246023 …
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Last refuges for coral reefs to disappear above 1.5C of global warming, study finds |
@daisydunnesci w/ comment from@Adele_Dixon09@ProfTerryHughes Read here: https://bit.ly/3AZOnQM pic.twitter.com/DBpZJAZ7VQ
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Disaster-hit city goes green to tackle climate changehttps://www.fairplanet.org/story/disaster-hit-city-goes-green-to-tackle-climate-change/ …
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Lordy me. • Supermarket boss today claimed £2,500,000,000 was a ‘modest profit’ • Same fella says he’s going to put the price of your groceries up even more There’s no cost of living crisis for the rich
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
The European Environment Agency data shows that extreme weather has cost Europe €500bn over 40 years. “Even if we reach net zero emissions before 2050, adaptation will still be needed to keep the impacts limited.” Wouter Vanneuville
@EUEnvironmenthttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/03/extreme-weather-has-cost-europe-about-500bn-over-40-years … -
And this is still an underestimate of the true cost of
@LossandDamage from human induced climate change!https://twitter.com/OxEconRecovery/status/1490353339497783296 … -
Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Barely 15% of the world’s coastal regions remain ecologically intact, study says by
@_LisaMCoxhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/04/barely-15-of-the-worlds-coastal-regions-remain-ecologically-intact-study-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other … -
Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Kenya to chair Committee of African Heads of State on Climate Changehttps://www.kbc.co.ke/kenya-to-chair-committee-of-african-heads-of-state-and-government-on-climate-change/ …
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
Need to question who the ‘we’ is & why it’s framed to be in the future. Billions across the world, esp in the Global South, have been dealing with climate breakdown for decades while being ignored for raising alarm bells, silenced, pathologized & continually extracted from. So…https://twitter.com/ghostpanther/status/1490114542424125444 …
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
The wealthiest 5% of the UK population is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 50%. A personal carbon budget could be the single policy change that would single-handedly reduce emissions, reduce inequality and spur innovation. Here's how it could work:

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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
The world's richest 0.01 per cent have increased their wealth by £310bln during the pandemic. During that time 100 million people fell into extreme poverty.
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Saleemul Huq Retweeted
'There's lots to do in 22' & inspired by
@vanessa_vash@antonioguterres@MarkJCarney@miaamormottley & many more, here's a set of the 10#climate promises that the financial system needs to keep this year, written together with@DKyriakopoulou Read here: https://bit.ly/3rK2UvU pic.twitter.com/Jsk3pVwtXy
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