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Norway's climate change hypocrisy is breathtaking.
@FinancialReview
: Equinor says new oil field will be produced with CO2 emissions less than 4% of world average due to use of hydroelectric energy to power the project That's green-washing at its finest.
A large mural of the Swedish climate change activist
@GretaThunberg
has been painted on a wall in Bristol.
The 15m-high image took eight days to paint.
Artist
@jodyartbristol
said Thunberg embodies a "new movement" in the fight against climate change.
Pontevedra (population 83 000):
*Air pollution down 61% since 2013
*No traffic deaths since 2009
*70% of travelling on foot
*12000 people moved into city center since car ban
*Mayor re-elected 4 times since banning cars
Climate Cartoon of the day: 30 Years Lost. 80% of the energy comes from fossil resources today as it did 30 years ago when we had the necessary knowledge to act.
Rich countries are signing a “death sentence” for millions of poor people around the world by failing to phase out fossil fuels, the climate activist Greta Thunberg has told governments.
France has formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours in a move aimed at reducing airline emissions.
Himalayas seen for first time in decades from 125 miles away after pollution drop
People in northern India are posting pictures of the mountain range after the peaks came back into view
Satellite images reveal lake with water supply for 2 million people in Chile has dried up
New satellite observations, reveal before and after images of the Peñuelas Lake, around 70 miles west of capital Santiago, in April 2016 and this month.
@CopernicusEU
What would happen if the world cut meat and milk consumption in half?
Cows are often described as climate change criminals because of how much planet-warming methane they burp. But there’s another problem with livestock farming that’s even worse for the
An orphaned reticulated giraffe nuzzles its keeper
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100% of net proceeds will support core Conservation International initiatives
95% of the oldest, thickest sea ice has disappeared since 1984.
Researchers say climate change is to blame for continued loss.
Q: If you subtract 95% from something, what’s left?
A: An environmental crisis.
@wef
The sudden die-off of more than a hundred Amazonian river dolphins in recent days has prompted fears that rising global heat could be passing the tolerance threshold of species in vulnerable areas.
Photographer Rahul Singh has captured this beautiful image of a small sunbird bathing in a petal near his home in Jalpaiguri, India: '' Crimson sunbird began taking a bath in the water stored in the banana flower. "
4 climate tipping points the planet is facing:
1. Arctic permafrost is melting
2. Amazon deforestation is reaching the point of no return
3. Warming waters are destroying ocean ecosystems
4. Melting glaciers are causing sea levels to rise
Analysis by NASA of high-resolution climate projections concludes that, if global temperatures keep rising and reach 2C above pre-industrial levels, people worldwide could face multiple impacts of climate change simultaneously, with serious consequences.
The mathematics of drought are extremely simple for Ricardo Ferri, a Spanish farmer from the Valencian community: after 100 days without rain, he has lost 100% of his crops.
The UN secretary-general says “the fossil fuel age has failed” via
@climate
Declaring the "fossil fuel age has failed,” the UN secretary general called for phasing out oil and gas. World leaders don’t seem ready to rally behind that.
The number of climate deniers in Australia is more than double the global average, new survey finds Figure show the US is topping the denier list followed by Sweden, Australia and Norway
Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update.
Fridays for Future: Greta’s school strikes led a third of Swiss citizens to change their habits
Collective action can have a direct effect on society’, study on climate strikes shows.
Almost a third of Swiss people changed their daily habits as a result
For the first time ever, Britain has more wind capacity than natural gas hooked up to the power grid, a new study shows via
@climate
Gas was previously Britain’s main form of generation
Wind developers still face higher financing, materials costs
My favorite Climate Cartoon by New Yorker cartoonist
@t_b_toro
"Yes the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders"
In 5 years: The Sawa Lake in the southern province of Muthanna in Iraq, has now completely dried up for the first time in Iraq’s history
Via
@wafahosn
@CopernicusEU
#ClimateCrisis