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Most Relevant Daily News: Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Nature. Director Klima 2020, former Assistant Executive Director UNEP. Contact: svein @klima2020 .no

Arendal, Norway
Joined September 2009
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Northern Lights over our home in Froland last night. Not often seen in this part of Norway! Photo: Our neighbour Magnus Torsvik @HarveyCroze
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Photo of the year by National Geographic's Bob Burton. Amazing
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Climate Strike Cartoon of the day: Do Your math!!! @GretaThunberg @ralphruthe
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Climate Cartoon of the day - School Strike! @BJennings90
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Climate Cartoon of the day: It is in my backyard
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Climate Cartoon of the day
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Plastic Cartoon of the day: By 2050
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COP27 cartoon of the day: No comment needed
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Climate and Nature cartoon of the day: Wash Your hands! @mackaycartoons
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Olympic Cartoon of the day: Dress Code! (Norwegian sandvolly ball girls fined for wearing shorts)
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Tipping point
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Greta versus big fossils
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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.
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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.
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Climate Cartoon of the day - from 2012 - May be the most popular one ever
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Carbon Tax
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Climate Cartoon of the day: The magic of Marketing! By Andy Singer
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IPCC cartoon of the day: The futile wake-up call! By @Royaards
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Climate cartoon of the day
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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
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Denial History
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Climate Cartoon of the day. The dangerous Carbon Tax
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Berlin zombie art. Entitled "Politicians Discussing Global Warming."
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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.
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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.
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Climate Cartoon of the day
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Amazing Nature: The best camouflage ever!
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Cartoon of the day: Climate Change denial
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Great Grey Owl with quite possibly the greatest camouflage of all time! Photo by @AlanMurphy
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Climate ands Species Cartoon of the day: What's that to me! By @ThatSteveSack
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Greta Thunberg isn't alone. Meet some other young activists who are leading the environmentalist fight
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Climate cartoon of the day: Not much time left
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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.
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Lockdown: Have a look on deer having a great time on the beach now! RT for sharing the joy!
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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
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Happy New Year to @GretaThunberg and other young climate activists! Nobody did more for the future than You in 2019. And even if it is not Your responsibility - Stay on! #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture
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Climate Cartoon of the day: The easy way at the crossroad
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Climate Cartoon of the day: The big threat!
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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
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Its profitable! Via @PlanetCents
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Climate Cartoon of the Day. Evolution: The next step
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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
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An orphaned reticulated giraffe nuzzles its keeper Prints for Nature sale features some of the world’s finest photographers working to protect people, wildlife & the environment. 100% of net proceeds will support core Conservation International initiatives
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Climate Cartoon of the Day: From #COP24 @PatChappatte
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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
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Climate Cartoon of the day: "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders"
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Extinction cartoon of the day: Whats that to me?? @ThatSteveSack
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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.
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Climate Hoax for nothing
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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. "
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Climate Cartoon of the day: The crazy weather
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Cliomate Cartoon of the day: History of Science
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Climate Cartoon f the day - about real crises @CagleCartoons
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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
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Highest number of refugees since WWII with 70 million people worldwide, UN says. Cartoon by Chris Madden
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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.
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Fantastic nature - protecting itself!
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6th mass instinction cartoon of the day @australian
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Wash your hands!
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Like 66 million years ago
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Sad News
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Sign of the times
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Towards the cliff
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Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change
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Climate Cartoon of tjhe day: “How every climate scientist on Twitter feels.” @PeterGleick
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COP27 cartoon of the day: Bailing out #LossAndDamageFund By @meganjherbert
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Hero of the day is the Badlands National Park social media manager
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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.
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Climate Cartoon of the Day. We are not sinking!
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Short-term Happiness
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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
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Australia Wildfire: imagery of Australia's east coast today.
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Don't forget - There will be no vaccine for global warming @andre_carrilho
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Wonderful nature: Northern Lights - @NorwayHoliday One of the best locations in the world if aurora borealis is on your bucket list
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Climate Forecasting cartoon of the day: Crossing the bridge! By Chris Madden
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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.
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Be sure to wash yoiur hands!
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When you can't attack the message you try to attack the messenger "that's a sign we are winning." @GretaThunberg to @NaomiAKlein .
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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
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Watch up for the Carbon Tax!
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Climate Cartoon of the day: The Weather
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I’m an environmental journalist, but I never write about overpopulation. Here’s why.
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Climate Cartoon of the day: Who owns the sun
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Climate cartoon of the day: The Good News
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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
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Posting this favorite cartoon from time to time. The good thing is that more and more shareholders are getting nervous now
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Kal's climate cartoon in the Economist this week. Preparations for the big fight
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Climate Cartoon 2 of the day: Waiting for the IPCC report tomorrow. Red or Yellow?
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Cartoon of the day: The new prey & predator. #WorldOceansDay @deAdder
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Climate cartoon of the day: Understandable language By Justin Bilicki
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Wonderful Nature - Northern Lights (and raindeers) @NorwayHoliday @HarveyCroze
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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"
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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
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