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We've all heard of China's panda diplomacy. Now Malaysia has unveiled a controversial scheme: gifting orangutans to countries that purchase the country's palm oil. Sounds like a smart idea right? 🤡 This plan has provoked a wave of criticism from conservationists who see it as a clear attempt to mask the devastating impact of palm oil on orangutan populations and their habitats.🚨🦧 Palm oil, the ingredient found in everything from shampoo to ice cream, is driving the critically endangered orangutans to the brink of extinction. The expansion of palm oil plantations is a leading cause of deforestation, destroying the forests that orangutans rely on for survival. Yet, Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm oil exporter, is doubling down on this destructive industry, using orangutans as pawns in a cynical game of "diplomacy." Stuart Pimm, ecologist & conservation expert, slammed the plan as "obscene" and "repugnant," highlighting the hypocrisy of destroying orangutan habitats only to offer the animals as diplomatic gifts. Unlike China's panda conservation efforts, which include state-of-the-art facilities and protected areas, Malaysia's proposal lacks any meaningful commitment to orangutan welfare or habitat preservation. Environmental groups such as WWF call on Malaysian officials to prioritise real solutions, like reversing deforestation rates and promoting sustainable practices. With millions of hectares of forests lost and orangutan populations plummeting, the urgency for action has never been clearer. Orangutans are not commodities to be traded for diplomatic favours. They are sentient beings whose very existence is under threat. If Malaysia truly cares about conservation, it must abandon this unhinged plan and focus on protecting orangutans in their natural habitats. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/12/climate/malaysia-orangutan-diplomacy-conservation-intl-hnk/index.html https://www.wwf.org.my/?32605/Opinion-Editorial-Orangutan-Diplomacy#:~:text=%E2%80%9COrangutan%20Diplomacy%E2%80%9D%20and%20what%20it,of%20concern%20towards%20biodiversity%20conservation.
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The steel company SSAB has decided to invest €4.5 billion and build a fossil-free steel mill in Luleå, Sweden. With the production of steel being responsible for 7% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, this is great news for the planet! This new steel mill will have an annual capacity of 2.5 million tonnes and will use a mixture of fossil-free sponge iron from Hybrit's plant and recycled steel scrap. "The conversion in Luleå is a milestone on our journey to fossil-free steel production. We will remove 7 percent of Sweden's carbon dioxide emissions, strengthen our competitiveness, and secure jobs with the most cost-effective and sustainable sheet metal production in Europe," says Martin Lindqvist, the CEO of SSAB. They plan to start at the end of 2028 with full capacity one year later. Read more: https://www.affarsvarlden.se/artikel/ssab-investerar-over-52-miljarder-i-fossilfritt-stalverk https://www.ssab.com/en/news/2024/04/ssab-continues-the-transformation-with-a-fossilfree-minimill-in-lule-sweden
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This is HUGE for the steel industry and the fight against climate change. It is a big step towards a cleaner future for the steel industry let's hope it inspires others to follow suit.
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This investment is a significant step towards reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. It sets a positive example for other steel companies to follow, showing that sustainable steel production is not only possible but also economically viable.
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One of the companies I admire, they have a great focus and all the best toward their project.
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@patrick_kiash it is a tremendous challenge to reduce the carbon footprint of the steel industry, and I am glad to see that some companies are doing it. It is even better when it is a large company doing it
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Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and arguably the world’s most well-known and influential investor, continues to invest heavily in destructive and expansive oil companies. The 93-year-old billionaire recently invested an additional $246 million in Occidental Petroleum (OXY), one of the largest oil producers in the United States. Berkshire Hathaway now holds a 28% stake in the Houston-based oil company, making it one of Berkshire’s top holdings. Occidential Petroleum has recently made big investments to be able to scale its oil drilling operations– which is exactly what science tells us oil companies MUST STOP DOING! Mr Buffet is also a big investor in Chevron, another of the world's major polluters. It should be noted that Warren Buffet also donates millions of dollars to charity, and is a big investor in renewables. But that doesn't take away the fact that Occidental Petroleum is one of his company's majors investments. Warren Buffets keeps buying shares in the company, and his stocks in the oil company is currently valued to $14 billion. Just imagine if Mr. Buffet had decided to invest all those money in clean energy instead. What a positive impact it could have had – and how he could have influenced other investors to do the same. But no. Warren Buffet ignores the science – as well the future well-being of his fellow Americans – and continues to support fossil fuels. For this, he deserves a big Climate Warming! ⚠️ Learn more: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-jones-earnings-02-06-2024/card/warren-buffett-s-berkshire-hathaway-boosts-occidental-petroleum-stake-pxVwH2hlFkooavIyDT1I
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Sounds like greenwashing to me. Why else invest in renewable energy, if you will support its 'enemy energy source', not renewable anyway?
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This is bad news !Warren Buffet should know that we are past the use of fossil fuel which is a great threat to the environment
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It's time for leaders in finance to prioritize investments that align with the wellbeing of both people and the planet.
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🌎📽️ We are thrilled to be a media partner for #GreenBiz24 on February 12-14, live from #Phoenix, Arizona! Explore some of the key themes with inspiring speakers and hear the latest on decarbonization, biodiversity, supply chains, strategic communications, just transition and more. 💡 Tune in on to Day 2 from 12:27 PM EST - 18.27 CET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RwV5de_A3s Watch day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kQJEk3ot3U 🎙️ Speakers highlight: Dr. Zoe Chance (Yale School of Management), Bill Weihl (ClimateVoice), Lucy Shea (Futerra), Leah Thomas (Intersectional Environmentalist), Wawa Gatheru, (Black Girl Environmentalist), Derrick Johnson, (NAACP) C.D. Glin (PepsiCo Foundation), Molly Wood (Molly Wood Media). 🌐 Check out the full program and register to watch it on We Don't Have Time: https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/greenbiz24
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Hopefully we arrive at some noteworthy conclusions in regards ecosystem restoration through decarbonising and biodiversity implementation
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Looking forward to today's keynotes!!
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In times of too much climate doom and gloom, there is a weekly light in the dark that always cheers you up. It’s called Good Climate News of The Week, and is published by energy expert Assaad Razzouk. Starting now, this uplifting weekly list will also be published on We Don’t Have Time. If you spend some time on social media and are least interested in sustainable energy solutions, you have most likely come across Assaad Razzouk. This Lebanese-British energy entrepreneur is ranked as a Top Voice on LinkedIn, with more than 155,000 followers, and has an even bigger following on X (formerly Twitter). He is the co-founder of the renewable energy company Gurin Energy, and author of the book Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit. He runs the popular podcast The Angry Clean Energy Guy, and is frequently invited as a trustworthy energy expert to major international climate events. Most of We Don’t Have Time’s community probably also recognizes Assaad Razzouk as a frequent and popular speaker at our climate events. It is, therefore, our great pleasure to announce that Assaad Razzouk has now started publishing his weekly Good Climate News list also on We Don’t Have Time. You have been publishing your weekly list for four years now. How did it all begin? ”In the introduction to my book Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit, What They Don’t Tell You About the Climate Crisis, I start with the following paragraph: ‘It was the blackened teeth and poisoned skin of coal miners in China’s coal capital, the city of Taiyuan, that gave me my first brush with sustainability. I had never seen anything like it before. The sight of those embarrassed smiles (instinctively covered with one hand) and awful complexions stopped me in my tracks and forced me to pause, think and question everything that I had until that point believed was important.’ This experience anchored my commitment to climate action, and this only strengthened with time because my work was, and still is, at the front line of climate change-fuelled destruction. This means I witness on a recurring basis the incredible vulnerability of Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, China, India and Pakistan to floods, droughts and / or other extreme weather events; the discernible warming trends in Asian cities; the plastic pandemic; the destruction of our oceans; the insect apocalypse going on in our midst; and the deforestation of the remaining rainforests in Indonesia.” What has made you continue publishing this weekly list for such a long time? ”My work, combined with my podcast, my book and my public advocacy for climate action means that I interact frequently with many people who are very aware of the fact that we are in the midst of a global climate crisis which is multi-faceted and aspects of which are already irreversible. This also means that I’ve met a fair amount of people who suffer from climate anxiety, mostly because they are understandably overwhelmed by the deluge of bad news, and therefore feel powerless. In this context, it is imperative to focus on good climate news to show that climate action and climate justice are widespread - and have momentum – and that we should stay focused on doing whatever we can to make a difference; because we can.” How do you find all these positive stories and examples? ”I continuously monitor multiple sources and track developments around the world because that is part and parcel of my climate advocacy work as well as my day job.” What kind of response are you getting? ”The response has been overwhelmingly positive because good climate news help keep up the motivation of the increasing number of people who understand that we are in the midst of a climate crisis and want to do something about it. I am particularly flattered by the increase in the number of oil & gas bots and trolls who attack what I publish because it shows climate action is having an increasing impact around the world – and the oil & gas industry knows we are at the beginning of the end of the oil age. Good climate news is everywhere around us but we don’t talk about it often enough, and certainly not as often as we talk – understandably – about all the negative climate change impacts happening everywhere at the same time.” There is so much positive climate action happening out there – and often at an exponential pace – and yet many people still believe nothing is really happening. Why is this, and how can we change this perception to speed up change? ”We have to relentlessly continue to communicate good climate news. Negative stories vastly outnumber positive ones, and importantly they also vastly outnumber stories of what every individual on the planet can and should do to fight back against the climate crisis.” In terms of climate action and climate news, what are you most looking forward to in 2024? ”Frankly, I worry about the surprises in terms of the acceleration of global climate impacts and can’t wait to see emissions peak, hopefully this year, then decline; renewables accelerate even faster; deforestation decrease faster; and the plastic pandemic tackled head on. Climate litigation is also a particular area which could surprise in 2024, especially if courts around the world publish more decisions which allow society to hold fossil fuel polluters to account.” We are very much looking forward to having you publish your climate news on our platform. What are your hopes for sharing this list also on We Don't Have Time? ”I’ve accompanied We Don’t Have Time since its inception and have the greatest admiration for its mission, leveraging social media to hold leaders and companies to account on climate, as well as its effectiveness in gathering millions around its broadcasts and events. It is therefore natural to publish the “good climate news” on We Don’t Have Time: its platform will broadcast even louder my message that powerful climate action is widespread – and has momentum.” Follow Assaad Razzouk's Good climate news news of the week
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Brilliant that Assaad is working even closer with We Dont Have Time! Made my day!
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Super interesting. Positive news is key to make change happen. Looking forward to this weekly read on We Don’t Have Time
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Welcome to We Don't Have Time, it's great to have you here spreading positive news around!
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On January 25, ahead of the European Commission's Communication on the EU Climate Target 2040, a broad alliance of businesses, investors, local and regional governments, and NGOs –gathering under the Coalition for Higher Ambition– sent a letter to EU policymakers calling for an ambitious and science-based 2040 climate target of at least 90% net emission reductions. Read the letter below: To: President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Maroš Šefčovič European Commissioner, Wopke Hoekstra President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola President of the European Council, Charles Michel Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo Belgium Federal Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development and the Green Deal, Zakia Khattabi Wallonia Vice President and Minister of Climate, Energy, Mobility and Infrastructure, Philippe Henry Flanders Minister for Justice and Enforcement, Environment and Spatial Development, Energy and Tourism, Zuhal Demir Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Participatory Democracy, Alain Maron Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition on the EU 2040 Climate Target We are writing to you on behalf of an alliance of European business and investor organisations, local and regional governments, and civil society organisations, to urge the European Commission’s upcoming Communication on the EU 2040 climate target to support a bold, science-aligned ambition level. The window of opportunity to avoid the most dangerous climate change by keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C is rapidly closing. With current global warming getting closer to this safer threshold, and temperatures in Europe already reaching 2.1°C above pre-industrial levels, climate change impacts such as heat waves, droughts, floodings, forest fires are already hitting heavily across the globe as well as in Europe. These impacts are causing disruptive damage, unprecedented biodiversity loss, threatening people’s safety and livelihoods, particularly for the most vulnerable, and increasingly harming the economy. Current plans from countries to reduce emissions mark an alarming global ambition gap to meet the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement, and all Parties need to step up their efforts, in view of their respective historical responsibility in causing the climate crisis and their capacity to act upon it. The outcome of COP28 signals that the direction of travel is moving away from fossil fuels; it is now up to countries to translate this commitment into national targets and measures aligned with science that deliver on the 1.5°C temperature goal in an equitable manner. While delaying climate action will imply dramatic costs for society and the economy, acting timely and decisively will bring a wide range of benefits. Undertaking the accelerated, ambitious and just green transition requires a systemic change through taking action across all sectors of the economy, including on energy, transport, housing, resource production and consumption, land use, public and private finance; for and with all actors of the society. Properly designed and comprehensive actions across these areas will, at the same time, enable the creation of jobs and economic opportunities, improve people's health and well-being, combat poverty and ensure social protection, safeguard natural resources, achieve the Union’s energy security, increase competitiveness and resilience, and strengthen the EU’s role as a global frontrunner. Ahead of the European Parliament elections, it is vital to show that the socially just transition towards climate neutrality is indispensable to ensure long-term resilience, peace and political stability. Swiftly phasing out all fossil fuels and investing in the transformation of the ways we produce and consume will spur innovation towards a clean, circular and competitive industry that can provide safe and decent work, driving a raise in ambition of global standards. A robust vision for the 2040 milestone in the EU decarbonisation pathway will provide the necessary framework for businesses and financial markets to mobilise the needed investments to transform the EU economy to align it to the 1.5°C temperature limit. At the same time, the ambition has to live up to the EU’s responsibility at the global level, given its role as an historic emitter and an affluent region. Adopting a sound, science-based 2040 climate target will send a clear signal to people, businesses and investors in Europe and the rest of the world that the EU is committed to ensure a resilient, healthier and fairer future society and economy and to fulfil its fair share in limiting dangerous climate change. In its report on the EU 2040 climate target, the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC) recommended that, to ensure at least 50% chance to meet the 1.5°C goal, the 2040 target should be set at -90%-95% net emission reductions, compared to 1990 levels, noting that pursuing the most ambitious end of the range would improve the fairness of the EU’s contribution. We, as members of the Coalition for Higher Ambition, urge you to propose and endorse a science-based EU 2040 climate target that is aligned with the recommendations of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change of at least -90% net emission reductions by 2040 (relative to 1990 levels). This ambition level has been publicly endorsed by the EU Commission’s Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal Šefčovič and the Climate Commissioner Hoekstra, and is also demanded by the Danish Government. Some members of the Coalition, in line with what was highlighted by the latest IPCC synthesis report and the UN Secretary General António Guterres, support efforts for the EU achieving net zero emissions by 2040 at the latest. After setting an ambitious 2040 target under the EU Climate Law, a participatory revision of the EU’s Long-term low greenhouse gas emission development strategy (LTS) under the UNFCCC and the update of the national Long Term Strategies (nLTS) will have to follow, to align long-term climate plans with the 1.5°C objective of the Paris Agreement. We are confident that you will take this urgent call into due account and we count on you to secure the protection of our planet and the well-being of people in Europe. We remain at your disposal to further discuss ways on how to deliver together an inclusive and sustainable climate transition in Europe. SIGNATORIES CDP Europe Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe Corporate Leaders Group Europe European Alliance to Save Energy (EU-ASE) European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) European Industrial Insulation Foundation (EiiF) ICLEI Europe – Local Governments for Sustainability Naturefriends International (NFI) Adam White, Secretary-General, RECS Energy Certificate Association Solar Heat Europe/European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF) SOLIDAR Transport & Environment (T&E) We Mean Business Coalition Read the press release: https://caneurope.org/hac-2040-letter/
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This is a critical step in the right direction. By embracing ambitious goals and taking decisive action, the EU can demonstrate its leadership in tackling the climate crisis and pave the way for a sustainable future for all.
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The call demonstrates a strong multi-stakeholder push for more aggressive action to address climate change, emphasizing the importance of setting ambitious targets to drive meaningful progress.
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As they say, "Aim for the sun...land on the moon". We need to be ambitious about climate change goals.....#LETS DO OUR PART.
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Temporary Pause on Pending Approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/26/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-temporary-pause-on-pending-approvals-of-liquefied-natural-gas-exports/ Even though it is not full action do you think it is a good move?
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Temporary is not the solution. Make it life long
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They should stop it permanetly
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Why only temporary?
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The first time I met Dewayne “Lee” Johnson, he really didn’t want to talk to me. Suffering horribly from a painful and disfiguring form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma—on the skin--Lee was literally sick and tired of strangers asking him how he felt about challenging one of the planet’s most notorious chemical companies. In August 2018, Lee went to trial against Monsanto Co. claiming that the company’s weed killing chemical glyphosate (the world’s most widely used herbicide) was to blame for the cancerous lesions that covered nearly his entire body. Lee had worked as a school groundskeeper, spraying toxic herbicides as part of his daily routine, before an accident left him soaked in the chemical Ranger Pro, the commercial grade version of Roundup. Media from around the world hounded Lee for interviews, but he felt the attention was invading his family’s privacy and eating into the little time doctors told him he had left to live. As a documentary filmmaker for 3 decades, I’m used to having to parse reluctant voices. The ethics of engagement is perhaps the most important and complicated aspect of documentary making, and it only really works—on all levels, including both moral and story—when there is open and trusting collaboration. Eventually, Lee and I reached that level of trust, something I continue to be honored by and deeply grateful for. He knew that his story might help people become aware of the dangers of glyphosate and other widely-used pesticides. He also knew that he could inspire other injured people who were also seeking justice. Some of the scenes are hard to watch, but we included them because he really wanted us to show what it took just for him to get up every morning, day after day. Now, our film – Into the Weeds: Dewayne “Lee” Johnson vs. Monsanto Company – is being released in over 600 theatres across the country for one day only, October 3. The film follows Lee, his court case, and his struggle against cancer. It gives voice to other plaintiffs in the same situation. But it also telescopes out to larger issues: corporate malfeasance, agency capture, the limitations of mass torts as a tool for justice and the systemic effects of pesticide use on human and planetary health. There are many explanations as to why countries around the world allow risky, cancer-causing chemicals such as glyphosate to be used routinely. These chemicals are used on farms, carrying their residues into the foods that we eat. They are sprayed over city parks and playgrounds, on residential lawns, and in national parks. They pollute the water we drink and the air we breathe. Many have been linked to cancers, reproductive problems, and other human health concerns. They have also been shown to be equally – or more - damaging to biodiversity and wildlife. We screened the film and hosted a panel at the Biodiversity COP in Montreal in December 2022. Participating countries pledged to protect 50% of biodiversity by 2030. We have yet to learn, for the most part, how they plan to do this. Banning toxic chemicals and supporting organic regenerative farming is one way forward. Another is a complete heart and mind shift about big Ag, who we are as a species, systemic human inequalities, and the fate of the earth. The proposed GSSP (‘golden spike’) for the Anthropocene Epoch is Crawford Lake, a small, deep body of water an hour from Toronto, where I happen to live. The laminations in the mud core are almost perfect, as is the record of human influence. Everyone is seeing the Oppenheimer film these days. The nuclear signal—precisely those tests recreated in the film—is widely accepted as the starting point of a geological period where humans change the earth more than all natural processes combined. We’re at an inflection point around the world right now when it comes to chemical contamination. We face the effects of climate emergency, a precipitous decline in biodiversity, the rising rates of many cancers-- including childhood cancers-- and what appears to be a willful disregard on the part of governments and corporations for the health of people and the planet. We have the European Union voting on whether to renew glyphosate as a permitted herbicide in two weeks—ironically 10 days before the integrated carcinogenicity study results from the Global Glyphosate Study are published. We have the PMRA in Canada trying to increase acceptable glyphosate residue levels in food. The US Environmental Protection Agency is doubling down on its backing of glyphosate, despite a federal court ruling last year that found the agency’s safety assessment was deeply flawed. Even worse, we have lawmakers in Washington, D.C., trying to pass laws that will make the situation worse, not better. Some are pushing for a provision to be included in the new Farm Bill that will prohibit state and local governments from adopting pesticides restrictions that are more protective than federal rules. This is a shocking attempt to muzzle ordinary communities and their democratic rights. In piecing together this story over 4+ years, I’m absolutely outraged. When viewers witness the collective suffering, the dark corporate secrets, industry’s manipulation of science and the collusion with regulators – I think and hope they’ll feel as I do. Once you learn it, you really can’t ever unlearn it. Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard University, studied decades of all varieties of protest around the world. Her research famously determined that all it takes to effect meaningful change is the engaged and non- violent action of a mere 3.5% of the population. Let’s be the 3.5%. Jennifer Baichwal Into the Weeds: Dewayne “Lee” Johnson vs. Monsanto Company is playing October 3rd in 600+ theatres across the USA. For tickets and context go to www.IntoTheWeeds.com https://www.intotheweedsimpact.com/
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@tabitha_kimani true and it's possible
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This is such an important documentary to show corporate greed and how it is destroying the environment but also lives! Looking forward to the release in Europe
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FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), in collaboration with InfraCredit, have invested £10m into a risk-sharing backstop facility designed to unlock local currency funding for sustainable infrastructure development in Nigeria. The Risk Sharing Backstop Facility will address the challenge of low credit enhancement by mobilising local institutional investment via bonds into viable early-stage or green-field climate-aligned infrastructure projects. According to FSDAi, by increasing the accessibility of finance for the ‘climate-aligned’ infrastructure projects, the facility will help Nigeria accelerate its social and economic development, and green economic transition as well as deliver on its climate goals. “FSDAi’s partnership with InfraCredit on the bridge-to-bond facility introduces a de-risking financing solution to mobilize short and medium-term local institutional investment into critically needed infrastructure projects that are currently considered un-bankable without alternative credit enhancement,” Anne-Marie Chidzero, chief investment officer at FSD Africa Investments said. She stated that moreover, as Africa’s economies struggle to mobilise capital to develop key climate mitigation and sustainable power generation projects, this facility comes as a timely and much-needed intervention for Nigeria’s infrastructure landscape.’ https://businessday.ng/business-economy/article/fsdai-infracredit-invest-10m-to-support-nigerias-climate-infrastructure/?amp=1
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Investing in sustainable infrastructure is a smart move.
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The solution of climate change lies in sustainable infrastructure.
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Very good, and very important.
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We are excited to announce that we are partnering with #ClimateWeekNYC to have a special virtual showing of Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops, with a special QnA from Bill Moomaw of the Woodwell Climate Institute! Join us on Sept 21 at 5PM EST for the screening and to take part of the discussion about the relevance of feedback loops in our shifting climate's current state. Register for free here: https://www.climateweeknyc.org/events/climate-emergency-feedback-loops-documentary-showcase
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Great! We'll make sure to share it :D
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On September 15 to 17, millions of people around the world will take to the streets to demand a rapid, just, and equitable end to fossil fuels. This wave of global mobilisations will include the March to #EndFossilFuels fast, fair, forever in New York City on September 17, as world leaders attend the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit. This historic mobilisation renews and reinforces the globally coordinated efforts focused on ending the era of fossil fuels. The scale of this mobilisation and the urgency of the moment underscore the devastating impacts of recent record breaking heat, deadly floods, and increased extreme weather events. The climate crisis is escalating and in response so is the global movement for climate justice. Across the globe, we are coming together to fight back against the fossil fuel industry and its enablers. Together, we are unstoppable as we build and imagine a fossil fuel-free world. Read more and get involved: https://fightfossilfuels.net/
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We look forward to the day we phase out fossil fuels.It is long overdue.
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No time and space for fossils.
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this a good move the issues of fossil fuel MUST end
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✨Hello, Let me introduce myself. 🌱I am Soina - 23 Yr Old ✨A young environment and climate advocate. ⏭️I founded @spicewarriorske and @spicewarriorstz for the same purpose. As a result @spicewarriors_kids was born, to help us mentor and nurture children in conservation. ✨I am an SDG 4 champion , I champion for Quality Education ⏭️ I founded @thesoinafoundation to help me rally individuals, organizations, companies and all stakeholders to prioritize education and help in bridging the inequality gaps when it comes to access to education. ✨I am a climate communicator ⏭️ I started @greenwarriors.tv to help amplify climate stories of children and Youths from across the African continent . ✨I believe that lack of political goodwill is the reason we are having most global community challenges not solved and so ; ⏭️ I ran for office in Kenya’s General Election for position of Member of parliament for Kajiado North. I was the youngest candidate for the mP position that year and OUR WIN was POSTPONED 🌍 : Ahead of the @africaclimatesummit ,I am volunteering at the Youth secretariat I.e @aycassembly2023 as the head of socials and digital platforms. 💧I currently serve as the Global Youth Champion for UN Hosted Partnership - Sanitation and Water for All @sanwatforall ♻️ I am an Impact Leader at @onesaveaday , the best platform educating the public on the little ways to be environmentally conscious. ⏱️I work with a tech led climate company called @wedonthavetime0 that has the biggest review platform for everyone trying to solve the climate crisis. ♻️ I work with the biggest sustainability entertainment company in Africa ; @shokeshokefest 🐘 I am a brand Ambassador for #WildAboutLife campaign by @nature_africa @lightartclub and @kwcakenya To cut the long caption short I LOVE TO VOLUNTEER and I currently volunteer in over five international organization. ⛔️I am Still not where I want to be, I am passionate about supporting like minded youths and understand the power of TEAM WORK . #anitasoina #Climateadvocate
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Keep it up and good luck in all.
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You are a climate rock star Anita!
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wow she's an inspiration to young people
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One of Sweden's largest gas station chains encourages its customers to participate in a competition to win an electric car. This campaign helps spread the message that electricity is the future and shows that Circle K is keeping up with the times. They realize that their future customers will want to charge their cars, not fill them up.
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We are very happy and proud to see how our journey towards electrification gets attention! To us, there is no choice but to keep accelerating the shift to alternative fuels and our role as a large player also means that we have a great responsibility. We have tripled our rollout of new ultra-fast chargers (300 kW) around Sweden in order to stay ahead of the demand for charging, making it easy to shift to an electrical vehicle.
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Electricity is indeed the future!!
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Electricity is the future..... this is the only place I'll ever state that without this???? Tf wrote this and then agreed ..? Quit playing with yourself an find out. Smh.... this is the golden age.... who needs electricity.... i do but I won't or I will but it wont.... u kno
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A lonesome fifteen-year-old girl carrying the world on her shoulders outside the Swedish parliament. I was there on the first day of “the school strike for the climate” which started exactly five years ago. You all know her name by now and so do powerful people acting in self-interest to control the world order of status quo. This text was originally published on the 20th of August 2019. Many many more people are aware of the climate crisis today, but we are still increasing the emissions. Nothing has really changed. yet! But my own conviction, however, is that before sunshine comes more rain. What Greta started three years ago will be judged by historians as the moment in time that led to the necessary changes we will see in the near future. The fossil fuel interested is fighting to protect the status quo, business as usual. But they are beginning to lose. And the more people that join the fight. The quicker it will get. And that is important. Because We Don't have Time on our side. We Don't Have Time to wait and the climate movement needs you that read this text. Get active. Get involved. Act! Together we will win. Another world is possible. Below is my story of how it all began on the 20th of August 2018. Her message was clear. “Since you grown-ups don’t care about my future, I won’t, either.’’ Greta’s candour and firm resistance in the face of ecological breakdown continue to inspire millions to rise up and demand action. She has since become the symbol and the lightning spark that so many of us had been waiting for. In 2017 I had decided to quit a successful career in finance to found the organization We Don’t Have Time. The election of Donald Trump was a wake-up call for me. Living on Earth will not be meaningful, or even possible unless we focus all our attention on solving the climate crisis . Politicians and the people in power are not reacting to the immense threat that global warming poses. In our social network, we want to encourage people to take climate action and share it with a global audience. We support those who speak up against the status quo. We want to amplify and spread their message. And we’re not overly respectful of the rules and the mindset that protect business as usual. You can see why I took an interest in Greta. But on that Monday morning in August 2018, I couldn’t in my wildest imagination predict her impact. Being part of the Swedish climate community, I was tipped off about a school strike outside the Swedish parliament. Together with my colleague, a photographer, we went there on our way to work to speak to the kids and document their protest. It was not what I had expected, at all. Instead of a group of loud activists there sat a silent and lonely girl. Next to her she had the now-famous sign “school strike for the climate” and in front of her a pile of leaflets weighted down by a stone to keep the wind from carrying them. People passed by, rushing to work. I stood there for a while, contemplating what I saw. No one seemed to care. Those who at all noticed her pretended she, or the problem she was raising, didn’t exist. Being a father of three, and once myself that kid in school no grown-up listened to, I found the scene hurtful. This lonely girl was carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders and no one was giving a damn. I remember finally walking up to her and talking to her. A shy but polite young girl handed me one of her leaflets. I asked her what her friends made of her striking from school and she told me she didn’t have any friends and no one at school cared, either. The message on the leaflet was strong and to the point. “We children don’t do what you tell us to do. We do like you do. And since you grown-ups don’t give a damn about my future, I won’t, either. My name is Greta and I’m in ninth grade. And I’m on school strike until election day.” Then followed some scientific facts about climate change. We talked for a while, and then I asked her if she would agree to be filmed reading her statement. In English, I stress, since most of our followers don’t speak Swedish. She agrees, and I’m impressed by how she, with no preparation, reads her message in fluent English.' https://twitter.com/WeDontHaveTime/status/1031556480238080000 Back at the office, I couldn’t let go of the thought that I needed to help this solitary girl who’d impressed me so. It didn’t feel right that she was supposed to sit there all on her own carrying such an important message. I posted this in my personal Facebook feed, telling my friends about my emotional morning and encouraging them to show the young girl their support. The post went viral, generating thousands of shares and likes. Later that same day I published the video of her reading her message. It didn’t take long until journalists from all over the world reached out and the day after she was joined by young people who shared her conviction. Greta was no longer alone. I want to be clear that I helped her get her message out, but if I hadn’t shared it, she would, of course, have gained support anyway. The very first person to share the action on social media was probably Greta herself in this tweet. People got inspired and was fascinated by the story of how one brave teenager refused school for the climate. But it didn’t take long before Greta’s critics started lurking around in commentary sections. Many complained that Greta’s parents were at fault for not forcing her to attend the school which, in a sense, was close to the point she was making herself. Indeed, not going to school is bad but look at the bigger picture. There’s a crisis happening and going to school is pointless unless this crisis is addressed. But there were also voices that went beyond this criticism, attacking Greta’s character and wilfully misinterpreting her motivations. In order to support Greta and advance the climate cause We Don’t Have Time co-hosted a free street concert on September 7th, the last day of the “full-time” part of Greta’s strike (that is, before she went on to strike only on Fridays). The concert was titled “Our challenge, not the children’s” — the message being that while we adults must listen to the younger generation, it’s also our responsibility to act. Greta’s strong speech at the concert moved the audience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrGp56ViaJs At this point in time, Greta had achieved far more than she could ever have hoped for. Her story had been picked up by national and international media and with it her message that we adults are failing future generations on the climate. Her candour, clear-sightedness, and persona made people listen. She was constantly surrounded by fellow strikers and supporters. But she was not the international climate super-icon she’s become since then. Her mission aligns extremely well with that of We Don’t Have Time. Our goal is to raise awareness, change the status quo and amplify the voices of climate advocates all over the world, be they business leaders, parents, students or activist teenagers. The WeDontHaveTime Foundation seeks to support the younger generation and give serious weight to their perspective, which is pretty obvious considering that today’s youth will face the worst consequences of a climate breakdown. On October 2nd I sent an invitation to Greta Thunberg to join our foundation board as a youth advisor (you need to be over 18 years old to become a legal member of the board) that she accepts. Not long after, she attends the UN Climate Summit in December. A fellow board member, Stuart Scott arranges for Greta to receive an invitation to the UN climate meeting in Katowice (COP24) where she attends several meetings, for instance below press conference hosted by Stuart Scott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqlTtZ0UyFE Update: Unfortunately. Stuart Scott died of cancer in July 2021. Read my tribute to him here. His own words about him helping Greta was: "I also remember saying to a colleague after the fourth press conference in four days with Greta, that "If I die tomorrow I will have fulfilled my purpose in this life." I guess intuitively, I knew my pain was grave and that I had ignored it for the sake of my work." May you rest in peace Stuart! You will always be missed in climate action! It’s also at COP24 where she gives her speech to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in which she asks the crisis be treated as a crisis, and that particularly the rich countries must reach net-zero emissions quickly. The climate negotiations in Katowice in December 2018, meant a significant bump in international attention for Greta. Not all of which was benevolent in kind. Something was set in motion. A wide variety of alternative and social media joined in an effort to debunk Greta. Various lies and deliberate misconceptions appeared simultaneously and from a variety of sources. The claims made were out of touch with reality and had the clear aim of making trying to make Greta less, or something else, that what she was: an extremely independent and headstrong adolescent whose climate protest just happened to go viral. No, the detractors said, Greta’s action was a PR coup carefully planned and executed by myself and Al Gore. Some claimed that I had ghost-written Greta’s speeches and social media posts. There were conspiracy theories according to which Greta’s ulterior motive was, in fact, to promote free immigration. Professional pundits and politicians also ventured into the debate, spreading false information or heavily biased articles intended to discredit, mislead or confuse. Even propaganda agencies such as state control media in some totalitarian countries and blogs with extremist links helped create and spread false and misleading articles. And their actions stretch beyond falsehoods. The negative articles started to appear suddenly, within a few days and were joined by threats. It began with hateful posts across commentary sections but soon I started receiving personal messages and even phone calls. Below is one example. There is worse. “ If you want to listen to the voices of lonely girls, you can start with those who have been group raped by immigrants. It would be a little more dressy, damn hypocrites. Hope you happen to suffer an accident. “ Being personally threatened is an experience no one deserves. The threats escalated into sophisticated hacking attempts. We Don’t Have Have Time social media accounts were subjected to sophisticated hijacking efforts where, among other things, someone pretending to work for Facebook requested administrative status to our Facebook account. In our webmail log, an unknown mobile phone was logged in all of a sudden. We took steps to increase security and block unauthorized access. I also have very strong reasons to believe that my mobile phone and those of my colleagues had been tampered with. The attacks and the social media hate storm escalated and on December 14 I penned an open letter to our supporters. Shortly thereafter the threats, hacking attempts and social media activity ceased. All of a sudden, as if someone waved a magic wand, everything returned to normality. For a while. On January 25, 2019, Greta gave her “We need to panic” speech at Davos. The old lies and misconceptions from back in December resurfaced but this time around the hatred was more focused at Greta Thunberg herself. The critics took aim at the connection between Greta and We Don’t Have Time and claims to the effect that we paid her, or she paid us, circulate. Totally untrue of course. Meanwhile, Greta continued her ascent into international stardom. The school strike movement now counted millions of young people and the media attention was huge. The situation was very different from October 2018 when she accepted an advisory role at the board of directors of the WeDontHaveTime Foundation. She decides to leave the board. In order to concentrate on her own initiative, she needs to be independent of other organizations. I understand — and support — this decision of hers. We Don’t Have Time helped her reach out but the initiative is hers and hers alone and part of what makes it so powerful is that she represents no one but herself. An article in a major Swedish newspaper (SvD) falsely claimed that We Don’t Have Time used Greta’s in marketing campaigns for a fundraising, when in fact we had reported about our activities related to Greta in our financial prospectus — a legal document in which we are obligated to detail the operations of the company, including persons that serve in various positions within our organization. A prospectus is required by Swedish law when raising money from the public. The newspaper had to back down from their claims and issue a correction. Unfortunately, these falsehoods still linger uncorrected on the internet. We have, however, apologized to Greta Thunberg and her family for failing to inform them beforehand that Greta, a minor, was mentioned when we reported on our activities in the financial prospectus. Media around the world are now writing various versions of this news instead of talking about what was actually said in Davos. During the first months of 2019, the falsehoods and conspiracy theories continued to circulate. This intensified as the first global school strike approaches. New threats. Renewed hacking attempts. And it becomes even more sinister in nature with an email containing serious threats against the climate youth movement. Media around the world are now writing various versions of this news instead of talking about what was actually said in Davos. During the first months of 2019, the falsehoods and conspiracy theories continued to circulate. This intensified as the first global school strike approaches. New threats. Renewed hacking attempts. And it becomes even more sinister in nature with an email containing serious threats against the climate youth movement. The event was reported to the police, of course. These new threats seemed to be designed to provoke a reaction. That whoever sent them wanted them to become public. On March 15, the first global Fridays For Future strike was held, one of the largest manifestations for the climate cause ever. We Don’t Have Time attended the Stockholm protest but had no hand in organizing the event nor any collaboration with Greta around it. Seeing so many come together to protest the status quo gave me so much hope! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXfaVRFbB2w The threats, however, became even more sinister. Greta was scheduled to give a speech in front of the European parliament in April. Two weeks before we received a new email from the same sender. This time around a copy of the mail is also sent via bcc to local news media, and directly to the Swedish Security Service. The sender was obviously seeking attention and media publicity. But no one took the bait. Again, the police were informed. And so it continued. Falsehoods, hatred, misleading claims and threats. Greta’s on-going trip to the United States has led to an increase in this activity. Blogs and alternative news outlets continue to repeat falsehoods and misconceptions, while the established media primarily focus their attention on Greta herself and not her message. When Greta does something the activity increases. It seems coordinated, sophisticated and sinister. Who’s really behind those threats? - Who initiates the assaults on Greta’s character and the character of those who support her? - Who supports and guides right-wing bloggers and internet trolls against the climate movement? - Who attempts to hack our social media accounts? - Who tried to tap into my phone? I don’t know, and will probably never find out. I’m certain though that the people behind these anti-Greta propaganda operations act in callous self-interest and have reason to consider the global climate movement a threat to their vested interests. Not knowing who they are, let’s call them out for what they do. Having observed their actions for several months, myself in the crossfire at times, their strategy has become evident to me: Divert focus from Greta’s message. Make it about her — not the cause. To understand this one needs to look at what Greta actually does. She leverages her outsider position as a minor, with no affiliations, to challenge the system that upholds the status quo. By claiming the position as a representative for a generation that has no future due to climate change, and by harvesting the explosive potential of the contemporary media landscape, she becomes an icon on which we can project our fear of global warming and our anger at those most responsible for it. She taps into, amplifies, directs, and radicalizes the global climate movement. The defenders of the status quo are right to be afraid because her impact is real. She is to the climate movement what Trump is to the alt-right movement. The method is similar, they both communicate directly with their followers and show little respect for conventional behavior if it stands in the way of their aims, although their respective agendas and personas couldn’t differ more. Which is the most sophisticated method, then, for taking the edge off someone who, as an activist strategy, becomes a symbol for a cause? You can’t claim she’s in the wrong — the denialists lost that battle years ago. Ignoring her is not an option since the contemporary media logic allows her to completely dominate the scene. Her detractors are left with one option: Make everything about Greta, not her cause. Don’t challenge her message. Focus on her and those around her. Disrupt, mislead, lie, distract. If you can somehow make it all about her choices, her appearance, her affiliations, her family, her age, the way she travels, the plastic wrapping around her sandwich, her Asperger’s — at the expense of focusing on her cause: avoiding climate breakdown — they’ve won. And we must not let them win. In fact, Greta’s not the target of these lies and distractions. Their goal is to distract the established media. When Greta sat down outside the Swedish parliament a year ago she was very open about her strategy. She wanted to use the media attention her action gained to talk about the climate crisis, thereby increasing the media coverage of it. The anti-Greta propagandists seek to shortcut this logic. They use her strategy — the attention she receives — against her. Flow the airwaves with junk about Greta and her message must compete with it, clouding it in the process. Feed the meme to contain the movement. Sadly, established media is prone to fall into this trap. One big reason why is because the media does not treat the climate crisis for what it is, namely, the greatest news story of this century. This is unsurprising, considering that news stories typically deal with particular, recent events, not on-going systematic shifts with enormous consequences for our future. Greta, the icon, her movement, her detractors are much more click-baity than the deaths caused by recent and future heat waves, the current Arctic sea ice extent, the threat against the Amazon or the increased amount of wildfires and their effect on the climate and our societies. Did you know that Indonesia plans to move its capital because Jakarta is literally sinking into the sea? What can be a greater news story than an entire city sinking into the sea? Everything from Trump tweets to boat crews taking flights, it seems. Distractions, distractions. This does not have to be so, and it proves that Greta’s — and our — mission is far from completed. Our movement for climate action, net zero emissions and a safe future will continue to grow. But we don’t have time to wait. Every action, every reformed climate ignorant, every ounce less of carbon in the atmosphere counts. Let’s join Greta in her fight for a new and radically different media landscape, one that truly deals with the crisis as a crisis and not a click-bait, one in which news outlets compete with one another to offer the broadest and most in-depth coverage of the effects and the solutions to climate change. You can help by sharing news about the ongoing crisis and the solutions available to avoid the catastrophe. If someone takes climate action, it is important to encourage it. You can also reach out to your local newspaper or TV broadcaster and help them vastly improve their climate coverage. A media landscape that focuses fully on this crisis and its solutions is possible, likely even, given the nature of the issue, but the sooner it materializes the better, because it would help push world leaders towards negotiating real solutions. In this imagined world, Greta receives significantly less coverage. Nothing scares the enemies of the climate movement more. No one — I think — would welcome this world more than Greta herself. Ingmar Rentzhog CEO & founder of We Don’t Have Time David Olsson, co-founder of We Don’t Have Time, contributed to this article. This text was originally written in 2019. A lot of things have happened since then. Greta is not at the center of world attention anymore. Instead, a pandemic took most of the media's attention. But the climate crisis has not paused, and after a summer with climate-fueled extreme weather worldwide, we will see a shift of focus, hopefully about how to solve the climate crisis. The fossil fuel interests will do everything they can to resist, and it is up to all of us, not Greta, to stop them. Everyone should ask themself, "If I don't act. Who will?". We Don't Have Time to stand on the sideline anymore. We must pressure and encourage our political and corporate leaders to do more—That's why we founded https://WeDontHaveTime.org - the world's largest review platform for climate action. Let's encourage good climate action with Climate 💚 and urge bad climate practices to stop with Climate ⚠️. We can do this. Another world is possible.
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We got to act faster than ever. More people should join hands & more media should engage itself with climate-change problem. It is the most news worthy issue!
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Great outcome for young people whose health has been affected by fossil fuel industry! https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/14/youths-win-montana-climate-trial/
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Will do whatever it takes to end fossil fuels enough is enough. We thank the court for their rulling
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It's very encouraging as youths are the future kudos to the judge
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As the world reels from the latest climate disasters, delegates to the 59th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) gathered in Nairobi on Tuesday to elect a new leadership team. The new Bureau will be responsible for guiding the IPCC through its Seventh Assessment Cycle, which will provide the most comprehensive assessment of the science of climate change to date. The IPCC is the world's leading authority on climate change, and its reports are used by governments, businesses, and individuals to make decisions about how to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The new Bureau will need to be strong and decisive in order to meet the challenges of the coming years. The meeting in Nairobi comes at a critical time for the planet. The latest IPCC report, released in March 2023, warned that we are running out of time to avert catastrophic climate change. The new Bureau will need to work urgently to ensure that the IPCC's recommendations are implemented by governments and businesses around the world. Outgoing IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee welcomed delegates to the 59th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Tuesday and highlighted the achievements of the Sixth Assessment Cycle. He noted that the IPCC had received the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity in 2022, and expressed confidence that the new Bureau would “raise the bar” for the IPCC's work even higher. In opening remarks at the 59th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), several dignitaries noted the dire impacts of climate change that the world is currently experiencing. United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director Inger Andersen underscored that the world the IPCC has repeatedly warned of is now upon us, with record high temperatures every day, droughts, dying oceans, and ferocious infrastructure-destroying storms. Andersen said that hopes of staying below 1.5℃ global warming are fading fast, but she encouraged the IPCC to keep sounding the alarm and to give hope. She emphasized that we can and must change and that the IPCC's work is essential to guiding us towards a more sustainable future. Soipan Tuya, Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, welcomed delegates to Nairobi on behalf of the president and congratulated the outgoing Bureau for its exemplary service in spite of the challenges posed by the pandemic. Tuya noted that East Africa has less than ten years before the glaciers of Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya are lost, and lamented that only 11 percent of the Sixth Assessment Report authors were from Africa, despite the continent's vulnerability to climate change impacts. She called for mitigation and adaptation options based on needs and said that Africa must be at the forefront of climate action. Paul Egerton, of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), spoke via pre-recorded video on behalf of WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas and emphasized that we are experiencing extreme weather events and climate impacts around the world. He highlighted that the WMO's highest priority is to establish early warning systems, and underscored the need for climate justice. Egerton said that the IPCC's work is vital for the planet and humankind, and is key to ensuring that we stay on a sustainable track for the future. He called on delegates to the IPCC meeting to work together to elect a new Bureau that will be strong and effective in guiding the IPCC through its Seventh Assessment Cycle. Delegates then turned to the business of the meeting, reviewing the procedures that will guide the elections and engaging in regional consultations. How will the IPCC Chair be elected? The IPCC Chair will be elected in a closed-door session and by secret ballot. All 195 member states of the IPCC will have a vote. To win the election, a candidate must receive a simple majority of the votes cast. If no candidate receives a simple majority in the first round, the top two candidates will compete in a run-off. The results of the election are expected on Wednesday or Thursday. Candidates for IPCC Chair Thelma Krug (Brazil), a mathematician who previously led efforts to monitor deforestation in the Amazon, told Reuters she was inspired to run following the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who has prioritised the climate change issue. Krug, who became the first female IPCC vice-chair in 2015, would also be the first Latin American chair. She told Reuters she has overcome career challenges like financing her degree while raising a child. If elected, she would seek to boost regional representation and promote science in languages other than English. Jim Skea (United Kingdom), a sustainable energy professor who co-chaired the IPCC's work on mitigating climate change, started with the IPCC 30 years ago. "I think I know how to pull the strings to make things happen," he said. Skea said it was important for future reports to address overshoot scenarios — how to prepare and respond to a situation where the Paris deal warming limits are surpassed and to explore all options for mitigation through technology. He heads Scotland's Just Transition commission and stresses his track record on forging consensus in negotiations. Debra Roberts (South Africa), a natural scientist and the current co-chair of the IPCC group on climate change's impacts, is one of two female candidates. She has just been endorsed by the African Union and, if elected, would be the first African chair. Her extensive practical experience including in urban reforestation could be an advantage, analysts say, especially since the body will soon produce a report on cities. The IPCC's upcoming work "can inform more real-world decisions than ever before," she told Reuters. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (Belgium), a physicist involved with the IPCC's work as an author and vice-chair since 1995, is running for the top job a second time. A nature lover, he sent an emotional letter to his great-grandchildren about biodiversity loss and released a campaign photo on top of Mont Blanc pledging to "lead the IPCC to new heights". He advised Fiji's presidency at past U.N. climate talks and has emphasised climate justice. He told Reuters that the IPCC's messages needed to be made more relevant for policymakers.
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Good luck to all the candidates - may the most suitable person be elected to lead the IPCC to achieve the necessary influence/guidance to world leaders in this global crisis that all life on Earth finds itself ... #WeDontHaveTime #ClimateClock #ActNow
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The IPCC does incredible and vital work and it's great to see that this session is in Kenya. Hopefully this will bring more attention to scientific literature from under represented nations.
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We wish the new leadership success
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Shell has revised its fossil fuel strategy – and it’s not pleasant reading. As Bloomberg has reported, Shell sees “a long-term role for natural gas”. Oil output will remain “steady or slightly higher” into 2030, according to the strategy. Just two months ago, Carbon Brief showed that Shell’s own energy scenarios involved an immediate end to oil-and-gas expansion, if global warming is to be limited to 1.5C. Well, so much for that promise. Photo by Wabi Jayme on Unsplash Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-12/shell-ceo-s-new-strategy-sees-a-longer-term-role-for-lng https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-12/shell-ceo-s-new-strategy-sees-a-longer-term-role-for-lng
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Profiteers all around ..very shameful
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Shell company is always on the first line to intervene on the climate which is so bad
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We should all know they just want more profits
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Recent revelations have sent shockwaves through the climate community, as The Guardian uncovers a troubling breach of confidentiality that threatens the integrity and independence of the upcoming COP28 climate summit. The United Arab Emirates' state oil company, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), has been granted access to read emails exchanged by the Cop28 climate summit office. The UAE, set to host the UN climate summit in November, appointed Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of Adnoc, as the president of Cop28. This deeply concerning conflict of interest has drawn sharp criticism from lawmakers and climate experts. The Cop28 office had previously asserted that its email system was separate from Adnoc. However, the expert analysis revealed that the two entities shared email servers, exposing a significant breach of confidentiality. After The Guardian's inquiry, the COP28 office hurriedly switched to a different server, suggesting an attempt to cover up the breach. This revelation has ignited a firestorm of condemnation, with Christiana Figueres, the former UN climate chief, describing the situation as "explosive" and a "scandal." Lawmakers and environmental activists are appalled by the intrusion of an oil and gas company into the heart of an organization responsible for phasing out fossil fuels. Manon Aubry, a French MEP, compared the situation to having a tobacco multinational overseeing the work of the World Health Organization, emphasizing the need to prioritize climate action over the profits of fossil fuel companies. The revelations also expose the undue influence of Adnoc in shaping the narrative and actions of the Cop28 office. The repercussions of this decision are significant, with a negative impact on the credibility of the UN's climate body, the UNFCCC. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/07/uae-oil-firm-cop28-climate-summit-emails-sultan-al-jaber-adnoc
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COP 28 is our only hope to save the planet, they need to change there ways and stick to there role in saving our planet.
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I agree with the comparison of Tobacco Multinational overseeing the work of the World Health organization, there must be one side that will be favouring their interest over the other, and in this case it will be sad if the cop28 will drift away from the noble causes the cop's has been entrusted with and it's visions.
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This is alarming, seems the systems are compromised. Something must be done.
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Let's explore the significance of loss and damage within the UNFCCC process at SB58 in preparation for COP28! https://youtu.be/uJdE9VddZO4
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Great! Will follow SB 58, and learn more. Thank you
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Thanks for sharing your insights with us Valeria, very appreciated!
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Elections matter and even Australia can change! The country has a poor rating here on WeDontHaveTime but this was worthy of some love! Industry will be forced to do more to cut waste and boost recycling after Australia’s federal and state governments agreed for the first time to impose mandatory packaging rules on manufacturers and retailers. The agreement, at a meeting of environment ministers in Sydney on Friday, was welcomed by conservationists as a major breakthrough after years of voluntary industry action has failed to reduce waste. The federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, said the “historic agreement” meant packaging would be “subject to strict new government rules”. For more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/09/australian-governments-impose-mandatory-packaging-rules-on-industry-to-cut-waste https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/09/australian-governments-impose-mandatory-packaging-rules-on-industry-to-cut-waste
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Every country should have laws for this
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In full support of this legislation
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How you invest matters. Social and environmental issues are deeply connected with economic and financial outcomes, which means investors have a unique power to create change. When executed well, impact investing can not only deliver the financial benefits you were expecting, but also create the change you are looking for. On Earth Day, Mercer joined Stockholm Climate Week for the session Investing with Intent: the Case for Impact. Mercer was represented by Cara Williams, Global Head of ESG and Sustainability, Silva Hanell, Wealth Leader for Investment Solutions in Sweden, and Max Messervy, Head of Sustainable Investment, Americas. Also joining the session was Dr. Christin ter Braak-Forstinger, Co-founder & CEO of Chi Impact Capital, and Pia Irell, Impact Partner of Trill Impact. Every dollar you invest could actively deliver a certain kind of good Many investors already focus on environmental, social, and governance factors to better understand the potential investment risks and identify opportunities. But if you want to go beyond understanding ESG impacts, positive and negative, and invest with intent, you need impact investing. Impact investing proactively helps dynamic businesses deliver a specific social and environmental benefit, alongside financial outcomes. Or, as Cara Williams put it, “impact investing begins where ESG stops.” Impact investors connect the pursuit of risk-adjusted returns with the delivery of positive real-world outcomes, often related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Each SDG provides a range of impact investment targets. For example, climate action is a key target that motivates allocations to renewable energy or green buildings. However, investing with intent and knowing where to start your impact investment journey can also be challenging. “The biggest challenge in the impact space is the fact that the choices out there are so wide that where you [determine to] actually focus has proven to be quite challenging for asset owners. To ensure that asset owners achieve their intended impact, we recommend that they first define what they want their impact to look like. Once this impact is defined, the question arises of how asset owners look to continue developing their portfolio while aligning with their impact objectives,” said Cara Williams, Global Head of ESG and Sustainability at Mercer. “For example, if you choose to invest in clean water, are you going for it globally? Even in developed markets, such as the United States, we have challenges providing clean water. Or are you going to choose specific markets like in the global south where you feel like that’s a bigger issue?” Impact investors come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from institutional investors and fund managers to development finance institutions, foundations, pension funds, and individual investors. Additionally, when it comes to their approaches to impact investing, their strategies can be just as varied – whether it's chasing market rate returns or investing in long-term capital. Regardless of differing investor profiles and approaches, collectively, impact investing can concentrate efforts towards many specific outcomes into broader, unified goals – using the individual outcomes to drive collected outcomes no investor could achieve alone. “Investing with intent is very important,” said Silva Hanell. “It starts with including climate in strategic decisions and explaining to the trustees and the people the importance of having an intent. It’s not only about managing an equity risk or credit risk, but also a climate risk. “We need to stabilize global temperatures on Earth. We are in emergency mode. Everyone needs to invest with intent. Impact investing should be our normal, everyday way of thinking.” Impact investing: Investing in a sustainable and inclusive future Climate change is both a pressing issue and an opportunity for the investment community. Institutional investors, such as pension funds, financial institutions, insurers, wealth managers, endowments and foundations, hold trillions of dollars in assets in their portfolios that can be applied towards investment into climate initiatives. By managing these portfolios to avoid climate transition risks, asset owners can reap various benefits, including market, technological, and reputational advantages. When applying impact investing to address global challenges like climate change, it can expedite the just transition and unlock economic opportunities in a decarbonized economy. However, it is critical that impact investments toward climate solutions also take a holistic approach to ensure that communities reliant on carbon-heavy industries are given the support they need to transition to a decarbonized economy. As Max Messervy, Mercer’s Head of Sustainable Investment, Americas explained, “It becomes a question of how to help all these different communities, and it's not just those who are directly employed but also thinking about their families. How can they have access to a secure pension if they have to change jobs or retire early? “I believe that the private sector has a role to play in facilitating that retraining for workers who’d like to be retrained into different economic sectors and facilitating finding roles for them as well. There could be intentional hiring by, for example, new renewable energy companies or offshore wind developers.” To learn more about Mercer’s work with impact investing, click here. https://youtu.be/CpRtb1Lz3oU?t=21397 Rewatch Stockholm Climate Week anytime on We Don’t Have Time Play.
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Very insightful on the impact of investing, a good reminder of the power of money
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True climate leadership in investing
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Great to see the issue of climate justice being raised as critical in this context.
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The Norwegian government just announced that they will increase the number of whales that can be killed up to 1000. 😠 At the same time, measures in place to protect whale welfare and monitor hunting vessels will be reduced or removed. Norway's whaling season has already resulted in the shooting of 37 whales since this year's hunt began on April 1 ⚠️ When will Norway stop this??? Read more: https://uk.whales.org/2023/05/04/norway-ups-whale-kill-numbers-and-removes-whale-welfare-protections/
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Very discouraging...
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This is truly sad
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This decision should be reversed.
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SEB launched Climate and Sustainability Dashboard for all customers in the Nordics last week. SEB customers can now access climate data for stocks on Nordic stock exchanges, allowing them to consider information on companies' climate impact, greenhouse gas emissions, gender equality, and other sustainability factors when making investments. Sustainability data is presented in the SEB mobile app and online banking, with a sustainability tab in the detailed view of each stock, providing an overview of the company's compliance with the Paris Agreement, its estimated contribution to global warming, gender equality, and adherence to guidelines on human rights and working conditions. SEB has classified companies into four categories based on their compliance with the Paris Agreement, with green category 1 stocks being those approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. The sustainability data is primarily sourced from analysis firm ISS ESG and supplemented with data from the Net Zero Banking Alliance and the Net Zero Insurance Alliance, based on scientific methods reviewed by the UN. To my knowledge, this is the first bank that has done this. This is a great initiative and something every bank should do for all shares in the world! Read more (in swedish): https://sebgroup.com/sv/press/nyheter/2023/seb-redovisar-hallbarhetsdata-for-enskilda-bolag-i-aktielistan
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Encouraging. I hope the other banks should borrow a leaf from SEB and do what's noble and rightful.
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Awesome. Investors will make well informed decisions about the companies which are running sustainable operations.
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This is really good and so adds a pillar of action.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland met with environmental and Indigenous groups opposing the Willow oil drilling project two weeks before the Biden administration approved it. The project would extract millions of barrels of oil from Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.Her supporters convinced her to reject the massive ConocoPhillips drilling project. Haaland told her audience that the office had to make tough decisions, which upset them. Haaland did not say which way the department was leaning on the ruling. She choked up about it, which meeting sources interpreted as her disapproval of the idea."It was obvious physically how hard this position was for her," one source said.After months of internal deliberations, the Biden administration approved the massive oil drilling project on Monday. espite strong opposition from the state's congressional delegation and environmental groups, which will now sue to stop it.Haaland called Willow a "difficult and complex issue that was inherited" from the Trump government, which cleared a larger version in 2020. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/14/politics/inside-willow-project-approval-biden-haaland-climate
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Sweden is not on track to reaching its own national climate targets according to a new report by Fairtrans. And these targets are already not sufficient enough to stay within the 1.5 degrees limit, especially if we take into consideration fairness and climate justice. As of now, Sweden doesn't include the idea of a fair distribution between people and countries of the remaining carbon budget in its policies. And without that, hard to tell whether the country is in line with the Paris Agreement or not, according to these researchers. “From January 2020, the world has about 400 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents left to emit if we want to stay within the 1.5 degrees target with 67% probability. The global carbon budget is vanishing fast, and in January 2023, only 280 billion tonnes remained. The big question, then, is how we can share this amount of emissions fairly among all countries and people on the planet,” explains Thomas Hahn, a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and one of the program leaders for Fairtrans. The study highlights different scenarios (more or less fair or just) and has calculated a Swedish carbon budget based on these. The thing is that this question of fairness and justice isn't one for academia and researchers. It has to be decided by parliamentarians and government officials. The Swedish Parliament urgently needs to decide on a fair carbon budget and raise the country's ambitions in terms of emission reductions! Now, it is up to you, Swedish Parliamentarians, to take real climate action! Read more: https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/research-news/2023-02-15-new-report-swedish-parliament-should-decide-on-a-fair-carbon-budget.html
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Sweden is widely known as the host of green hubs and green innovations, the current leadership needs to wake up and go back to the right track.
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I'm awestruck that Sweden is now lagging behind.Something is a miss unlike there before.
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I think who is in leadership means alot
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Very interesting
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Sad news... I don't understand why Asian countries like to harm their biodiversity and coexistence because of money!
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The Malaysian authorities shouldn't take diplomatic favours at the cost of the environment, this is unacceptable. On the other hand China shouldn't trade this favours at the expense of our forests or getting orangutans.