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We believe that progress happens by bringing people together from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make a positive change. Termed as "cooperation in a fragmented world" This year's general meeting should thus match our years theme a much better reason we need to get our days lighted-involved. Why does WEF matter? Building a future where capitalism benefits all stakeholders.The World Economic Forum is committed to laying the groundwork necessary for stakeholder capitalism to thrive – to the benefit of not just investors, but also the environment, workers, and communities. W.E.F aims to bring together the private and public sectors to identify the best ways to build economies that can provide prosperity, health, and sustainability, without also spawning disillusion and mistrust. W.E.F aims at bringing together the private and public sectors to identify the best ways to build economies that can provide prosperity, health, and sustainability, without also spawning disillusion and mistrust. Our journey to save the globe must start with a stride,thus calling in; everyone's involvement. #getinvolved #Davos23 #Wef23
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Global leaders gathered for the World Economic Forum annual meeting last year against a backdrop of war in Europe, record-high inflation levels, supply chain strains, climate events, and continued pandemic lockdowns in some parts of the world. As a starting point for a new era of global responsibility and cooperation, #WEF22 discussions focused chiefly on the resilience of the global economy and humanity’s preparedness for future events. Explore these insights on the topics that dominated this year’s sessions, and dive deeper on the converging crises reshaping the global business agenda. And don’t miss an engaging Davos debrief this year Jan 17th -20th,below are topics that were spotlighted on the #Davos22 1.Navigating inflation: A new playbook for CEOs. 2.War in Ukraine: 12 disruptions changing the world. 3.The Ukraine war and the net-zero transition: A perspective. 4.From risk management to strategic resilience. 5.How global companies can manage geopolitical risk. This and many more topics took center in an aim to get to the mission save the world. Thanks @wedonthavetime and patterns for always making this successful. Looking forward to #Davos23.
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Thank you for the review, Reagan! We are looking forward to amplifying our partners' events in Davos this year. Check out all the content at https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/davos2023
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The World Economic Forum just leads to higher pollution in whatever city it's held in due to higher emissions by private jets.
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As we strive for our survival lets put climate at the centre
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You may have heard of this great Initiative (The Ocean Cleanup) that is conducted by a group of dedicated people who want to be the change. There is a Texas-sized patch of plastic/garbage floating in the Pacific Ocean,This great minds developed a system to collect this debris. And in just a single load they can be able to collect upto 10,000kg of plastics. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ciu6J3vJM-j/?igshid=OGQ2MjdiOTE= Let's show them some love for their tremendous efforts. #ClimateAction #oceancleanup #Environmentalgoodnews
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Congratulations to them for taking care of marine life's
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this will save marine life
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Cheaper solar panels could be on the way after a scientific breakthrough. Using enhanced halide perovskite – a man-made material with repeating crystals shaped like cubes – in place of silicon could produce less expensive devices that stand up better to light and heat, according to researchers led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Solar power still accounts for a little less than 3% of electricity generated in the US in large part because of the high cost to produce solar cells. One way to lower the cost of production would be to develop solar cells that use less-expensive materials than today’s silicon-based models, the researchers claim. To achieve that, some engineers have zeroed in on halide perovskite, a type of human-made material with repeating crystals shaped like cubes. In theory, perovskite-based solar cells could be made with raw materials that cost less and are more readily available than silicon; they also could be produced using less energy and a simpler manufacturing process. “Renewable energy is critically important,” said UCLA Professor Yang Yang. “Perovskite will be a game changer because it can be mass produced in a way silicon cannot, and we’ve identified an additive that will make the material better.” A stumbling block has been that perovskite breaks down with exposure to light and heat — particularly problematic for devices meant to generate energy from the sun. But the UCLA team has developed a way to use perovskite in solar cells while protecting it from the conditions that cause it to deteriorate. In a study that was published recently in Nature Materials, the scientists added small quantities of ions — electrically charged atoms — of a metal called neodymium directly to perovskite. They found not only that the augmented perovskite was much more durable when exposed to light and heat, but also that it converted light to electricity more efficiently. “The ions tend to move through the perovskite like cars on the highway, and that causes the material to break down,” Zhao said. “With neodymium, we identified a roadblock to slow down the traffic and protect the material.” https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/solar-panel-renewable-energy-ucla-b2251930.html
Solar panel breakthrough could lead to cheaper renewable energy
Perovskite-based solar cells could be made with raw materials that cost less
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/solar-panel-renewable-energy-ucla-b2251930.html
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This is great!
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Such innovations should be embraced
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Solar energy is a sustainable energy source, has a low environmental impact, and promotes energy independence. This is the wat to go.
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It is deeply concerning that the Federal Reserve, led by Chairman Jay Powell, has declared that they will not take on the role of a "climate policy maker." Powell defended the central bank's independence from political influence in a speech on Tuesday, stating that the Fed should maintain a narrow focus on keeping consumer prices stable, fostering a healthy labor market, and ensuring the safety of the country's banking system, rather than addressing issues outside of its mandate. This disregard for the pressing issue of climate change is unacceptable, especially considering the catastrophic impact it will have on the economy. The Fed's insistence on maintaining a narrow focus on its statutory goals and authorities is a dangerous and shortsighted approach. The central bank must use its monetary policy and supervisory tools to promote a greener economy and mitigate the financial risks posed by climate change. Unfortunately, this stance aligns with that of Republican lawmakers, who have accused the Fed of overreaching its mandate by pledging to consider climate-related financial risks. It is a disappointment that instead of seeing the opportunity to play a crucial role in addressing a major global crisis, the Fed chooses to prioritize its own independence over the well-being of future generations. Read more: https://on.ft.com/3k166CR Picture: Jay Powell, US Central Bank chair. Federal Reserve
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These are soo disgusting utterances from such a leader.
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If they don't take the responsibility then climate change will make then regret the ignorance.
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Shame, shame on them..this is a display of bad leadership
Currently,people around the world have been focusing on facing climate change. Climate change is the major global challenge today, and the world is becoming more vulnerable to this change. The recent report from the United Nations predicted that the average global temperature could increase by 6 ˚ Celsius at the end of the century . Increasing temperature causes warming oceans and lead to changing weather and rainfall patterns which threaten both urban and rural population.Climate change is best defined as the long term change in weather pattern which causes several events such as melting of polar ice, raising sea level, and increasing intensity of natural disaster .In my report,I decided to outline the main problems caused by climate change, and evaluate three possible strategies to address its negative impacts. The report argues that climate change has negative impacts on human life. However, its impact could significantly be reduced by implementing three strategies, including supporting green transportation, building green cities and implementing organic farming. There are various potential impacts of climate change on human life. Firstly, the rise of sea level as a result of increasing global temperature and unknown weather patterns. A report from the Union of Concerned Scientist points out that the average global sea level has increased by 8 inches since the last century. This increases the risk for low laying areas from flood and threatens coastal properties. At the moment 65% of major cities are located in low-laying coastal zones . Secondly, climate change may also affect energy demand. Another impact of climate change is the effect on human health. The report from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) points out that climate change affects human health due to decreasing quality of fresh air caused by air pollution and disruption of food supplies. These three impacts are the major impacts of climate change, and it would be worsened by the rapid growth of urbanisation and population. Without systematic and organised action, such effects from climate changes will become more difficult in the future. In order to address the effects of climate change, there are three strategies that can be done. 1. First of all by establishing green transportation. Transportation is the most important source of emission (UNDP 2012). Best known that transportation sectors are responsible for 30% gas emission and nearly 95% are from fossil fuel (EPA 2018b). Green transport is established by reducing the use of private cars and encouraging public transport. In addition, vehicles should be eco-friendly and encourage renewable energy. The government may impose a pool sharing policy to reduce the use of private cars which are bound to be successful. Moreover, the industry sector is also stimulated to develop green car technology which reduces fuel consumption and pollution. 2. Development of green cities. The city is the centre of the population nowadays. More than 50% of the world population lives in the city, and by 2050 urban dwellers are expected to reach 66% of the world population (FAO 2018). The UNDP reported that around two-thirds of global energy use is coming from urban areas. Cities are responsible for 67% of energy demand and major contributors of greenhouse gas emission. Building a greener city cannot only be done by developing and planting urban trees but also by implementing better urban planning. Urban planning means that city development and infrastructures such as transportation, sanitation, water management, housing and other cities facilities are well managed. Singapore is one of the successful cities on implementing green urban planning by reduction of vehicular emission, development green building and implementation energy efficiency. In addition to accomplishing the two previous strategies, this report proposes the application of organic farming. Agriculture sectors contribute around 24% of global emission, it mostly comes from the use of fertilizer in crop and livestock production . Organic farming means using non-chemical fertilizer and local input in its production process. Chemical fertilizer is commonly used in conventional farming, and it is the source of gas emission. Organic farming would produce healthier food and support food sovereignty since it encourages sustainability in agriculture production. To sum up, climate change has negative impacts on human life. There are many problems that are caused by climate change, including increasing sea level, rising demand on energy, and threatening human health. This report ends by arguing that three solutions including: supporting green transportation, building a greener city and implementing organic farming could significantly solve the climate crisis.
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This is great, but more than organic farming is needed. Vegan farming will be totally necessary for food security and sustainability.
Plastic Pollution is affecting the whole world, including mankind, wildlife, and marine life. It seems to be spreading like an ailment with no cure. We all must realize the harmful impact it has on our lives so as to avert it as soon as possible. Why do I call it a "pandemic? An ailment growing vastly is described best as a pandemic,why don't we address this problem therefore as a serious pandemic? Plastic that is unmanaged ends up in the environment, where it continues to have climate impacts as it degrades. Efforts to quantify those emissions are still in the early stages, but a first-of-its-kind study demonstrated that plastic at the ocean’s surface continually releases methane and other greenhouse gases, these emissions increase as plastic breaks down further ; current estimates address only the one percent of plastic at the ocean’s surface. Climate change and plastic pollution have many of the same root causes, including over-consumption of natural resources, non-renewable energy, insufficient recycling and reuse systems-plastic pollution contributes to environmental problems, like biodiversity loss,we shouldn't retain this fate that we have on ourselves, Recycling, as it exists now, does little to curb plastic pollution. Less than 10% of discarded plastics are recycled, partially because many plastic products are laminated with non-recyclable materials,recycling programs also vary between locales, making it hard to know which plastics are recyclable—and misleading labeling doesn’t help. Biodegradable plastic is a big hope” for reducing waste, but historically these options have hit cost and efficacy obstacles. “It's very challenging to create biodegradable plastic. “Part of the benefit of plastic is that it is not biodegradable,” it's seriously a crisis that we can barely describe. Trusted with issues in the future ,Hack for future should be given a chance to help cab this plastic pandemic by having all "plastic problems addressed and solutions brought about. They have been trusted with issues larger and they delivered.
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As much as plastic May sound basic,its of less benefits than the gains they carry;marine life is almost being replaced by the plastic that are dumped into the oceans- we are not bound to be watching all this happen,let's speak up and start by us.
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I ever witnessed a calamity of plastic at the shores of a lake and fish chocked up with plastic till death .We should regard having such motions pressured to the core,if we need plastic out.
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We have arleady desyroyed our present. Then we are busy destroying our future. With plastic our future will be tougher than ever
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Climate Council in Australia is a visionary organisation, it connects decision-makers, the public and the media, it advocates for climate policies, solutions and do it all in partnership with incredible community in Australia. Climate Council in Australia has successfully influenced the public opinion and politicians about climate change, impact and solutions. Australia's first ever Climate Change Act has passed last September 2022. You will find many evidence-based reports and policies suggested by Climate Council in Australia in their website, to name some you may have a look at the Power Up report which suggests 10 climate gamechangers that will help get Australia on track to tackle both climate crisis and cost of living. I believe the whole world could benefits from these insights. Climate Council in Australia is mainly about vision, impact, solutions and leadership. To read more.. https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resources/power-up-ten-climate-gamechangers/
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Dear Musaad Abdullah Your climate love has received over 50 agrees! We have reached out to Climate Council by email and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! To reach more people and increase the chance of a response, click the Share button above to share the review on your social accounts. For every new member that joins We Don't Have Time from your network, we will plant a tree and attribute it to you! /Adam, We Don't Have Time
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10 climate game changers is a great suggestions
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Fantastic work!
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Welcome to STHLM+50 Climate Hub Live, May 31-June 5. Follow what happened during the Stockholm+50 UN Conference. We had over 31 million viewers. Re-watch your segment of choice on our event page: https://wedonthavetime.org/sthlm50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoD4OFLz4hY
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Very effective idea to reduce global warming and climate change
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Please join physically on site in Stockholm or digitally! Will be amazing days
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Hello there! Greetings from Manafwa District in Eastern Uganda. Nice to be on board all the way from Uganda.
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Tomorrow is Menstrual Hygiene Day and I wanted to highlight a brand that is working to erase the period stigma and create more sustainable menstrual hygiene products, the brand AWWA Period Care from New Zealand. 🩸 AWWA is Maori owned and the name is derived from the Māori word 'awa' meaning river or flow. Māori referred to their period as te awa atua - the divine river. AWWA offers a world where every person can feel divine and empowered during their period. AWWA offer reusable period underwear in all shapes and sizes that you can wear like normal underwear and wash easily, they use sustainable organic and recycled fabrics and toxic-free processes and are carbon positive. Meaning that AWWA measured and offset 120% (at least) of its carbon footprint for its business operations with certified carbon credits through Ekos. AWWA has saved 6.7 million single-use period products from going to landfills only in one year! Increasing with every new customer. Everybody should have the opportunity to manage their periods with dignity and that's why they donate 5% of all our underwear produced towards ending period poverty in New Zealand. Great brands like this should be available everywhere and for all! Read more about Menstrual Hygiene Day: https://menstrualhygieneday.org/ Read more about AWWA: https://awwaperiodcare.com/
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Dear Sarah Chabane Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to AWWA Period Care and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Such a great thing!
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I don't drink alcohol, but I still like discovering sustainable initiatives. So let me present you the Arbikie Distillery. Arbikie is one of the world’s leading sustainable distillers and distils Nàdar, the world’s first climate-positive gin and the world’s first Rye Scotch Whisky, Highland Rye. It is based on the Arbikie Highland Estate on Scotland’s sunny east coast. Arbikie won Sustainable Distillery of the Year 2019 and Craft Whisky Distillery of the Year in 2019. And it has now just opened its new Distillery Experience on Scotland’s east coast for the summer tourism season. And they invite people to witness their sustainable journey first-hand by immersing themselves in their true field-to-bottle experiences at their newly expanded brand home. So if you happen to be in Scotland (and like drinking alcohol), go say hello to them! Cheers 🥂 Read more: www.arbikie.com Discover their tour: https://arbikie.digitickets.co.uk/tickets?branches.branchID=2439
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We 💚 Arbikie Distillery!
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As we grow I encourage the young people also to grow green We need to have a secure environment, habitat for wild animals , good sceneries and of course food which is essential for our growth. Let's go green!!! 🌳 🌲 🌴 🌳 🌲 🌴 🌳 🌲 🌴 🌳 🌲 🌴 🌳 🌲
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Beautiful, I love seeing children learning in the garden. 💚 Have you heard of EverGreenCoin? You can enter a ‘Proof of Environment’ and get paid in EverGreenCoin cryptocurrency for your environmental work.
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According to IUCN, ca 30% of the cost-effective mitigation needed by 2030 to stabilise global warming to below 2°C could be provided by nature based solutions. Beyond Nine is about enabling ordinary people to invest and finance the solutions which contribute the most to sustainability with the least delay. These are often either nature based solutions or already more or less developed tech-solutions. Good examples being acquisition and management of continuous cover forestry, restoration of wetlands and kelp farming. Assets which need preservation, conservation and restoration, but are difficult to acquire on your own.. By listing the company on the stock exchange everyone can take hands-on climate action and together buy the future we want to see. Investment cases are created by enthusiasts like you or me who want to see them realised for the sake of the planet, one's soul and one's wallet. The capital is raised through issuing shares, and earmarked to the investments voted for by the Beyond Nine community. This procedure ensures that the money you invest is fully allocated to fund the assets and operations we choose together. No more phony ESG-rated funds, no unknown investing team making decisions over our heads, no more confusing or absent reporting, but instead certain and total follow up of impact, both sustainability and financial value growth. This report from World Economic Forum shows that nature based solutions for infrastructure are both decisively cheaper and more productive than grey alternatives, and are possibly a great match with funding from Beyond Nine: https://www.weforum.org/reports/biodivercities-by-2030-transforming-cities-relationship-with-nature Very soon, we open up for the first ever round of investment cases to be voted on and selected for investment, so stay tuned and prepare to create and state your case, and/or to vote and invest. Read more and sign up to our newsletter on the site: https://beyondnine.se/ Beyond Nine
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🚗 By 2025 Hyundai Motor Company (현대자동차) expects to be producing 300,000 EVs annual out of the Bryan County, Georgia facilities. Read more from CNN: Hyundai to build $5.5 billion EV and battery plant in the US. Here's where https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/21/business/hyundai-georgia-ev-battery-plant/index.html Image: Hyundai.dk
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⚡☀️🌬️ now we just need to ramp up RE power generation and distribution to make sure there is a real climate benefit. We would need at least 1,300 GWh annually of electricity production to power one year of produced EVs from these Hyundai planned facilities.
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Creating plates out of sugarcane waste – thats usually burned for fuel India grows the second-most sugarcanes of any country in the world. The leftover fibers from processing the sugarcanes is called bagasse and is usually burned for fuel. This is something the Indian company Chuk want to change, making biodegradable tableware that can be used to replace plastic products. Tackling both the big problem of plastic pollution in India and taking care of waste from sugar production! Chuk deserves a climate-love! (Could not find the company on the app) Learn more: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HcqCWiGyDvw Webpage: https://www.chuk.in
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They deserve climate love! You could send some to them!
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A great initiative that will go a long way in reducing plastic in the world
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Wow this indeed is a commendable idea,the western part of my country is a large producer of sugarcane and solutions haven't been brought up fully to cab the waste.I think this idea should be preached through to more than the sound seems.
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Climate science tells us what to do. But in order to make us want to do it, something else is often needed – good storytelling. During a keynote speech at Nature in The Race To Zero, Netflix Sustainability Officer Emma Stewart talked about the success of Don’t Look Up, the audiences’ appetite for climate-related content, and how Netflix is now using nature-based solutions to reach its climate goals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJA1V844gDw On Earth Day, April 22, 2022. Emma Stewart delivered a keynote and took part in a panel discussion at the Exponential Climate Action Summit Broadcast V, organized by We Don’t Have Time in partnership with Terraformation, Exponential Roadmap, Earth4All, Ericsson, and Earth Day Network. The broadcast reached 13 million viewers worldwide, and featured keynotes and panel discussions with 55 speakers from four continents, providing inspiration, knowledge, and a wide array of nature-based solutions to help mitigate the climate crisis. Research led by The Nature Conservancy and 15 other institutions, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that nature-based solutions can provide up to 37% of the emission reductions needed by 2030 to keep global temperature increases under 2°C. But, as has been proven repeatedly, stats and figures alone won't do the trick. In her keynote, Emma Stewart quoted the scientist Peter Kareiva by saying “science tells us what to do, while storytelling makes us want to do it.” Storytelling can compellingly communicate these facts, allowing them to be visualized and connected to a possible future. Stories are an effective narrative device because they trigger memories, emotions, and critical thinking areas of the brain. Therefore, stories provide a powerful way to engage, inspire, and imagine. A Netflix story that really managed to create engagement was last year’s Don’t Look Up, featuring Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence. The movie sparked a massive conversation that ignited the press and the media around this satirical but cautionary tale about climate action. ”The film broke multiple records for viewership, it became the second most-watched film in Netflix history and the first comedy to hit the top 10 in over 90 countries”, said Emma Stewart in her keynote. Scientists described the film as being cathartic, because of how accurately it portrayed their frustration when trying to educate people about the seriousness of the climate crisis. Around the world, the climate movement soon embraced the slogan “Just look up”. ”We have found that audiences want to see sustainability on screen. Our analysis showed that in 2020 alone 160 million households around the world chose to watch at least one story on Netflix that helped the viewers better understand the issues, and highlight hopeful solutions around sustainability”, said Emma Stewart. As Netflix has continued producing sustainability- and climate-related content, a very different title piqued the interest of policymakers around the world last year with Dr. Johan Rockström and Owen Gaffney together with David Attenborough launched the documentary ‘Breaking Boundaries’. It outlined the carbon law among other planetary thresholds that they’re on the cusp of surpassing. Breaking Boundaries follows the scientific journey of world-renowned scientist Professor Johan Rockström. It tells the story of the most important scientific discovery of our time - that humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept our planet stable for 10,000 years, since the dawn of civilization. “President Joe Biden chose to share this documentary with 40 heads of state at his leader’s summit on climate”, said Emma Stewart. Last month, on April 13th, Netflix launched a series called ‘Our Great National Parks’, in which former US President Barack Obama presents some of the world's most breathtaking national parks and protected areas, seen through the eyes of its wildest residents. Together with the filmmakers and several NGOs, Netflix has created wildforall.org, which supports audiences who want to then protect these wild places, including making their voices heard for 30 by 30. The goal in many countries now is to protect at least 30% of terrestrial habitats by the year 2030. Streaming services are associated with high energy consumption and carbon emissions from network infrastructure and data centers. Netflix's carbon footprint in 2020 was roughly 1 million metric tons, and the company has now committed to reducing its emissions in alignment with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to 1.5°C. This includes reducing internal emissions by 45% by 2030, based on the Science-Based Targets Initiative Guidance. “What we have done operationally is committed to something we call Net Zero plus nature. This is a combination of a science-driven internal carbon reduction target, plus the power of nature to stabilize climate”, says Emma Stewart. ”In other words, we've put our internal emissions reductions on a third-party verified 1.5 degree Celsius pathway. And we've also invested in external projects around the world that retain and remove carbon from the atmosphere”, said Emma Stewart. According to Netflix, the combination of Science-driven carbon reductions plus the power of nature will help the company to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions already by the end of 2022. About Emma Stweart - Emma Stewart, Ph.D., is Netflix’s first Sustainability Officer. - In collaboration with teams from across the company, she seeks to bring Netflix's carbon footprint to net zero, raise awareness through film and television content, and engage the company’s hundreds of millions of members on climate & environmental change. - Emma's work has been cited in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and others. - Emma was declared a "Badass Woman in Sustainability" by GreenBiz, rated a "top 3 speaker" by The Economist Summits in 2015, “one of the most powerful women under 45” and an “urban pioneer” by FORTUNE Magazine, a “sustainability insurgent” by MIT Sloan Management Review, and one of the “Top 10 Women in Sustainability” by American Builders.
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Story telling is so important in the race to zero.
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The climate crisis is a child’s rights crisis. Climate change poses serious threats to the health, nutrition, education, survival, and very future of children, adolescents and youth, who are the most vulnerable to extreme weather events and are more susceptible to toxic chemicals, temperature changes and diseases. Climate change has the potential to damage livelihoods, exacerbate displacement, migration, and conflict, and severely limit the options available to children and young people. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is one of the world's most climate-vulnerable regions. The region is expected to see rising temperatures, water scarcity and stress, drought, and occurrences of extreme weather events. The MENA region is designated as the world's most water-scarce region, with often unsustainable water systems, rising water demand, and unfavorable climate change implications on drinking water services. In preparation for COP 27 and to understand the current and possible future solutions to address the impacts of climate change in the MENA Region, the first-ever Middle East, and North Africa Regional Climate Week which was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 28-31 March 2022. The event aimed to accelerate collaboration and integrate climate action into global pandemic recovery. Almost 4,000 people attended the event, which featured over 200 in-person sessions and many online sessions. Around 500 speakers from 147 nations attended MENA Climate Week to offer their perspectives on the region's sustainable future. Read more https://www.unicef.org/mena/stories/young-climate-activists-steering-wheel
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UNICEF is doing an amazing job and should continue with the same spirit
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ELECTRON is making flying the cleanest mode of transport. As the world slowly transitions into a sustainable one, transport will evolve as it starts to finally cut its emissions. The ambition is to not only remove emissions from aviation, but to help remove emissions from other modes as well. At the time of writing there are less than 30.000 commercial aircraft active in the world. According to ELECTRON’s CEO, “if we made 10.000 a year it would only take 3 years to replace them all.” Sadly, battery electric aircraft do not have the needed range to fly long distances yet. But the technology is already perfectly usable for short distances of around 500 km in purpose built electric planes. The limiting factor being battery energy density, but things are looking up. Batteries have a long history of improving and are nowhere near their maximum theoretical limit. As such, electric air travel will revolutionise the way we travel medium range distances by providing fast, convenient, direct travel at low cost. Requiring considerably less infrastructure and running on sustainable green energy generated at or near the airports. When considering all relevant factors such as infrastructure and the passenger kilometres a road vehicle will deliver in its useful life, battery electric flying has the potential to be the cleanest form of transport bar none! For more information visit; https://flyelectron.eu/ Or check out LinkedIn; https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronaviation
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You can post this as climate love to Electron
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In 2004, Perrine and Charles Hervé-Gruyer gave up their job (in international law and in sailing) to try to make a living from farming, using sustainable and ecologically restorative methods. They had no expertise or previous experience in growing, but had one goal: reconnect with nature and produce healthy things for their family. So, they created La Ferme Biologique du Bec Hellouin in Normandy, France. They took inspiration from different growing practices from around the globe and combined them with the latest science to develop their own ecologically sound and bio-intensive growing practices. La Ferme Biologique is now a leading center for the practice of small-scale ecological permaculture and has received international recognition from scientific institutions and leaders in their field. The underlying principles of permaculture to which Perrine and Charles adhere involve working with nature rather than against it; to facilitate highly productive crop growth while maintaining or even increasing biodiversity on the farm and have a positive impact on the ecological and climate environments. They use a method of “no-dig” farm, work the land by hand, rotate crops, and don’t use pesticides! “Working by hand means that small spaces can be incredibly productive; with at least ten times higher yield than in organic mechanized farming. That means that we produce the same amount of vegetables in an area that is ten times smaller. We use nine-tenths of the land to plant trees, welcome animals, and create ponds, hedges, and gardened forests; a very complex and diversified agro-ecosystem. Nature is extremely productive, and by trying to simulate life processes, we get an abundance of fruits and vegetables,” says Charles. Their bio-intensive methods increase the opportunity for carbon capture and storage and nutrient availability when compared to conventional agriculture practices; improving the soil for further growth while also having a positive impact on the environment. And it is not only ecologically sustainable, but it is also economically viable! This farm of 20 hectares produces over 380 varieties of fruit, vegetables, herbs, and medicinal plants. They supply local customers and high-end restaurants alike and can produce up to 100 veg boxes a week. With the help of a research team led by François Léger of AgroParisTech, and in partnership with the French National Institute for Agriculture Research, they undertook a scientific study to prove that small-scale permaculture could be equivalent or even superior to traditional methods in terms of its economic viability. The results of the study are conclusive; the output achieved from 1000m2 of gardens is enough to support one person, full-time, working 44 hours per week, with €54,300 net gross sales a year, through vegetable sales alone. The couple believes that working small can have global effects. According to Charles, “each one of these small farms can become a carbon sink, an oasis of biodiversity, a place where the soil is regenerated, a place where abundance is created for local communities”. And, the positive results of their study and the impacts their methods have on the local environment have caught the attention of European agencies responsible for planning food security strategies. “If this approach, inspired by the natural world, and which creates abundance, is spread rapidly, then perhaps a catastrophe can be avoided. There is an unimaginable potential to be gained the day that these simple techniques inspired by nature start to be dispersed around the billion small farmers,” says Charles. This is the kind of initiative I love and I hope it will be replicated around the world. Check their website (FR and ENG): https://www.fermedubec.com/english/ To go more in-depth (ENG): https://our-food.org/pioneer-farm-model-bec-hellouin/ Watch this very good documentary about them (FR): https://www.france.tv/france-3/la-ferme-preferee-des-francais/2247393-la-ferme-du-bec-hellouin-de-perrine-et-charles-en-normandie.html
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Dear Marine Stephan Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to La Ferme du Bec Hellouin and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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Impressive 👍😁.. world farmers should adopt this
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Ceasing new oil, gas, and coal development is not enough—already built extraction facilities must be prematurely decommissioned—warns a new study released today in Environmental Research Letters. The study finds that, in the absence of large-scale carbon capture or removal, nearly 40% of developed fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground to keep the 1.5°C limit in reach. The research provides the first complete assessment of committed or "locked in" carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of existing and approved fossil fuel extraction facilities. It is the first peer-reviewed study that expands on the International Energy Agency's (IEA) recent finding that no new coal mines or oil and gas fields can be developed under a 1.5°C warming limit. "Our findings show that halting new extraction projects is a necessary step, but still not enough to stay within our rapidly dwindling carbon budget," said co-lead author, Greg Muttitt of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. "Some existing fossil fuel licenses and production will need to be revoked and phased out early. Governments need to start tackling head-on how to do this in a fair and equitable way, which will require overcoming opposition from fossil fuel interests." The team, led by researchers from Oil Change International and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, used a commercial database of over 25,000 oil and gas fields and developed a new dataset of coal mines across nine of the largest coal-producing countries. Using this data, they estimate that developed fields and mines could lead to cumulative emissions of 936 Gt CO2 if their reserves are fully depleted and burned. These committed emissions are 60% larger than the remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C and exhaust the remaining budget for staying well below 2°C, the upper bound of the Paris Agreement. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently warned that some fossil fuel-burning infrastructure must be retired early to stay below 1.5°C. This new study finds that emissions "lock-in" from existing investments in fossil fuel extraction may be even larger, warranting equivalent policy attention. At the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, several governments launched a Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance, committing to end new licensing for oil and gas exploration and production—one of the necessary policy steps identified in the study. "Our study reinforces that building new fossil fuel infrastructure is not a viable response to Russia's war on Ukraine," said co-lead author Kelly Trout of Oil Change International. "The world has already tapped too much oil, gas, and coal. Developing more would either cause more dangerous levels of warming, if fully extracted, or create a larger scale of stranded assets." The study finds that Russia, with its large developed reserves of oil, gas and coal, accounts for 13% of the global total. Almost 90% of developed fossil fuel reserves are located in just 20 countries, led by China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United States, followed by Iran, India, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, and Iraq. "As governments work to reduce their dependence on Russian oil, gas and coal in response to the current crisis, they must recognize that developing new reserves elsewhere takes years and will not make up for short-term scarcity," said co-author Roman Medelevitch of the Ӧko-Institut. "Where possible, governments should rather take advantage of scarcity price signals to push for sufficiency and efficiency measures and to promote renewable energy sources." The study notes that, by ceasing to issue new licenses or permits for fossil fuel exploration or extraction, governments could both avoid further entrenching legal and political barriers to mitigation policies and minimize stranded assets. "Each new coal mine, gas well or oil field that is developed deepens political entanglement with the fossil fuel industry. Increasing the scale of extraction-related jobs and investments only makes it harder for governments to manage," said co-author Thijs Van de Graaf from Ghent University. "Our research should also be a warning sign for publicly listed companies and their investors that reserves that are on the books to be developed cannot be developed to stay below 1.5°C. Fossil fuel companies that claim to be aligned with the Paris Agreement and that need to transition their core businesses, need to accelerate their transition plans," said co-author Dimitri Lafleur of Global Climate Insights. The study does not attempt to answer the question of which developed coal, oil, and gas reserves should be decommissioned and which "fit" within the 1.5°C carbon budget, noting that this requires grappling with questions of equity between and within countries. A recent paper by researchers at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research found that the wealthiest, most economically diversified countries should phase out their oil and gas production by 2034 to facilitate an equitable global transition within the 1.5-degree limit. https://phys.org/news/2022-05-oil-gas-coal-sites.html
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It's a great idea for sure, let's drop fossil fuel subsidies at the same time
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We don't have time for more fossil fuels! The world leaders need to understand that and start working on it!
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Close them, and move all the subsidies to renewables.
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Queers x Climate is an international organization dedicated to uniting and supporting climate and LGBTQ+ activism to solve the climate crisis. From communications work to litigation, QXC works to harness the ingenuity of LGBTQ+ activists for the climate movement. Discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community puts the LGBTQ+ disproportionately at risk of environmental exposure. In a paper published in the American Journal of Public Health, Michelle Bell, Mary E. Pinchot, and Leo Goldsmith layout the unequal environmental burden that the LGBTQ+ community faces and the ways in which the environmental justice movement can be more inclusive. “The LGBTQ+ population is at more risk to environmental challenges because, just like many other marginalized populations, they face social, economic, and health inequities and disparities,” says Goldsmith. “The resilience of LGBTQ+ populations can also be affected as they are less likely to be able to access necessary resources, aid, and health care due to structural policies.” According to the Center of American Progress, more than 1 in 3 LGBTQ+ Americans faced discrimination of some kind during 2020, including more than 3 in 5 transgender Americans. This discrimination is seen most starkly in their access to employment, housing, and health care, but also in their mental health and safety. This discrimination, the authors say, reduces the LGBTQ+ community’s capacity to respond to environmental harm. Much like social determinants of health have been shown to be associated with unequal harmful environmental exposure based on race and socioeconomic status, chronic diseases associated with environmental exposure (respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer) are found at a higher rate in the LGBTQ+ community than in cisgender, heterosexual populations. About Queers x Climate: queersxclimate.org Read more: https://environment.yale.edu/news/article/queering-environmental-justice
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Dear Marine Stephan Thank you for getting your climate love to level 2! We have reached out to Queers x Climate and requested a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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It’s funny how most people understand those issues the queer community are going through, yet there is no actions being act upon, and our voices most of the time are being neglected and only heard during certain days. The climate issue will soon be solved with inclusivity but how far inclusive has any NGO/ORG etc been ? Let alone those who pink wash.
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Completely agree with you here: we need inclusivity!!!
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Saudi Aramco reported its highest profit (up 82% from a year earlier!) due to the increase in oil prices and Saudi Arabia's production. The kingdom’s crude output averaged 10.2 million barrels a day between January and March, up 20% year on year. When are oil producer countries going to understand that We Don't Have Time for more oil production? When are we going to understand that we cannot rely on fossil fuels anymore? We Don't Have Time. Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-15/saudi-aramco-s-profit-soars-as-oil-prices-and-production-jump
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Dear Marine Stephan Thank you for getting your climate warning to level 2! We have reached out to Aramco and asked for a response. I will keep you updated on any progress! /Adam We Don't Have Time
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If that 40 billion USD would be invested in Climate Solutions, we would be on track to reach the 2050 target.
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But unfortunately, it is not...
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The fire season has started early in the Arctic, as drought and strong winds fuel blazes in its carbon-rich peat forests. On May 11 were visible the first Arctic fires (satellite Copernicus Sentinel 2). The burning of boreal forest peatland is a "climate bomb”. Carbon-rich peat contains organic matter collected for thousands of years, so emissions from each square meter of peat fire are many times higher than from the most powerful forest fires. Around half of the world's carbon that is stored in peatland lies along the Arctic Circle. I am now talking about billions of tons of carbon! Climate change is making extreme fire seasons more likely and will make things worse in the near future. The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on the planet: around three times as fast as the global average. And as the ice caps recede and the darker open water absorbs more of the sun's rays, it only worsens. According to the Global Wildland Fire Information System2, the number of fires has more than tripled since 2018 in much of the Arctic. “In June 2019, Arctic wildland fires emitted 50 megatons of CO2, equivalent to Sweden's total annual emissions and more than the past eight Junes combined” according to Kasha Patel, NASA Earth Observatory. This is a climate warning to countries around the world: we need to stop fueling climate change. The Arctic is already on fire: we don't have time. Read more: https://www.arctic-council.org/explore/topics/climate/wildland-fire/ Picture: https://twitter.com/PlatformAdam/status/1524646948594237440?s=20&t=wq55WsBjQbMYOADnoDpJPA
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Dangerous!
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Unless we become ethical and more transparent in our interactions and communication, such incidents will only multiply and not fade away. The sixth extinction is fast descending upon us.
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This is very scary, specially to the wild lives.
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Lagos State and the United States of America Consulate in Nigeria have committed to greater collaboration towards air quality monitoring and measuring to reduce pollution and combat climate change. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tunji Bello, and acting Consular-General of the American Consulate, Brandon Hudspeth, expressed the commitment at a meeting in Alausa, Ikeja. According to Bello, Lagos was in dire need of lager collaboration, especially in human capacity building, to combat the climate change menace across the state. He said the government, in its quest to tackle climate change, began a conference in 2008, and part of resolutions was the creation of Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency for continuous tree planting across the metropolis. He added that the Bus Rapid Transportation (BRT) scheme was introduced to reduce emission since the buses can convey more people at a time. Hudspeth said the Consulate was elated with the various initiatives adopted to combat climate change, adding that it was ready to partner and give technical expertise to further raise awareness about air pollution. He added that the Consulate has ensured all its building in Nigeria operated on zero carbon emission as part of its contribution towards combat air pollution. General Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) Dr. Dolapo Fasawe said the state’s expectation for the partnership was to create adequate awareness about air quality, dangers of air pollution and ways to mitigate effects of air pollution on climate change. She added that scientists have long proven that exposure to air pollution could have negative health impacts. Fasawe explained that air should be transparent, odourless and colourless. Fasawe also hinted that the government had installed six Air Quality Monitoring Stations in strategic locations across the state, adding that state would begin arresting vehicles and machineries contributing to carbon emission https://thenationonlineng.net/lagos-u-s-partner-against-climate-change/
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Great new! Curious of how it will take place and how this will impact the population (arresting vehicles for example, will this provide a good behavioural change ?)
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