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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

19 days

Just compiling some twitter threads I've put together recently.

Media Tell The Truth XR

@TTTMediaXR

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This is a thread looking at sentences handed down by Judge Christopher Hehir. 🧵

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

Just received this (inaccurate) message from a Spectator journalist about an extremely important topic that many people have never even thought about. So I'm replying by way of a 🧵.

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@ClimateJoe

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What I said at the hustings - and it always surprises me that this seems not to have occurred to journalists - is that we could also be talking about newspapers and magazines who have consistently lied about climate science. For example, The Spectator.

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We’re talking about fossil fuel execs, whose own scientists warned them for decades that their activities would wreak havoc on humanity and nature. But instead of winding down those activities, they spent billions promoting climate lies and lobbying against climate action, as

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@ClimateJoe

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We could be talking about politicians like @Nigel_Farage , who denies basic, century-old climate science, and whose Reform party received more than 92% of its donations from oil & gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since Dec 2019. It’s almost

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Today I had the privilege of being outside Southwark Crown Court as some of my heroes were taken away to begin the longest prison sentences ever handed down to nonviolent activists. Here are some of the speeches made outside court, beginning with the mother of Cressida Gethin.

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@ClimateJoe

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Once the fossil fuel industry is over, perhaps there could be something like the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which seemed to lead to very deep experiences and inner transformations. I believe in nonviolence, not in vengeance, so I would support this.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

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There are several groups who are using international criminal law to seek the prosecution of those who cause mass death, mass suffering and annihilation of low-lying states through climate destruction. It must surely be only a matter of time before some of them are successful.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

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But if the fossil fuel industry continues, and if media outlets continue to lie, then the young and those on the frontline of climate breakdown will surely demand justice. Dramatists have here been able to imagine what journalists seem to struggle with.

Twelve angry children: young jurors call adults to account for climate crisis in The Trials

Dawn King’s new play at the Donmar imagines a reckoning for environmental chaos, presided over by the kids who inherit the mess. We join the writer and cast, including stars of Heartstopper, in...

www.theguardian.com

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

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This isn’t about “people who have taken insufficient action on climate change” - that sounds very mild and passive doesn’t it? My local council in Wandsworth have taken insufficient action on climate change, but I’m not expecting @RaviGovindia1 or @CllrSimonHogg to be put on

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@ClimateJoe

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As we accelerate towards climate breakdown, with each new flood or fire or famine, the momentum towards these prosecutions will only get stronger.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

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So who are these groups? Here in the UK, the UK Youth Climate Coalition has a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against @bp_plc .

ClimateCrime | UKYCC

www.ukycc.com

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@ClimateJoe

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There's a case against former President Bolsonaro of Brazil at the @IntlCrimCourt for genocide committed against the indigenous peoples of the Amazon which includes evidence relating to climate breakdown.

The Planet v. Bolsonaro - Climate Change Litigation

climatecasechart.com

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

And there are actually quite a few people talking about this stuff in the media, albeit not in the Spectator. A paper in the Harvard Environmental Law Review called for charging big US oil firms with homicide.

New climate paper calls for charging big US oil firms with homicide

Authors of paper accepted for publication in Harvard Environmental Law Review argue firms are ‘killing members of the public at an accelerating rate’

www.theguardian.com

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@ClimateJoe

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A few weeks ago, a group took the initial steps to commence criminal proceedings against the bosses of @TotalEnergies .

Climate victims file criminal case against bosses of oil firm Total

Case alleges French company’s exploitation of fossil fuel contributed to deaths of victims in extreme weather disasters

www.theguardian.com

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@ClimateJoe

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Climate Genocide Act Now has a case against five senior UK politicians at the ICC.

Climate Genocide Act Now

climatecriminals.uk

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@ClimateJoe

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"It’s time to try fossil-fuel executives for crimes against humanity" wrote @KateAronoff back in 2019.

It’s Time to Try Fossil-Fuel Executives for Crimes Against Humanity

It isn't hyperbole to say that fossil-fuel executives are mass murderers. We should put them on trial for crimes against humanity.

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@ClimateJoe

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“Global warming is a crime against humanity” wrote @ltorcello more than seven years ago.

Yes, I am a climate alarmist. Global warming is a crime against humanity | Lawrence Torcello

There can be no greater crime against humanity than the destruction of conditions that make human life possible

www.theguardian.com

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@ClimateJoe

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"Taking Big Oil to court for ‘climate homicide’ isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds" wrote @katemyoder .

Taking Big Oil to court for 'climate homicide' isn't as far-fetched as it sounds

Scholars are making the case that fossil fuel companies could be charged with murder. Prosecutors are paying attention.

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@ClimateJoe

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@IndigoRumbelow @JustStop_Oil @DaleVince “It is not justice to be unable to explain to a jury why you did an act - especially when the reason you did it is to prevent the greatest crime in human history” - barrister @paulpowlesland

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@ClimateJoe

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@EdanaThe2nd @tom_pridham @StMichaelSW11 I think perhaps you draw the line at people who have caused mass death, and/or been paid to lie about that cause.

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“It’s increasingly obvious to all of us that these pernicious laws were put in place to protect the fossil fuel companies and business-as-usual.” - @HughFearnleyW

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@ClimateJoe

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More videos just dropped from the #WholeTruthFive trial. @RogerHallamCS21 ’s daughter, reminds us that, as well as being a powerful activist willing to make personal sacrifices, he is also a father and a human being. What sacrifices have you made? What is your theory of change?

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@IndigoRumbelow @JustStop_Oil @DaleVince @paulpowlesland “Today wasn’t about justice - it was a travesty of justice” - @labourlewis

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

If you'd like to support my election campaign, I have a crowdfunder here.

support my campaign for Battersea

I'm standing for parliament for the Greens in Battersea. I want to write to every home in the consituency warning them of what's to come.

www.crowdfunder.co.uk

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@ClimateJoe

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“Courage calls to courage everywhere” - @IndigoRumbelow of @JustStop_Oil

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@ClimateJoe

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Lucia Whittaker De Abreu has a message for all of us, read by a friend.

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@IndigoRumbelow @JustStop_Oil “Climate denial is at the heart of our judicial system” - @DaleVince

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

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breaking news from the US

Aaron Regunberg

@AaronRegunberg

2 months

Could there really be enough evidence to prosecute Big Oil for the climate-fueled heat waves killing so many each summer? @Public_Citizen partnered with a former DOJ prosecutor to assess. Our conclusion: prosecutors have a strong case to convict. 🧵1/18

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@ClimateJoe

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As we wait to when Labour will bring North Sea oil & gas to an end, remember that stopping further licensing is not enough. Killing Rosebank is not enough. We need to shut most existing North Sea oil & gas wells before the end of their life.

New Data: Shut Down 60% of Existing Fossil Fuel Extraction to Keep 1.5°C in Reach - Oil Change...

When you are in a hole, the first step is to stop digging. New data shows the majority of the fossil fuel reserves within active fields and mines must stay in the ground to maintain a liveable...

priceofoil.org

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

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How do we get people to understand the essential truth behind this cartoon?

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@ClimateJoe

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What will Biden & Obama be remembered for? The US: 🔥now produces more crude oil than any country ever 🔥is the world's biggest producer of fossil fuels with the biggest expansion plans 🔥is the biggest exporter 🔥is the 2nd biggest consumer, way ahead of China per capita 🧵

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@ClimateJoe

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@IndigoRumbelow @JustStop_Oil @DaleVince @paulpowlesland @labourlewis And finally…

Media Tell The Truth XR

@TTTMediaXR

1 month

Please listen to this statement by Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin after they had each been sentenced to 4 years in prison for participating in a Zoom call. (Read out by a friend.) #WholeTruth5

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@ClimateJoe

2 months

My main takeaway after running for election: the political system that we have cannot deliver the change we need to save us from collapse. Time for assemblies.

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@ClimateJoe

4 months

How dare anyone imply that flying to the Maldives for a holiday is more important than keeping the Maldives from disappearing beneath the waves?

We’re being swallowed by the ocean and running out of freshwater

The reality of climate change for children in Maldives

www.unicef.org

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@ClimateJoe

5 months

Emily Thornberry seems confused about why @JustStop_Oil disrupted an event she was talking at. It’s because Labour is refusing to kill Rosebank, a crime against humanity in the North Sea. 🧵

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

3 years

@_richardblack @xr_cambridge @MrMatthewTodd Bit of a moot point isn't it, considering "do everything right" is not on the table at #COP26 or anywhere else, and governments are going full tilt for new sources of fossil fuels?

XR Cambridge

@xr_cambridge

3 years

Emissions must fall 60% in 9 years & the IEA says zero new oil & gas projects for a hope of even ‘net’ zero. So it would be reasonable to assume laws are being passed to end exploration right? In fact, the world is on an oil & gas binge. A shocking, terrifying, revolutionary 🧵

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@ClimateJoe

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Last night was the Battersea climate and nature hustings and I guess I annoyed our last and likely next MP @MarshadeCordova with this summing up. Marsha was mouthing "It's not costed" to me as I sat down, and seemed not to want to shake my hand afterwards. Yes I feel a degree

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@ClimateJoe

1 year

hi @JimSkeaIPCC , now would be a great time to draw attention to this finding (high confidence).

Dr. Aaron Thierry

@ThierryAaron

1 year

"About 80% of coal, 50% of gas, and 30% of oil reserves cannot be burned and emitted if warming is limited to 2°C. Significantly more reserves are expected to remain unburned if warming is limited to 1.5°C. (high confidence)" - @IPCC_CH

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@ClimateJoe

3 years

I support @InsulateLove and I found this very powerful. But it's no fun being right about this stuff.

LBC

@LBC

3 years

'I know the people screaming are right, and yet I understand the person sitting over there who is really irritated by them.' James O'Brien reacts to Insulate Britain climate protesters targeting the M25. @mrjamesob

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@ClimateJoe

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@TonyDowson5 @TheCriticMag I was in court to hear Clare & Eleanor give their closing speeches. I left in no doubt that the jury would find them not guilty - just like the Shell 7. The perversity here is that no-one else is stopping these companies from causing mass death and likely ending the rule of law.

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@ClimateJoe

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@bjames280961 Long time no see! While I do agree that I live a comfortable consumerist, lifestyle, I have given up flying, meat, car ownership, insulated my home, fitted solar and battery at some expense… So hopefully not a complete hypocrite.

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@ClimateJoe

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The @theCCCuk is a group of people who seem well-meaning and sometimes criticise the government, but who I nonetheless believe to be guilty of catastrophic moral errors. 🧵

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@ClimateJoe

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Louise Lancaster has dedicated her life to helping vulnerable people, her husband says here.

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@ClimateJoe

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Running for election was one of the best things I’ve done. People were so positive about my campaign (OK, not the professional politicians like @MarshadeCordova or @tom_pridham , but everyone else). And in particular one young woman who came up to me outside Clapham Junction.🧵

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@ClimateJoe

2 years

Surely time for @AlokSharma_RDG to resign in protest - last chance to make a meaningful contribution to the future of life on Earth.

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@ClimateJoe

2 years

@greg_jenner @EleanorMorton What will your reaction be when, as I think seems likely, an activist does permanently damage a painting in the cause of trying to stop governments killing billions?

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@ClimateJoe

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Daniel Shaw’s mother tells us that he gave up his career as a social worker to work to prevent societal collapse. What have you given up in order to prevent societal collapse?

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@ClimateJoe

2 months

But Marsha's party, the Labour Party, is planning to go ahead with the Rosebank oil field, with lifetime emissions equivalent to the annual emissions of the 28 poorest countries in the world. This is a crime against humanity.

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@ClimateJoe

2 years

Dear neighbours of #Wandsworth , it's time to face facts. Our council is an absolute disgrace. Please have a read of this🧵before you #VoteConservative .

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@ClimateJoe

4 months

We need a Churchillian approach to avoiding climate catastrophe – if other countries are doing less than their fair share, we must do more. Why? Because otherwise, human civilisation is doomed.

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@ClimateJoe

2 months

1% of the world's population causes 50% of aviation emissions, while 80% have never set foot on a plane. The Green Party takes this gross injustice seriously, with common sense plans to introduce a frequent flyer levy, stop all airport expansion plans, and ban domestic flights

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@ClimateJoe

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The Absolute Zero report by @UKFIRES looks at what we need to do to reach zero emissions by 2050 - close all UK airports except Heathrow, Glasgow and Belfast this decade, and close even those airports by 2050. Labour are living in a dangerous dreamworld.

Media Tell The Truth XR

@TTTMediaXR

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Disgusting. An estimated 80% of the world's population have never been on a plane, and these are also the people most likely to be killed or displaced by the impacts of the rich world's aviation emissions.

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@ClimateJoe

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A leading campaigner for prosecution of climate criminals just called and said "All we want is for these people to think twice and change their policies." I couldn't agree more - this is not about vengeance, it's about trying to keep Earth broadly liveable.

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@ClimateJoe

2 years

@coxypm I believe this insistence on accuracy over urgency - and using the scientific rather than common meaning of words like "runaway" - is partly why emissions keep rising. I wonder what would happen if IPCC reports were written in plain English, like this:

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@ClimateJoe

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The world is going to need more food in the coming decades, to feed a growing population. But it's going to have less - thanks to climate breakdown. Central bankers are worried about this - but why are politicians silent on it?

Climate change is pushing up food prices — and worrying central banks

Shifting weather patterns are reducing crop yields and squeezing supplies, creating what could become a permanent source of inflation

www.ft.com

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@ClimateJoe

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Here's my letter to the people of Battersea, currently hitting every doormat in the constituency. My campaign is unusual in that my main ask of people is not to vote Green (although I would v much appreciate that), but to get involved in the new Battersea People's Assembly.🧵

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@ClimateJoe

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Battersea is a safe Labour seat in this election so you can vote for who you want to, contrary to what @MarshadeCordova has been saying.

Wandsworth Green Party

@greenwandsworth

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There is no tactical vote in #Wandsworth . We all know it will return 3 Labour MPs. So if you want to vote #Green , don't let them scare you into voting against your wishes with the old 'two horse race' routine. If you want #ClimateAction #CleanWater #WealthTax #VoteGreen24

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Suspend all space exploration until Earth’s biosphere is stable. #Artemis1 #Artemis

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@ClimateJoe

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Here's a reminder of what the people of Delhi have just experienced, thanks to the burning of fossil fuels.

Rituparna Chatterjee

@MasalaBai

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I don't think people elsewhere fully grasp what's happening in NCR and just how hot it is. At 7am, the tap water is boiling hot. The sun hurts the eye. There's no night time anymore. For 24 hours the temperature feels above 40C. Which means during night the water is as hot

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“Should we try and keep Earth liveable? Only if it’s cost effective”. This line of thinking is absurd as well as being morally repugnant.

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It’s hard to express how evil the Rosebank oil field is, but I gave it a try anyway at the last hustings, sandwiched in between the Labour and Conservative candidates, whose parties both back it.

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This explains why we might need a new Thames Barrier rather soon.

British Antarctic Survey 🐧

@BAS_News

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It looks like climate models are under-predicting sea level rise, and scientists have been trying to work out why. Now, new analysis by Dr Alex Bradley @abraleey may have identified the missing puzzle piece… Buckle up for a 🧵⬇️

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@ZaneNeutron @ExtinctionR US has the biggest emissions throughout history and is also way ahead of China for current emissions per capita. If US, UK, Western Europe won't decarbonise then how can they pressure the likes of Brazil, India, China to do the same? Indian govt makes this point quite vocally.

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@ClimateJoe

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To show how seriously I'm taking this election campaign, I've had some campaign photos taken by the excellent Emily Travis Photos outside my favourite Battersea landmark the Eagle Ale House. Join me on the campaign trail in Battersea! 🏭 Here's what I'm up to. 🧵

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We need many more people discussing ideas like these, then making them happen

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@Peters_Glen @theCCCuk 1) “Fast as possible” -what does that mean? A 90% cut in private car travel starting next week. All v.large houses repurposed as multiple separate dwellings. Shut Norway’s oil & gas industry by Christmas. 1 flight/5yrs. Abolition of second homes. Massive renewable programme, etc?

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"Which American president has done more for the climate?" Every American president since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 has consciously worked to destroy my children's future through the expansion of fossil fuels - and they're not done yet.

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If we get to 2050 and 2.5 to 2.9C of heating and the climate crisis has caused 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide then presumably we will have managed to escape multibreadbasket failure, whole cities being wiped out by wet bulb heat, major

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Just back from my first hustings speaking to students of @SouthThamesColl which is in my neighbouring Putney constituency. It was a learning experience which reminded me of a past life as manager of the UK's Eurovision entry. 🧵

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When Keir Starmer says he will make Britain better for our children than it was for us, it just makes me think he doesn't understand what's coming down the tracks.

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Please tell me Labour are not going to allow new homes to be built with gas boilers and poor insulation.

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Why is anyone in the UK still eating steak when an end to beef and lamb and a global switch to a largely plant-based diet are key to avoiding global famine and climate breakdown?

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And it’s not just the Maldives - Western Europe will look very different by 2050 thanks to flooding. @StarkClimate , are you saying "This is fine"?

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@ClimateJoe

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I'm standing in this election because we're on a pathway to climate collapse and only a World War II-sized mobilisation can save us from the worst consequences. In case you think this is a fringe view, here are some leading climate scientists saying much the same thing.

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@ClimateJoe

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Yesterday I met the Reform candidate for Battersea who considers himself an environmentalist. When I pointed out that Nigel Farage rejects century-old climate science and his party is funded by polluters, he denied it. So have a read of this.

Reform UK’s climate denial undermines democracy

Reform UK and its leaders Nigel Farage and Richard Tice have been promoting misinformation about climate change. In this they follow the playbook of their European counterparts. But even though the…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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We need a Churchillian response to climate breakdown - if other countries aren't doing their bit, we must pressure them to do more But that only works if we've done everything possible ourselves. Rosebank fatally undermines all that.

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We have now held two Battersea People's Assemblies. Each had very different demographics, but both flagged the issue of unoccupied homes. In a climate emergency and a homelessness crisis, unoccupied homes are morally wrong. Where are Labour on this?

£50bn price tag for London's empty homes

www.estateagenttoday.co.uk

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But even if we were ahead of the target, should we still be generating luxury emissions by eating beef and leisure flying in 2024, let alone in 2050? No – because the world as a whole is nowhere near on track, and no major economy is on track either.

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I find stuff like this from the @OBR_UK quite bizarre. Unmitigated global warming would surely lead to societal collapse and billions of deaths by the end of the century, rendering the size of public sector debt rather moot, no?

Marco Silva 🌍

@BBCMarcoSilva

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Will Reform save £30bn by scrapping net zero? @BenChu_ provides useful analysis here 👇

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@ClimateJoe

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We must talk about civilisational collapse in this election campaign, and @aashisjo here explains why. But how should we have this difficult conversation? Here's a thread with some preliminary thoughts. 🧵

Aashis Joshi 🍉🍉

@aashisjo

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The climate is a complex system that has always changed, although it had been remarkably stable over the past 10k years. Civilizations in the past have frequently collapsed, primarily as a result of crop failures when climate change & ecological degradation were severe enough. 1/

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Why did I give up flying? Because I don't want to kill people. Today's CO2 emissions are causing future premature deaths. If you burn roughly 1000 tonnes of fossil carbon, producing about 4000 tonnes of CO2, you kill one future person. This is the 1000-tonne rule.

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Their recently-departed chief exec @StarkClimate says that in 2050, when the UK is supposed to have reached net zero, “you can still fly off on holiday each year and you can have a steak if you want to. There’s not a huge shift here.”

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"Won't Trump be worse?" Yes, absolutely.

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If you want a grown-up, uncompromised account of what should happen by 2050, check out the Absolute Zero report by @UKFIRES which says we should phase out beef and lamb and close all UK airports by 2050.

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Some of the world's most populous cities such as Delhi and Mexico City are no longer safe places to live during summer. We shouldn't be doing anything to make them even a fraction of a degree hotter - but Labour plan to make these cities hotter through continued emisions for

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They said bring a rosette to the hustings tonight so my daughter made this 💚

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The scientist quoted in this piece is "deeply disturbed" by the quantity of forever chemicals found in Battersea's tap water. 😨

London tap water contaminated by ‘forever’ chemicals

Samples of tap water were tested from three locations in the capital - Harrow, Heathrow and Battersea

www.independent.co.uk

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"What should Biden have done?" ▶️Tell the truth about the scale of the crisis ▶️ Champion legislation to make the US comply with the Paris Agreement and end fossil fuels ▶️When thwarted by Republicans/Joe Manchin, use that to pin the US's ongoing climate collapse on them

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@ClimateJoe

2 years

@ELPinchbeck @SimonClarkeMP This interview made me cry for the future of my children and I know I’m not alone in this

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@ClimateJoe

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Labour's conservative, "fully costed" manifesto is presumably based on fear of giving attack lines to the billionaire press. Unfortunately this only serves to demonstrate why the radical change that we so desperately need will not happen within our current system.

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@ClimateJoe

3 months

The best bit of Green assemblies-related content of all... @CarneRoss , the former British diplomat who quit over Iraq, does a great job here of explaining Rojava's system of government as an exemplar of how to run society.

28: R is for Rojava

Episode · The Alexei Sayle Podcast · Alexei welcomes Carne Ross onto the show to discuss the Rojava region of Syria and their form of gentle anarchism which could provide the guidebook on a better...

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

I visited the Doddington & Rollo estates again today to spread the word about the assembly which is happening tomorrow (Wednesday) in the DRCA Community Centre at 6.30pm. If elected as Battersea MP I will back the decisions of this assembly. Photo is me with local resident

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

Only a rapid end to the fossil fuel industry can prevent the worst impacts of climate breakdown. But Rosebank wouldn't come online until 2026 at the earliest and would still be in use after 2050.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

1 month

These are important questions for the people (if they are people) repyling to this thread. What sacrifices have you made in order to prevent societal collapse? If you don't subscribe to Roger Hallam's theory of change, then what better theory can you tell us about?

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

1 month

The likes of @RachelReevesMP are not being grown-up or honest about aviation. On the current path, global society will likely collapse before green aviation scales. The only way to prevent this is by drastic emissions cuts, including closing most airports.

Transport & Environment (T&E)

@transenv

1 month

This week the aviation industry is at the Farnborough Airshow showing off its newest aircraft. But despite research showing that the sector is set to completely overshoot its climate targets, these displays show little progress toward limiting the climate impact of aviation.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

@humantravl @RaviGovindia1 @CllrSimonHogg We need an emergency response but they're still chopping down trees, building homes that will need retrofitting, and they've still got pensions invested in fossil fuels. Not sure 20mph is a climate measure is it? Although I support it for reasons of road safety.

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@ClimateJoe

2 months

Need to manage expectations around this election - my daughter is asking me whether we have to move into Downing Street if I become PM.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

As for "it's not costed", I wrote a thread here about the thorny issue of how to pay for avoiding the collapse of civilisation.

Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

“Should we try and keep Earth liveable? Only if it’s cost effective”. This line of thinking is absurd as well as being morally repugnant.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

Following last night's climate and nature hustings, I am definitely aware that I talk a lot about climate and not enough about nature. We are part of nature. The insect population is plummeting, and the human population won't be far behind unless we radically change our approach

Zoe Gardner

@ZoeJardiniere

2 months

Numbers of insects dropping off a cliff so brilliantly illustrated on #r4today by the loss of the summer sounds of grasshoppers & crickets & pollinators of all kinds. A truly terrifying mass extinction event that none of the major parties have clearly enough as their priority.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 years

Green spaces. Disgraceful. This was York Gardens before and after. Over 400 mature trees killed in the face of huge local opposition. Developers allowed to destroy the beautiful black poplar they promised to keep. A pattern repeated across the borough.

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Joe Taylor

@ClimateJoe

2 months

The final question at last night's @batterseasoc hustings was about Rosebank, the new oil & gas field which both Labour and Conservatives back. If burnt, the oil & gas in Rosebank will produce 200 million tonnes of CO2, killing huge numbers of people through climate destruction

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