Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World) @JPvanYpersele Twitter profile

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

6 months

On my way by train from Brussels to Istanbul, to participate to @IPCC_CH Plenary meeting. Leaving Vienna after short and wonderful visit. Next step: Bucharest, after 18 hours on the express night train from Vienna #NoFlying #LowCO2 #coherence

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Congratulations to the @umons university (Belgium) for awarding an honorary doctorate to @GretaThunberg ! She fully deserves it! #FridaysForFuture #YouthForClimate

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

3 years

Hello, @Twitter , when will you do the same for climate change? #CimateDisinformation #MerchantsOfDoubt

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Yes: «For political leaders and business people, we think it is important for you to know that it’s extremely unlikely that scientists are exaggerating the threat of the climate crisis. It is far more likely that things are worse than scientists have said»

The real reason scientists downplay the risks of climate change | Dale Jamieson, Michael Oppenhei...

Climate deniers often accuse scientists of exaggerating the threats associated with climate change, but if anything they’re often too conservative

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

8 months

Floods in Dubai, where @COP28_UAE is due to start soon… A signal from the climate system that more #ClimateActionNow is needed, may be? #COP28

Disaster News

@Top_Disaster

8 months

Major flood on the streets due to heavy rains in the Dubai, UAE 🇦🇪 (17.11.2023) Source: Saudi Weather gr TELEGRAM JOIN 👉

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

I agree! It is good to stop deforestation and plant trees, but getting CO2 emissions from fossil fuel to (net) zero is the number one priority

Pep Canadell

@pepcanadell

5 years

I am disappointed that Science has allowed an abstract of a, otherwise good, paper to say that planting trees is "our most effective climate change solution to date". This is factually wrong and certainly a distraction. 1/2

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Young people had the audacity to ask @RogerFederer (through a non-violent action) to stop supporting @CreditSuisse 's investments in fossil fuels. The latter is suing the young people, and a fine of €20,000 is being imposed on them. Is this fair?

Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Des jeunes ont eu l’outrecuidance de demander à @RogerFederer de cesser de soutenir les investissements du @CreditSuisse dans les énergies fossiles. Ce dernier fait un procès aux jeunes, et une amende de 20000€ leur est infligée. Est-ce juste ?

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

General Castellaw: “So this is far more than an environmental problem. It’s a humanitarian, security and possibly military problem too.” #ClimateUrgency

NYT Climate

@nytclimate

5 years

Southern Vietnam could all but disappear. Mumbai is at risk of being wiped out. 150 million people now live on land that will be below the high tide line by midcentury, according to new research based on more accurate calculations of land elevation.

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

3 years

The Greenland ice sheet just lost 22 billion tonnes of ice by surface melt IN A DAY. Snowfall compensated less than half of it. This contributes to sea level rise… #FaceTheClimateEmergency

Xavier Fettweis

@xavierfettweis

3 years

This event has generated the 3rd highest ablation rate (-12 GT/day) in the recent ice sheet history (from 1950). For a record surface melt production of 22 GT/day, 10 GT was absorbed by the snowpack thanks to the recent heavy snowfall. Temperature anomalies reached +13°C inland

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

3 years

Cher Monsieur Pujadas, je vous invite à venir faire un reportage dans la région de Liège ce matin. #inondations

Samuel Gontier

@SamGontier

3 years

David Pujadas : “Est-ce qu’on n’en fait pas un peu trop sur le réchauffement en imaginant ces scènes d’apocalypse ?”

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

2 years

The @AuschwitzMuseum is particularly well placed to say this:👇

Auschwitz Memorial

@AuschwitzMuseum

2 years

The Auschwitz Memorial statement on the situation in Ukraine.

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

3 years

« Only 3% of people in low-income countries are fully vaccinated, while the figure exceeds 60% in both high-income countries and upper-middle-income countries » New #Omicron Covid variant is no surprise when rich countries are hoarding vaccines @Guardian

A new Covid variant is no surprise when rich countries are hoarding vaccines | Gordon Brown

Western countries are destroying surplus vaccines while the poorest nations go without. This must change, says Gordon Brown, the WHO’s ambassador for global health financing

www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

4 years

@vanessa_vash Dear Vanessa, I am with you! African voices must be heard! It is a shame you were cropped out of the @AP picture with @GretaThunberg , @Luisamneubauer ...

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Bravo à l’ @UMons d’avoir attribué un Doctorat honoris causa à @GretaThunberg , qui le mérite bien! #FridaysForFuture #YouthForClimate

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

6 years

50°C in parts of Australia now! This temperature can kill, particularly if you are homeless. This is the face of #climate change... #heatwave #ClimateUrgency

Blair Palese 🌎

@blairpalese

6 years

Incoming... #climate change. #hotnewworld

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

The great Greta again!

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

5 years

“We live in a strange world, where children must sacrifice their education in order to protest against the destruction of their future.” Here is a part of my speech from the #goldenekamera in Berlin. Full speech (without German dubbing) here:

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

4 years

At 7:02 this morning. Message to EU leaders from the top of Mont-Blanc (4810 m) #ClimateEmergency

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

4 years

. @twitter @verified : Please act on the request by @LicypriyaK below, and add @adelaidecharli2 and @MakichyanA as well. They all deserve it

Licypriya Kangujam

@LicypriyaK

4 years

Hello @verified , Plz verify the twitter account with blue tick ✅ of: 1) @JeromeFosterII 2) @xiyebastida 3) @AlexandriaV2005 4) @lizwathuti They’re all leading voice for Climate Change. You can check their profiles in google & Wikipedia. They all deserve to be verified. 🙏🏻

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

7 months

My reaction to the latest #COP28 draft Global Stocktake text: The text is a monument of schizophrenia: It first acknowledges, recognises, or notes the numerous and gigantic gaps between what is needed and what has been delivered up to now. Those gaps are in every sector:

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

J’ai beaucoup de respect pour @GretaThunberg , et suis honoré de pouvoir lui donner quelques conseils scientifiques. En fait, elle en a peu besoin: elle a bien mieux compris la nature de la crise climatique que la plupart des décideurs politiques ou économiques!

Ivan Couronne

@ivancouronne

5 years

@GretaThunberg Il y a beaucoup de théories du complot sur Greta. J'ai demandé aux gens qui gèrent ses demandes de presse qui elle consultait pour préparer ses discours. Ils ont répondu avec plusieurs noms de climatologues: @jrockstrom @rahmstorf @KevinClimate @JPvanYpersele @Peters_Glen

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

About 4500 young people, and this is a school holiday! #YouthForClimate

Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

MANY people at the #YouthForClimate march in Louvain-la-Neuve ! @gretathunberg

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Please read my open letter in support of @GretaThunberg , attacked by some old, mostly male, chauvinists. I explain why I hope she will one day receive the @NobelPrize for Peace with #FridaysForFuture representing the millions of young people she inspired:

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

3 years

To help you understand the HUGE number below (5000 billions of tonnes of Greenland ice lost since 2002): That’s enough ice to cover the entire contiguous U.S. in an ice sheet 2.2 feet high (about 70 centimeters) (ht @NASAEarth ). #FightTheClimateCrisis #FridaysForFuture

Zack Labe

@ZLabe

3 years

Latest changes in land ice mass observed by satellite ---> Greenland losses now exceed 5000 gigatonnes (Gt)! 🚨 Methods can be found from @NASAClimate at . My graphic can also be downloaded:

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Dear @exxonmobil , did you ever read an IPCC report, in particular the SR15? Here is the link: , or you can ask @GretaThunberg

ExxonMobil

@exxonmobil

5 years

We’ve made another oil discovery on the Stabroek Block off the coast of Guyana. Learn more about Guyana’s exciting future in energy.

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

.⁦ @GretaThunberg ⁩: “At about the age of eight, when she first learned about climate change, she was shocked that adults did not appear to be taking the issue seriously.” | The Guardian

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

I carefully read this @Siemens press release. I doubt their CEO, @JoeKaeser , has ever read an #IPCC report explaining the need to keep coal in the ground. Writing:“we do not have clear evidence that the wildfires and this project are directly connected” insults climate science

Joe Kaeser

@JoeKaeser

5 years

Just finished our extraordinary Managing Board Meeting. We evaluated all options and concluded: We need to fulfil our contractual obligations. Also, we will establish an effective Sustainability Board to better manage environmental care in the future.

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

7 months

What my young friend @LicypriyaK did at #COP28 is courageous. She is 12 years old, and I met her first 4 years ago at COP25 in Madrid. She has already spent one third (!) of her life waiting for courageous decisions about fossil fuels and climate justice. Please put yourself in

Licypriya Kangujam

@LicypriyaK

7 months

Here is the full video of my protest today disrupting the UN High Level Plenary Session of #COP28UAE . They detained me for over 30 minutes after this protest. My only crime- Asking to Phase Out Fossil Fuels, the top cause of climate crisis today. Now they kicked me out of COP28.

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

If a few more political leaders had half the knowledge, courage, and persistence of this young lady, the climate/biodiversity emergency could be on its way to be a thing of the past. Go @GretaThunberg , Go! #WeStandWithGreta

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

5 years

School strike week 52. Pos 47 degrees 17 minutes north and 13 degrees 17 minutes west #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #climatestrike

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

2 years

We should not « celebrate » this anniversary, but thank Greta and the millions climate activists in the world for their persistence and courage to fight for a better, cleaner, and fairer way by to share and use this planet resources. Thank you @GretaThunberg ! #FridaysForFuture

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

2 years

I started striking from school on August 20th 2018 ahead of the Swedish general election. It has now been 4 years since then, and a new election is on its way. We are still here, but the climate crisis is still absent from the debate. 1/4

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

2 years

Such a pleasure to meet again @LicypriyaK , 11-year old climate activist, who has quite an ability to speak truth to power! #COP27

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

3 years

Even for a scientist working on climate change for more than 40 years, this is hard to believe:👇A terrible reminder that we need to reduce global net CO2 emissions to ZERO within less than 30 years #FaceTheClimateEmergency

Scott Duncan

@ScottDuncanWX

3 years

All-time heat records getting smashed before noon. Hotter tomorrow. Hotter the day after... I can't believe what I am seeing. The US Pacific Northwest and BC Canada is at the epicentre of one of the most outrageous heatwaves in history.

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Direct link to Letter in Science now signed by over 4500 scientists supporting the young climate protesters #FridaysForFuture , #YouthForClimate , @GretaThunberg etc.: If you are a scientist, please sign here:

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

At least 70000 people at the new Brussels climate march! / Marche pour le climat: 70.000 manifestants, selon la police (suivez notre direct) via @RTBF

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

With THOUSANDS of young (and less young) people at the Brussels #YouthForClimate #FridaysForFuture #climate march!

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@JPvanYpersele

3 years

#COP26 Moving moment: Guinea, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, starts its intervention by asking a minute of silence for all the living species which became extinct due, among other factors, to climate disruption

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

4 years

. @SarahKendzior warned us for a long time:👇

Sarah Kendzior

@sarahkendzior

4 years

From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: "In other countries, this would be called 'an authoritarian coup.' In America, mealy-mouthed officials call our transition into a mafia state 'deeply troubling' and do little to curb the damage."

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@JPvanYpersele

1 year

I am incredibly honoured to have been officially nominated as #IPCC Chair candidate by the Belgian government. Minister @ThomasDermine letter explains eloquently why. See also my CV on the @IPCC_CH nominations portal: #IPCCvoiceOfClimate

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

5 years

The attacks on @GretaThunberg ’s integrity are totally misplaced. I defend this young lady at every opportunity. Please do the same!

TIME

@TIME

5 years

TIME's new cover: ‘Now I am speaking to the whole world.’ How teen climate activist Greta Thunberg got everyone to listen

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@JPvanYpersele

11 months

Pouvez-vous imaginer de recevoir sur la tête en une demi-journée plus des 2/3 de la pluie qu’il tombe en France ou en Belgique EN UN AN ? Moi, climatologue, non. Il faut sortir d’urgence du gaz, pétrole et charbon ! #UrgenceClimatique

Guillaume Séchet

@Meteovilles

11 months

⛈️ L’épisode pluvieux qui touche la #Gr èce est d’une intensité record. En une demi-journée, la station de #Zagora a reçu 645 mm de pluie ! De graves #inondations se multiplient, ici à #Skiathos .

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

6 years

Dear Belgian Prime Minister @CharlesMichel , history will judge you on your decisions & actions. Tweeting is not enough. A year ago, on @RTBFinfo , I invited you to convene a high-level national conference with all institutional levels, stakeholders, and relevant experts. WHEN?

Charles Michel

@CharlesMichel

6 years

La marche pour le climat est un formidable succès de mobilisation citoyenne. La question climatique doit être une préoccupation centrale au service des générations futures. La Belgique qui a finalisé son Plan Energie Climat défendra des objectifs ambitieux @COP24 #ClaimTheClimate

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

9 months

What a pleasure to welcome today my young friend ⁦ @LicypriyaK ⁩ in Brussels! We met 4 years ago at COP25, when Licypriya was 8 years old, and already a dedicated climate activist from India

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Prof. Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (@Mastodon.World)

@JPvanYpersele

4 years

Il est absolument fascinant d’observer que les gouvernements sont capables de prendre des mesures fortes quand ils perçoivent un danger ( #Covid_19 ). À quand la même attitude pour prévenir le danger climatique ou celui de la mort des espèces animales ? #UrgenceClimatique

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@JPvanYpersele

6 years

Impressive: Thousands of Belgian students demonstrate in Brussels for more climate action! #climatestrike #SchoolStrike4Climate ⁦ @GretaThunberg ⁩ via @RTBF

Plus de 12.500 élèves ont marché dans les rues de Bruxelles pour le climat

www.rtbf.be

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@JPvanYpersele

2 years

…And Belgium plans to build new fossil gas power plants, to replace existing nuclear ones! This is bad for climate and air quality, bad for fossil energy independence, and bad for energy security. Yes, nukes need to be replaced by renewables asap, but not now.

Susan Joy Hassol, Climate Communication

@ClimateComms

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European Union to double down on #renewableenergy to increase #energy independence from #Russia says European Commission Pres. @vonderleyen . New plan will call for a 40% reduction in #FossilFuel use by 2030. @michaelbirnbaum @StevenMufson @washingtonpost

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@JPvanYpersele

10 months

Non, le mot “effondrement” est mal choisi en français. La situation est très grave, mais l’humanité A les moyens, si elle en a la volonté suffisante, d’empêcher que la Terre devienne partiellement inhabitable. Il faut sortir des combustibles fossiles et arrêter la déforestation !

Libération

@libe

11 months

A la une de @Libe ce jeudi : 🔥 «L'effondrement climatique a commencé» Lire :

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Thanks Greta! Many scientists are doing the same, and your help is invaluable. #ClimateUrgency #COP25

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

5 years

I'm sometimes called ”political". But I've never supported any political party, politician or ideology. I communicate the science and the risks of failing to act on it. And the fact that the politics needed don't exist today, neither to the right, left nor center. ->

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

No politician in Australia can say s/he was not told long ago by scientists what would happen if fossil-fuel induced climate change was not tackled 👇 #AustraliaFires #ClimateEmergency

Ben Pennings

@BenPennings

5 years

Garnaut Report in 2008 - “Fire seasons will start earlier, end later and be more intense. This effect increases over time but should be directly observable by 2020.” #NSWFires #AustraliaOnFire #auspol

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

On the left: my friend Prof. Olivier @DeSchutterO , former UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, who joined the nonviolent @XR_Belgium protest; on the right: a human being using violence to protect the existing system, which threatens the future of his own children...

Thomas “miauwkes” Goorden 🔻

@tgoorden

5 years

Dit is de vervolgfoto. Vergis u niet, er zal nog veel geweld aankomen. Wanneer de overheid openlijk en brutaal zegt "het plan om de planeet van rampen te behoeden, dat behalen we niet", dan volgt alleen maar miserie.

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

I left Lausanne at 6:18 am, I will be in the centre of Rome at 13:10. Flying (through Geneva) would have taken about the same time. And trains are so much more confortable and less carbon-intensive! #FlyingLess @seatsixtyone @ClimateHuman

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@JPvanYpersele

8 months

@dpcarrington @ben_stockton This my letter to the #COP28 President, written on behalf of the climate system itself with @MichaelEMann . There IS science behind the need for a fossil fuel phase out, dear Sultan Al Jaber. And you cannot negotiate with science!

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@JPvanYpersele

7 years

Please note that the science behind those models is exactly the same as the science on which #climate models are based.

Martin Stendel

@MartinStendel

7 years

Well done, models! Hurricane #Irma 's W Florida landfall nearly correctly forecast 6 days in advance!

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Success for the Brussels #YouthForClimate #FridaysForFuture march! @GretaThunberg

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Greta bashing:"It's classic autism bashing...They feel like they don't have to hold back, than just 'other' ⁦⁦her, turn her into a freak when she's actually making more sense than 95% of the adults who have addressed this issue for the last 30 years"

Climate Deniers Launch Personal Attacks on Teen Activist

They also bash Greta Thunberg's autism, creating collateral damage for others

www.scientificamerican.com

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

In the train to the Brussels #YouthForClimate demonstration with the Rector of my university and many students!

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@JPvanYpersele

3 years

Nucléaire : un rapport très attendu, qui ne parle pas de l’effet d’une sortie complète prématurée sur les émissions de CO2 “ouvre la porte à une sortie complète dès 2025”. Cela ne va pas aider le climat. via @RTBF

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@JPvanYpersele

4 years

I really hope it’s not my last visit to. my dad, who is fighting this bloody virus. Please #WearAMask

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@JPvanYpersele

4 years

My Dad died a month ago from Covid19, and I caught it myself. Today, I gave my post-Covid plasma so it could be used to help finding new treatments, hoping it will prevent other deaths. Please do the same if you can!

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@JPvanYpersele

1 year

This daily CO2 value should be on the front page of every media, every day. It is 50% above the pre-industrial value! It will continue to increase until we reach net-zero emissions, which is both urgent and possible. #IPCCvoiceOfClimate

Keeling_Curve

@Keeling_curve

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421.80 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 08-Apr-2023

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

BREAKING: IPCC #SRCCL accepted by the Panel! Bravo & thanks to all scientists who dedicated their time to prepare this new report on climate change & land-related issues! #IPCC will present this report to the world Thurs. Aug. 8 at 10:00 Geneva time. See

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The great @GretaThunberg is turning 16 today January 3! HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRETA! As a gift, let's send her news about the most important action we will take in 2019 to reduce our GHG emissions. For me, it will be to continue to give talks about the climate emergency & its solutions

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Please help the people from India! You can contribute here 👇. I just did. Thanks Licypriya for your efforts.

Licypriya Kangujam

@LicypriyaK

3 years

Plz click this link and donate any amount to Save Delhi & to Save India🙏🏻: No one talks about hundreds of children dying everyday. Our leaders killed them. I will do something to save their lives. Plz support me!🙏🏻 #IndiaNeedsOxygen #SaveDelhi #SaveIndia

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The Belgian federal government just decided, at the initiative of State Secretary @ThomasDermine , to support my candidacy to the #IPCC Chair position (election in July 2023). My comments below 👇

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Greta, 15 year old, a ray of hope, an inspiration for further action and ambition at this #COP24 ! Thank you @GretaThunberg !

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More than 35000, just in Brussels! The old generation will now feel the increasing heat of these #YouthForClimate ! Bravo to them! @GretaThunberg

Climate Express

@Climate_Express

5 years

#Youthforclimate Happening now in Brussels! Woooww! #Riseforclimate 💪💪💪💚💚💚

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Devastated: This morning, my sister’s husband and father of three lost his battle against #Covid19 . He had no pre-condition and was treated with hydroxychloroquine from the start. My sister, as an hospital doctor, only receives surgical masks, not N95 or FFP2. #StayHome

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@JPvanYpersele

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Terrible: Ce matin, le mari de ma sœur et papa de 3 enfants a succombé, victime du #Covid19 . Il était en bonne santé et à été traité notamment à l’hydroxychloroquine dès le début. Ma sœur, médecin en hôpital, ne reçoit que des masques chirurgicaux pour se protéger #RestezChezVous

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I've dedicated much of my working life to the science of climate change, sustainable development, adaptation to climate change, mitigation of limate change, and clean energy provision. Watch now my IPCC Chair campaign’s official video subtitled in the 6 UN languages at:

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Licypriya, who just turned 9 year-old, was arrested on October 18 in India. Her crime? Asking for more climate action! Please support her, listen to her, and follow her! She also has a nice sense of humour... 👇 #FaceTheClimateEmergency @LicypriyaK

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@LicypriyaK

4 years

This vehicle become a treasure & it’s priceless. I will buy when they auction it. I will keep in a museum to tell the future generations that this vehicle took away to detained a 9 years old kid in india on October 18, 2020 for asking to take urgent climate action to our leaders.

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So, the #IPCC Synthesis Report summary for policymakers (SPM) has finally be approved, 2.5 days later than scheduled, without the participation of many developing countries (who were not funded to stay longer). A better inclusivity is part of my programme as IPCC Chair candidate!

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3 years

Please note this👇, wear your mask inside, ventilate, and get vaccinated (with two doses). Rich countries need also to urgently help others to get their population vaccinated. Thanks @DrEricDing for the alert! #COVIDisAirborne

Eric Feigl-Ding

@DrEricDing

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⚠️“5-10 seconds” is all one needs to transmit the #DeltaVariant , warns Queensland 🇦🇺 health officer, that it **no longer takes up o 15 minutes** to pass on #COVID19 . It can be a "fleeting moment" of seconds. It indeed happened *thrice* at shopping mall.🧵

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#RogerWakeUpNow Dear @RogerFederer , could you please stop helping the @CreditSuisse bank to greenwash their fossil fuel investments, and ask them to stop bringing to court young, non-violent climate activists? Thank you #ClimateUrgency

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@JPvanYpersele

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Young people had the audacity to ask @RogerFederer (through a non-violent action) to stop supporting @CreditSuisse 's investments in fossil fuels. The latter is suing the young people, and a fine of €20,000 is being imposed on them. Is this fair?

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Air-conditioning is a climate killer. Its use should be minimised. Buildings need to be made or renovated so that they require as little AC as possible. Planting trees near buildings can help. #ClimateEmergency

Bloomberg

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The number of air-conditioning units installed globally is set to jump from about 1.6 billion today to 5.6 billion by the middle of the century 👀 via @bopinion

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5 years

Please listen to Greta, in her own words! Let’s support her! @GretaThunberg

Greta Thunberg

@GretaThunberg

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Recently I’ve seen many rumors and lies circulating about me. And enormous amounts of hate. So I’ve written a text to make some things clear about my school strike. #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate

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Honoured to have been invited to give a keynote speech and a scientific training workshop in Lausanne this Thursday at the SMILE for the Future meeting attended by @GretaThunberg and the youth from #FridaysForFuture . #SmileForFuture #ClimateUrgency

Context Climate

@ContextClimate

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"So of course we will need to do so much more, we are still only scratching the surface" says @GretaThunberg 450 activists from 38 European countries brought their #FridaysforFuture movement to Lausanne to cal for climate action l #Climate Read:

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5 years

The hideous face of climate change: “combination of powerful winds and low humidity could create a “historic” weather event, with a high risk of fires across all or part of at least 30 Northern California counties.” via ⁦ @nytimes ⁩

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Scientists have been saying for decades (!) this would happen: “Climate change is supercharging a hot and dangerous summer”. Time for an emergency plan to reduce CO2 emissions to ZERO, which means leaving fossil fuels in the ground!...

Climate change is supercharging a hot and dangerous summer

Scientists point to the effects of global warming amid extreme weather in the Northern Hemisphere.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Trains are better for climate #FridaysForFuture

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@JPvanYpersele

4 years

Remember: Climate change will be much, much, much worse than Covid19 is. Let’s fight both with the same energy.

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@JPvanYpersele

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Tomorrow are the elections for the Presidency of the IPCC. At its 59th session, the various international delegations will elect a new Bureau for the next assessment cycle. If elected, I will ensure that the IPCC becomes the Voice of the Climate. #IPCCvoiceOfClimate #IPCCchair

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

A disinformation campaign tries to downplay the role of climate change in the Australian bushfires. These articles show how that is completely wrong. The truth about those fires: #AustraliaFires #ClimateEmergency @MichaelEMann

Victoria Police rejects social media campaign claiming arson caused fires

Police are not treating any of the major Victorian fires as suspicious, amid what a university researcher called a social media "disinformation campaign" claiming arsonists were at fault.

www.theage.com.au

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@JPvanYpersele

4 years

BREAKING: Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms | Reuters

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@JPvanYpersele

6 years

Watch this « Never, never, never give up » bear! That’s the attitude we need to fight climate change (Winston Churchill quote)

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@JPvanYpersele

6 years

Monsieur le Premier Ministre @CharlesMichel , depuis la COP24, je vous en supplie, ne vous limitez pas aux tweets et aux discours: ce sont des décisions fortes qu’il faut prendre, et c’est à vous que cette responsabilité ultime revient #UrgenceClimatique #ClaimTheClimate

Nicolas Van Nuffel

@NicVanuf

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@CharlesMichel @COP24 Monsieur le Premier ministre, vous avez une responsabilité historique: jamais votre population n’a été mobilisée à ce point sur l’enjeu climatique. Réunissez les ministres-pdts et prenez position: la Belgique doit soutenir 55% de réduction UE pour 2030. #ClaimTheClimate

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5 years

MANY people at the #YouthForClimate march in Louvain-la-Neuve ! @gretathunberg

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Leaving @COP24Katowice by train, as I came. Katowice - Praha - Frankfurt - Köln - Brussels ( @RTLTVI guest at 13:00 on Sunday) #flyingless @EricHolthaus @ClimateHuman @StuartBCapstick @UNFCCC #COP24

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@JPvanYpersele

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"This is unprecedented. These people have done nothing to contribute to climate change. They don't burn fossil fuels… and yet they are bearing the brunt of climate change," said Ms Thakral. Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine - BBC

Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine

The country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.

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@JPvanYpersele

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Today Prof. @JimSkeaIPCC was elected as #IPCCchair . The IPCC will be in good hands under his leadership and I would like to offer him my warm congratulations. It is good to see that some of the values I promoted during my own campaign - inclusivity, just transition, and a wish

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@JPvanYpersele

3 years

INCREDIBLE: As a climate scientist who has experienced the intense disinformation efforts made by the fossil fuel lobbies for decades, I must say I could not stop watching this 10 min video before the end! ExxonMobil executives display their utmost cynicism. Please watch & share!

Unearthed

@UE

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REVEALED: How Exxon held back climate action for decades, and is still doing it today. We went undercover with Exxon’s lobbyists to expose the truth. Watch and share.

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3 years

Here my first comments on the results of #COP26

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@JPvanYpersele

4 years

Daddy, I won't be able to stand on your shoulders anymore. You left yesterday for your last trip, after fighting this bloody Covid19. Thank you Daddy for your support and your broad shoulders. I will continue my fight for climate with you in my heart. RIP Paul van Ypersele

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Rome, 13°C outside. Fossil gas burning as if Australia burning was not enough. Isn’t it high time to forbid those outside gas heaters? #ClimateEmergency

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@JPvanYpersele

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Émotion un an après les terribles inondations en Belgique, alors que l’Europe est aux prises avec une vague de forte chaleur. Le GIEC annonçait dès 1990 ces risques amplifiés par le dérèglement climatique. Quand va-t-on enfin comprendre qu’il faut cesser de brûler du carbone?

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@JPvanYpersele

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BREAKING: #IPCC #AR6 #ClimateReport Summary for Policy Makers approved! Moving now to IPCC Plenary meeting at 11:00 (Geneva time) to formally accept WG1 work. Congratulations to all who made this possible, in particular the authors, WGI Bureau members and TSU!

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@JPvanYpersele

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Hi Greta, I woke up at 5am, trained (about climate ch.) a group of 50 judges in the morning, and a group of 50 journalism students in the afternoon, gave an interview, wrote to 20 experts to help the Belgian #YouthForClimate . Your video gave me energy. Thank you @GretaThunberg !

BBC News (World)

@BBCWorld

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Teenager Greta Thunberg's school strike has started a global phenomenon of children taking action on climate change 💪💪💪 [Tap to expand]

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EDITION SPÉCIALE: Voici les messages clés du dernier rapport du #GIEC , en français ! Lettre de la Plateforme wallonne pour le GIEC: #ClimateReport

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6 years

Brief aan mijn achterkleinkinderen, te lezen in 2118. Ondertekend: een klimaatwetenschapper #COP24

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

Some old people criticise Greta. Here she answers them, with humor and wit (video in English with French subtitles): #FridaysForFuture #YouthForClimate

Konbini news

@konbininews

5 years

"Ils ont plus peur de moi que du vrai problème." La jeune activiste écolo @GretaThunberg répond à ses détracteurs avant son discours ce mardi à l’Assemblée nationale 👇

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The IPCC delegates are working overtime to finalize this Special Report. A number of cell phones just rang in the room, as it is 6am here... Some of us have been in this room since 7am yesterday, sometimes with a nap on the way... Almost done! #LifeOfAClimateScientist #SRCCL

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@JPvanYpersele

5 years

We will not solve the climate and biodiversity problems if we don’t solve the poverty problems. And we will not eliminate poverty without sharing fairly the resources of our planet and reducing inequalities. #JustSaying

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Temperature records broken in Scandinavia, Texas, Siberia, India... The face of climate change #ClimateUrgency #FridaysForFuture

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Parler abusivement d’”effondrement climatique” risque de renforcer le sentiment d’impuissance de beaucoup de citoyens, en particulier de jeunes. Or le GIEC n’a cessé d’être clair: nous AVONS les moyens d’agir. Ce qu’il manque, c’est une volonté politique assez forte

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