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A 🧵on some of the big climate & energy reports that have just come out ahead of #COP27, before we have to abandon this ship..
➡️ @UNEP Emissions Gap Report
➡️ @IISD_Energy Navigating Energy Transitions
➡️ @IEA World Energy Outlook
➡️ @LancetCountdown on health & climate change
➡️ @UNEP Emissions Gap Report
➡️ @IISD_Energy Navigating Energy Transitions
➡️ @IEA World Energy Outlook
➡️ @LancetCountdown on health & climate change
Bear in mind that (1) Last month, a study from @sthlmresilience reinforced the message that every fraction of a degree counts. Five dangerous climate #TippingPoints may have already been passed due to the 1.1°C of global heating caused by humanity to date; theguardian.com/environment/20… 
... and (2) Atmospheric levels of three greenhouse gases -- CO2, methane, and N2O -- hit record highs in 2021. theguardian.com/environment/20…
🚨 Breaking 🚨 The European Parliament just called for nation-states to “work on developing a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty” in its formal #COP27 resolution.
This is a major development in the global push for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
More at fossilfueltreaty.org/eu or in 🧵
This is a major development in the global push for a #FossilFuelTreaty.
More at fossilfueltreaty.org/eu or in 🧵
Just 3 weeks ago, H.E. President Nikenike Vurobaravu, President of Vanuatu, invited governments to join them in developing a #FossilFuelTreaty at #UNGA – sparking a wave of diplomatic support for the proposal, including now in the European Parliament. fossilfueltreaty.org/vanuatu
In recent weeks we have seen displays of public support for a #FossilFuelTreaty from the:
🇻🇺 President of Vanuatu
🇹🇱 President of Timor-Leste @JoseRamosHorta1
🇹🇻 Tuvalu Foreign Minister @Simon_Kofe
🇳🇿 NZ Climate Minister @jamespeshaw
🇻🇦 Vatican
⛑ @WHO fossilfueltreaty.org/endorsements
🇻🇺 President of Vanuatu
🇹🇱 President of Timor-Leste @JoseRamosHorta1
🇹🇻 Tuvalu Foreign Minister @Simon_Kofe
🇳🇿 NZ Climate Minister @jamespeshaw
🇻🇦 Vatican
⛑ @WHO fossilfueltreaty.org/endorsements
A couple thoughts on today's "CleanBC" roadmap release and @jjhorgan press conference #bcpoli #cdnpoli 🧵
First of all,horrified @jjhorgan referred to LNG as bridge fuel & said he has been talking Carnival about LNG bunkering. I met with Chairman of Board of Maersk last week who was clear that science does not support LNG & gas as being part of decarbonization pathway for shipping.
The @IEA the @IPCC_CH & @UNEP in #productiongap report all conclude that no expansion of fossil fuels is consistent with Paris goal of remaining below 1.5C. LNG is a fossil fuel made from fracked gas. The "bridge fuel" narrative is old, out of date and has no scientific backing
📢New article alert! What does international law say about leaving #fossilfuels in the ground to meet the #ParisAgreement #climate goals? And how could it evolve to do so? I explore these questions in a new #OpenAccess article in @ESG_Journal sciencedirect.com/science/articl…🧵
Some background: as a recent @Nature piece by @st_pye & others shows, if we want to keep below 1.5C, large parts of fossil fuel reserves (oil: 58%, gas: 59%, coal: 89%) are 'unextractable' nature.com/articles/s4158… (2/n)
This message also emerges from the annual #ProductionGap report (heads up: the next one is coming in 2 weeks!) by @SEIclimate @IISD_news @UNEP & others: we need to start winding down production *now* to keep global #climate goals within reach @mlaz_sei @_aploy @SEI_Erickson (3/n)
As #Australia reels from unprecedented bushfires, the disconnect between its vulnerability to #climate change and the inadequacy of its government's response is coming under international scrutiny.
We have produced a mountain of research on this -
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We have produced a mountain of research on this -
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1/ #Australia is on fire due in large part to #climate change yet the government is looking for ways to weaken the Paris Agreement by using 40 y. o. Kyoto protocol credits to meet its 2030 targets. We show there's no legal basis for this
bit.ly/Aus_KPCO @TheAusInstitute
bit.ly/Aus_KPCO @TheAusInstitute
2/ Our calculations show just how bad using Kyoto carryover units to meet #ParisAgreement commitments would be for #climate action: an extra 0.1˚C of warming that wld not otherwise hv occurred due to delays in energy & economic system transformation
bit.ly/Art6_KPCO
bit.ly/Art6_KPCO
NEW landmark @UNEP et al. report shows almost all countries' climate commitments ring hollow. While governments pledge to cut greenhouse gas *emissions*, they are simultaneously investing in fossil fuel *production* at double(!) the safe limit. THREAD.
productiongap.org
productiongap.org
2/n: This is cognitive dissonance on a global scale. It's like promising to go on a diet while simultaneously baking a cake.
reuters.com/article/us-cli…
reuters.com/article/us-cli…
3/n: As @CNN observes, the climate movement's years of calls to #KeepItInTheGround are based on science, yet "many of the world's governments are not heeding [scientists'] calls." cnn.com/2019/11/20/wor…
