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Rapid Transition Alliance

@rapidtransition

Evidence based hope in a warming world

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"... abundant green space in urban areas is linked to lower rates of heat-related illness and deaths, as well as better mental health and wellbeing" - why we should be planting trees in cities, not cutting them down... theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Why local authorities should have a tobacco-style ban on adverts by big polluters - important and excellent new briefing by the Faculty of Public Health Faculty of Public Health here 👇👇👇 badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social Adfree Cities fph.org.uk/media/mzekabgc…

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📢 We're excited to introduce our new series - 'Sport on the Climate Frontlines'. In the first piece, Matt Rendell visited COP16 to learn about how the oil industry is impacting communities in the Amazon. Here's what he learned. 🧵 1/8 Full piece 👉 cooldownclimate.org/latest/cop16-s…

📢 We're excited to introduce our new series - 'Sport on the Climate Frontlines'. 

In the first piece, Matt Rendell visited COP16 to learn about how the oil industry is impacting communities in the Amazon.

Here's what he learned. 🧵 1/8

Full piece 👉 cooldownclimate.org/latest/cop16-s…
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🚨 2024 Bad Sport Awards 🚨 From jerseys to stadiums, polluting brands are everywhere in sport, cashing in while fuelling the climate crisis. 🌍💨 We think their sportswashing efforts deserve recognition, don't you? 🤨 Vote now 🗳️👉tinyurl.com/Bad-Sport-Awar…

🚨 2024 Bad Sport Awards 🚨

From jerseys to stadiums, polluting brands are everywhere in sport, cashing in while fuelling the climate crisis. 🌍💨

We think their sportswashing efforts deserve recognition, don't you? 🤨

Vote now 🗳️👉tinyurl.com/Bad-Sport-Awar…
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Winter sports are at a tipping point – the snow that defines them is now a fleeting luxury. 🏔️ In the latest Cool Down article, Swedish elite skier Björn Sandström shares his vision for climate action in winter sports. 🧵 1/6 Full piece 👉cooldownclimate.org/latest/bjorn-s…

Winter sports are at a tipping point – the snow that defines them is now a fleeting luxury. 🏔️

In the latest Cool Down article, Swedish elite skier Björn Sandström shares his vision for climate action in winter sports. 🧵 1/6

Full piece 👉cooldownclimate.org/latest/bjorn-s…
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Canadian fossil fuel and mining giants are bringing football legends to the Amazon. Why? To distract from a landscape their businesses have devastated with oil spills and extensive mining. Here's what's happening in Putumayo. 🧵 1/6 Full piece 👉 cooldownclimate.org/latest/canadia…

Canadian fossil fuel and mining giants are bringing football legends to the Amazon. 

Why?

To distract from a landscape their businesses have devastated with oil spills and extensive mining. 

Here's what's happening in Putumayo. 🧵 1/6

Full piece 👉 cooldownclimate.org/latest/canadia…
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FIFA's Saudi stitch-up of the Men's #WorldCup2034 is a slap in the face to players, fans & the climate. The only thing hotter than the climate breakdown it will fuel is dissent growing from the game's grassroots upwards. Fossil Free Football 🌍⚽️ cooldownnetwork @cooldownnetwork.bsky.social cooldownclimate.org/latest/saudi-a…

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🏆 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 2024 Bad Sport Awards Winners. Sport should inspire us, but polluting industries have turned the field into their PR playground. 💰💨 The votes are in, and the results are shocking. Ready to see who made the cut? 🧵👇

🏆 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 2024 Bad Sport Awards Winners. 

Sport should inspire us, but polluting industries have turned the field into their PR playground. 💰💨 

The votes are in, and the results are shocking. Ready to see who made the cut? 🧵👇
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🚨 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 2024 There have been some huge milestones in the campaign for a high-carbon advertising ban this year. As we near 2025, we're looking back at some of this year's big moments. Here are a few highlights from the first half of 2024. 🧵

🚨 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 2024

There have been some huge milestones in the campaign for a high-carbon advertising ban this year.

As we near 2025, we're looking back at some of this year's big moments.

Here are a few highlights from the first half of 2024. 🧵
badvertising @badvertising.bsky.social (@badvertising11) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 2024 We’re looking back at some of this year’s key moments in the campaign against high-carbon advertising. Here are some highlights from the second half of 2024. 🧵

🚨 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 2024

We’re looking back at some of this year’s key moments in the campaign against high-carbon advertising.

Here are some highlights from the second half of 2024. 🧵
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They say football is the beautiful game, but it can be a dirty one too, and in ways that you might not imagine. We've discovered that the game's dirtiest secret could be in how it lets itself be a billboard for some of the world's worst polluters... follow the 🧵👇

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The world’s biggest ad firm, WPP, says its climate-friendly but last year had the most fossil fuel contracts of any agency. We just reported them to the international watchdog on corporate responsibility for breaking rules on climate & human rights👇 independent.co.uk/climate-change…

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The failure of business regulation (and economics) comes down to this, it allows profiteering to overrule preserving the conditions for life. BBC News - BP to slash green investment and ramp up gas and oil bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Great work calling out the tragic irony of planet heating polluters using endangered snow sports to promote themselves - from our colleagues at New Weather Sweden / Save Our Snow and the Cool Down Network 👇 cooldownclimate.org/resources/over…

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🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗱 In 'Stranded Fans' we reveal the alarming cost to fans' pockets and the planet when they cannot get home after the final whistle. Here are some of the key findings. 💡🧵 Full research: cooldownclimate.org/resources/stra…

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗱

In 'Stranded Fans' we reveal the alarming cost to fans' pockets and the planet when they cannot get home after the final whistle.

Here are some of the key findings. 💡🧵

Full research: cooldownclimate.org/resources/stra…
Andrew Simms (@andrewsimms_uk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Folks - we are SO close to getting the needed 100,000 signatures by May 12th for Chris Packham's petition to ban polluter ads - please share and sign if you haven't to help it over the line... 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7000…

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If children eat more after seeing just 5 mins of junk food ads, imagine what constant exposure to ads for SUVs, flights & high carbon lifestyles does to people's climate impacts. Time to stop promoting our own self destruction & have a tobacco-style ad ban theguardian.com/society/2025/m…