From zero to 100% renewables in just 20 years: South Australia's remarkable energy transition reneweconomy.com.au/from-zero-to-1…

“This isn’t complicated,” says Sheldon Whitehouse. “Climate risk makes things uninsurable. No insurance makes things unmortgageable. No mortgages crashes the property markets. Crashed property markets trash the economy.” thehill.com/future-america…

China's largest offshore wind project has been connected to the grid. The 900MW facility comprises 106 turbines, each with a capacity of 8.5 MW. It'll save around 829,000 tonnes of coal a year. chinadaily.com.cn/a/202410/28/WS…

80 year old retired healthcare worker arrested on Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍 action. This week they are targeting insurance companies linked with the fossil fuel industries. Health for XR Extinction Rebellion Global #InsureOurFuture

This is what the climate crisis looks like. Our beautiful homes, luxurious cars, and money has no value on a dead planet. There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #renewables #cop16 #cop16cali

The environmental movement is divided between those who think capitalism, or the Gaza genocide, aren't relevant to Earth collapse, and those who understand they are, on the contrary, absolutely CORE. This short video of Jason Hickel makes clear how.

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

These poor people. They must be wondering round in utter shock and disbelief. I can't comprehend!

The Extreme Weather Report, Oct 30, 2024. This is your weather on fossil fuels. Happy Halloween.

Los Angeles voted 12-0 to ban new drilling and to close all 5,000 existing oil and gas wells in the city. This is a historic victory by STAND-LA and all citizens over the oil industry and environmental racism. IT CAN BE DONE! Who's next? #ActOnClimate #climate

The scariest thing is the fact that this isn't the new normal... it's only about halfway to the new normal. I don't think you'll like the new normal.

A rare "OMG" moment in climate news. The EU cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 8.3% last year. That's almost as much as it fell in the pandemic. But with stable (okay stagnant) GDP and renewable energy doing the heavy lifting. Story by Federica Di Sario pro.politico.eu/news/188619

This Bloomberg report is a stark reminder: we cannot rely on capital to achieve green transition. Capital is not investing enough in green energy because it's not as profitable as fossil fuels. The solution? We need a public finance strategy and fast. bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Spain’s apocalyptic floods show undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us | Jonathan Watts theguardian.com/world/2024/nov…

This scene from Valencia's October 29 disaster is beyond a movie. A man hanging on the wall is on the edge of the flood. A car pushed by the current is going to crush him. From the first floor someone throws a blanket. He climbs to safety.

POW! All new houses built in Tokyo after April 2025 must include solar power panels. Let's speed that up. Who's next? RT if you think more houses should get a solar powered upgrade. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

📣We release today a new peer-reviewed study, in which we expose the unprecedented influence of the meat industry on science, public discourse & policy: "The Dublin Declaration: Gain for the Meat Industry, Loss for Science" After months of investigation, here is what we found🧵

We should have listened. ‘A "perfect storm" of food shortages, scarce water and insufficient energy threaten to unleash public unrest, cross-border conflicts and mass migration, the UK chief scientist will warn tomorrow. Professor John Beddington will say that the world is

1/ I’ve been wondering a bunch of things about a potential AMOC collapse: "When will it tip?" "What are the most likely effects?" "Can we stop it?" So I looked for answers in the many scientific papers published on this. Here’s a super plain language thread with what I found.🧵

I think this time around the resistance will be local. We’ll march and protest, but even more important, we’ll get to work protecting our neighbors and working together to keep making progress on the issues that matter most. Here’s what we can do on climate 🧵