The #ClimateCrisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on BBC Radio 4 Today programme think, says Bill McGuire

- As a scientist, I’m faced with indifference and a failure to understand the reality every day. We must wake people up

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I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope, writes Christiana Figueres

- Fighting spirit helped us achieve the Paris accords in 2015 and we need it now the world is on course to overshoot 1.5C

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‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families

- A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children

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By me
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What are the most powerful climate actions you can take? The expert view

- Voting tops the list of actions from the world’s leading climate scientists in a year when billions of voters go to the polls

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‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on verge of climate abyss, UN warns

- Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of leading scientists, who expect temperatures to soar, and say political leaders must act radically

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The The Guardian view on the climate emergency: we cannot afford to despair

- Top experts believe global temperatures will rise by at least 2.5C above pre-industrial levels by 2100. That frightening prediction must spur us to action

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A veces es imposible no sentirse rota y sin esperanzas, como climatoliga, viendo a los gobiernos sin actuar para mitigar el cambio climático. Parte de la entrevista que me hizo Damian Carrington y Guardian Environment
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💥Wind & solar are 'fastest-growing electricity sources in history' – new Ember report

⛰️They're growing faster than demand: Peak fossil fuel power in 2024 – then 'inevitable' decline

🏭They already shaved 22% off fossil power, saving 4GtCO2/yr

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“We keep doing it because we have to do it, so the powerful cannot say that they didn’t know. We know what we’re talking about. They can say they don’t care, but they can’t say they didn’t know.”

#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

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“What the fuck do we have to do to get through to people how bad this really is?”

Btw, my response was a warming of 3C, in line with many of my IPCC colleagues… theguardian.com/environment/ng…