'The experts were clear on why the world is failing to tackle the #ClimateCrisis . A lack of political will was cited by almost three-quarters of the respondents, while 60% also blamed vested corporate interests, such as the #FossilFuel industry.'

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NEW | Renewables generated a RECORD 30% of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind ⚡

The world is racing towards an era of falling fossil fuels #GER24

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April was the hottest month on record and the eleventh consecutive month of record heat 🌡trib.al/douwhJt

Renewable power reaches record 30% of global electricity ⚡️ trib.al/poNXJfM

Renewable energy exceeds 30% of the world’s electricity supply ♻️

New research reveals that solar was the main supplier of electricity growth, adding more than twice as much new electricity generation as coal in 2023.

Read more 👇
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A whole year of record breaking ocean temperatures.

This warmth has significant effects on ocean ecosystems. A large fraction of the world’s human population rely on protein from the ocean to live. Disruption to life in the ocean does affect us all.

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The climate crisis has clearly arrived for everyone.

But while we are all confronting the same storm, we are in very different boats.

COP is where world leaders unite under the UNFCCC to negotiate and make global agreements on combating climate change and promoting climate action worldwide, across communities.

#COP29 is coming up from November 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Stay tuned.

We took the government to court over its unlawful climate plan and won – again! 🙌

We urgently need a credible and lawful new action plan that puts our climate goals back on track and ensures we all benefit from a fossil free future. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

🌿The 'National #Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans' (NBSAPs) are key country blueprints to tackle #Nature loss this decade.

🔍The team at Carbon Brief has been tracking those plans - and many more are expected in the coming months.

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'It’s clear that we can’t address the #ClimateCrisis unless we fix the finance flows that are failing the planet.

'it’s absurd that so much of the world’s money is still being poured into fuelling #ClimateChange .'

Teresa Anderson ActionAid

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Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about fossil fuel dangers, experts testify. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…

Climate and energy ministers from G7 Italy nations agreed a coal exit deadline — with a caveat, but made little progress on other fossil fuels and finance climatechangenews.com/2024/04/30/g7-…

Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years | Plastics | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Conservation slowing biodiversity loss, scientists say bbc.in/3U8oS9K

G7 reaches deal to exit from coal by 2035 reut.rs/4aVQlmv

More than 11,000,000 tonnes of plastic will enter our oceans this year.

To #StopPlasticPollution , the #PlasticsTreaty must include global bans on the most harmful plastic products.

Urge decision-makers to act now! ⬇️ #INC4

The destruction of nature over the rest of the decade could trigger a bigger economic slump in Britain than those caused by the 2008 global financial crisis and the Covid pandemic, experts have warned

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World’s billionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministers theguardian.com/inequality/202…