🗣'We all know oil and gas companies are getting away with making billions, while delivering thousands of death blows to the future of our planet..'
But that is what think tanks the Institute for Public Policy Research and Chatham House warn the world now risks.
As a result of historical failure to sufficiently tackle the climate and ecological crisis, authors Laurie Laybourn, Henry Throp and Suzannah Sherman argue the “vast changes needed to limit global heating and restore nature must be achieved in ever shorter periods of time”.Yet while societies are being called on to respond to growing numbers of climate-related disasters, “these challenges could increasingly distract from efforts to realise rapid decarbonisation and nature restoration”.
The UN says it is still possible to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees. But Cohort 2040 found that prospect “can be exploited to justify incremental action and to continue a slow pace for emissions reductions... [and] create a false impression that the current approach is working.” “In reality, transformational change is not being achieved and so the chance that the 1.5°C goal will be missed is growing. Something must change,” they say. And it seems time is running out to sort out this mess.
Get on yer bike like Erik Ten Hag I know the Dutch love their bikes, but what an inspiring sight to see Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag riding his through the streets of Manchester.And we really need to consign that view to the history books. Waste not want not Did you know that Lidl NI has just rolled out ‘waste not’ boxes filled with 5kg of leftover fruit and veg for just £2.50.
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