100 Climate Messages
@climatemessages
We need urgent, ambitious action on the climate. Without it, we’ll reach the tipping point and climate change will be unstoppable. Pass the message on.
24 July is #EarthOvershootDay. That means humanity has used up Earth’s yearly natural resources budget in just 7 months. In 2024, the date was 1 August. The date keeps creeping earlier—but the trend can be reversed: genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/resources/upda…
Landmark ruling in the Advisory Opinion by the ICJ on Climate Change. 1.5 degree C is legally the Planetary limit. All countries are legally obliged to comply. Even fossil-fuel subsidies can be illegal. States have duty to solve the planet crisis and can be held accountable.
COINCIDENCE?
Must be coincidence that in the last 2 weeks alone Russia, America, Turkey, India, South Korea, Pakistan, New Mexico, Spain, Vietnam, Philippines, China have seen extreme flooding, cars and people swept away etc Nothing at all to do with 2024 being the hottest year in 100,00…
"I'M A CLIMATE SCIENTIST. IF YOU KNEW WHAT I KNOW, YOU'D BE TERRIFIED TOO." - Bill McGuire
Over 600 gigatons of glacier mass lost in a single year, the largest ice loss in five decades. 📊 Source: WMO State of Global Water Resources 2023 🔗 bit.ly/3EQt2j8 #Glaciers2025
Sadly it’s non-binding, but it’s a start. A landmark decision by UN court cleared the way for countries to sue each other over #ClimateChange, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases.
HSBC’s financial flows are fuelling climate destruction and human rights violations in the #GlobalSouth. The time for change is now. We need a financial system that prioritises people, not profits. Read the full report here: bit.ly/4euuAfT #StopHSBC #PeopleOverProfit
THIS.
Trump hosted five African presidents - but this wasn’t about partnership, it was about extraction. Africa shouldn’t be the prize in the game - we should be writing the rules. 📕 Read the powerful piece by Dr. Oulie Keita: act.gp/4f33CfP
Brazil under fire for weakening environmental rules ahead of COP30 climate summit. climatechangenews.com/2025/07/23/bra…
This is what they have done to an Amazon rain forest once teeming with life Between 2001 and 2023, Brazil’s Amazon lost nearly a fifth of its rain forest, or more than 266,0004 square miles Now they plan a major highway through heart of Amazon cfr.org/backgrounder/c…
Barnaby Joyce’s push to repeal Net Zero is disgraceful, delusional, and totally out of step with the Parliament and the country. Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie explains why.
THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS IN OUR CARBON-STAINED HANDS. #ClimateEmergency #ClimateActionNow
BR-319: WE MUST UNMAKE THE ROAD TO OBLIVION.
My article for the @the_ecologist: Highway to hell. The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics. theecologist.org/2025/jul/22/hi…
WE’RE MESSING WITH CLIMATE MECHANISMS WE DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND. #ClimateCrisis
Here is my latest post over on Substack. This platform doesn't work for me anymore, so please follow me over there! open.substack.com/pub/climatehum…
When we loose the Arctic we loose the planet Arctic winter reaches melting point: Scientists witness dramatic thaw in Svalbard Svalbard, warming at 6 to 7 times the global average rate with winter temperatures rising at nearly double the annual average phys.org/news/2025-07-a…
“We're within 3 years of reaching a critical climate threshold. Can we reverse course?" | Article in @LiveScience by @saschapare: livescience.com/planet-earth/c…
In #Angola Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has discovered a vast offshore natural gas reservoir. The reserve in the #LowerCongoBasin is estimated to hold more than 1 trillion cubic feet of gas and up to 100 million barrels of condensates. #KeepItInTheGround 1/2
“rising temperatures… are rapidly eating into the remaining carbon budget (the amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted within an agreed time). This will be exhausted in less than three years at current levels of emissions. We need to face this head on: the window to stay…