Sebastiano Michelotti | APA - Climate Advisor

While governments can't even agree on common financial schemes, people are starving and melting down. Their future is at stake and we are failing to provide any solution

There will be a time when we will look back and understand that building strong climate policy schemes to use their benefits and revenues for fueling the military and the defense industry wasn't a good idea. We tax on climate but we don't invest in the transition
#MFF

At stake there is the whole role of the EU in the International climate diplomacy, while #cop30 in Belém is approaching.

Will the EU affirm its position in this major global challenge or will we allow fossil interest to win over our future?

What happened today with the 2040 #ClimateTarget and the #ClimateLaw.

The urgency procedure has been postponed (last chance tomorrow) and the lead on this has been delivered to the climate deniers MEPs of the far-right.

The Guardian view on Europe’s heatwave: leaders should remind the public why ambitious targets matter | Editorial Editorial: With net zero targets under attack from the populist right, dangerously high temperatures should refocus minds

we are melting
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Environment and Health: Forever Chemicals Pollution Press release Copenhagen, 1/7/2025   Environment and Health: Forever Chemicals Pollution Commission is risking...

Is the European Commission allowing forever chemicals PFAS and TFA in our drinking water? MEPs @baseickhout.bsky.social and @cristinaguarda.bsky.social demand action at the source: Europe has a duty to defend our health and ban these dangerous chemicals.

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The @greens-efa.eu group is now gathering in Copenhagen to set the strategy for the next term. I'm here, energized and ready to fight for meaningful climate #ClimateAction

EU resurrects banking practice that caused the 2008 financial crisis Securitization allows banks to repackage and resell debt, famously explained by actress Margot Robbie in a bubble bath in the film “The Big Short.”

how's that even possible. How is it possible that after the disgusting and criminal operations we have seen in 2008, well described in the documentary "Inside Job" (2010) we are allowing derivatives and risk transposition again....
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Notably, the report said it is unlikely that this cascade could have been stopped by a higher volume of conventional power plants offering greater “inertia” to the system.

at the end, it wasn't renewable energy the cause of the Spanish blackout
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Attending now a high level panel at the EU Parliament on "Economic Conditions for Peace" with Giuseppe Conte, @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social , and Jeffrey D. Sachs.

Let's build a more stable, peaceful global economy! 🕊️

"However, it is still likely to cost much more than the estimated £20bn in 2020 and will not produce power for at least another decade. The total cost will be set out this summer"

oh... of course...

Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment Ed Miliband promises to ‘get Britain off the fossil fuel rollercoaster’ with new plant expected to create 10,000 jobs

"The company said it had learnt ­lessons from Hinkley, in Somerset, and can build Sizewell C, in Suffolk, faster and more cheaply."

🤔🧐mmm, very curious to see that!

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The world’s leaders have nothing better to do than yell at a small boat carrying food and a few brave activists? Seriously? There’s a genocide happening — and this is what gets your outrage? A boat?

Get real.
#FreePalestine 🇵🇸 #FreedomFlotilla

36 MEPs demand end of Israel trade agreement now to stop the Gaza genocide Since World War II, no genocide has been so well-documented, yet so long ignored by Western powers. Denouncing the EU-Israel trade agreement is a decisive step in confronting the far-right Israeli gov...

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Top firms urge EU to stick to 90% climate target Over 150 firms, investors and business associations, including Ikea, Google, Vattenfall and Allianz, are urging the commission to stick to its 90 percent climate target, which is due to be presented b...

Now you have no argument for watering down the EU climate path
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1️⃣ Less commuting = fewer emissions
2️⃣ Office buildings use less energy
3️⃣ People make more sustainable choices with extra time

Research shows: 4-day weeks cut 2.5hrs of commute time per person weekly!

But implementation is key. We need smart policies to prevent rebound effects.

#climateaction #sustainability #futureofwork #worklifebalance… | Sebastiano Michelotti 🌍 Working less could be our secret weapon in the fight against climate change. Today, I want to challenge our traditional notion of productivity and explore an unconventional climate solution. Accord...

🌍 Want to fight climate change? Work less!

A 4-day work week isn't just about work-life balance—it's a climate solution hiding in plain sight. Here's why:

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Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows The fourth most important food crop is in peril as the Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from climate disaster

If you don't do it for the climate, do it for the bananas 🍌🌍

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Extinction Rebellion hold funeral for Paris Agreement 1.5°C climate target - Extinction Rebellion UK Extinction Rebellion Cambridge and others are holding a mock funeral for the 1.5°C target international policymakers signed up to in the Paris Agreement of 2015. A spokesperson said: "Crossing 1.5°C for a whole calendar year is a wake up call for the world. If we want to avoid crossing further tipping points we need a complete transformation of society."

Extinction Rebellion hold funeral for Paris Agreement 1.5°C climate target #Climate

The #gas storage regulation has just been adopted extending for 2 years the storage requirements for member States. Trilogues will follow.

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Good: Green's AM on full embargo on Russian gas was adopted
Bad: Green's AM on phase out of fossil fuels was rejected

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This means:
- A lot more CO2 emissions
- Delayed introduction of affordable EVs
- €10-20 billion extra in fuel imports

Most manufacturers are already on track to meet the past 2025 targets so thy is very no sense

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CO2 emission standards regulation for cars&vans has been delayed of 2 years following the commission proposal.

At least, all the far-right AMs for further weakening and delays got rejected

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Il lupo è meno protetto, il Parlamento Ue vota a favore della caccia: "Autogol clamoroso". Cosa succede ora - Il Fatto Quotidiano Per la destra è una vittoria. Ma per allevatori e agricoltori potrebbe essere un'arma a doppio taglio. Ecco perché [Leggi]

The wolf is less protected and this will backfires farmers first. Today the commission proposal on the degradation of the protection status of the wolf was adopted with a vast majority

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Updates from Plenary votes on wolf 🐺, cars CO2 reduction target and the gas storage regulation👇

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right wing parties recognize the need for a water strategy, because we all see the severe droughts and the horrible floods. But then they leave no real solutions on the plate.... bc they would be too "green"

no words

the text has been considerably emptied of all strategies based on science and which proposed a harmonize approach with nature

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The vote on the initiative report on the #WaterResilience is about to be voted in plenary

Live streaming
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Chevron and Exxon profits drop on falling oil price Industry faces weakening demand as Donald Trump’s trade war threatens economic outlook

Fun fact: that was way too predicted:

@iea.org on (NZE2050, published in 2021): «Up to USD 90 billion of existing coal‐ and gas‐fired capacity could be stranded in 2030 and up to USD 400 billion by 2050»

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