Extinction Rebellion Wimborne

The Realisation Festival is coming up at St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles, in June.

Its host, the Earl of Shaftesbury, has yet to give back Lough Neagh to the Irish people - and he is still profiting from destructive sand dredging

#SaveLoughNeagh
#Colonialism

“Climate change is reasing. And Hamburg, particularly affected by the danger of storm surges of rising seas, thinks it is a good idea to build a new development area in the flood area for 15,000 people”

Oil built the Persian Gulf. Desalinated water keeps it alive. War could threaten both As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water — not oil.

Water not oil, may be the resource most at risk in the arid lands of the Persian Gulf.

When all is done, you can’t drink oil.
apnews.com/article/iran...

“Extinction Rebellion Rutshuru DRCongo and Amani institute Asbl demonstrated in Beni against the expansion of aviation and new oil projects”

War destroys nature

Devastating impacts of #ClimateCrisis - failed rains from Oct to Dec in #EastAfrica have pushed almost 26 million people into extreme hunger. 58m don't have access to clean drinking water. Millions of livestock are at risk as drought devastates grazing lands & water sources, threatening livelihoods

"apocalyptic” - residents in Tehran describe horrific impacts of US / Israel bombing of 4 oil depots & a petroleum logistics site in & around Iran's capital - sun blotted out, black gunk soot covering the city, toxic acid rain, polluted water, pain in their throat, burning eyes & shortness of breath

Absolutely horrific damage being done by bombing oil installations in and around Tehran. People being burned alive and horrendous toxic #pollution.

All war is #ecocide and must be ended if humanity is to have a future on this planet.

Chart showing the exponential collapse of the lag, extrapolated to 2.0C. Reference points show 10, 20 and 30 year lag scenarios projecting 2033, 2043 and 2053 respectively.

1/🌡️ Global warming passed a milestone on 17th Nov 2023 that barely made the news

For the first time ever, the world's daily average temperature was 2.0°C above pre-industrial levels

Here's what the data says about when that becomes the annual norm, & whether it's coming sooner than anyone expects🧵

“The Met's own statement shows that they were aware that the meeting was for training in nonviolent direct action, so this raid and the indiscriminate arrest of everyone present is shocking overreach."

Justice! 👏

BrewDog sold Highland estate for knockdown price after abandoning its reforestation plans Self-styled ‘punk’ beer company bought land in 2020, pledging to plant Scotland’s ‘biggest ever forest’

BrewDog loudly promised a vast “Lost Forest” to offset its emissions.

Carbon offsetting is a huge and urgent problem:
🌳 Nature becomes a commodity
🤑 Public money becomes private gain
🟢 Greenwashing instead of cutting emissions

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Climate change is speeding up — the pace nearly doubled in ten years Earth is now warming at a rate of around 0.35 ºC per decade, fresh analysis finds.

The rate of global warming has ⚠️nearly doubled⚠️ since 2015. Earth is heating at around 0.35°C per decade.

This is acceleration.
Fossil fuels are pushing the planet beyond safe limits.

The science is clear.
Where is the emergency response?

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“… With all good intentions we put flowers in the garden to help insects. 🐝🦋🐛

Right?

Unfortunately, many plants from regular garden centers have been treated with poison. 🪻🌻🌺 So with this we do not help insects, but further exterminate them. ☠️”

“Today rebels are blocking JN! The ING in Nijmegen. ING says it strives for a low-carbon economy, but is still investing in oil, gas and war-linked businesses. Profit over justice? We keep coming back. Climate justice for all”

I’m really disappointed in @theguardian.com for posting this misinformation and failing to disclose who funds Britain Remade. It’s bad journalism to publish a pro deregulation article from an EDF-funded PR company-created lobby group without that context @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Lough Neagh & the Earl of Shaftesbury‼️

He says he’d give the lake away “for free”. That’s not generosity it’s delay.

He must:
✅ Commit to a timetable
✅ Be transparent
✅ Condemn dredging
✅ Publish dredging contracts
✅ Trigger break clauses
✅ Commit to Citizens’ Assembly

#SaveLoughNeagh

Pro growth rhetoric claiming to care about our suffering natural world 🦔 Britain Remade is a Tufton Street adjacent think tank that promotes building unfettered by environmental legislation

flightfree.co.uk

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

🚨 URGENT 🚨
Experts warn UK must start stockpiling food to prepare for climate shocks or war.

UK is only 54% self-sufficient - much, much lower than eg France, Spain, Netherlands, US, Australia.

We are dangerously reliant on fragile global supply chains.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

“Criticism of the climate debate is often farcical. The loudest tone wins – not the fight for the truth, but the attention of society. Public service, other media and sensible people in power must stand up to climate deniers & their supporters”

The answer isn’t the climate movement giving up, it’s the climate movement stepping up ✊

Fitting a heat pump or solar panels does not, in and of itself, slow climate breakdown as the fossil fuels saved can simply be burnt elsewhere.

The only thing that slows climate breakdown is leaving fossil fuels in the ground. So that's what we must do beneath the North Sea.

"Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals. But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels. Investing in new fossil fuels infrastructure is moral and economic madness."

This is a call for the resignation of Octopus Energy CEO
@gjuk.bsky.social.

And also a complete rethink of the climate movement in the UK.

Greg, the world's top diplomat Antonio Guterres says "Investing in new fossil fuels infrastructure is moral and economic madness". Are you mad? 🧵

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Oxford Climate Choir will perform in Oxford city centre on Saturday, March 7 in collaboration with youth-led banking campaign SWITCHED!

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11.45- 1pm outside city centre banks

"It is a grim reality that many of our banks continue to invest in fossil fuels, while the planet overheats”

Rising #SeaLevels due to #ClimateChange threatens tens of millions more people than previously thought. New research found about 90% of 385 scientific studies underestimated baseline coastal water height by average of 30cm with some discrepancies up to 550-760cm
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

An amazing evening! Jonathon Porritt brought his book tour to Salisbury, delivering a rousing talk to a capacity audience aided by inspirational young activist Emma de Saram. 'Love, Anger & Betrayal' is co-authored by 26 Just Stop Oil activists, bringing much-needed younger voices to the debate.

UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say Fossil fuel price surge after US-Israeli attacks on Iran prompts calls to end dependence on ‘volatile’ energy source

Well knock me down with a feather

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments - Nature Meta-analyses on a global scale show that the measured coastal mean sea level is higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments.

More coasts at risk ⚠️

Some areas of the oceans are sitting several metres higher than previously realised.

Up to 132 million more people could be underwater with 1m of sea level rise than current estimates suggest.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

South East Water fined £22.5m for ‘repeated supply failures’ in Kent and Sussex Regulator says failures that hit nearly 300,000 customers made worse by utility’s failure to maintain efficient supply system

South East Water multiple fails costs £22.5m fine

They left 286,000 without water across Kent and Sussex, some multiple times between 2020 and 2023.

They failed to plan or to learn from 2018 “beast from the east” freeze and to maintain their own network.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...