Christiana Figueres
@CFigueres
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@OutrageOptimism co-host. Global Climate Leader. Mother. Dedicated to the protection and regeneration of our web of life. #StubbornOptimist
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📣A quien escribió esto: para empezar Olsen no lleva tilde. Además, en el texto faltan 6 tildes, sobra 1 punto, faltan 2 mayúsculas y hay 2 errores de redacción. La próxima vez que circule algo falso a mi nombre que por lo menos se lo revise mi maestra de Español de 3er grado.
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#CostaRica
is about to make history, Congress is discussing a permanent ban on oil & gas exploration and exploitation. Join me to urge lawmakers to endorse this bill
@fbirol
@Janefonda
@KateRaworth
@JosephEStiglitz
@Mo_IbrahimFdn
@PaulPolman
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#firstmovers
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You will be welcomed back to
#ParisAgreement
, USA! Even as the White House went dark, US citizens, public & corporate leaders kept the light. Today that light turns into a beacon for accelerated
#ClimateAction
everywhere. Onward w/ renewed vigor!
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“Young people may lack experience but they also have clear sight (...) We older ones should take notice of what they say.”
#David
Attenborough on our new podcast
#OutrageAndOptimism
#GlobalOptimism
#Fridays4Future
@GretaThunberg
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Thank you Trump. You have provoked an unparalleled wave of support for Paris and determined resolve on climate action. Deeply grateful.
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La verdad sobre la descabellada acusación de mi hermano contra mí:
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“We need to remove the verb believe. There’s no believing in climate change. If you don’t ‘believe’ in gravity or that earth is round it still affects you. Either you understand climate science or not, but there isn’t believing, this isn’t religion”
#GlobalOptimism
#ClimateAction
"Climate change is not a religion—it's not about 'believing' in it or not. It's about understanding. You either understand climate science and climate change or you don't." -
@CFigueres
#ClimateAction
#UmichTalks
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Sorry, no containment today! Congratulations
@JoeBiden
@KamalaHarris
Thank you, United States! The election of
@JoeBiden
is huge not just for America, but for the world. Here’s how it landed with
@CFigueres
to see that the US is on it’s way back into the
#ParisAgreement
#ElectionDay
@UNFCCC
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Queridos ticos y ticas. Deseo hacer una necesaria aclaración:
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What an evening! Thank you for your vision Duke and Duchess of Cambridge 🙏
#EarthshotPrize
underlines the urgency we face, kindles the agency we have and restores our faith in ourselves.
@KensingtonRoyal
. Bravo!
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This is the 'Volkswagen 2015' moment for the
#COP28
Presidency. Caught red handed, the COP Presidency has no other option but to now unequivocally step up the transparency, responsibility and accountability with which they lead the process. [1/2]
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It’s happening!!! “India will lead the world in electric transportation, reducing its dependence on imported fuels”. Folks, this is India! 1.3 billion people, 7th largest economy in the world and 3rd in purchasing power parity.
That’s Indian Prime Minister Modi banging out his applause after ‘This India will drive on electric vehicles’ 👏
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If we cut emissions as planned, we open the door to an exciting world:
🌳 Green cities
🙌 Clean air
⚡️ Cheap energy
🚝 Efficient transport
👩🏽🔧 Abundant jobs
🌱Nature regenerated
Can you imagine? A safer, healthier, more stable & more just world IS possible.
#TheFutureWeChoose
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Civil disobedience happens when the injustice gets too great. That is where we are.
@ExtinctionR
#ExtinctionRebellion
#FridaysForFurture
My vídeo in support of XR.
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It’s happening! Coal no longer competitive in Europe.
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Para los ticos y ticas la democracia corre en nuestras venas y late fuerte ♥ Pero la democracia no se mantiene sola. Tenemos que nutrirla, por ejemplo, votando cada 4 años. Este domingo ejerzamos ese derecho otra vez. ¡A votar!
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Felicitaciones Costa Rica por ganar el
@EarthshotPrize
2021, el más prestigioso galardón del medio ambiente. Gracias a nuestra dedicación a proteger recursos naturales, un proyecto país de muchas décadas. ¡Sintámonos orgullosos de este reconocimiento global!
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“Cuando el poder del amor supere el amor al poder, el mundo conocerá la paz”. Jimi Hendrix
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What an evening! A tear jerking/thunder clapping, coming together of amazing talent— in eco innovation, arts, sports & business. This is what makes it viable to win the race of the Decisive Decade.
#EarthshotBoston2022
#EarthShotPrizeBoston2022
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A shocking moment during
#ClimateWeekNYC
last week. At an evening event, I asked for a show of hands: who was confident we’ll be at half global emissions by 2030? 🧵(1/7)
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Recibido con profunda gratitud, en reconocimiento a las muchísimas personas en todo el mundo que luchan contra la crisis climática y ecológica, y fortaleciendo mi compromiso de continuar abriendo el espacio de posibilidades de un futuro mejor para todos.
Nos enorgullece compartir que Su Majestad La Reina ha otorgado el título honorario de “Dama de la Excelentísima Orden del Imperio Británico” a
@CFigueres
por su liderazgo internacional en materia del cambio climático.
Una emocionante noticia en el
#DiaDeLaTierra
🌎👏🏽
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This is the kind of advertising we need to see. This ad in the
@FT
today calls for a fossil fuel
#freefuture
.
I stand with the MILLIONS ready to help national governments deliver a rapid, just & equitable phase out.
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It’s simple. If you don’t understand the threat of
#climatechange
to developing countries you cannot lead the world’s top international development institution.
🌎🔥 Today I asked World Bank president
@DavidMalpassWBG
if he believed in the scientific consensus that the man made burning of fossil fuels is rapidly and dangerously warming the planet.
“I’m not a scientist,” he said.
Here’s a thread about the remarkable exchange. 🧵 1/
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“The moment that we give up and say ‘OK, we’re doomed, we’re going above 1.5C...’ – then we have a self-fulfilling prophecy, for sure. Our responsibility here is to understand the threat and do everything within our power to avoid it.”
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@algore
's message couldn't be any clearer: 'Big oil' is intentionally blocking progress with legislation and lobbying at every level, and pervasive campaigns of misinformation designed to divert attention from the real problem, using "fraud on a massive scale.” A must-listen.
⚡️NEW EPISODE!⚡️
@algore
joins
@CFigueres
,
@tomcarnac
& Paul Dickinson for a high octane discussion on the state of play AND what we can do about it.
+ Essential climate news & views from our hosts
+ 🎶
@hilangchild
🥁👏
🎧 /wherever you get your podcasts
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How wonderful that I can count Prince William
@KensingtonRoyal
as a fellow 'stubborn optimist'.
With collaboration, open minds and open hearts, we CAN rise to the challenge of
#climatechange
.
#EarthshotBoston2022
#stubbornoptimism
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Outrageous!
@YouTube
to explain to me what was harmful or dangerous in my speech. The need to save lives and livelihoods? The need to avoid hi probability hi impact risks? The need to put humanity at the heart of recovery packages?
⚠️
@YouTube
took down the Earth Day Week broadcast in the middle of
@CFigueres
speech.
Their motivation;
“Violation of YouTube’s Policy on harmful or dangerous content”
We are happy to have
@Twitter
as a partner for free speech where our can broadcast wasn’t interrupted.
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Confession: I can't hit a note; I'm a frustrated singer. But inspired by
@PlumVillage
's Brother Phap Huu, I'm teaching myself to rap.
This is my first attempt, about where we are on climate, written & performed by rookie me + much patient coaching from family & friends! Hit it!
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Spain to ban all new coal, oil and gas projects with immediate effect, safeguarding COVID recovery packages. Kudos Spain!
@Teresaribera
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Delighted to join Prince William
@KensingtonRoyal
and other members of the
@EarthshotPrize
Council as we shine light on many inspiring initiatives for a better world. Watch the trailer:
Join
@KensingtonRoyal
and
@EarthshotPrize
finalists for a series about solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges, in an effort to save the planet.
Stream
#EarthshotPrize
: Repairing Our Planet on
@discoveryplus
October 3.
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Times Square got a preview of tomorrow's
#EarthDay
2021 Virtual Stage + Festival! I look forward to participating! Register for free at
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@SecPompeo
Correction. Today you continue the process of endangering the future of humankind. What will your grandchildren say when they are faced with the consequences of your irresponsable actions? Good thing not many follow your path.
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Thx to organizers of great
#marchforscience
today. Thx to all who braved cold and rain. My favorite sign
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Our responsibility is to leave our home better than we found it so that future generations, no
matter where they are born, or to whom, can thrive.
Today I’m proud to announce that I have joined The
#EarthshotPrize
Council.
Find out more at
@EarthshotPrize
@GlobalOptimism
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It's D-Day for fossil fuel companies.
Decarbonisation will happen with or without them - whether that's in time for humanity to get through the challenges we know are coming remains to be seen.
My piece in
@AJEnglish
today.
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The
@EarthshotPrize
was one of the highlights of my year in 2022. The search is now on for the next cohort of innovative solutions to repair and regenerate our planet. 🌎
Find out more before nominations close at the end of January!
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We have made history together!
#ParisAgreement
at
#COP21
unites the world for a better future
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All the way from Gibraltar, happy birthday to the Duke, creator of the
@EarthshotPrize
!
@RoyalFamily
🥳 Happy Birthday to The Duke of Cambridge!
As the second in line to the throne turns 40, learn more about His Royal Highness 🧵👇
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Boston has gone green for the
@EarthshotPrize
this week 💚 So happy to be part of this and VERY excited to see who the 5 winners will be... just one day to go!
#EarthshotBoston2022
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In our political lives we need to be exerting far more power. That's why I have begun declining to accept honorary degrees from colleges that won’t divest their endowments of fossil fuels
@billmckibben
@GlobalOptimism
@swarthmore
@harvard
#HarvardHeatWeek
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To the remarkable people everywhere who contributed to the success of the
#ParisAgreement
:
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Our future is unwritten. It will be shaped by who we (individually and collectively) choose to be now.
Don't undersestimate your own part in this.
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Hoy amanezco nuevamente agradecida c/ mi padre Don Pepe. Disolvió su ejército revolucionario, abolió el ejército nacional y entregó el poder a quien había sido democráticamente electo aunque no compartía su ideología política. Nuestro gran legado.
#CRsinEj
ército
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Two magnificent leaders meet heart to heart in their dedication to the common good.
@EarthshotPrize
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Felicitaciones a todas y todos los que trabajaron tan duro por este importante logro. Ahora a concretar el proyecto. Como nos van a hacer falta esas interminables presas de tráfico.
Nos complace anunciar que, después de un escrutinio minucioso de nuestra propuesta, el Fondo Verde avaló el proyecto del Tren Eléctrico.
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Outrage without optimism leads to defeatism, and optimism without outrage gives us incremental progress. We need both!
#OutrageAndOptimism
a new podcast on dealing with the climate crisis. Join us.
#GlobalOptimism
#FridaysForFuture
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Today is my last day in office as
@UNFCCC
Executive Secretary. Here's my farewell video message!
#ParisAgreement
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We are not playing house. Get serious or the house is gone
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Have I said lately what a grand little country Costa Rica is??
Inauguration of President
@CarlosAlvQ
is going to be carbon-neutral & at the place were President Figueres abolished the army in 1948. 🇨🇷 👏🏼
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Bank of England : Climate change is a clear and present financial danger. Financial system must act now to set course to safer waters.
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The numbers of people internally displaced due to climate change related disasters is astonishing:
China 4.7 million
Turkey 4.1 million
Philippines 2.6 million
Somalia 2 million... the list goes on.
Even more astonishing? The broad international blindness to the issue.
How might we manage the inevitable mass movement of displaced people in a post-climate change world?
For
#WorldRefugeeDay
and
#RefugeeWeek
, we talked to
@WanderingGaia
author of Nomad Century about the urgent topic of
#climatemigration
Listen now:
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“Coal cannot and should not be part of the energy supply in the future. Therefore we have decided to divest completely from coal” Sverre Thornes, CEO KLP - Norwegian pension fund
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An incredible line-up - for an absolutely incredible group of finalists this year - very excited to be joining them all in Boston this week
#EarthshotBoston2022
Today we unveil the incredible line-up of hosts, presenters, and performers for The Earthshot Prize 2022!🎤
Excited to meet this year's line-up?
#EarthshotBoston2022
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This is not the moment for any gradual shift or any gradual change, this is actually the moment for total disruption in order to lay the groundwork for a much safer world.
#Collision2019
#CollisionConf
@GlobalOptimism
@NatObserver
@fatimabsyed
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Hydro, wind and solar power cheaper than fossil fuels. It's happening!
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Merecidamente celebramos la abolición del ejército con una bella nueva moneda, recordando que la inversión en la educación, la cultura y la protección de la naturaleza tiene valor muy superior al gasto en temas bélicos. Gracias Don Pepe! 🇨🇷
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It’s official! UK to host critically important COP26 in 2020, with the support of Italy. Decision needs international formalisation but road is paved. Congrats to the UK!
@10DowningStreet
@unfccc
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Exciting news from
@EarthshotPrize
! As ever, I'm honoured to be working with HRH Prince William
@KensingtonRoyal
on this ambitious and optimistic global initiative to protect and restore our planet. Stay tuned for more exciting news from Earthshot soon!
Introducing
#EarthshotSingapore2023
🇸🇬
We are so excited to be heading to Southeast Asia this November for our third annual awards ceremony, taking place during the first ever
#EarthshotWeek
✨Find out more:
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So thrilled to be on the path toward
#EarthshotBoston2022
. Stay tuned to learn about amazing eco innovators from around the world that inspire urgent optimism.
@cityofBoston
Introducing
#EarthshotBoston2022
🇺🇸
This December, we're heading to the
@CityofBoston
for the second annual
#EarthshotPrize
awards ceremony where we'll celebrate 15 extraordinary Finalists, and award five new Winners ✨
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Thank you to
@DagHammarskjold
for this medal arrived all the way from Sweden. Such an honor to share podium with Dr
@AgnesCallamard
🏅
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To honour
#InternationalWomensDay
I want to thank the many brilliant women who have carried their families and entire societies through a tough year. Your power to forge change is immense🙏🏽💚
#IWD2021
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It”s happening!
Renewable energy capacity has overtaken fossil fuels in the UK for the first time, research by
@iain_staffell
reveals. Story soon.
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We tend to think of ancestors as only being in the past. But let's remember that all of us alive right now are the ancestors of future generations.
The question we must ask ourselves is: are we acting with the responsibility that we want as ancestors of the future?
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My joint op-ed with
@figuerescr
for
#WorldOceansDay
"One Earth, One Ocean"
http://t.co/DT4BnA3Zxr
@po_st
@ProSyn
#COP21
#action2015
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It is time to focus on the benefits of addressing climate change.
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Go India!!! It's happening! India to electrify every home by December 2018 using solar, storage and LEDs
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It’s happening! Market capitalization curves crossing. Green power majors challenging incumbent oil majors.
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Welcome back on land!
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It’s happening in my little country too!
Costa Rica plans to ban
#fossilfuels
and become the world's first decarbonised society, with zero fossil fuel use from the transport sector by 2021
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It’s happening!!
Oslo will soon be the first capital with 100% zero-emission public transport. (World Economic Forum)
#SmartCities
#Environment
@wef
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Costa Rica just had second round election for President. 60-40 clarity of results, and lowered abstentions even on holiday weeekend. All with a colored crayon!
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Air pollution killing 7 million people per year. The new and more prevalent tobacco.
#EveryBreathMatters
.
#BreatheLife
.
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I welcome all of you to the family of
#StubbornOptimists
! Together we can take steps toward the transformation we need to halve emissions in this decade.
@TEDCountdown
@CountUsInSOCIAL
@GlobalOptimism
We do not have the right to give up, or let up... this must be the decade of decisive action -
@CFigueres
on
#mindset
#togetherness
& stubborn
#climateoptimism
#JoinTheCountdown
@TEDCountdown
💚🌎
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I'm proud to be joining the call for adults to join the youth for an all-ages Global
#ClimateStrike
this September 20 to kick off a week of climate action. Join us!
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Excited to be working with Amazon to bring Paris goals forward. Ten years early is the new rally cry !! Let’s do it !
Super excited about The Climate Pledge. Impossible to do this without
@CFigueres
. So grateful to you, Christiana.
#ClimatePledge
#Paris10YearsEarly
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It was such a thrill to be involved in the creation of
@EarthshotPrize
: Repairing our Planet series.
The challenges are tough and urgent – this series shows how resilient & capable of change we truly are
#Inspired
On
@BBCOne
@bbciplayer
@discoveryplus
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Coming back to this once more. If you don’t understand the impact of
#climatechange
on developing countries you just cannot lead the world’s top development institution. Punto.
#MalpassMustGo
@POTUS
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La moratoria de Costa Rica sobre la explotación de petróleo y gas se ha mantenido durante 5 administraciones. Licenciar la exploración sería económicamente peligroso y dañaría nuestra marca como país. Aquí mi artículo en Delfino:
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Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, Premio Nobel de Economia.
#CrLibreDePerforaci
ón
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It’s happening!! Beijing closed its last coal fired plant today. And it is Earth Day! Cleaner air, cleaner planet.
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Let's find dirty fuels and dirty air and replace with clean energy and clean air, let's do it now. My oped with the incredible
#wef18
@GretaThunberg
.
#EverybreathMatters
#2020DontBeLate
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The most important element of the Paris Agreement is actually working in Glasgow at COP26: Positive Disruption.
Coal is on the way out. Gas is not far behind. Oil will peak as soon as the finance moves faster - and it will…
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Do you agree? Is now the time for serious strategic communications so that people can fully understand the moment we're in, and for building the political economy in lots of different countries? (7/7)
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Me uno a la celebración de los 200 años de vida independiente de nuestra querida
#CostaRica
🇨🇷
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Good morning, world. At
#COP21
entrance welcoming heads of state. We must, we can, we will
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We are inspired by the young people who are striking for
#ClimateAction
, but we can’t leave it to our children to fix the mess that past generations have created.
#youthstrike4climate
#TheirFutureIsInOurHands
@GlobalOptimism
@mothersriseup
@Guardian
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The crises have collided. We have to converge the solutions.
#BuildBackBetter
. The only way into a safer future.
Leading economists: Green coronavirus recovery also better for economy |
@camjhep
@Brian_OCall
@TheSmithSchool
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