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Lots of ground to cover this week including carbon offsets, the koala reports from Australia, politics on climate change in the US & UK and the Harvard vs Yale football match protest.

Let& #39;s dig deep https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">
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1) Piggy backing off last week& #39;s IEA report, @hausfath points out that it& #39;s very likely we are on target to be at or under RCP 4.5 levels (which means somewhere around 2.6C warming by 2100) due to lower costs of green energy https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1196497062763716609">https://twitter.com/hausfath/...
2) Here& #39;s a more detailed thread on the above from @jritch https://twitter.com/jritch/status/1196482571443425280">https://twitter.com/jritch/st...
4) @tveitdal brings to light an interesting infographic from @wef showing the evolution of sea ice since 1984 https://twitter.com/tveitdal/status/1198499573955809282">https://twitter.com/tveitdal/...
7) An article on Koalas made the rounds this week on Twitter, with some associations in Australia declaring them "functionally extinct" after wildfires destroyed 80% of their habitats. #542073097bad">https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/11/23/koalas-functionally-extinct-after-australia-bushfires-destroy-80-of-their-habitat/ #542073097bad">https://www.forbes.com/sites/tre...
9) @MikeHudema with a few more interesting videos on the impact that humans have on climate change https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1197855909646651393">https://twitter.com/MikeHudem...
10) Here& #39;s another one on the impact we have on our oceans https://twitter.com/MikeHudema/status/1198259766293868546">https://twitter.com/MikeHudem...
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11) Some great news on the business front, where Saudi Aramco cancelled their international roadshow for their IPO. This is a testament to the growing awareness to the need to keep fossil fuels in the ground and prioritise clean energy. https://www.ft.com/content/a83add8a-09ec-11ea-bb52-34c8d9dc6d84?sharetype=blocked">https://www.ft.com/content/a...
12) However, we& #39;re still on track to burn way more fossil fuels than the Paris Agreement recommends. (UN Report)

"The combined oil, gas and coal production is on pace to be 50% higher than would be consistent with a goal to limit global warming to 2C" https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fossil-fuel-production-beyond-climate-goals_n_5dd45cdae4b0fc53f20a2cdd">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fos...
14) However, many climate activists accuse them of greenwashing stating that they are more focused on purchasing offsets rather than try to reduce their actual emissions https://www.ft.com/content/1081c524-0c73-11ea-bb52-34c8d9dc6d84">https://www.ft.com/content/1...
15) @KevinClimate chimed in to this discussion as well, pointing to an article he wrote in 2012 on why climate offsets are misleading - they "weaken present-day drivers for change and reduce innovation towards a lower-carbon future" https://www.nature.com/news/the-inconvenient-truth-of-carbon-offsets-1.10373">https://www.nature.com/news/the-...
16) Fantastic thread by @BenFranta on how important "climate language" is and how we& #39;re experiencing "linguistic manipulation for the purpose of psychological reframing" https://twitter.com/benfranta/status/1196645659207618560">https://twitter.com/benfranta...
18) Heliogen announced a breakthrough in temperatures achieved from concentrated sunlight - touting this could be a game changer for industrial processes https://twitter.com/bill_gross/status/1196904427140988929">https://twitter.com/bill_gros...
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22) Interesting take by @leashless on how none of the historical political models are adept at tackling climate change https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ€”" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">

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29) Fascinating article on how the gap between scientists& #39; work on climate change and their individual actions to mitigate it is shrinking https://climatenewsnetwork.net/scientists-climate-gap-is-narrowing/">https://climatenewsnetwork.net/scientist...
30) This goes hand in hand with a recent study that shows individual actions to tackle climate change go hand-in-hand with systemic climate action https://twitter.com/michaelemann/status/1196815643376603137">https://twitter.com/michaelem...
32) Finally, Harvard & Yale students led a protest over the weekend to demand divestment from fossil fuels & paused an ongoing football game https://twitter.com/divestharvard/status/1198316176688009223">https://twitter.com/divesthar...
That& #39;s it for this week! Let me know what you think & what I should include in next editions. Hope this helps!
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