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0.1% of people on the planet emit more CO2 than the poorest 3.5 billion people combined.
One year’s worth of emissions from the top 1% will result in an estimated 1.3 million excess deaths from extreme heat.
Just a few stats from Oxfam's incredible new report.
Natural disasters aren’t natural. A storm doesn’t decide who has insurance, savings or somewhere safe to go. People built the systems that leave others exposed. People can change them.
Read #DisasterDivide:
oxfam.org/en/research/disast…
#ClimateJustice #MakeRichPollutersPay
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"We must face the fact that California's coast—our homes, our infrastructure, our economy—is highly vulnerable to the rising tides of climate change. Waiting to act will mean watching our coastline be washed away." - Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (2008)
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Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center, driving wolves into villages and infuriating locals: report trib.al/P0cdKZl
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Typhoon Champi has been causing major disruption across Taiwan, with almost the whole of the island forced to shut down and thousands of people evacuated.
Latest world news: trib.al/yEyyqJO
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A part of Brighton's historic West Pier has collapsed after strong waves generated by Storm Austen crashed into the structure.
Several weather warnings are in place as two named storms are set to hit the UK in as many days.
UK weather latest: trib.al/6dQ7Rj5
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#ThoughtForTheDay “If you don’t like pictures of animal cruelty being posted on social media, you need to help stop the cruelty, not the pictures. You should be bothered that it’s happening, not that you saw it.” Marie Sarantakis.
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Burnham suggests stocking up on tinned food and bottled water bbc.in/4jVhbCH
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🚨🇮🇹 ITALY IS COMPLETELY PARALYZED!
Hundreds of stranded trucks on the A1 motorway over skyrocketing fuel and living costs have left supermarkets empty and gas stations dry!
The whole country is grinding to a halt under this economic disaster!
Geography@6thform retweeted
Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, becoming the fourth African country and the most populous yet to be affected by an outbreak that health officials have described as the fastest-spreading on record reut.rs/4slfIYv
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Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated 250,000 trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone, the tech company illegally stripped the entire area to build a datacentre
theguardian.com/environment/…
Geography@6thform retweeted
First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say bbc.in/4skGgc7
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🌎 The El Nino weather phenomenon gripping the planet is heading off the charts, the United Nations warned Wednesday, saying countries should take urgent action to prepare for the worst. [1/2]
➡️ u.afp.com/SCjX
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EARTH’S STRONGEST STORM 🌏: Super Typhoon Champi has exploded to Category 5-equivalent strength with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph, tying Super Typhoon Sinlaku as the strongest storm on Earth in 2026 by wind speed. Champi recently passed near Guam and is now churning across the western Pacific.
Geography@6thform retweeted
The jet stream is strengthening over the Atlantic, helping to drive a succession of low-pressure systems towards the UK.
Expect spells of wet and windy weather over the coming days.
Keep up to date with warnings here 👇
bit.ly/WxWarning
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A major new report by police chiefs has found that a rise in violence against women and girls is linked to "online influences" and harmful content.
In its first national risk assessment - the report said at least 230,000 children and young people in relationships were victims of abuse.
They also found domestic abuse remained the most significant threat and described the scale of violence as a "national emergency".
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In 2024, Oxfam identified 23 superyachts owned by 18 billionaires. The ave annual carbon footprint of each yacht was 5,672 tonnes. For an average citizen of the world it would take EIGHT HUNDRED & SIXTY YEARS (860 years!) to produce the same amount.
#GreedDamagesClimate
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Thanks to America, russian is now killing people in cars in the streets of Kyiv with impunity.
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Supersized heat waves used to be rare. No longer. Maurice Tamman explains why calling these events 'heat waves' no longer makes sense and how they're changing our world reut.rs/4zIz8bV