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How can we make a difference in the face of environmental emergency? Join us for key questions and amazing speakers at Footprint 2021 - online 11th & 12th June.

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A little guest contribution of mine @TheCLJournal on Footprints and the feedback loops of taking positive steps! thecorporatelawjournal.com/e…
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📢 📢 📢 Climate change is a human rights crisis. Here’s why. 👇
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Next Friday I'm closing day 1 of @FootprintSummit taking 'Good COP, bad COP; what success at #COP26 looks like' (virtually back in good old Durham!) Get your free tickets ⬇️footprintconference.co.uk/pa…
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This looks a great event - loads of good speakers and very timely topic with COP looming, so please retweet and sign up! footprintconference.co.uk/in…
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Don't miss our paper launch: "Towards Climate Justice - Rethinking the European Green Deal from a racial justice perspective" next Thursday! Join us to discuss how to centre racial justice in the European Green Deal. Register here: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJY…
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So to recap today: ✅Shell got absolutely wrecked in court, must reduce emissions 45% by 2030 ✅Chevron shareholders voted for targets to reduce scope 3 emissions, against management ✅Activist investors got at least 2 directors elected to Exxon's board, a major rebuke 😎
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Hurray for #WorldBeeDay!! 🐝💛🖤🐝🐝💛🖤 We have pollinators to thank for every third mouthful we eat! 😋 wildlifetrusts.org/savingbee…
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Footprint 2021 is an annual two-day exploration of what environmentally sustainable living might look like for all of us. The online conference will be held on the 11th and 12th of June and is free to attend. Details at footprintconference.co.uk #Sustainability
Reminder! 🌍👋🕐 The next lecture in the COP26 Preparatory Lecture series is our very own @minnerop_petra discussing "The Paris Agreement Rulebook: Adding a Glasgow Chapter to the Katowice Package", zoom, 10:00am (UK time), 28 May 2021. Register here: durhamuniversity.zoom.us/web…
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Excited to preview our new doc #ThePeopleVsClimateChange made in partnership with excellent people @FilmsCurious. Available Thursday 13th May exclusively on @BBCiPlayer. Special thanks to director @harrietbird, narrator @carolkirkwood, @TheDocSociety and #ClimateAssemblyUK
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How much warming is committed, "locked in", or "in the pipeline" has long been a source of confusion. In a new @CarbonBrief explainer we take a deep dive into what would happen to the climate once we reach net-zero emissions. A thread: 1/19 carbonbrief.org/explainer-wi…
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1/ Today is #EarthDay & Bidens #ClimateSummit of worlds biggest polluters. There will be lots of hot air from leaders. The only things that matter are that we are heading for 3c warming & that we have less than a decade to prevent breaching 1.5c limit
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Happy Earth Day all! I wrote an article for Gef the Mongoose on Earth Overshoot Day, and the rapidly running out IOM's carbon budget 😮😬 Do give it a read!
"Humanity is spending Earth’s resources as if there were two Earths." For Earth Day 2021, Green Party Committee member Sarah Mercer reflects why we need to act now to help our planet. gef.im/2021/04/22/happy-eart…
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Join us this Thursday to discuss the large and persistent skills gaps in our journey to Net Zero. A panel of 6 expert speakers will provide their views from across heat and energy sectors #netzeroskills #decarbonisation #heatskills #skillsgaps #energy tinyurl.com/25qjctym
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People just occupied the pontvalley surface mine in opposition to the expansion of it #wearethedeadcanaries #endcoal #ClimateChange @ExtinctionR
We need a billion new climate activists. Like many of you, I feel I am carrying too much of this load. We need more hands, more heads, more hearts.
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How you can contribute to the fight against climate change chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor…
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“People are being evacuated from their homes following severe flooding in Lincolnshire.” gu.com/p/bkp9c/stw In @Footprint2019 keynote speech yesterday @Sir_David_King spoke of the extra £1bn per year required on UK flood defences to cope with climate change. #WeDontHaveTime
The @Footprint2019  conference organised by our students took place last week. Bringing together ideas and topics from all aspects of environmentalism and climate change 🌍 Our regular blogger Lydia went along to see what it was all about: fal.cn/sS-X Great work!👏
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