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Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
The age of fossil fuel is coming to an end.
The rise of renewable energy is irreversible.
On Tuesday, I will outline the key action areas required to turbocharge a renewables revolution that can deliver clean & affordable energy for all.
Join me here: un.org/en/climatechange/mome…
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
The 2024 @UNEP #Emissionsgap Report launched with a clear message:
No more hot air … please!
With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality countries draft new climate commitments. /1
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
Secretary-General @antonioguterres condemns the continuing and widespread loss of life in #Gaza. From the noon briefing today:
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
📢 PUBLICATION ALERT!
In our @EnvSciTech article (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…), we elucidate the complex effects of oil and gas end-use activity emissions on #AirQuality in #EasternUS where intensive use of #oilandgas products and large emissions of biogenic #isoprene co-occur (1/2)
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
I'm deeply concerned about the recent push by 18 African nations to seek $5 billion for a new fossil fuel project lender.
This is a critical moment for our continent. We are at the centre of the ongoing climate crisis. Africa cannot continue to be a platform where fossil fuel interests are advanced, while African communities suffer
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Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
If we cant keep warming to 1.5C, we can simply 'overshoot'. 🌍🔥🌡️🏹
The idea goes as follows: we temporarily exceed 1.5C before returning below it at a later stage.
In a new paper @Nature we show how overconfidence in our discussions hides the deep risks of such strategy. /1
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
The crucial paper from @howarth_cornell explaining why exporting LNG is at least as bad as exporting coal came out officially today
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Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict with escalation after escalation.
This must stop.
We absolutely need a ceasefire.
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
Tripling renewables & doubling energy efficiency – goals set at COP28 – would cut greenhouse gas emissions by 10 billion tones by 2030 versus the current path
This would get the world 2/3 of the way to an energy system aligned with the Paris Agreement → iea.li/47U4bVF
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
How do we achieve the #COP28 goals of tripling renewables & doubling energy efficiency by 2030, and what does this mean for the next round of NDCs?
This is addressed in the @IEA's new report released at our 3rd High-Level Dialogue with @COP29_AZ: iea.li/3Y3azXy
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Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
Greenhouse gases are heating our planet, expanding seawater & melting ice.
I recently saw in the Pacific how rising seas result in coastal erosion & flooding, wrecking lives & economies.
Only drastic action to reduce emissions can limit sea level rise & keep people safe.
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
Instead of dialogue and diplomacy being deployed to end the nuclear threat, another nuclear arms race is taking shape.
We need to stop the madness before it’s too late.
The only way to eliminate the nuclear threat is to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
The fossil fuel industry continues to pocket massive profits and subsidies.
Meanwhile, everyday people bear the costs of climate catastrophe – from rising insurance premiums to lost livelihoods.
Those who shoulder the blame must foot the bill.
#UNGA
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
This year’s #UNGA is a pivotal moment for building on the outcomes of #COP28 and advancing the global transition away from fossil fuels 📉
@beyondoilgas started the week with a High Level Dialogue on Financing the Global Transition away from Oil and Gas chaired by @EamonRyan 🇮🇪
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
The state of our world is unsustainable due to impunity, inequality & uncertainty.
I told world leaders at #UNGA that we can’t go on like this.
The people of the world are looking to us.
Let them find us on the side of shared values & principles & on the right side of history.
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
On the 1st day of the 2024 @UN General Assembly, the Secretary-General @antonioguterres highlighted three important points on the climate crisis to Heads of State:
📌“A future without fossil fuels is certain. A fair and fast transition is not.” Countries’ next Nationally Determined Contributions, due in 2025, must bring national energy strategies, sustainable development priorities, and climate ambitions together. They must align with the 1.5 degree limit, cover the whole economy, and contribute to every one of the #COP28 energy transition targets.
📌Instead of continuing to reward polluters to wreck the planet, they must be held accountable. He called on the #G20 to lead on shifting money away from fossil fuel subsidies and investments to support a just energy transition; to put an effective price on carbon; and to implement solidarity levies on fossil fuel extraction through legally-binding, transparency mechanisms — all by next year.
📌The Secretary-General will be working with President Lula of Brazil to secure maximum ambition, acceleration, and cooperation between now and #COP30.
#UNGA79 #ClimateAction #UNGA
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
“In Kabul, even a cat has more freedoms than a woman.
A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today.”
At UNHQ, Meryl Streep joined @antonioguterres and global leaders to call on the international community to stand up for women & girls in Afghanistan.
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis.
Ahead of the @UN Summit of the Future, mayors and subnational leaders are urging Heads of State to speed up action and leave fossil fuels behind.
There's no time to waste. Read the letter: c40.me/NYC-fossil-fuels-lett…
ALT Text overlays an image of a plant emitting pollution due to burning fossil fuels. The text reads: "Fossil fuel use endangers the planet we call home. Mayors, governors and subnational leaders are urging Heads of State to end fossil fuel subsidies. Source: C40 Cities & Mayors Migration Council research published ahead of Climate Week NYC, September 2024"
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
One of the biggest fights on climate in the country is going down in New York right now and not that many people know about it.
Here's the deal: we're just one signature away from striking a major blow against Big Oil...
Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD retweeted
I strongly condemn Israel’s air strikes on an Israeli-designated zone for displaced people in Gaza.
Palestinians had moved to this area in search for shelter & safety, after being repeatedly instructed to do so by the Israeli authorities.
I repeat my call for an immediate ceasefire & the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages still held in Gaza.