Personal ramblings of UN Environment's Chief of Education, Youth & Advocacy.
Nairobi, Kenya
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Sam Barratt retweeted
Momentous: The UK, home to the world’s first coal power station in 1882, will stop using coal to generate electricity this month, the 1st G7 country to do so
Coal supplied 80% of UK electricity in 1990. Remember: they said it couldn't be done
ft.com/content/5164185d-b0d6… #climate
Sam Barratt retweeted
We're honored to accept this @developconf Star Award on behalf of the studios who worked on 2023's Green Game Jam, and our partners @milkywire, @ioelephants and @google
And congratulations to our fellow nominees - sustainability is about collaboration not competition, always
Absolutely loved our day out at Le Tour in Italy today, Cav thankfully clung on, a great win for 🇫🇷 and & @vismaleaseabike being in the same hotel too.
Didn’t bump into @nedboulting which would have rounded it off.
Thank you Rimini. Bologna tomorrow…
#TDF2024
Sam Barratt retweeted
Good climate news this week
1 Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023
2 China’s renewables surge points to carbon peak years before its 2030 goal
3 EU gives green light to nature preservation law
4 UK Supreme Court ruling threatens all new fossil fuel projects
5 Canada oil sands group removes fake green claims because of new anti-greenwashing rules
6 UK Labour to ease planning restrictions on onshore wind
7 Private firms driving revolution in solar in Africa
8 Rail firm must pay Native American tribe $400m for illegal crude oil trains
9 Activists in South Africa renew fight with Shell over sea floor blasting
10 Just Stop Oil keeps climate on front pages
Good climate news this week
1 Seven solar power giants are already providing more energy than Big Oil
2 No new oil & gas and boost to renewables in UK Labour energy plans
3 South Korea plans 70% carbon-free power generation by 2038
4 China releases policy guidance for faster integration of renewables into grid
5 China releases plan to tackle steel emissions
6 Philippines in $500m push to accelerate phasing-out coal plants
7 EV sales headed for another record year
Sam Barratt retweeted
Some of Europe’s most common tree species will likely become unsuitable for growing this century because of climate change, a new study has suggested. Here's a quick 🧵
Wow, what a first day of the #GreenGameSummit in Nairobi hosted Usiku Games games.
Read here for the five take-aways from yesterday's programme and for a link to the stream for today...
playing4theplanet.org/post/g…
@P4PAlliance #GreenGameSummit
Sam Barratt retweeted
Since 2019, Green Game Jam participants have:
🌲 Planted 2.5 million+ trees
🌎 Raised $1.5 million for environmental causes
🎮 Integrated climate content into 120 games
Register now to join a movement of games making a positive impact for the planet.
playing4theplanet.org/post/g…
Good to see justice for the "Grave Yard 9" has been served.
Goat Simulator in real life? @AntonWestbergh @GoatSimulator
dhakatribune.com/amp/banglad…
Great to see… – at Paddington, London
Something a bit different at #COP28!
At @UNEP pavilion @PlayStation have set up their virtual reality experience that visualises #ClimateChange over time as well as how we can turn this around.
A powerful experience. Do come & try it!
#PlayingForThePlanet
Great to meet King Charles with the #TideTurners in Kenya today.
He was impressed, saying that we need to do more to get youth involved in our growing climate challenge.
Big thanks to @KenyaScouts & @KenyaGirlGuides who were with us…
Sam Barratt retweeted
We have made a surprising amount of progress on climate change, despite being up against vested interests, and expensive solutions.
We haven't had a proper go at tackling it.
Think what we can do now that many of the solutions are affordable, and getting better every year.
Not sure having this @FT pod sponsored by @aramco made a lot of sense to me.
@robertshrimsley @PickardJE – at South East, England
"The meat industry said the analysis overstated the impact of eating meat."
Similar too: "Turkey's disputed the need for Christmas to be celebrated each year."
bbc.co.uk/news/science-envir…
Sam Barratt retweeted
Our climate has gone haywire: so many of Earth’s vital signs are blinking red
But we're also in the midst of an unstoppable transformation of how we power everything: Renewables take over before 2030.
Nothing is more important than running faster: Speed is justice
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Looking forward to this…
Getting set for the #GreenGameJam Awards in London @uk_ie offices today.
10 of these beautiful awards - made from 100% recycled plastic - are up for grabs.
But who will win?
All will be revealed later today…
