Notices by :earth: Peter :fedi: 🌍 (peterru@climatejustice.social)

Big polluters and their non-profit puppets capture Africa Climate Summit with market-based solutions

In short, so long as Global North voices dominate the conversation on climate, neo-colonial and capitalist solutions will flourish. As ever, its the Global South communities who will continue to lose out, while big polluters cash in on a crisis of their own design.

https://www.thecanary.co/global/2023/09/04/big-polluters-and-their-non-profit-puppets-capture-africa-climate-summit-with-market-based-solutions/?__s=88aes19whznkayu7j4j2

Study finds US super-rich 1% generate more CO2 emissions than poorest 50%

A new study has once again proven that billionaires are causing the climate crisis. It offers us more proof, if we needed it, that the super-rich are generating a shocking proportion of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).

On 17 August, PLOS Climate published new research which quantified the carbon footprints of US households. The paper tracked the GHG emissions of households according to their income. Specifically, the authors assessed this across the 29-year period between 1990 and 2019.

Significantly, the study found that the US super-rich 1% have been responsible for more GHG emissions than the poorest 50% of American households.

https://www.thecanary.co/us/2023/08/17/study-finds-us-super-rich-1-generate-more-co2-emissions-than-poorest-50/

https://www.thecanary.co/us/2023/08/17/study-finds-us-super-rich-1-generate-more-co2-emissions-than-poorest-50/

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has pulled out of an appearance at the Edinburgh International Book Festival over its links to the fossil fuel industry.

She had been due to attend an event at the annual festival on 13 August.

But she said she would now not do so because the festival receives sponsorship from the Baillie Gifford investment firm.

She claimed Baillie Gifford "invests heavily in the fossil fuel industry".

Ms Thunberg accused the industry of "greenwashing" by sponsoring cultural events, and said she did not want to be associated with it.

She added: "Greenwashing efforts by the fossil fuel industry, including sponsorship of cultural events, allow them to keep the social license to continue operating.

"I cannot and do not want to be associated with events that accept this kind of sponsorship."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-66407059?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA