Worthing Climate Action

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Taking action for climate justice, campaigning for Wesr Sussex County Council to divest the pension fund from fossil fuels

Climate activists spray-paint entrance to French PM's office

PARIS, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Two climate activists spray-painted the front entrance of the French prime minister's office on Wednesday in protest at what campaign group Derniere Renovation (Last Renovation) called "climate crimes" committed by the state

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/climate-activists-spray-paint-french-prime-ministers-office-2023-01-04/

#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #France

Climate activists spray-paint entrance to French PM's office

Two climate activists spray-painted the front entrance of the French prime minister's office on Wednesday in protest at what campaign group Derniere Renovation (Last Renovation) called "climate crimes" committed by the state.

Reuters

Europe’s record-breaking warm winter weather has closed ski slopes and forced resorts to open summer trails or shut altogether, as grass and mud replace seasonal snow from Chamonix in France to Innsbruck in Austria.

Eight countries across the continent have recorded their warmest January day ever.
#ClimateEmergency
#NoNewFossilFuels

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/04/warmest-january-ever-forces-ski-slopes-across-europe-to-close?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Record warm winter in parts of Europe forces closure of ski slopes

Resorts open hiking trails and lifts for mountain bikes amid unseasonably high temperatures and lack of snow

The Guardian
Ooh, look at the UK's electricity sources this morning: only 12% is generated by fossil fuels. Of course it's because the weather is favourable, but the point is that we already have the capacity to do this, and it's only getting better. #energy #electricity #climate (Data from the WhenToPlugIn app)

**Thousands** of daily and monthly high-temperature records fell across Europe this holiday weekend amid an extreme spell of mid-winter warmth.

*temperature anomalies coming in 15-20+ degrees above normal*

#ClimateCrisis #Europe #Poland #Netherlands #Belarus #heat
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/extreme-winter-warmth-shatters-thousands-of-records-in-europe-poland-germany

Extreme winter warmth shatters thousands of records in Europe

Thousands of daily and monthly high-temperature records fell across Europe this holiday weekend amid an extreme spell of mid-winter warmth.

John Kerry: rich countries must respond to developing world anger over climate.

“17 of the 20 most affected countries in the world, by the climate crisis, are in Africa, and yet 48 sub-Saharan countries total 0.55% of all emissions.”

#LossAndDamage
#ClimateEmergency

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/03/john-kerry-rich-countries-must-respond-to-developing-world-anger-over-climate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

John Kerry: rich countries must respond to developing world anger over climate

US climate envoy says there needs to be work on details of ‘loss and damage’ fund in 2023

The Guardian
Serious coastal erosion happening at Climping beach, West Sussex. Makes for a dramatic scene, like a Paul Nash war painting, but shocking to see how much the sea is encroaching on the land and washing away the beach. #sealevelrise #ClimateEmergency #NoNewFossilFuels #WestSussex
'Shameful and Heartbreaking': Largest Wolf Cull in Modern History Underway in Sweden
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sweden-wolves
#Wolves #SpeciesExtinction
'Shameful and Heartbreaking': Largest Wolf Cull in Modern History Underway in Sweden

Wildlife defenders in Sweden and beyond decried the start on Monday of what's being called the largest wolf cull in modern times, arguing that killing a quarter of the country's lupine population could have grave consequences for biodiversity.

Common Dreams
Brutal from BMA chief: "it is just not true that the cost of resolving this mess cannot be afforded by this country. This is a political choice and patients are dying unnecessarily because of that choice.” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/02/nhs-under-intolerable-and-unsustainable-pressure-say-medics
BMA condemns ‘political choice’ not to tackle ‘intolerable’ pressure on NHS

Medical body calls for ‘immediate action’ as Royal College of Emergency Medicine reiterates claims over deaths caused by care delays

The Guardian
More than 200 environmental activists were murdered in Colombia in 2022. A dramatic reality in the global south: The voices of activists are silenced by threats, persecution and death. But this situation does not stop climate activism, because the emergency transcends generations

#Sunak and #Barclay have gone to ground. The #Tory mission for almost 13 years has been to slowly transfer the #NHS to the private sector, without the public really noticing or caring. They are in their end game under Sunak. They have nothing to say, because collapse is what they want.

500+ deaths a week so they can ultimately enrich their chums and leave UK with a system that only benefits the wealthy and enslaves the rest of us.