“Species are like a house of cards. You can’t just take one card out of the deck and not expect the deck to crumble.”
— Stuart Pimm, Professor of Conservation Ecology, Duke University
The first of Earth's ecosystems has passed a 'tipping point', a new report warns just weeks before COP30 in Brazil, with other environmental systems including the Amazon, major ocean currents and ice sheets not far behind.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03316-w
Even butterflies are losing their colours as forests are replaced by monocultures.
Without protection for native habitats, the most vibrant species could vanish.
It is not too late. In forests allowed to recover, colour and life return.
Huge respect to Vishal Prasad and the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, honoured with the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel”) for contributing to making climate justice a matter of international law.
Their fight shows governments must act and polluters be held accountable.
#climatejustice #PISFCC #alternativenobel #makepolluterspay #climatechange
GOOD NEWS: For the first time in history, RENEWABLE ENERGY has overtaken COAL in global electricity production.
Solar and wind are finally outpacing fossil fuels. This is a TURNING POINT for the planet and for all of us.
29 hours. 17 countries. More than 70 activists.
Greenpeace Belgium activists blockaded the massive LNG hub in Zeebrugge to send a clear message: people in Europe no longer accept this dependency on fossil gas, whether from Russia, the USA, or anywhere else.
Europe must end Russian LNG imports and commit to phasing out all fossil gas by 2035. A 100% renewable energy system is not only possible, it is necessary.
Tell EU leaders to act. Sign the open letter today.
Greenpeace condemns the Israeli government's illegal and forceful interception of the #ThousandMadleens and #FreedomFlotilla Coalition vessels in international waters, en route to deliver aid and support to the people of #Gaza.
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