#ClimateJustice

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My Welcome Post

Hello fellow climate justices!

I come here from the near planet named 'Mastodon.green' where I had been since MuskRat dumped a hand basin in the foyer of twitter and then got on with his sliding agenda into all out smirking fascist populism.
Zuckerberg must be so jealous that his intense insecurity & self consciousness can only make his muscle ripple when he hides in tRUMP's shadows with the other death cultists. Maybe he will be allowed to play with Mark Rubio (who else)?

I like that I can rant here 10x as much without running out of characters!

If you don't snooze too much you will see that I am a strongly anti of political/corporate/media/MAGA choreographed mass suicide while taking selfies with sirens on the after deck of an AI generated Titanic II.
Such stupid self glory moment grasping by witless morons is easily imagined these days. …

Climate justice is not just an urgent matter, it's an essential one.

We can no longer afford to wait for change to happen, we must take action now.

We owe it to ourselves, our children, and future generations to ensure that our planet is habitable and sustainable.

Let's demand accountability and action from our leaders, and work together towards a better, more equitable future for all.

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The climate can't wait

Happy ! Here are some salt-marsh denizens at the Marine Nature Study Area, seen yesterday, to start the week off right (1st of 3 sets). And since this year's Black Birders Week theme is sparrows, this series starts with a Salt-marsh Sparrow and ends with a Song Sparrow. To me, the Saltie is emblematic of the plight of salt marsh ecosystems, endangered as encroachment by developers, pollution and sea-level rise due to global heating steadily erode their habitat. Preservation of salt-marsh ecosystems also connects with struggles for climate and environmental justice, as exemplified by the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina and other climate disasters. We would all do well to reflect on the intimate links between environmental and social justice and ecological and social sustainability. Please see alt-text for specific info.

Least Tern, an endangered species more commonly found around beaches than saltmarshes. This one "sharing the shore" with a Semipalmated Sandpiper. A small tern with a black cap that has a white patch on the forehead, unlike similar terns. Light gray body and black-tipped orange bill.
Saltmarsh Sparrow perched on a snag (note bands). Bright orange-yellow "eyebrows," black and gray striped crown, brown top dark-streaked flanks and breast, white below. In a typical erect, alert stance. Saltmarsh Sparrow, an endangered species that breeds in the high tide zone (supratidal) in salt marshes along the U.S. east coast, and is thus caught between the real estate developers and rising sea level. These birds have long maintained a breeding colony at MNSA, but with spring tide now regularly inundating the preserve, they have no-where to go.
A pair of Barn Swallows in flight. Dark upper surfaces with a purple iridescent sheen. Squared off tail with longer plumes on the outer edges and a white band
Yellow-crowned Night Heron in breeding plumage. Black head and bill thick white crown band with a long thin tassel with yellow tinge in front and white subocular stripe. Blue-gray body with darker markings on coverts.

AND WHAT IF WE ALL JUST TOLD THE TRUTH?

That equity is easy; it’s just never been a priority.

That poverty is manufactured to keep the wealthy at the top.

That homelessness is a policy choice.

That the economy isn’t complex; it’s controlled and manipulated.

That you can’t afford a home, because the rich are hoarding them.

That hunger persists because capitalism doesn’t see feeding people as valuable.

That supermarkets exploit us, because food is a business, not a right.

That ecological collapse continues because stopping it threatens someone’s bottom line.

That billionaires exist because exploitation is legal and encouraged.

That we don’t live in democracies - we live under oligarchies dressed up as freedom.

That the system gaslights you, every time it blames you for the struggle it created.

That you can’t self-improve your way out of structural oppression.

AND THE BIGGEST LIE???

That nothing can change.

The truth... …

What some people don’t understand about is that it does not mean economic growth must decline everywhere.

If we are to achieve climate justice and social justice, which is the true aim of degrowth, then countries of the Global South — who have for too long suffered under climate colonialism, paying the greatest price for rampant consumption in the Global North — must be allowed to grow and achieve something close to parity with the rich world.

But how can that be done without utterly ravaging the biosphere and causing runaway global heating?

The only way is for countries in the Global North to *radically* reduce their economies. If the USA, Canada, Europe, etc., decide to merely slow their rate of growth while maintaining resource consumption at roughly where it is today, then we’re doomed.

Although I'm not optimistic it will happen, there still is a way out …

HEADLINE: "Wealthy elite responsible for vast majority of global climate warming"
➡️ https://www.earth.com/news/wealthy-elite-responsible-for-majority-of-global-climate-warming/

You and I already know this, of course. But by sharing it widely, perhaps we can start convincing others of the urgent need for system change.

A few excerpts from the article...
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In a new analysis, the world’s wealthiest 10% are reported to have caused two-thirds of observed global warming since 1990.

Researchers also noted that emissions from the richest 10% in major economies, such as the United States and China, caused a two to threefold increase in dangerous heat conditions across vulnerable tropical areas.

These hotspots include Southeast Asia, southern Africa, and other regions with limited resources to handle amplified environmental stress.
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Take a look at the graphic below.

Although it's from a different study, this clearly illustrates the gross disparity between responsibility for dangerous global heating – borne by the richest …

A series of bar graphs comparing relative losses from global warming versus responsibility for carbon emissions and percentage of wealth ownership. The bottom 50% of the world's people, who hold only 2% of global wealth, will suffer 75% of losses from climate change while contributing just 12% of emissions. The top 10%, by contrast, who control 76% of global wealth, will suffer just 3% of losses while contributing 48% of emissions.

New CEF video: “Farming Food for Life” features Stephen Sherwood, a regenerative farmer and researcher in Ecuador’s Andes. We discuss how smallholder farmers can restore soil, draw down carbon, and build climate resilience, with practical lessons from decades of work. Watch the conversation and join us in rethinking food, farming, and climate action.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjipMzFUmy19o_2gOrk_3VA

A thumbnail image for the Climate Emergency Forum video called Farming Food for Life with special guest Dr. Stephen Sherwood. The background image is Stephen's farm.

Extreme inequality between rich and poor is a feature of capitalism, an inevitable and desired result. Another feature is contemptible disregard for those less fortunate.

As the world continues heating up, millions or even billions of disadvantaged humans in the Global South will suffer the consequences of rampant consumerism and capitalist greed in the Global North.

This is all deliberate. It's not an accident.

That's how capitalism works: shift the damage of our lifestyles far away so we don't have to see it or think about it.

Two world maps, one above the other. The top map shows responsibility for climate breakdown, based on each country's overshoot ratio – their national cumulative CO2 emissions in excess of a fair share of the planetary boundary. The USA has the highest overshoot, along with Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the UK, and several European nations. The bottom map shows predicted exposure to extreme heat in a world warmed by 2.7°C. More than 2 billion people will be exposed to this deadly heat, virtually all of them in the Global South. Meanwhile, the large majority of those countries on the top map – those most responsible for climate breakdown – will suffer much less from the consequences.

The latest from PETA: thanking Trump for cutting funding for the National Institute of Health, and therefore cutting funding for animal experimentation.

What are you thanking him for? For slashing funding that inadvertently helps animals?

Let’s check the facts with some of April’s headlines:

✅Trump Administration Plans to Remove Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

✅ Every president is friendly to the meat industry - but Trump is taking it to another level

✅Shelter expects tariffs to mean more pets abandoned

✅ The Trump administration says it will cut EPA staffing to Reagan-era levels

TRUMP IS NOT PRO-ANIMAL.
LIBERATION IS POLITICAL.
DELUDING OURSELVES INTO BELIEVING
OTHERWISE IS AN INJUSTICE TO THE ANIMALS.

Vegans against fascism coming soon.

Two people in inflatable T-Rex costumes hold signs thanking Trump. PETA caption reads: “Dinos are running wild alongside Donald J. Trump's motorcade in Florida. We're here to thank him for cutting back National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for cruel animal tests.”