Global & International Development interests climate Justice, health, natural & human ecosystems, renewable energy, governance Views my own.
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Dominic Brain retweeted
Today is Donate a Day’s Wages to Charity Day! One average UK day’s salary could provide hundreds of 💊 for children at risk of schistosomiasis. Treatment is low-cost, effective and helps children stay healthy, focused in school, and able to thrive.
unlimithealth.org/donate/
Dominic Brain retweeted
I’ve been talking to people who have got to know mysterious billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, the man behind the Georgian Dream party. Catch it on BBC Sounds @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0024l…
Dominic Brain retweeted
Interesting vid someone sent me ... Conservative Desmond Swayne in the super safe New Forest West seat but facing huge anger at a hustings over the sewage issue. He defends his voting record but audience cheers when he's told off for calling questioner a "shrinking violet"
Dominic Brain retweeted
The #LossandDamage Fund was operationalised during #COP28 to much fanfare.
❓But how will the Fund be accessed by local communities?
Our report looks at Bangladesh, one of the most climate vulnerable countries, & asks how communities can access the Fund: caid.org.uk/AVJ
ALT A farmer shows his damaged lentil plants at his field in Bangladesh after a cyclone. Overlaid is text that reads "Local communities need access to the Loss and Damage Fund".
Dominic Brain retweeted
We're fast approaching a tipping point where accelerating global solar growth – on its own – starts outstripping the world's rising electricity demand
That means falling coal & gas power (& CO2) – particularly once you factor in nuclear, wind, etc
Chart based on BNEF/IEA STEPS
Dominic Brain retweeted
This month marks 30 years since the publication of research that completely changed our knowledge of the harm from air pollution. Known as the Harvard Six Cities study, its impact still resonates in public health actions. @DrGaryFuller @WHO
theguardian.com/environment/…
Dominic Brain retweeted
🌎 COP28 Day 10 Snapshot: Nature, Land Use and Oceans
🌊 Commitments for Sustainable Ocean Plans to bring half the world’s oceans under 100% sustainable management by 2030.
🔬 Launch of the International Mangrove Research Center.
🌳 New countries join the Mangroves Alliance for Climate to restore and protect 15 million hectares of mangroves globally.
🎯 Over 150 businesses and financial institutions took a significant step towards environmental sustainability.
📝 The Joint Statement on Climate, Nature and People to ensure integrated action across COP28 and the Convention on Biodiversity COP15 was launched.
🪵 Joint commitment on sustainable timber use to support forest conservation by 2025.
#COP28 #UniteActDeliver
Dominic Brain retweeted
Very pleased to join @SEIresearch in this panel at #COP28📷 today about the carbon inequality and the global economic architecture reform needed to address them.
“We need to shift resources from global north to global south”
At @nordenen #COP28 @Mariana_Paoli outlines measures to tackle climate inequality:
▪️MDB reform
▪️ tax polluters profits
▪️ debt relief for poorer countries
▪️Grants based public finance
Dominic Brain retweeted
Congratulations to @theGCF for reaching a total of USD 12.475 bn of pledges for GCF-2 from 29 contributing countries
#Inspire_more_climate_action
#Climate_finance
Dominic Brain retweeted
Major new pledges to @theGCF's 2nd replenishment at #COP28 summit:
🇺🇸$3bn
🇮🇹€300m
🇨🇭CHF135m
🇵🇹€4m
🇪🇪€1m
This takes the fund's replenishment total to a record-breaking $12.7bn.
🇦🇺&🇸🇪 still expected to announce pledges.
Keep track of all pledges here:
nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwaites/gr…
Dominic Brain retweeted
We have launched an emergency appeal to help people impacted by escalation of violence across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.
By donating today, you can help people in urgent need.
🔗 Find out more here: spkl.io/60064WjMy
Dominic Brain retweeted
A statement from the Jerusalem Patriarchs and Heads of Churches about the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Please read and repost.
Dominic Brain retweeted
Superb work
Switching the world to 100% #RenewableEnergy will cost $62 trillion, but the payback would take just 6 years, writes Professor Mark Jacobson @mzjacobson
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
cleantechnica.com/2022/09/06…
Dominic Brain retweeted
Beef emits 31 times more CO₂ per calorie of food than tofu does. By cooking so many cows, humans are cooking themselves, too. Forgoing steaks may be one of the most efficient ways to reduce our carbon footprint econ.st/3YaaEXE
Dominic Brain retweeted
Humanitarian actors are overstretched. The situation in the east of #DRCongo is deteriorating by the day.
Over 6.3 million people have fled their homes in the country, mainly in conflict-affected provinces.
Watch @UN_Lemarquis’ press briefing: media.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1…
Dominic Brain retweeted
More than 90% of displaced people in the #DRC🇨🇩 are in three provinces:
➡️1.7M in Ituri
➡️2.4M in North Kivu
➡️1.4M in South Kivu
For more information, visit: reliefweb.int/report/democra…
Dominic Brain retweeted
Luxury cruises are punctured garbage bins on water: In Europe's waters, 218 cruise ships emitted last year as much poisonous sulphur oxides as 1 billion cars
Just 1 of 3 air pollutants from the ships’ smokestacks, to which add all their waste crimes
ft.com/content/8727387d-590d…
