Hurricanes in the Caribbean, typhoons in Asia, drought and flooding in Africa, and torrential rain in Europe have left a trail of death and destruction.
The planet is no longer waiting to make the next generation pay the price and is fed up with climate deals that are not fulfilled.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

theguardian.com/world/2024/sep…

Brazil’s ‘Paradise’ on fire: ‘The forest is burning. Animals are burning. Everything’s burning’

Along the Madeira river basin, in the Amazon, locals blame climate change and human greed for the wildfires

^{Tom Phillips (The Guardian)}

Records obtained by the Guardian show that lobbyists working for major North American oil and gas companies were key architects of anti-protest laws that increase penalties and could lead to non-violent environmental and climate activists being imprisoned up to 10 years.

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theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…

Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US

Lobbyists and lawmakers have coordinated to enact new laws that increase criminal penalties for peaceful protests

^{Hilary Beaumont (The Guardian)}

More than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to fossil fuel companies, intensive agriculture and other harmful industries in the developing world, says new report.

This report exposes wealthy corporations’ parasitic behaviour. They are draining the life out of the global south by siphoning public funds and fuelling the climate crisis.

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theguardian.com/environment/20…

More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate, says report

ActionAid says ‘parasitic behaviour’ is fuelling the climate crisis and represents ‘corporate capture’ of public finance

^{Fiona Harvey (The Guardian)}