Depressing, esp. for our planet, conservatives are winning in Europe, but the US & UK can change the trajectory. Please share what's at stake with your followers, friends, family, colleagues...
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"Europe’s center of political gravity is veering to the right.
Center-right & far-right parties are set to be first past the post in Sun’s EU election in the most populous nations: Germany, France, Italy, Spain & Poland."
There are elections in Hungary for EU parliament and the turnout is unprecedented. Many are NOT happy with Orban who will not help Ukraine. Stay tuned.
#Switzerland is on course to approve a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy as the country targets carbon neutrality by 2050, a polling institute said -AFP #ClimateCrisis
We noticed populist right-wing forces co-opting "open-source" by "supporting its adoption".
However, they stand for isolationism (hidden behind "tech sovereignty"), and against international collaboration, openness and transparency; which are what makes #FreeSoftware awesome.
#ClimateCrisis ~ Economic impact of Brazil’s extreme precipitation event on regional and national economy:
“Rio Grande do Sul’s economy — about as big as Uruguay and Paraguay combined — had been growing at 3.5% this year through April, but could end 2024 falling by 2%. That would mean a 0.4% dent in Brazil’s GDP which would mean zero growth this year.”
⚠️ Projected global GDP loss at heating of 2°C = -16%
This tells you everything you need to know about how serious the fossil fuel industry is about the clean energy transition.
“The Godfathers of climate chaos – the fossil fuel industry – rake in record profits and feast off trillions in taxpayer-funded subsidies.”—Antonio Guterres