<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">BBC December 6, 2019</div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(30, 30, 30); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(30, 30, 30);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b class="">Greta Thunberg: 'They try so desperately to silence us'</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(187, 25, 25); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(187, 25, 25); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/correspondents/mattmcgrath" class="">Matt McGrath</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(90, 90, 90); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(90, 90, 90); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Environment correspondent</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50680781" class="">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-50680781</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><b class="">Excerpts : </b>Having arrived via overnight train from Lisbon to large crowds waiting for her in Madrid, Miss Thunberg was set to join a large demonstration in favour of rapid climate action this evening.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">"People want everything to continue like now </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">and they are afraid of change," she told reporters.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Little obvious progress is being made on</span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> the central question</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">of raising countries' ambitions to cut carbon.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Another ongoing issue that is making people upset here is the question of climate justice.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;" class="">Of course the question of climate justice is not just between countries but often within countries as well.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">"The ones who contributed the most are the ones who feel the impacts the least," said Isadora Cardoso from campaign group <a href="https://www.gendercc.net/home.html" class=""><span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><b class="">GenderCC - women for climate justice</b></span></a>.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">... </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0); -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">right now there's a big disconnect between the size of the task and the willingness of countries to step forward with the pledges and the money needed to deal with the biggest challenge facing Planet Earth.</span></div><div class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">*************************************</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/domino-effect-could-heat-up-earth-by-5-degrees-celsius-despite-paris-climate-deal/a-44968248" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">Domino effect could heat up Earth by 5 degrees Celsius </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/domino-effect-could-heat-up-earth-by-5-degrees-celsius-despite-paris-climate-deal/a-44968248" class="">https://www.dw.com/en/domino-effect-could-heat-up-earth-by-5-degrees-celsius-despite-paris-climate-deal/a-44968248<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(14, 119, 68); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Aug 6, 2018 <b class="">...</b> Even if the Paris agreement is successfully implemented, the planet could still heat up by 5 degrees Celsius, scientists warn.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The lead authors say:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">“Our study suggests that human-induced global warming of 2 degrees Celsius may trigger other Earth system processes, often called 'feedbacks,' that can drive further warming — even if we stop emitting greenhouse gases.” </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">And:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">“These tipping elements can potentially act like a row of dominos. Once one is pushed over, it pushes Earth toward another. It may be very difficult or impossible to stop the whole row of dominoes from tumbling over.” </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 15px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The above referenced PNAS article:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Steffen, </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(62, 62, 62); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Rockström</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""> et al. Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene. PNAS August 2018. <b class="">[Open access]</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 105, 217);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/07/31/1810141115" class="">http://www.pnas.org/content/early2018/07/31/1810141115</a></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>