Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Over 100,000 acres of our public forests used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger than the Isle of W...

Our ancient woodlands are at a crossroads: if we delay restoring them much longer there may be nothing left. Please share the petition as far as you can because the more people who know and care, the better chance our ancient woodlands have of returning to life.

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief has obtained a leaked copy of the “informal list” of countries that were characterised as “blocking” the fossil-fuel roadmap’sat COP30.

Read more on the murky goings-on behind the scenes in Belém during the COP30 negotiations - CarbonBrief's analysis of contradictions and anomalies in the informal list of countries blocking mention of a transition from fossil fuels in the final declaration ... www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...

🚨GOOD NEWS: Seabed mining blocked in the Cook Islands thanks to local resistance.

It’s a massive win for Pacific Peoples and communities fighting this emerging threat.

Don’t ever let them tell you people power doesn’t work!

A really important High Court verdict in Kenya that challenges the claimed hegemony of transnational corporations and their claims over IPR (intellectual property rights) against local and indigenous communities and small farmers over their own biological resources ...

Victory: Three oil fields in the North Sea declared illegal - Greenpeace International Borgarting Court of Appeal agreed with Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom that three oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea are illegal.

This is big: www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

A timely reminder: x.com/drsimevans/s...

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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

🚨 It's really, really hard not to tire of the human race sometimes... 😢 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables

SHOCKING: Global use of coal hit record high in 2024.

We must change course, choosing a different path and making polluters, not people, pay.

‘I have it in my blood and brain … I still haven’t been able to shake this nightmare off.’ How voices from a forgotten archive of Nazi horrors are reshaping perceptions of the Holocaust The Ravensbrück archive reveals how being a survivor of the camps did not always entail innocence.

‘I have it in my blood and brain … I still haven’t been able to shake this nightmare off.’ How voices from a forgotten archive of Nazi horrors are reshaping perceptions of the Holocaust
theconversation.com/i-have-it-in...

He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities

The sad story of how one of my US colleagues lost his research funding from the federal government and the important work on urban heat and atmospheric greenhouse gases was shut down ...

He Studied How Emissions Are Heating Up U.S. Cities www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’ Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases

More evidence of impact of anthropogenic warming on excess deaths during this year’s summer heat in Europe …

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The Executive Order “Restoring Gold Standard Science” is Dangerous for America This EO is an unconstitutional attempt to censor and punish U.S. scientists for publishing science that doesn't fit a political agenda This misleading and false misrepresentation of U.S. scientif...

The American Geophysical Union (ASU) is documenting the scale and extent of the breathtaking assault on US climate science and policy: eos.org/research-and...

ASU editors also just published a scathing rebuttal of the Orwellian presidential executive order: doi.org/10.1029/2025... - a must read

As the EU heats up, minds start to crack - Euractiv "People with mental and behavioural disorders are at higher risk of a deterioration in their health,"  WHO Programme Manager Dorota Jarosinska told Euractiv

studies show that heatwaves lead to a rise in hospitalisations of people with mental disorders, an increase in emergency psychiatric visits and mental health helpline calls, a rise in suicide rates

people with mental health conditions are three times more likely to die during a heatwave

Current wildfire situation in Europe See the most recent data on the forest fire situation in the EU and the weather forecast for the coming days.

Official figures released yesterday show that nearly 440,000 hectares have been burned in wildfires so far this year in the EU

This is more than DOUBLE the size of the area burned this time last year

Unchecked climate change makes this more likely and more dangerous

Talks stall on world’s first plastic pollution treaty one day before deadline Almost 100 countries reject draft treaty as ‘unambitious’ and ‘inadequate’

#PlasticsTreaty talks are stalled over lack of ambition, with the Chair’s draft being described by Greenpeace International as a “gift to the petrochemical industry & a betrayal of humanity."

🚨⏳Govts have hours to stand up & deliver a treaty that cuts production.

Rusted screws, metal spikes and plastic rubbish: the horrific sexual violence used against Tigray’s women Tens of thousands of Tigrayan women report brutal wartime abuse by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers, such as gang-rape and the insertion of objects into their uteruses. But justice seems a distant pros...

Truly horrific - as is what’s happening now in Sudan - both hidden or, more accurately, ignored African wars www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

'Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned.'

This is a crisis fuelled by profit and delay. We need urgent action.

Really authoritative and important - also a great teaching aid.

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

The data in the new study published in PNAS and reported here are really worrying in terms of academic integrity and the implications for future research building on such work.

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

The shoebill stork looks like a dinosaur.. 🦖
Such a beautiful looking bird… 🐦

International Seabed Authority to investigate The Metals Company - Oceanographic The landmark decision has been earmarked as a critical step in protecting the deep sea - recognised as the common heritage of humankind.

Very good news for the deep ocean seabed and a boost for its multilateral governance: oceanographicmagazine.com/news/interna...

Santa feels the heat as Lapland buckles in Finland's record-breaking heatwave After an unusually cold early summer, Finland has seen two weeks of temperatures topping 30C.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is potentially very big - but not without clarity. Cases could revolve around current and or historical emissions and their resultant losses and damages.

Top UN court says countries can sue each other over climate change The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Concerning but not insurprising update from @UNHabitat on progress implementing #SDG11: eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique In Mozambique, the health system is overwhelmingly built on US money. When the Trump administration instantly pulled much of this funding without warning, disease and death spread. Spotlight and Groun...

Shocking hidden cost of sudden culling of USAID funds for healthcare in rural Mozambique - and far from the only such case: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

David Simon 💙 on X: "Shocking hidden cost of the sudden, unannounced culling of USAID-funded health services in rural Mozambique. Many similar situations elsewhere. These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique https://t.co/KQLp3wMtXQ" / X Shocking hidden cost of the sudden, unannounced culling of USAID-funded health services in rural Mozambique. Many similar situations elsewhere. These are the children the United States left to die in Mozambique https://t.co/KQLp3wMtXQ

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Indonesia launches rare crackdown on nickel mines in ‘last paradise’ President Prabowo Subianto cancels most mining permits issued in the coral-rich Raja Ampat archipelago

As the nickel mining industry expands, a threat has emerged to Raja Ampat -the Last Paradise on Earth- and also a home for Indigenous West Papuans. Greenpeace Indonesia continues to demand full and permanent protection for the entire ecosystem. #SaveRajaAmpat www.ft.com/content/b8dc...