Financial Times. The coming global food crisis. Hunger and even famine are foreseeable consequences of the war on Iran. Now the world must act to shield the poorest from effects that will continue long after the fighting stops.

We cannot stabilise food prices without getting fossil fuels out of food systems.

A stark warning from the FT: a new global food crisis is unfolding.

"We need to loosen the grip of hydrocarbons on our food system… More sustainable farming is both possible & necessary"

👉 www.ft.com/content/3634...

NEW: How is the UK govt aiming to "break the link between gas and electricity prices" – and will it work?

While headlines “suggest a decisive shift", says Aurora's Marc Hedin, "the reality is more incremental”

+ comments from UKERC, Regen & more

www.carbonbrief.org/...

Eloquent.

Paving Over Your Front Garden Is a Terrible Idea—Here’s Why When faced with the challenge of parking, many homeowners in the UK opt to pave over their gardens to make space for cars.It makes sense, right? Or does it?Whilst this may seem like the most obvious a...

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15 miles square lost in London between 2005 amd 2015 according the report.

Wonder if their Greening Grey Britain campaign has managed to reverse the trend.

I'm in the process od reversing the paved yard in my house bought a few years ago.

www.rhs.org.uk/communities/...

Paving Over Your Front Garden Is a Terrible Idea—Here’s Why When faced with the challenge of parking, many homeowners in the UK opt to pave over their gardens to make space for cars.It makes sense, right? Or does it?Whilst this may seem like the most obvious a...

Yes, definitely a bad idea to put fake lawn in or pave or over. Increases heat, mental stress, crime, decreases health, biodiversity and food security.

www.dkgardendesign.co.uk/post/why-pav...

"The long day ends with massive outbound fires. I watch tracer rounds chasing each-other to their objective, striving to protect the intended target. As ever, I urge on the gunners in their stalwart defense as I retreat to my bed for a short night’s sleep and a 0230 alarm."
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Insp'rational friends,
Fighting the good fight, thank you.
Diversity rules.

Happy International Haiku Day.

Slice of 10-man ration pack mystery meat.

It's almost a haiku. Happy International Haiku Day.

This a great opportunity to make impact for a talented big tech campaigner. If you know someone it could fit, please share. Thanks! 👇

A regulatory loophole could delay ozone recovery by years Scientists find an exception in the Montreal Protocol for the use of ozone-depleting feedstocks could set the recovery of the ozone layer back seven years.

Scientists say an exception in the #MontrealProtocol for the use of ozone-depleting feedstocks could set the ozone recovery back seven years, in new study co-authored by MIT Prof./CS3 faculty affiliate Susan Solomon and CS3 Research Scientist Luke Western. 🧪

News for women in security

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Huge congratulations 🎊. And great to see this work coming out of Cymru.

Peaked by your chapter on Hannah Arendt's work. Wondering if there are parallells with @rianeeisler-cps.bsky.social's work.

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Ooohhh what an interesting potential read - looking forward to it. Available for download.

Promises a completely different take on urbanisation, urban warfare, and potentially even dominance-partnership relations.

❤️ human geography.

Wayne Eyre?

7 predecessors before his post as Commander of the Canadian Army was my colleague and mentor at DCAF.

Post is live!

In which I observe the logistics of the logistics: PROCUREMENT DAY 1. It's all meta now, baby!

Now, with musical accompaniment.

www.patreon.com/posts/octobe...

Why experts are calling Jennie Carignan’s promotion to defence chief a ‘glass cliff’ - National | Globalnews.ca Canada's military will make history on Thursday when Jennie Carignan is promoted to the rank of general and takes over command as chief of the defence staff.

Indeed. It's also an indication of the recognition of the importance of non 'teeth-arms' capabilities in modern warfare. Coyle is originally Signals (and joined as a Reservist 💪🏽). Carignan is an engineer by trade. She's had to overhaul 'unsexy' issues like recruitment.

globalnews.ca/news/1062922...

It's great that both #Canadian as well as #Australian Armed Services are now led by #Women! 😁 well I think it's awesome.😅

Credit indeed where credit is due. Now is not the time to he experimenting with 'wouldn't it be nice...'. The pedigree of her professional experience is telling for future 'warfare'.

Today is World Art Day.

I chose four paintings by four of my favorite Ukrainian artists:

Top row:
Oleksandr Murashko — Viktor Zaretskyi

Bottom row:
Anatolii Lymariev — Ivan Marchuk

Their names deserve to be heard. 🇺🇦

❤️ rail. So much more resilient, confortaand dignified than budget airlines.

Optimising Human Performance Optimising Human Performance. Martin Jones and JP explain why OpHP is key. Look out for their new podcast series, starting on 15 May.

V interested to see what emphasis she'll put on Aus mil doctrine, training, tactics & procedures, how she'll envision a whole of society approach, how she'll communicate that vision, and the role of human/societal resilience.

Change afoot.

Congratulations Ma'am 🫡 🎊

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...the Middle East.

Her career roles were once seen as niche, secondary to 'traditional' warfighting. This appointment shows Australia isn't trying to fight bygone wars but firmly facing the future relevant to them.

Some examples of what that is in this NATO doc
www.act.nato.int/wp-content/u...

Lt Gen Susan Coyle: Who is the first female in history to lead the Australian army? Lieutenant General Coyle has held a number of senior roles, and became the first female to command Joint Task Force 633 in the Middle East

Lt Gen Susan Coyle to be the first female Chief of the Australian Army.

What's significant about this is, yes she's the first woman, but the experience she brings that makes her so relevant for the job in today's geopolitics of info warfare, cyber, space, & ...

www.forcesnews.com/women/lt-gen...

Sterling lost its role as the world reserve currency as a result...

❗️“The war in Ukraine may end soon,” — Budanov tells Bloomberg.

“Everyone understands that the war has to end.Unlike us, the Russians are spending their own money.These are enormous sums that are already measured in trillions. That’s why they are negotiating. I don’t think it will last much longer.”

Highly hazardous pesticides are bad #ForPeopleForPlanet, but safer alternatives exist.

UNEP’s guidelines help countries reduce risks and shift to healthier, more sustainable pest management.

Explore the solutions: https://ow.ly/Sah950YGrcg

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See The Top 20 Richest People In America Get to see who the top 20 richest people in America are; this article shares with you their net worth and source of wealth. and more on Townflex

And they are...

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Immigration, the alt-Right, the left and young men - Gary meets JimmyTheGiant YouTube video by Garys Economics

We need a better message for young men – speaking to JimmyTheGiant

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