Lots to unpack in our major new report with More in Common on the public's trust in science out today. Great thread here

this is cool because it's a very obvious concept but it's neat to see it laid out in data!

BYD's new Blade EV Battery 2.0 unlocks 1,000+ km pure electric range and 10 min fast charging BYD introduced its new Blade Battery 2.0 during its Disruptive Technolology event on Thursday. The new EV battery boasts a...

This is not the case anymore. BYD just announced a new battery than can deliver 621 miles with a 10 minute charge electrek.co/2026/03/05/b...

The wholesale failure of the mainstream so-called "AI ethics" project is because it is instead a successful process of creating industry stooges, who walk amongst us, hollowing out future colleagues and posturing provocatively about the inevitability of the future theintercept.com/2019/12/20/m...

Extreme Heat Is Making Life Increasingly Unlivable The number of hours where it’s too hot for everyday activities has doubled since 1950, a new study found.

New: The number of days where extreme heat makes it too dangerously hot to walk the dog, sweep the porch and engage in other ordinary pursuits has doubled since 1950. Older people experience a month a year when heat prevents them from routine activities. Free link.
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"Yes we can avoid further dangerous climate change, we can stop the destruction of nature, we can begin the transformation of our societies so that they live in balance with the Earth system"

Great post as always. That we haven't prevented it doesn't make it unpreventable

Acemoglu, Autor & Johnson sketching out a pro-worker AI agenda. Worth your time.

Climate action is the world’s cheapest insurance policy, study says Climate policy is not discretionary spending but collective risk pooling, according to a Vienna University study, who argue that as natural disasters proliferate, it acts as a public insurance system ...

“most climate damage is not absorbed by private insurance markets but is transferred directly onto public budgets…climate protection is not just an environmental necessity but an economic rationality”

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How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels Kraków’s ban on burning solid fuels plus subsidies for cleaner heating has led to clearer air and better health

Rachel Huxley, the head of mitigation at the health charity Wellcome, said: “It’s a big deal. If we take action to tackle superpollutants, we can have this huge impact on global warming and also on all of these premature health impacts.”
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“Climate change is potentially the biggest health threat of the century and the IPCC is arguably the biggest scientific assessment that has ever occurred in human history.” The opportunities to… | We... “Climate change is potentially the biggest health threat of the century and the IPCC is arguably the biggest scientific assessment that has ever occurred in human history.” The opportunities to impro...

It was a privilege and a pleasure to participate in the @wellcometrust.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social meeting to ensure health is fully embedded in the IPCC - getting the best, policy-relevant science for a healthy and liveable future.

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Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid [FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’

Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.

I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.

Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...

Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict

Quick thread on how it is shocking the government has supressed this report, but it is equally shocking that anyone should be surprised by its contents.

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The cure for misinformation is not more information or smarter news consumers Political scientist Samuel Bagg explains why social identity is at the root of the misinformation crisis -- which calls for something deeper than factchecking.

ICYMI: I sat down with political scientist @samuel-bagg.bsky.social to discuss the crisis in our information environment and its roots in social identity.

Why the Climate Crisis is a Health Crisis YouTube video by ClimateAdam

As our leaders struggle to build any meaningful momentum at COP21, a reminder:

The Climate Crisis *IS* a Health Crisis

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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.

What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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#Arizona #AZ #Health #Fever #PublicHealth

🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨

⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.

❤️‍🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.

Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

Rising heat killing one person a minute worldwide, major climate report reveals

- The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating

@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
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4/ But we still need to recognise that:
- Different worldviews can clash in the planning process and make adaptation fail
- We need to call out non-critical frameworks and approaches to researching and implementing adaptation
- People who work on adaptation need to take a broader perspective
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3/ And research now largely acknowledges that:
- adaptation is not about climate change but about rethinking development/planning
- we need an intersectional, decolonised approach
- adaptation itself is an imposed concept that can also serve to remove people's agency, assets, and integrity...

2/ Adaptation research and practice can no longer be described as the black sheep of climate change because we now have a solid 15 years of action. However:
- much of it is still very far from being effective
- there is still a huge need for adaptation everywhere
- there is a massive lack of funding

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

Americans are dying from extreme heat

Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories

They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways

Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social

#climatcrisis
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National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

New comment in Nature climate change published this week on the dangers of adaptation projects by Meg Mills-Novoa, Kim Anh Thomas and Michael Mikulewicz (three scholars whose work you should follow!)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...

New paper in Nature finds that global geologic CO2 storage potential is ~90% lower than previously believed. Many candidate sites could leak CO2 back into the air or into groundwater, undermining climate mitigation efficacy or putting nearby human health at risk.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️

x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia

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WHO warns of risks of extreme heat in the workplace Workers, employers and governments need to adapt to a more extreme climate, the organisation says.

Workers globally face increasing health risks as extreme temperatures become more common, and that includes the UK 🥵 We need the government to produce effective adaptations for the sake of everyone.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylwxl5n01o

The projections of the amount of heating we're seeing have been spot on. But all the projections of the *impacts* of that warming have been way, way lowballed. Let's not do that any more.

There is growing evidence that climate change can have direct and indirect effects on mental health. This is especially true for extreme heat.

🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵