Here are the 7 key judgements from HM Government's "Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security - A national security assessment" just released: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
Really interesting perspective looking at the similarities between our tepid response to a growing risk of climate and eco collapse vs way in which the titanic incident unfolded - substack.com/home/post/p-...
This piece in @forbes.com describes the keynote I gave at the @oxmartinschool.bsky.social LEAP conference this week
I make the case that biophysical limits and a shrinking safe climatic space means an inevitable plant-based shift. Video of the talk coming soon!
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
Honeybees in the US may have just experienced their most severe die-off on record, a loss of 1.6 million, or 55 per cent of all US colonies – and we don’t know exactly why.
Despite being advised by the Climate Change Committee to reduce the production & consumption of meat/dairy, the UK government has funded, every year, campaigns to *increase* their consumption: shorturl.at/mWMkq
So here's a petition to ask for the promotion of plant-based foods: shorturl.at/HS5Ig
The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewitnesses said.
Absolutely loved developing and giving this lecture ❤️
If you want to learn how solar PV went from being a promising but expensive technology, to being the cheapest way of producing electricity in just 25 years, then do give this a watch 👇
Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in UK by 2050 #Climate
1. Against my own political instincts, I’ve taken what feels like a drastic step, and started stockpiling food. This week’s column explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Plus a brief thread.
Basel Adra, the co-director of Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” says his intention with the film was “not the award itself but … to get to people’s hearts.”
He wants the world to see what is happening in his community of Masafer Yatta in the West Bank.
I really don't think this news has made sufficient shock waves.
Dr Katherine Calvin, NASA Chief Scientist Trump-Musk just fired, is the highest ranking American on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. She is co-chair of Working Group 3 on mitigation. This is a climate attack.
What the right wing REALLY means:
Why does this have to be repeated over and over again?
Looking for an undergraduate scholarship with a focus on sustainability?
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Out for walk by the canal, and what a treat to see this one hanging out!
"These airports are funnels for UK cash to go overseas - I'd like to hear the rationale for how that generates growth benefits in the UK."
@alchap.bsky.social explains why airport expansions won't create the growth the chancellor wants
"Drax lobbied Canada for intervention on EU forest protection measures" via FT.
www.ft.com/content/37be...
"Lowkey EXPOSES Donald Trump's Pro Israel Funders" c/o @doubledownnews.bsky.social
www.doubledown.news/watch/2024/n...
I can’t begin to comprehend the fear, anguish, terror, desperation & helplessness farmed animals feel.
It’s crippling to me just witnessing it; to experience it I can’t comprehend.
Humans need to acknowledge that all animals are sentient, experiencing emotion. This is not unique to humans.
Oxfam: Super-rich have already burned more than their fair share of carbon for 2025
The idea of taxing the super-rich to fund climate action shot up the international agenda during Brazil’s G20 presidency
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/01/10/o...
Hello - the government is developing an Integrated National Transport Strategy, and put out a "call for ideas" towards the end of last year. Transport affects all of us, so a great opportunity to have your input, deadline for responding is 30th Jan: www.gov.uk/government/c...
Palestinian babies are not spontaneously freezing to death. They are being deliberately subjected to conditions calculated to terminate life. In other words, they are being murdered. The cause of death is not the cold, but the genocide being perpetrated by Israel and the US.
Come join our growing team!
Project Drawdown seeks
- a new Director of Private-Sector Partnerships (full-time, US based)
- several part-time research fellows (part-time, US or international)
Drawdown.org/careers
Among workers in bottom hourly wage quintile, likelihood of progressing to higher hourly wage decile in following year, compared to average likelihood (percentage point difference): UK, 2009-2022
Hourly wage progression is negatively associated with being a mother, being older, and having less education.
Among low-income workers, family circumstances can place real constraints on people’s willingness or ability to change job or progress in work.
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UK electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, with emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade
Highlights:
🏭end of coal power after 142yrs
🔥fossil fuels at record-low 29% share
🌄renewables at record-high 45%
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Misinformation shared in media and by other stakeholders is impeding uptake.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Think about all the land we could free up, rewild and give back to nature if governments, businesses and citizens pursued a serious protein shift away from animal products.
Giving more space to nature again will also be key to protecting ourselves better against extreme weather events to come. ⛑️🏞🌳
Book cover for The Reformatory: a white wood frame building under a spooky tree.
My 2024 was almost beyond belief:
* The Reformatory continues to astound me with its reception. It took me seven years of pain to write and won a Bram Stoker Award, L.A. Times Book Prize, Shirley Jackson Prize, Chautauqua Award and was a New York Times Notable Book.
Readers: I am speechless.
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A facilitated space for parents/carers/guardians of children to share difficult feelings about the climate crisis.
It’s online and free but booking is essential!
Book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1070761379....
