Ben handing out leaflets at a VoteClimate stall at the People's Emergency Briefing in Cambridge

Was a privilege to attend the People's Emergency Briefing in Cambridge on Saturday.

Great that so many people want to learn about the coming impacts of climate breakdown on the UK. And good to sign up a few new members too: VoteClimate.uk/register to join!

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Local elections are on: Thurs 7th May Register to Vote by Mon 20th April Find out how: voteclimate.uk/register_to_vote.htm

🗳️ Local elections are on Thurs 7th May

⚠️ Don't forget to Register to Vote by Mon 20th April!

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So oil prices have plunged... but when will they rise again? Next week? After the #ceasefire? When the Strait of Hormuz closes again?

Trump's war on Iran shows the instability of a world powered by fossil fuels.

Labour must end fossil fuels. Now.

How Trump’s Iran war could make the world more reliant on coal The energy crisis sparked by the war is making some countries consider ramping up their use of dirty fuels

War is a disaster for people. It's also a catastrophe for climate.

The war on Iran is seeing countries turn back to coal just as the tide was turning on the dirtiest fossil fuel.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief factchecks some of the most common claims about North Sea oil and gas.

The UK doesn't use oil to generate power, so no, Nigel, new drilling wouldn't reduce energy bills (it would make your mates very rich though...)

This and 8 other North Sea oil and gas myths busted by Carbon Brief.

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨

The People’s Emergency Briefing.
A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action.

Learn more here;
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UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms The Earth's climate is further out of balance than at any time in recorded history, the UN's weather agency says.

🔥 Earth's climate is more out of balance than ever, with the planet gaining far more heat energy than it can release.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

⚠️ CUT EMISSIONS NOW!!

✅ Let's make May a climate election - sign up to put the planet first when you vote: VoteClimate.uk/register

Welsh elections They're changing... but how? OLD SYSTEM 40 constituencies: 1 rep each Elected by first past the post 5 regions: 4 reps each Elected by PR = 60 Members of the Senedd.

Welsh elections They're changing... but how? NEW SYSTEM 16 constituencies: 6 reps each Elected by PR = 96 Members of the Senedd

Welsh elections They're changing... but how? NEW SYSTEM "Closed proportional list system" Formula ensures number of reps reflects vote share in each constituency If a party wins 50% of the vote, they will usually get 3 of the 6 constituency seats

Welsh elections They're changing... but how? Want to know more? Check out our guide: https://tinyurl.com/new-welsh-voting-system

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The Welsh voting system will be replaced by a fully proportional system in this May’s Senedd elections.

🗳️ That means the number of reps a party has in the Welsh Parliament will more closely reflect its vote share.

🔗 Check out our explainer:
voteclimate.uk/news/welsh_v...

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

Stop. Burning. Fossil. Fuels.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

🍞 Stockpile food for climate, expert tells UK government.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

😶 These days, you barely hear a peep out of politicians on climate.

✅ Tell Starmer to get his head out of the sand and put climate first: VoteClimate.uk/register

Write to your MP and ask them to join the Parliamentary Call for a TV climate and nature briefing: voteclimate.uk/find_your_co...

US forecaster sees signs of La Nina shift towards El Nino conditions in early 2026 There is a 60% chance of a shift in the climate phenomenon known as La Niña towards El Nino in February-April 2026, with this pattern, known as ENSO-neutral, likely to persist through the Northern Hem...

El Nino could be coming this Spring.

El Nino makes it hotter in the UK, supercharging the heating effects of climate change.

So strap yourself in, it could be an pretty intense ride this summer...!

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

Why is this story about how the UK is one shock away from food riots relegated to The Guardian's food section, alongside articles about how to make the best cookie dough?

No wonder people still don't get it.

www.theguardian.com/food/2026/fe...

Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds ‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries

‼️ Chikungunya is a tropical disease which causes 'excruciating' pain

🦟 It's spread by tiger mosquitoes, which can now survive across Europe - including southern England

⚠️ Just another way our leaders have failed to keep us safe from climate change

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

'I'll need armbands soon': Flood warnings in place across UK The Environment Agency has urged people to remain vigilant to the risk of flooding as more rain is forecast for parts of the UK.

Reading Uni scientists said last week that the UK had faced the longest spell of rain for over a century.

That weather system is blocked, with more rain forecast for days.

This new normal is ruining lives - and not a peep from our leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

‘It sounds apocalyptic’: experts warn of impact of UK floods on birds, butterflies and dormice Events such as Storm Chandra take a terrible toll on ecosystems, but nature can be part of the solution for mitigating flood waters

🌊 Flooding impacts humans, but it devastates wildlife too
theguardian.com/environment/...

🌿 Nature can prevent flooding. Instead of pushing forward with the destructive Planning Bill Labour must up its game on nature

✅ Tell Starmer it's an election issue: VoteClimate.uk/register

More than 100 areas warned to expect floods as endless rain caused by 'blocked' weather pattern - live updates As of 05:00 GMT, the Environment Agency had issued 101 flood warnings and 169 flood alerts in England, with already-swollen rivers making flooding more likely.

Reading Uni scientists said last week that the UK had faced the longest spell of rain for over a century.

That weather system is blocked, with more rain forecast for days.

This new normal is ruining lives - and not a peep from our leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis

Hats off to this Rhondda Valley council for being the first to buy up flood-prone homes and helping to rehome residents.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

But when do you hear truth-telling from UK or devolved governments about the impact climate collapse is having on our lives?

UK weather: Areas of UK hit by record January rainfall Anyone thinking it had been a particularly drab and wet January, that has been confirmed by the Met Office's latest monthly figures, as Chris Fawkes explains.

⛈️ Yet more UK weather records, putting homes & lives in danger - yet not a peep from our leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

🚨 Keir Starmer, burying your head in the sand won't make the climate emergency go away.

✅ Tell politicians to put climate 1st: VoteClimate.uk/register

UK needs far faster EV charger rollout to hit 2030 demand Data suggests installation of electric vehicle infrastructure is lagging behind government estimates

⚡️ Fine words about a green transition are all well and good. But the government needs to make sure EV charging capacity actually meets demand.
www.ft.com/content/6115...

✅ Tell Labour they must walk the walk if they want your vote: VoteClimate.uk/register

Storm Chandra live updates: Danger to life flood warning as rain, wind and snow hit UK Almost 120 flood warnings are in place, while new ice warnings are issued covering parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Danger to life, villages cut off, roads flooded. Words we seem to read every few weeks as the nation is lashed by winter storms.

It's not normal. It's the new normal.

#StormChandra

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cz...

Iver landfill data centre was wrongly approved, admits government Campaigners are raising concerns about the environmental impact of the facility.

This is positive.

An energy-hungry data centre is likely to face a legal challenge now Labour admits the government wrongly issued planning permission.

It sets a hopeful precedent for high-emitting projects.

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

No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year

🚨 The Warm Home Plan has been watered down.

📉 The gov will increase grants for heat pumps & green tech but is slashing grants for insulation.

🔥 New gas & oil boilers will no longer be banned from 2035.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

This gov report shows the extent to which biodiversity collapse will impact our way of life in the UK, causing food shortages and infectious disease outbreaks.

Some vital ecosystems could collapse in the next 5 years.

This should be headline news.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government unveils biggest overhaul to water in a generation

If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.

Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.

Public services should be in public hands.

Water companies to face regular MOT-style checks in industry shake-up The government says the industry will have

The "biggest overhaul of the water industry in England and Wales since privatisation"?

Sounds more like the biggest missed opportunity to genuinely hold polluters to account for decades of negligence and environmental vandalism.

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

Scientists Confirm 2025 Was Third-Hottest Year, Trailing 2024 and 2023 Last year was one of the warmest on record, even with a La Niña weather cycle that worked to cool the world down.

2025 was the third-hottest year on record despite the influence of the La Nina cooling event.

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

'Cherry picking data': Government and analysts hit back at latest Tufton Street attacks on net zero Right wing think tank accuses Climate Change Committee of overly optimistic clean tech cost estimates, but supporters of climate action counter that latest criticisms fail to recognise risks associate...

🥱 The Tufton St climate deniers have published a new report about the "cost of net zero" - ignoring the cost of sticking with fossil fuels.

🔥 Economic "cost" is the wrong paradigm. What about the "cost" of trying to survive on an uninhabitable planet?

www.businessgreen.com/news/4524063...

Fourteen clifftop homes in Hemsby are facing 'imminent collapse' Hemsby residents are told their homes should not be occupied due to a risk of further cliff falls.

Tragic stories of people losing their homes to coastal erosion will become more and more common as sea levels rise.
bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's too late for many, but it's not unstoppable.

Tell Labour to slash emissions now and help slow sea level rise: voteclimate.uk/register

Brazilian expert Tasso Azevedo estimates that extracting all of Venezuela's oil would emit 150bn tonnes of CO2.

This would “blow past” the planet’s carbon budget.

(Article in Portuguese.)

www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/202...