Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Thanks for the share @redjont.bsky.social - most appreciated 000
Reposted by Andy MiddletonJessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 24/02/2026There's a troubling trend of governments keeping national security and intelligence reports related to the climate crisis under wraps, @rsanta.bsky.social reports for @thebulletin.orgthebulletin.orgDeny, delay, downplay: How governments hide climate change intelligenceA recent UK national security assessment on biodiversity and ecosystem collapse made headlines, not for its dire warnings, but for its omissions. It's part of a larger trend of governments keeping cli... 3127
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Excellent to see a direct question being asked of the Government. Based on the response, the next Q should why they think that's enough when 75% of businesses across the country have taken no account of climate in their strategic planning. 000
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Agree. Very much 'we've got this covered - nothing to see here'. 010
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Nature Can't Hear Us Article on why that matters on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/pulse/nature...linkedin.comNature Can't Hear Us"Fewer than 1% of companies that produce annual public reports mention biodiversity". The recent IPBES report, captured here by edie, documents a shocking lack of understanding on the connection betwe... 000
Reposted by Andy MiddletonRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 04/02/2026My newspaper column, just out, on the ongoing suppression of the intelligence services’ security assessment… PLEASE SHARE WIDELY… archive.ph/2026.02.03-0...archive.ph 137
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026@derek-walker.bsky.social chatgpt.com/share/6970ca...chatgpt.comChatGPT - Cost of Real Living WageShared via ChatGPT 010
Reposted by Andy MiddletonDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 16/01/2026"In this episode of Weathered Maiya May talks with civilization collapse researcher @lukekemp.bsky.social & strategic climate risk expert @laurielaybourn.bsky.social about why high-end warming scenarios are often dismissed as “doomerism,” even though worst-case planning is standard in most fields"youtu.beThis Is How the World Ends According to ScienceYouTube video by PBS Terra 02112
Reposted by Andy MiddletonKate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026The heat energy we added to the ocean LAST YEAR is the equivalent of: - Detonating ten hydrogen bombs every minute - operating over a hundred large power plants continuously for all of written human history - Five times all the electricity human beings have ever used 10224156
Reposted by Andy MiddletonDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 13/01/2026This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication. I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵 21411161
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Plastic Unfantastic Pollution from this illegitimate child of the fossil fuel industry looks like it's reducing photosynthesis by 12%. Nothing to see here. Move on. www.theguardian.com/environment/....theguardian.comMicroplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvationResearchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades 020
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus Happy St.Davids day to friends and fellow citizens of this fragile world. David was born on the coast near the tiny jewel of a city that bears his name, his last words were 'do the little things you remember me by. Good advice. 070
Reposted by Andy MiddletonClimate Outreach @climateoutreach.bsky.social · 11/02/2025📣 New guide! Climate Outreach, with support from @green-alliance.org.uk conducted interviews with leading experts, from policy to journalism, campaigns to research, to get their insight on the most important comms challenges & opportunities for 2025 and beyond: climateoutreach.org/reports/what... climateoutreach.orgWhat is the climate story in 2025? - Climate OutreachThis short report consolidates our findings from 20 interviews with diverse leading experts from policy to journalism, campaigns to research who shared their thoughts. Thank you to our partners Green ... 153
Reposted by Andy MiddletonEduSky Team @eduskyteam.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Welcome to #EduSky 🍎 a communuty for educators! Check out the list: tinyurl.com/EduSky Join the list: tinyurl.com/EduSkyForm Pin the feed: tinyurl.com/EduSkyFeed ⬇️ 39863170
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The Gift of Uncertainty // What are the skills, mindsets and connections we need to help young people to grow so they can build regenerative futures at a time of greater uncertainty than the world has seen for 75 years? Do share your top three here. #EduSky #climate #nature 140
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Exporting Extinction // Seek to understand the footprints and negative externalities of the products and services that you take for granted. Many of them are likely to have a dark side impact that's not on the label. www.theguardian.com/environment/... 010
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Apparently, it's one of the best ways to make risk lower...FFS. The level of risk loading that's happening as a consequence of current decisions is going to blow people's minds when they experience the consequences of what they're saying yes to today. 110
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Such a great closing gift. From the other side of the Atlantic, I deeply appreciate what you did. 000
Reposted by Andy MiddletonSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 29/01/2025H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads Rapidly Through California Dairy Herds The USDA has confirmed that five more dairy herds in California are infected, bringing the total number to 732. As of now, 74% of the state's dairy herds have tested positive for the virus. 486109744046
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Regulation isn't fit for purpose. I spent six years on the board of an environmental regulator. It's clear that even if every business adhered to every pice of legislation, nature and communities would die, just more slowly. We need regs that inescapably drive regeneration, not elimination. 070
Reposted by Andy MiddletonRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 24/01/2025My friend/colleague Andrew Boswell is right. Starmer is adopting the very worst HardRight trope: It’s outrageous of Starmer to say that Andrew is doing this for himself! He doesn’t do all this dangerous, exhausting, expensive work for selfish reasons!! He does it for Nature & our children’s future. 03216
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Let's hope CAN can. Today the UK government will hear the second reading of the Climate & Nature Bill. It's landmark proposal places legal responsibility on government to act in line with science, not easy votes. Fingers crossed for nature. & future gen. commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...commonslibrary.parliament.ukThe Climate and Nature Bill 2024-25The Climate and Nature Bill 2024-25 will have its second reading on 24 January 2025. This Library briefing provides an overview of the bill and background information. 010
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Do add @belinaraffy.bsky.social to your Climate Comedy list - epic improv comedy + courses for folk in this space. 220
Reposted by Andy MiddletonKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/01/2025You can say, “gravity isn’t real,” but if you step off the cliff, you’re still going down. And if you convince other people it’s not real, you are responsible for what happens if they make decisions based on the information you withheld. 23878274
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Going the wrong way fast. Time to turn around. 000
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2025"perhaps spending potentially trillions to get somewhere that looks like Earth’s most boring disused quarry is the value proposition that Americans concerned over inflated food prices have been looking for" Marina Hyde hit nail on head in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comSo this is Trump’s ‘golden age’ – chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps | Marina HydeConfusing and capricious, he started as he means to go on. To all the leaders pledging to work with him: good luck with that, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 030
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Thanks for the re-share. If I remember rightly, participants had 32 hours of training in the system awareness / conditions that might influence their direction and thinking. Those they were trying to influence probably had none. Maybe the design process needs to change... 010
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025It would be a good start. If you haven't seen it, check out the impact of Wales' urban 20mph limits. 000
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025PFAS News - Not News // Those with eyes open have known for years that there's an insidious tide of damaging chemicals seeping into the bodies of life on earth. Companies like 3M make them, profit from them, and walk away. Change is coming. Better late than never.theguardian.comEnvironment | The GuardianLatest Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice 021
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Easy listen (not) for your next commute - a few angles on AGI etc that have some epic implications www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/132-...thegreatsimplification.comDaniel Schmachtenberger: “Silicon Dreams and Carbon Nightmares: The Wide Boundary Impacts of AI” | The Great SimplificationEpisode 132 000
Reposted by Andy MiddletonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 14/01/2025On CBC last night, I spelt out the moral case to keep on trying, however hard it might be. Defending the living planet is not an option we can abandon. Ultimately, it is all that counts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qX2V...youtube.comAuthor George Monbiot on countering despair amid alarming climate change trendsYouTube video by CBC British Columbia 551415472
Reposted by Andy MiddletonStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.” Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating. www.ft.com/content/cf87...ft.comIs corporate America going Maga?Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms 258949357
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Faster = better. When it comes to action on climate, and reducing negative impacts, that is. 010
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025One of my cousins used to grow caulis for a big west Wales producer - hundreds of thousands of them. In a bad harvest, as many as 40% would be ploughed back into the ground. Sometime, perfect vegetables that were too big to fit six to a box would be wasted, after eight doses of fertiliser etc. 000
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Adapt or Die // Doing less of the wrong thing isn't going to be enough as our safe ground shrinks around us. Useful provocation and call to action from @rupertread.bsky.social to make adaptation part of the conversation in every organisation, every day. www.terrainfirma.co.uk/adapt-or-die...terrainfirma.co.ukAdapt or die: why decarbonisation is no longer enough to save us with Rupert Read - Terra InfirmaThis post goes live as wildfires ravage Los Angeles, parts of the UK are clearing up after floods and we’re all still traumatised by the images of the deadly flash floods in Valencia. The trends look ... 142
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Safety always has, and always will, depends on species' ability respond to pattern change. Homo saps is bottom of the class on that. How well we manage to stick around depends on our ability to change that... 011
Reposted by Andy MiddletonAdam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Earth has entered ‘a new era’ with its hottest year on record and its first calendar year 1.5C warmer than the pre-industrial period. About 1.3C of the 1.5C is due to climate change, so let's not get *too* hung-up on puzzles like clouds, shipping fuels etc! Story👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme... 2158
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Getting warmer together: not good news // theconversation.com/many-species...theconversation.comMany species reach their heat limits at similar temperatures, leaving ecosystems at risk of sudden climate-driven collapse – new studyPlants and animals that live in the same community share the same heat tolerance – new study. 010
Reposted by Andy MiddletonDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 09/01/2025It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans. 4322171009
Reposted by Andy MiddletonRupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 08/01/2025"...it is time for #climate activists and thought-leaders to let go of fantasies of achieving decarbonisation, directly. Instead, we need to pivot hard towards climate adaptation." New in the @bylinetimes.bluesky.social 📰 bylinetimes.com/2025/01/08/z...bylinetimes.com2025 Is the Year Extinction Rebellion Demanded We Should Go Zero Carbon but 'Britain Has Woefully Failed'The Government is 'absolutely not going to save us... 2025 needs to be the year we start to save ourselves' 1142
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025A world without facts... With Zuckerberg and Musk running amok over truth, it feels more important than ever that locally-grounded stories, created and verified by citizens, might be the only way we make sense of this unravelled mess.theguardian.comMeta is ushering in a ‘world without facts’, says Nobel peace prize winnerMaria Ressa warns of ‘dangerous times’ for journalism and democracy after move to end factchecking in US 000
Reposted by Andy MiddletonDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 07/01/2025How the world is already adapting to climate change - @carbonbrief.org maps and describes the most comprehensive assessment to date of the scientific literature on climate adaptation By @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social interactive.carbonbrief.org/climate-adap...interactive.carbonbrief.orgInteractive: How the world is already adapting to climate changePeople around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and floods, many have been forced to adapt to a new reality. 212258
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Wales' Wellbeing of Future Generations Act: 10 years on. Excellent summary here on some of the key learning from the first decade of implementing the Future Gen legislation in Wales. Far more work is needed to help ctties and leaders u'stand the severity of disruption headed their way.theconversation.comA decade on, six things the world can learn from Wales’ innovative future generations lawAs the world grapples with building a sustainable future, Wales’ pioneering Well-being of Future Generations Act offers lessons for other nations. 010
Andy Middleton @andymiddleton.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Pets no longer eat animal products // Imagine the benefit that could make for ecosystems we depend on, and the future generations of all species. How much would your / our thinking needed to shift for it to happen. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @donnachadhmc.bsky.socialtheguardian.comLab-grown meat is the future for pet food – and that’s a huge opportunity for Britain | Lucy McCormickWhile the EU and US hesitate, the UK can become world leader in this burgeoning – and cruelty-free – innovation, says Guardian editorial data analyst Lucy McCormick 010
Reposted by Andy MiddletonDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/01/2025🚨 When we fight, we win! I've put together a thread giving a quick run down of some of the #climate movement's hard won victories from 2024 to inspire us for the year ahead! 🧵 #ClimateActionNow #EndFossilFuels 7182114