Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🔋 New Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action Talk 🔋 ☀️ Come along to hear our local plans for community energy in Bracknell Forest next Friday, 25th Sept ☀️ at Bracknell Town Library, from 6 to 8 PM. All Welcome; light refreshments will be available. Free to attend; no booking required. 074
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 06/07/2026We need net zero schools! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #heatwavebbc.co.ukBuntingford net zero school stays cool and open during heatwaveBuntingford First School is the first in England to be net zero carbon, the council says. 0177
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionSteve Dudley @stevedudley.bsky.social · 03/07/2026“These narratives produced concrete policy outcomes: the … dilution and eventual abandonment of the 65% renewable energy obligation, the cancellation of planned building efficiency standards, and a reversal of Germany's position in EU negotiations on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.” 03814
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"In most of the supermarkets out there, the fridges were designed for 32C, which obviously isn't enough, because these were designed decades ago. "It was a much cooler world." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ClimateChangebbc.co.ukUK heatwave leave fridges struggling to 'deal with the heat'Experts say older fridges are failing in hot weather as rising temperatures put them under pressure. 0105
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionEco Rewards #climatesky #sustainability #environment @ecorewards.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Revamp your fitness routine and contribute to a healthier planet. Scan to win free swims and gym passes, and connect with a community committed to sustainable living. Every step counts towards a greener future, let’s make a splash together! @bracknellforest.bsky.social, @bfcca2025.bsky.social 011
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Looking like next week is going to be the next heatwave. 021
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/06/2026With heat waves shattering temperature records across the globe, leading to needless deaths, let me just say that history will not look fondly on those who put fossil fuel profits above saving the planet. 571143713676
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Climate change is here, sadly it is causing deaths with the present European heat wave. Vital to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, every EV replacing a petrol engine cuts emissions and in turn reduces harm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEurope's heatwave 'linked to 1,300 deaths' as more records brokenWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that Europe is not prepared for high temperatures. 0107
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026RECORD YEAR: 2025 was the biggest year ever for renewables. A record 692 GW was added, mostly solar. More importantly, non-fossil sources generated 43% of the world's electricity and fossil generation fell. More in Bright Spots: open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...open.substack.comRenewables just had their best year ever2025 was a record year for clean power but still falling short of what is needed 24877294
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBYTESEU @byteseu.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Climate Change event to return to Bracknell in July – Wokingham.Today www.byteseu.com/1963168 The Bracknell Forest Community Climate Summit is back again for 2026 on Wednesday, July 8. Registration is required for this event although the event is free to attend. Bracknell Forest …byteseu.comClimate Change event to return to Bracknell in July – Wokingham.Today - Bytes EuropeThe Bracknell Forest Community Climate Summit is back again for 2026 on Wednesday, July 8. 033
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Join us at the Bracknell Forest Community Climate Summit - 8th July, Kerith Centre, Bracknell. 032
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 14/06/2026www.visitaheatpump.comvisitaheatpump.comVisit a heat pumpVisit a heat pump near you in real life. See it in action and get your questions answered by heat pump owners. 0105
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Wow look at the solar and the wind. #NetZero #LoveNetZero 1122
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Wow look at the solar and the wind. #NetZero #LoveNetZero 1122
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionEmber @ember-energy.org · 26/06/2026On hot sunny days, batteries can ensure that buildings stay cool 24/7 – reducing reliance on costly gas power plants. Batteries, together with smart EV charging and heat pumps, help the EU make the most of wind and solar, while reducing grid strain. ember-energy.org/lat... 24113
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionFrank Swain @frank-swain.bsky.social · 24/06/2026It's probably time European journalists wrapped their heads around Heat Index (temp + relative humidity). In high humidity, sweating is less efficient, making heat worse, e.g.: Experiencing 35°C in London UK (70% RH) is more dangerous than 50°C in Phoenix Arizona (15% RH) 561535703
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Electrifying everything we can gets us a long way to cutting emissions. Domestic heating, mostly from natural gas, is the big challenge. 042
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionSimon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 25/06/2026NEW ANALYSIS: UK sales of electric vehicles just overtook petrol cars for the first time What's that you say? Something something demand, something something ZEV mandate? Take a look at the data: www.carbonbrief.org/... 9649226
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionClimate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!” 329129814992
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 22/06/2026ULEZ 'linked to 8.1 % reductions in yearly trends for cardiovascular disease, 6.2% for respiratory disease' www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...imperial.ac.ukLondon’s ULEZ and T-charge linked to reductions in emergency hospital admissionsNew analysis from Imperial researchers has found that measures to cut air pollution from vehicles in central London are associated with a fall in hos... 0199
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 24/06/20261976 and all that! theconversation.com/we-recreated... #ClimateChange 163
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A bit of a grim find in my fortune cookie, sadly not wrong, we need to cut emissions and start adapting because climate change is here 0209
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 22/06/2026ULEZ 'linked to 8.1 % reductions in yearly trends for cardiovascular disease, 6.2% for respiratory disease' www.imperial.ac.uk/news/article...imperial.ac.ukLondon’s ULEZ and T-charge linked to reductions in emergency hospital admissionsNew analysis from Imperial researchers has found that measures to cut air pollution from vehicles in central London are associated with a fall in hos... 0199
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Every Summer, on average, is going to be hotter. For Bracknell and other parts of the South East England, we have a difficult week coming up. It is vital to cut carbon emissions and to start adapting. The heat is here! 0198
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Every Summer, on average, is going to be hotter. For Bracknell and other parts of the South East England, we have a difficult week coming up. It is vital to cut carbon emissions and to start adapting. The heat is here! 0198
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Sunshine powered trains, sounds great! 071
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Analysis: UK’s EV drivers are now saving £1,100 each a year – and £3bn in total www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks... #LoveNetZero #NetZerocarbonbrief.orgAnalysis: UK’s EV drivers are now saving £1,100 each a year – and £3bn in total - Carbon BriefCarbon Brief analysis reveals the nation’s EV drivers are saving more than £1,100 a year in fuel costs, compared with running a petrol car. 23210
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Sunshine powered trains, sounds great! 071
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionNational Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 22/04/2026What if the whole country saw the full picture? This is a national emergency. The impacts are already here. But the solutions exist. Communities are watching the People’s Emergency Briefing and discussing what to do next with neighbours and MPs #EarthDay Screenings www.nebriefing.org/screening-map 7236194
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionBracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Keep it simple! Electrifying everything and generating electricity from renewables, does a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to cutting C02 emissions. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis 1156
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionEmber @ember-energy.org · 13/06/2026EVs cut down the EU’s oil imports ✂️ And the region can manufacture as much as 4.6 million EVs annually, nearly DOUBLE the current demand of 2.5 million. In 2025, EVs avoided 67 million barrels of oil imports worth €4.1bn 🇪🇺 ember-energy.org/lat... 27832
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 16/06/2026According to the FT, green funds are out performing fossil fuels. 0102
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Yes there some off shoring, and worth remembering most energy isn't from electricity, still immensely encouraging and shifting transport and heating to electricity is the path to bigger carbon emission cuts. 020
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Worrying but essential to read. 042
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Incidentally @ember-energy.org which put these figures together is a great source on net zero. The fact that UK electricity is so decarbonised seems like esoteric secret knowledge.... 030
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Thanks Graham, yes a really good way of understanding how much electricity has decarbonised in Britain. We really need to electrify everything we can, heating, transport, etc. 010
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Wow look at how the blue (coal) has gone from nearly 100% to 0% 2122
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026And of course even at night so solar will have power batteries and while grid.iamkate.com is a great source of information it doesn't count electricity from domestic solar panels.grid.iamkate.comNational Grid: LiveShows the live status of Great Britain’s electric power transmission network 140
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Currently nearly 23% of electricity is from solar, OK a snap shot on a Sunday day (no solar in the middle of the night and less in winter) but encouraging 172
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionH e t e r o t o p ia @artsofexistence.bsky.social · 14/06/2026"Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible." -- Doris Lessing, The Golden Notebook #BookSky 27921
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 12/06/2026The Met Office says 46°C degree days are now “plausible” in the UK. Critics of net zero need to wake up, writes Tim Smedleyprospectmagazine.co.ukThis is no time for climate complacency—let alone more drillingToo many of us are oblivious to the dangers we face 01312
Reposted by Bracknell Forest Community Climate ActionKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/05/2026Cannot 👏 emphasize 👏 this 👏 enough 12561113
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Positively they are working on a transition away from coal www.undp.org/mongolia/blo...undp.orgMongolia's Clean Energy Transition: A Pathway to Sustainable and Inclusive Development 030
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Fascinating map of live electricity supply. Mongolia needs to do some work app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/MN/...app.electricitymaps.comMongolia | Electricity MapsTrack real-time and historical electricity data worldwide — see production mix, CO2 emissions, prices, cross-border exports, and much more. 110
Bracknell Forest Community Climate Action @bfcca2025.bsky.social · 14/06/2026www.visitaheatpump.comvisitaheatpump.comVisit a heat pumpVisit a heat pump near you in real life. See it in action and get your questions answered by heat pump owners. 0105