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climate-talks.bsky.social @climate-talks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you have an account with HSBC or Barclays, consider switching to a bank that doesn’t plunder our shared future for their own short-term profit. And tell them why you’re leaving, loud and proud. www.ft.com/content/52e5...
ft.com
UK banks stick with coal financing, campaign report finds
Barclays and HSBC led in support of the industry since the war on Ukraine, study shows
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jet fuel: 12,000 Wh/kg. Modern batteries: ~300 Wh/kg. Even with motor efficiency, jet fuel holds 20x the power per kg. Worse: planes rely on getting lighter as they burn fuel. Electric planes spend energy hauling dead battery weight all the way to landing. It's a physics wall.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I miss David MacKay. In his no-nonsense way he showed that one long-haul return flight a year uses more energy than a 1 kW heater on all year. "A 10% improvement? Yes, possible. A doubling of efficiency? I'd eat my complimentary socks." If only more people were pro-arithmetic. We have to fly less
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Ch 5 Page 35: Sustainable Energy - without the hot air | David MacKay
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Plant-rich diets are the food system's electrification. Petrol cars only see 18-25% of their fuel energy get to the wheels; EVs 87-91%. Heat pumps are 2 or 3 times more efficient. Food has its own combustion engine: a chicken turns about 13% of its feed calories into food, worse than a petrol car.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
1/ "Every fraction of a degree of warming matters." True, and a dangerous platitude. It quietly suggests warming is a smooth dial, where each tenth of a degree costs about the same as the last. It doesn't. The later ones cost far more. Here's why. 🧵
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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Human entitlement in a headline at its finest: "Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption" And the article matches: nothing at all about reducing airline traffic. We're flying into hell www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Flyers might have to face more disruption with hotter skies
Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Collectively, through malevolence, through self-interest, through indifference, the rich world killed the 1.5°C target
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Mary Husson 🇦🇺🇫🇷 @mary-11.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#climatechange #auspol #worldpolitics
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 31/08/2026
📝 New article on Our World in Data: Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades. The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 02/09/2026
It cannot be stated enough: whatever your view of technology & policy development over the rest of this century & beyond, the rapid ending of fossil fuels is the most resilient & robust way to secure a liveable climate.
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
August 28, 1959 – Daily Mail reports on carbon dioxide build-up "[Carbon dioxide] has increased by 15 p.c. in our atmosphere in the past 50 years – and its effect is to “trap” the heat from the sun’s rays and heat radiated from the ground.” allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/27/a...
Daily Mail Twenty MORE years of sizzling summers from August 1959
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
People can "just adapt" to a changing climate, a thousand rightwing voices keep telling us. Either they lack imagination or they don't care. Try "adapting" to this. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Nepal flash flood: more than 1,500 missing, mostly tourists, after disaster kills at least 165 at Tibet border
Entire populated areas swept away after glacial collapse causes catastrophic flood in mountainous region popular with trekkers and pilgrims
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climate-talks.bsky.social @climate-talks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
'Despite ME turmoil'? Don't you mean 'despite our burning planet'? Despite the wildfires and floods, despite the risk to our food systems, the threat to our health and economy? Isn't that the real story here - the terrifying disconnect between behaviour and reality? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Scottish airport numbers soar despite Middle East turmoil
Almost 300,000 more passengers travelled in the spring and state-owned Prestwick saw a trebling of cargo volumes.
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Kimberly Nicholas @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Matt found out his bank has spent $77.8 billion on fossil fuel financing since 2021. In this episode of #ClimateActually, I helped Matt follow the 3 steps to bank fossil-free: 1. Check if your bank funds fossil fuels 2. Switch if it does 3. Tell your old bank why you left. youtu.be/iruxIkB37lM
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
100,000 people now signed the petition for the government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis, introduced by the PM and delivered by independent experts. The debate should be prioritised for when Parliament reconvenes on 1st Sept. It's #TimeToStepUp
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It'll be pretty embarrassing if the dinosaurs went out with more dignity than us. They can't say they knew about the meteor for decades, knew exactly what to do about it, had all the technology and resources to stop it but didn't so five of them could own everything
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We need @andyburnham.bsky.social to stick his word now on #ClimateChange
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Long form interview on @novaramedia.com - covering a wide range of climate issues: from the science to the politics, the climate leadership prospects of the new PM and the dangerous soft-pedalling by many climate academics/experts & much of the mainstream media. m.youtube.com/watch?v=mBFo...
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Ex-Oil Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Water nationalisation for our water security? End north sea oil & gas - invest in renewables for our energy security? A maximum workplace temperature for worker security? No. A request not to sell BBQs. This is dire from Andy Burnham. Spectacularly mishandling the crisis.
Burnham had faced calls from the green party to chair a cobra meeting on the heatwaves with leader Zack Polanski accusing the pm of inaction amid threats to public health and food supplies
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The gently sloping line at the bottom is our world 252 million years ago, when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years killing 90% of all species. It is a period known as The Great Dying. That vertical red line is the world our children live in.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
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Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Great to see Novara interviewing Kevin. No-one else in climate debate comes close in terms of combining no-bullshit insight with walking the walk personally (not gallivanting around the world spewing emissions for peer esteem).
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Ex Oil-Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE | Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 04/08/2026
The head of Norway's oil fund is going to flip out when someone tells him what fossil fuels do 🧐🧐🧐🧐
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Chief Executive Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management 2h 0
TERRIBLE: Belatedly I watched 'Dopesick', unbelievable that a company can cut lives short for profits.
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
1/4 The Government's own National Security Assessment identifies biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse as imminent risks to our security, resilience and prosperity.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness
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Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas
PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/07/2026
Something that's hard to swallow is that if the sentence "ALL THIS WAS CAUSED BY FOSSIL FUELS" was spelled out by the flames of this season's wildfires, it still wouldn't really make a huge dent in the widespread complacency and denialism around the need to urgently stop using fossil fuels
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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Dear @andyburnham.bsky.social The worsening climate & nature crisis lies behind just about every other challenge. Its solutions also happen to be great for jobs and prosperity. Delivering a Covid-style televised briefing will unlock the wartime-scale action needed. #NationalEmergencyBriefing
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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
With the great burning upon us, I wrote about what it means to raise the next generation, the one who will not let us be their teachers. I hope it hits with some people. medium.com/@patchgaley/...
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A Summer of Violence
The fire Friday at Cap Ferret (Maximilien Lamy/Agence France-Presse)
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's noticeable, too, that there wasn't a single question on the climate, at a time when Europe is experiencing catastrophic wild-fires & record-breaking heat. It's astonishing how low down the political agenda this remains in Britain, when all the environmental indicators are signalling disaster.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 28/07/2026
Fires in France have now burned over 91,000 acres, by far the most of any year since the satellite record started in 2006. Current area burned is about 34x larger than this date in a typical (median) year:
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petercracknell.bsky.social @petercracknell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If you're a #British citizen, or a #UK resident, consider signing & sharing this UK Parliament petition, created by Chris Packham, which calls for the UK Government to hold a UK-wide briefing on climate & nature risks. #climate & #nature petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Alaina Wood @thegarbagequeen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 06/07/2026
The Times should quickly correct this article - or just pull it. It's extra embarrassing (and tells you a LOT about the motivations of their senior editors) that they also promoted it so prominently on their frontpage...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble. Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Geo-engineering seems to be forever an attempt to not do the very doable greenhouse-gas reduction things we can do, know how to do, are doing, but not nearly enough. To reject a proven, viable solution in favor of a wild gamble that could create its own catastrophes.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Electrification is key to UK's economy and security, says new report from Cambridge University. Compared to other energy futures, electrification route drives higher economic growth, productivity and investment. By 2050, that's 1% higher GDP and 250,000 more jobs. www.cisl.cam.ac.uk/news-and-res...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13/06/2026
Recommended read: A group of economists set out a “roadmap for eradicating poverty beyond growth” in the Guardian.
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We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others
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CUSP //: Post Growth Research Centre @cusp.ac.uk · 10/06/2026
"Poverty is manufactured. That is the bad news – and the good news. What has been manufactured can be dismantled and replaced." → www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... — cc #PostGrowth #Degrowth #WellbeingEconomy
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We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way | Olivier De Schutter and others
Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
1/ Yesterday @wmo-global.bsky.social made Earth's Energy Imbalance a headline #climate indicator for the first time. I think this could be a significant reframing of climate discourse, and it's worth paying close attention to why. 🧵
A staircase diagram with six levels rising from bottom-left to top-right. Each level on the left represents a stage in the causal chain of climate change, connected by a dashed arrow to a corresponding intervention on the right. From bottom to top: Root Drivers (economic system, fossil finance, colonial and historical structures, geopolitics) connects to Transformative System Change (economic restructuring, post-colonial redress, geopolitical shifts); Human Activities (consumption and production patterns) connects to Socio-technical and Behavioural Change (electrification, behaviour change, market incentives); Energy and Land Systems connects to Infrastructure Transition (renewables, grids, land-use redesign); Emissions connects to End-of-pipe Controls (CCS); Atmospheric GHG Concentrations connects to Carbon Dioxide Removal (including NETs); Earth's Energy Imbalance connects to Geoengineering (SRM). A diagonal arrow runs across the full diagram from Structural/Preventative at the bottom-left to Reactive/Compensatory at the top-right.
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climate-talks.bsky.social @climate-talks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
A common sense move steadily spreading: similar restrictions in Edinburgh and other UK counties on public-funded spaces. It's widely acknowledged that SUVs, meat, cruise ships and flying are bad for us, so when will our 'leaders' finally have the courage to say so? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
Local politicians say the move is in line with the Dutch capital's environmental targets.
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Charlotte A. Kukowski @charlotte-kukowski.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
🌍 Feeling paralyzed about climate action? We just published an article in @theconversation.com that talks about how to find your biggest potential climate impact - which may well be greater than you think. 💪 Our framework walks you through the process step-by-step: (1/n)
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climate-talks.bsky.social @climate-talks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Feels like we’ve barely begun to understand the full consequences of our warming climate. 🫣 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Climate crisis is accelerating antibiotic resistance across world, study says
Experts say climate change linked to 10% rise in salmonella antibiotic resistance genes between 1940 and 2023
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nothing to see here.
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Our unique, precious home. Time to start treating it as such.
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Dear @bbcnews.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social 🔔This is all across local news. The government hasn't yet briefed the public on the severe threats from climate change and nature loss, so civil society is taking matters into its own hands. Articles from just last 10 days👇
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
We now have over 850 screenings of the People's Emergency Briefing on the map. Can you help us get to 1,000? Here's how to host a screening in your community or workplace. www.nebriefing.org/host-the-film #NationalEmergencyBriefing #PEBuk #TimeToStepUp
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Politicians often underestimate the demand for serious action on the climate & nature crisis. With candidates knocking on doors in the coming week, why not do a bit of "reverse canvassing". Our print-at-home leaflet: drive.google.com/file/d/1EIzL... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #ReverseCanvassing
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climate-talks.bsky.social @climate-talks.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The best leadership reveals where we really want to go anyway. 👏🏻🤩 “Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Amsterdam bans public adverts for meat and fossil fuels
Local politicians say the move is in line with the Dutch capital's environmental targets.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
In a rational world the government would be asking people to respond to the current fossil fuel crisis by car sharing, turning lights off, and generally saving fuel and energy. And yet Ministers can’t even propose better efficiency standards for tumble dryers without the right wing press going mad.
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