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I'm interested in climate research, systemic change in our food system and the transition to a sustainable world. Focused on monetary policy and central banking in a previous life.

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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 13h
The cryosphere is in trouble due to climate change, and it's accelerating loss. "Glaciologists in the Alps considered 2% of ice lost in a single year to be 'extreme'. This year has seen an estimated 5.5% disappear."
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Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 9h
I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our PM Carney is drawing us back from climate action while this is all happening: Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements www.canada.ca/en/environme...
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Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements - Canada.ca
Headline statement 1: Canada has warmed over the past 75 years due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. Over this period Canada has warmed by 2.0°C and Canada’s North has warmed by 2.6°C. (2.2, 2.4, 4.2)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The US Senate finds that the fossil fuel industry received $190 billion in tax breaks and subsidies from the Trump regime in exchange for campaign donations. The deregulation and subsidies have increased both energy costs for Americans and the damage from climate change and air and water pollution.
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Fossil-fuel firms in line for billions in benefits after answering Trump’s donation call
Senators’ report says taxpayers face higher bills after ‘bargain’ between president and major polluters
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
No one would be able to say this stuff if the fossil fuel industry didn't own both the people saying it *and* the media ecosystem reporting it. But here we are.
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn
New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms
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Klimaatcommunicatie 💚 @klimaatcom.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Een zomer als die van 2026 zal over veertig jaar als een koude uitschieter gelden. Waarom praat het kabinet zo weinig over het klimaat? En de zomer van 2026 gaat eind september nog even door ... Column van Peter Kuipers Munneke share.google/YyI3UnezOECn...
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Column | Na een zomer die erin hakte is de stilte over het klimaat oorverdovend
Een zomer als die van 2026 zal over veertig jaar als een koude uitschieter gelden. Waarom praat het kabinet zo weinig over het klimaat?
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Als de regering niet met extra maatregelen komt, ziet het er somber uit voor de groene samenleving, zegt het PBL": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Als de regering niet met extra maatregelen komt, ziet het er somber uit voor de groene samenleving, zegt het PBL
Klimaat: Al drie jaar op rij schiet het Nederlandse klimaatbeleid weinig op. Als de regering niet met extra maatregelen komt, ziet het Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving de plannen voor een groene samenl...
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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Wow. Researchers at Leiden university and TU Delft university in the Netherlands accuse TU Munich of "gross misrepresentation" of their findings in the TUM press release of last week, which attacked EU regulations on vehicle emissions www.linkedin.com/pulse/misint...
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Mike Badzmierowski @mikebadzmierowski.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
And in food systems, it’s the rapid reduction in food waste/loss & rapid shift to more plant-based diets and reduction in livestock consumption.
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Please read this report of the Dutch CPB which concludes the proposed changes will lead to "significantly higher emissions and barely lower energy costs" and "make other forms of support for the industry less effective." www.cpb.nl/publicatie/v...
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<a href="http://www.cpb.nl/publicatie/verruiming-eu-ets-fors-meer-uitstoot-nauwelijks-lagere-energiekosten">Verruiming EU-ETS: Fors meer uitstoot, nauwelijks lagere energiekosten</a>
De voorgestelde aanpassingen van de Europese Commissie aan het EU-emissiehandelssysteem (EU-ETS) kunnen tot 2050 leiden tot 33 procent meer CO₂-uitstoot in de energie-intensieve industrie, elektricite...
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New proposed changes to EU ETS turn out to be disastrous (as expected): "New expansion of EU ETS - Significantly higher emissions, barely lower energy costs" (in Dutch) www.cpb.nl/publicatie/v...
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<a href="http://www.cpb.nl/publicatie/verruiming-eu-ets-fors-meer-uitstoot-nauwelijks-lagere-energiekosten">Verruiming EU-ETS: Fors meer uitstoot, nauwelijks lagere energiekosten</a>
De voorgestelde aanpassingen van de Europese Commissie aan het EU-emissiehandelssysteem (EU-ETS) kunnen tot 2050 leiden tot 33 procent meer CO₂-uitstoot in de energie-intensieve industrie, elektricite...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 01/09/2026
The emissions scenarios underlying the next generation of climate model runs that will be featured in the upcoming IPCC 7th Assessment Report are officially out! I have a big new explainer over at Carbon Brief taking an in-depth look at what they mean and whats changed: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Mathijs Bouman @mathijsbouman.nl · 02/09/2026
"Aanpassen moet ook. Maar zolang de emissies niet onder controle zijn, is dat als lucht pompen in een lekke band." fd.nl/opinie/16108...
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Adaptatiesprookje
Sinds deze zomer weten we dat adaptatie een vals sprookje is. De aarde wordt niet alleen warmer, maar vooral veel woester.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The Earth will cross the 1.5 degrees warming limit that everyone agreed to in the Paris Accord. Thank all those politicians that delayed and weakened the vital climate policies, and still do. It’s not them who’ll pay the price, but you and your children. apnews.com/article/clim...
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Global warming will exceed limit, UN says in a report that maps path to get back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
11 years after the Paris Agreement, @unep.org concludes that keeping global warming below 1.5°C is now impossible, because global fossil fuel use and emissions kept growing (slowly) instead of going down. It's now important to stay below 2°C. Once we've reached net zero emissions, we will...
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Konstantin Weber @konstantinweber.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Maybe of interest: Peak warming depends on methane mitigation, too. Without methane mitigation we will exceed even 1.8 °C with ambitious net zero targets. See below or www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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locus @locuslebe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mike Smith is a hero. After 6 years fighting for everyone who cares about nature and the environment, the Supreme Court of NZ ruled that major fossil fuel polluters could be liable for climate damage The NZ Govt immediately changed the law and backdated it to subvert the Court's decision #nzpol
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Robb Barnes 🇨🇦 @robb-barnes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In a world of mounting climate impacts and super cheap renewables, fracking is exactly the wrong move at exactly the wrong time. Canada is in a trade war. We need to be smart about economic development while protecting the land and communities we cherish. www.theenergymix.com/new-brunswic...
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New Brunswick to Review Fracking Ban Amid U.S. Tariffs, Economic Pressures, Premier Says
New Brunswick’s Liberal government is considering whether it should drop its longstanding ban on natural gas fracking, saying it’s looking for ways to boost its economy and secure Canada’s energy inde...
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 25/08/2026
NEW: gas power in development in the US explicitly for data centers have nearly doubled in less than a year, soaring from 97GW at the end of 2025 to more than 189GW mid-2026, according to shocking new figures from @globalenergymon.bsky.social that's up from just 4 GW in 2024:
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Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US
There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction.
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David N. Thomas @dnthomas01.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This visualization is doing the rounds - it is a powerful message & I think it's worth to keep on sharing and keep it visible.
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Colm Duffy @colmduff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’
Study of 56m-year-old leaves counters claims from Trump administration members of ‘benefits’ of fossil fuel pollution
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Prof Matt Hannon @matthannon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?
Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"The potential population displacement caused by sea-level rise is on the order of the displacement seen during World War II, except sustained over entire lifetimes... roughly 90% of people at risk live in low- to mid-income countries"
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Models of Glacial Collapse in Antarctica Improve Predictions of Sea-Level Rise
What we can learn from the acceleration of the Pine Island Glacier.
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Olof van der Gaag @olofvandergaag.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
De extreme hitte van deze zomer kost Europa 180 miljard euro, aldus Triodos Bank - evenveel als de totale economische groei die werd verwacht www.triodos.com/en/articles/...
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Europe should have been shocked into action in 2003, when a heatwave killed more than 70,000 people. Instead, the Continent is now the fastest-heating region in the world with climate policy in reverse as defence and competitiveness dominate the EU agenda. - @pbresnihan.bsky.social
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Opinion: Europe needs to start treating the climate emergency as a threat to our national security
Idea that climate action is about individual responsibility is as ridiculous as suggesting everyone can equip themselves to fight in war
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Up is down. Black is white. Orwell lives! #RupertMurdoch #CriminalDisinformation www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
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Nowi @gierineke.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
@minister-president.bsky.social While Pedro Sánchez says it plainly: “Climate change kills,” I expected more from former “climate crusader” Rob Jetten. Sometimes leadership is simply having the courage to say it out loud. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
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Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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★ govert schilling @govertschilling.nl · 29/07/2026
lees dit. @sheilas.bsky.social overtreft zichzelf. helaas, gaat het niks uithalen, vrees ik 😢
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Jesse Klaver @jesseklaver.progressiefnederland.nl · 29/07/2026
Kabinet, zwijg niet. Mijn gedachten over o.a. de onacceptabele intimidatie van voorstanders van menswaardige opvang van vluchtelingen in Engelen. 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/jessek...
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Kabinet, zwijg niet. Een woning van een Syrisch gezin die voor de vierde keer wordt vernield. Voor de vierde keer… Bewoners in Engelen die worden geïntimideerd, omdat ze zich uitspreken voor een… | ...
Kabinet, zwijg niet. Een woning van een Syrisch gezin die voor de vierde keer wordt vernield. Voor de vierde keer… Bewoners in Engelen die worden geïntimideerd, omdat ze zich uitspreken voor een men...
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Kabinet ondermijnt rechtsstaat door vonnis rechter te negeren: "Kabinet negeert datum in klimaatzaak Bonaire: 'Blamage voor Nederland'" - nos.nl/l/2624678
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Kabinet negeert datum in klimaatzaak Bonaire: 'Blamage voor Nederland'
De rechter oordeelde dat het kabinet uiterlijk vandaag moet aangeven hoeveel CO2 Nederland nog kan uitstoten, maar dat laat het kabinet na.
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TeKa_Arch @tk-architekt.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh
The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction
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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Renewables shield Spain from energy crisis as gas sets electricity price in only 9% of hours - www.pv-magazine.com/2026/06/16/r...
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Renewables shield Spain from energy crisis as gas sets electricity price in only 9% of hours - pv magazine Global
A report by the British consultancy Ember estimates that renewables shielded Spain from the gas crisis, saving households an average of €10 per month while Europe faced its second gas price crisis in ...
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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#Subsidies can be a structural reason why healthy #diets remain unaffordable for millions. While global support to #agriculture runs to $540 bn/year, about 70% of it is tied to few commodities: grains, #sugar, #dairy, #beef, and oil crops grown for #livestock feed… + vegconomist.com/studies-numb...
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UN Food Security Report Finds $540BN in Farm Subsidies Locked Into Commodities That Crowd Out Plant Foods - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
The 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published jointly by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO, identifies agricultural
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Andy Pattison @apattison.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Renewable energy is set to become the world's largest source of electricity in 2026, overtaking coal after reaching near parity in 2025. www.iea.org/reports/elec...
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Electricity Mid-Year Update 2026 – Analysis - IEA
Electricity Mid-Year Update 2026 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 23/07/2026
The US has emitted far more climate pollution over the last century than any other nation, causing some $10 trillion (and counting) in climate damages since 1990. Meanwhile, emissions are going up in every US economic sector. We have so much work to do, starting with sending the fascists packing.
theguardian.com
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
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Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest
The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“That is our own doing: as temperatures climb, the atmosphere’s thirst increases quickly, sucking moisture out of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the soil. If you have increasingly hot air, it will suck the soils dry.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Everyone who has been to the poorer parts of Asia, Latin America or Africa knows how important international partners are for their people’s climate awareness fight, let alone how far a pound down there would go in supporting any adaptation project. Sigh.
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Rob Majteles @robmajteles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
“Financial institutions, corporate executives and investors are operating with climate risk models that systematically underestimate exposure by a factor of two to four times…one of the most significant mispricing phenomena in modern capital markets” www.fticonsulting.com/insights/art...
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Climate Change and Adaptation 2026 | FTI Consulting
Climate risk is widely mispriced as models overlook transition impacts, creating hidden losses across credit, equity and capital allocation.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This new study estimates the risk of triggering an #AMOC shutdown as >10% if the world ramps down emissions to net zero by 2060, and 80% for a high emissions path. 🌊 It’s based on ensembles with one model, but plausible based on overall knowledge on how fragile AMOC is. e360.yale.edu/digest/amoc-...
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Collapse of Atlantic Currents May Already Be ‘Locked In’
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
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Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
57% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...
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Poll: Most voters want Andy Burnham to accelerate UK climate and nature action
More in Common polling highlights deep public concern about climate impacts and nature loss, with more than half feeling Labour's efforts to date have not been ambitious enough
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arthureijs.bsky.social @arthureijs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Een uitstekend opiniestuk van @sanderturnhout.bsky.social over de essentie van het ‘complexe #stikstofvraagstuk’. Gewoon goed #natuurbeleid voeren, niet op papier maar in de echte wereld. Zonder valse beloftes en feitenloze politiek www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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Opinie: De stikstofcrisis is een manifestatie van politiek onvermogen
De gepresenteerde oplossingen voor de stikstofcrisis, ook die van het kabinet-Jetten, voorzien niet in wat eigenlijk eenvoudig is: goed natuurbeleid voeren. Maar in plaats van investeren in publieke v...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
“If the UK allows any new development of oil and gas fields, it will severely undermine those claims of leadership by contributing to further oversupply of fossil fuels, making it more difficult for the world to limit warming to 1.5°C” #AndyDon'tBurn'Em
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UK researchers urge PM to end new oil & gas development - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Hundreds of academics at universities across the United Kingdom have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to end approvals for new developments of onshore or offshore oil and gas fields in a letter sent t...
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social If Burnham annouces this he will lose Labour's left flank to the Green's and LibDems on his first day in office. How does this politically (let alone morally) make sense? It's mindboggeling how centrists dont understand this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham expected to reverse ban on new oil and gas drilling
Incoming prime minister likely to reverse manifesto pledge and allow new North Sea licences, reports say
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This would be a monumental mistake, even politically. Burnham would lose Labour's left flank to the Greens en LibDems on his first day in office. Can't understand why centrist politicians make the same mistake over and over and over again. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham expected to reverse ban on new oil and gas drilling
Incoming prime minister likely to reverse manifesto pledge and allow new North Sea licences, reports say
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"The consequences of climate collapse are increasingly visible and intrusive ... The space for populist, pro-climate politics will only get bigger – and if Andy Burnham doesn’t occupy it, Zack Polanski certainly will."
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If Andy Burnham Ignores the Climate, He’ll Do So at His Peril | Ash Sarkar
The space for populist green politics is only getting bigger – and if the PM-in-waiting doesn’t occupy it, Zack Polanski certainly will, writes Ash Sarkar.
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