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Eden Flaherty

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 4h
How sheepish is Europe? This map shows the distribution of sheep across Europe. Source: buff.ly/dSfHDOe
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 6h
And I'm on my first sleeper train of the trip! Going from Vienna to Bucharest. I'm in a four-bed couchette, but am currently the only person in here. Im sure that won't be the case for long.
A view of a Wien Hbf sign through the window of a sleeper train at night.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9h
We need to be less hysterical about potential AMOC collapse in 2100 and way more hysterical about the actual mega El Niño in 2027.
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Global Landscapes Forum @globallf.bsky.social · 10h
Flying to a climate conference kind of defeats the purpose — so one of our writters is taking the bus and train instead. 🚌 Is going flight-free to a global summit worth it? ✈️ Find out more in our latest #ThinkLandscape article by Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social ➡️ bit.ly/4hsLa36
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 13h
Spending the day in Vienna as I "wait" for my sleeper train from Austria to Romania.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Three trains later and I have arrived in Vienna 🇦🇹 Great to be going by rail from today. It makes everything much easier — and I even managed to briefly dip into the restaurant car.
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 06/10/2026
The predictions about this year's #elnino keep getting worse. But the on-the-ground reality is already pretty bad: therevelator.org/super-el-nino-indo…
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Photo Essay: As a Super El Niño Looms, Indonesia’s Crippling Drought Deepens • The Revelator
The country’s water crisis threatens drinking water and hydropower and worsens the risk of destructive fires.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Geneva to Vienna by train today, via a rather convoluted route through Zurich, Bregenz and Feldkirch. The cost of a cheaper ticket, I guess...
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have arrived in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 1.5 hours late into Geneva, but not too bad considering we had a pitstop at a tyre garage.
Exterior of Geneva bus station at night.Two men stand at a tyre fitting machine in a garage.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Before leaving on my own flight-free trip to this year's UN biodiversity and climate conferences, I spoke with @flightfreeuk.bsky.social about the challenges and benefits of travelling by land: thinklandscape.globallandscapesforum.org/107988/fligh... #COP31 #COP17 @globallf.bsky.social
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Should you fly to an environmental conference?
Can you get to COP31 without flying? We spoke to the Flight Free movement about why train travel is so hard – and how we can change it.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The impacts of current storms in Spain are very visible between Barcelona and Girona. Let's hope they aren't supercharged by climate change like in previous years.
Emergency text alert reading: Locally heavy rainfall in Valles Oriental and Maresme over the next 2 hours. Exercise extreme caution when travelling. Do not approach flood-prone areas. In case of emergency, call 172.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last night was also my first train of the journey. High-speed from Madrid to Barcelona. Almost on time.
Two high-speed trains wait at a station while people board.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A nightmare of closed metros and over-capacity buses at Barcelona-Sants last night, but only one coach today all the way to Geneva 🇨🇭
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
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Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey
Exclusive: Cop31 leader calling for global curbs on climate-heating gas has landfills producing some of world’s worst plumes
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 04/10/2026
We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It. -- The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science. therevelator.org/ebola
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We Didn’t Just Fail to Stop Ebola. We Caused It. • The Revelator
The driver of zoonotic outbreaks isn’t bad luck. It’s habitat destruction, wildlife trade, and decades of ignoring science.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Mass sardine die-off pits survival of South Africa’s penguins against fishers’ livelihoods
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Mass sardine die-off pits survival of South Africa’s penguins against fishers’ livelihoods
Known as the ‘energy bars of the sea’ the fish are a key food source for many species, but closing fisheries to allow numbers to recover would cost millions
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires I discovered via an FOI request that DEFRA’s commitment in the National Adaptation Programme to run a “wildfire risk programme” since 2023 “was not brought into effect”. #ClimateCrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires
FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
First leg is Lisbon to Madrid. I'm taking trains for as many sections as possible, but the connection between Portugal and Spain via Badajoz is a nightmare, so I'm starting on a coach.
People with luggage wait to board a coach at Oriente station in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Eden Flaherty @esflaherty.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'm on my way to the UN biodiversity and climate conferences. Setting off a little earlier than usual because I'll be travelling flight free. That means about 16 trains and coaches across 11 countries in 14 days. Assuming all goes well. 🤞 #flightfree #COP31 #COP17
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Madeleine Cuff @tinymaddie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
HALF of all the young trees planted by @treesforcities.bsky.social in the last year in London died in the summer drought - for almost all of the city's trees, their days are numbered www.newscientist.com/article/2591...
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Urban trees in south-east England can't cope with the changing climate | New Scientist
In cities such as London, trees are already struggling with hot and dry summers. Botanists warn that we need to start replacing them with drought-adapted species
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dr. gianluca grimalda @ggrimalda.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thrilled to commute back to Europe from the Pacific over 23,000km refusing to flying (again!). Press release in English: docs.google.com/document/d/1... E in italiano: docs.google.com/document/d/1... I'll reduce my carbon emissions by 6 times,~4,5t. It's negligible, but it's all I can do now. 1/
My no-fly itinerary from Bougainville to the Czech Republic
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🦇 Today is #InternationalPodcastDay ! Season 8 of BatChat is coming soon, on the 4 November - save the date. Watch the trailer below. Seasons 1 - 7 are available in your usual podcast platform or here: www.bats.org.uk/resources/ba...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 29/09/2026
Coastal damage is already mounting months before the heaviest rains typically arrive.
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California Faces Billions in Damages From El Niño Storms, Starting Now
Coastal damage is already mounting months before the heaviest rains typically arrive.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 BREAKING: BP, Uber, Amazon and more paying Tony Blair's think tank $25,000 for “networking” opportunities with politicians and policy makers at party conferences Experts say "looks and smells like cash for access" Full story on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
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BREAKING: Tony Blair Institute’s $25,000 corporate network “smells like cash for access”
Exclusive documents show Tony Blair's think tank offers corporate members such as BP and Uber "networking" at party conferences and "a stronger voice" in policy debates.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🔴 NEW Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 By @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Read below. ↓
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Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000
The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#ElNino - as measured by ONI (Niño 3.4) - is now the hottest ever recorded, with months before it peaks - peak likely about 4C - prev record is 3C data via @zekehausfather.com 1/2 dashboard.theclimatebrink.com#enso
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Climate Dashboard
Daily-updated global temperature tracker: ERA5 daily data, multi-model ENSO forecasts, annual projections, and climate models vs. observations.
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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ reaches ‘remarkable’ all-time record
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Analysis: ‘Super El Niño’ reaches ‘remarkable’ all-time record - Carbon Brief
This year's so-called “super El Niño” is entering into record-breaking territory
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BusinessGreen @businessgreen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
COP31: Global pledges to limit climate impact of AI sought at Antalya Summit businessgreen.com/ne...
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports - Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration
Halting deforestation and promoting restoration are at the core of strategies to confront the biodiversity and climate crises in tropical forests. Avoiding forest disturbances is also critically impor...
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is it ethical to fly abroad to see wildlife? And can we have exciting experiences with nature without setting foot on a plane? In our online event, three experts will shed some light on these thought-provoking questions. 7pm, Thurs 24th Sept. Free tickets: tickettailor.com/events/fligh...
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Select tickets – Why Fly for Wildlife? – Zoom
Why Fly for Wildlife? – Zoom, Thu 24 Sep 2026 - Seeing wildlife in its natural habitat can be a captivating experience for many, and wildlife tourism has become a global industry. Many countries now…
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The Revelator @therevelator.org · 17/09/2026
Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? therevelator.org/nonnative-plants
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Is Removing All Nonnative Plants Always the Answer? • The Revelator
Some species we label as invasive still serve a purpose by providing food or shelter to native species.
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Global Landscapes Forum @globallf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our groceries are getting more expensive. But who's really paying for the food you eat? 💸 Farmers hold the keys to a more nature-friendly #foodsystem, but only if we pay them fairly for it. 🌾 Read the full #ThinkLandscape article: bit.ly/475E9it
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Clean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Europe launches two climate observation satellites
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Europe launches two climate observation satellites
The European Space Agency has put two satellites into orbit to take a closer look at the impact of climate change. One of them will focus particularly on plant life.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 14/09/2026
NEW – Revealed: England’s June 2026 heatwave sparked record demand for ambulances | By @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/NLCTZWh
Ambulance services in England experienced record demand during the June heatwave. Days on which total call volume or “category 1” responses involving life-threatening emergencies were in the top 20 busiest days for each service. A map shows high demand across regions from June 23-27. Source: Ambulance NHS trust FOI responses. (Alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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Global Landscapes Forum @globallf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Countries just wrapped up two weeks of negotiations at #UNCCDCOP17, the world’s biggest desertification summit. 🌏 This #ThinkLandscape explainer breaks down what actually happened at COP17, what moved forward, and where negotiations stalled: bit.ly/4xnmeyF #COP17Mongolia #MajorityForAction
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Global Landscapes Forum @globallf.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This month’s #ThinkLandscape digest 🌎 is here, spotlighting key updates across people, planet, climate, business and policy. 👇 Discover what’s inside the carousel and read the full round‑up here: bit.ly/4xcWvZE 🌿
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Becoming increasingly convinced we’re not ready for what El Niño has in store this fall and winter, especially layered on top of global warming www.wired.com/story/2026-s...
“This is probably one of the larger, if not the largest, climate events—aside from long-term warming, which really isn't a singular event—that anybody alive is potentially ever experiencing,” he says. “That's a very big deal. And I think there’s certainly going to be dramatic outcomes from this.”
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 04/09/2026
It's rare to see a mainstream news broadcaster explicitly referencing loss-and-damage finance, climate justice and big-emitter responsibility in its reporting. So this moment on the BBC's News at Ten really caught my attention. Report by @azadehmoshiri.bsky.social in Nepal
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/09/2026
Let me say as loudly as I can to all the Europeans on here who have been rightly appalled watching the Trump regime’s third-country removals: Your government has been watching, too, and they like what they see.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Amanda Shendruk @not-ship.com · 02/09/2026
If you love them, tell them they're wrong. My argument for why we need to get better at fact-checking those closest to us. www.not-ship.com/normalize-de...
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Let's normalize debunking each other
The spread of misinformation has become an epidemic, but information hygiene can help.
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Global Landscapes Forum @globallf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Milpa 🌾 and Terra Preta 🌱 show how ancestral knowledge and soil innovation can restore fertility, strengthen #foodsystems and inspire sustainable #agriculture rooted in community and tradition. Swipe through the carousel ➡️ and read the full #ThinkLandscape article to discover more: bit.ly/4zS476g
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Many people still think of heat stroke as a short-term event: You overheat, then you cool off. But heat stroke survivors told Bloomberg News of physical recoveries that stretched for weeks or months, with health effects in some instances lasting even longer. New: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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One Hot Day Can Change Your Body for Years
Heat stroke can damage the brain, heart, kidneys and liver. As extreme heat becomes more common, doctors are learning just how difficult recovery can be.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The footage of this flash flood, circulating on social media, is possibly the most horrifying I've seen of any climate impact. Great to see NPR highlighting the cause without any hedging.
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Jeva Lange 🫎 @jeva.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The footage at the top of this article — of what looks like a six-story wall of water crashing through the border crossing while people try to flee — is one of the most horrifying disaster videos I've ever seen www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/w...
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Hundreds missing and many feared dead after massive flash flood hits Nepal-China border | CNN
A huge flash flood has swept through villages in Nepal. Police say at least 17 people have been killed but there are fears the toll will rise. Follow for news updates.
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