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Jaz Cummins

@jazcummins.bsky.social
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Co-Founder of @empoweragency.bsky.social, with @benrmatthews.bsky.social, formerly @theguardian.com @unhcr.org, @amnestyuk.bsky.social, and many orgs in the climate policy space. Keen to connect with those working in climate.

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Empower Agency @empoweragency.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
How do you balance pragmatism and vision when speaking about the climate and nature crisis? 🌾 Our Co-Founder @jazcummins.bsky.social recently attended Groundswell Agriculture festival for a deep dive into food systems and community resilience 👩‍🌾 Find out more: empower.agency/insights/cli...
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“Diversity grows resilience”: Lessons from Groundswell for climate communicators
Systems thinking, storytelling, nature, and the future of food at Groundswell Agriculture festival.
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Empower Agency @empoweragency.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
"If you terrify people, they won’t engage." Our Co-Founder @jazcummins.bsky.social recently attended an event run by Demos on involving the public in #NetZero. Read her takeaways for climate communicators - including why we still need to be optimists 👇 empower.agency/insights/dig...
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Climate Insights: ‘Involving the public in achieving net zero’
Our founder recaps on event discussing the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s emerging Net Zero Public Participation Strategy.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/04/2025
This is such an important point, I make it in nearly every talk I give!
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Demos @demos-uk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🚨 Starting NOW!🚨 Join the Collaborative Democracy Network to hear Kerry McCarthy MP, Minister for Climate, discuss the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero’s emerging Net Zero Public Participation Strategy. 🌍 📺 Watch the conversation here ⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/NIo6jSR...
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Involving the public in achieving net zero
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Empower Agency @empoweragency.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Are your Facebook ads suddenly underperforming? 🗓️ Join us on 10th April for the webinar ‘Meta Changes: Navigating the new reality for nonprofits’ to learn how you can ensure your digital campaigns remain effective amidst Meta’s latest updates. Sign up below 👇 empower.agency/insights/eve...
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Jaz Cummins @jazcummins.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks for sharing your experiences @hannahlloyd-west.bsky.social, so insightful and great to reflect on, and look ahead 💛
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Jaz Cummins @jazcummins.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Our team love working with @lucycoast.bsky.social @evazabey.bsky.social and the @bfncoalition.bsky.social. I'm so proud of our ongoing strength in this space, and brilliant work together!
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Aron Cramer 🕎 @aroncramer.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
My thoughts on how companies can navigate a rapidly changing policy context for #sustainablebusiness in the US and Europe.
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CharityComms @charitycomms.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We’ve heard your feedback and are excited to announce that our individual members can now sign up to our Mentoring Scheme as mentees too! This development allows more of you to benefit from peer-to-peer support by connecting with like-minded comms professionals. Find out more: bit.ly/4c6bNVN
An blue and orange background split at an angle. On the blue, text reads CharityComms Mentoring Scheme find a supportive and friendly comms mentor. In a white sticker, bordered in green with green starts, black text reads now open to individual members. On the orange part of the design, two coffee cups with hearts.
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Jaz Cummins @jazcummins.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Here's me on the ground in 2016 at COP22 in Marrakech, the day we woke up to the first Trump presidency. Quite the atmosphere... While the world reels again, from many blows & feels ever more complicated, I can look back and see so much positive change over 10 years too. Onwards. lnkd.in/erhpzXuP
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Business for Nature @bfncoalition.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The #CaliFund, launched today at #COP16Resumed in Rome, is a vital first step in mobilizing private sector finance for biodiversity. Now, governments must build business confidence and ensure the fund supports Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. 🔗: bit.ly/4h16skK
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EU to work towards deal on COP16 biodiversity decisions
Europe is pushing for a deal at the resumed negotiations in Rome on issues, including resource mobilisation and the monitoring framework.
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Daisy Dunne @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · 26/02/2025
NEW: UK has published its biodiversity pledge (called an NBSAP), as countries gather in Rome for the second part of #COP16 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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UK national biodiversity strategy and action plan
This document sets out how the 4 countries of the UK will work together to address biodiversity loss.
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
JOB OPPS: Want to work with me and a crack team, including Caroline Lucas? The @climatemajority.bsky.social has two roles to fill. If they are not for you, please help us get the best possible people applying by sharing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
How do we get people to care about and act on climate? Don't call it climate! Talk about their health, their bills, their risk, their community, their kids future. Talk about what they care about, in their local community. Take the winning elements of populism -> #ClimatePopulism
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Jaz Cummins @jazcummins.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's been wonderful building this list this week, and seeing connections grow. I am heartened to be reading the posts of climate scientists, journalists, communicators and just those that care, in the face of the headlines. Do keep connecting, I hope this community continues to build here 🤞🌍
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In a world of increasing disinformation -- where governments and Big Tech are now leading sources of nonsense -- we need to listen to independent truth-tellers and experts. Bluesky is a great place to find them. Here's a starter pack of folks I'd recommend in climate. go.bsky.app/Q4Uo8vV
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Luke Williams @empowerluke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I've been working with @theearthcommission.bsky.social since I started with @empoweragency.bsky.social in March last year. Give them a follow to keep informed of their work towards a #SafeAndJust planet for all 🌍
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"Even if the White House wishes it were otherwise, electrification isn’t going away. If Detroit is to compete, it needs a better plan than just selling trucks with ever bigger radiator grilles at ever higher prices." -- @liamdenning.bsky.social Free to read: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Protectionism Looks More Like Self-Harm for US Automakers
Tumbling share prices at Ford and GM are evidence that tariff threats and attacks on EV-supportive policies are a blow to the industry.
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Empower Agency @empoweragency.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Now live! 🦋 Our Bluesky starter pack of climate communicators 🌍 Hear from comms/marketing professionals working on climate, sustainability, and the environment - and drop us a DM if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/CCH5ejL
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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · 10/02/2025
UK insurers paid out record £585m last year as climate breakdown intensifies #Climate
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UK insurers paid out record £585m last year as climate breakdown intensifies
Insurers blame ‘significant and consistent bad weather’ after year of 12 named storms
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Britain's 2030 electric car target is "extremely useful" to ushering the technologies of the future, says Jim Rowan, CEO of Volvo Cars. #ZEV
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/02/2025
Folks who speak German or who speak Energy, please get in touch with Vladimir, he's been working to craft feeds that focus on climate for ages!
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Great thread on a really interesting report this. There's a worrying emissions gap, but it's also kind of encouraging that based on current trends the UK is on track to meet the initial targets of 80% emissions cuts by 2050 and clean power by 2035. The goals are affordable and within reach.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Remember when the progress %age for all things related to progress on climate change were, depressingly, in single figures? Well, now look at these very encouraging current figures from @nickhedley.bsky.social at The Progress Playbook. #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAction
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Worth noting, that there's limited attention to how citizens are pushing back through protest and other forms of Resistance. This is from last night and more is coming in a few hours.
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Jaz Cummins @jazcummins.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It's like 2008 all over again.
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Earth Commission @theearthcommission.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Without climate change action, global GDP could face a 50% loss. A new report by researchers at @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social (featuring Commissioner Tim Lenton) & IFoA warns development, wellbeing & economic health are intertwined with Earth stability. 🔗: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Benrmatthews @benrmatthews.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Are you working in climate communications and active on Bluesky? 🌍🦋 @empoweragency.bsky.social are creating a starter pack of non-profit climate communicators, to help the community stay updated on the latest sustainability news and learn from each other’s successes and challenges.
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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 05/02/2025
Starting now: a discussion in the EU Parliament on an EU ban on new fossil fuel projects, hosted by @lenaats.bsky.social and @lnbdublin.bsky.social Livestream here: europarl.webex.com/europarl/j.p...
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
🧡A huge moment for human rights🧡 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled for the first time that country's governments failng to properly address environmental pollution is a violation of the human right to life. www.clientearth.org/latest/press... (1/4)
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
A cancer survivor: "Despair or despondency about the state of the planet, or world politics, or anything on that kind of scale, is a position of privilege." substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The UK’s NDC of an 81% emissions cut by 2035 is out tomorrow It will include: ban on new oil and gas licences, tripling renewables by 2030, 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales It won’t include sectoral targets, eg for farming, transport etc Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Supernova Momma @supernovaparenting.org · 29/01/2025
Pot, kettle
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Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Key stats from the cost of living chapter of the latest @jrf-uk.bsky.social UK Poverty report, out today 🧵 7 in 10 families in the lowest fifth of incomes were going without essentials in October 2024, including - Over half cutting back or skipping meals - 4 in 10 going hungry 1/4
Dual axis column and dot chart, with proportion of families going without essentials and food, and the number in millions. Around 7 in 10 or 4.1m families were going without essentials, including 3m cutting back of skipping meals and 2.3m going hungry.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 29/01/2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves responds to week-long media frenzy over supposed climate-vs-growth rift in govt "There is no trade-off between economic growth and net zero. Quite the opposite." NB also "carbon budget delivery plan" coming with spending review www.gov.uk/governmen...
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Business for Nature @bfncoalition.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
A #NaturePositive world will require every industry to take action! To support organizations in identifying, assessing & reporting on their nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks & opportunities, TNFD have published new sector guidance. Read it here: tnfd.global/tnfd-publica...
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Climate Change Committee @thecccuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
🗓️ Some dates for your 2025 diaries 🗓️ The CCC will be publishing some landmark pieces next year. We’re still working on all of this (and a few other pieces!) so bear with us. We’re really looking forward to sharing our analysis with you.
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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
#COP30 CEO says she wants countries prepped for... 'agreements and steps toward tripling renewable-energy capacity, doubling energy-efficiency measures, accelerating the transition from fossil fuels, ending deforestation, and increasing reforestation' www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...
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How to Make COP30 a Climate Turning Point | by Ana Toni - Project Syndicate
Ana Toni sees the main task in Belém, Brazil, as accelerating the implementation of existing agreements.
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Jaz Cummins @jazcummins.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"We have 10 more months to deliver the best COP ever held...The work being done here in Belem is very promising."
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Empower Agency @empoweragency.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
👀 You may have heard that Meta is replacing traditional fact checkers with community notes. It’s clear that this poses significant risks surrounding misinformation. Plus, what can you do if your content is unfairly flagged? Our tips for navigating the new system ⬇️ empower.agency/insights/soc...
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Meta’s shift in content moderation: How to approach community notes
Meta plans to phase out traditional fact-checkers in favour of community notes. Here’s how should your community management strategy on Meta.
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