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Kelly Macnamara

@kellymacnamara.bsky.social
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Climate and environment correspondent @AFP Previously ➡️ Hong Kong ➡️ Yangon ➡️ Bangkok Co-founder @kitetalesMM non-profit Myanmar storytelling project

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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I was thrilled to be a judge for these awards again this year and just in awe of the amazing reporting from all over the world and on such a wide array of topics. Climate change really does touch so many different aspects of life
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
Did you all read the part that just 3 of these companies need to raise the equivalent of 10% of the world's GDP in capital over the next 5 years?
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The ability of the richest & most powerful men in the world to position themselves against "the elite" - a category that excludes the world's richest man, its biggest media magnates, the UK's richest party & the biggest donors in UK history - may be the most effective lie in modern political history
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🧵CO₂ removal (CDR) is back in the news, but just because the UNEP report says we need CDR, it doesn't mean we'll have CDR. Many challenges will take decades of research and negotiation to solve. Here are some examples: Technological: We currently don't have any durable CDR method that scales.
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Documents uncovered by Watershed reveal evidence showing PFOS (a variety of PFAS) does not biodegrade had begun to appear as early as 1949. Until the '90s 3M continued to produce info & brochures for customers stating natural processes would break down the foams: share.google/eTdzNJCAnlns...
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3M knew firefighting foams containing PFAS were toxic, documents show
Exclusive: Newly uncovered documents reveal chemicals giant was aware ‘environmentally neutral’ products did not biodegrade
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
They would do this by abolishing disability benefit and PIP and having a new benefit only for the most "severe" cases. Jenrick uses the "suicidal empathy" phrase in his quote.
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ECIU @eciu.net · 12/08/2026
Banks give emergency loans to farmers hit by drought NatWest offers overdrafts and repayment holidays to 42,000 agricultural customers www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20...
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Erik Nordman @eriknordman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
🎂Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom was born on this day in 1933! Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics for her research on "collaborative governance, especially the commons." She showed how communities of users could work together to sustain their shared resources. 1/9
Elinor Ostrom receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics. She is a older white woman with gray hair and glasses, wearing a long batik dyed dress, and holding the certificate and medal (in a box).
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Such an evocative diary from a @kitetalesmm.bsky.social fellow living in a war torn area in Myanmar, who had to cross into Thailand for a taste of home. “This makes things bearable,” he tells me, gesturing to the pork tray as if it were a life raft. “For some, things have become impossible.”
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Kite Tales Myanmar @kitetalesmm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A diary from the Myanmar-Thai border, where a plate of pork offal skewers on sticks becomes a rare taste of home. A new fellow in Kayin State waxes lyrical about the joys of eating the typical & beloved street snack. kite-tales.org/en/article/p... #whatshappeninginmyanmar #journalism #myanmar
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The Pork Offal Skewer Stall
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵
A photograph of multiple fire service vehicles parked on moorland. In the background, white smoke from multiple fires is rising.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20/07/2026
🇨🇭 Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models -- and for safekeeping amid US funding cuts. ➡️ u.afp.com/Srpr
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Wild Card @wildcard.land · 08/07/2026
This Tuesday the @archbishopofcanterbury.org and the members of the @churchofengland.org’s internal parliament, The General Synod, have a massive choice to make that will affect all of us. Will they restore 30% of their land to nature by 2030? #SynodVoteForNature @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Virologist/molecular biologist Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal altered the trajectory of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. First to clone HIV-1 & complete its genetic mapping, directly leading to life-saving antiviral drug cocktails. Most-cited female scientist of the 1980s. She died #OTD in 2020. #WomenInSTEM
A black-and-white portrait of Dr. Flossie Wong-Staal (1946–2020), the pioneering Chinese-American virologist who first cloned HIV-1 and mapped its genome. Sitting in her research laboratory, she faces forward with a composed, direct, and confident expression. Her dark hair is styled in a short, neat bob, and she wears long, slender dangling earrings. Over a dark, patterned blouse, she wears a crisp white laboratory coat. She rests her left forearm on a lab counter beside her, while her right hand holds a dark binder resting on her lap. The background shows a busy lab setting filled with shelves of scientific glassware, chemical bottles, and equipment, all slightly out of focus to draw attention to her. The composition places her slightly off-center, capturing an professional and scholarly mood that underscores her historical significance as a leading figure in molecular biology during the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 07/07/2026
A 96 hectare area of ancient woodland has been purchased by RSPB Cymru to help reconnect two precious landscapes to help wildlife in mid Wales to thrive
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Precious mid Wales landscapes reconnected for nature
Nation Cymru staff A 96 hectare area of ancient woodland has been purchased by RSPB Cymru to help reconnect two precious landscapes to help wildlife in mid Wales to thrive. On Wales Nature Week, RSPB ...
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Here's what I wrote last September about the need for NATO to integrate climate impacts & hybrid threats in its planning.
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The Climate Front in Hybrid Warfare
Are Europe and NATO Preparing for the Right Threat?
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
So when people criticize Beijing for propping up the car industry, what they're really complaining about is the fact that Beijing implemented strategic financial and industrial policies, and the West failed to do so. 4/4
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 02/07/2026
Heatwave tip of the day: STOP EXTRACTING fossil fuels and stop enabling the big polluters making heatwaves hotter, longer and more dangerous.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 02/07/2026
RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Finally, a way to get recalcitrant boomers to care about climate change
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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Paris reached 40°C twice in Jun 2026 (1 year). Four times of 40C between 2019-2026 (8 years). Once between 1873 and 2018 (136 years). 42.6 °C on 25/07/2019 40.6 °C on 24/06/2026 40.5 °C on 19/07/2022 40.4 °C on 28/07/1947 40.1 °C on 25/06/2026" meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
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La canicule régresse avant une nouvelle hausse des températures en fin de semaine | Météo-France
Ce week-end, des orages très violents ont touché une grande partie du pays. La baisse des températures se poursuit en ce début de semaine, sur une grande partie du pays. Toutefois, la vague de chaleur...
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It does feel insane that none of "the progressive case for aircon" mentions solar. If this heatwave had happened in 2010, the European grid would have buckled in the daytime! As it is, there were some issues in the evening when the sun went down. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Not just for rich people: the progressive case for air conditioning | Phineas Harper
Air conditioning can bring significant benefits but also real harms. The answer is for it to take its place alongside a comprehensive state plan for climate adaptation, says writer and curator Phineas...
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Agence France-Presse @afp.com · 29/06/2026
La chape d'air brûlant en Europe se déplace vers l'est, où l'OMS a dénombré 1.300 morts imputables à la canicule depuis le 21 juin. En France, Santé publique France comptabilise depuis mercredi "environ 1.000 décès supplémentaires" par rapport aux mois précédents, un bilan qui pourrait s'alourdir.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/06/2026
We only barely mentioned this at the end of yesterday's episode about cooling, but by far the most efficient & low-impact way to do it -- if you have the right circumstances -- is "district cooling," ie, using a central source for multiple buildings, a la:
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‘Kind of miracle solution’: How Paris is harnessing the Seine to replace air-con
City plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling units
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The 'new normal' framing is extremely misleading. It will get worse and worse until we stop fossil fuel emissions
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"As Jonathan Portes, former chief economist at the Department for Work and Pensions, said: “I’ve had two journalists today asking if Miliband as chancellor would be a ‘Liz Truss moment’ and find it difficult not to just respond, ‘Are you on crack?'”"
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I have read several pieces in the last few days about AC becoming a new 'culture war' issue in Europe. None of them mention that you could fit a reversible air-to-air heat pump for heating and cooling. Am I missing something?
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 26/06/2026
What is the future of summers in England? Our choices matter. A high-emissions future will commit our children and grandchildren to live in a world where the summers of 1976 & 2025 are cold. A global net-zero emissions future means that we can stabilise the climate & those summers will be normal.
England average summer temperatures in a high emissions futureEngland average summer temperatures in a global net-zero emissions future
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Josh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Every heatwave that passes without a ban on sale of single-use AC in favor of dual-use heat pumps is a missed climate opportunity and an unfair, unnecessary cost paid by people who're trying to keep themselves cool and safe
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Alex Ingram @nutty.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
37 degrees in London for three days is it? YIKES. Time to review the Shade the UK list of ideas again to see if there’s anything further I can do on the flat. (Main thing is getting at least a temporary canopy up over the sunny patio, I suspect) So many ideas: www.shadetheuk.com/overheating-...
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Overheating Adaptation Guide for Homes — Shade the UK
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Lizard Queen / ragbonehair @ragbonehair.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Aww, this is bloody lovely 🥰 vm.tiktok.com/ZNR3bKY7p/
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Kelly Macnamara @kellymacnamara.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
It was fantastic to attend the Oslo Freedom Forum earlier this month, to support @thinink.bsky.social promoting @kitetalesmm.bsky.social Her urgent message: Myanmar's destruction of independent media and return to dictatorship is not an exception - it's a warning www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoL...
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Thin Lei Win | From Dictatorship to Democracy and Back Again
YouTube video by Oslo Freedom Forum
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Window‑mounted heat pumps! 🙌 "Much like a window air conditioner, these self-contained devices can be installed without professional help and plugged into a wall outlet." For both heating and cooling, this is also an excellent option for apartment dwellers. bit.ly/3SGhKEu
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How window-mounted heat pumps can give tenants efficient heating and cooling
Permanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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Thomas Wittenburg @wittenburg.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Will this make the Iranian people friendlier to the US? No. Not a chance.
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Some reports, but certainly not all!
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
British Geological Survey map of parts of the UK with potential for fracking exploration. Presently, fracking is paused in the UK. Reform has pledged to open up the country to fracking if elected: nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/51...
British Geological Survey map of potential fracking areas in the UK
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧪🦑🌎
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Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds
Record numbers linked to warming waters is mixed news for fishers, with shellfish catches down but octopus catches booming
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors - New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/c...
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Democrats Pledge to Fight Trump’s Removal of Ocean Monitors
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"In the context of the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and the degradation of ecosystems, love for one’s country can also be understood as the active protection of the nature that sustains life, the economy, and collective well-being."
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Dominican Republic: Is protecting your environment a way to love your country?
Three Dominican ecologists and environmental managers explore how protecting ecosystems, conserving resources, and promoting sustainability represent meaningful acts of patriotism that safeguard commu...
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Solar plus storage in India is cheaper than building fossil fuel power plants. So they build the solar.
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India installs 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1
India installed 15.3 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026 – the highest quarterly addition on record – representing a 143% year-on-year increase, according to Mercom India.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, @thecccuk.bsky.social report warns - Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050 #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns
Landmark report calls for widespread air conditioning and says UK temperatures forecast to exceed 40C by 2050
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Turns out, if you stop tearing up the seabed, wildlife thrives: ten years after banning bottom trawl fishing, there are 3 times the number of sea creatures + double the number of species in the South Arran MPA, Scotland, than there were before the ban 👏🦪🐟 share.google/2M5WqP3CXwSH...
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Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area
Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found. Scientists surve...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
8/ And its not just Chinese companies but clean tech companies globally whose order books are filling up because of the Iran war-driven demand. Some examples in FT: Germany’s Siemens Energy up 50 per cent.. Nordex up 67 per cent this year. Nordex’s largest shareholder, Spain’s Acciona, is up 33%
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Back in Worldchanging days, I wrote a lot about the idea that “We need to build a civilization on this planet as if we were planning to stay.” The paradox is that long-term durability now requires not only slow long-term thinking, but short-term acceleration of capacities. bsky.app/profile/alex...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
There's no path to action on climate, pandemics, or any of the great crises we face that doesn't go through a functioning democracy. @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I make this point in #ScienceUnderSiege. But we must connect the dots--threat to democracy is inseparable from fossil fuel dependence.
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