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Dr Matt Winning

@mattywin.bsky.social
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🎤 Climate comedian 🌍 Lecturer in Economics of Sustainability @UCL.ac.uk 🌀 Environmental Expert 📚 Author of 'Hot Mess' 📻 Hosted BBC Radio 4's 'Net Zero: A Very British Problem' www.mattwinning.com linktr.ee/mattwinning

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 12h
Some people say UK should stop building clean energy and should extend its reliance on gas power instead Choosing my words carefully, I would say that it's an interesting time to be making that argument www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-win...
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Analysis: Wind and solar save UK from gas imports worth £5.9bn during Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
The UK has avoided gas imports worth £5.9bn since the start of the Hormuz crisis as a result of record electricity generation from wind and solar.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Tour is coming to @thelowry.com in Manchester this Sunday 27th Sept 2026. Cannot wait! I nearly wrote 2027. I'm glad it's still 2026
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looking forward to reading this
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/09/2026
In a world of policy reversal and active support for fossil fuel burning (the CMIP7 "High" scenario), we could end up well above 3C by 2100, have a ~70% chance of >4C by 2150, and a 30% chance of over 5C.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Important context on the uncertainty of various climate scenarios we talk about regularly
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm just guessing that between options: (a) Exxon have altered their climate sensitivity upwards, Or (b) An employee has got mixed up because he doesn't know the specifics. Then I would guess (b). But I could be wrong.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Has anyone actually checked the Exxon global outlook? As far as I can see all it says is emissions will drop 20% by 2050. There's no specific analysis in there about temp in 2050. I presume it was an employee stating that those levels would lead to 2.5-3C, which we already knew.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An oil war has driven petrol and diesel prices through the roof, so ExxonMobil is doing a cutesy social media campaign to make fossil fuels seem a natural part of our day.
An Instagram Esso as in which a car is pictured on an Esso forecourt. A subtitle reads "Do cars drink special juice?" A caption reads "Some lessons start before school does. It's never just a journey."
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I was on Channel 4 News podcast last week making this exact point. The supposed future taxpayers that politicians don't want to burden by borrowing to stop climate change are me and my children. Maybe just ask us.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Enjoying how the inflation triggered by Trump's war increases the chances of the UK electing a populist climate-denying government that would have supported Trump's war and is fiercely opposed to the best solutions for tackling said inflation.
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Pierre Novellie @pierrenovellie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Less than two weeks, London! sohotheatre.com/events/pierr...
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am just a man standing in front of his Bluesky followers, asking them to sign up to his mailing list gsforms.net/GSN-370512-M... UK tour starts next week in Birmingham mattwinning.com/events/ #theatre #storytelling #climate #comedy
Matt Winning with a serious face in front of a gallery of pictures
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No shit
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/09/2026
France’s wine production is expected to fall below 3.4 billion liters this year as drought and repeated heat waves battered vineyards across the country, according to French government estimates. National output could sink to a nearly 70-year low.
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Champagne production halves as scorching summer dents French wine grape harvest
National output could sink to a nearly 70-year low.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The problem with capitalism is that at some point you run out of other people's natural resources
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The problem with capitalism is that at some point you run out of other people's natural resources
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Me trying to provide some positivity on #climatechange when speaking with @krishgm.bsky.social the other day. it's not easy
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 05/09/2026
Listening to a man at the farmers market explain he’s out of eggs as “the ladies aren’t producing due to heat stress”— and another poultry vendor says he’s out, as he can’t keep them in this heat. Climate change is all around. We just have to open our eyes to see how it’s affecting our daily lives.
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Sleepy Cartoon Chicken
Alt: Sleepy Cartoon Chicken
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 05/09/2026
Chatting just now with local Kent winegrower at farmer's market. This year's grapes are "smaller than peas" - not going to bother to harvest. What did he think of politicians saying 'hey enjoy your English sparkling wine thanks to climate change'? "Fucking morons."
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onlycans @onlycans.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
just stop oil protesters got five years in jail for *planning* to do this to the M25.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm on @channel4news.bsky.social podcast talking to @krishgm.bsky.social somewhat overshadowed by tonight's news episode 😜 youtu.be/pDhQ8_PEMrk?...
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A ‘SUPERSIZED’ El Niño is coming. Is the world ready?
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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KarSteN Haustein @khaustein.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Globally, the hottest August in observed history is just about to end. In Western Europe, the summer of 2026 (June, July, August) has been the warmest as well. Compared to this year, 1976 (the famous UK summer) and 2003 (the hottest EU summer so far) look like amateurs in terms of heat (1/2)
Global map of temperature departures with most continental regions as well as the tropical Pacific in red (hot). Parts of Antarctica in blue (cold)

Source: http://www.karstenhaustein.com/climateMap of Europe with blue and cold patches for cold and hot temperature departures from the long-term climate average (1961-1990). France and the UK in red. All else rather blue.Map of Europe with blue and cold patches for cold and hot temperature departures from the long-term climate average (1961-1990). All of central Europe in red. Parts of the Atlantic in blueMap of Europe with blue and cold patches for cold and hot temperature departures from the long-term climate average (1961-1990). All of central and Southern Europe in red. No blue left anymore.
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sorry not sorry for the next several months of relentless book promotion, I didn't create this system! But for real, though, if you've ever thought anything I do is any good at all, I hope you'll read this book I poured everything into: geni.us/broughttoyouby
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Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...
Order now:
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 28/08/2026
About bloody time. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership
Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 23/08/2026
I've heard thousands of climate denial arguments over the last few decades. But do you know they all fall into one of 5 categories? 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not bad 4. We can't fix it 5. You can't trust the info/experts Source: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A classification tree showing the breakdown of climate denial arguments.
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
👑ALERT! ALERT!👑 I've just added extra UK tour dates for my my ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ show King of Crumbs. From Sept-Nov 2026 I'll be coming to NEW places with the SAME jokes. Hop on my autumnal leg! www.mickperrin.com/tours/king-of-crumbs
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Another 3 days to catch my show Solastalgia at @edfringe.bsky.social #edfringe
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Chris Hewett @chrishewett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Saw @mattywin.bsky.social show at @edfringe this evening. Perfect mix of humour, truth and outrage at the state humanity as got itself into. Catch him when he tours. Or buy the book.
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Tom Haddon @tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Long term oil demand growth forecasts.
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Chuckles I'm In Danger
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Stuart Laws @stuartlawscomedy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Line up for 17th August @monkeybarrelcomedy.bsky.social 23:20 Tom Cashman Felicity Ward Sapphire McIntosh Chris Grace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hosted by me and Sikisa WOW! www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My son asked me last night why there were humans in his Mr Men book. It has sent me down a thought spiral about the world they inhabit & whether people and Mr Men have relationships?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very weird to be living for weeks through what has so far been the worst UK drought since records began and for the Prime Minister to have still said absolutely nothing about it
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
ExxonMobil nears peak impunity on climate obligations - Oil major’s move against the EU’s carbon storage rules is odd HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/6afa...
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Exxon nears peak impunity on climate obligations
Oil major’s move against the EU’s carbon storage rules is odd
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Did Robert Miles even have children?
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John-Luke Roberts @jlukeroberts.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
It's my birthday, falling (as ever) on the date of the Makerfield by-election. Why not celebrate by buying tickets to my Edinburgh show? www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...
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JLR returns with his first new show in four years. Hilarious stand-up about the human condition, nearly dying and what it's like to have an endoscopy on Remembrance Sunday at exactly 11am. Hilarious, though, that's the main thing. Some poems too. Aiming for at least five-to-six laughs a minute, so about three hundred total which is pretty good actually. Big accessible laughs too, while not selling out on my alternative roots. Come on, you'll like it. Fringe Legend Award winner. ***** (List). ***** (Fest). **** (Guardian). **** (Telegraph).
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/08/2026
"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."
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London's first month without rain
Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Excellent thread as ever by @james-bg.bsky.social The lack of ability to simultaneously discuss the two-sides (action vs inaction) of climate in mainstream reporting is abysmal
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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 30/07/2026
On the Northern Line from ctl London while both Piccadilly & Central lines are down & could not support this more.
Adbusting poster in TfL font and design, posted on a Tube carriage, that reads: Feeling the Heat? Carry a bottle of water / Wear loose clothing / Blame Shell for this heatwave. Travel Hell for London / Every Passenger Suffers.
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is even worse than Badenoch’s letter yesterday, as she has space to explain what she would do instead of net zero targets to tackle the climate change she accepts is real but then doesn’t. She accuses Labour of not having a plan, then insists we should trust her unannounced plan will be better.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Do the "the wildfires are just arson and nothing to do with climate" people think that more arsonists decide to only work & all come out when it's really hot?
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No Scotland No Party
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The Daily Telegraph has... *rubs eyes* ...published something sensible about climate change: "I’m coming to the view that the Online Right is going wrong, eschewing compassion or charm, talking itself into corners of angry irrelevance. Take climate change."
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Adam Bell @adambell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If I can, let me explain today's Times story. This is less to do with renewables and much more to do with where generation is located and how it shows up at a system level. /1
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
This is the most insane front page in history
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This will be a fun time
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The worst heat wave on record for Europe resulted in over 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales and cost the whole of the UK $1.5 billion My story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Heat Wave in June Cost the UK Economy $1.5 Billion
Scorching temperatures exposed shortcomings in Britain’s homes, workplaces and public transport.
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Dr Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Here we go. My award nominated #comedy #theatre show Solastalgia is back at #edfringe for ONE WEEK only from 17-23rd Aug 2026 at 17:40 #AssemblyFest after 3 runs this year at Soho Theatre assemblyfestival.com/whats-on/mat...
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