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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thanks to @fionaharvey.bsky.social for this article, and the reminder that the Starmer government suppressed the report. Not too late to act on food security, but would have been better without the delay … www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Britain's intensive poulty industry is implicated in the ecological collapse of... rivers and lakes. They profit from cheap chicken sold through supermarkets and fast-food chains, yet taxpayers have provided >£640 million to subsidise the burning of the vast quantities of manure they generate."

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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

August 28, 1959 – Daily Mail reports on carbon dioxide build-up "[Carbon dioxide] has increased by 15 p.c. in our atmosphere in the past 50 years – and its effect is to “trap” the heat from the sun’s rays and heat radiated from the ground.” allouryesterdays.info/2026/08/27/a...

Daily Mail Twenty MORE years of sizzling summers from August 1959

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows - Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows

Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UK

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

7000 people and $17 billion euros. If you say you can count the cost of net zero, then fine. I'm here to tell you I can count the cost of doing nothing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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France’s Destructive Heat Waves See Over 7,000 Excess Deaths

France recorded more than 7,000 excess deaths in two successive heat waves through July 22, as industry and public health services were hit by the country’s hottest month in more than a century.

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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/2026

29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The summer edition is out, the-context.com, with a focus on #security. I contributed a piece on #foodsecurity ... globally we are still producing more calories per person year on year, but our food systems are feeling increasingly insecure.

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The Context

A free quarterly magazine delivering in-depth political analysis and real news with real context.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Small island developing states are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Lots written on existential threats from sea level rise. In the 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social #SIDS report, we highlight the food security challenge: inc. high import dependency & increasingly disrupted supply chains

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Launch of the SIDS @lancetcountdown.bsky.social 2025 report. Findings from 28 indicators developed by over 100 leading researchers. Providing key evidence from small islands at the frontline of climate change impacts. 16 July 2026 🔗 Register Here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This is a picture of the flier for the launch of the Small Island Developing States 2025 Report of the Lancet Countdown, there is a photo of a person in a vegetable market, the flier gives the date and time of the virtual launch as 16 July 2025 at 16:00-18:00 Jamaica time; 21:00 to 23:00 GMT

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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Protected should mean protected. Across Europe, Marine Protected Areas are meant to safeguard some of our most important marine ecosystems. Yet destructive bottom trawling continues in many of them. Learn more about what the The MPA Legal Coalition is doing about it. 👉 mpa-legal-coalition.org

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#TrainsNotPlanes London to Lisbon and back for @eaere.bsky.social #wcere2026 feels particularly challenging just now! In part because the extreme heat seems to be following me as I head south. Trains, buses, boats ...

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Eliot Lord @house-of-lord.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We are launching The Context Summer edition in the next couple of weeks and we’ve got some big names in it. Vince Cable, @profejzrobinson.bsky.social, @andrewdwyer.bsky.social, Adel Darwish, Nishiha Jasper David, Pelle Neroth Taylor and many more. We are also looking for ads for the next issue!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Europe is warming at a rate that’s more than double the pace of warming worldwide since the mid-1990s, due to melting Arctic sea ice, reduced pollution-related aerosols, and less snow cover. These changes are also altering weather patterns, leading to more frequent and intense heat waves.

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Why Europe Is the Fastest-Warming Continent

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

There is a proliferation of SUVs - not only are they more dangerous for pedestrians in crash but they emit more particle pollution from their fuel & their heavy weight means more dangerous brake & tyre particulate waste plus prevalence of pavement parking forcing pedestrians onto the rd…

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‘Carspreading’ could lead to extra 2,600 crash deaths a year by 2040, study finds

Analysis shows cars in Europe have grown longer, taller and wider every year since 2000

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Climate.us @climate.us · 23/06/2026

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 23/06/2026

Greenhouse gas emissions, primarily from burning fossil fuels, have already made every summer and every heatwave hotter than they would have been in a world without those emissions. Imagine if the @metoffice.gov.uk were brave enough to say something like that to the media every heatwave?

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The rise of larger vehicles like SUVs and pickup trucks, with their taller hoods and larger blind zones, has contributed to a 75% increase in pedestrian and cyclist deaths since 2009. Until we design better streets and ban these vehicles, people outside these vehicles will keep dying.

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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

A mockup SUV advert image with a prototype safety warning

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

#TrainsNotPlanes if you can, get you from London to Copenhagen in a day. I spent the following day exploring the city, then the next morning straight up to @umeauniversitet.bsky.social, for the 32nd Ulvon Environmental Economics conference. Surströmming. Sunset 11pm. Midsommar eve tomorrow!

Catching sunset Ulvon island 11pm on 17 June, looking over the water, slightly tinged with pink, boat in the foreground. Deck and picnic table on the left hand side

Picture of tins of surströmming, fermented herring, and behind, the herring being prepared on rye crackers

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Delighted to be giving keynote at 32nd Ulvön Environmental Economics Conference, Umea. Midsommar in northern Sweden! Long train journey to get there means lots of writing time. First leg London-Brussels. If German trains are behaving, I'll be in Copenhagen late evening. #TrainsNotPlanes if you can.

Grainy picture of my laptop and coffee mug, on a table on the Eurostar, there's a window and outside is early morning St Pancras.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Congrats to @aliceleibian.bsky.social, @nikoh8.bsky.social, Maxine Gibb, our Philippines colleagues Cristobal Caeyetano, and Lota Creencia. @granthamlse.bsky.social policy report out today. Funding to protecting mangroves and the livelihoods of those dependent on mangroves.

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Louise Jones @louisejoneslse.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

David Shukman (former BBC now @granthamlse.bsky.social) does a great job in his new book (The Response @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) of both making you very alarmed about the future, but also somehow less helpless. Our latest #LSEFutureProof video with him explores the risks of urban flooding.

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Urban flooding and emergency preparedness: is the UK ready? | LSE Future Proof

YouTube video by LSE

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

So many positives about #TrainsNotPlanes - time to power through the to do list, write uninterrupted, and post. New @granthamlse.bsky.social working paper, led by Niko Howai, with @aliceleibian.bsky.social, Arnica De Guzman-Mortillero, & me. www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst... Mangrove livelihoods, DCE

A very mediocre picture of two trains at Venezia S. Lucia station, one Frecciarossa, one a regional double decker train

Picture of mangroves, Pulua Sakijang Bendera, Saint John's Islands

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Today the @thecccuk.bsky.social's "A Well-Adapted UK report" was released this morninglaunched. I chaired the CCRA4 Economics Advisory Group, and in parallel CCC published our report on the Economics of Systemic Risk In Climate Change Adaptation. www.ukclimaterisk.org/publications...

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A Well-Adapted UK - Climate Change Committee

Footnotes have been removed from the HTML version of this report. For the footnoted version of this report,…

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Care about #climatechange? You should probably care about this: Nils Pratley: "BP has fresh faces in the boardroom and a rigged strategy: it’s pivoting back to oil and gas and away from its low-carbon assets in an attempt to improve a weak share price."

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Part of my @countdowneurope.bsky.social contribution w/ @shourodasgupta.bsky.social. Tracking temperature & labour supply over time in high exposure sectors (e.g. ag, construction). Higher temperatures associated with lower labour supply in Southern Europe. Yet more #climatechange implications.

Map of European countries showing southern European sub-national regions generally shades of red (lower labour supply, high exposure sectors) associated with higher temperatures, northern sub-national European regions generally shades of green (higher labour supply, high exposure sectors, associated with higher temperatures).

Figure with time on x axis (1995-2023), impact of higher temperatures on labour supply in high exposure sectors in Europe on y axis; mean is trending downwards over time, with increasingly wide confidence intervals over time, suggesting that for Europe as a whole, increasing temperatures are having a negative impact on overall labour supply in high exposure sectors, but high variability across the region

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Access to sufficient nutritious food is already made harder by climate change, & will get worse in the future. Agrifood systems account for approx 1/3 GHG emissions, so we need a rapid transition to low carbon diets plus greater efforts to adapt & build resilience. @countdowneurope.bsky.social

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Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We're excited to announce this free, public event to celebrate the 80th birthday of GSoS Chair, Nicholas Stern... on 🌍#EarthDay no less! 🎟️ The ticket line will open on 14 April!

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Global ideas for global challenges: a panel in honour of Nick Stern

6.30pm Weds 22 April | Kristalina Georgieva, Christine Lagarde, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Professor Larry Kramer | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Environmental levies fall disproportionately on electricity bills rather than gas bills, so electricity is artificially expensive relative to gas. In this commentary, Shefali Khanna and John Cui argue it's time to reform energy bill structure.

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What can be done to reduce Britons’ energy bills and accelerate decarbonisation? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

The time to reform energy bill structure is now, before rising policy costs associated with the clean energy transition make the problem harder to solve, write Shefali Khanna and John Cui.

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Scientific and legal communities often use similar words differently. Research Fellow Noah Walker-Crawford was part of the team that created a glossary to clarify the scientific concepts that frequently arise in climate litigation. @nyulaw.bsky.social

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Climate Science in Legal Contexts

Scientific and legal communities often use similar words differently. This resource is designed to help lawyers navigate scientific concepts that frequently arise in climate litigation.

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

We’re launching a new National Heat Risk Commission, chaired by Emma Howard Boyd to investigate how to improve efforts across the UK to tackle the wide-ranging impacts of high temperatures www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/03/2026

Marginal pricing is the "worst approach to clearing markets apart from all the others", Jon Ferris at LCP tells me

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another. A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Very pleased to be part of one of the teams, with @granthamlse.bsky.social's @aliceleibian.bsky.social, our project is looking at "Strengthening the Resilience of Food Supply Chains Through International Cooperation", focusing on the climate-food-health nexus.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Read our new report, based on expert roundtable with stakeholders from unions, local gov & gov agencies, academia, private sector, charitable sector, chartered professional bodies. Co-creating evidence-based, practical next steps to better protect workers from the effects of high temperatures

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Shouro Dasgupta, PhD @shourodasgupta.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Super excited (and slightly nervous) to be at at my first @ipcc.bsky.social Lead Authors’ meeting. We are starting our journey to synthesise and evaluate the latest scientific evidence for AR7. @profejzrobinson.bsky.social #CMCC #EIEE @granthamlse.bsky.social

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Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🦏🐅 Are we living through a sixth mass extinction? Dr Ganga Shreedhar from @lsepbs.bsky.social delivers a stark reality check about the urgent need for climate action.

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What is the sixth mass extinction? #COP30 #ClimateChange #LSE

YouTube video by LSE

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

@dannyquah.bsky.social will be @lseid.bsky.social next week. I’m out of the country else would have been there.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

"As a significant player on the international stage, the UK has both the opportunity and the responsibility to lead.” Professor Lord Nicholas Stern spoke with #RftW Magazine following the publication of The Growth Story of the 21st Century. 🩹 🌍 Read more here: www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

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Climate action is the key to innovation and economic growth

Nicholas Stern reveals how tackling the climate crisis isn't just urgent—it's a transformative opportunity for global prosperity, innovation, and sustainable development. His new open access book, The...

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

On November 26th we're hosting a post-COP30 online event to reflect on the outcomes of the climate summit which took place in Belém, Brazil. Delegates who attended COP30 will offer their assessments of the challenges and achievements on the key issues, and look ahead to COP31.

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COP30 and beyond: what was achieved in Belém? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Join us for an assessment of COP30 with insights into main issues, achievements and challenges.

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 07/11/2025

“The memo from a ‘very influential person who controls a lot of money’ hinges on ‘inarguably a false binary’ between a world where everything is fine and ‘literally the end of the world,’ said @weatherwest.bsky.social, a climate scientist at UC ANR.”

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Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo

Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say

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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"In this book, Lord Nicholas Stern articulates the incredible opportunity for global development enabled by climate action." — Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States and Environmentalist The Growth Story of the 21st Century is out tomorrow #OpenAccess. ➡️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...

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