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Becky Parker

@projectearth.bsky.social
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Project Earth is affiliated to the Earthshot Prize and supported by a group of expert advisors. It’s an accelerator to empower and support innovation from young people aged 5-18. We find this approach counteracts climate anxiety. www.projectearth.global

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🌍 We know that climate anxiety is a growing problem among young people, but how can schools tackle it? A new free AI tool that empowers students to find climate solutions can help, explains Becky Parker of @projectearth.bsky.social
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How to tackle teens’ climate anxiety? Help them beat climate change
A new free AI tool for schools will help students create scientific solutions to climate challenges, argues Project Earth founder Becky Parker
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
I'll be on #BBC News in the 4pm ET hour speaking to presenters Annita McVeigh and Caitriona Perry about climate change-supercharged cat 5 hurricane #Melissa as it tragically bears down on Jamaica: www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
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Hurricane Melissa live updates: Violent storm hits Jamaica as authorities warn of 'catastrophic' flooding
The US National Hurricane Centre says the category five storm is
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 21/06/2025
The story of the Warming Stripes #ShowYourStripes www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM6t...
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Start a conversation about climate change
YouTube video by University of Reading
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 19/06/2025
Carbon budget countdown to exceeding 1.5°C ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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NOAA Climate.gov @climate.noaa.gov · 20/06/2025
June 21 is Show Your Stripes Day—a time to spark conversation about how our world is warming. This video shows how @noaa.gov temperature data for the U.S. is turned into the iconic stripes visualizations you may see shared today and tomorrow. @edhawkins.org
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 20/06/2025
It's already #ShowYourStripes day in many places like New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Papua New Guinea. All these countries are warming rapidly. Visit www.ShowYourStripes.info to find your warming stripes with 4 different designs. Start a climate conversation online or with friends and family?
Warming stripes for JapanWarming stripes for AustraliaWarming stripes for New ZealandWarming stripes for Papua New Guinea
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 13/06/2025
Next week it is time to #ShowYourStripes again. We encourage everyone to download their warming stripes graphics and use them to start climate conversations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st June. www.ShowYourStripes.info Graphic: Change in global average temperature from 1850-2024.
Warming Stripes showing changes in global temperature from 1850-2024. One stripe per year. Colours represent the temperature of that year. Reds are hot. Blues are cold.
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Becky Parker @projectearth.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Brilliant to be with Project Earth at the fantastic celebration of Ten years of Climate Cafe #climatecafe #TenYears #DrinkChatAct
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Dr Harriet Marshall @harrietmarshall.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Excellent day thanks to @ministryofeco.bsky.social, grateful 4invite - fab to learn from innovative #teachers in #climatechange #ESD #GCED world! Lovely to get @lyfta.bsky.social shout out & ❤️catching up w/ @merylbatchelder.bsky.social, Paul Turner & meet @projectearth.bsky.social @dalevince.com
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Nature @nature.com · 23/05/2025
Review 📺 Ocean with David Attenborough, a cry to protect our oceans go.nature.com/3Scvsf4
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‘Powerful and horrifying’ — David Attenborough’s latest film is a cry to protect our oceans
The seas could save us from climate change, but only if we save them first, legendary naturalist and broadcaster argues in a vivid film.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 28/05/2025
Latest WMO decadal update is available: - 80% chance that at least one of the next five years will exceed 2024 as the warmest on record - 70% chance that 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will be more than 1.5 °C wmo.int/publication-...
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WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2025-2029)
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Climate Reality Team UK @climatereality-uk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A huge 89% majority of the world’s people want stronger action to fight the climate crisis but feel they are trapped in a self-fulfilling “spiral of silence” because they mistakenly believe they are in a minority, research suggests www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
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Climate TRACE @climatetrace.org · 28/03/2025
With our first-ever monthly data release, you can now view emissions data through January 2025. The new data covers every major GHG in every major sector and subsector, every country, state, more than 9,000 urban areas, and more than 660M sources.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 25/03/2025
The ocean plays a crucial role in regulating our planet's climate. Restoring humanity's relationship with the ocean is not only essential for our own well-being but also key to a healthy and sustainable future. #SaveOurOcean
Graphic with bold white text on a dark blue background stating, “The ocean absorbs 25% of all carbon dioxide emissions.” At the bottom, there is an image of orange coral with two fish — a goldfish and a clownfish. UN Environment Programme logo is in the top right corner.
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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
🔴The #StateOfClimate report, released today, reveals key climate change indicators again reached record levels in 2024. Check out the full report: wmo.int/publication-...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Listen to my interview with Mat Kaplan on the new @ncse.bsky.social “Safeguarding Sound Science” podcast “Episode 1: What Climate Change? Tackling Climate Denial”: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Safeguarding Sound Science
Earth Sciences Podcast · 2 Episodes · Updated Weekly
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Nature @nature.com · 14/03/2025
Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story. An urgent solution is needed go.nature.com/3FqOMSL
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Why coalitions of wealthy nations should fund others to decarbonize
Failure to agree on global grants to help low- and middle-income countries to achieve net-zero emissions cannot be the end of the story. An urgent solution is needed.
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Global Action Plan @globalactionplan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Our open letter to Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson MP - coordinated by us together with UCL Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education - is featured today in Tes. 150 climate scientists join us in our call. Will you sign our letter too? www.tes.com/magazine/new... #edusky
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Ministers urged to ensure climate change is taught across curriculum
Experts say teachers want more professional development support to teach climate change and sustainability
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World Seagrass Association @world-seagrass.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🌊Happy #WorldSeagrassDay! This year’s theme is Blue *Resilience: Invest in Seagrass* How can WE #investinseagrass? We'll share some examples—let's keep the conversation going! Use the hashtags in the comments & tag us so we can repost!
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Becky Parker @projectearth.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
My students at school will be in their early forties in 2050. That’s why at www.projectearth.global we are supporting young people to have agency now for their future. Join us at Project Earth
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Project Earth | Empowering young people to build a better world
Giving young people a voice in innovation for the planet and the skill sets to be the innovators and future thinkers - for their future and the planet's.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber
Consumption in wealthy countries including US and UK is responsible for 13% of global forest loss beyond their borders, study finds
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13/02/2025
January 2025 smashed global records, reaching 1.75°C above the pre-industrial level and 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average, making it the warmest January ever recorded. See details: tinyurl.com/5cs2rzbz
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Please check out my new website! michaelmann.net
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Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Director, Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media.
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Climate Reality Team UK @climatereality-uk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The world’s peatlands - bogs and swamps - are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets In the UK, about 80% of bogs are already degraded by draining, overgrazing and burning www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
💚 Love Your Planet 2025 is back on 17 February! Join us for: 🎤 Panels on net zero and climate communication 🎭 Climate comedy by @mattywin.bsky.social ☕ Networking with Climate Café #LoveYourPlanet #ClimateAction #Sustainability @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social
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Love Your Planet 2025
Join us on 17 February to be part of the solution! Together, let's transform awareness into action & make a tangible impact on our planet.
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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
In South-East Europe, temperatures are rising nearly twice as fast as the global average, contributing to more frequent and severe weather events—from floods to heatwaves.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
An excerpt from the article summary:
excerpt from "summary" of article
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
This ten year old paper by my friend & colleague Eugenia Kalnay and colleagues modeling the combined effects of environmental degradation and wealth disparity on societal stability didn't get much attention at the time. It feels especially relevant now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Human and nature dynamics (HANDY): Modeling inequality and use of resources in the collapse or sustainability of societies
There are widespread concerns that current trends in resource-use are unsustainable, but possibilities of overshoot/collapse remain controversial. Col…
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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
New record alert on the #StateOfClimate front: Our colleagues at @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social confirm that January 2025 was the warmest January globally on record. This comes despite the onset of #LaNiña, a phenomenon that typically brings temporary cooling. climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-j...
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Becky Parker @projectearth.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Project Earth is an initiative to support young people across the world to innovate for the planet. Affiliated to @earthshotprize.bsky.social & supported by phenomenal expert advisors (projectearth.global/advisors/) it supports 5-18 year olds. Empowered young people can help build a better future.
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Advisors | Project Earth
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
thank you Tom!
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold" by Seth Borenstein for the @apnews.com: www.wftv.com/news/world/e...
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Earth breaks yearly heat record and lurches past dangerous warming threshold
Global temperatures in 2024 soared to yet another record level, but this time it was such a big jump that Earth temporarily passed a major symbolic climate threshold
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist" | My full interview today with #Channel4News UK: www.channel4.com/news/__trash...
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‘Wildfires will get worse as the planet gets warmer’, says climate scientist
We spoke to Michael Mann, a climate scientist from the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Nature @nature.com · 10/01/2025
The world doesn't immediately fall apart at the 1.5 °C limit, but experts say we are "reaching the end of what we thought was a safe zone for humanity". www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?
The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe zone’ as climate change worsens.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 10/01/2025
Spiralling global temperatures: 2024 edition
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Well, this is pretty cool! (via #bookauthority: bookauthority.org/books/best-c...) #NewClimateWar
screen cap of website ranking "The New Climate War" #1 climate book of all time
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 10/01/2025
Mapping changes in temperature: 2024 edition
175 maps showing temperature change from 1850 to 2024
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
"Time to exit this climate “road to ruin”, warns UN secretary general" by Brian McHugh for @yorksbylines.bsky.social: yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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Time to exit this climate “road to ruin”, warns UN secretary general
Will 2025 see decisive climate action globally, or will we continue to waste valuable time to act?
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
"Humanity is failing to meet its climate change goals. Here's what experts say we can still do" by Matthew Rozsa for Salon (@salonnewsroom.bsky.social): www.salon.com/2024/12/30/h...
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Humanity is failing to meet its climate change goals. Here's what experts say we can still do
There's still time to act to limit the worst effects of climate change, but we need political willpower
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Doccy B 🌿🌿🐝🌿🦔🌿 @merylbatchelder.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I want a curriculum that doesn't just ensure that young people develop an understanding of how climate change is affecting global citizens now, but that they leave school with a deep appreciation of how it will affect us in the future with a 3⁰C warmer world. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows
Analysis of insurance payouts by Christian Aid reveals three-quarters of financial destruction occurred in US
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Becky Parker @projectearth.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
This Earthshot Prize program was inspiring. At www.projectearth.global we aim to inspire young people to innovate for the planet. We are affiliated to the Earthshot Prize. Young people have wonderful imagination and creativity which we support and empower. Contact us projectearth.global/contact/
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Project Earth | Empowering young people to build a better world
Giving young people a voice in innovation for the planet and the skill sets to be the innovators and future thinkers - for their future and the planet's.
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Becky Parker @projectearth.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Beautiful to see Venus as the Sun set this evening. No visible sign of the runaway greenhouse effect there. We need to act now for our planet. Project Earth, affiliated to @earthshotprize.bsky.social is empowering young people to innovate and create a better future www.projectearth.global
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Becky Parker @projectearth.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Affiliated to @EarthshotPrize, Project Earth supports and empowers climate innovation from young people in schools across the world projectearth.global
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Project Earth | Empowering young people to build a better world
Giving young people a voice in innovation for the planet and the skill sets to be the innovators and future thinkers - for their future and the planet's.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 22/11/2024
Meet one of our newest community members: the incredible @ellenstofan.bsky.social! She's a former NASA Chief Scientist who helped develop a long range plan to get humans to Mars; now Undersecretary for the Smithsonian, where she leads the charge for "Life on a Sustainable Planet." Here's her vision:
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Our Shared Future: Life on a Sustainable Planet
YouTube video by Earth Optimism
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Here's a piece I wrote for @livescience.bsky.social you might find helpful: www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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Michael Mann: Yes, we can still stop the worst effects of climate change. Here's why.
Opinion: State-of-the-art climate models show warming stops once we stop emitting carbon. That means there's still time to stop the worst impacts of climate change.
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