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🪧 @extinctionrebellion.uk youngest cofounder ✍️ Writing and editing revolutionary books 🩼 Disabled with Chronic Migraines (Long Covid) 🔔 Turn notifications on for my top news 👇 Sign up for insights & stories robinboardman.com

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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 24/09/2026
Poignant letters from a worried teen to climate prisoners. Keep writing, questioning and resisting. youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
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The teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists | Documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ►…
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 24/09/2026
Poignant letters from a worried teen to climate prisoners. Keep writing, questioning and resisting. youtu.be/_1KeUYv9GqY?...
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The teenager writing letters to jailed climate activists | Documentary
A teenager struggling with climate anxiety searches for hope in an unexpected place – writing letters to imprisoned activists. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ►…
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A Chronic Voice @achronicvoice.com · 09/09/2026
"But there is only 1 person who has..called me to see how I am for 6 yrs: my #partner. Most other #connections have sadly withered with my body & mind. My soul perseveres, trapped. Waiting for a cure..to unleash its full splendour.": buff.ly/Wgea6uX by @robinboardman.com #ChronicIllness #spoonie
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🛌 90 Degrees Down: A New Perspective
Even when lying down, the revolution doesn't end; it simply changes form, becoming a quiet act of survival measured in breaths between the pain.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 07/09/2026
If you’re in Australia and have been looking for a copy of Suicide, Bower Books has it in stock. You can order directly from them here: bowerbooks.com/products/sui...
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'Suicide: The Political and Legal Implications of Creating Endless Mass Death' by Roger Hallam with Robin Boardman
Written from prison after climate activist and Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam received a five-year sentence for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.  Hallam writes that contemporary…
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 29/08/2026
Notice: I'm struggling this month with chronic illness flare-up, mental health, and my personal + org bank accounts being shut down. All very distressing. Won't be posting/responding much. I want to be honest about the hard stuff, not just the highlights. Thanks for understanding 💜
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 28/08/2026
"Like all chronic conditions, you could spend a lot of money on trying to find a fix: supplements, acupuncture, hypnosis, antidepressants (not as a cure but a way to cope). But the most common advice is to just try to ignore it. To learn to live with it."
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I’d heard ringing in my ears before. This time, it didn’t stop
Miranda Luby was only 36 years old when her tinnitus arrived in the middle of the night, without warning and for no clear reason
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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks to @robinboardman.com for sharing Robin Cavendish's story, and also his own: aroundrobin.substack.com/p/90-degrees...
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🛌 90 Degrees Down: Living and Breathing the Disability Revolution
Even when lying down, the revolution doesn’t end; it simply changes form, becoming a quiet act of survival measured in breaths between the pain.
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Svante Thunberg @svantethunberg.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Huge climate demonstration i Stockholm today. Media report at least 50 000 while organisers say between 50000-100000 people. This is ahead of elactions in september in which most parties have totally ignored the climate issue in favour of law and order and racist immigration policies…
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 23/08/2026
Extinction Rebellion is a leaderful movement with 100s of leaders and chapters around the world. Here are some of the most prominent thinkers, movers and shakers behind the global civil disobedience movement against climate collapse. go.bsky.app/A5y76rX
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 14/08/2026
"It is similar to if you are already sick and then you get an infection" A third of the Amazon is already wrecked. Now fires rage and food runs short. This is the tipping point of its survival. Only a revolution can save our planet's lungs. Rebel for life! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all
Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 09/08/2026
Help upgrade democracy & get paid! 🇬🇧 We're hiring 8 roles for the UK AI Citizens' Assembly this Nov. Apply for Regional Mobiliser (7 spots): tinyurl.com/hz5pfc2v Share with anyone who wants to build the future 🗳️
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them. What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress? It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.
Zack Polanski and the politics of eternal adolescence.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 07/08/2026
The talks happened. The voices were powerful. Now we need to get them OUT. Green Gathering featured Clive Lewis MP, Roger Hallam, Zack Polanski & more on climate & justice. We recorded it all, but need £5k to edit & release 🎬 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-ampli...
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Help Amplify the Green Gathering Speakers’ Forum
Help take Green Gathering’s Speakers’ Forum beyond the festival with talks, podcasts and social clips released all year
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
1/ 🚨New piece out co-authored with Ben Shread-Hewitt on the EU's adaptation framework and the risk of a 3°C world. Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points. Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.
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How the EU adaptation framework vastly underplays the risk of a 3°C world
Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable - but it makes it seem so
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"I would like for people like Richard Madeley, and for people like Nick Ferrari and Piers Morgan, to be disowned by the young people in their lives." Righteous fury from @claretotty.bsky.social, beautiful and energising
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I'm so angry I'm almost on fire
We warned the media liberals about climate collapse. Their cowardice is the greatest threat to life on earth.
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Susan Buckingham @susanjb7.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The UK Gvt is forcing through data centres against wishes of local communities and regardless of environmental impact. We must resist. Imposing one on the vibrant community in Brick Lane is shocking.
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Rikard Vilhelm @rikardvilhelm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
We want Greta, not Meta 😎
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!
Line chart titled "A first year above 2 C in the mid-2030s looks increasingly plausible". It shows global mean surface temperature from 1940 to 2050 as the annual anomaly against the 1850 to 1900 baseline, in degrees C. Data is ERA5 from Copernicus, running to 31 July 2026.

A thin gold line shows individual years, wobbling around a thick dark blue smoothed trend. Both sit near 0.2 C through the 1940s to the early 1970s, then climb steadily from the mid-1970s onward.

Three red dots mark the first year each threshold was passed. 0.5 C in 1980, 1.0 C in 2010 and 1.5 C in 2024. Labels beneath note the gap of 30 years between the first two and 14 years between the second and third. Everything above 1.5 C is shaded pink.

Two dashed lines run forward from 2025. A blue line follows the 15-year trend of 0.42 C per decade and reaches 2 C in 2037. A fainter grey line follows the 30-year trend of 0.27 C per decade and reaches 2 C in 2044.

Two orange circles mark estimates for the developing El Niño, at about 1.5 C for 2026 and about 1.7 C for 2027.
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Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑 @giantwhispers.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Oh look... they solved the climate crisis! 🦄 .00000000001% of annual emissions* will be removed by unscalable but very PR-friendly technologies and we will drink the excess CO2 in refreshing beverages! [No burping allowed 😉] #Climate Denial now comes in delicious lychee flavor! 1/ #ClimateSky 🔌💡
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DRINK MISAN
A new lychee-flavored sparkling water, carbonated with CO2 pulled directly from the air.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 01/08/2026
Meta tried to build a 200-megawatt data centre on farmland in Zeewolde. Twice the electricity of the entire town. 20 rebels occupied the council. "We want Greta, not Meta." They won, and then the Dutch banned hyperscale centres over 70MW. Direct action works! wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/the-...
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The data center fight is going global
As local communities around the world unite around a shared enemy — AI data centers — a powerful new direction for climate action is emerging.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 01/08/2026
Those in power have knowingly set in motion the destruction of civilisation, and anyone who responds with adaptation, technical fixes, or managed decline instead of revolution is complicit in the mass death that is now locked in.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 24/06/2026
3,400 people die on a single extremely hot day in India. 30,000 in 5 days. Most of the poor aren't even counted. The study calls that a conservative estimate. Mass death is here. My heart is breaking. www.euronews.com/2026/06/10/h...
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Extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths per day in India - study
Experts warn that official heatwave death figures are grossly underestimated.
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Joe Taylor @climatejoe.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Dear @frediotto.bsky.social, I write to you as a parent and activist about your interview on Today this morning (I will be writing elsewhere about Dharshini David's appalling line of questioning). I understand there is a strong social pressure not to frighten the horses in these interviews...
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 31/07/2026
“Worse than expected” appeared 10+ times in just five months of climate news in 2026. Emissions 15% higher than reported. Sea level rise affecting 68% more people than modelled. Amazon tipping point arriving sooner than projected. The models were always conservative. This is uncharted territory.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
‘It’s too fast, too big’ Yup - the penny is dropping Across the entire geological record, our world has NEVER heated up as rapidly as it has in the last hundred years or so www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It’s too fast, too big’: speed of climate crisis is devastating crops, say farmers
Drought and extreme heat are killing plants, driving up prices while also making some farms economically unviable
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'm screaming inside reading this. The implications are beyond comprehension.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Everywhere I look today I keep seeing: 1) deadly wildfires ripping through our communities 2) people desperately trying to get by as energy costs soar 3) record oil & gas profits When will we see that these three things are connected? www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets
ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As the country burns . . . #wildfire #democracy
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 31/07/2026
Italy is fining climate rebels €10,000 for daring to protest. Court cases, plainsclothes police stalking, threats. 250 constitutional scholars say the laws threaten civil liberties. I say it's a road to end-times fascism.
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Italy: Restricting the right to protest
Restraining orders, heavy fines without judicial rulings — constitutional law experts describe the Meloni government's latest security laws as a threat to democracy.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 30/07/2026
New film documenting Scotland’s climate resistance needs your help 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dont-be-al...
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Hi @yougov.co.uk, you left off the correct answer which is "This will be one of the coolest summers of the rest of our lives and they will keep getting hotter and hotter until we stop burning fossil fuels".
YouGov survey: Thinking of the weather so far this summer, which of the following comes closest to your expectation:

Majority say "most summers will be like this from now on"
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 29/07/2026
The insurance industry predicts 4 billion people could die this century from climate breakdown. Then went silent. We treat it like the public emergency it is, with a global briefing call with top scientist Prof Bill McGuire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q93...
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The Insurance Industry Predicts Mass Death: What Do We Do About It?
In January 2025, the British Insurance Industry predicted that 4 billion people could be dead in this century due to the breakdown of our climate. We're now a year and a half on from that report, and…
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 29/07/2026
Human rights are the oxygen of humanity.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 29/07/2026
Rapidly rising ocean temperatures, along with the Super El Niño, are affecting every part of the planet. The climate crisis is universal, exponential and existential. Only by understanding can we take the right action to stop it.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 28/07/2026
Two years ago, we started Revolution in the 21st Century as a follow up to Extinction Rebellion. Here's everything that's happened since: the wins, the lessons, and what's next. youtu.be/WkrmRyySX9I
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State of The Revolution
An update on all we have achieved so far and where we want to grow. Support Rev21: https://rev21.earth/support Follow Rev21's work ✅ Email List: Rev21.earth 📱 Telegram Chanel:…
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 28/07/2026
Britain faces a daily water shortfall of five billion litres by 2050. Hospitals and prisons are prioritised over nursing homes. Homes before farms. The triage is already written. The cruelty is already sorted. Who decided the hierarchy of thirst? www.gov.uk/government/n...
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England faces 5 billion litre public water shortage by 2055 without urgent action
England faces 5 billion litre a day shortfall for public water supplies by 2055 – and a further 1 billion litre a day deficit for wider economy.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 28/07/2026
Nature knows what it's doing. A study from China confirms naturally growing forests resist heatwaves and drought better than planted ones. Yet billions pour into monoculture planting schemes that burn faster and recover slower. Stop engineering what evolution already perfected. Rebel for life!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Just loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
Telegraph article: John Cleese: I trust Rupert Lowe more than any other leader
Monty Python star backs the Restore Britain founder in a series of social media posts
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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
India's Cockroach Janta Party started as a meme about a judge's insult. It ended with the education minister resigning and the government using tear gas and painting over graffiti in panic. Founder Dipke's last words at the site: "This is not the end. We will meet again soon."
India's Cockroach Janta Party protestors behind railings
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 27/07/2026
A 1-in-1000-year rainfall in Ohio. 17 inches in 24 hours. 12 inches in Iowa. These events now occur every few months. Everything is now unprecedented. They keep licensing fossil fuels for cash. We keep drowning in their poison.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 27/07/2026
COINTELPRO's objective was to "prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify the militant Black nationalist movement." Nancy Kurshan walked through Fred Hampton's blood. She still says: don't give in to cynicism. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/nanc...
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The Yippies and the power of counterculture
Nancy Kurshan, cofounder of theatrical antiwar group the Yippies, discusses her new memoir and how counterculture can revitalize our movements.
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Media Tell The Truth @mediatellthetruth.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The science was right. In 1988, Dr Syukuro Manabe predicted the Mediterranean region, North Africa and Southern California would all dry out in summers due to rising levels of greenhouse gases. In 2021 he won the Nobel Prize in Physics with two others for reliably predicting global heating.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 26/07/2026
They ran a pig for president. They burned judges' robes. They tried to levitate the Pentagon. The Yippies knew what XR knows: theatre disrupts power's script. "Don't give in to cynicism. The current powers that be would love nothing better." wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/nanc...
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The Yippies and the power of counterculture
Nancy Kurshan, cofounder of theatrical antiwar group the Yippies, discusses her new memoir and how counterculture can revitalize our movements.
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Courtney 🗝️ @courtneykey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The global food supply really is in jeopardy yet few in America are connecting the dots. UK has been warning of farm collapse for the past few years and now northern Italy. Climate change continues to be real and devastating.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
We had a couple of hours' rain overnight, but it won't be enough. The Met Office is forecasting essentially zero rain for the next week.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 26/07/2026
A Supreme Court judge called India's youth "cockroaches" and "parasites." Like the Suffragettes before them, they reclaimed the insult. Thousands now sit in demanding accountability for a broken exam system that hits millions. The cockroaches are organising. wagingnonviolence.org/2026/07/indi...
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The strategic satire of India’s Gen Z ‘Cockroach’ movement
India’s Cockroach Janta Party started as a meme, but it has transformed into a real youth movement challenging failed institutions.
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Troublemakers @troublemakers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
It's not possible to keep track of climate catastrophes anymore—they slide over our awareness (if we see them at all) & disappear. They used to be sporadic & local, now they're constant & often much larger. The network effects on food supply, migration, etc. will be terrifying, within years.
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 25/07/2026
The oceans are boiling, and the criminals behind it count their cash. A Super El Niño is coming, and experts say, "The biggest limitation is finance, not knowledge" Power hoards wealth while communities suffer, so it's time to take back control. Rebel for life! phys.org/news/2026-07...
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A Super El Niño is coming: 5 hard‑won lessons the world can learn from Africa
Climate prediction scientists announced in June 2026 that El Niño, a cycle that happens every two to seven years, had formed. It was expected to develop into one of the strongest on record—a "super"…
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Robin Boardman @robinboardman.com · 25/07/2026
The insurance industry predicted 4 billion people could die this century from climate breakdown. Then went silent. We didn't. Here is our public briefing with Prof. Bill McGuire on what's coming and what we do about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q93...
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The Insurance Industry Predicts Mass Death: What Do We Do About It?
In January 2025, the British Insurance Industry predicted that 4 billion people could be dead in this century due to the breakdown of our climate. We're now a year and a half on from that report, and…
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