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World-leading thought and action on climate and sustainability. Helping organisations thrive in a sustainable low-carbon future. Founded by @mikebernerslee.bsky.social www.sw-consulting.co.uk

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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 6h
Delighted to welcome Scotland’s First Minister, @johnswinney.bsky.social to deliver a keynote at a screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing at Holyrood yesterday. He committed in his address to working collaboratively to ensure the film is “𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝”.
Mike Berners-Lee shaking hands with John Swinney, First Minister for Scotland.A seated audience with John Swinney at a lecturn, and the People's Emergency Briefing logo being shown on two large TVsMike Berners-Lee speaking with a microphone, behind him is a slide showing a map of the UK colour coded in shades of red.A panel with Mike Berners-Lee, David Barratt MSP, Claire Baker MSP, Dr Kate Donovan as panel Chair, Ariane Burgess MSP and Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today @mikebernerslee.bsky.social has joined almost 600 scientists and healthcare professionals in an open letter to Andy Burnham, stating that approving Rosebank is not compatible with the UKs climate goals or our position as an international climate leader: www.zerohour.uk/news/roseban...
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Nearly 600 Scientists call for Government to reject Rosebank
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"The climate doesn't care how many renewables we have only how much fossil fuel is burned" @mikebernerslee.bsky.social This overall drop in emissions is welcome but needs to be significantly more year-on-year. More renewables AND no new oil or gas #rosebank www.businessgreen.com/news/4535893...
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Study: Global fossil-fuel emissions to fall 0.5 per cent this year
Strait of Hormuz crisis has led to lower oil and gas demand that should more than offset any increased emissions from higher coal power generation, Carbon Brief calculates
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Moving just some of our farmland from cattle and sheep (and crops grown to feed them) to home-grown legumes, is a massive win for: 🌍climate 🥗health 🦉biodiversity 💸people's shopping bills Which is why so many orgs and communities can support #banginsomebeans campaign. Great to it working!
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Opportunity Green @opportunitygreen.org · 09/09/2026
✈️ €10.9bn in free carbon allowances went to European airlines between 2013 and 2025. How much did they spend on decarbonisation? Just €1bn. So where did the rest go? 🧵
€10.9bn in free allowances, straight to airline profits
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How to you go beyond spend-based and build more specific data into your #Scope3 footprint? Join the discussion, with practical tips and best-practice examples from the Small World Scope 3 specialists. 📆 Thu 17 Sept 🕚 11am BST Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/6850e0...
Beyond Spend-Based: How to build more specific data into your Scope 3 footprint. 17 Sept, 11am. Register below.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The pistachio problem - a fashionable food that's sinking the ground it grows on from its thirst for water. In a changing climate, carbon footprints don't show everything about how sustainable our food really is. Pistachios - time to be a treat, not a staple? theconversation.com/can-producer...
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Can producers keep up with our hunger for pistachios?
Pistachio production will require even more water use by 2050 if temperatures and greenhouse gas levels continue to rise.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
More turmoil at the GHG Protocol and another prominent resignation. The carbon accounting industry needs to be built on the best available science, to build trust in carbon footprint data. Scientists resigning is a worrying sign. financialpost.com/pmn/business...
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Dispute Over Counting Forest Carbon Roils Global Standard-Setter
Scientists and industry are sparring over climate accounting rules being developed by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Good to see another initiative to make sharing carbon footprint data between different business suppliers easier. #OpenCCF Open Corporate Carbon Footprint Data Model has been developed by our friends at the SME Climate Hub and is endorsed by the Carbon Accounting Alliance. openccf.org
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Open Corporate Carbon Footprint Data Model
OpenCCF is an open, CC0 data model for exchanging corporate carbon footprint data between software systems, aligned with the GHG Protocol.
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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Is this summer the 'New Normal'? I wish that were true... subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/88/n...
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Not the ‘New Normal’ Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step to Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Professor Mike Berners-Lee, chair of the National Emergency Briefing, sets out the ‘civic moment’ he is trying to create as extreme weather events show no sign of slowing
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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Here's a letter in the @financialtimes.com today from me and others at the @nebriefing.bsky.social making the case that the national renewal Burnham is calling for of trust, hope and 'good growth in every postcode' is enabled by the country being properly informed on the climate and nature crisis.
A picture of an open letter to Andy Burnham in the Financial Times, entitled 'The country deserves the full picture'
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Great podcast with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social & @nickbreeze.genn.cc discussing heat, food production, national security and why we're not ready for what's coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziP8... open.spotify.com/show/1jhQYkB...
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Carbon Footprint Radar want to know what your company is doing in it's carbon plans: fr.surveymonkey.com/r/carbonfoot... Which Scopes do you cover? Which methodologies do you use? How much budget have you allocated? Who makes the decisions? What do your target and reduction plans look like?
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
When we map landscape carbon, peatland restoration in our uplands is vital, and could help create net zero or even net negative National Parks. Add in the increased risk of flooding to cities like York and Carlisle, and these cuts don't make economic sense. inews.co.uk/news/defra-c...
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Defra cuts halt peatland restoration in Lakes and Yorkshire - while South gets funding
Upland areas in the North of England and the South West miss out on new funding, meaning cities like Leeds and Carlisle could be more vulnerable to flooding
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Can You Trust Your #Scope3 Emission Factors? If an auditor or client asked you what your emission factors include, would you know? Join our webinar 16 July with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3cefa3... We'll explore... 1/4
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Mike Berners-Lee @mikebernerslee.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Exactly. There will be no new normal. The weather will keep becoming more extreme until the world decarbonises. We might have the odd calmer year but the trend will be more extreme. So today’s UK weather is the least extreme we can ever expect. Time to finally WAKE UP.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A report by TheCityUK and insurer Marsh warns of 'protection gaps' as extreme weather events increase. "The report argues there is more that could be done by the private sector... in developing ways to account for climate resilience in insurance." www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Rising cost of insuring against climate crisis will have wider knock-on effects for UK economy | Heather Stewart
As extreme weather events become more common, economists say government will need to take more active role to protect consumers
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🚨 Landmark ruling in France: Companies are responsible for ALL their emissions, from their upstream supply chain and downstream from their products. #Scope3 #CarbonAccounting www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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City of Paris achieves partial victory over TotalEnergies in climate risks case
French capital hails ‘landmark decision’ against oil firm relating to disclosure of emissions from oil and gas products
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sometimes our predictions for the future can be a little off, particularly around how well we think emerging technology will scale. ☀️ Carbon capture and solar power generation have both been predicted to rapidly increase in the first half of this century...
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The new ISO Standard for Net Zero Organisations is open for consultation, ends 17 Aug. Aiming to bring best practice on setting net zero targets and reporting action, in a new international standard. It proposes 4 stages a business can claim to be at: pages.bsigroup.com/iso-net-zero...
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ISO Net Zero Standard - UK Public Consultation
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Worrying to see these allegations of industry-led influence over forest carbon accounting standards at the GHGP. When we assess the carbon footprint of landscapes we account for woodlands, peatlands and wetlands as carbon sinks. Accounting for carbon as trees are felled is problematic...
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The economic reality is starting to push back against climate delayers and denialists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Great to see this collaborative push to get supermarkets to increase plant-based food sales. Product choice, product placement, special offers and promotions, recipe guidance, are all powerful levers to shift buying patterns.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨 The UK should hold a national briefing on climate and nature risk to the UK. ✅ Sign and then share this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #NEBriefing
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Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks
The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...
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Opportunity Green @opportunitygreen.org · 06/05/2026
✈️ Every transport sector pays for its pollution. Except one. Cars. Trains. Trucks. All are subject to fuel taxes, VAT and carbon pricing. Aviation? Still mostly exempt. 📲 Share this post if you think aviation should pay its fair share.
How does aviation's tax treatment compare to other sectors?
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Reporting of Scope 1 and 2 emissions should be mandatory for all corporations. And Scope 3 should be mandatory for large businesses. If a business isn't measuring its emissions, it can't claim to be working to reduce them.
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Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is great news. OF COURSE our flight emissions should be counted in the UK's carbon footprint. But full consumption-based footprints would be better 🧵 "Ignoring emissions beyond the UK’s borders is no way to tackle climate change." Toby Perkins MP...
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EAC Chair welcomes changes to international air emissions and national highways - Committees - UK Parliament
Today the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee has welcomed news from the government on international aviation emissions and the environmental management of highways projects.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The climate doesn't care how many renewables we have. It only cares how little fossil fuels we use. "A group representing more than 1/2 of global GDP and 1/5 of fossil fuel production is large enough to begin shaping markets..."
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Congratulations to @sarahfinch.bsky.social for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize. Sarah's story has 3 important lessons ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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From a Surrey oil well to the supreme court: how an activist changed UK climate law
Sarah Finch’s fight against drilling led to a landmark ruling on fossil fuel emissions – and a leading environmental prize
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The People's Emergency Briefing provokes a lot of different emotions. Here are some from viewers at our Lancaster screening. How will you feel? Find a screening: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map
A large audience watching a film with the words 'How do you feel?' above them.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Our reflections on a packed screening of the @nebriefing.bsky.social in #Lancaster this week: ♥️ Give space for emotions. The audience was silent as the film ended, processing their mix of emotions. 'Anger', 'frustration' and 'anxious' were named, along with 'hopeful', 'optimistic' and 'activated!'
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Special @nebriefing.bsky.social screening #Lancaster 14 April with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social & Jocelyn Cunningham, Lancaster Arts. 📍Great Hall, Lancaster Univ 📆 Tue 14 April 7-9pm 💷 Pay-What-You-Wish 🔗https://www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invited/whats-on/peoples-emergency-briefing-for-lancaster
Mike Berners-Lee at a lecturn at the original National Emergency Briefing in Westminster
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
What do you do when you think the data isn't right? We spotted an error in the most recent version of the ONS dataset "Atmospheric emissions: greenhouse gases by industry and gas" as part of our annual work updating the SWC MRIO dataset. #carbonaccounting
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Pay-What-You-Wish but booking essential - get your ticket now for our screening next Tuesday 14 April #Peb #Lancaster
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Insurance and investors are often pushing industry sectors to move before policy does. Why? Business risk. "Air pollution from road vehicles should be seen as a material business risk for freight and logistics operators"
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
#Lancaster you are invited to see the People's Emergency Briefing with Lancaster Arts & @mikebernerslee.bsky.social holding a discussion about how this affects us and what we can do. Pay what you wish. 📍Great Hall, Lancaster Uni 📆Tue 14 April 🕖 7 - 9 pm 🎟 www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invite...
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People’s Emergency Briefing for Lancaster
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Back from inspiring and being inspired at @edienet.bsky.social last week. A packed audience for @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's opening keynote, asking business to be brave, show integrity, and position their core business, their operations and their communication around sustainability.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
The UK Government has published its first Land Use Framework, vital to ensure our finite amount of land can be used most effectively for secure food production, nature recovery, climate mitigation, renewable energy and urban development. Our initial reactions: 1/5 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Land Use Framework
How we can use our land more effectively to increase the resilience of our homes, communities, infrastructure, and food systems, while speeding up development and restoring nature.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Congrats to our friends Ecologi for winning the edie B Corp of the year award! Ecologi use our emissions data in their carbon measurements for business clients, the first step in reducing emissions and funding hihg-quality climate and nature projects.
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Our new film launches 7th April, designed to be watched by communities together with their MP. Interested in hosting a screening in your area? Please register here and we will send you more info so you can see what is involved. www.nebriefing.org/the-film #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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National Emergency Briefing
A 45-min film centred around the National Emergency Briefing. The frank facts, but also the huge opportunity if Government steps up and leads a WW2-scale response. Designed to be watched by communitie...
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The Small World team are heading to edie later this month. Mike's giving the opening keynote 9.15am Weds morning, showing business leaders the vital role they have in keeping climate action moving in uncertain times. The team will be at the SWC stand Wed + Thurs, do come and say hi!

Picture of Mike Berners-Lee, text reads: I'm speaking at the UK's longest-running and most impactful sustainable business event.
edie 26
25-26 March 2026, Business Design Centre, London
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Heartening to see investors calling for improvements to Scope 2 guidance of carbon footprinting. In simple terms, Scope 2 covers the emissions associated with any electricity you buy, but the current guidelines are open to misuse. ⬇️ www.businessgreen.com/news/4526290...
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'No longer fit for purpose': Investor group urges GHG Protocol to revamp Scope 2 guidance
Investors with more than $1.2tr in assets urge influential standard setter to ensure emissions reporting guidance better reflects changing nature of clean energy supplies
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The gov published a redacted version of the Joint Security Services report 'Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security' - now @itvnews.bsky.social have seen excerpts of the full report, and the harsh risks the gov tried to keep from us: www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DZ...
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We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see
YouTube video by ITV News
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership". Professor @mikebernerslee.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster. Has your MP joined the Parliamentary Call for Gov to make a televised emergency briefing to the nation? Check here: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Climate Change communication hasn't worked with endless graphs trying to 'raise the alarm'. Maybe laughter is the best way to reach people and make them see the seriousness without the doom? www.channel4.com/news/using-c...
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Using comedy to fight back against climate change
A new wave of standup comics believe comedy is a better way to win people over about the climate, than old-fashioned data.
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
When people believe that reaching 'net zero' is a good idea, but too expensive, we need to ask, 'Compared to what?' Yet more hidden costs of fossil fuels that we all pay the price for.
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
First day of filming…. Thanks to all those who made this happen. More info: www.nebriefing.org/the-film #nationalemergencybriefing #film #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Great to see Life After Oil launch last week during# #IEWeek The energy transition will bring a huge change to our energy sources, transmission and use... but it also means a huge change to people's jobs and careers. lifeafteroil.net
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Home - Life After Oil
LIFE AFTER OIL A community of people, a collection of stories: professionals leaving the oil and gas industry and what we’re building next. Real People Real Stories Life After Oil is a community of pe...
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Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Business is acting on climate because it's good for business. [The climate transition is now] "firmly viewed across business leaders as a commercial and reputational imperative" - Rob King, head of sustainable finance and transition at HSBC UK. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525631...
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Survey: UK businesses 'leading the way' with climate transition plans
HSBC survey shows climate transition plans are proving a competitive advantage for UK corporates
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