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Fighting to protect our Wensum Valley woods and wildlife from the ecologically reckless Norwich Western Link. Instagram Wensum_Woodlanders

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Destroying our planet for a tech we don’t need. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Two planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis finds
Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧵1/ Very grateful to @graceblakeley.substack.com for this guest blog on how promoters of carbon capture and storage (CCS) are trying to give Andy #Burnham a deceptively neat-looking get-out-of-jail-free card to drill Rosebank and Jackdaw. This thread explains its flawed carbon accounting
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We are watching these developments very carefully. The new route almost certainly avoids our woodlands but would still, most likely, run through important Barbastelle bat habitat, and possibly impact woodland elsewhere in the valley. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
New Norwich Western Link route 'foolish and short-sighted'
Parish councillor Ruth Horton is critical of a revised route for the previously stalled bypass.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“It’s not the heath that’s changed, it’s the environment around it. These are not really wildfires, they are often started with human barbecues, cigarette butts or litter, but the key thing is climate change. We’re getting much longer, hotter, dry spells.“ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘These are human fires, not wildfires’: Dunwich reflects on the devastation
As residents, nature wardens and experts consider the damage to the heathland and how to restore it, the climate crisis is foremost in their minds
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In case anyone was in any doubt. It’s good to see this riposte to those engaged in denialism and misinformation. www.eadt.co.uk/news/2643414...
eadt.co.uk
5 wildfire myths debunked by experts in wake of Dunwich Heath blaze
The Dunwich Heath fire continues to burn, with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust debunking five common myths about wildfires.
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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 05/08/2026
The latest El Niño forecast by the ECM is suggesting a record shattering +4°C event. Impacts; - Record breaking global warmth (1.7-1.8°C) - Catastrophic marine heatwaves Potential to be one of the most disruptive climate anomalies we’ve ever observed.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“Why is climate action so difficult?” Mainly because the people who benefit most from not acting just made $93 billion, about $700,000 per minute, in three months. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I went to say hello to the hoary stag oak in our wood at the weekend. The highlight of the walk was accidentally disturbing a barn owl from its roost in a veteran oak on the woodland edge. It flew right over me. Both oaks would have been destroyed had the road been built.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The prolonged hot weather seems to be the key factor in this upsetting incident. Climate breakdown is also a breakdown of habitats and biodiversity. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fish in Norwich river killed by heat and drain water, say experts
The Environment Agency believes the fish were killed as a result of the heat and drain water.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
4/ 🏠 YOUR HOME 🍃 Rooftop solar. Heat pumps. Insulation. ♻️ Cut bills, warm homes, end dependence on expensive gas bsky.app/profile/janr... ❌ Starmer cut £28 BILLION in green investment before being elected. ✅ A strong carbon budget drives right policy www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
2/ 💪Strong carbon budgets mean a more stable climate and natural world for growing food UK food security already under threat bsky.app/profile/nebr... Credible carbon budgets drive the action needed to fix that 🌱 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
1/🧵 🌎 #CarbonReckoning - taking forward a legal project to get a UK carbon budget that truly aligns with international science and law 🤔 This isn't just about numbers ✅ It's about your life, your home, your future 👀 Here's why 🧵👇 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
crowdjustice.com
Carbon Reckoning: Holding the Government to Its Own Climate Law
Carbon Reckoning are a science based group, committed to the strongest possible action to require the UK sets climate policy commensurate with the scale of the crisis we face.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
1️⃣ International Court gave unanimous advice (photo) last July that states must have "highest possible ambition" in tackling climate change 2️⃣ Is that really the case for UK? ❌#CarbonReckoning think not 3️⃣ Pls give to our legal campaign to change this if you can 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-...
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🚨 NEW LEGAL CAMPAIGN 1️⃣ UK Carbon Budgets must follow science & international law 2️⃣ Crowdfunder 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... 3️⃣ Read more🧵 below @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @rupertread.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
1/5 Today Carbon Reckoning launches — a forensic legal campaign to challenge the UK's proposed Seventh Carbon Budget before it's fixed in law by June 2026 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... The budget fails two legal tests required by UK law. A thread. 🧵 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Help Dorset Wildlife Trust save rare heathland! Dorset Wildlife Trust launches urgent campaign to save Upton Heath www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/dorset-...
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Dorset Wildlife Trust launches urgent campaign to save Upton Heath | Dorset Wildlife Trust
A key parcel of land at the heart of Upton Heath is set to be sold by auction, putting one of the UK’s largest remaining areas of precious lowland heathland at risk.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
It’s good to see the law enforced. Fines need to be significant and impactful on the owners if they are to be meaningful. www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Record fine for firm that cut down trees for petrol station
It is the largest fine of its kind in English history
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 06/04/2026
Your 'water cooler fun-facts' for today: Considering the running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly over the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline. 2026: 1.49°C 1 year: 1.43°C 2 year: 1.51°C 3 year: 1.53°C The 1237 day running mean (back to Nov. 14, 2022) is 1.50°C.
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Ospreys bred at Ranworth Broad in Norfolk last year, and this year NWT have a live camera set up www.youtube.com/live/Bevw2jJ... You can also see them for yourself (distantly) by visiting the floating visitors centre or booking a boat trip (operators trained to stay a sensible distance away).
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Live from NWT Ranworth Broad
YouTube video by Norfolk Wildlife Trust
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
1/ For those of us keeping an eye on systemic #climate risks, these aren’t difficult dots to connect. I find it downright frightening. We need to brace for impacts and spring into preparedness now. This thread outlines 6 key papers and what we can do in response. ⬇️🧵
6 front pages of articles about climate risk connected by a red line.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Talk about flogging a dead horse! Norfolk C Council threw £50m down the drain pursuing a project that was doomed from the outset. Now they seem doomed to repeat their mistakes. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2597231...
edp24.co.uk
Alternative Norwich Western Link route hopes raised after announcement
Council leaders hope they will soon get their hands on almost £1m to help come up with alternative routes for the Norwich Western Link road.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Talk about flogging a dead horse! Norfolk C Council threw £50m down the drain pursuing a project that was doomed from the outset. Now they seem doomed to repeat their mistakes. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2597231...
edp24.co.uk
Alternative Norwich Western Link route hopes raised after announcement
Council leaders hope they will soon get their hands on almost £1m to help come up with alternative routes for the Norwich Western Link road.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Wensum Valley is an incredibly special area of biodiversity and any major road route across it is going to run into the same insurmountable problems faced by the previous plans. Let's hope that common sense sees a less disruptive set of solutions.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The Wensum Valley is an incredibly special area of biodiversity and any major road route across it is going to run into the same insurmountable problems faced by the previous plans. Let's hope that common sense sees a less disruptive set of solutions.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
As we stare down these energy price shocks, we need to ask: why is the price of *all* electricity largely set by gas-fired power stations? This rigged system needs to change. Today, I wrote to Ed Miliband MP asking that we break the link between gas and electricity prices.
Screenshot of letter to Ed Miliband. For machine readable version see link in next post.Screenshot of letter to Ed Miliband. For machine readable version see link in next post.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“Both reports say that the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and the Public Order Act 2023 were watershed moments, criminalising large amounts of previously lawful protest” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Right to protest is under attack in England and Wales, reports warn
Human Rights Watch and Justice say recent legislative changes have had a chilling effect and should be repealed
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The climate crisis is accelerating - 2025 looks set to become UK’s hottest year on record. Good to see focus on importance of resilience on #r4today- pls take a moment to sign petition calling on Govt to introduce a fully funded national climate adaptation plan petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that wo...
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
There is a groundswell of anger in Hethersett, NORFOLK, over the environmental impacts of the rampant housing development the village has experienced over the last decade. Many now say enough is enough. Hundreds have joined a community action FB page: www.facebook.com/share/g/1BYp...
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Redirecting...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Do you think this planning bill is worth it? This government is selling out our nature and wildlife to benefit wealthy property developers. We were promised change with Labour. Sign our petition to scrap the destructive Planning and Infrastructure Bill 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/planningbill...
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Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
“Nothing I have seen or heard gives me comfort that Rachel Reeves understands the importance of nature to economic and social wellbeing, nothing,” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
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Helen Baczkowska @helenb92.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
I am living in such fear of what the Planning & Infrastructure Bill will mean if passes unamended into law. How then to speak for old trees, the bats who encircle it at night or the birds that live in this hedge? www.wildlifetrusts.org/all-you-need...
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Perhaps if the council hadn’t squandered £56m on a vanity project that was clearly doomed from the outset, then new money for alternatives might be forthcoming. New delay in finding alternatives to Norwich Western Link - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
New delay in finding alternatives to Norwich Western Link
The county council is hoping for government money to look at other options for the Western Link.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The wood yesterday morning. Steve Reed and the Labour government would like to see the protections that saved it from road development undone.
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🚨 Landmark win 🚨 : Govt forced to review Industrial Strategy after Scrap Carbon Capture legal challenge #EnvironmentAct. First time a policy was re-taken for failing the Environmental Principles duty. No more “light-touch” assessments. @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @dalevince.com 👇👇
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Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
This government is proving to be a disastrous disappointment in so many ways. This will be a dangerous move for the future of wildlife and biodiversity in the UK! Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ministers to announce significant changes to UK’s planning system
Exclusive: Differences over changes to environmental and legal provisions to prompt economic growth hint at chaos at heart of government
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This poem, my goodness.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods” www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
rspb.org.uk
Why environmental deregulation would devastate wildlife and our future
Cutting regulations puts nature and our economy at risk warns RSPB Chief Executive Beccy Speight.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
“the Environment Agency and Natural England are not “red tape” factories, as some would like you to believe. These institutions are there to ensure our rivers remain fishable, our air breathable, our countryside hums with wildlife, and our land resilient to floods” www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
rspb.org.uk
Why environmental deregulation would devastate wildlife and our future
Cutting regulations puts nature and our economy at risk warns RSPB Chief Executive Beccy Speight.
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Why is the Aarhus convention important? It guarantees the public three fundamental rights: - to know (access to environmental information), - to participate (a voice in decision-making), - to challenge (the ability to hold government to account in court).
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
A rare piece of positive climate news! www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...
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Analysis: India’s power-sector CO2 falls for only second time in half a century - Carbon Brief
India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its power sector fell by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025 and by 2% over the past 12 months
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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... @teamlabouruk.bsky.social 's #progrowth agenda is clearly pro emissions growth and anti future. And anti nature. This cannot be allowed to happen or we will end with US levels of industrial despoiling and desolation.
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Starmer asks Conservative peer to write planning bill to block judicial reviews
Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion
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#CarbonReckoning (Andrew Boswell) @drandrewboswell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🚨 Legal win 🚨 UK Govt forced to review its Industrial Strategy Our legal challenge exposed failure to assess environmental impacts of Carbon Capture & Storage - a dirty distraction, locking us into gas #ClimateJustice Press Release: scrapcc.org/PR-IS @dalevince.com @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
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Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“the tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🦇 Whether you want to widen your conservation career skills or to brush up your existing knowledge we offer events, surveys, training & more that will help. Read our blog @countrysidejobs.bsky.social to find out more: www.countryside-jobs.com/article/bat-...
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Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
“It’s very hard to predict what the exact impacts are going to be for different species, but it is very worrying, because the seasonal cycle is completely out of whack at the moment and our wildlife is not adapted to that” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Early ripening of berries in UK shows nature is under stress, say experts
Hot summer also causing trees to shed their leaves as concerns raised over ‘food gap’ for wildlife in autumn
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Wensum Woodlanders @wensumwoodlanders.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
“If global CO2 emissions stay at their current highs of about 40 billion tonnes a year, 130 billion tonnes gives the world roughly three years until that carbon budget is exhausted.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, top scientists warn
The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 19/06/2025
. London Pensions Fund Authority sets 5% goal for climate solutions investment Find out more: www.ipe.com/news/london-pen... #ClimateAction
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London Pensions Fund Authority sets 5% goal for climate solutions investment
LPFA will continue to revise its targets as more guidance is issued and as climate solutions market evolves
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Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Announcing: ‘Root and Branch Nature Writing’ Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing. open.substack.com/pub/thispart...
Announcing:
'Root and
Branch Nature
Writing
Prompts and Techniques for Nature Writing."Through a carefully designed series of practical exercises you will learn to sharpen your observational skills and get noticing the nature around you.
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Iain Robinson 🌳 @iainrobinson.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
“If this continues through the summer we would expect to see widespread biological impacts. This is a significant warming event.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Unprecedented’ marine heatwave hits waters around Devon, Cornwall and Ireland
Scientists warn of profound impacts as sea temperatures rise by up to 4C above average for springtime
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