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We are Extinction Rebellion Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole, a volunteer-powered group standing up to protect our planet and build a stronger community. We believe ordinary people have the power to change things and that we are stronger together.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bill's Climate Catch-up #32 Subscribe to read the latest paid content in my #CoolEarth substack newsletter Lots of free stuff too 😊
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
📚 What kind of world are we leaving behind? Our next Climate Action Reading Group book is The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric — exploring long-term thinking & how we make decisions that consider future generations 🗓 Sat 31 Oct, 2pm 📍 Bournemouth Library No homework! Haven’t finished? Come anyway
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Cut The Ties To Fossil Fuels @cuttheties.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💰 $58.2 BILLION in one year… That’s how much fossil-fuel financing JPMorganChase provided in 2025, up 12.5% from the year before. At a time we need to move away from fossil fuels, the money is still flowing the other way. #FossilFuelFinance #ClimateCrisis
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
📚🌍 Climate Action Reading Group is back next Saturday! We’re meeting at Bournemouth Library on 26 Sept at 2pm. We’re hoping to finish Late Victorian Holocausts — then we’ll choose our next book together! 📚 No homework or expertise needed. Come along, bring your ideas and join the conversation. 💚
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In case you missed it - we've created a new animation about #WoodBurning. Thinking of installing a wood stove? Take two minutes to watch this first! Burning wood and solid fuels at home releases tiny particles of soot and dust that go deep into our organs, causing us #Health damage.
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Do you know the hidden cost of wood burning?
ResearcherDrMathySannasiandgrassrootsairpollutioncampaigngroupMumsforLungshavecreatedthisshortanimationonwhathappenswhenwoodorsolidfuelisburntinastoveoropenfireplace.Beforeyoustartburningorconsiderin…
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
And since the aviation industry cannot clean up its emissions, the government cannot allow the expansion of Heathrow
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🌍 Mothers' Rebellion for Climate Justice 25th October from midday, Boscombe High St. Mothers, grandmothers, aunties, sisters, daughters & allies will sit peacefully, creating space for climate emotions, creativity, solidarity and hope. Bring a sign, song, poem or craft. 💚 ///votes.outer.booth
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🌍 XR BCP GENERAL MEETING The climate movement is waking up again. Let’s build momentum here in BCP. 📅 Thurs 8 Oct 🕢 7.30pm 📍 The Four Horsemen Help plan our actions for the rest of 2026 — including Mother’s Rebellion, climate misinformation & sewage pollution. Be in the room New members welcome
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XR Salisbury @xrsalisbury.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
XR’s Love & Rage got off to an inspiring start with an opening address by Dr Rupert Read calling for the release of the full National Security Assessment. The weekend of workshops and assemblies is ahead of a procession tomorrow at midday from the North East corner of St James’s Park. Join us!!
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🛢️🚫 STOP ROSEBANK. STOP NEW OIL & GAS! Today we took our message to Poole Quay. 🥁📣🪧🎨 XR BCP joined Greenpeace and BCP Green Party to say: Stop Rosebank. Stop Jackdaw. No new oil & gas. After a summer of climate chaos, we need renewables, justice and a liveable future — not more fossil fuels 🌱✊
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🛑 STOP PARLEY INCINERATOR EXPANSION 🛑 📅 Thurs 24 Sept | 🕘 9am 📍 Bournemouth Civic Centre We’ll send councillors a clear message: increasing burning from 60k to 105k tonnes a year is unnecessary, irresponsible & conflicts with BCP’s own waste strategy. ✊ Peaceful vigil — signs & placards provided.
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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Reform UK Ltd : "Counter Terror Police won’t let Farage on stage" West Midlands Police : "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement" www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
17:03 4 September

Chris Mason
Political editor

"Counter terror won’t let him on stage yet” a senior Reform figure says, explaining the delay in Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform UK conference.20:08 4 September

Jack Fenwick
Political correspondent

West Midlands Police say the decision to delay Nigel Farage's conference speech "was made by Reform UK".

A senior Reform figure earlier told the BBC that Farage's speech was delayed because "counter terror won't let him on stage yet".

But West Midlands Police say: "We can confirm that Counter Terrorism Policing have had no involvement in the delivery of the Reform UK Party Conference 2026."
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am endlessly thankful to Just Stop Oil for taking to the streets again today But it's not easy seeing such good, generous-hearted and courageous people being handcuffed and taken away, many possibly to long jail sentences It shouldn't have to be this way
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🛢️🚫 STOP ROSEBANK — STOP NEW OIL & GAS! 📅 Sat 12 Sept 🕛 Midday–2pm 📍 Poole Quay ///pools.table.native With major decisions ahead on Rosebank & Jackdaw, we’re coming together to say: no new fossil fuels during a climate crisis. 🥁 Drumming from Rhythms for Hope 📣 Chanting 🪧 Bring your homemade signs
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📚🌍 Climate Action Reading Group 🌍📚 Saturday 26th Sept, 2pm at Bournemouth Library. We’re aiming to finish Mike Davis’s Late Victorian Holocausts — then we’ll choose our next book together! 📖 Haven’t finished? Come anyway. No expertise required — curiosity is enough. 🤝 Everyone welcome! 💚
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"To get to a #climate safe future we need to decarbonize the economy five times faster than we currently are. How can we do that? Is it possible? Simon Sharpe's presentation [shows] the way forward."
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Simon Sharpe Five Times Faster, January 15, 2026
YouTube video by Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"The #Climate Stories Library provides a platform for individuals and grassroots groups to share their experiences of the climate and nature crisis, and other intersecting injustices. We believe every voice matters in the climate conversation."
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Climate Stories Library
The Climate Stories Library provides a platform for individuals and grassroots groups to share their experiences of, and responses to, the climate and nature crisis.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UK govt is about to tell everyone to stock up. Been putting mine togethr. None of it needs cooking: Water, 3L per person per day ✅️ Tinned chickpeas, beans, lentils ✅️ Peanut butter + oatcakes ✅️ UHT oat milk ✅️ A manual tin opener ✅️ Don't forget that last one! #ShitIsGettingReal
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UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states
Government resilience campaign aims to ensure people can cope in a national disaster, in order to free resources for most vulnerable
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In honor of the death of eternal legend Dolly Parton, here’s her 2023 #ClimateChange anthem “World on Fire.” “Liar, liar, the world’s on fire / What’cha gonna do when it all burns down … Still got time to turn it all around.” 😭💚🙏 m.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJX...
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Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards)
YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
📚🌍 CLIMATE ACTION READING GROUP We'll continue discussing Mike Davis's Late Victorian Holocausts, exploring how history, power, economics and colonialism have shaped our world — and why it remains so relevant to today's climate crisis. 🗓 29 Aug, 2pm 📍 Bournemouth Library Everyone welcome! 💚
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🕊️🪁 What a beautiful afternoon at Hengistbury Head for Kites of Peace! Kite flying has a long global tradition as a symbol of peace, protest & freedom. Today we brought people together in solidarity — because community is resistance. 💚✊ Next Sunday: Increase the Peace! Come find our XR BCP stall!
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Scientists on Survival @scientistsonsurviv.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
1/ Today Scientists on Survival visited the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero to remind the government of the scientific facts. New oil and gas 🛢️ = more fire 🔥, more extreme weather ⛈️, more food shortages🚫 and more death ☠️. For more details see thread🧵...
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
🕊️🪁 KITES OF PEACE – NEXT SUNDAY! Join XR BCP & Increase the Peace at Hengistbury Head from midday. Bring a kite and help fill the sky with colour, hope & solidarity. From 1pm, personalise your kite with our peace dove design. 🎨🕊️ 📍 ///song.rank.rushed Fly kites – not drones.🪁 Everyone welcome! 💚
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 14/08/2026
This is fine... "Britain on fire" "Heatwave devastation" "Inferno" "Houses burn and train derails on hottest day" "Rampant wildfires engulf streets of family homes" "Record 2.5m trips to A&E" "Temps hit 38.1C as fifth heatwave peaks" "Britain in meltdown"
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"without speculating too much......but it's clearly a buckled track and clearly heat, as we know, stresses the track" Editor, Rail Magazine As I have said on countless occasions, climate breakdown is all-pervasive, affecting every aspect of our lives and livelihoods www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
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Lewes train derailment: Two seriously injured, with 18 others hurt, after train derails in East Sussex - follow live
Passenger Rob Bradley tells us he could feel the carriage "rocking" before "everyone got thrown forward".
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis? Good piece by Sandra Laville I hope the PM breaks his climate silence soon and levels with the country about how bad things are, & what his plan is to tackle climate impacts and fossil fuels www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Hot topic: why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the climate crisis?
Extreme heat is harming wellbeing of ordinary people the PM champions, yet little has been said on the topic
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 14/08/2026
Yesterday, on the hottest day of the year so far, we saw homes set ablaze and people hospitalised. Wildfires are raging across the UK, almost 3/4's of England is now in drought, and nurses are collapsing on duty as a result the extreme heat. Burnham must start tackling the climate crisis now.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The reason the world is burning is that decision-makers have spend the last 40+ years listening to the minimisers, delayers and obstructionists saying that the climate crisis doesn't need urgent attention They should really stop listening to those voices now
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Why is Burnham so reluctant to talk about the cliamte crisis?New Labour MPs take over £45k from oil and gas lobbyists
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Green groups call for Andy Burnham to break his silence on climate change: www.theguardian.com/environment/... Pleased to be a signatory to this joint letter organised by @gndrising.bsky.social: www.gndrising.org/updates/gree...
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Green groups urge Andy Burnham to break silence on climate crisis
More than 50 organisations say PM urgently needs to show leadership and prepare British people for scale of change needed as UK struggles through another heatwave
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The costs of this summer's extreme weather are expected to wipe out the EU's economic growth for all of 2026. "The biggest drag is expected to come from people struggling to work in extreme heat." Agricultural output could fall by between 3 and 7 percent. #ClimateChange
And the summer is not over. France and Britain are bracing for their fifth heat wave of the season this week, with temperatures nearing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in southeastern France and 36 C (97 F) forecast in
the U.K.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Today I, and other UK climate scientists, sent an open letter to the Energy Secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, asking her to take serious note of the science when making a decision about the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil fields @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Ecosystems are the only effective form of carbon capture we have, and are essential if we're to get atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses back down to safe levels But the more we let the heating rip, the less able to do that they'll be In time they'll collapse, and our hopes with them
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“AI-driven productivity gains in the oil and gas industry will substantially increase global emissions, according to a report led by two former Microsoft employees, outweighing any potential gains from clean energy.” www.ft.com/content/8f16...
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AI will boost oil and gas production more than green energy, report finds
Debate over tech impact on greenhouse gas emissions stoked by latest study
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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
🐢🐚 SAVE THE CORAL TRIANGLE 🐚🐢 Today XR BCP created a sea turtle from cockle shells on Shore Road beach, alongside a simple message: SAVE THE CORAL TRIANGLE. 🌊 360m+ people depend on this incredible ecosystem. Fossil gas expansion threatens it.
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We are on the verge of a climatic upheaval greater than any of us can imagine. Global leaders and media aren't paying attention. They are focused on a series of self-inflicted crises that have left us dangerously vulnerable and totally unprepared. My latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/what-keeps...
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What Keeps Me Up at Night
Rising temperatures in the Pacific will blow away any previous “Super” El Niño by a “truly mind-blowing margin.” - Zeke Hausfather
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"EVERY SINGLE English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals" I knew things were bad, but this beggars belief @andyburnham.bsky.social you must take swift and immediate action to tackle this latest assault on English nature www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"We’ve just experienced the driest July on record and BP has driven record-breaking droughts, unprecedented wildfires and extraordinary excess heatwave deaths while amassing $5.7 billion (£4.24 billion) in profits". www.greenpeace.org.uk/press-centre/
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Greenpeace UK Press Centre
For journalists and media professionals: breaking news, comments, pictures, resources and the Greenpeace press team contact details.
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Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) @swanireland.ie · 04/08/2026
❗More than 500 fish found dead in Tolka river! 🐟Species found included brown trout, eel, stickleback, lamprey and minnow. Read more here www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0802/15…
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Crop yields down, our countryside scorched and over 2800 people are dead due to this summer's heatwaves. Meanwhile fossil fuel giants are raking in record profits. We must end this rampant profiteering, and cut fossil fuels from our energy mix as soon as possible.
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Roger Hallam @rogerhallam.com · 03/08/2026
The 4 Billion Dead August International Public Call How does it feel to embody the resilience necessary to face the challenges ahead? Start: 2026-08-18 19:00:00 UTC British Summer Time (GMT+01:00) End: 2026-08-18 20:30:00 UTC British Summer Time (GMT+01:00) actionnetwork.org/events/the-4...
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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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Extinction Rebellion BCP @xrbcp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Today XR BCP spent the afternoon at Fisherman's Walk talking about the climate crisis. Even during the UK's 4th heatwave in 4 months, we still met people who don't accept the science. That's why outreach matters: listening, talking and sharing the truth with hope. 💚🌍
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely" "Extremely scary" yes, but nonetheless this is not the end of the super-charging of our weather, it is just the beginning www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather
Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Burnham's 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea oil hasn't come out of nowhere As @steveclimate.bsky.social & @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social recently showed: "narratives of 'pragmatism' are used by politicians to protect a fragile political consensus, to promote incremental rather than...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
1/ Kemi Badenoch says she isn't a climate denier. Let's take her at her word. Here are five findings she wrote around this week as though they don't exist. 🧵
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