Up is down. Black is white. Orwell lives! #RupertMurdoch #CriminalDisinformation www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Climate Action
@climateaction.bsky.social
I'm interested in climate research, systemic change in our food system and the transition to a sustainable world. Focused on monetary policy and central banking in a previous life.
@minister-president.bsky.social While Pedro Sánchez says it plainly: “Climate change kills,” I expected more from former “climate crusader” Rob Jetten. Sometimes leadership is simply having the courage to say it out loud. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
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As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable
Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling
Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns
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Kabinet, zwijg niet. Mijn gedachten over o.a. de onacceptabele intimidatie van voorstanders van menswaardige opvang van vluchtelingen in Engelen. 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/jessek...
Kabinet, zwijg niet. Een woning van een Syrisch gezin die voor de vierde keer wordt vernield. Voor de vierde keer… Bewoners in Engelen die worden geïntimideerd, omdat ze zich uitspreken voor een… | ...
Kabinet, zwijg niet. Een woning van een Syrisch gezin die voor de vierde keer wordt vernield. Voor de vierde keer… Bewoners in Engelen die worden geïntimideerd, omdat ze zich uitspreken voor een men...
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Kabinet ondermijnt rechtsstaat door vonnis rechter te negeren: "Kabinet negeert datum in klimaatzaak Bonaire: 'Blamage voor Nederland'" - nos.nl/l/2624678
Kabinet negeert datum in klimaatzaak Bonaire: 'Blamage voor Nederland'
De rechter oordeelde dat het kabinet uiterlijk vandaag moet aangeven hoeveel CO2 Nederland nog kan uitstoten, maar dat laat het kabinet na.
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I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh
The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction
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Renewables shield Spain from energy crisis as gas sets electricity price in only 9% of hours - www.pv-magazine.com/2026/06/16/r...
Renewables shield Spain from energy crisis as gas sets electricity price in only 9% of hours - pv magazine Global
A report by the British consultancy Ember estimates that renewables shielded Spain from the gas crisis, saving households an average of €10 per month while Europe faced its second gas price crisis in ...
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#Subsidies can be a structural reason why healthy #diets remain unaffordable for millions. While global support to #agriculture runs to $540 bn/year, about 70% of it is tied to few commodities: grains, #sugar, #dairy, #beef, and oil crops grown for #livestock feed… + vegconomist.com/studies-numb...
UN Food Security Report Finds $540BN in Farm Subsidies Locked Into Commodities That Crowd Out Plant Foods - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
The 2026 edition of The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, published jointly by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO, identifies agricultural
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Renewable energy is set to become the world's largest source of electricity in 2026, overtaking coal after reaching near parity in 2025. www.iea.org/reports/elec...
Electricity Mid-Year Update 2026 – Analysis - IEA
Electricity Mid-Year Update 2026 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.
The US has emitted far more climate pollution over the last century than any other nation, causing some $10 trillion (and counting) in climate damages since 1990. Meanwhile, emissions are going up in every US economic sector. We have so much work to do, starting with sending the fascists packing.
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
theguardian.com
Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 2w agoAll US economic sectors emitted more carbon dioxide from energy use in 2025 than in 2024, according the the latest Energy Information Administration report. www.eia.gov/environment/...
"Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/c...
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest
The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.
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“That is our own doing: as temperatures climb, the atmosphere’s thirst increases quickly, sucking moisture out of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the soil. If you have increasingly hot air, it will suck the soils dry.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation
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Everyone who has been to the poorer parts of Asia, Latin America or Africa knows how important international partners are for their people’s climate awareness fight, let alone how far a pound down there would go in supporting any adaptation project. Sigh.
Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2w agoNew UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will use money allocated to helping poor countries deal with the worst impacts of climate change to fund a new cap on bus fares across England.
“Financial institutions, corporate executives and investors are operating with climate risk models that systematically underestimate exposure by a factor of two to four times…one of the most significant mispricing phenomena in modern capital markets” www.fticonsulting.com/insights/art...
Climate Change and Adaptation 2026 | FTI Consulting
Climate risk is widely mispriced as models overlook transition impacts, creating hidden losses across credit, equity and capital allocation.
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This new study estimates the risk of triggering an #AMOC shutdown as >10% if the world ramps down emissions to net zero by 2060, and 80% for a high emissions path. 🌊 It’s based on ensembles with one model, but plausible based on overall knowledge on how fragile AMOC is. e360.yale.edu/digest/amoc-...
Collapse of Atlantic Currents May Already Be ‘Locked In’
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.” Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life. Common sense. Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
washingtonpost.com
57% of UK voters said they felt the Labour government has not been doing enough to protect nature & climate The same proportion thought Starmer had performed badly on nature www.businessgreen.com/news/4533134...
Poll: Most voters want Andy Burnham to accelerate UK climate and nature action
More in Common polling highlights deep public concern about climate impacts and nature loss, with more than half feeling Labour's efforts to date have not been ambitious enough
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Een uitstekend opiniestuk van @sanderturnhout.bsky.social over de essentie van het ‘complexe #stikstofvraagstuk’. Gewoon goed #natuurbeleid voeren, niet op papier maar in de echte wereld. Zonder valse beloftes en feitenloze politiek www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: De stikstofcrisis is een manifestatie van politiek onvermogen
De gepresenteerde oplossingen voor de stikstofcrisis, ook die van het kabinet-Jetten, voorzien niet in wat eigenlijk eenvoudig is: goed natuurbeleid voeren. Maar in plaats van investeren in publieke v...
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“If the UK allows any new development of oil and gas fields, it will severely undermine those claims of leadership by contributing to further oversupply of fossil fuels, making it more difficult for the world to limit warming to 1.5°C” #AndyDon'tBurn'Em
UK researchers urge PM to end new oil & gas development - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Hundreds of academics at universities across the United Kingdom have urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to end approvals for new developments of onshore or offshore oil and gas fields in a letter sent t...
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@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social If Burnham annouces this he will lose Labour's left flank to the Green's and LibDems on his first day in office. How does this politically (let alone morally) make sense? It's mindboggeling how centrists dont understand this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham expected to reverse ban on new oil and gas drilling
Incoming prime minister likely to reverse manifesto pledge and allow new North Sea licences, reports say
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This would be a monumental mistake, even politically. Burnham would lose Labour's left flank to the Greens en LibDems on his first day in office. Can't understand why centrist politicians make the same mistake over and over and over again. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Burnham expected to reverse ban on new oil and gas drilling
Incoming prime minister likely to reverse manifesto pledge and allow new North Sea licences, reports say
theguardian.com
"The consequences of climate collapse are increasingly visible and intrusive ... The space for populist, pro-climate politics will only get bigger – and if Andy Burnham doesn’t occupy it, Zack Polanski certainly will."
If Andy Burnham Ignores the Climate, He’ll Do So at His Peril | Ash Sarkar
The space for populist green politics is only getting bigger – and if the PM-in-waiting doesn’t occupy it, Zack Polanski certainly will, writes Ash Sarkar.
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A reminder: The US, by being the largest historical CO₂ emitter, has caused $10 trillion in global climate damage since 1990. A quarter of this impact is felt domestically, but it disproportionately affects poorer countries.
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
theguardian.com
While the EU is burning, politicians think it's a good idea to throw more oil on the fire. www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
EU sets up biggest climate fight of 2026 by slamming brakes on carbon market
Brussels wants to let industry pollute more and for longer. Parliament and member countries will have some thoughts on that.
politico.eu
In the journey towards tipping points, aspects of the #climate system can become more volatile. Commentary by @alevermann.bsky.social in @nature.com argues that the impacts of increasing regional instability of ocean, ice & atmosphere have not so far been properly assessed: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized
Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.
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It is easy for climate scientists to get “relatively depressed," Prof Detlef van Vuuren tells Carbon Brief. Read or watch the full interview by @leohickman.carbonbrief.org here ⬇️ bit.ly/4wbaU8J
