How polluters create a Circle of Denial on the climate & nature crisis. We need politicians with vision and courage to break it.

First call I've seen by any politician for an emergency heat summit. 41°C today in Vienna Kudos @lgewessler.bsky.social orf.at/stories/3438177

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Professor Mike Berners-Lee, in this month’s Byline Times, explaining why it’s time for the government to level with the public about the climate and nature crisis. Article online here: subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/88/n... #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

Kevin Anderson and others will be part of the National Emergency Briefing at New Scientist Live this October

Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research@tyndallcentre.bsky.social · 5d ago

Open letter to the Prime Minister on new North Sea drilling 📢 Prof. Kevin Anderson & other Tyndall Centre scientists at the University of Manchester have urged Andy Burnham to rule out further development of the Rosebank/Jackdaw fields: buff.ly/aGbyTqM

The lack of clear communication from our governments about the threats from climate & nature breakdown leaves a vacuum - into which vested interests are pouring disinformation. Governments can’t sit this out and “leave it to the market”. www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...

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For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.

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NEB food expert Prof Paul Behrens interviewed by @owenjones.bsky.social. Why Britain is heading towards a food crisis unless we change direction urgently. To find out more, watch the People's Emergency Briefing film: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp #PEBuk

Britain Is on a “Pathway to Collapse”, Expert Warns

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Dear @andyburnham.bsky.social The worsening climate & nature crisis lies behind just about every other challenge. Its solutions also happen to be great for jobs and prosperity. Delivering a Covid-style televised briefing will unlock the wartime-scale action needed. #NationalEmergencyBriefing

National Emergency Briefing@nebriefing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We’re calling on government to stage a prime-time televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis. Introduced by the Prime Minister to signal utmost seriousness, and delivered by independent experts. It’s time for a moonshot-scale mission to protect the public & improve lives. #PEBUK

Prof Hayley Fowler, at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing last November, explaining why wildfires are a growing problem - and why extreme weather is worsening faster than climate models predicted. #TimeToStepUp

A letter to the Prime Minister from the #𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 experts in today's @financialtimes.com. Please share. Link to a zoomable image: www.nebriefing.org/media With thanks to Business Declares. #TimeToStepUp #NationalRenewal

Major climate impacts on crops in North America and Europe. Major shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and now, potentially, the Red Sea. Transit through the Panama Canal threatened by drought. It's time we started getting serious about #FoodSecurity.

Vested interests want us to believe it's "just summer". It isn't. The evidence is clear, and it'll worsen until we stop burning fossil fuels and switch to a more plant-rich diet. This and other useful Met Office graphics in this @rmets.org report. rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A former tabloid journalist lays out the receipts: BBC News are more or less openly campaigning for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea - under the influence of the billionaire-owned media. 🧵🛢️🍿 Part 1 of 4.

Andy, we totally agree. Over 100 MPs back our Parliamentary Call for a live televised emergency briefing on the climate and nature crisis. www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... Another 28 have signed the EDM edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

“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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So excited to see this! Over 4 episodes I cover the hugely alarming conclusions of the Joint Intelligence Ctte Report, shamefully suppressed by Government, & explore its implications for our food and water security. @nebriefing.bsky.social @climatemajority.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

The Rest Is Politics@therestpolitics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Climate breakdown isn't just an environmental issue - it's fast becoming a national security crisis. Our major new investigative series with Caroline Lucas starts Friday, exclusively for TRIP + members.

🧵/1️⃣ Is the UK's next climate target actually legal? On Wednesday Parliament votes on the Seventh Carbon Budget. Our evidence shows the Govt hasn't met its legal & scientific duties. Help us challenge it in court. #CarbonReckoning www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

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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Leaving Sicily by train which just rolled onto a ferry to cross the Strait of Messina and continue up Italy. Neat integrated solution. Wildfire in the background.

Thank you to the MPs who have joined the Parliamentary Call for a government-led televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis in the last ten days. The public deserves to know. Enter postcode to see if your MP has joined: nebriefing.org/parliamentary-call #NationalEmergencyBriefing

1/7 After @georgemonbiot.bsky.social exposed deep flaws in carbon capture &storage—and the extraordinary sums this Govt is committing to it—CCS industry lobbyists and pro-CCS scientists responded. @sioldridge.bsky.social &I answer them here www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵

Carbon capture is a fig leaf for fossil fuel expansion | Letters

Letters: The predicted £264bn cost by 2050 could be even higher, plus renewables avoid a far higher total of emissions than can be captured, writes Andrew Boswell, while Simon Oldridge calls out veste...

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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4w ago

Despite all the noise today I'd really like you to read this, as I think it's crucial. The government's in the process of p*ssing up to £264 billion into the ground, at the behest of the fossil fuel industry. Yes, £264 *billion*. It's utterly mad, and has to stop. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If the action needed to prevent climate breakdown wouldn't make us better off, would we take it anyway? We did with Covid. The UK spent an estimated £310–410 billion, with no expectation of an economic return. How fortunate that the action needed to tackle climate change is different! 🧵👇 #PEBuk

This is a major step forwards👇👇 Please share. Please tell your friends.

The Rest Is Politics@therestpolitics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Climate breakdown isn't just an environmental issue - it's fast becoming a national security crisis. Our major new investigative series with Caroline Lucas starts Friday, exclusively for TRIP + members.

Please give it a listen - I had some great guests, & we covered the big threats we face from climate & nature collapse. Non members can find the first 20 mins of each episode wherever you find your podcasts 👇

The Rest Is Politics@therestpolitics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Climate breakdown isn't just an environmental issue - it's fast becoming a national security crisis. Our major new investigative series with Caroline Lucas starts Friday, exclusively for TRIP + members.

Drilling for oil and gas will not reduce bills or deliver energy security. Here’s Why. Gavin Bridge and Gisa Weszkalnys explain why recent calls for more drilling, in light of conflict in Iran, will not have the desired results, in our latest blog. ukerc.ac.uk/news/drillin...

Drilling for Oil and Gas Will not Reduce Bills or Deliver Energy Security. Here’s Why

War in the Gulf and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have been accompanied, with disappointing...

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Has your MP signed the Parliamentary call for government to stage a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis? Enter your postcode to see: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... We can rise to this challenge, but first we need to face it. #NationalEmergencyBriefing #TimeToStepUp

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A very good example of why we need coordinated wartime-scale action👇 It’s not acceptable to leave grid expansion to market forces. We didn’t do so with the mobilisation for WW2. The gov should mandate it. The result is that UK will have to import even more highly polluting LNG from USA.

Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears

Timing of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue

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If the action needed to prevent climate breakdown wouldn't make us better off, would we take it anyway? We did with Covid. The UK spent an estimated £310–410 billion, with no expectation of an economic return. How fortunate that the action needed to tackle climate change is different! 🧵👇 #PEBuk

Where are the adults in this heatwave? We must be able to show our children we’re doing all we can to protect them. In the UK & across the world, young folk are feeling the heat & feeling understandably fearful as the climate & nature crisis deepens. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/majorit... 1/n 🧵

Majority of under-12s worried about climate change, survey shows - Greenpeace UK

Nearly four in five primary-aged children (78%) say they are worried about climate change while teachers say they face challenges in tackling eco-anxiety at school, a set of newly released surveys sho...

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Thank you to @pippaneill.bsky.social for this article about the #NationalEmergencyBriefing in the Guardian. For a screening near you: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map Enter postcode to see if your MP has joined the Parliamentary Call for a televised briefing: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...

MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate crisis

As UK swelters in another heatwave, 50-minute Chris Packham film outlines threats to security, economy and health

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The world's biggest meat processor putting profits ahead of a liveable future. But that's what companies working to short term profit maximisation do. This is why governments need to be much bolder. People need to know that without a big cut in meat consumption, we're in deep trouble.

Meat giant JBS abandons net-zero by 2040 target - edie

After committing to net-zero emissions across its value chain in 2021, JBS has now scrapped its Scope 3 targets and overarching 2040 climate goal.

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This amendment would ban oil & gas donations to UK political parties. Given the urgent need to transition to renewables to tackle the rising threat of climate change, this seems like a no-brainer for all MPs to support. Please share and ask your MP to back it. 🙏

Richard Burgon MP@richardburgon.bsky.social · last mo.

This extreme weather of the past week isn't a one-off. It's part of a dangerous new norm. The oil and gas companies fuelling the climate crisis - and driving up your energy bills - shouldn't be funding our politics. I've tabled an Amendment to ban oil and gas donations to political parties.