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Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 3w ago

Is “pragmatic” the new, “grown up” word? Andy, there’s nothing “pragmatic” about drilling for more oil & gas - to even consider it with the planet literally on fire is total madness. How many times must we say it will do nothing for energy bills or security? It would be an act of utter recklessness

Burnham promises ‘pragmatic’ approach to North Sea oil and gas

PM tells reporters the government cannot ignore the energy resource ‘when people are struggling’

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security

UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security

MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security Members of parliament have demanded full publication of an explosive report by the UK’s spy leaders that found the collapse of ecosystems overseas would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security, warning that the UK has “no future” if the findings are not urgently acted on. Despite growing concerns for the UK’s food security, likely to be worsened by the third heatwave this summer currently afflicting the UK and swathes of the northern hemisphere, the government has refused to publish the full report, which has circulated among defence officials for more than a year. Continue reading...

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Scottish Greens@scottishgreens.org · 2mo ago

Schools closed, events cancelled, travel warnings, and lives lost. This is the direct result of political choices made in our parliaments. The cost of climate inaction is incalculable.

The Guardian. Europe heatwave live: forty people drown in France; Met Office wars of UK temperatures could reach 39C.
Islington Climate Centre@islingtonclimate.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Standing room only at our screening of the brilliant must watch People’s Emergency Briefing film - climate meets goggle box. @emilythornberry It’s real, serious, funny digestible, honest and hopeful #nationalemergencybriefing www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/clim...

Climate film puts heat on politicians

‘National Emergency Briefing’ seeks to raise awareness of crisis and force more to ‘unbury heads’

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Islington Climate Centre@islingtonclimate.bsky.social · 2mo ago

👀 How do we get ready for what maybe coming down the line? 🫣 Join us for an evening with David Shukman, former science editor for BBC and his new book The Response, looking at ways that people are already adapting to heatwaves fire and floods in the UK 🪡🧵 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-respon...

The Response: An Evening on Climate Resilience with David Shukman

Former BBC Science Editor David Shukman will speak about his new book The Response, including a short reading and panel.

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Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The horn of Africa is grieving because their -Their farms are no longer yielding -Advancement of desert is alarming -Our major rivers are drying -Proliferation of pest and pathogens -Development of tropical diseases. -Our crop are dieing out. Climate change is a reality.

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Climate, Ecology, War & More: Dr. Glen Barry BigEarthData.ai@bigearthdata.ai · 2mo ago

Mangroves are making a comeback. It's a rare climate success story. ->Anthropocene | More on "Mangrove forests climate recovery success" at BigEarthData.ai | #Climate #Mangrove

Mangroves are making a comeback. It's a rare climate success story.

There’s some good news growing along the coasts of countries around the world. Mangrove forests, the imperiled ecosystems championed for their ability to store carbon and protect land from storm-driven flooding, are bouncing back. These woodlands that thrive at the soggy boundary between land and sea suffered alarming declines through much of the 20th century, chopped down chiefly to make way for fish ponds, rice paddies and other kinds of agriculture. But in the last decade, mangroves have been gaining ground, erasing nearly all of the losses since 1980, according to research recently published in Science. “After decades of loss, we’re finally seeing a global turning point for mangroves,” said Zhen Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher at Tulane University and lead author of the study. Zhang and colleagues used computer programs to comb through 40 years of satellite images from around the world. The distinctive way mangrove forests reflect light enabled them to train the computers to pick out this vegetation and track its ebb and flow over time. The analysis revealed that in much of the world, years of loss began changing course in recent decades. Between the 1980s and 2010, global mangrove forests shrank from around 155,000 square kilometers...

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