Progress on climate and inequality keeps stalling — not from a lack of solutions, but from how we make decisions. A new paper from members of the Club of Rome makes the case for citizen assemblies and sociocracy as ways to hand democracy back to the people. Read: vist.ly/5dm5r

Achieving food security, climate resilience, improved nutrition and economic development requires a #SystemsApproach. This @fao.org handbook provides policymakers with tools and methods needed to improve the design and implementation of agrifood systems policies. 👉 https://doi.org/10.4060/ce0584en

#OtD 4 Aug 1792 radical Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born. His most famous poem, penned after the Peterloo massacre, ends: "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew... Ye are many—they are few!" workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e15-...

Healthy soils act as natural water reservoirs during drought. 🌱 Rich in organic matter and full of life, they absorb rainfall, release it slowly to plants, and resist erosion. Investing in soil health means building long-term resilience to climate extremes. 💧

the West keeps going to war with countries that pose no real threat. @jasonhickel.bsky.social calls it the symptoms of capitalist imperialism. We dive into the economics of imperialism, China's rise, and ecosocialism in the latest episode of the Better Future Podcast:

Capitalism requires violence. Here’s how we overcome it.

Jason Hickel on the economics of imperialism, the rise of China, and the path toward a post-capitalist future.

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"We’ve gone in the wrong direction, we took individualism too far, capitalism no longer serves us and the centre cannot hold. Nature will recalibrate and find balance again. In the process, we are being forced to return to everything that makes us human." www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Your worst fears about cultural collapse might be true – here’s what you can do about it

Writer Sarah Wilson argues we’re hurtling toward the same end as ancient Rome and the Mayan civilisation – but there’s plenty to fight for

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As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...

European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates

France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat

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What does a grain have to do with anti-fascist economics? Everything. Penguin put the whole argument on the UK cover of my book. A thread 🌾

Walking in our farm's rainforest with the melting heat of these days, I am filled with such inexpressible anger at what is being done to our once stable climate. The richest 1% are actively, knowingly, and uncaringly sabotaging the future for all of us, and for the rest of the planet's life.

"Instead of analysing future #climate as a sequence of quasi-equilibria — as a system that will settle when the world stops emitting carbon — researchers must treat it as an unstable system that is reorganizing while society tries to phase out carbon-based energy." - @alevermann.bsky.social

‘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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Women make up 42% of the global agrifood workforce but continue to face unequal access to land, credit, technology and opportunities. The new FAO Statistics Gender in Agrifood Systems domain provides data to make women's contribution visible: www.fao.org/faostat/en/#... 📷FAO / Fanjan Combrink

📢 ✨ONLINE FIRST!✨ How can #soilbiodiversity science move forward in #data harmonisation, integration of methods, assessment frameworks & global #monitoring programs? 🪱🐜🍄🌱 Check out this report from the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos ⬇️ soil-organisms.org/SO/article/v...

Almost every European plant species is out of equilibrium. Climate change is only part of the story—disturbance greatly shapes where species actually occur. 🚨Our new paper 🌱in @natecoevo.nature.com analysed 3,047 species across >1.1M European vegetation plots. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌱This #WorldRuralDevelopmentDay, we're highlighting why inclusive social policies, climate resilience and sustainable livelihoods are essential for thriving rural communities. 🔗: https://tinyurl.com/3zdus7yn

Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys share.google/nw0ojKKXnID1...

Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm do...

High in the Swiss Alps, on a concrete dam wall more than 8,000 feet above the sea, someone bolted thousands of solar panels to a place almost no one thought

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"But we're only 1% of emissions": media in countries collectively emitting 20% of global CO₂ In 200+ national newspapers in 27 countries made claims that because that country accounts for only approx 1% of global emissions, progress in cutting that country’s emissions should be slowed

Fifteen nations from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe have signed the Mombasa Declaration to combat illegal fishing. By adopting a global transparency charter, signatories commit to sharing vessel registry records, fishing quotas, and licensing data to track illicit fleets.

To help combat illegal fishing, 15 countries commit to sharing fisheries data

Fifteen countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe adopted the Mombasa Declaration on June 17, 2026. Together, they committed to advance global fisheries transparency and strengthen…

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As geopolitical shocks drive #fertilizer prices up by 50%, our latest piece with @foodtank.bsky.social highlights how farmers from Poland to India are finding that #agroecology is the ultimate shield against global supply chain chaos. 📖 Read the full article: foodtank.com/news/2026/06...

Transitioning Away from Chemical Fertilizers Pays Off

The war in Iran have sent fertilizer prices surging. Will it make farmers less dependent on harmful chemical inputs once and for all?

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🌡️ Humans suffer in this heat, but did you know that the soil suffers too? 🌡️ Heatwaves reduce the growth and functioning of the bacteria and fungi that live in the soil. They are most vulnerable in regions that don't normally experience these temperatures. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Soil microbiomes show consistent and predictable responses to extreme events - Nature

Soils from 30 grasslands across Europe were subjected to 4 contrasting extreme climatic events under drought, flood, freezing and heat conditions, with the results suggesting that soil microbiomes fro...

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“An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” — Martin Luther King Jr.

The benefits of #agroecology are not a notion but a fact! ✅ A meta-analysis of 170 studies, spread across 21 countries in Europe, highlights that agroecology increases #biodiversity in agroecosystems, soil C storage, and N2O mitigation Paper is led by Cian Blaix 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... #climate

Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...

While we cook in Europe, it's worth remembering that this isn't just a European story. Across the Arctic and other high-latitude regions, temperature anomalies are reaching extraordinary levels, with some areas forecast to be >10–20°C above historical averages. The climate signal is global.

Apropos of basically everything, was just reminded of this quote from the brilliant Renni Eddo-Lodge: "The mess we are living in is a deliberate one. If it was created by people, it can be dismantled by people, and it can be rebuilt in a way that serves all, rather than a selfish, hoarding few."

UN Human Rights Council: "Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children" www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children

GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the W...

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“There can be no doubt in anyone who reads today’s report that every international legal norm has been violated by the actions of the Israeli authorities towards Palestinian children and they need to be held accountable,” Commissioner Chris Sidoti said news.un.org/en/story/202...

Israel continues to commit genocide, atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children, UN independent commission finds

Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide and atrocity crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank, a UN independent c...

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As Alanis Morrisette would say…

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There is the risk that some events at London Climate Action Week will be cancelled this week because of an extraordinary heatwave. The @metoffice.gov.uk has just upgraded to red alert on Wedneday with London at 40°C. Previous June record was 35.6°C. This is an emergency.

"Early action is more effective and less costly than responding after a crisis has escalated. We have the data, the tools and the evidence to identify risks before they become emergencies. [...] We cannot afford the fallout of another food crisis." #EarlyWarning #ElNiño www.fao.org/newsroom/det...

Bracing for El Niño: FAO and WFP launch joint appeal to protect 8.8 million people from extreme weather events

Scaling up early action in 22 high-risk countries will help safeguard lives, livelihoods and food security

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Food is more than nourishment. It brings people together, strengthens communities and creates the foundation for health, opportuntiy and prosperity. Yet in a world of plenty, millions still go hungry. That’s the moral test of our time.

Climate mitigation is not only about reducing emissions, it’s also about ensuring results last over time. Assessing permanence is key to credible GHG accounting in agrifood systems. Explore this new @fao.org publication 👉 https://doi.org/10.4060/cd9823en