Is this summer the 'New Normal'? I wish that were true... subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/88/n...

Not the ‘New Normal’ Educating the Public on the Nature and Climate Crisis is a Step to Putting it Firmly on the Political Agenda – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition

Professor Mike Berners-Lee, chair of the National Emergency Briefing, sets out the ‘civic moment’ he is trying to create as extreme weather events show no sign of slowing

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Here's a letter in the @financialtimes.com today from me and others at the @nebriefing.bsky.social making the case that the national renewal Burnham is calling for of trust, hope and 'good growth in every postcode' is enabled by the country being properly informed on the climate and nature crisis.

Great podcast with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social & @nickbreeze.genn.cc discussing heat, food production, national security and why we're not ready for what's coming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziP8... open.spotify.com/show/1jhQYkB...

Carbon Footprint Radar want to know what your company is doing in it's carbon plans: fr.surveymonkey.com/r/carbonfoot... Which Scopes do you cover? Which methodologies do you use? How much budget have you allocated? Who makes the decisions? What do your target and reduction plans look like?

When we map landscape carbon, peatland restoration in our uplands is vital, and could help create net zero or even net negative National Parks. Add in the increased risk of flooding to cities like York and Carlisle, and these cuts don't make economic sense. inews.co.uk/news/defra-c...

Defra cuts halt peatland restoration in Lakes and Yorkshire - while South gets funding

Upland areas in the North of England and the South West miss out on new funding, meaning cities like Leeds and Carlisle could be more vulnerable to flooding

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Can You Trust Your #Scope3 Emission Factors? If an auditor or client asked you what your emission factors include, would you know? Join our webinar 16 July with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3cefa3... We'll explore... 1/4

Exactly. There will be no new normal. The weather will keep becoming more extreme until the world decarbonises. We might have the odd calmer year but the trend will be more extreme. So today’s UK weather is the least extreme we can ever expect. Time to finally WAKE UP.

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social · last mo.

NO! It's going to keep getting hotter year-on-year, decade-by-decade Until we stop pumping out greenhouse gases and positive feedback loops and tipped tipping points have finished with us And the temperature will stay elevated for many thousands of years www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

A report by TheCityUK and insurer Marsh warns of 'protection gaps' as extreme weather events increase. "The report argues there is more that could be done by the private sector... in developing ways to account for climate resilience in insurance." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Rising cost of insuring against climate crisis will have wider knock-on effects for UK economy | Heather Stewart

As extreme weather events become more common, economists say government will need to take more active role to protect consumers

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🚨 Landmark ruling in France: Companies are responsible for ALL their emissions, from their upstream supply chain and downstream from their products. #Scope3 #CarbonAccounting www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

City of Paris achieves partial victory over TotalEnergies in climate risks case

French capital hails ‘landmark decision’ against oil firm relating to disclosure of emissions from oil and gas products

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Sometimes our predictions for the future can be a little off, particularly around how well we think emerging technology will scale. ☀️ Carbon capture and solar power generation have both been predicted to rapidly increase in the first half of this century...

The new ISO Standard for Net Zero Organisations is open for consultation, ends 17 Aug. Aiming to bring best practice on setting net zero targets and reporting action, in a new international standard. It proposes 4 stages a business can claim to be at: pages.bsigroup.com/iso-net-zero...

Worrying to see these allegations of industry-led influence over forest carbon accounting standards at the GHGP. When we assess the carbon footprint of landscapes we account for woodlands, peatlands and wetlands as carbon sinks. Accounting for carbon as trees are felled is problematic...

Danny Cullenward@ghgpolicy.org · 2mo ago

I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08...

The economic reality is starting to push back against climate delayers and denialists. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics

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Great to see this collaborative push to get supermarkets to increase plant-based food sales. Product choice, product placement, special offers and promotions, recipe guidance, are all powerful levers to shift buying patterns.

The Food Foundation@foodfoundation.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've joined the @wwf.org.uk @eatingbetter.bsky.social and @madrebrava.bsky.social to ask UK supermarkets to increase their sales of plant-based food. This could mitigate rising food prices and protect our food system from the threat of climate and conflict-related shocks. www.plantricheurope.org

🚨 The UK should hold a national briefing on climate and nature risk to the UK. ✅ Sign and then share this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76... #NEBriefing

Petition: Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks

The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown - from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing ...

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✈️ Every transport sector pays for its pollution. Except one. Cars. Trains. Trucks. All are subject to fuel taxes, VAT and carbon pricing. Aviation? Still mostly exempt. 📲 Share this post if you think aviation should pay its fair share.

Reporting of Scope 1 and 2 emissions should be mandatory for all corporations. And Scope 3 should be mandatory for large businesses. If a business isn't measuring its emissions, it can't claim to be working to reduce them.

Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 3mo ago

Both CDC and Amazon fought like hell to avoid having to disclose their Australian emissions to the regulator, for instance. You can really see why:

This is great news. OF COURSE our flight emissions should be counted in the UK's carbon footprint. But full consumption-based footprints would be better 🧵 "Ignoring emissions beyond the UK’s borders is no way to tackle climate change." Toby Perkins MP...

EAC Chair welcomes changes to international air emissions and national highways - Committees - UK Parliament

Today the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee has welcomed news from the government on international aviation emissions and the environmental management of highways projects.

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The climate doesn't care how many renewables we have. It only cares how little fossil fuels we use. "A group representing more than 1/2 of global GDP and 1/5 of fossil fuel production is large enough to begin shaping markets..."

Tzeporah Berman@tzeporah.bsky.social · 3mo ago

History is made by those who show up, and that is exactly what's happening in Santa Marta. There are 60 countries here, academics from all over the world, Indigenous people, civil society, all here to do one thing: figure out how to phase out fossil fuels. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

Congratulations to @sarahfinch.bsky.social for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize. Sarah's story has 3 important lessons ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From a Surrey oil well to the supreme court: how an activist changed UK climate law

Sarah Finch’s fight against drilling led to a landmark ruling on fossil fuel emissions – and a leading environmental prize

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The People's Emergency Briefing provokes a lot of different emotions. Here are some from viewers at our Lancaster screening. How will you feel? Find a screening: www.nebriefing.org/screening-map

Our reflections on a packed screening of the @nebriefing.bsky.social in #Lancaster this week: ♥️ Give space for emotions. The audience was silent as the film ended, processing their mix of emotions. 'Anger', 'frustration' and 'anxious' were named, along with 'hopeful', 'optimistic' and 'activated!'

Special @nebriefing.bsky.social screening #Lancaster 14 April with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social & Jocelyn Cunningham, Lancaster Arts. 📍Great Hall, Lancaster Univ 📆 Tue 14 April 7-9pm 💷 Pay-What-You-Wish 🔗https://www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invited/whats-on/peoples-emergency-briefing-for-lancaster

What do you do when you think the data isn't right? We spotted an error in the most recent version of the ONS dataset "Atmospheric emissions: greenhouse gases by industry and gas" as part of our annual work updating the SWC MRIO dataset. #carbonaccounting

Pay-What-You-Wish but booking essential - get your ticket now for our screening next Tuesday 14 April #Peb #Lancaster

Small World Consulting@smallworldconsult.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#Lancaster you are invited to see the People's Emergency Briefing with Lancaster Arts & @mikebernerslee.bsky.social holding a discussion about how this affects us and what we can do. Pay what you wish. 📍Great Hall, Lancaster Uni 📆Tue 14 April 🕖 7 - 9 pm 🎟 www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invite...

Insurance and investors are often pushing industry sectors to move before policy does. Why? Business risk. "Air pollution from road vehicles should be seen as a material business risk for freight and logistics operators"

BusinessGreen@businessgreen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Investors worth $1.8tr urge freight industry to tackle air pollution from road fleets businessgreen.com/ne...

#Lancaster you are invited to see the People's Emergency Briefing with Lancaster Arts & @mikebernerslee.bsky.social holding a discussion about how this affects us and what we can do. Pay what you wish. 📍Great Hall, Lancaster Uni 📆Tue 14 April 🕖 7 - 9 pm 🎟 www.lancasterarts.org/youre-invite...

People’s Emergency Briefing for Lancaster

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Back from inspiring and being inspired at @edienet.bsky.social last week. A packed audience for @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's opening keynote, asking business to be brave, show integrity, and position their core business, their operations and their communication around sustainability.

The UK Government has published its first Land Use Framework, vital to ensure our finite amount of land can be used most effectively for secure food production, nature recovery, climate mitigation, renewable energy and urban development. Our initial reactions: 1/5 www.gov.uk/government/p...

Land Use Framework

How we can use our land more effectively to increase the resilience of our homes, communities, infrastructure, and food systems, while speeding up development and restoring nature.

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