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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 4h

Slowly... too slowly... momentum is gathering towards that crucial Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Let's all get behind this by making our own personal transitions.
#EVs #HeatPumps #LessMeat

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IUCN approves strongest multilateral language on fossil fuels in history — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

Today, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress, Members made history with the adoption of Motion 42—the first motion across the entire global multilate...

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

Horrible experience. I think dense forest is a thing of the past - low density woodland and understorey, and sadly different species, likely to be a more sustainable end state. My son has been ok aside from effects of smoke, living on Vancouver Island.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

I feel the same, also for BC as my son's family live there.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, amid these clear signs of a gathering climate disaster the UK's clueless and feckless opposition parties Conservatives and Reform claim that net zero targets should be relaxed or abolished.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

That level of distinction isn't too meaningful - there are modest differences between datasets and definitions. What's critical is the accelerating rate of heating, which is really clear now and likely reflects significantly higher climate sensitivity that was previously accepted.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

The context of accelerating global heating is crucial to UK policymaking - statutory advisors the CCC are now warning that government must adapt buildings and infrastructure to a +2°C climate, and new-builds (somehow!!) to a near-catastrophic +4°C climate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

The context of accelerating global heating is crucial to UK policymaking - statutory advisors the CCC are now warning that government must adapt buildings and infrastructure to a +2°C climate, and new-builds (somehow!!) to a near-catastrophic +4°C climate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Government told to prepare for 2C warming by 2050

The Climate Change Committee said the UK should make climate change adaptions beyond the Paris Agreement.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

@theguardian.com The "1.3°C" global temperature rise quoted here is a mean value AVERAGED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, and entirely fails to reflect the severity of TODAY's climate, with delta-T already exceeding +1.5°C since preindustrial times amid fast rising CO2.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 1d

@theguardian.com The "1.3°C" global temperature rise quoted here is a mean value AVERAGED OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, and entirely fails to reflect the severity of TODAY's climate, with delta-T already exceeding +1.5°C since preindustrial times amid fast rising CO2.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating

CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 2d

No surprise that mainstream politics is so accident prone when it constantly promotes false consensus on crucial issues like energy policy.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy

Sustainability expert was told panellists discussing North Sea oil and gas were meant to ‘agree entirely’ with each other

www.theguardian.com

Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 2d

THIS 🌳 👇

We can't stop deforestation without the experts: Indigenous people. 💚

At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection.

Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign our open letter. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/def...

Demand UK support for Indigenous forest defenders at climate talks

Our world’s forests are under threat, worsening climate change, biodiversity loss and threatening vulnerable communities. This year’s UN climate talks – hosted in the Amazon – are our chance to act. W...

action.friendsoftheearth.uk

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 3d

‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert
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‘It’s a road to destruction’: climate defenders facing surge in reprisals, says UN expert

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 4d

With apologies to New Zealand

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🌹ᴀʟᴀɴ ᴇ ʜɪʟʟ @alanehill.com · 10d

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Jeremy Kasperson @jeremykasperson.bsky.social · 5d

It only takes a 4th grade education to realize that shipping billions of dollars every HOUR to foreign nations for energy is a losing economic policy.

Yet, the USA is that dumb.

Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 5d

China, as an electrostate, is set to wipe the floor with Trump's regressive petro-America. There's going to be hell to pay when the USA finally wakes up to what corporate fossil fuels have done to it.
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How we made it: will China be the first electrostate?

Beijing dominates in solar, wind, electric cars, rail and batteries

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 5d

China, as an electrostate, is set to wipe the floor with Trump's regressive petro-America. There's going to be hell to pay when the USA finally wakes up to what corporate fossil fuels have done to it.
share.google/vlTIx2w7KSmP...

How we made it: will China be the first electrostate?

Beijing dominates in solar, wind, electric cars, rail and batteries

share.google

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 7d

Lengthening pub opening hours to early morning will reduce productivity and increase NHS costs, leading to less, not more, economic growth.
Is Starmer really incapable of seeing something so transparently obvious?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts

www.theguardian.com

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 8d

There are plenty of extreme events where attribution has shown a clear signature of climate change and has been reported exactly as such. The fact that climate scientists can't do this with EVERY event that may seems intuitively obvious, should give you some confidence that the science is robust!

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 8d

Hi Steve, done, thank you.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 9d

Jenrick could have visited Handsworth to listen to residents – he chose to pass through and make a judgement based on the colour of their skin. Instead of getting to know our nation of neighbours, he chose racism.

The Tories, Reform and Labour want to divide us.

The Greens say enough is enough.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in. After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 9d

Birmingham, despite its challenges, is a fine, vibrant city and conurbation, primarily thanks to its people of all colours, including white, Robert.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 9d

Birmingham, despite its challenges, is a fine, vibrant city and conurbation, primarily thanks to its people of all colours, including white, Robert.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 9d

There's a special kind of hell for those lacking basic morals or empathy who try to gain power by sowing discord
#Jenrick

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 9d

Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".

No, me neither.

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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍 @nickcowern.bsky.social · 9d

What happens when the insurrection is headed by a sitting president?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump news at a glance: President mulls use of insurrection act as national guard deployment faces legal issues

The president threatened the use of emergency powers after a federal judge temporarily halted national guard deployment in Portland. Key US politics stories from 6 October at a glance

www.theguardian.com

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