Charlie Westney
@charliewestney.bsky.social
Comms lead for Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social
Climate, environment, behaviour change and corporate transition to sustainability. Cumbria, UK
Climate, environment, behaviour change and corporate transition to sustainability. Cumbria, UK
If you missed the National Emergency Briefing
1️⃣ Read Forbes’ chilling overview of the threats to our security - and the opportunities of transition.
2️⃣ Sign this letter to ask for the briefing to be on TV for us all to see: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
www.forbes.com/sites/claire...
1️⃣ Read Forbes’ chilling overview of the threats to our security - and the opportunities of transition.
2️⃣ Sign this letter to ask for the briefing to be on TV for us all to see: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
www.forbes.com/sites/claire...
UK Security, Food And Economy At Risk Without Climate Action, Experts Say
Experts at the U.K.’s first national emergency briefing on climate and nature shared risks in a world being rapidly destabilised by climate and biodiversity breakdown
www.forbes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
If you missed the National Emergency Briefing
1️⃣ Read Forbes’ chilling overview of the threats to our security - and the opportunities of transition.
2️⃣ Sign this letter to ask for the briefing to be on TV for us all to see: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
www.forbes.com/sites/claire...
1️⃣ Read Forbes’ chilling overview of the threats to our security - and the opportunities of transition.
2️⃣ Sign this letter to ask for the briefing to be on TV for us all to see: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
www.forbes.com/sites/claire...
Reposted by Charlie Westney
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
Think these links to Russia should be investigated?
Sign petition here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Sign petition here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Another senior Reform Party leader is caught taking money from the Kremlin. "Speaking outside his château in France, Coburn, a leader in Nigel Farage's Reform Party, answered 'no' when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners."
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Think these links to Russia should be investigated?
Sign petition here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Sign petition here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Comms breakdown: ...Er, no notes.
Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Comms breakdown: ...Er, no notes.
Would you act on a risk that was ‘unlikely’ to happen?
How about one that has a ‘small chance’ of occurring?
Which one do you feel has more scientific consensus behind it?
Really relevant research into the words used for risks and how that changed people’s perceptions ⬇️
How about one that has a ‘small chance’ of occurring?
Which one do you feel has more scientific consensus behind it?
Really relevant research into the words used for risks and how that changed people’s perceptions ⬇️
A UK phycology study points to a need for better wording choices by the IPCC to communicate climate risks. In the study words like “unlikely” suggested division or skepticism which is not the situation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #phycology #communication #risk #IPCC #AR7
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #phycology #communication #risk #IPCC #AR7
Negative verbal probabilities undermine communication of climate science - Nature Climate Change
Effective communication of uncertainty is vital for public accurate understanding of climate science. Here the authors find that projections using positive probability terms (for example, a small prob...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Would you act on a risk that was ‘unlikely’ to happen?
How about one that has a ‘small chance’ of occurring?
Which one do you feel has more scientific consensus behind it?
Really relevant research into the words used for risks and how that changed people’s perceptions ⬇️
How about one that has a ‘small chance’ of occurring?
Which one do you feel has more scientific consensus behind it?
Really relevant research into the words used for risks and how that changed people’s perceptions ⬇️
Missed today’s National Emergency Briefing? Good summary thread here ⬇️
Representing @quaker.org.uk at the National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crisis in a packed Methodist Central Hall. Impressive list of speakers but suspect we're in for quite a challenging morning. I'll keep you posted.
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Missed today’s National Emergency Briefing? Good summary thread here ⬇️
Reposted by Charlie Westney
The full panel now on stage, taking questions from the audience.
#NEB #NationalEmergencyBriefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
#NEB #NationalEmergencyBriefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The full panel now on stage, taking questions from the audience.
#NEB #NationalEmergencyBriefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
#NEB #NationalEmergencyBriefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
"Democracies don't collapse overnight. They gradually erode in acts of fear"
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Democracies don't collapse overnight. They gradually erode in acts of fear"
Reposted by Charlie Westney
MPs are still booking tickets for the National Emergency Briefing.
Is yours coming to hear why UK top experts saying we're not doing enough? Whilst there's still time to act.
www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025
Is yours coming to hear why UK top experts saying we're not doing enough? Whilst there's still time to act.
www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025
Over 1,000 Scientists Urge MPs to Attend Landmark Climate Briefing
UK experts issue urgent call to MPs ahead of next week's National Emergency Briefing on the climate crisis
geographical.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 AM
MPs are still booking tickets for the National Emergency Briefing.
Is yours coming to hear why UK top experts saying we're not doing enough? Whilst there's still time to act.
www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025
Is yours coming to hear why UK top experts saying we're not doing enough? Whilst there's still time to act.
www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025
I know we’re all feeling a bit 1930s Deja Vu right now, but this seems kinda important:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I know we’re all feeling a bit 1930s Deja Vu right now, but this seems kinda important:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Which storms do you remember?
Desmond is still talked about here in Cumbria. Would the warnings, the recognition, the co-ordination, and even that collective remembering be as effective without the storm having a name?
Simple, effective comms. Name it!
Desmond is still talked about here in Cumbria. Would the warnings, the recognition, the co-ordination, and even that collective remembering be as effective without the storm having a name?
Simple, effective comms. Name it!
NEW – Met Office: Ten years of naming UK storms to warn the public | Holly Clements @metoffice.gov.uk
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
Met Office: Ten years of naming UK storms to warn the public - Carbon Brief
Storm naming is a public safety tool that makes severe weather easier to remember, talk about and follow.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Which storms do you remember?
Desmond is still talked about here in Cumbria. Would the warnings, the recognition, the co-ordination, and even that collective remembering be as effective without the storm having a name?
Simple, effective comms. Name it!
Desmond is still talked about here in Cumbria. Would the warnings, the recognition, the co-ordination, and even that collective remembering be as effective without the storm having a name?
Simple, effective comms. Name it!
“Scientists are still trusted messengers” … this research seems to show advocacy by scientists is context dependent, but can being benefits to the scientists and their audience when done well.
Scientists are becoming more visible in public climate debates, but the effects of this engagement are far from straightforward. We often hear strong claims about credibility and trust, yet what does the evidence say? Our new preprint explores this osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Thread 1/n
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
“Scientists are still trusted messengers” … this research seems to show advocacy by scientists is context dependent, but can being benefits to the scientists and their audience when done well.
Reposted by Charlie Westney
We need to ensure our elected officials are acting on the best intelligence when it comes to tackling the climate crisis . It's why I'm opening the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November , ensure your MP is attending at nebriefing.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We need to ensure our elected officials are acting on the best intelligence when it comes to tackling the climate crisis . It's why I'm opening the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November , ensure your MP is attending at nebriefing.org
Reposted by Charlie Westney
There are over 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ gas & oil lobbyists at COP30 👇
What a shocking failure. Would you allow tobacco lobbyists into a world health conference?
There will be 0️⃣ lobbyists at the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis on 27th November.
Is your MP attending? www.nebriefing.org
What a shocking failure. Would you allow tobacco lobbyists into a world health conference?
There will be 0️⃣ lobbyists at the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis on 27th November.
Is your MP attending? www.nebriefing.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
There are over 1️⃣6️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ gas & oil lobbyists at COP30 👇
What a shocking failure. Would you allow tobacco lobbyists into a world health conference?
There will be 0️⃣ lobbyists at the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis on 27th November.
Is your MP attending? www.nebriefing.org
What a shocking failure. Would you allow tobacco lobbyists into a world health conference?
There will be 0️⃣ lobbyists at the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis on 27th November.
Is your MP attending? www.nebriefing.org
What's the most important thing you can do for #climateaction?
Talk about it!
Stories in media are hugely influential - but so are your personal stories.
Buying second-hand (and saving money), cycling (and getting fitter), adding beans to your cooking (healthier and cheaper).
Do it, talk about it.
Talk about it!
Stories in media are hugely influential - but so are your personal stories.
Buying second-hand (and saving money), cycling (and getting fitter), adding beans to your cooking (healthier and cheaper).
Do it, talk about it.
Look at storytelling in the news media about climate change over the last 25 years. Online vs print
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
What's the most important thing you can do for #climateaction?
Talk about it!
Stories in media are hugely influential - but so are your personal stories.
Buying second-hand (and saving money), cycling (and getting fitter), adding beans to your cooking (healthier and cheaper).
Do it, talk about it.
Talk about it!
Stories in media are hugely influential - but so are your personal stories.
Buying second-hand (and saving money), cycling (and getting fitter), adding beans to your cooking (healthier and cheaper).
Do it, talk about it.
Reposted by Charlie Westney
Our education system isn't working.
Natasha Devon breaks down exactly how we got here in tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski.
linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Natasha Devon breaks down exactly how we got here in tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski.
linktr.ee/boldpolitics
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Our education system isn't working.
Natasha Devon breaks down exactly how we got here in tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski.
linktr.ee/boldpolitics
Natasha Devon breaks down exactly how we got here in tomorrow's episode of Bold Politics with Zack Polanski.
linktr.ee/boldpolitics
I joined the @greenparty.org.uk last April. Last night finally went to my 1st local group meeting.
What a great way to meet lovely, knowledgeable, committed people with shared values. And there was home made curry!
Join the greens ✅
Get involved 🤝
Make new friends 😃
What a great way to meet lovely, knowledgeable, committed people with shared values. And there was home made curry!
Join the greens ✅
Get involved 🤝
Make new friends 😃
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I joined the @greenparty.org.uk last April. Last night finally went to my 1st local group meeting.
What a great way to meet lovely, knowledgeable, committed people with shared values. And there was home made curry!
Join the greens ✅
Get involved 🤝
Make new friends 😃
What a great way to meet lovely, knowledgeable, committed people with shared values. And there was home made curry!
Join the greens ✅
Get involved 🤝
Make new friends 😃
Reposted by Charlie Westney
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇
Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
Reposted by Charlie Westney
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
Reposted by Charlie Westney
Which are you on climate change?
(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Which are you on climate change?
(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
If £1 = 1 second:
£43,200 = 12 hours
£1 million = 12 days
£1 billion = 31 years
£1 trillion = 31,688 years
Millions, billions and trillions all just sound like 'a lot' to most of us. We need a lot more of these comparisons when we talk about billionaires.
£43,200 = 12 hours
£1 million = 12 days
£1 billion = 31 years
£1 trillion = 31,688 years
Millions, billions and trillions all just sound like 'a lot' to most of us. We need a lot more of these comparisons when we talk about billionaires.
Maths...
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.
If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.
Tax the rich.
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If £1 = 1 second:
£43,200 = 12 hours
£1 million = 12 days
£1 billion = 31 years
£1 trillion = 31,688 years
Millions, billions and trillions all just sound like 'a lot' to most of us. We need a lot more of these comparisons when we talk about billionaires.
£43,200 = 12 hours
£1 million = 12 days
£1 billion = 31 years
£1 trillion = 31,688 years
Millions, billions and trillions all just sound like 'a lot' to most of us. We need a lot more of these comparisons when we talk about billionaires.
Ever feel a disconnect between extreme weather, high food prices and palpable effects of climate change - and ads enticing you to hop on a plane and buy more stuff?
This, by my wonderful friend @vikiharvey.bsky.social shows how the UK ad industry gets to mark its own homework and stay in denial.
This, by my wonderful friend @vikiharvey.bsky.social shows how the UK ad industry gets to mark its own homework and stay in denial.
If climate change is the wake up call, advertising is the snooze button.
Our senior consultant @vikiharvey.bsky.social looks at the role ad agencies in fueling the climate crisis.
Our senior consultant @vikiharvey.bsky.social looks at the role ad agencies in fueling the climate crisis.
buff.ly/hAYRYZf With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are the UK's advertising and PR agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis? Victoria Harvey unpacks the interplay of vested interests and institutional capture in a guest essay for DeSmog.
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Ever feel a disconnect between extreme weather, high food prices and palpable effects of climate change - and ads enticing you to hop on a plane and buy more stuff?
This, by my wonderful friend @vikiharvey.bsky.social shows how the UK ad industry gets to mark its own homework and stay in denial.
This, by my wonderful friend @vikiharvey.bsky.social shows how the UK ad industry gets to mark its own homework and stay in denial.
Become a member of the Leguminati*
*not mine to take credit for, but I think this campaign missed a trick in not using it.
Anyone prone to conspiracy theories would surely be gobbling up borlotti beans for brekkie if they thought they could infiltrate some secret nitrogen-fixing society?
*not mine to take credit for, but I think this campaign missed a trick in not using it.
Anyone prone to conspiracy theories would surely be gobbling up borlotti beans for brekkie if they thought they could infiltrate some secret nitrogen-fixing society?
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
- Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans people eat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans people eat
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Become a member of the Leguminati*
*not mine to take credit for, but I think this campaign missed a trick in not using it.
Anyone prone to conspiracy theories would surely be gobbling up borlotti beans for brekkie if they thought they could infiltrate some secret nitrogen-fixing society?
*not mine to take credit for, but I think this campaign missed a trick in not using it.
Anyone prone to conspiracy theories would surely be gobbling up borlotti beans for brekkie if they thought they could infiltrate some secret nitrogen-fixing society?
Reposted by Charlie Westney
The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Those companies pay billions to their shareholders
And then lay off their workers
Think that's unfair?
Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
Making an amount look impressive as cumulative, or look tiny as per use is a favourite marketing trick.
Just 10p a day!
You’ll save £300+ in a year!
But when something affects all of us, like total energy use and total climate pollution, should companies be forced to show both?
Just 10p a day!
You’ll save £300+ in a year!
But when something affects all of us, like total energy use and total climate pollution, should companies be forced to show both?
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!
NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
ketanjoshi.co
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Making an amount look impressive as cumulative, or look tiny as per use is a favourite marketing trick.
Just 10p a day!
You’ll save £300+ in a year!
But when something affects all of us, like total energy use and total climate pollution, should companies be forced to show both?
Just 10p a day!
You’ll save £300+ in a year!
But when something affects all of us, like total energy use and total climate pollution, should companies be forced to show both?