Florian Busch
@florianabusch.bsky.social
Plant physiologist interested in all things photosynthesis. Born at 329 ppm | Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham School of Biosciences and BIFoR (he/him)
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Please watch and sign.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING held in Westminster.
Who knew? Well, that’s the point of the briefing and the video.
The government and media should act now, we have an emergency that needs courage as a response. Now.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING held in Westminster.
Who knew? Well, that’s the point of the briefing and the video.
The government and media should act now, we have an emergency that needs courage as a response. Now.
Please watch this important new video from Youtube channel “Just Have a Think”.
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Please watch and sign.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING held in Westminster.
Who knew? Well, that’s the point of the briefing and the video.
The government and media should act now, we have an emergency that needs courage as a response. Now.
NATIONAL EMERGENCY BRIEFING held in Westminster.
Who knew? Well, that’s the point of the briefing and the video.
The government and media should act now, we have an emergency that needs courage as a response. Now.
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'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies'
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
November 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
'The Earthlycrumb Tragedies'
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
(with apologies to Edward Gorey & for being overly morbid)
A poem in 26 Skeets... 🧵
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real 'stop what you're doing and watch this' video.
On 27 Nov, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed 1,250 politicians and other leaders with the latest implications of the climate crisis for health, food, national security and the economy. It barely registered in the mainstream newsmedia but here is a brilliant summary from ‘Just Have a Think’.
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This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
real 'stop what you're doing and watch this' video.
Watching this video might be the most important thing you do today 👇
Please watch this important new video from Youtube channel “Just Have a Think”.
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Watching this video might be the most important thing you do today 👇
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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
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I have to imagine that the police themselves would rather tackle our country's illegal waste site crisis than take down people peacefully opposing genocide, which I witnessed yesterday....
November 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I have to imagine that the police themselves would rather tackle our country's illegal waste site crisis than take down people peacefully opposing genocide, which I witnessed yesterday....
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📣Urgent action: the UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees! 🌳🔥😮
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
Urgent action: Please ask your MP to say no to Drax’s AI data centre bid
The UK’s single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied with the University of York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority for public support to use its tree burning to power an AI data centre as pa...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📣Urgent action: the UK's single largest carbon emitter, Drax, has applied for government support to power an AI data centre in Yorkshire by burning trees! 🌳🔥😮
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
🏭 Please call on your MP to say NO to Drax's AI data centre bid: actionnetwork.org/letters/urge... 🔥🌳🔥 #StopBurningTrees #AxeDrax
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This is a “success” story of immigration policy. Not mentioned in the “who should get credit for bringing down migration” debate this morning.
She would be fleeing a climate disaster. So if you’re wondering how we’ll deal with that in future, it’s this x500 million.
She would be fleeing a climate disaster. So if you’re wondering how we’ll deal with that in future, it’s this x500 million.
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is a “success” story of immigration policy. Not mentioned in the “who should get credit for bringing down migration” debate this morning.
She would be fleeing a climate disaster. So if you’re wondering how we’ll deal with that in future, it’s this x500 million.
She would be fleeing a climate disaster. So if you’re wondering how we’ll deal with that in future, it’s this x500 million.
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Professorship Plant Stress Resilience. Aachen, Germany.
#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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W3-Universitätsprofessur Stressresilienz von Pflanzen - RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University bietet Stelle als W3-Universitätsprofessur Stressresilienz von Pflanzen in Aachen - jetzt bewerben!
www.academics.de
November 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Professorship Plant Stress Resilience. Aachen, Germany.
#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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Professorship Plant Physiology. Kaiserslautern, Germany
#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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W2-Professur für Pflanzenphysiologie (m/w/d) - Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) bietet Stelle als W2-Professur für Pflanzenphysiologie (m/w/d) in Kaiserslautern - jetzt bewerben!
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November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Professorship Plant Physiology. Kaiserslautern, Germany
#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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#plantscijobs #plantscijob
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It should be obvious by now that we cannot make the future of human civilisation dependent on whether the fossil fuel vendors vote for ending fossil fuel use.
Rather, it is up to those who buy fossil fuels to end their lethal addiction fast, before it is too late.
Rather, it is up to those who buy fossil fuels to end their lethal addiction fast, before it is too late.
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
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November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It should be obvious by now that we cannot make the future of human civilisation dependent on whether the fossil fuel vendors vote for ending fossil fuel use.
Rather, it is up to those who buy fossil fuels to end their lethal addiction fast, before it is too late.
Rather, it is up to those who buy fossil fuels to end their lethal addiction fast, before it is too late.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
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"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement.
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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Kein Platz für die #Energiewende?
20% Ackerfläche in 🇩🇪 reichen, um mit #Photovoltaik theoretisch ganz Europa zu versorgen, wollen wir aber gar nicht.
Um uns mit #Solar und #Windkraft unabhängig zu machen, brauchen wir deutlich weniger Fläche als fürs den Straßenverkehr.
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20% Ackerfläche in 🇩🇪 reichen, um mit #Photovoltaik theoretisch ganz Europa zu versorgen, wollen wir aber gar nicht.
Um uns mit #Solar und #Windkraft unabhängig zu machen, brauchen wir deutlich weniger Fläche als fürs den Straßenverkehr.
youtube.com/shorts/_g6rn...
Kein Platz für #erneuerbareenergien ?
YouTube video by Prof. Dr. Volker Quaschning
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Kein Platz für die #Energiewende?
20% Ackerfläche in 🇩🇪 reichen, um mit #Photovoltaik theoretisch ganz Europa zu versorgen, wollen wir aber gar nicht.
Um uns mit #Solar und #Windkraft unabhängig zu machen, brauchen wir deutlich weniger Fläche als fürs den Straßenverkehr.
youtube.com/shorts/_g6rn...
20% Ackerfläche in 🇩🇪 reichen, um mit #Photovoltaik theoretisch ganz Europa zu versorgen, wollen wir aber gar nicht.
Um uns mit #Solar und #Windkraft unabhängig zu machen, brauchen wir deutlich weniger Fläche als fürs den Straßenverkehr.
youtube.com/shorts/_g6rn...
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![EU’s von der Leyen hails COP28 as 'beginning of post-fossil era'
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hailed on Wednesday (13 December) the deal struck at the COP28 climate summit as the dawn of a new world with no need for coal or oil.
Energy, Environment & Transport
Frédéric Simon
Euractiv.com
VDL COP28
"Today's agreement marks the beginning of the post-fossil era," the president of the European Commission said in a social media post. [<a href="https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/photo/P-062452~2F00-15" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Photo credit: European Union, 2023. Source: EC - Audiovisual Service.</a>]
EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen hailed on Wednesday (13 December) the deal struck at the COP28 climate summit as the dawn of a new world with no need for coal or oil.
The final text, agreed on Wednesday morning (13 December), calls on UNFCCC parties to triple renewable energy capacity globally and double the annual rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030.
“Today’s agreement marks the beginning of the post-fossil era,” the president of the European Commission said in a social media post.
It also calls on countries to “Transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems” by 2050 in accordance with the science.
“A crucial part of this historic deal is truly made in Europe,” von der Leyen rejoiced. “The whole world endorsed our 2030 targets: to triple renewable energy and to double energy efficiency, both by 2030.”
EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra also spoke of a historic decision, saying it will set in motion an “irreversible” transition away from fossil fuels.
“With that, we have achieved what we set out to do: keep 1.5 within reach and mark the beginning of the end of fossil fuels,” he said on social media platform X.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xujiomimpwqvef6ikglhrdla/bafkreid4rm25blxdgas7tv77dbnfgyuotbgbqkoifanqdm2uivvfojtgua@jpeg)
![The EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions, Von der Leyen says ahead of G20
Her comments to reporters in South Africa may impact global climate talks wrapping up in Brazil
Energy, Environment & Transport
Stefano Porciello
Euractiv
[Photo by Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images]
The EU isn’t fighting fossil fuels themselves, but the emissions they produce that fuel climate change, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a press conference in South Africa ahead of the G20 leaders’ meeting on Friday.
The distinction is likely to send shock waves all the way to Brazil, where the United Nations’ climate change conference, COP30, is about to wrap up.
In Brazil, negotiators are discussing whether to establish a roadmap to meet the pledge countries made two years ago to transition away from fossil fuels. That decision was seen as a major achievement for the European Union’s international climate diplomacy.
Any perceived weakening of Brussels’ position on fossil fuels could undermine the chances of ensuring bold global commitments to end their use. A draft COP30 deal, published Friday, dropped the proposal, mentioned in a previous draft, to convene a conference to help world governments set up roadmaps to end their dependence on fossil fuels.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xujiomimpwqvef6ikglhrdla/bafkreihyofpuzynpw5y3b3f7iyj657dzjb6l7kdqlg4usj4dj4osig56bq@jpeg)
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Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
Saturn Ion commercial
YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton
youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Remember this? The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.
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Trump vs The BBC.
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Trump vs The BBC
YouTube video by Jonathan Pie
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November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump vs The BBC.
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
Love or loathe the BBC, recent events have put the UK's journalistic sovereignty in peril.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCMn...
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Tomorrow!
"City of Cars" film screening and launch of the Pritchatts Road Accessibility Audit Report.
All welcome.
"City of Cars" film screening and launch of the Pritchatts Road Accessibility Audit Report.
All welcome.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Tomorrow!
"City of Cars" film screening and launch of the Pritchatts Road Accessibility Audit Report.
All welcome.
"City of Cars" film screening and launch of the Pritchatts Road Accessibility Audit Report.
All welcome.
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You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires?
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for billionaires.
They’re for everyone.
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A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
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Penguin Revenge Climate Tribunal? Sign me up thanks! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon
Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it
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November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Penguin Revenge Climate Tribunal? Sign me up thanks! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...