Fossil Free WYPF
@fossilfreewypf.bsky.social
The Fossil Free West Yorkshire campaign is calling for the West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) to divest from fossil fuel investments as climate action and to protect pensions.
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Here's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's powerful opening remarks at this weeks National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Hall.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
'We've set our house on FIRE!' | Chris Packham leads MOVING climate change speech
YouTube video by The Mirror
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November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here's @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's powerful opening remarks at this weeks National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Hall.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
The videos and transcripts of the talks from each of the expert speakers will be available on their website soon.
Follow @nebriefing.bsky.social for updates.
Vigil 208 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social 29.11.25. The vigil keepers took shelter in 'the worst weather we've ever had. Even the banners didn't stay up.' Climate breakdown, extreme weather causes death in many countries eg Pakistan, Jamaica #Divest from #fossilfuels!
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Vigil 208 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social 29.11.25. The vigil keepers took shelter in 'the worst weather we've ever had. Even the banners didn't stay up.' Climate breakdown, extreme weather causes death in many countries eg Pakistan, Jamaica #Divest from #fossilfuels!
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How many #ClimateAlarms does @teamlabouruk.bsky.social need?? Can our #water support data centres?? @watershed-i.bsky.social @leanahosea.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
How many #ClimateAlarms does @teamlabouruk.bsky.social need?? Can our #water support data centres?? @watershed-i.bsky.social @leanahosea.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨 The UK Government has announced an end to new oil and gas licences—a major milestone Zero Hour and campaigners have been calling for.
😲 However, loopholes like “tiebacks” could still allow extraction of up to 45 million barrels from existing fields.
👉 Read more: zerohour.uk/northseafutureplan
😲 However, loopholes like “tiebacks” could still allow extraction of up to 45 million barrels from existing fields.
👉 Read more: zerohour.uk/northseafutureplan
UK ANNOUNCES THE END OF OIL AND GAS… sort of
This week, in the publication of the much-anticipated North Sea Future Plan, the Government delivered on a promise we have long demanded for climate-nature—to end new oil and gas licences. ...
www.zerohour.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 The UK Government has announced an end to new oil and gas licences—a major milestone Zero Hour and campaigners have been calling for.
😲 However, loopholes like “tiebacks” could still allow extraction of up to 45 million barrels from existing fields.
👉 Read more: zerohour.uk/northseafutureplan
😲 However, loopholes like “tiebacks” could still allow extraction of up to 45 million barrels from existing fields.
👉 Read more: zerohour.uk/northseafutureplan
Wet Vigil 208 on 28.11.25 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying ' #divest from #fossilfuels!' Public pressure works 💪
Govt are ending new oil & gas exploration in the UK.
This huge win is bcoz of the effort of thousands of you who made the case for this change. #GlobalJusticeBradford keep it up!
Govt are ending new oil & gas exploration in the UK.
This huge win is bcoz of the effort of thousands of you who made the case for this change. #GlobalJusticeBradford keep it up!
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wet Vigil 208 on 28.11.25 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund saying ' #divest from #fossilfuels!' Public pressure works 💪
Govt are ending new oil & gas exploration in the UK.
This huge win is bcoz of the effort of thousands of you who made the case for this change. #GlobalJusticeBradford keep it up!
Govt are ending new oil & gas exploration in the UK.
This huge win is bcoz of the effort of thousands of you who made the case for this change. #GlobalJusticeBradford keep it up!
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Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Vigil 21.11.25 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social saying #divest now from #fossilfuels.. for a future! So although #COP30 didn't deliver all we hoped for it showed one truth: people power surged and a shift began. Ending fossil fuels feels closer than ever.
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Vigil 21.11.25 outside #WestYorkshirePensionFund @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social saying #divest now from #fossilfuels.. for a future! So although #COP30 didn't deliver all we hoped for it showed one truth: people power surged and a shift began. Ending fossil fuels feels closer than ever.
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Are you a member of a trade union?
Trade unionists are calling on the Labour government to do the right thing by the planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Sign the open letter 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trade unionists are calling on the Labour government to do the right thing by the planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Sign the open letter 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trade unionists say: Stop Rosebank!
If you are a trade union member, please add your name to this open letter to oppose approval of the Rosebank oil field. Signatories will be published. There is no strict cut-off point to sign, but we ...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Are you a member of a trade union?
Trade unionists are calling on the Labour government to do the right thing by the planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Sign the open letter 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trade unionists are calling on the Labour government to do the right thing by the planet, UK communities and workers, and refuse approval for the climate-wrecking Rosebank oil field.
Sign the open letter 👇
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@nazshahbfd.bsky.social Thanks for saying you will attend www.nebriefing.org on 27 Nov. Please share your intention to do so and share with all MPs! This is absolutely urgent for all life on earth, including our own families!
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
@nazshahbfd.bsky.social Thanks for saying you will attend www.nebriefing.org on 27 Nov. Please share your intention to do so and share with all MPs! This is absolutely urgent for all life on earth, including our own families!
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@simonlightwood.org.uk @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
1. Read this thread
2. Share this thread with all MPs
3. Attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social on Nov 27
#ListenToTheScience not #CorporateLobbyists
Thank you. This is getting more serious than your government can comprehend. #ClimateActionNow!
1. Read this thread
2. Share this thread with all MPs
3. Attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social on Nov 27
#ListenToTheScience not #CorporateLobbyists
Thank you. This is getting more serious than your government can comprehend. #ClimateActionNow!
“Even for an intermediate emissions scenario [which is our current emissions pathway] the probability of AMOC shutdown is way above 50%”
(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)
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(AMOC shut-down means Europe and parts of South-East Asia become uninhabitable, by the way.)
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Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@simonlightwood.org.uk @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
1. Read this thread
2. Share this thread with all MPs
3. Attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social on Nov 27
#ListenToTheScience not #CorporateLobbyists
Thank you. This is getting more serious than your government can comprehend. #ClimateActionNow!
1. Read this thread
2. Share this thread with all MPs
3. Attend the @nebriefing.bsky.social on Nov 27
#ListenToTheScience not #CorporateLobbyists
Thank you. This is getting more serious than your government can comprehend. #ClimateActionNow!
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Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
Brazil’s environment minister, Marina Silva, has urged all countries to have the courage to address the need for a fossil fuel phaseout, calling the drawing up of a roadmap for it an “ethical” response to the climate crisis.
She emphasised, however, that the process would be voluntary for those governments that wished to participate, and “self-determined”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Vigil 206 14.11.25 'It's literally insane that governments are forcing taxpayers to subsidise the destruction of part of humanity's future' Al Gore #GlobalJusticeBradford: ' #WestYorkshirePensionFund #divest from #fossilfuels while you can'. This is our shared future: we need to end fossilfuels now
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Vigil 206 14.11.25 'It's literally insane that governments are forcing taxpayers to subsidise the destruction of part of humanity's future' Al Gore #GlobalJusticeBradford: ' #WestYorkshirePensionFund #divest from #fossilfuels while you can'. This is our shared future: we need to end fossilfuels now
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"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"The 'reduction in enthusiasm' [for climate action] among rich nations didn’t happen by accident.
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth.
Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies."
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www.pensionsage.com/pa/WYPF-to-u... Great article thank you @markcampanale.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk
Updated: WYPF confirms plans to enhance climate risk assessment as modelling criticisms grow
The West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) has confirmed that its 2025 actuarial valuation report will include a more sophisticated assessment of climate impact, as concerns around the climate modelling u...
www.pensionsage.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
www.pensionsage.com/pa/WYPF-to-u... Great article thank you @markcampanale.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk
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"Protecting ourselves from a storm of lies."
Thank you George. If you are near #Leeds, #Sheffield, #Newcastle, #Birmingham, #Glasgow, #Manchester, #London and other places with #COP30 rallies tomorrow, come and hear the truth! @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
"Protecting ourselves from a storm of lies."
Thank you George. If you are near #Leeds, #Sheffield, #Newcastle, #Birmingham, #Glasgow, #Manchester, #London and other places with #COP30 rallies tomorrow, come and hear the truth! @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Protecting ourselves from a storm of lies."
Thank you George. If you are near #Leeds, #Sheffield, #Newcastle, #Birmingham, #Glasgow, #Manchester, #London and other places with #COP30 rallies tomorrow, come and hear the truth! @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
"Protecting ourselves from a storm of lies."
Thank you George. If you are near #Leeds, #Sheffield, #Newcastle, #Birmingham, #Glasgow, #Manchester, #London and other places with #COP30 rallies tomorrow, come and hear the truth! @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
www.pensionsage.com/pa/WYPF-to-u... Great article thank you @markcampanale.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk
Updated: WYPF confirms plans to enhance climate risk assessment as modelling criticisms grow
The West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) has confirmed that its 2025 actuarial valuation report will include a more sophisticated assessment of climate impact, as concerns around the climate modelling u...
www.pensionsage.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
www.pensionsage.com/pa/WYPF-to-u... Great article thank you @markcampanale.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk
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A new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report exposes how a powerful few are driving climate breakdown 🌍
#COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet.
#TaxTheirBillions #TaxTheRich
#COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet.
#TaxTheirBillions #TaxTheRich
Why COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet
See how the wealthy few are driving the climate crisis, and what leaders at COP30 can do to change course now.
350.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report exposes how a powerful few are driving climate breakdown 🌍
#COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet.
#TaxTheirBillions #TaxTheRich
#COP30 leaders must stop the super-rich from burning down the planet.
#TaxTheirBillions #TaxTheRich
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Two of the world’s richest polluters are scheming to pay less tax and drill more oil.
While families across the UK struggle with bills, Shell and Equinor are joining forces on 'Adura', a new venture which will drain the public purse and fuel the climate crisis.
While families across the UK struggle with bills, Shell and Equinor are joining forces on 'Adura', a new venture which will drain the public purse and fuel the climate crisis.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Two of the world’s richest polluters are scheming to pay less tax and drill more oil.
While families across the UK struggle with bills, Shell and Equinor are joining forces on 'Adura', a new venture which will drain the public purse and fuel the climate crisis.
While families across the UK struggle with bills, Shell and Equinor are joining forces on 'Adura', a new venture which will drain the public purse and fuel the climate crisis.
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The utter lunacy at every climate-wrecking step of this scandalous business model is hard to overstate: killing old-growth🌲 in BC, trucking them to plants, turning them into pellets, shipping them half-way around the 🌍, then 🔥 them. All subsidized by 🇬🇧 taxpayers. @stand.earth @tzeporah.bsky.social
New @stand.earth report shows that zebras don’t change their stripes.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax is STILL sourcing wood from ecological significant forests in BC, still the single biggest carbon emitter in Britain, and still receiving subsidies from the UK Gov.
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The utter lunacy at every climate-wrecking step of this scandalous business model is hard to overstate: killing old-growth🌲 in BC, trucking them to plants, turning them into pellets, shipping them half-way around the 🌍, then 🔥 them. All subsidized by 🇬🇧 taxpayers. @stand.earth @tzeporah.bsky.social
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🚨 In 2024, Switzerland's climate policies were ruled to violate human rights. Now @goodlawproject.bsky.social is taking the UK Govt to court to ensure its policies are fit for purpose. Strengthening our targets and integrating our climate and nature plans via the #CANBill would make sure they are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨 In 2024, Switzerland's climate policies were ruled to violate human rights. Now @goodlawproject.bsky.social is taking the UK Govt to court to ensure its policies are fit for purpose. Strengthening our targets and integrating our climate and nature plans via the #CANBill would make sure they are.
Vigil 205 7.11.25 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund As #COP30 begins #AntonioGuterres says: Change course now. A transition away from fossil fuels is a matter of economic self-interest. We say this is also about survival. #Divest!
theguardian.com/.../change-c....
theguardian.com/.../change-c....
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Vigil 205 7.11.25 at #WestYorkshirePensionFund As #COP30 begins #AntonioGuterres says: Change course now. A transition away from fossil fuels is a matter of economic self-interest. We say this is also about survival. #Divest!
theguardian.com/.../change-c....
theguardian.com/.../change-c....
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BREAKING 🚨: @zackpolanski.bsky.social has joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project.
Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
BREAKING 🚨: @zackpolanski.bsky.social has joined 250+ organisations calling on Keir Starmer to reject the controversial Rosebank oil field.
Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project.
Rosebank is a defining test of this government’s credibility on climate change. They must reject this disaster project.
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🌿 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social: “Let’s make sure Government policy works like a beaver dam—not blocking progress, but shaping the UK in a way that serves life. With Olivia [Blake] as chair, this new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus could be the start of something transformative.”
👉 thecncc.org #CNCC
👉 thecncc.org #CNCC
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🌿 @chrisgpackham.bsky.social: “Let’s make sure Government policy works like a beaver dam—not blocking progress, but shaping the UK in a way that serves life. With Olivia [Blake] as chair, this new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus could be the start of something transformative.”
👉 thecncc.org #CNCC
👉 thecncc.org #CNCC
Big polluters caused the climate crisis - why should we pay for the impacts while they continue to profit?
Join me and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇
foe.uk/lipp6
Join me and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇
foe.uk/lipp6
Make polluters worldwide pay for a greener future
While the cost of living and climate crises rage on and oil and gas companies' profits soar, something is shifting… More and more of us want big polluters to pay for the damage they've caused to our p...
foe.uk
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Big polluters caused the climate crisis - why should we pay for the impacts while they continue to profit?
Join me and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇
foe.uk/lipp6
Join me and add your name to this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition, demand big polluters pay their fair share for a greener future🌍👇
foe.uk/lipp6