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Josie Parr
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libdems.org.uk
🚨BREAKING🚨

MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.

The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Great piece by Henry Bird @thetimes on the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis nebriefing.org

"Professor Hayley Fowler, said we 'risk sliding into a state of permanent crisis management'"

link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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ox.ac.uk
Read more ⬇️ @naturebasedsols.bsky.social | @biology.ox.ac.uk | @smithschool.ox.ac.uk
Expert Comment: National Emergency Briefing - Nature is not a
Nathalie Seddon, Professor of Biodiversity and Founding Director of the Nature-based Solutions Initiative in the Department of Biology and Smith School for Enterprise and Environment and Director of
www.ox.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Thank you to @wedonthavetime.bsky.social for this excellent resource: a series of powerful interviews with the experts and influential attendees at the National Emergency Briefing last Thursday. #NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis
www.wedonthavetime.org/events/natio...
National Emergency Briefing – Nov 27, 2025–Nov 27, 2025
The first-ever National Climate Briefing in the UK — and one of the first of its kind globally
www.wedonthavetime.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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phoebebarnard.bsky.social
If you haven't yet watched #DaveBorlace's great #JustHaveaThink show on the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing #nebriefing, you'll find that it's one of his very best. Have yourself some intriguing few minutes with it, and *please* act on what he says - sign the letter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7...
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
"The food industry itself is alarmed. UK food executives have warned that the sector is on course for pronounced shortages and business failures."

@profpaulbehrens.bsky.social of @ox.ac.uk calling for urgent action at the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUP
Expert Comment: National Emergency Briefing- Reforming UK food
Professor Paul Behrens, from the Oxford Martin School, was one of nine experts invited to deliver evidence at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crises, held
www.ox.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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☝️ @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @kevinclimate.bsky.social @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social @angelaisfranc.bsky.social @tessakhan.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @rmets.org @ox.ac.uk @carbonliteracy.bsky.social @neunion.bsky.social @rsb.org.uk @exeter.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Will the government back the call for a televised #ClimateEmergency briefing, as called for by @nebriefing.bsky.social?

In the context of #COP30, I ask the question

Minister's answer:
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
December 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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ecologicgal.bsky.social
I just watched Dave Borlace's excellent summary of the National Emergency Briefing held last week in Westminster. Really worth watching, and please consider signing the open letter www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... @nebriefing.bsky.social #climate #plantbased youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
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December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
The National Emergency Briefing was opened by @ChrisGPackham and chaired by @MikeBernersLee who introduced 9 leading experts covering every aspect of the climate and nature crisis
All talks will published shortly
www.youtube.com/@nebriefing

#nationalemergencybriefing #timetostepup
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
National Emergency Briefing
Over 35,000 urge the Prime Minister & national broadcasters to stage a televised emergency briefing to warn the public of escalating threats to food supplies, health and national security.
www.nebriefing.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Have you signed the open letter?

#NationalEmergencyBriefing
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
The National Emergency Briefing
chaired by Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social saw nine leading experts brief MPs and others on every aspect of the climate & nature crisis.

Please follow our YouTube channel where the talks will be published soon.
www.youtube.com/@nebriefing #NEB2025
December 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Please sign the open letter to Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing.

People have the right to know about the serious threats facing this country, and that we could be doing so much more.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing

Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Full version, and more content, on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Please sign an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the UK broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...

Highlights from actor Olivia Williams' powerful reading.
Full version link below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
You can find the full talk on our YouTube channel. Please click to subscribe - it helps boost the content: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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nebriefing.bsky.social
Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social's warning at the National Emergency Briefing that everyone in the UK deserves to hear.

For the full talk, please go to our YouTube channel. See below.
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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xruk-actions.bsky.social
The forces of repression, extraction and exploitation are powerful and deeply entrenched. But history shows that even the most immovable structures can shift when people organise – and what once seemed impossible can become possible
#ThisWorldIsOurs
#ClimateJusticeNow
@climatejusticeuk.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Snapshot of a rainforest floor in winter.
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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lawnmasternotts.bsky.social
Day 1257 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and asking for a friend
How many is too many, when sharing photos of robins? 🤗❤️🤔 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
" #Climate poses the greatest risk to the contemporary nation state as a political form that it has ever faced, and that is only goinv to get worse" - Prof. @geoffmann.bsky.social
Politics In a World On Fire w/Geoff Mann
YouTube video by The BREAK—DOWN
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December 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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guardian-climate.bsky.social
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds: ‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Caribbean reefs have half as much hard coral now as they did in 1980, a study has found. The 48% decre...
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds: ‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Caribbean reefs have half as much hard coral now as they did in 1980, a study has found. The 48% decre...
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant."

Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Seaham Reform councillor's firm fined over illegal worker
Durham councillor Andrew Harrison says the worker was legal and he is appealing against the fine.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM