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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · 1d

My silver birch at home in the UK had a significant leaf drop in August due to extremely dry conditions…but seems to have held on to the remaining leaves for longer than usual. Isn’t nature clever!

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Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals @isepglobal.bsky.social · 20d

OUT NOW: TRANSFORM Sept/Oct 🌍
Is #Education ready for the #ClimateUrgency era?

💬 Experts on barriers to #GreenSkills
🗣️ Mike Berners-Lee on #ClimateTruth
🔄 Systems thinking, levies & more

Open now: bit.ly/4ode7kH

#Sustainability #TransformMagazine #EnvironmentalEducation

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Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals @isepglobal.bsky.social · Sep 4

ISEP ranked Top 10: We're delighted to have been recognised by Sustainability Magazine as one of the world's Top 10 Sustainability Associations!

Dept CEO @mbxsustain.bsky.social said this recognition reflects our global #Sustainability & #Environmental professionals driving change

bit.ly/463OeLY

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Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals @isepglobal.bsky.social · Jul 30

NEW PODCAST EPISODE: ‘Sustainable Matters’ S3: Ep1 features Futerra, co-Founder & Chief Solutionist @greensolitaire.bsky.social sitting down with
ISEP CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE to discuss her life & journey to becoming an influential 'eco-entrepreneur', life lessons & more!

Tune in: bit.ly/3GvgnmJ

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Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration @bennett-innovate.bsky.social · Jul 29

Are renewables actually cheaper?

Read our guest blog, by Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social, Bennett Institute Scholar who highlights that 91% of all new renewable energy projects are actually cheaper than fossil fuels.

bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/rene...

#renewables #climatechange

Stories - The Bennett Institute

Solar panels and windmills

bennettinstitutesussex.org

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Gareth Kane @garethkane.bsky.social · Jul 18

This week on the pod, I'm joined by Abby Chicken of Openreach which builds and runs digital networks in the UK. We talk carbon benefits of broadband, the largest order of EVs in history and making change happen, amongst many other things!
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/decarbonisin...

Decarbonising the Net with Abby Chicken, Openreach - Terra Infirma

Late last year, UK digital network provider Openreach placed the largest order for EVs in history, making a huge leap forward not only in meeting its Net Zero ambitions, but normalising clean transpor...

www.terrainfirma.co.uk

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hugely exciting and important day for the global sustainability and environment profession - today we launch our new name - the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) & embark on the next chapter in driving positive impact for #SustainableFuture.

@isepglobal.bsky.social

Image highlighting that I'm playing a part in transforming the world today for a sustainable future.

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Michael Lowry @michaelrlowry.bsky.social · Jul 9

According Dr. Robert Atlas, the elimination of NOAA's AOML as proposed in their 2026 budget would result in a 20-40% decrease in hurricane forecast accuracy, costing the economy an estimated $10 billion each hurricane season. Sobering numbers on what's at stake.

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Waste Badger @wastebadger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Westminster #LandfillTax receipts fall £3million year-on-year environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Jun 24

Another day of London Climate Action Week events and meetings, really looking forward to the @isepglobal.bsky.social Fellows networking reception later….not sure we needed Manchester weather to start the day! #LCAW

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · Jun 12

Don't let oil bulls fool you. Crude oil extraction, stuff of OPEC quota policy and benchmark prices, is still below a 2018 peak. Investments in exploration and extraction are falling.

2025 investments:
Upstream oil - $420 billion
Solar - $450 billion

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Jun 3

DETR….sadly didn’t become DERT (the soil scientists would have been in dreamworld)

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · May 26

hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)

ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...

a chart showing power consumption of big tech companies

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · May 22

Thrilled and proud to be included in the @endsreport.com 2025 Power List, alongside IEMA CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE @isepglobal.bsky.social members and colleagues!

lnkd.in/eGAMcH-q

Image showing 4 of the ENDs Power List professional influencers.

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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · May 22

– INFLUENCERS –

🏅 Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social, deputy chief executive of IEMA
🏅 @alastairchisholm.bsky.social, policy director at @ciwem.bsky.social
🏅 Adam Donnan MIEnvSc CEnv MBA, chief executive of the Institution of Environmental Sciences

Power List 2025 day four: Academics, influencers revealed

www.endsreport.com

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · May 20

Great to see our new #GreenHorizons "A Workforce Fit for Tomorrow" digital series launch today. Check out the Green Horizons series here and discover how you can be part of the green revolution! greencareershub.com/green-horizons

Green Horizons - Green Careers Hub

Green Horizons, a groundbreaking digital series by IEMA and CWP, exploring the future of green jobs and sustainable workforce development.

greencareershub.com

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · May 8

Never fails to make me smile 😀🩸

Confirmation message of blood donation being issued to Bolton hospital

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · May 2

To be clear, the centre ground on net zero is that the public are broadly supportive - even if there is some conditionality to that support.

The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.

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International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) @irena-official.bsky.social · Apr 18

📉 In 2023, 81% of newly commissioned utility-scale #renewables outperformed fossil fuels on cost — that's 382 GW of cleaner, cheaper power. Since 2000, global renewable deployment has slashed $409 bn in power sector fuel costs. Learn more: www.irena.org/Publications...

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Michael Liebreich @mliebreich.bsky.social · Apr 14

We've figured out why our Sierra Leone solar vid has so few views. YouTube shadow-banned it as political content. We only found out because, in desperation, we tried to promote it. Apparently saving babies' lives is political in the US today. We have appealed, but WTAF!
youtube.com/watch?v=yMxJ...

How Solar Is Saving Babies’ Lives in Sierra Leone — Ep204: Project Bo

YouTube video by Cleaning Up Podcast

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Apr 11

Don't miss this opportunity to gain recognition for your outstanding #EnvironmentalSustainability work - @socenv.bsky.social awards. Open to #CEnv #REnvP #REnvTech registrants. Application window closes soon, submit your FREE nomination(s) today socenv.org.uk/socenv-awards/ @isepglobal.bsky.social

Picture of the SocEnv Environmental Professional of the Year trophy for 2024.

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Apr 3

Wide range of recommendations (29 in total) in the independent review of the Defra regulatory landscape, recommendation to develop integrated "Local Environmental Improvement Plans" echoes the approach we set out in a 2019 Broadway Initiative/IEMA paper! irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/ba38e7c3/fil...

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Mar 19

In Brussels for the #EuropeanClimatePact session with Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action.

Big focus on European competitiveness - need to double down on breaking the link between economic activity and impacts on the climate, and give policy certainty for investment.

Climate Action Commissioner speaking at the European Climate Pact.

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Mar 18

While Kemi Badenoch has branded net zero by 2050 "impossible", 61% of Britons and 52% of Tory voters say they support the commitment - although this figure has fallen in recent years

Support: 61% (-10 from Jul 2023)
Oppose: 24% (+8)

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social · Mar 7

Good to see - ICVCM Core Carbon Principles are aligned to Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement and clean cookstoves are essential in the drive for doubling energy efficiency by 2030 under the Global Stocktake agreed at #COP28

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Global carbon offset standard approves three clean cookstove methods

A global standard setter for voluntary carbon projects has approved three new methods for projects that reduce emissions by switching to cleaner fuels used in domestic cookstoves, hoping to boost buyer confidence in the credits they generate.

www.reuters.com