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Mike Barry @planamikebarry.bsky.social · Sep 1

The storm came .. and went ☔️🌈

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · Jul 15

🙌 Great to see DEFRA launching the Good Food Cycle plan to transform Britain's food system.

As our Executive Director Anna Taylor points out - the real challenge now lies in delivering it!

Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3TFBJkc
#goodfoodcycle @ffc-commission.bsky.social @biteback2030.bsky.social

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jul 1

Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave

- Extreme heat ‘the new normal’, says UN chief, as authorities across the continent issue health warnings

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave

Extreme heat ‘the new normal’, says UN chief, as authorities across the continent issue health warnings

www.theguardian.com

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 29

Heatwave in the UK peaking on Monday and Tuesday.

1) Drink water. Stay cool. Check on vulnerable people.

2) You can monitor temperatures hour by hour across the country, and see how much warmer than normal it gets.

istheukhotrightnow.com

Is the UK hot right now?

See live UK temperatures vs average, with detailed stats, daily trends, and historic comparisons from official UK sites.

istheukhotrightnow.com

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The Food Foundation @foodfoundation.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 As London Climate Week spotlights urgent action across the food system, a new paper from @planeatryalliance.bsky.social shows:

Shifting diets can prevent up to 24% of unnecessary deaths globally while delivering 'gigatonne scale' emissions reductions.

🔗 tinyurl.com/mryzztzh
#LondonClimateWeek

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Mike Barry @planamikebarry.bsky.social · Jun 25

www.planeatryalliance.com/whitepaper
Delighted to launch our White Paper on Healthy and Sustainable Diets l

We interviewed 10 global food leaders to identity 15 barriers to shifting diets and ten practical solutions to overcome them

White Paper — Planeatry Alliance

www.planeatryalliance.com

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Food, Farming and Countryside Commission @ffc-commission.bsky.social · Jun 25

From policy gaps to practical levers for change, the paper reveals how businesses, policymakers, and civil society can collaborate to redesign food systems for people and planet.

Explore the full findings: www.planeatryalliance.com/whitepaper

@alimorpeth.bsky.social @planamikebarry.bsky.social

White Paper — Planeatry Alliance

www.planeatryalliance.com

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 18

21st June: #ShowYourStripes day

1) Download your warming stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info

2) Use the graphics to start conversations about climate change risks, how you are already experiencing the consequences and what you are doing about it

3) Encourage others to do the same

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 4

Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.

21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.

Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · May 27

The warming stripes have been updated to show the atmosphere and the ocean!

www.fastcompany.com/91339154/thi...

Paper: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...

This viral climate graphic just got a troubling update

The updated 'climate stripes' graph now visualizes the impact of climate change on oceans and the atmosphere. Some parts may surprise you.

www.fastcompany.com

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · May 25

This is phenomenal.

Sea surface temperatures are >5C above average to the west of the UK and around Iceland. It's the strongest area of anomalous warmth on the planet at the moment.

It's the warmest in recorded history for northwest Europe.

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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · May 12

Updated Climate Visuals

(1) Warming stripes for atmosphere and ocean
(2) Climate indicators (adding land humidity for 2024)
(3) UK climate indicators (adding some 2024 data)

ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · Apr 23

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Apr 15

Word of the day is ‘bugiard’ (17th century): one who distorts the truth beyond all recognition to fit their own agenda.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Apr 7

I swear it's not a graph of the stock market... 📉

+ High resolution version: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
+ Figure reproduced from doi.org/10.1038/natu...
+ Overview: climate.gov/news-feature...

Line graph time series of reconstruction Arctic sea ice extent over the last 1,450 years. There is some multi-decadal variability, but a sharp decreasing trend in the last part of the time series due to human-caused climate change. This reconstruction is from Kinnard et al. 2011.

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Mike Barry @planamikebarry.bsky.social · Apr 5

Insurance sector is the true ‘canary in the capitalist coal mine’ - it knows that 3C heating breaks society and the economy that’s meant to serve it

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Apr 4

“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

www.theguardian.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Apr 4

“At 3C of global heating, climate damage cannot be insured against, covered by governments, or adapted to. That means no more mortgages or new real estate devt, no long-term investment, no financial stability. The financial sector as we know it ceases to function and capitalism ceases to be viable.”

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer

Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Barry @planamikebarry.bsky.social · Apr 5

Plenty of quiddlers around, looking ‘down’ not ‘up’

Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Apr 4

Word of the day is ‘quiddler’ (18th century): one who focuses on unimportant issues while avoiding the important ones, or who fiddles/plays golf while Rome burns.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Apr 4

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 2nd lowest on record (JAXA data)

• about 480,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 870,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,420,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,840,000 km² below the 1980s mean

Plots: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... 🧪

Line graph time series of 2025's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2024. 2025 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between February and May by looking at the decadal average line positions.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Mar 18

All definitions of the #Arctic revealed significant warmth in February 2025, but the largest anomalies were found in the northernmost areas close to the North Pole.

Graphic updated monthly at: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe.... Data from ERA5 reanalysis.

Heat map-style graphic showing 2025's monthly temperature anomalies for different regional averages in the Arctic Circle, such as 60-90°N latitude up to 85-90°N latitude. Red boxes are shown for warmer than average months, and blue boxes are shown for colder than average months. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. The graphic shows anomalies through February 2025.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Mar 7

Word of the day is ‘whiffling’ (17th century): fickle, inconstant, and making it up as you go along.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Mar 6

Last month was statistically tied for the 3rd lowest #Antarctic sea ice extent on record for the month of February

This was 860,000 km² below the 1981-2010 February average. Data from NSIDC at nsidc.org/data/seaice_... 🌊

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Feb 26

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

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Mike Barry @planamikebarry.bsky.social · Feb 12

Very well deserved Simon. Good luck 😀🫰

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Climate Solutions News @climatesolutions.news · Feb 11

How can retailers make #Sustainability and #HealthyEating choices easier for consumers? @planamikebarry.bsky.social of @planeatryalliance.bsky.social explains why retailers need to use data and AI to support this transformation at the basket level.

Interview: climatesolutions.news/spotlight/ho...

How Can Retailers Lead the Charge on Health and Sustainability?

Interview with Mike Barry, The Planeatry Alliance. What are priorities in innovation, technology & policy for a better global food system?

climatesolutions.news

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