Dr. Aaron Thierry
@thierryaaron.bsky.social
Graduate student at Cardiff University - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.
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My first comment piece in @theguardian.com is on a topic very close to my heart; the threat that the #ClimateCrisis poses to my local community in South Wales.
Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
"Syria is enduring one of its worst droughts in decades, with severely low rainfall and rising temperatures. This has caused wheat harvests to drop by 40% and pushed fodder prices up, forcing herders to sell livestock at a loss"
#Syria 🇸🇾
#ClimateEmergency
#Syria 🇸🇾
#ClimateEmergency
Syria drought worsens: Farmers and shepherds struggle as crops fail and dams run dry
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Syria is enduring one of its worst droughts in decades, with severely low rainfall and rising temperatures. This has caused wheat harvests to drop by 40% and pushed fodder prices up, forcing herders to sell livestock at a loss"
#Syria 🇸🇾
#ClimateEmergency
#Syria 🇸🇾
#ClimateEmergency
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Please have a read of part 1 of my two-parter on this, here:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
And keep and eye out for part 2: where I dig into shiny new data centre lobbying, and specifically the idea of 'forcing' data centres to "invest" (🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐) in renewables
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
And keep and eye out for part 2: where I dig into shiny new data centre lobbying, and specifically the idea of 'forcing' data centres to "invest" (🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐) in renewables
How data centres are killing Australia’s climate progress
Australia's climate ambitions are being completely screwed by the tech industry’s panicked data centre frenzy.
www.crikey.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Please have a read of part 1 of my two-parter on this, here:
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
And keep and eye out for part 2: where I dig into shiny new data centre lobbying, and specifically the idea of 'forcing' data centres to "invest" (🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐) in renewables
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...
And keep and eye out for part 2: where I dig into shiny new data centre lobbying, and specifically the idea of 'forcing' data centres to "invest" (🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐🫠🤔🧐) in renewables
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V interesting overview of how the Ministry of Eco Education are supporting teachers and thereby schools and their communities. @education.ox.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
V interesting overview of how the Ministry of Eco Education are supporting teachers and thereby schools and their communities. @education.ox.ac.uk
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A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
Quaker climate activist appeals conviction after judge threatens the jury
A Quaker is appealing her climate conviction after a judge threatened the jury with contempt of court if they found defendants not guilty according to their conscience.
www.quaker.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.
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Texelse milieuwetenschapper Joshua Nooij vertelde vol vuur over alles wat er leeft in de Noordzee, en hoe boorplatforms dat leven dwarsbomen. Joshua probeert samen met andere wetenschappers en activisten gasboringen in de Noordzee te voorkomen of vertragen.
Lees het hele interview hier ⬇️
Lees het hele interview hier ⬇️
‘De Noordzee verdient respect, geen nieuwe gasboringen’
Wereldwijd komen mensen in opstand tegen nieuwe gasprojecten. Een daarvan is Joshua Nooij, geboren en getogen op Texel en actief bij Scientist Rebellion. Hij komt op voor het leven in de Noordzee, wan...
gofossilfree.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Texelse milieuwetenschapper Joshua Nooij vertelde vol vuur over alles wat er leeft in de Noordzee, en hoe boorplatforms dat leven dwarsbomen. Joshua probeert samen met andere wetenschappers en activisten gasboringen in de Noordzee te voorkomen of vertragen.
Lees het hele interview hier ⬇️
Lees het hele interview hier ⬇️
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We're delighted that 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 is getting so much pick up
On Spotify, the series has been:
🎧 listened to for longer than 93% of other shows
📈 more popular than 96% of other new shows
📲 shared more than 98% of other shows
Thanks to everyone who's listened!
On Spotify, the series has been:
🎧 listened to for longer than 93% of other shows
📈 more popular than 96% of other new shows
📲 shared more than 98% of other shows
Thanks to everyone who's listened!
December 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We're delighted that 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 is getting so much pick up
On Spotify, the series has been:
🎧 listened to for longer than 93% of other shows
📈 more popular than 96% of other new shows
📲 shared more than 98% of other shows
Thanks to everyone who's listened!
On Spotify, the series has been:
🎧 listened to for longer than 93% of other shows
📈 more popular than 96% of other new shows
📲 shared more than 98% of other shows
Thanks to everyone who's listened!
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"[Some economic models] have made perspectives about what is acceptable climate change that are totally unreasonable."
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:33 PM
"[Some economic models] have made perspectives about what is acceptable climate change that are totally unreasonable."
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
-Joseph Stiglitz
Listen now on Overshootpod.com
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It's awfully ironic that this was Lord Whitehead's answer, as at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Prof. @kevinclimate.bsky.social told the attendees in no uncertain terms that the 1.5C goal was now out of reach and 2C will soon be too!
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It's awfully ironic that this was Lord Whitehead's answer, as at the @nebriefing.bsky.social Prof. @kevinclimate.bsky.social told the attendees in no uncertain terms that the 1.5C goal was now out of reach and 2C will soon be too!
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
That many dont know this yet shows the need of a government briefing
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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...
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
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...
In the context of #COP30, I ask the question
Minister's answer:
hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
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Why would the Government 𝗻𝗼𝘁 brief the public on the biggest threat to face our nation?
Thank you to Baroness Natalie Bennett for asking this important question in the House of Lords, echoing the call from experts and over 37,000 signatories
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Thank you to Baroness Natalie Bennett for asking this important question in the House of Lords, echoing the call from experts and over 37,000 signatories
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
My followup on #COP30 and the climate and nature crises, after the debate focused on energy systems, with #biodiversity barely gettting a mention
Minister's answer: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
Minister's answer: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2025-1...
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Why would the Government 𝗻𝗼𝘁 brief the public on the biggest threat to face our nation?
Thank you to Baroness Natalie Bennett for asking this important question in the House of Lords, echoing the call from experts and over 37,000 signatories
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Thank you to Baroness Natalie Bennett for asking this important question in the House of Lords, echoing the call from experts and over 37,000 signatories
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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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...
#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
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...
#NEB2025 #ClimateCrisis nebriefing.org
"Professor Hayley Fowler, said we 'risk sliding into a state of permanent crisis management'"
link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
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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
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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...
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🌊 Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain
👉 28% rainfall increase (vs ERA5’s 8%)
👉 Storm rain intensity up
👉 ~2,300 Gt/yr extra freshwater in 2023
👉 Ocean “cooling by evaporation” up 10–15%
One of Earth’s key climate buffers is shifting.
theconversation.com/storms-in-th...
👉 28% rainfall increase (vs ERA5’s 8%)
👉 Storm rain intensity up
👉 ~2,300 Gt/yr extra freshwater in 2023
👉 Ocean “cooling by evaporation” up 10–15%
One of Earth’s key climate buffers is shifting.
theconversation.com/storms-in-th...
Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global
The Southern Ocean is the engine room of global heat and carbon uptake – and it’s changing faster and more dramatically than we thought.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
🌊 Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain
👉 28% rainfall increase (vs ERA5’s 8%)
👉 Storm rain intensity up
👉 ~2,300 Gt/yr extra freshwater in 2023
👉 Ocean “cooling by evaporation” up 10–15%
One of Earth’s key climate buffers is shifting.
theconversation.com/storms-in-th...
👉 28% rainfall increase (vs ERA5’s 8%)
👉 Storm rain intensity up
👉 ~2,300 Gt/yr extra freshwater in 2023
👉 Ocean “cooling by evaporation” up 10–15%
One of Earth’s key climate buffers is shifting.
theconversation.com/storms-in-th...
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Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The MOU with Alberta is deeply disappointing. It sacrifices climate policies, places too many eggs in the industrial pricing basket, proposes a pipeline deal that would increase emissions, and would have Canada double-down on fossil fuels at a time the world is moving towards clean energy.
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The MOU with Alberta is deeply disappointing. It sacrifices climate policies, places too many eggs in the industrial pricing basket, proposes a pipeline deal that would increase emissions, and would have Canada double-down on fossil fuels at a time the world is moving towards clean energy.
"Thank God, smoke is rising from the lofty chimeys," 🏭😶🌫️☠️
There have always been those who have foolishly sought to justify pollution as the price of progress.
The argument was as absurd in the 19th century as it is today.
Extract from: "The Burning Earth" point👇
There have always been those who have foolishly sought to justify pollution as the price of progress.
The argument was as absurd in the 19th century as it is today.
Extract from: "The Burning Earth" point👇
December 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"Thank God, smoke is rising from the lofty chimeys," 🏭😶🌫️☠️
There have always been those who have foolishly sought to justify pollution as the price of progress.
The argument was as absurd in the 19th century as it is today.
Extract from: "The Burning Earth" point👇
There have always been those who have foolishly sought to justify pollution as the price of progress.
The argument was as absurd in the 19th century as it is today.
Extract from: "The Burning Earth" point👇
"Across northwestern Africa’s sun-blasted rim, the Maghreb, six years of drought have slashed wheat yields, forcing countries such as #Morocco, #Algeria and #Tunisia to import more grain, even as global prices rise."
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
New Report Warns of Critical Climate Risks in Arab Region - Inside Climate News
Foundations of daily life, including farms, reservoirs and aquifers that feed and sustain millions, are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming.
insideclimatenews.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Across northwestern Africa’s sun-blasted rim, the Maghreb, six years of drought have slashed wheat yields, forcing countries such as #Morocco, #Algeria and #Tunisia to import more grain, even as global prices rise."
#ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency
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📢 WMO’s first ever #StateofClimate in the Arab Region report is out now.
The Arab region had its hottest year on record in 2024, and the rate of warming has accelerated in recent decades.
Find out more about here:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3XzexGb
The Arab region had its hottest year on record in 2024, and the rate of warming has accelerated in recent decades.
Find out more about here:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3XzexGb
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 WMO’s first ever #StateofClimate in the Arab Region report is out now.
The Arab region had its hottest year on record in 2024, and the rate of warming has accelerated in recent decades.
Find out more about here:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3XzexGb
The Arab region had its hottest year on record in 2024, and the rate of warming has accelerated in recent decades.
Find out more about here:
🔗 https://bit.ly/3XzexGb
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No matter where it begins, every political conversation or analysis among libs ends up at language, word choice, "framing." Just an endless, bottomless, almost pre-conscious faith that they can persuade their opponents to cede power.
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
No matter where it begins, every political conversation or analysis among libs ends up at language, word choice, "framing." Just an endless, bottomless, almost pre-conscious faith that they can persuade their opponents to cede power.
"Temperatures are rising at twice the global average, with intense heatwaves that are pushing society to the limits.
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"Temperatures are rising at twice the global average, with intense heatwaves that are pushing society to the limits.
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
Human health, ecosystems & economies can’t cope with extended spells of more than 50 °C – it is simply too hot to handle" - @wmo-global.bsky.social
#MENA
wmo.int/news/media-c...
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DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
"And every year the seas came higher... yet still they burned more fossil fuels"
AFP’s Josh Edelson photographs vehicles navigating roadways flooded with ocean water during a “King Tide” event in Mill Valley, California.
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding
"King Tides" occur when the Earth, moon, and sun align to produce unusually high water levels, cause tidal flooding
December 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
"And every year the seas came higher... yet still they burned more fossil fuels"
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I’ll be giving a free, public webinar on December 11th about the future of climate solutions.
Please come if you can! And please share with your networks. Thanks so much!
Please come if you can! And please share with your networks. Thanks so much!
Join our special December webinar to celebrate a year of breakthroughs, from the launch of the Drawdown Explorer and SHIFT, to transformative work sharing stories and engaging key stakeholders worldwide. Don't miss it! 🗓️ Dec 11 @2 PM EST. Register today! https://bit.ly/48wArPk
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I’ll be giving a free, public webinar on December 11th about the future of climate solutions.
Please come if you can! And please share with your networks. Thanks so much!
Please come if you can! And please share with your networks. Thanks so much!
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Antarctica had their 3rd warmest September on record, then their warmest October on record, and then had their warmest November on record. Overall is was easily the warmest Spring (Sep-Nov) on record. What could go wrong?!?
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Antarctica had their 3rd warmest September on record, then their warmest October on record, and then had their warmest November on record. Overall is was easily the warmest Spring (Sep-Nov) on record. What could go wrong?!?