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The wonderful Jonathon Porritt arrested, again.
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
Among the many arrested in Bristol at today's @defendourjuries.bsky.social protest in support of Palestine Action - lifelong environmentalist and former director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathon Porritt.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The wonderful Jonathon Porritt arrested, again.
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
(Read jonathonporritt.com/arrested-for...)
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"Every speaker converged on the same conclusion, delaying action or making only incremental changes are no longer aligned with physical reality, financial prudence, or national security"
Excellent account of yesterday's National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
Excellent account of yesterday's National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
UK Security, Food And Economy At Risk Without Climate Action, Experts Say
Experts at the U.K.’s first national emergency briefing on climate and nature shared risks in a world being rapidly destabilised by climate and biodiversity breakdown
www.forbes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Every speaker converged on the same conclusion, delaying action or making only incremental changes are no longer aligned with physical reality, financial prudence, or national security"
Excellent account of yesterday's National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
Excellent account of yesterday's National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social
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"We need to wake up here. The World needs to wake up. Not just in terms of trying to cap this at 1.5 degrees C, limit emissions, and limit the warming. But also we need to adapt to this. So the governments need to wake up in terms of preparing... to reduce the impact, as well as increase resilience"
What's causing record floods, typhoons in Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines? The World | ABC News
YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
"We need to wake up here. The World needs to wake up. Not just in terms of trying to cap this at 1.5 degrees C, limit emissions, and limit the warming. But also we need to adapt to this. So the governments need to wake up in terms of preparing... to reduce the impact, as well as increase resilience"
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IPCC: In the near-term (2022-2040) risks are highest for people, animals & ecosystems that are:
1. In places close to thermal limits
2. In places close to seasonal rivers & ice
3. Along coastlines
BILLIONS of people are in harms way!
1. In places close to thermal limits
2. In places close to seasonal rivers & ice
3. Along coastlines
BILLIONS of people are in harms way!
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
IPCC: In the near-term (2022-2040) risks are highest for people, animals & ecosystems that are:
1. In places close to thermal limits
2. In places close to seasonal rivers & ice
3. Along coastlines
BILLIONS of people are in harms way!
1. In places close to thermal limits
2. In places close to seasonal rivers & ice
3. Along coastlines
BILLIONS of people are in harms way!
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Don't look away from this!
The sheer scale of the flooding is staggering.
This is all occurring at ~1.5ºC
What happens at 2ºC?
We are 92% certain to reach this level of heating
We are completely unprepared!
#ClimateCrisis
The sheer scale of the flooding is staggering.
This is all occurring at ~1.5ºC
What happens at 2ºC?
We are 92% certain to reach this level of heating
We are completely unprepared!
#ClimateCrisis
Southeast Asia floods death toll climbs, rescue teams push on | REUTERS
Floods claimed at least 180 lives across Southeast Asia as cyclone-driven storms battered Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, forcing thousands into shelters and prompting urgent rescue and relief operations.
#News #Reuters #Newsfeed #thailand #indonesia #floods
Read the story here: https://reut.rs
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Don't look away from this!
The sheer scale of the flooding is staggering.
This is all occurring at ~1.5ºC
What happens at 2ºC?
We are 92% certain to reach this level of heating
We are completely unprepared!
#ClimateCrisis
The sheer scale of the flooding is staggering.
This is all occurring at ~1.5ºC
What happens at 2ºC?
We are 92% certain to reach this level of heating
We are completely unprepared!
#ClimateCrisis
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There were some incredibly powerful talks at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing today
And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point?
. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point?
. 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 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There were some incredibly powerful talks at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing today
And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point?
. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And hearing 9 interrelated themes brought home the systemic nature of the polycrisis. Can this be the start of a societal tipping point?
. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Equatorial Atlantic mid-depth warming indicates Atlantic meridional overturning circulation slowdown - Communications Earth & Environment
Mid-depth warming in the equatorial Atlantic Ocean serves as a fingerprint of a slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation on decadal scales, according to ocean model experiments, and...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
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‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
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“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.”
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.”
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 910,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 910,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 910,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 910,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,500,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,660,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Kin: Save together to save the world | Kin - Community Saving
kin.coop
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
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MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy.
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
MISSING: Closing tax loopholes for private jets, taxing airplane fuel, a frequent flyer levy.
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
Why does the Chancellor have such a blind spot for anything that might tackle the excesses of the aviation industry? #Budget
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Back from COP30. The speeches on the last day made me think of how how we are living a tragedy, and so, to paraphrase the Bard ...
Do we keep going as we are,
absorbing disaster after disaster,
or do we finally confront the system that’s breaking the planet?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1211202...
Do we keep going as we are,
absorbing disaster after disaster,
or do we finally confront the system that’s breaking the planet?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1211202...
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Back from COP30. The speeches on the last day made me think of how how we are living a tragedy, and so, to paraphrase the Bard ...
Do we keep going as we are,
absorbing disaster after disaster,
or do we finally confront the system that’s breaking the planet?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1211202...
Do we keep going as we are,
absorbing disaster after disaster,
or do we finally confront the system that’s breaking the planet?
insideclimatenews.org/news/1211202...
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👉NEW -- Did Trump pressure Starmer to ban Palestine Action?
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
👉NEW -- Did Trump pressure Starmer to ban Palestine Action?
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
by John McEvoy & Dania Akkad
Lawyers for Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, have questioned if the US president influenced the crackdown on the group.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks severe climate-related risks to its economy, public health, food systems and national security.
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 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A host of eminent scientists have warned politicians, business and community leaders that the UK risks severe climate-related risks to its economy, public health, food systems and national security.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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SETTING: SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: We were hurtling towards climate chaos which ended up really hurting the economy. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
SETTING: SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE: We were hurtling towards climate chaos which ended up really hurting the economy. More info here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
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Appears that we have @gbnewsonline.bsky.social to thank for providing a full 2.5 hour video recording of the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing introduction and expert briefings.
www.youtube.com/live/2-PFKT1...
www.youtube.com/live/2-PFKT1...
WATCH: National Emergency briefing on climate and nature by UK experts
YouTube video by GBNews
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Appears that we have @gbnewsonline.bsky.social to thank for providing a full 2.5 hour video recording of the UK #NationalEmergencyBriefing introduction and expert briefings.
www.youtube.com/live/2-PFKT1...
www.youtube.com/live/2-PFKT1...
Highly insufficient to address the entire waste problem but still exemplary: if Romania can do it, all governmnents in Europe (and elsewhere) should too!
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
‘We like it a lot’: how Romania created the largest deposit return scheme in the world
In the two years since the system was launched, beverage-packaging collection and recycling has risen to 94%
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Highly insufficient to address the entire waste problem but still exemplary: if Romania can do it, all governmnents in Europe (and elsewhere) should too!
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"What makes Sudan's crisis even more alarming is its invisibility. The world is not watching closely enough"
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
"The cost of silence in Sudan’s civil war is too high"
As Sudan’s brutal civil war rages on, more than 12 million people have been displaced — deepening an already devastating protection and humanitarian crisis. In this episode of The Humans in Human Righ...
www.ohchr.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"What makes Sudan's crisis even more alarming is its invisibility. The world is not watching closely enough"
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced
This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n
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With winter fast approaching, we're sharing 5 facts about wood burning to help keep you, your family and local community safe over the colder months 👉
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
With winter fast approaching, we're sharing 5 facts about wood burning to help keep you, your family and local community safe over the colder months 👉
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This is awful. And as Rutger Bergman says, this is how democracies collapse - unless we resist.
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is awful. And as Rutger Bergman says, this is how democracies collapse - unless we resist.