Adam Vaughan
@adamvaughan.bsky.social
Environment Editor at The Times. Clean it Up water campaign. Planet Hope podcast host. When not working, usually running. Previously New Scientist and Guardian.
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Global CO2 emissions have hit another record high.
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Global CO2 emissions have hit another record high.
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
The glimmer of good news it there is now a “green club” of 35 countries including Britain that are cutting emissions while growing GDP. A decade ago there were just 18. And another 19 are on the verge of joining.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...
I saw a Peacock butterfly in the South Downs at the weekend.
Is anyone else in the UK seeing weird signs of a "second summer for nature" because of the mild weather?
E.g. flowers blooming again, insects that wouldn't normally be out in November.
Would love to hear your examples...
Is anyone else in the UK seeing weird signs of a "second summer for nature" because of the mild weather?
E.g. flowers blooming again, insects that wouldn't normally be out in November.
Would love to hear your examples...
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I saw a Peacock butterfly in the South Downs at the weekend.
Is anyone else in the UK seeing weird signs of a "second summer for nature" because of the mild weather?
E.g. flowers blooming again, insects that wouldn't normally be out in November.
Would love to hear your examples...
Is anyone else in the UK seeing weird signs of a "second summer for nature" because of the mild weather?
E.g. flowers blooming again, insects that wouldn't normally be out in November.
Would love to hear your examples...
A quarter of Britain’s native plants are now at risk of extinction
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
A quarter of Britain’s native plants are now at risk of extinction
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The first update in two decades to a “red list” of plants found a substantial increase in the number of threatened species
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How is the world getting on with its promise to end deforestation by 2030?
Here's my stocktake as countries prepare for the #COP30 climate conference in the Amazon rainforest next week
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Here's my stocktake as countries prepare for the #COP30 climate conference in the Amazon rainforest next week
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
How is the world getting on with its promise to end deforestation by 2030?
Here's my stocktake as countries prepare for the #COP30 climate conference in the Amazon rainforest next week
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Here's my stocktake as countries prepare for the #COP30 climate conference in the Amazon rainforest next week
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
The British public's concern about climate change bounced back up this summer
It's now roughly in line with where it stood during 2023 and 2024
But it's still slightly down from 2021 in the run-up to the #COP26 climate summit at Glasgow
www.gov.uk/government/s...
It's now roughly in line with where it stood during 2023 and 2024
But it's still slightly down from 2021 in the run-up to the #COP26 climate summit at Glasgow
www.gov.uk/government/s...
October 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The British public's concern about climate change bounced back up this summer
It's now roughly in line with where it stood during 2023 and 2024
But it's still slightly down from 2021 in the run-up to the #COP26 climate summit at Glasgow
www.gov.uk/government/s...
It's now roughly in line with where it stood during 2023 and 2024
But it's still slightly down from 2021 in the run-up to the #COP26 climate summit at Glasgow
www.gov.uk/government/s...
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased by a record amount last year, says @wmo-global.bsky.social.
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
October 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased by a record amount last year, says @wmo-global.bsky.social.
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
The record annual rise comes amid growing signs that forests, peatlands, oceans and other natural "sinks" are failing to absorb as much CO2 as they normally do.
wmo.int/publication-...
The amount of global installed renewable power capacity increased by 14% last year (extra 582GW!).
It's not quite on track for the tripling by 2030 that nations agreed at COP28 in Dubia two years ago, but it's pretty damn good.
New @irena-official.bsky.social report:
www.irena.org/Publications...
It's not quite on track for the tripling by 2030 that nations agreed at COP28 in Dubia two years ago, but it's pretty damn good.
New @irena-official.bsky.social report:
www.irena.org/Publications...
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The amount of global installed renewable power capacity increased by 14% last year (extra 582GW!).
It's not quite on track for the tripling by 2030 that nations agreed at COP28 in Dubia two years ago, but it's pretty damn good.
New @irena-official.bsky.social report:
www.irena.org/Publications...
It's not quite on track for the tripling by 2030 that nations agreed at COP28 in Dubia two years ago, but it's pretty damn good.
New @irena-official.bsky.social report:
www.irena.org/Publications...
Renewables have overtaken coal in the global electricity mix for the first time, @ember-energy.org has found
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Renewables have overtaken coal in the global electricity mix for the first time, @ember-energy.org has found
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
Sad about Jane Goodall.
She had a way with words.
“I spent so long in nature on my own, that I really only need to close my eyes, and I'm sort of back there. If I'm in the middle of the city, I could close my eyes I can imagine the rumbling rain was the rain pounding on the canvas," she told me.
She had a way with words.
“I spent so long in nature on my own, that I really only need to close my eyes, and I'm sort of back there. If I'm in the middle of the city, I could close my eyes I can imagine the rumbling rain was the rain pounding on the canvas," she told me.
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Sad about Jane Goodall.
She had a way with words.
“I spent so long in nature on my own, that I really only need to close my eyes, and I'm sort of back there. If I'm in the middle of the city, I could close my eyes I can imagine the rumbling rain was the rain pounding on the canvas," she told me.
She had a way with words.
“I spent so long in nature on my own, that I really only need to close my eyes, and I'm sort of back there. If I'm in the middle of the city, I could close my eyes I can imagine the rumbling rain was the rain pounding on the canvas," she told me.
UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced a ban on new fracking licences.
Goes beyond 2019 moratorium on existing licences.
"I say: let's ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing too," he said.
The move is directed at Reform, which has said it would back fracking.
Goes beyond 2019 moratorium on existing licences.
"I say: let's ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing too," he said.
The move is directed at Reform, which has said it would back fracking.
October 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced a ban on new fracking licences.
Goes beyond 2019 moratorium on existing licences.
"I say: let's ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing too," he said.
The move is directed at Reform, which has said it would back fracking.
Goes beyond 2019 moratorium on existing licences.
"I say: let's ban fracking and vow to send this bunch of frackers packing too," he said.
The move is directed at Reform, which has said it would back fracking.
Lot of love from the crowd for Ed Miliband at Labour party conference - he just got a big ovation for his list of progress in last year, solar approvals, onshore wind ban undone, GB Energy etc.
October 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Lot of love from the crowd for Ed Miliband at Labour party conference - he just got a big ovation for his list of progress in last year, solar approvals, onshore wind ban undone, GB Energy etc.
The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The UK's goal of 95% clean power by 2030 might sound Herculean.
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
But the UK has made more progress than many people think: it's already on 74%.
New official figures out today
www.gov.uk/government/s...
NEW
Analysis by @carbonbrief.org reveals there's been record 87 hours this year where national electricity demand was fully covered by clean sources
It is a sign of a rapidly-transforming energy system. But there's still a "very long way" to 2030 clean power goal
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Analysis by @carbonbrief.org reveals there's been record 87 hours this year where national electricity demand was fully covered by clean sources
It is a sign of a rapidly-transforming energy system. But there's still a "very long way" to 2030 clean power goal
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
September 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NEW
Analysis by @carbonbrief.org reveals there's been record 87 hours this year where national electricity demand was fully covered by clean sources
It is a sign of a rapidly-transforming energy system. But there's still a "very long way" to 2030 clean power goal
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Analysis by @carbonbrief.org reveals there's been record 87 hours this year where national electricity demand was fully covered by clean sources
It is a sign of a rapidly-transforming energy system. But there's still a "very long way" to 2030 clean power goal
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Meanwhile, back in the world of facts.
wmo.int/publication-...
wmo.int/publication-...
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meanwhile, back in the world of facts.
wmo.int/publication-...
wmo.int/publication-...
"10 years after the Paris Agreement, governments plan to produce more than double the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C"
Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today
www.sei.org/publications...
Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today
www.sei.org/publications...
September 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"10 years after the Paris Agreement, governments plan to produce more than double the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C"
Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today
www.sei.org/publications...
Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today
www.sei.org/publications...
Another record-breaking summer for Europe.
This time it was record carbon emissions from #wildfires in the EU and UK.
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/highest-wild...
#climatechange #landuse
This time it was record carbon emissions from #wildfires in the EU and UK.
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/highest-wild...
#climatechange #landuse
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Another record-breaking summer for Europe.
This time it was record carbon emissions from #wildfires in the EU and UK.
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/highest-wild...
#climatechange #landuse
This time it was record carbon emissions from #wildfires in the EU and UK.
atmosphere.copernicus.eu/highest-wild...
#climatechange #landuse
Australia's new national carbon reduction target is in
(AKA NDC 3.0)
It's a 62-70% cut by 2035, against a 2005 baseline.
Australian Climate Change Authority chair says "ambitious" but "absolutely feasible"
@oilchange.bsky.social says "not in line" with 1.5C goal
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
(AKA NDC 3.0)
It's a 62-70% cut by 2035, against a 2005 baseline.
Australian Climate Change Authority chair says "ambitious" but "absolutely feasible"
@oilchange.bsky.social says "not in line" with 1.5C goal
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
September 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Australia's new national carbon reduction target is in
(AKA NDC 3.0)
It's a 62-70% cut by 2035, against a 2005 baseline.
Australian Climate Change Authority chair says "ambitious" but "absolutely feasible"
@oilchange.bsky.social says "not in line" with 1.5C goal
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
(AKA NDC 3.0)
It's a 62-70% cut by 2035, against a 2005 baseline.
Australian Climate Change Authority chair says "ambitious" but "absolutely feasible"
@oilchange.bsky.social says "not in line" with 1.5C goal
unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
Is access to nature getting better in England?
Data suggests it might be.
The % of people agreeing local green and natural spaces is within easy walking distance is at highest level (69%) in the 5yrs since a govt survey started.
Does this chime with other evidence?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Data suggests it might be.
The % of people agreeing local green and natural spaces is within easy walking distance is at highest level (69%) in the 5yrs since a govt survey started.
Does this chime with other evidence?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
September 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Is access to nature getting better in England?
Data suggests it might be.
The % of people agreeing local green and natural spaces is within easy walking distance is at highest level (69%) in the 5yrs since a govt survey started.
Does this chime with other evidence?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Data suggests it might be.
The % of people agreeing local green and natural spaces is within easy walking distance is at highest level (69%) in the 5yrs since a govt survey started.
Does this chime with other evidence?
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found
I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found
I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I think the UK is higher up this chart than most people would expect
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environment minister Mary Creagh has announced the government will make it harder for farmers to apply for emergency authorisations of a group of bee-killing pesticides known as neonics
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
September 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Environment minister Mary Creagh has announced the government will make it harder for farmers to apply for emergency authorisations of a group of bee-killing pesticides known as neonics
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
Says guidance today will require applications to take full account of the risks pesticides pose to pollinators
Concern about climate change remains high among the UK public.
But anti-net zero messages are shifting public opinion.
The proportion who think reaching net zero emissions by 2050 would be good for the UK has fallen from 62% in 2024 to 48% in 2025. It's still ~x3 higher than those who think bad.
But anti-net zero messages are shifting public opinion.
The proportion who think reaching net zero emissions by 2050 would be good for the UK has fallen from 62% in 2024 to 48% in 2025. It's still ~x3 higher than those who think bad.
September 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Concern about climate change remains high among the UK public.
But anti-net zero messages are shifting public opinion.
The proportion who think reaching net zero emissions by 2050 would be good for the UK has fallen from 62% in 2024 to 48% in 2025. It's still ~x3 higher than those who think bad.
But anti-net zero messages are shifting public opinion.
The proportion who think reaching net zero emissions by 2050 would be good for the UK has fallen from 62% in 2024 to 48% in 2025. It's still ~x3 higher than those who think bad.
This is... not good
The global ocean absorbed significantly less CO2 than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023
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The global ocean absorbed significantly less CO2 than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
September 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
This is... not good
The global ocean absorbed significantly less CO2 than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
The global ocean absorbed significantly less CO2 than anticipated during the unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...
NEW
Summer 2025 was the UK's hottest on record
This year's average summer temperature of 16.1C was made around 70 times more likely because of climate change, the @metoffice.gov.uk has found
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 was the UK's hottest on record
This year's average summer temperature of 16.1C was made around 70 times more likely because of climate change, the @metoffice.gov.uk has found
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
September 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
NEW
Summer 2025 was the UK's hottest on record
This year's average summer temperature of 16.1C was made around 70 times more likely because of climate change, the @metoffice.gov.uk has found
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
Summer 2025 was the UK's hottest on record
This year's average summer temperature of 16.1C was made around 70 times more likely because of climate change, the @metoffice.gov.uk has found
www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...
NEW
Almost 8,000 potentially illegal spills happened on dry days during the first half of the year and South West Water was responsible for more than a quarter.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Almost 8,000 potentially illegal spills happened on dry days during the first half of the year and South West Water was responsible for more than a quarter.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
September 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
NEW
Almost 8,000 potentially illegal spills happened on dry days during the first half of the year and South West Water was responsible for more than a quarter.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
Almost 8,000 potentially illegal spills happened on dry days during the first half of the year and South West Water was responsible for more than a quarter.
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...