Conor McNally
@conormcnally.bsky.social
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Conor McNally
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· Jun 19
The true costs of climate disasters
Scientists have linked extreme weather to climate change. Now they can quantify its impact on the damage, writes Chloé Farand.
www.imperial.ac.uk
🚨 Human influence on our climate is cranking up the intensity of #ExtremeWeather around the world.
@granthamicl.bsky.social is pioneering tools to uncover the economic and human costs of this influence on individual events.
New from @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇 www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/true...
@granthamicl.bsky.social is pioneering tools to uncover the economic and human costs of this influence on individual events.
New from @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇 www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/true...
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FT investigation:
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
FT investigation:
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
“The national investment will largely be focused on cycle highways connecting rural villages and suburban areas with metropolitan centres, providing access to jobs, healthcare and education.”
Imagine how transformative this approach would be in Ireland. #speirgorm #spéirgorm
Imagine how transformative this approach would be in Ireland. #speirgorm #spéirgorm
The Netherlands is to invest up to €1 billion in cycling infrastructure to connect hundreds of thousands of new homes nationwide.
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
Read more: zagdaily.com/trends/dutch...
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“The national investment will largely be focused on cycle highways connecting rural villages and suburban areas with metropolitan centres, providing access to jobs, healthcare and education.”
Imagine how transformative this approach would be in Ireland. #speirgorm #spéirgorm
Imagine how transformative this approach would be in Ireland. #speirgorm #spéirgorm
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During COP30, we’re sharing one image each day from the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2025 Climate Category, like this powerful photograph of historic flooding in Hanoi after Typhoon Yagi. View the full gallery here: www.rmets.org/weather-phot...
November 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
During COP30, we’re sharing one image each day from the Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2025 Climate Category, like this powerful photograph of historic flooding in Hanoi after Typhoon Yagi. View the full gallery here: www.rmets.org/weather-phot...
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NEW: Air traffic growth is not a guarantee of economic growth, despite industry claims.
These claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, are undermined by new research.
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These claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, are undermined by new research.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NEW: Air traffic growth is not a guarantee of economic growth, despite industry claims.
These claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, are undermined by new research.
🧵⤵️
These claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, are undermined by new research.
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Ní tíortha i mbéal forbartha ba chúis leis an ngéarchéim aeráide ach is iad atá ag fulaingt is mó óna héifeachtaí.
Bhí ról suntasach ag foireann Éireannach i mbunú ciste idirnáisiúnta chun tacú leis na tíortha sin nuair a bhuaileann tubaistí aeráide.👇
#SpéirGorm
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Bhí ról suntasach ag foireann Éireannach i mbunú ciste idirnáisiúnta chun tacú leis na tíortha sin nuair a bhuaileann tubaistí aeráide.👇
#SpéirGorm
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss and Damage
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Ní tíortha i mbéal forbartha ba chúis leis an ngéarchéim aeráide ach is iad atá ag fulaingt is mó óna héifeachtaí.
Bhí ról suntasach ag foireann Éireannach i mbunú ciste idirnáisiúnta chun tacú leis na tíortha sin nuair a bhuaileann tubaistí aeráide.👇
#SpéirGorm
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Bhí ról suntasach ag foireann Éireannach i mbunú ciste idirnáisiúnta chun tacú leis na tíortha sin nuair a bhuaileann tubaistí aeráide.👇
#SpéirGorm
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Very pleased to share our new @granthamicl.bsky.social film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage! #COP30 #LossAndDamage
🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss and Damage
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Very pleased to share our new @granthamicl.bsky.social film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage! #COP30 #LossAndDamage
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What is the current state of climate action? What do latest country pledges add up to?
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What is the current state of climate action? What do latest country pledges add up to?
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
And how much global warming are we in for? 🌍🌡️ 🔥
For the 16th year in a row, we publish the @unep.org #emissionsgap report.
As usual, I looked the assessment of the global gap and its global warming implications.
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“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
Fintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
For Fine Gael, the small number awaiting deportation is proof inward migration has become ‘too high’
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“There is a question that hovers over Irish politics: what will the parties of power do when they start to panic about losing it? Last week, after their joint debacle in the presidential election, we got the grim answer: turn on immigrants.” - @fotoole.bsky.social
An extraordinary omission.
Yes, policy is the domain of Gov, but climate is one area where a President, limited though their powers may be, could actually play a significant role, e.g. by mobilising community action and lifting the voices of people affected.
👏 @caugustenborg.bsky.social et al.
Yes, policy is the domain of Gov, but climate is one area where a President, limited though their powers may be, could actually play a significant role, e.g. by mobilising community action and lifting the voices of people affected.
👏 @caugustenborg.bsky.social et al.
RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
RTÉ receives formal complaint over ‘exclusion’ of climate issues from presidential debates
Letter signed by academics, NGOs and medics alleges breach of public service obligations
www.irishtimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
An extraordinary omission.
Yes, policy is the domain of Gov, but climate is one area where a President, limited though their powers may be, could actually play a significant role, e.g. by mobilising community action and lifting the voices of people affected.
👏 @caugustenborg.bsky.social et al.
Yes, policy is the domain of Gov, but climate is one area where a President, limited though their powers may be, could actually play a significant role, e.g. by mobilising community action and lifting the voices of people affected.
👏 @caugustenborg.bsky.social et al.
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NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Black River — near total destruction.
Black River — near total destruction.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Black River — near total destruction.
Black River — near total destruction.
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🚨 The Grantham Institute Annual Lecture – Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division – is about to begin.
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 The Grantham Institute Annual Lecture – Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division – is about to begin.
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
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Tonight: Sustainable development pioneer Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland will deliver the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture.
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Tonight: Sustainable development pioneer Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland will deliver the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture.
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
Hurricane Melissa, a Category 5 storm, is forecast to bring catastrophic damage to parts of the Caribbean
The mountains of Jamaica could receive 1 metre of rain, resulting in life-threatening flash flooding and landslides
Destructive winds and storm surges are also likely
The mountains of Jamaica could receive 1 metre of rain, resulting in life-threatening flash flooding and landslides
Destructive winds and storm surges are also likely
October 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Ice-free conditions continue in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic Ocean. This is one area that has observed some of the largest losses of ice over the last few decades... compare the older years (dark/purple lines) to today!
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ice-free conditions continue in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic Ocean. This is one area that has observed some of the largest losses of ice over the last few decades... compare the older years (dark/purple lines) to today!
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
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🔥 The never-ending narrative…
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🔥 The never-ending narrative…
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
This week, I’ve once again heard prominent climate researchers dismiss individual action as either irrelevant or a distraction instigated by the fossil fuel industry.
Here’s a 🧵 on why this argument frustrates me to no end and why I think it misses the bigger picture.
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OUT NOW: we revisit the pivotal moment when science, institutions and politics aligned to deliver the UK’s #NetZero target. At a time of political divergence, the evidence for #ClimateAction remains clear. Evidence-based #ClimatePolicy is more relevant than ever. @granthamicl.bsky.social
Net Zero: The inside story of the UK’s climate target
YouTube video by Grantham Imperial
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
OUT NOW: we revisit the pivotal moment when science, institutions and politics aligned to deliver the UK’s #NetZero target. At a time of political divergence, the evidence for #ClimateAction remains clear. Evidence-based #ClimatePolicy is more relevant than ever. @granthamicl.bsky.social
What happens when science meets politics? Today at @granthamicl.bsky.social, we're kicking off a new series of YouTube docs on that topic!
Very pleased to share the first film, exploring how and why, in 2019, #NetZero became law and why the target remains critical today. 👇
youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY?...
Very pleased to share the first film, exploring how and why, in 2019, #NetZero became law and why the target remains critical today. 👇
youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY?...
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What happens when science meets politics? Today at @granthamicl.bsky.social, we're kicking off a new series of YouTube docs on that topic!
Very pleased to share the first film, exploring how and why, in 2019, #NetZero became law and why the target remains critical today. 👇
youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY?...
Very pleased to share the first film, exploring how and why, in 2019, #NetZero became law and why the target remains critical today. 👇
youtu.be/Czunu-RkkeY?...
Delighted to share that Dr Gro Harlem Brundland – first woman PM of Norway, former DG of the WHO, founding member of the Elders, and sustainable development pioneer – will give this year's @granthamicl.bsky.social Annual Lecture.
Join us in London on 29 October: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
Join us in London on 29 October: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
September 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Delighted to share that Dr Gro Harlem Brundland – first woman PM of Norway, former DG of the WHO, founding member of the Elders, and sustainable development pioneer – will give this year's @granthamicl.bsky.social Annual Lecture.
Join us in London on 29 October: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
Join us in London on 29 October: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
Human-induced climate change drove extreme temperatures across Europe this summer. New work from @granthamicl.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social reveals how thousands of people lost their lives as a result.
📈Climate change-driven summer heat led to an additional 16,500 deaths in 854 European cities, a new study led by the Grantham Institute and the @lshtm.bsky.social estimates 🧵
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
Watch Dr @clairbarnes.bsky.social from @ic-cep.bsky.social & @gkonstantinoudis.bsky.social explain the findings.
September 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Human-induced climate change drove extreme temperatures across Europe this summer. New work from @granthamicl.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social reveals how thousands of people lost their lives as a result.
This from the climate minister? How grim. O’Brien either has his head in the clouds or is being intentionally misleading. Sustainable Aviation Fuels made up 0.3% of jet fuel last year; they're far too expensive and difficult to scale to play any significant role in the foreseeable future.
Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien: we can grow Dublin Airport ‘sustainably’ from 36m to 60m passengers.
Mary Wilson: What about climate, have you run the numbers on emissions?
Minister: No question there will be an increase, SAF exists, planes more technologically advanced now…
#SpeirGorm
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Mary Wilson: What about climate, have you run the numbers on emissions?
Minister: No question there will be an increase, SAF exists, planes more technologically advanced now…
#SpeirGorm
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September 15, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This from the climate minister? How grim. O’Brien either has his head in the clouds or is being intentionally misleading. Sustainable Aviation Fuels made up 0.3% of jet fuel last year; they're far too expensive and difficult to scale to play any significant role in the foreseeable future.
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Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Do you want to be part of our amazing team @wwattribution.bsky.social team? If you are a science/comms expert, you can! Please do consider applying - www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Historic heatwave unfolding in France.
Bordeaux just observed its hottest day on record with a provisional 41.6°C (107°F) — data since 1920. Red level extreme heat warnings are in force for the south of the country.
Sadly, this heatwave is far from over...
Bordeaux just observed its hottest day on record with a provisional 41.6°C (107°F) — data since 1920. Red level extreme heat warnings are in force for the south of the country.
Sadly, this heatwave is far from over...
August 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Historic heatwave unfolding in France.
Bordeaux just observed its hottest day on record with a provisional 41.6°C (107°F) — data since 1920. Red level extreme heat warnings are in force for the south of the country.
Sadly, this heatwave is far from over...
Bordeaux just observed its hottest day on record with a provisional 41.6°C (107°F) — data since 1920. Red level extreme heat warnings are in force for the south of the country.
Sadly, this heatwave is far from over...
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In a new piece for @granthamicl.bsky.social, @frediotto.bsky.social and I unpack the significance of the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
🌍📜 Licensing and subsidising fossil fuels can now "constitute internationally wrongful acts,” write Dr @frediotto.bsky.social and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie.
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
The ICJ’s climate ruling goes far beyond legal battles between small states and big polluters
Written by Professor Friederike Otto, Professor in Climate Science at the Centre for Environmental Policy and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Research Fellow at Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London. O...
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July 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In a new piece for @granthamicl.bsky.social, @frediotto.bsky.social and I unpack the significance of the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
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Three key takeaways:
- Fossil fuel subsidies and licensing can now constitute internationally wrongful acts
- The 1.5°C limit is no longer aspirational - it's a legal obligation
- States cannot hide behind "concurrent causes" to avoid climate reparations
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- Fossil fuel subsidies and licensing can now constitute internationally wrongful acts
- The 1.5°C limit is no longer aspirational - it's a legal obligation
- States cannot hide behind "concurrent causes" to avoid climate reparations
2/5
July 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Three key takeaways:
- Fossil fuel subsidies and licensing can now constitute internationally wrongful acts
- The 1.5°C limit is no longer aspirational - it's a legal obligation
- States cannot hide behind "concurrent causes" to avoid climate reparations
2/5
- Fossil fuel subsidies and licensing can now constitute internationally wrongful acts
- The 1.5°C limit is no longer aspirational - it's a legal obligation
- States cannot hide behind "concurrent causes" to avoid climate reparations
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