Francis Sealey
@globalnet21.bsky.social
I am an ex-BBC producer who is now retired but active in creating channels of engagement around climate change, global conflict, and the challenges to democracy. Originally from Bridgwater in Somerset
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumbered all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/fossil-fuel-lobbyists-cop30?utm_term=6916bad625f468a816f12997a45a201f&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
âWeâre proud to be pioneersâ: inside Spainâs community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
tinyurl.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
https://tinyurl.com/mrxsh2j6
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
https://tinyurl.com/25zt38rh
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
https://tinyurl.com/25zt38rh
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
https://tinyurl.com/25zt38rh
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
https://tinyurl.com/25zt38rh
‘The era of climate impunity is over’
The world’s highest court has paved the way for polluting nations to be sued for their emissions in a ruling described as “a once-in-a-generation moment” for climate justice
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2025/
The world’s highest court has paved the way for polluting nations to be sued for their emissions in a ruling described as “a once-in-a-generation moment” for climate justice
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2025/
What went right this week: a ‘landmark moment’ for climate justice, plus more
A ‘landmark’ climate justice ruling, Europe’s new marine reserves, and the world’s best city for cycling, plus more
www.positive.news
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
‘The era of climate impunity is over’
The world’s highest court has paved the way for polluting nations to be sued for their emissions in a ruling described as “a once-in-a-generation moment” for climate justice
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2025/
The world’s highest court has paved the way for polluting nations to be sued for their emissions in a ruling described as “a once-in-a-generation moment” for climate justice
https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-30-of-2025/
How China is trying to silence UK academics
How entangled are China and the UK universities sector?
https://app.content360.io/os/f82d38ed-687a-4ef7-a676-e1ec0337b593/posts/337a62b3-80dc-49fd-928e-95ebfbf98563
How entangled are China and the UK universities sector?
https://app.content360.io/os/f82d38ed-687a-4ef7-a676-e1ec0337b593/posts/337a62b3-80dc-49fd-928e-95ebfbf98563
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
How China is trying to silence UK academics
How entangled are China and the UK universities sector?
https://app.content360.io/os/f82d38ed-687a-4ef7-a676-e1ec0337b593/posts/337a62b3-80dc-49fd-928e-95ebfbf98563
How entangled are China and the UK universities sector?
https://app.content360.io/os/f82d38ed-687a-4ef7-a676-e1ec0337b593/posts/337a62b3-80dc-49fd-928e-95ebfbf98563
No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address ‘disturbing allegations’ of past racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address ‘disturbing allegations’ of past racist behaviour
Keir Starmer ramps up pressure on Reform leader, who has dismissed claims as ‘one person’s word against another’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 AM
No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address ‘disturbing allegations’ of past racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’
This is climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’ – This is climate breakdown
His mother had lived in the same house for 83 years. When the floods came, no one was ready. This is Paul Gilbert’s story
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
‘She rang me to say there was water coming into the house’
This is climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is climate breakdown
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Waiting for the tsunami: Tofino’s waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster
How do you plan for an event whose timing is unknown? For Tofino’s residents the threat is distant but signs of preparedness are everywhere
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Waiting for the tsunami: its big waves are loved by surfers – but this Canadian town is braced for disaster
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/trump-climate-change-acceleration/684632/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard%2Fmagazine%2F10+For+Today
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/trump-climate-change-acceleration/684632/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard%2Fmagazine%2F10+For+Today
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/trump-climate-change-acceleration/684632/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard%2Fmagazine%2F10+For+Today
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/trump-climate-change-acceleration/684632/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard%2Fmagazine%2F10+For+Today
Climate threat may return Broads to Roman landscape
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq509y38348o#:~:text=Climate%20threat%20may%20return%20Broads%20to%20Roman%20landscape&text=Parts%20of%20the%20landscape%2C%20which,to%20pump%20out%20the%20water.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq509y38348o#:~:text=Climate%20threat%20may%20return%20Broads%20to%20Roman%20landscape&text=Parts%20of%20the%20landscape%2C%20which,to%20pump%20out%20the%20water.
Climate change threatening Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority on the challenges facing his successor and the waterways.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Climate threat may return Broads to Roman landscape
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq509y38348o#:~:text=Climate%20threat%20may%20return%20Broads%20to%20Roman%20landscape&text=Parts%20of%20the%20landscape%2C%20which,to%20pump%20out%20the%20water.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq509y38348o#:~:text=Climate%20threat%20may%20return%20Broads%20to%20Roman%20landscape&text=Parts%20of%20the%20landscape%2C%20which,to%20pump%20out%20the%20water.
Climate threat may return Broads to Roman landscape
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority has warned climate change is "biting hard" and could dramatically change the waterways
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority has warned climate change is "biting hard" and could dramatically change the waterways
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Climate change threatening Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority on the challenges facing his successor and the waterways.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Climate threat may return Broads to Roman landscape
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority has warned climate change is "biting hard" and could dramatically change the waterways
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The outgoing boss of the Broads Authority has warned climate change is "biting hard" and could dramatically change the waterways
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/08/nigeria-south-africa-trump-christian-nationalism/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/08/nigeria-south-africa-trump-christian-nationalism/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa
Whether ending deportation protections, prioritizing asylum, or all-out threatening invasion, Trump is following the Christian nationalist playbook.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
How Christian Nationalism Is Shaping Trump’s Foreign Policy Toward Africa
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/08/nigeria-south-africa-trump-christian-nationalism/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/08/nigeria-south-africa-trump-christian-nationalism/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/08/england-faces-extreme-drought-next-year?CMP=share_btn_url
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/08/england-faces-extreme-drought-next-year?CMP=share_btn_url
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/08/england-faces-extreme-drought-next-year?CMP=share_btn_url
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/08/england-faces-extreme-drought-next-year?CMP=share_btn_url
Gaza’s water turns poisonous as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic aftermath
As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/8/gazas-water-turns-deadly-as-israels-genocide-leaves-toxic-aftermath
As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/8/gazas-water-turns-deadly-as-israels-genocide-leaves-toxic-aftermath
Gaza’s water turns poisonous as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic aftermath
As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.
www.aljazeera.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Gaza’s water turns poisonous as Israel’s genocide leaves toxic aftermath
As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/8/gazas-water-turns-deadly-as-israels-genocide-leaves-toxic-aftermath
As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now pose lethal risks.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/8/gazas-water-turns-deadly-as-israels-genocide-leaves-toxic-aftermath
The heat is on — and that’s Why Climate-caused Migration is set to Reach 700 Million
https://www.climate-refugees.org/spotlight/2022/3/3/ipcc-africa
https://www.climate-refugees.org/spotlight/2022/3/3/ipcc-africa
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The heat is on — and that’s Why Climate-caused Migration is set to Reach 700 Million
https://www.climate-refugees.org/spotlight/2022/3/3/ipcc-africa
https://www.climate-refugees.org/spotlight/2022/3/3/ipcc-africa
Climate Refugees is a human rights organization that calls for the protection and rights of those displaced by climate change
https://www.climate-refugees.org/
https://www.climate-refugees.org/
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Climate Refugees is a human rights organization that calls for the protection and rights of those displaced by climate change
https://www.climate-refugees.org/
https://www.climate-refugees.org/
Gabriele Nunziata dared to question Israel — now he’s sacked
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/05/gabriele-nunziata-dared-to-question-israel/
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/05/gabriele-nunziata-dared-to-question-israel/
Gabriele Nunziata dared to question Israel — now he’s sacked
This comes after Italian journalist Gabriele Nunziata was asking why Israel shouldn’t pay to rebuild Gaza. Freedom of the press, anyone?
www.thecanary.co
November 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Gabriele Nunziata dared to question Israel — now he’s sacked
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/05/gabriele-nunziata-dared-to-question-israel/
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/11/05/gabriele-nunziata-dared-to-question-israel/
The UK Doughnut: A framework for environmental sustainability and social justice
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/the-uk-doughnut-a-framework-for-environmental-sustainability-and-social-justice-344550/
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/the-uk-doughnut-a-framework-for-environmental-sustainability-and-social-justice-344550/
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The UK Doughnut: A framework for environmental sustainability and social justice
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/the-uk-doughnut-a-framework-for-environmental-sustainability-and-social-justice-344550/
https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/the-uk-doughnut-a-framework-for-environmental-sustainability-and-social-justice-344550/
There is not enough planet Earth to first turn it inside out and then turn it outside in again. Available resources do not allow for removal of the total aggregate of CO2 from the fossil fuels in stock
https://lithub.com/carbon-offsetting-is-not-going-to-save-the-planet/
https://lithub.com/carbon-offsetting-is-not-going-to-save-the-planet/
Carbon Offsetting is Not Going to Save the Planet
There is not enough planet Earth to first turn it inside out and then turn it outside in again. Available resources do not allow for removal of the total aggregate of CO2 from the fossil fuels in s…
lithub.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 AM
There is not enough planet Earth to first turn it inside out and then turn it outside in again. Available resources do not allow for removal of the total aggregate of CO2 from the fossil fuels in stock
https://lithub.com/carbon-offsetting-is-not-going-to-save-the-planet/
https://lithub.com/carbon-offsetting-is-not-going-to-save-the-planet/
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
https://tinyurl.com/48ucw7ps
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
https://tinyurl.com/48ucw7ps
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
https://tinyurl.com/48ucw7ps
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
https://tinyurl.com/48ucw7ps
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
https://tinyurl.com/2s36zw45
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
https://tinyurl.com/2s36zw45
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
https://tinyurl.com/2s36zw45
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
https://tinyurl.com/2s36zw45
Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
https://tinyurl.com/3784cpzp
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
https://tinyurl.com/3784cpzp
Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities, says NGO report
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
tinyurl.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
https://tinyurl.com/3784cpzp
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
https://tinyurl.com/3784cpzp
Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past
Those who have managed to flee el-Fasher come with stories of extreme violence and killings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pezegv1zo
Those who have managed to flee el-Fasher come with stories of extreme violence and killings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pezegv1zo
Sudan war: Reports of mass killings in el-Fasher in Darfur have echoes of country's dark past
Some are warning of a genocide unfolding in Darfur - violence that is linked to killings there 20 years ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Reports of mass killings in Sudan have echoes of its dark past
Those who have managed to flee el-Fasher come with stories of extreme violence and killings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pezegv1zo
Those who have managed to flee el-Fasher come with stories of extreme violence and killings
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20pezegv1zo