Land and Climate Review
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Investigations, features and opinion on land-use and the climate crisis.
Listen to The Land & Climate Podcast every other Friday: www.landclimate.org/podcast
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Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Current and former employees say they were not adequately protected despite knowledge of health risks
www.theguardian.com
Exclusive: our investigation into the link between occupational asthma and biomass power has been published today by @theguardian.com
We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Claiming fusion, which has never been demonstrated, will produce power within five years is ludicrous.”
In case you missed it, click below to hear Professor Matthew Hole on the $10 billion surge in private investment and the likelihood that fusion could be operational within the next decade.
In case you missed it, click below to hear Professor Matthew Hole on the $10 billion surge in private investment and the likelihood that fusion could be operational within the next decade.
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology.
www.landclimate.org/...
www.landclimate.org/...
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“Claiming fusion, which has never been demonstrated, will produce power within five years is ludicrous.”
In case you missed it, click below to hear Professor Matthew Hole on the $10 billion surge in private investment and the likelihood that fusion could be operational within the next decade.
In case you missed it, click below to hear Professor Matthew Hole on the $10 billion surge in private investment and the likelihood that fusion could be operational within the next decade.
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology.
www.landclimate.org/...
www.landclimate.org/...
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology.
www.landclimate.org/...
www.landclimate.org/...
"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people"
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people"
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
"The courts remain designed for the persecution of Indigenous peoples and those who defend their rights.”
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"The courts remain designed for the persecution of Indigenous peoples and those who defend their rights.”
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
Last week, @dagomardegroot.bsky.social joined @alimacewen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast, where he outlined climate shifts throughout history - from the Pleistocene through the Little Ice Age to the current Anthropocene - and their impacts on human civilisation.
Click below to listen!
Click below to listen!
This week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space.
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Last week, @dagomardegroot.bsky.social joined @alimacewen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast, where he outlined climate shifts throughout history - from the Pleistocene through the Little Ice Age to the current Anthropocene - and their impacts on human civilisation.
Click below to listen!
Click below to listen!
This week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space.
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space.
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
"21st century society appears constitutionally incapable of solving any problem. All it can do is to expunge symptoms.”
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"21st century society appears constitutionally incapable of solving any problem. All it can do is to expunge symptoms.”
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
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This is an excellent interview on the “future” city experiments in the Gulf; especially on how Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is working out.
“These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.”
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
October 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is an excellent interview on the “future” city experiments in the Gulf; especially on how Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City is working out.
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Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Current and former employees say they were not adequately protected despite knowledge of health risks
Ten lawsuits have been filed against Drax after diagnoses of asthma allegedly linked to its wood pellet fuel, it can be revealed.
Current and former workers at the UK’s largest power station claim they have not been adequately protected against sustained exposure to wood dust, which can cause serious health problems including asthma, dermatitis and nasal cancer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
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Proud of our team at @landclimate.bsky.social for bringing these cases to light. These people have been failed and deserve better. I hope they get justice asap!
Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Current and former employees say they were not adequately protected despite knowledge of health risks
Ten lawsuits have been filed against Drax after diagnoses of asthma allegedly linked to its wood pellet fuel, it can be revealed.
Current and former workers at the UK’s largest power station claim they have not been adequately protected against sustained exposure to wood dust, which can cause serious health problems including asthma, dermatitis and nasal cancer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Proud of our team at @landclimate.bsky.social for bringing these cases to light. These people have been failed and deserve better. I hope they get justice asap!
Exclusive: our investigation into the link between occupational asthma and biomass power has been published today by @theguardian.com
We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax faces lawsuits over claims workers developed asthma from wood dust
Current and former employees say they were not adequately protected despite knowledge of health risks
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Exclusive: our investigation into the link between occupational asthma and biomass power has been published today by @theguardian.com
We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
We reveal that 10 lawsuits have been filed against Drax by workers following specialist diagnoses. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.”
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.”
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
"Truly decarbonising would make existing fossil fuel assets and infrastructure worthless."
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
www.landclimate.org/...
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
www.landclimate.org/...
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Truly decarbonising would make existing fossil fuel assets and infrastructure worthless."
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
www.landclimate.org/...
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
www.landclimate.org/...
“Land tenure is climate resilience infrastructure,” say Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble @tmgthinktank.bsky.social
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Land tenure is climate resilience infrastructure,” say Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble @tmgthinktank.bsky.social
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @wimcarton.bsky.social co-author of “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” written with Andreas Malm and published by @versobooks.bsky.social
Listen to the episode:
www.landclimate.org/...
Listen to the episode:
www.landclimate.org/...
October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @wimcarton.bsky.social co-author of “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” written with Andreas Malm and published by @versobooks.bsky.social
Listen to the episode:
www.landclimate.org/...
Listen to the episode:
www.landclimate.org/...
Last week, @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of “Extraction,” joined the podcast to discuss the environmental and human-rights consequences of extraction - and why we may have overestimated the quantities of critical minerals we actually need.
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/
Is the race for minerals unnecessary? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair interviews Thea Riofrancos, author of the new book "Extraction: The Frontiers of New Green Capitalism," about the harmful consequences of critical mineral mining.
www.landclimate.org
September 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last week, @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of “Extraction,” joined the podcast to discuss the environmental and human-rights consequences of extraction - and why we may have overestimated the quantities of critical minerals we actually need.
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/
Listen below:
www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/
"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.”
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
September 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.”
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.”
@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
www.landclimate.org/...
@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
www.landclimate.org/...
September 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.”
@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
www.landclimate.org/...
@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
www.landclimate.org/...
“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.”
Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
www.landclimate.org/...
Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
www.landclimate.org/...
September 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.”
Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
www.landclimate.org/...
Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
www.landclimate.org/...
Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions.
Listen 👇
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
Listen 👇
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions.
Listen 👇
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
Listen 👇
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
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So fun to chat with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Review about my new book Existential Politics! Listen to our convo here. #COP30 #carbonpricing
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
What if climate politics is about power, not carbon? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks to Jessica F. Green about her new book 'Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them'.
www.landclimate.org
September 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So fun to chat with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Review about my new book Existential Politics! Listen to our convo here. #COP30 #carbonpricing
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...
Land and Climate Review assistant editor @corcorancamille.bsky.social covers the loi Duplomb – a controversial new French farming law that seeks to roll back environmental and public health regulations.
Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:
Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:
La loi Duplomb: a gift for the French agro-industrial complex? - Land and Climate Review
How a proposed farming law sparked one of the largest political mobilisations in modern French history.
www.landclimate.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Land and Climate Review assistant editor @corcorancamille.bsky.social covers the loi Duplomb – a controversial new French farming law that seeks to roll back environmental and public health regulations.
Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:
Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
August 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
As attacks on the National Climate Assessments continue, read analysis from Obama's former Science Advisor John Holdren @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social :
“Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.."
bit.ly/47rrUy6
“Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.."
bit.ly/47rrUy6
August 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
As attacks on the National Climate Assessments continue, read analysis from Obama's former Science Advisor John Holdren @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social :
“Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.."
bit.ly/47rrUy6
“Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.."
bit.ly/47rrUy6
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Plastic pollutes our air, seas, and bodies. We need solutions that address their full life-cycle.
Production reduction must be enshrined in the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty – "If the article is not in the text, we lose any possible opportunity of that happening in the future.”
@landclimate.bsky.social 🗞️
Production reduction must be enshrined in the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty – "If the article is not in the text, we lose any possible opportunity of that happening in the future.”
@landclimate.bsky.social 🗞️
“The single-use plastics we use in our daily lives could completely annihilate net-zero."
As negotiations begin in Geneva, it is essential that the UN #PlasticsTreaty includes an article on production reduction, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn @ejfoundation.org
www.landclimate.org/the-global-p...
As negotiations begin in Geneva, it is essential that the UN #PlasticsTreaty includes an article on production reduction, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn @ejfoundation.org
www.landclimate.org/the-global-p...
The Global Plastics Treaty must include production reduction - Land and Climate Review
After three years of negotiations, delegates must not compromise on their principles at the UN's final session to decide international legally binding rules on plastic pollution, says Punyathorn Jeung...
www.landclimate.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Plastic pollutes our air, seas, and bodies. We need solutions that address their full life-cycle.
Production reduction must be enshrined in the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty – "If the article is not in the text, we lose any possible opportunity of that happening in the future.”
@landclimate.bsky.social 🗞️
Production reduction must be enshrined in the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty – "If the article is not in the text, we lose any possible opportunity of that happening in the future.”
@landclimate.bsky.social 🗞️