Laurie Laybourn
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
How do we navigate uncharted climate territory? Lead: www.scri.org.uk
Researcher at Chatham House, IPPR, University of Exeter
Researcher at Chatham House, IPPR, University of Exeter
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Overshoot: a new podcast about a world beyond 1.5°C – trailer
open.spotify.com
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change
What happens next?
That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series
We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next
Listen to the trailer👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...
What happens next?
That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series
We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next
Listen to the trailer👇
open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
New from me: I spoke to two scientists who originally helped spread the use of carbon capture. They now say it's being misused. Here's why (gift link):
The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It
Many countries are relying on it to meet their climate goals, but it might hurt more than help, they say.
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New from me: I spoke to two scientists who originally helped spread the use of carbon capture. They now say it's being misused. Here's why (gift link):
"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"The North Atlantic may be approaching a critical tipping point under continued climate change."
Be sure to check out the latest State of the Cryosphere report
Essential reading for anyone working on or caring about our collective security
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
Be sure to check out the latest State of the Cryosphere report
Essential reading for anyone working on or caring about our collective security
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
State of the Cryosphere Report 2025 – ICCI – International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
iccinet.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"The North Atlantic may be approaching a critical tipping point under continued climate change."
Be sure to check out the latest State of the Cryosphere report
Essential reading for anyone working on or caring about our collective security
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
Be sure to check out the latest State of the Cryosphere report
Essential reading for anyone working on or caring about our collective security
iccinet.org/statecryo25/
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
❔| #TTP: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change? ➡️
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Taking the Pulse: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change?
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to energy transition and ecological protection. Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain its role as a d...
carnegieendowment.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
❔| #TTP: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change? ➡️
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
In 1992, the English Premier League was founded and governments promised to avoid 'dangerous' climate change
One of those things didn't work out
Our next @overshootpod.bsky.social bonus essay delves deeper into carbon removals and explores why net-zero might be the most dangerous moment in history
One of those things didn't work out
Our next @overshootpod.bsky.social bonus essay delves deeper into carbon removals and explores why net-zero might be the most dangerous moment in history
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
In 1992, the English Premier League was founded and governments promised to avoid 'dangerous' climate change
One of those things didn't work out
Our next @overshootpod.bsky.social bonus essay delves deeper into carbon removals and explores why net-zero might be the most dangerous moment in history
One of those things didn't work out
Our next @overshootpod.bsky.social bonus essay delves deeper into carbon removals and explores why net-zero might be the most dangerous moment in history
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
Where are we on climate action?
The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments.
That is the progress 10 years after Paris...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments.
That is the progress 10 years after Paris...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Where are we on climate action?
The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments.
That is the progress 10 years after Paris...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments.
That is the progress 10 years after Paris...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
So it's official; the world's governments have failed to take the necessary actions and we're now going to #overshoot the goals of the Paris #climate accord
How should we make sense of this moment? And where do we go from here?
@overshootpod.bsky.social offers some suggestions
How should we make sense of this moment? And where do we go from here?
@overshootpod.bsky.social offers some suggestions
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So it's official; the world's governments have failed to take the necessary actions and we're now going to #overshoot the goals of the Paris #climate accord
How should we make sense of this moment? And where do we go from here?
@overshootpod.bsky.social offers some suggestions
How should we make sense of this moment? And where do we go from here?
@overshootpod.bsky.social offers some suggestions
A year ago, Spain was hit by deadly floods
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
Welcome to the Strategic Climate Risk Initiative
How can we stop the consequences of climate change from undermining climate action?
www.scri.org.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A year ago, Spain was hit by deadly floods
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
Episode 5 of 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 is out!
As the world heads over 1.5°C, what's the strategy?
In front of a live audience, we explore what 1.5°C overshoot means for geopolitics, the law & more
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/547f...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
As the world heads over 1.5°C, what's the strategy?
In front of a live audience, we explore what 1.5°C overshoot means for geopolitics, the law & more
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/547f...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Episode 5 of 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖 is out!
As the world heads over 1.5°C, what's the strategy?
In front of a live audience, we explore what 1.5°C overshoot means for geopolitics, the law & more
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/547f...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
As the world heads over 1.5°C, what's the strategy?
In front of a live audience, we explore what 1.5°C overshoot means for geopolitics, the law & more
Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/547f...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
New study by Falkena et al. shows that most climate models
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
October 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New study by Falkena et al. shows that most climate models
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
don’t capture the established key mechanism that can destabilize the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Those models that get it predict abrupt subpolar gyre changes in coming decades 😳.
@swinda.bsky.social
esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
Deliberation in action. People in #Exeter discussing priorities for what we need to do now to help us mitigate future risks as part of this afternoon's @gsiexeter.bsky.social assembly with @laurielaybourn.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Deliberation in action. People in #Exeter discussing priorities for what we need to do now to help us mitigate future risks as part of this afternoon's @gsiexeter.bsky.social assembly with @laurielaybourn.bsky.social
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
Informative series of episodes on climate change (+ also an excellent narrating voice!)
📢 The 4th episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now!
Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history
It was driven by climate change
But it ended up boosting climate deniers...
How can the world stop this from happening again?
Listen now: overshootpod.com
Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history
It was driven by climate change
But it ended up boosting climate deniers...
How can the world stop this from happening again?
Listen now: overshootpod.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Informative series of episodes on climate change (+ also an excellent narrating voice!)
📢 The 4th episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now!
Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history
It was driven by climate change
But it ended up boosting climate deniers...
How can the world stop this from happening again?
Listen now: overshootpod.com
Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history
It was driven by climate change
But it ended up boosting climate deniers...
How can the world stop this from happening again?
Listen now: overshootpod.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📢 The 4th episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now!
Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history
It was driven by climate change
But it ended up boosting climate deniers...
How can the world stop this from happening again?
Listen now: overshootpod.com
Last year, Spain was hit by one of the worst disasters in its history
It was driven by climate change
But it ended up boosting climate deniers...
How can the world stop this from happening again?
Listen now: overshootpod.com
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
This is really good @overshootpod.bsky.social
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
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@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
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Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C
Science Podcast · In 2015, the world agreed to limit global heating to 1.5°C. Ten years later, temperatures are spiralling beyond this and climate chaos is wreaking havoc across the globe.
How did w...
podcasts.apple.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is really good @overshootpod.bsky.social
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
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„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
"Let's say we reach net-zero in 2050, the political narrative around climate change is that that's kind of mission accomplished... but that's the most dangerous moment in history!
Because at the moment of net-zero... the earth system is at its most destabilized" - @laurielaybourn.bsky.social
Because at the moment of net-zero... the earth system is at its most destabilized" - @laurielaybourn.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Let's say we reach net-zero in 2050, the political narrative around climate change is that that's kind of mission accomplished... but that's the most dangerous moment in history!
Because at the moment of net-zero... the earth system is at its most destabilized" - @laurielaybourn.bsky.social
Because at the moment of net-zero... the earth system is at its most destabilized" - @laurielaybourn.bsky.social
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New Wicked Problems just dropped - white-hot timing, with @laurielaybourn.bsky.social about his new documentary series @overshootpod.bsky.social: how to navigate the world after 1.5°C. Just this morning the UK's @thecccuk.bsky.social Baroness Brown warned that 2°C by 2050 would be BEST CASE.
How to survive 1.5: Laurie Laybourn on his new documentary series, 'Overshoot'.
Are we sailing into the storm or are we already in the belly of the whale?
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New Wicked Problems just dropped - white-hot timing, with @laurielaybourn.bsky.social about his new documentary series @overshootpod.bsky.social: how to navigate the world after 1.5°C. Just this morning the UK's @thecccuk.bsky.social Baroness Brown warned that 2°C by 2050 would be BEST CASE.
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
Sue Owen asked what her pension savings are being invested in - and was horrified.
Ep. 3 of this brilliant new podcast explains how the pensions industry continues to fuel the climate crisis. But you can write to your MP today to call for Government action actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Ep. 3 of this brilliant new podcast explains how the pensions industry continues to fuel the climate crisis. But you can write to your MP today to call for Government action actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Sue Owen asked what her pension savings are being invested in - and was horrified.
Ep. 3 of this brilliant new podcast explains how the pensions industry continues to fuel the climate crisis. But you can write to your MP today to call for Government action actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Ep. 3 of this brilliant new podcast explains how the pensions industry continues to fuel the climate crisis. But you can write to your MP today to call for Government action actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
Thanks for listening @thetimes.com!
Great to see @overshootpod.bsky.social featured in this week's Times Environment newsletter
Great to see @overshootpod.bsky.social featured in this week's Times Environment newsletter
October 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thanks for listening @thetimes.com!
Great to see @overshootpod.bsky.social featured in this week's Times Environment newsletter
Great to see @overshootpod.bsky.social featured in this week's Times Environment newsletter
The third episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now!
We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change
What she found was shocking...
Featuring @carbontracker.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and more
Listen now👇
www.overshootpod.com
We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change
What she found was shocking...
Featuring @carbontracker.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and more
Listen now👇
www.overshootpod.com
Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with ...
www.overshootpod.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The third episode of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out now!
We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change
What she found was shocking...
Featuring @carbontracker.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and more
Listen now👇
www.overshootpod.com
We meet the pensioner who looked into her pension fund's due diligence on climate change
What she found was shocking...
Featuring @carbontracker.bsky.social @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and more
Listen now👇
www.overshootpod.com
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
Recommended listen: The Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, in partnership with Planet B Productions, has released a four-part podcast series exploring what will happen if global warming exceeds 1.5C.
Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with…
buff.ly
October 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Recommended listen: The Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, in partnership with Planet B Productions, has released a four-part podcast series exploring what will happen if global warming exceeds 1.5C.
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
eciu.net/media/press...
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
eciu.net/media/press...
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests
eciu.net
October 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
eciu.net/media/press...
New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
eciu.net/media/press...
Interested in immersive, surprising stories?
Listen to 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖
I'm humbled with the positive reception, which includes scientists, novelists, politicians, activists👇
Visit: www.overshootpod.com
Follow: @overshootpod.bsky.social
Listen to 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖
I'm humbled with the positive reception, which includes scientists, novelists, politicians, activists👇
Visit: www.overshootpod.com
Follow: @overshootpod.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Interested in immersive, surprising stories?
Listen to 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖
I'm humbled with the positive reception, which includes scientists, novelists, politicians, activists👇
Visit: www.overshootpod.com
Follow: @overshootpod.bsky.social
Listen to 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖
I'm humbled with the positive reception, which includes scientists, novelists, politicians, activists👇
Visit: www.overshootpod.com
Follow: @overshootpod.bsky.social
Reposted by Laurie Laybourn
"The only industry in the world that has moved a similar scale of mass as 5 billion tons...is surprise, surprise: the petroleum industry."
THIS WEEK: @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres 🌪️
patreon.com/macrodose
THIS WEEK: @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres 🌪️
patreon.com/macrodose
October 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"The only industry in the world that has moved a similar scale of mass as 5 billion tons...is surprise, surprise: the petroleum industry."
THIS WEEK: @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres 🌪️
patreon.com/macrodose
THIS WEEK: @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres 🌪️
patreon.com/macrodose