Matt Winning
@mattywin.bsky.social
Climate change comedian 🌍 Lecturer in Economics of Sustainability @UCL.ac.uk 🏴 Author of 'Hot Mess' 📖 Hosted BBC Radio 4's 'Net Zero: A Very British Problem' 📻
www.mattwinning.com
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Matt Winning
@mattywin.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Hello! I'm Matt.
I've spent 16 years doing research on climate mitigation & policy. Various bits in #IPCC etc.
Also 15 years doing comedy.
Now I split my time:
- Lecturing at UCL in environmental economics;
- Climate comedy including live shows, hosting, books, radio/TV #Scicomm #Climatecomedy
I've spent 16 years doing research on climate mitigation & policy. Various bits in #IPCC etc.
Also 15 years doing comedy.
Now I split my time:
- Lecturing at UCL in environmental economics;
- Climate comedy including live shows, hosting, books, radio/TV #Scicomm #Climatecomedy
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Great to see @mattywin.bsky.social's book 'Hot Mess' on Rolly's table in the latest @climatetown.bsky.social video about Exxon’s $600 Million Dollar Lie.
Always smashes it:
youtu.be/HUeC39CZO44
Always smashes it:
youtu.be/HUeC39CZO44
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Great to see @mattywin.bsky.social's book 'Hot Mess' on Rolly's table in the latest @climatetown.bsky.social video about Exxon’s $600 Million Dollar Lie.
Always smashes it:
youtu.be/HUeC39CZO44
Always smashes it:
youtu.be/HUeC39CZO44
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Have a listen to us on BBC radio 4 today talking #COP30 language
Moral Failure and Deadly Negligence: @mattywin.bsky.social joins Sara Pascoe and @aiannucci.bsky.social to discuss the language around climate change. Is it proportionately alarmist, or does it just scare us?
(Strong Message Here)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/179439415/...
(Strong Message Here)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/179439415/...
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Have a listen to us on BBC radio 4 today talking #COP30 language
Have a listen to us on BBC radio 4 today talking #COP30 language
Moral Failure and Deadly Negligence: @mattywin.bsky.social joins Sara Pascoe and @aiannucci.bsky.social to discuss the language around climate change. Is it proportionately alarmist, or does it just scare us?
(Strong Message Here)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/179439415/...
(Strong Message Here)
opiniontoday.substack.com/i/179439415/...
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Have a listen to us on BBC radio 4 today talking #COP30 language
Climate Bros be like...
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Climate Bros be like...
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“I haven’t felt that good since Steven Thompson interrupted the post-match analysis to confirm that Belarus had held on for a draw in Copenhagen”
November 15, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“I haven’t felt that good since Steven Thompson interrupted the post-match analysis to confirm that Belarus had held on for a draw in Copenhagen”
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“disinformation and misinformation has ramped up on social media and beyond, created by nefarious actors for the sole purpose of slowing the transition to a climate-safe economy. We need the public and politicians to support decisions based on truth, not misleading posts on the internet.”
Canada joins global initiative to protect information integrity, answering calls from CAPE and coalition partners - CAPE
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) welcomed Minister of Environment and Climate Change Julie Dabrusin’s announcement today that Canada is joining the Global Initiative for I...
cape.ca
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“disinformation and misinformation has ramped up on social media and beyond, created by nefarious actors for the sole purpose of slowing the transition to a climate-safe economy. We need the public and politicians to support decisions based on truth, not misleading posts on the internet.”
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It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
1) Fossil fuel
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
Still no peak. Emissions are projected to increase by 1.1% in 2025, reaching 38.1 GtCO2. An all time high.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.
Swung by the BBC today to pay my share of the $1 billion & somehow ended up doing a fun radio show with @aiannucci.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Swung by the BBC today to pay my share of the $1 billion & somehow ended up doing a fun radio show with @aiannucci.bsky.social
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OH WHEN THE SAINTS 🎶
SAINTS GO MARCHING ON TO THE PREMIER SPORTS CUP FINAL!!!
FT // 🟧 1-4 🔲
SAINTS GO MARCHING ON TO THE PREMIER SPORTS CUP FINAL!!!
FT // 🟧 1-4 🔲
November 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
OH WHEN THE SAINTS 🎶
SAINTS GO MARCHING ON TO THE PREMIER SPORTS CUP FINAL!!!
FT // 🟧 1-4 🔲
SAINTS GO MARCHING ON TO THE PREMIER SPORTS CUP FINAL!!!
FT // 🟧 1-4 🔲
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It's not often you get to tell a positive story about climate. But that’s what our new #10YearsPostParis report and #infographic let us do:
eciu.net/analysis/inf...
The lesson of the last decade? Policy and cooperation matter. Naysayers don't.
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @katharinehayhoe.com
eciu.net/analysis/inf...
The lesson of the last decade? Policy and cooperation matter. Naysayers don't.
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @katharinehayhoe.com
10 Years Post-Paris: A decade that defied predictions
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, John compares what was expected then with what’s been achieved now — tracking progress across clean energy, policy, emissions, jobs and more.
eciu.net
October 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
It's not often you get to tell a positive story about climate. But that’s what our new #10YearsPostParis report and #infographic let us do:
eciu.net/analysis/inf...
The lesson of the last decade? Policy and cooperation matter. Naysayers don't.
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @katharinehayhoe.com
eciu.net/analysis/inf...
The lesson of the last decade? Policy and cooperation matter. Naysayers don't.
@daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @katharinehayhoe.com
Hosting an awards ceremony tonight for a charity that helps provide sunglasses for Irish millionaire singers. Couldn't take a fee. I'm doing it Pro Bono
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hosting an awards ceremony tonight for a charity that helps provide sunglasses for Irish millionaire singers. Couldn't take a fee. I'm doing it Pro Bono
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How can YOU help fix the climate crisis? This new guide I researched and created with support from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social will help you find & flex your climate superpowers:
👩⚖️ Citizen
💼 Professional
💵 Investor
✈️ Consumer
🌟 Role Model
Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!
👩⚖️ Citizen
💼 Professional
💵 Investor
✈️ Consumer
🌟 Role Model
Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!
September 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How can YOU help fix the climate crisis? This new guide I researched and created with support from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social will help you find & flex your climate superpowers:
👩⚖️ Citizen
💼 Professional
💵 Investor
✈️ Consumer
🌟 Role Model
Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!
👩⚖️ Citizen
💼 Professional
💵 Investor
✈️ Consumer
🌟 Role Model
Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!
Another billionaire either doesn't understand or particularly care about societal risk. What a surprise!!!
Why did anyone ever listen to Bill Gates on climate change in the first place?
Why did anyone ever listen to Bill Gates on climate change in the first place?
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Another billionaire either doesn't understand or particularly care about societal risk. What a surprise!!!
Why did anyone ever listen to Bill Gates on climate change in the first place?
Why did anyone ever listen to Bill Gates on climate change in the first place?
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Worried about shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC? The collapse of the subpolar gyre is a likely step on the way to that and could happen a lot sooner. Not quite as bad as full AMOC shutdown, but could bring major impacts already in 10-20 years. Important study on the mechanism ⬇️!
📢 New paper out!
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
🌊 We discuss how well mechanisms of variability in the subpolar gyre are represented in climate models, finding that models that do this best are also the models in which abrupt shifts are found 😬.
It's a technical story, so here's a simple overview 🧵
doi.org/10.5194/esd-...
Causal mechanisms of subpolar gyre variability in CMIP6 models
Abstract. The subpolar gyre is at risk of crossing a tipping point under future climate change associated with the collapse of deep convection. As such, tipping can have significant climate impacts; i...
doi.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Worried about shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC? The collapse of the subpolar gyre is a likely step on the way to that and could happen a lot sooner. Not quite as bad as full AMOC shutdown, but could bring major impacts already in 10-20 years. Important study on the mechanism ⬇️!
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Tickets on sale for my new show Solastalgia at @sohotheatre.bsky.social
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tickets on sale for my new show Solastalgia at @sohotheatre.bsky.social
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
Tickets on sale for my new show Solastalgia at @sohotheatre.bsky.social
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tickets on sale for my new show Solastalgia at @sohotheatre.bsky.social
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
'gently funny, deeply human and profoundly poignant’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Scotsman
'Winning weaves autobiography and educational lecture together in this wonderful one man show’
British Comedy Guide
sohotheatre.com/events/matt-...
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If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
Pleasure to speak at @newscientist.com Live at the weekend and meet lots of wonderful folks with excellent questions #NewScientietLive
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Pleasure to speak at @newscientist.com Live at the weekend and meet lots of wonderful folks with excellent questions #NewScientietLive
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Global Warning now on Al Jazeera.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
Episode 1 broadcast this week. Or you can stream it here.
👉 www.aljazeera.com/video/featur...
#Climate #ClimateCrisis hasn’t gone away.
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FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh…
…but she is ignoring a few small details:
🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter
🤫 Gas plants cost money to build
🤫 CO2 causes economic damages
THREAD with receipts
1/8
…but she is ignoring a few small details:
🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter
🤫 Gas plants cost money to build
🤫 CO2 causes economic damages
THREAD with receipts
1/8
October 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
FACTCHECK: Claire Coutinho claims UK gas power only costs £55/MWh…
…but she is ignoring a few small details:
🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter
🤫 Gas plants cost money to build
🤫 CO2 causes economic damages
THREAD with receipts
1/8
…but she is ignoring a few small details:
🤫 Gas prices always rise in winter
🤫 Gas plants cost money to build
🤫 CO2 causes economic damages
THREAD with receipts
1/8
Yes please. I am taking my show to @sohotheatre.bsky.social this Feb. Tickets are now on sale.
Happy Wednesday peeps 🎉 Here's a bunch brill of On Sales to get you through the rest of the week.
★ Sumukhi Suresh
★ Ayoade Bamgboye (Extra Jan dates added due to high demand)
★ Tom Rosenthal
★ @mattywin.bsky.social
★ @adohertycomedy.bsky.social
sohotheatre.com/whats-on-sal...
★ Sumukhi Suresh
★ Ayoade Bamgboye (Extra Jan dates added due to high demand)
★ Tom Rosenthal
★ @mattywin.bsky.social
★ @adohertycomedy.bsky.social
sohotheatre.com/whats-on-sal...
October 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Yes please. I am taking my show to @sohotheatre.bsky.social this Feb. Tickets are now on sale.
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Check out the report here: www.energy-transitions.org/publications...
Power Systems Transformation: Delivering Competitive, Resilient Electricity in High-Renewable Systems
The ETC sets out that global power systems dominated by wind and solar generation can reliably deliver electricity at costs comparable to or lower than today’s fossil fuel-based power systems in most ...
www.energy-transitions.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Check out the report here: www.energy-transitions.org/publications...