Monica Piccinini
banner
monicapiccinini.bsky.social
Monica Piccinini
@monicapiccinini.bsky.social
Freelance journalist focused on environmental, health, and human rights issues.

No DMs please!
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Chris Packham at the National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature:

“The headline covering COP30 should read: fully paid up people peddling distraction and insane lies keep bad business as usual."

www.nebriefing.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The National Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature took place at Central Hall Westminster today, presenting a sobering, science-led examination of the UK’s escalating climate and environmental threats.

nebriefing.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New Report Reveals Chronic Oil Pollution and Escalating Environmental Threats from Brazil’s Offshore Oil and Gas Expansion.

skytruth.org/section/braz...
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Potential hours of labour lost due to exposure to heat.

Global warming is a costly and painful business!

Source: Lancet countdown

lancetcountdown.org/explore-our-...
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Meet Tore, a reindeer herder from Tromsø. In winter, his reindeer depend on moss buried under the snow. But climate change is making snow melt & refreeze into solid ice sheets, blocking the animals from reaching their food. Climate change is everywhere!
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Pleased to share my contribution to the latest issue of Resurgence & Ecologist magazine, a publication that continues to inspire thoughtful conversations on environment, justice, and the arts.

@resutrust.bsky.social @theecologist.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Top story this week @theecologist.org:
Banking on rainforest destruction.

COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.

theecologist.org/2025/oct/23/...
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Thrilled to share my contribution to the November/December 2025 issue of the wonderful Resurgence & Ecologist magazine: “Brazil’s bioeconomy – hope or hype?” Grab your copy!

www.resurgence.org/magazine/
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is a better map! Source: DW
October 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Ahead of COP30, climate skeptics misuse study on Amazon forests.

Climate skeptics are targeting new research on the Amazon to downplay global warming's impact.

factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Warming of the planet can lead to a significant weakening of the AMOC.

This would have consequences for the Amazon because the altered temperatures in the Atlantic would affect the atmospheric water cycle, & also the patterns & amounts of precipitation.

www.msn.com/en-us/weathe...
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
W/ roughly 70 exploration & production contracts in force and 19 active offshore production platforms producing an average output of more than 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, it is no wonder that UK supermajor Shell takes Brazil very seriously.

www.upstreamonline.com/focus/shell-...
September 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Top story this week @theecologist.org:
Biotech: a brave new world.

theecologist.org/2025/sep/04/...
September 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths.

www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us...
August 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This has to be a joke! Just look at the sponsors of the document “Agribusiness in the Face of Climate Change.”
August 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Agribusiness lobbyists at #COP30: driving deforestation, degradation, land grabs, exploited labour & toxic food. While a few pocket huge profits, communities & the planet pay the price, with destruction, sickness & deepening inequality.

revistacultivar.com/news/Agro-hi...
August 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Israel, stop killing journalists!

London Freelance Branch will hold a vigil for colleagues killed in Gaza on Wednesday 13 August at 10 Downing Street.

www.londonfreelance.org/fl/2508gaza-...
August 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Even Annabel’s, one of London’s most exclusive members’ clubs, claims to have its eyes on the Amazon rainforest. Because nothing says ‘saving the planet’ quite like cocktails under a crystal chandelier.

www.salonprivemag.com/annabels-lau...
August 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Fire prevents the regrowth of the Amazon rainforest after complete
deforestation in a fire-enabled Earth system model.
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Since the first big finds in the 1940s, Brazil’s politicians have vowed all of its people would benefit. But in some oil towns, one in four people still live below the poverty line.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Barts Health NHS Trust employees challenge “discriminatory” uniform policy silencing Palestinian support.

www.leighday.co.uk/news/news/20...
August 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Top story this week featured in @theecologist.org: Highway to hell.

The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics.

theecologist.org/2025/jul/22/...
August 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Brazil to add three more pre-salt areas to future oil auctions.

Next pre-salt round under permanent offer initiative will take place on 22 October.

More oil ahead of #cop30

www.upstreamonline.com/exploration/...
July 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My article for @theecologist.org:

Highway to hell.

The BR-319 threatens the Amazon in the name of ‘progress’ and politics.

theecologist.org/2025/jul/22/...

theecologist.org/2025/jul/22/...
July 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM