Neil Ward
@profneilward.bsky.social
Professor, UEA; rural economy; net-zero, food & farming; Norwich City FC; New Order, The Fall, The Only Ones; Pembrokeshire, Northumberland, Forest of Dean
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Neil Ward
@profneilward.bsky.social
· Dec 17
Professor of Rural & Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, UK. More about academic background and personal interests in the thread below.... 1/10
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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Two quick takes on the government's Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan - this podcast and a new @green-alliance.org.uk blog. That's your lunchtime sorted! greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/10/31/a...
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Two quick takes on the government's Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan - this podcast and a new @green-alliance.org.uk blog. That's your lunchtime sorted! greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/10/31/a...
David Harvey is 90 today. What impact on geographical thought he has had !
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
David Harvey is 90 today. What impact on geographical thought he has had !
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The drainage of lowland peat has produced a giant carbon bomb in the Fens - something I discuss in The Lie of the Land
Very interesting proposal in the Govt's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan to *consider* regulating Fen landowners to raise water levels:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901d0...
Very interesting proposal in the Govt's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan to *consider* regulating Fen landowners to raise water levels:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901d0...
October 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The drainage of lowland peat has produced a giant carbon bomb in the Fens - something I discuss in The Lie of the Land
Very interesting proposal in the Govt's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan to *consider* regulating Fen landowners to raise water levels:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901d0...
Very interesting proposal in the Govt's Carbon Budget Delivery Plan to *consider* regulating Fen landowners to raise water levels:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6901d0...
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@versobooks.bsky.social's series "Harvey at 90" continues with recently posted pieces by Trevor J. Barnes, Helga Leitner and Richard A. Walker.
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Harvey at 90: A Verso Series
Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
@versobooks.bsky.social's series "Harvey at 90" continues with recently posted pieces by Trevor J. Barnes, Helga Leitner and Richard A. Walker.
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...
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Our co-lead @profneilward.bsky.social joined BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today to discuss the Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, and what needs to change to build a fairer, healthier, more resilient food system for the UK.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3ee88y3k
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3ee88y3k
Farming Today - 23/10/25 Environmental regulation in Northern Ireland. Malting barley for beer. Food system report - BBC Sounds
Call for new independent environmental regulator in Northern Ireland.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Our co-lead @profneilward.bsky.social joined BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today to discuss the Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, and what needs to change to build a fairer, healthier, more resilient food system for the UK.
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3ee88y3k
🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/3ee88y3k
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Today, we remember the 144 lives lost in the Aberfan disaster — 116 children and 28 adults.
A community forever changed, a loss beyond measure. Our thoughts are with the families and all those whose lives were touched by that tragedy. ❤️
A community forever changed, a loss beyond measure. Our thoughts are with the families and all those whose lives were touched by that tragedy. ❤️
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Today, we remember the 144 lives lost in the Aberfan disaster — 116 children and 28 adults.
A community forever changed, a loss beyond measure. Our thoughts are with the families and all those whose lives were touched by that tragedy. ❤️
A community forever changed, a loss beyond measure. Our thoughts are with the families and all those whose lives were touched by that tragedy. ❤️
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Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient - read this piece in @uk.theconversation.com by our co-lead @profneilward.bsky.social about our Roadmap for Resilience report.
theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient – according to new report by 150 experts
Modelling shows that we will need to change not just how we farm, but what farming produces and what we eat.
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Three ways to make the UK’s food system more resilient - read this piece in @uk.theconversation.com by our co-lead @profneilward.bsky.social about our Roadmap for Resilience report.
theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
theconversation.com/three-ways-t...
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This thread from an experienced govt comms person makes significant points: emphasis on ‘behaviour change’ led govts to move away from actual arguments & real persuasion. And into the vacuum left by that…
Interesting piece. But it's not just about channels, it's about a larger crisis in government comms - and in society - which is not a new thing and goes back perhaps 15 years. Put simply, the Whitehall comms machine has lost the ability to win arguments.
The AI minister says the digital ID announcement is an e.g of where gov must up its online comms game:
“To be able to make sure that when a significant thing is happening, like an announcement on digital ID, we're winning the battle of ideas and arguments…” he tells @zoecrowther.bsky.social
“To be able to make sure that when a significant thing is happening, like an announcement on digital ID, we're winning the battle of ideas and arguments…” he tells @zoecrowther.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
This thread from an experienced govt comms person makes significant points: emphasis on ‘behaviour change’ led govts to move away from actual arguments & real persuasion. And into the vacuum left by that…
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1/ How should the UK respond to mounting pressure from climate change, health problems, and global instability? Our Roadmap for Resilience report calls for rapid and urgent action on food, at a scale not seen since WW2.
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
1/ How should the UK respond to mounting pressure from climate change, health problems, and global instability? Our Roadmap for Resilience report calls for rapid and urgent action on food, at a scale not seen since WW2.
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
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What a wonderful night in Norwich with Edwyn Collins, who put on a great show with much love all round.
October 7, 2025 at 5:33 AM
What a wonderful night in Norwich with Edwyn Collins, who put on a great show with much love all round.
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Join the live launch of EAT Lancet on Friday, 3 October!
We’re proud to be part of the upcoming launch of the EAT Lancet Commission, a major scientific update to one of the most influential food systems reports of the past decade.
Register now: bit.ly/3Kg9SW8
We’re proud to be part of the upcoming launch of the EAT Lancet Commission, a major scientific update to one of the most influential food systems reports of the past decade.
Register now: bit.ly/3Kg9SW8
October 1, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Join the live launch of EAT Lancet on Friday, 3 October!
We’re proud to be part of the upcoming launch of the EAT Lancet Commission, a major scientific update to one of the most influential food systems reports of the past decade.
Register now: bit.ly/3Kg9SW8
We’re proud to be part of the upcoming launch of the EAT Lancet Commission, a major scientific update to one of the most influential food systems reports of the past decade.
Register now: bit.ly/3Kg9SW8
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🚨 NEW: We’ve been told for years that private finance will fix Scotland’s nature crisis. Our new research shows why it won’t – and sets out a bold public-led alternative.
Highlights in 🧵
Read full report 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
Highlights in 🧵
Read full report 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
October 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🚨 NEW: We’ve been told for years that private finance will fix Scotland’s nature crisis. Our new research shows why it won’t – and sets out a bold public-led alternative.
Highlights in 🧵
Read full report 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
Highlights in 🧵
Read full report 👉 www.futureeconomy.scot/publications...
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Got my performance review.
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Got my performance review.
Great stuff from Edwyn Collins, 47 mins in
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music:
#RileyAndCoe
- Edwyn Collins & Snapped Ankles play live. Double trouble!
Marc Riley plays his music loves from every era and genre. Edwyn Collins & Snapped Ankles.
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BBC Radio 6 Music - Riley & Coe, Edwyn Collins & Snapped Ankles play live. Double trouble!
Marc Riley plays his music loves from every era and genre. Edwyn Collins & Snapped Ankles.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Great stuff from Edwyn Collins, 47 mins in
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📃 Our team have digested another raft of the latest key reports and news on food systems and climate covering the latest on health inequalities, school meals, lobbying by food industry, a sustainability framework for farmers & much more 👉 tinyurl.com/4am62du3
DIGEST: Key reports and news on food systems and climate - AFN Network+
It’s been a busy end to the summer and start to the Autumn! Here are some of the key reports and news on food systems and climate, digested, so you don’t have to.
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September 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
📃 Our team have digested another raft of the latest key reports and news on food systems and climate covering the latest on health inequalities, school meals, lobbying by food industry, a sustainability framework for farmers & much more 👉 tinyurl.com/4am62du3
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Bringing our key objective into focus in a session at our #BigTent event today in the Net Zero Pathways workshop, attendees discussed how soil and agricultural systems can inform and support the development of pathways to net zero in the land use sector.
#LUNZHub #LandUse #NetZero
#LUNZHub #LandUse #NetZero
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Feed: "Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research"
By: April Dyer on Monday, September 8, 2025
By: April Dyer on Monday, September 8, 2025
The Tyndall Centre at 25 Years: UK must step up climate ambition shows anniversary assessment report
The UK now uses less energy than almost anyone anticipated 20 years ago, but opportunities to act on this potential were largely missed, according to a new report published by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at The University of Manchester today.
tyndall.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Feed: "Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research"
By: April Dyer on Monday, September 8, 2025
By: April Dyer on Monday, September 8, 2025
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The panels for REF2029 have been announced... 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...
Expert panels appointed for REF 2029 – REF 2029
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September 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The panels for REF2029 have been announced... 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...
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I have a new column out today in The Irish Times: “Why ‘No Additional Warming’ Is a Dangerous Climate Loophole.”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Why ‘no additional warming’ is a dangerous climate loophole
Carbon budgets should be sent back to the climate council with clear instructions to reassess them against Paris commitments
www.irishtimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I have a new column out today in The Irish Times: “Why ‘No Additional Warming’ Is a Dangerous Climate Loophole.”
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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Very good piece from @bengoldsborough.bsky.social. More of this please.
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
Nigel Farage and Reform UK would break what makes Britain strong
When Nigel Farage stood up this week and outlined his so-called “plan” for immigration, he didn’t sound like a democrat. He sounded like Vladimir Putin. He called for uniformed officers to raid Britai...
www.politics.co.uk
August 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Very good piece from @bengoldsborough.bsky.social. More of this please.
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...
www.politics.co.uk/mp-comment/2...