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Anne Larigauderie @annelarigauderie.bsky.social · 10d

Transformative change for a just and sustainable world is possible. The PLOS Biology paper I co-authored with the co-chairs of the @ipbes.net Transformative Change Assessment Karen O'Brien, Lucas Garibaldi and Arun Agrawal explores how to make it happen.

plos.io/3VGKknN

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 11d

"We can no longer pretend that we are sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. We are doing it consciously, with our eyes wide open."

@profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?

Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 11d

Just out

My latest @guardian piece on #climate pragmatism and the global rowback on climate action

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire

In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble, says UCL professor Bill McGuire

www.theguardian.com

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 18d

Yeah, I always skateboard to the cake shop too so that probably evens things out 😇

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 19d

I'm sorry to hear that, it's not pleasant when the big car people act that way. The bloody things are everywhere and seem still to be getting larger. Still as we both know the real danger is people sitting holding cardboard signs.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 19d

Maybe you believe this govt is acting in good faith on climate - and yeah we all like Ed M, but there is no way allowing and encouraging airport expansion across the UK makes any sense when emissions should instead be falling off a cliff.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 20d

This is in line with the govt's commitment to climate action, in much the same way me eating a massive fucking cake every day is in line with my commitment to lose weight.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Gatwick airport second runway approved by transport secretary

There has been strong opposition against the airport wanting to use its northern runway.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 23d

It’s easy to despair when Tommy Robinson and 100,000 far-right marchers fill London + Reform is surging in the polls.

But the UK — and other countries — have stopped the far right in its tracks in the recent past. Here’s how 🧵

Young woman protestors faces down an English Defence League thug

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24d

Mandelson Crisis
Starmer Acts!

The new Private Eye is out now.

A photo of the front cover of issue 1658 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The cover headline reads "Mandelson Crisis Starmer Acts!" and shows two images of Keir Starmer waving outside Number 10. In the first, he says “Goodbye, Peter – we can’t have anything to do with a friend of a paedo.” In the second, he says “Welcome, President Trump!”

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 24d

FAKE NEWS WELCOMES TRUMP

Trump today… Netanyahu tomorrow?

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 25d

Sir Keir, would you mind awfully closing that stable door please?

If you say so, but.. there's no horse in there.

Yes, that's because the horse bolted months ago while you were sleeping, and was last seen wandering about in a flag at the UK's largest ever far-right march, cheers anyway though.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 26d

I've been working on #climate issues for years, but every now and then I step back & think how unbelievable (and sad) it is that scientists have shown for decades we're literally changing — in a bad way — the climate of the entire planet and yet society refuses to deal with that existential threat.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 25d

There is one Irish tricolour in the image on the right for some unknown reason 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 25d

Odd that a 'unite the kingdom' march seemed to have only union jacks and England flags. Could it possibly be that Wales, Scotland and N Ireland want absolutely nothing to do with this bullshit?

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 27d

Proof that a rainbow beats a St George's flag any day of the week.

A rainbow in the sky above a small St George's flag hung from a bridge.

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 27d

When speaking to Tommy Robinson at the far right demonstration in London today, Elon Musk wore a t-shirt saying "What would Orwell think?"

So let's dive in - what would George Orwell think about Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk? 🧵

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · 27d

If I stop looking at the news will it just go away?

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TG42Birder🇵🇸 @tg42birder.bsky.social · 28d

I thought that said “nine hundred arrested” for a second. I then realised it was a march of violent racists bent on trouble as usual, and not a horde of pensioners wanting an end to genocide, and it was actually nine arrested.

Thanks Starmer, you utter prick.

news.sky.com/story/politi...

Politics latest: Nine arrested amid 'significant aggression', Met says, after 110,000 'Unite the Kingdom' marchers rally in London

Roughly 110,000 protesters have been in London for a 'Unite the Kingdom' rally and 'March against Fascism' counter-protest. Meanwhile, local parties and trade unions can start choosing between Bridget...

news.sky.com

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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 29d

Why does he - and all the shits on the extreme right - never ask this question of themselves and arson attacks on migrant hotels, riots, beatings, vandalism etc?

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 29d

2/3 We have seen in real time how those with resources & determination can redirect politics and popular beliefs against invented scapegoats (the “woke”) and real ones (antiracist activists, transgender people and above all immigrants) …

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh FFS...

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · Sep 11

Thanks Larry, yes I'm ok thanks - was quite a whack into my side but no lasting damage.

Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · Sep 10

Someone just cycled at speed into me on the pavement as I was waiting at a bus stop, got off, yelled at me, threatened me and wanted to start on me. Even so, on reflection I think he's still less dangerous than most Range Rover drivers.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thanks for posting this Marcus, as good and succinct response as any. This exchange otherwise is as, I feared it might, quickly getting into sealioning territory.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · Sep 10

The serious risk of complete collapse of the Amazon, warm water coral ecosystems, ocean currents that sustain life in the north, and loss of habitable zones across much of the world is not what's been before just manageably a bit worse. All the money in the world will not deal with these things.

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Stuart Capstick @stucap.bsky.social · Sep 10

As @kevinclimate.bsky.social has pointed out till he's blue in the face, including overshoot in scenarios and policy + relying on tech to deal with it, has always been about what's politically palatable / kicking can down the road (including by scientists) not what is known to be effective and fair.

Abstract from 2015 Nature Geoscience paper by Kevin Anderson where he states: delivery of palatable 2°C scenarios depends on speculative negative emissions or changing the past.

Excerpt from paper by Kevin Anderson where he states: negative emissions technologies are not an insurance policy, but an unjust and high-stakes gamble.

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