Alan Pater
@alanpater.bsky.social
vegan restaurateur | the profane buddha
canada | the world
canada | the world
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“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
Asking for #deedsnotwords at #cop30
#climateandnaturebreakdown
https://aje.io/t5s44m
Asking for #deedsnotwords at #cop30
#climateandnaturebreakdown
https://aje.io/t5s44m
Indigenous activists storm COP30 climate summit in Brazil, demanding action
Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.
www.aljazeera.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“We want our lands free from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal miners and illegal loggers.”
Asking for #deedsnotwords at #cop30
#climateandnaturebreakdown
https://aje.io/t5s44m
Asking for #deedsnotwords at #cop30
#climateandnaturebreakdown
https://aje.io/t5s44m
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
„Unlike the past three Cops, which were held in countries with varying degrees of authoritarian government, the Brazilian hosts are actively encouraging civil society and street demonstration to play a role in this conference.“
#COP30
#ClimateChange
#Justice
„Unlike the past three Cops, which were held in countries with varying degrees of authoritarian government, the Brazilian hosts are actively encouraging civil society and street demonstration to play a role in this conference.“
#COP30
#ClimateChange
#Justice
Tussles break out between protesters and security at Cop30 in Brazil
Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
„Unlike the past three Cops, which were held in countries with varying degrees of authoritarian government, the Brazilian hosts are actively encouraging civil society and street demonstration to play a role in this conference.“
#COP30
#ClimateChange
#Justice
„Unlike the past three Cops, which were held in countries with varying degrees of authoritarian government, the Brazilian hosts are actively encouraging civil society and street demonstration to play a role in this conference.“
#COP30
#ClimateChange
#Justice
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Protests at #COP30.
“‘At last, something has happened here,’ said Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gómez, a Panamanian climate negotiator.”
More: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“‘At last, something has happened here,’ said Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gómez, a Panamanian climate negotiator.”
More: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Protests at #COP30.
“‘At last, something has happened here,’ said Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gómez, a Panamanian climate negotiator.”
More: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“‘At last, something has happened here,’ said Juan Carlos Monterrey-Gómez, a Panamanian climate negotiator.”
More: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In order to turn bright red, lobsters are boiled alive. Is that what Yankees would do to the baby Jesus?
The perfect New England holiday item doesn't exi–
November 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
In order to turn bright red, lobsters are boiled alive. Is that what Yankees would do to the baby Jesus?
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When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
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Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Kudos to the anti-vaccine movement for making the world a little worse off than where they found it.
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It's 2025 & prominent environmental thinkers are still talking as though fossil fuels are the only problem & humans are the only victims.
The catastrophic impacts of animal agriculture don't get a mention. Nor do the obvious solutions of plant-based agriculture & the resulting land use change.
The catastrophic impacts of animal agriculture don't get a mention. Nor do the obvious solutions of plant-based agriculture & the resulting land use change.
What a brilliant launch evening for The Growth Story of the 21st Century by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern! 🎆
In collaboration with @gsos-lse.bsky.social and @granthamlse.bsky.social.
🔗 This book is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
In collaboration with @gsos-lse.bsky.social and @granthamlse.bsky.social.
🔗 This book is free to read and download: doi.org/10.31389/lse...
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It's 2025 & prominent environmental thinkers are still talking as though fossil fuels are the only problem & humans are the only victims.
The catastrophic impacts of animal agriculture don't get a mention. Nor do the obvious solutions of plant-based agriculture & the resulting land use change.
The catastrophic impacts of animal agriculture don't get a mention. Nor do the obvious solutions of plant-based agriculture & the resulting land use change.
Hey @cdnfoodsystem.bsky.social
#OurFoodOurFuture #NotreAlimentationNotreAvenir
You might like this!
Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and our Global Food System
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Ru...
#OurFoodOurFuture #NotreAlimentationNotreAvenir
You might like this!
Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and our Global Food System
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Ru...
Reimagine Food: Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and our Global Food System
YouTube video by The Nest Climate Campus
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hey @cdnfoodsystem.bsky.social
#OurFoodOurFuture #NotreAlimentationNotreAvenir
You might like this!
Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and our Global Food System
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Ru...
#OurFoodOurFuture #NotreAlimentationNotreAvenir
You might like this!
Exploring the Intersection of Climate Change and our Global Food System
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Ru...
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
quite possibly my favourite album of all time
47 years ago today
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash, released on this day in 1978 featuring the singles "Tommy Gun" and "English Civil War"
#punk #punkrock #theclash #giveemenoughrope #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash, released on this day in 1978 featuring the singles "Tommy Gun" and "English Civil War"
#punk #punkrock #theclash #giveemenoughrope #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
quite possibly my favourite album of all time
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New:
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The AI Race to Reboot Feudalism
Let's be honest about why they gamble everything
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New:
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
The current “AI race” media frenzy, whether framed as productivity revolution, Chinese competition, or AGI salvation, is either largely myth-making or missing the most crucial point.
So let me challenge that frenzy with a different story.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/protagon...
What I'm reading: "a dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution ... from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality ..."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
A dramatically new understanding of human history, chal…
www.goodreads.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What I'm reading: "a dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution ... from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality ..."
www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...
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Out now, our launch report!
At COP30 next week dozens of panels will discuss regenerative grazing.
We've compiled the best science on the topic and compared grazing vs. plant-based with rewilding.
At COP30 next week dozens of panels will discuss regenerative grazing.
We've compiled the best science on the topic and compared grazing vs. plant-based with rewilding.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Out now, our launch report!
At COP30 next week dozens of panels will discuss regenerative grazing.
We've compiled the best science on the topic and compared grazing vs. plant-based with rewilding.
At COP30 next week dozens of panels will discuss regenerative grazing.
We've compiled the best science on the topic and compared grazing vs. plant-based with rewilding.
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
Living Report: Regenerative Agriculture vs. Rewilding
A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed evidence on regenerative grazing vs. rewilding through dietary shifts that reduce land use and restore soil, water, climate, and biodiversity
iffs.earth
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution.
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature.
iffs.earth/living-repor...
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"The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent approach to the living future." - Sun Ra #quote
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"The real aim of music is to co-ordinate the minds of the people into an intelligent reach for a better world and an intelligent approach to the living future." - Sun Ra #quote
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Two companies are responsible for 50% of the world's battery deployment so far this year. Both are, of course, Chinese.
"Global EV battery installations totaled 811.7 GWh from January to September"
👀👀
cnevpost.com/2025/11/05/g...
👀👀
cnevpost.com/2025/11/05/g...
Global EV battery market share in Jan-Sept 2025: CATL 36.6%, BYD 17.9%
CATL and BYD collectively installed 442.2 GWh of EV batteries in January-September 2025, accounting for 54.5 percent of the global total.
cnevpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Two companies are responsible for 50% of the world's battery deployment so far this year. Both are, of course, Chinese.
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To Ford, Stellantis & GM all abandoning affordable EVs:
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
To Ford, Stellantis & GM all abandoning affordable EVs:
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New report finds current Dutch agricultural system has *costs* society €5.3 bn each year 😱
By moving toward sustainable practices, reducing production and consumption of animal protein, and scaling down production to farm within planetary boundaries, a net *gain* of €5.3 bn could be achieved.
By moving toward sustainable practices, reducing production and consumption of animal protein, and scaling down production to farm within planetary boundaries, a net *gain* of €5.3 bn could be achieved.
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
New report finds current Dutch agricultural system has *costs* society €5.3 bn each year 😱
By moving toward sustainable practices, reducing production and consumption of animal protein, and scaling down production to farm within planetary boundaries, a net *gain* of €5.3 bn could be achieved.
By moving toward sustainable practices, reducing production and consumption of animal protein, and scaling down production to farm within planetary boundaries, a net *gain* of €5.3 bn could be achieved.
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🚨🚨🚨 NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨 NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
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New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years.
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
International trade regulations take a limited bite out of the shark fin trade
Survey uncovers widespread illegal shark fin trade despite nearly a decade of international regulation.
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New paper finds rampant illegal shark fin trafficking, despite >100 threatened sharks and rays being listed on CITES in the past 20 years.
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence is becoming very strong that the only effective way to protect sharks is to stop the fisheries catching them.
🦑🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"... the Amazon has lost 20% of its forest cover, mostly due to land being used for cattle pasture and soy cultivation .."
It should be noted that those soy beans are for livestock feed, not for human consumption.
It should be noted that those soy beans are for livestock feed, not for human consumption.
Today we publish a new paper at The British Medical Journal on the links between biodiversity, climate and health in relation to the hashtag#COP30 in Brazil
Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The Amazon is one of Earth’s major climate stabilisers—we must protect the rainforest and its biodiversity
The twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change have clear implications for human health and must be central to discussions at COP30, argue David Nogués-Bravo and Helena Alves-Pinto
The acce...
www.bmj.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"... the Amazon has lost 20% of its forest cover, mostly due to land being used for cattle pasture and soy cultivation .."
It should be noted that those soy beans are for livestock feed, not for human consumption.
It should be noted that those soy beans are for livestock feed, not for human consumption.
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After years of political failure, the world can still rescue 1.5°C – if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition”, starting now.
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
Rescuing 1.5°C: new evidence on the highest possible ambition to…
This study shows that, even after years of insufficient action, the world can still return to well below 1.5°C of warming this century if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition” in climate ac...
climateanalytics.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
After years of political failure, the world can still rescue 1.5°C – if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition”, starting now.
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
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Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research theconversation.com/strict-schoo...
"...policy-level solutions work. But they require comprehensive implementation and adequate enforcement mechanisms."
"...policy-level solutions work. But they require comprehensive implementation and adequate enforcement mechanisms."
Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research
When states prohibit parents from opting their kids out of vaccines for religious, philosophical or other nonmedical reasons, communities stay better protected against infectious diseases.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research theconversation.com/strict-schoo...
"...policy-level solutions work. But they require comprehensive implementation and adequate enforcement mechanisms."
"...policy-level solutions work. But they require comprehensive implementation and adequate enforcement mechanisms."