Andrew Simms
@andrewsimms.bsky.social
Political economist, campaigner & author. Co-author the original Green New Deal, devised Earth Overshoot Day & jointly, the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. Co-director New Weather Inst, other roles: https://www.newweather.org/about-us/andrew-simms/
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Towards a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT)
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@peternewell.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social 2019
#ParentsForFuture has stood behind @fossiltreaty.bsky.social since day one.
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@peternewell.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social 2019
#ParentsForFuture has stood behind @fossiltreaty.bsky.social since day one.
![Screenshot von zwei Twitter-Beiträgen aus 2019 zum Thema Klimapolitik und fossile Brennstoffe.
Der obere Beitrag stammt von „Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels...“ (10. Juli 2019) und fordert eine „Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT)“. Zitat: „[...] leave large swathes of remaining fossil fuels in the ground. Towards that end, we make the case for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT) to deal with emissions at source.“ Darunter ein Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2019.1636759
Der eingebettete Tweet darunter ist von „Peter Newell“ (08. Juli 2019) und kündigt einen neuen Artikel in *Climate Policy* an: „New article just published in Climate Policy on the need for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Towards a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2019.1636759 ...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vb4q6gkecpq2rx2d6rrpbqio/bafkreifihca7lzcayaxqircrwffenlsw6n3qa4rjg6ixncmeltaftrjneu@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Towards a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT)
▶️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@peternewell.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social 2019
#ParentsForFuture has stood behind @fossiltreaty.bsky.social since day one.
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@peternewell.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social 2019
#ParentsForFuture has stood behind @fossiltreaty.bsky.social since day one.
More to do, but here's positive movement. And when ads promoting pollution are inevitably ended on public transport, we'll wonder why they were ever allowed 👇👇👇
🚨 Campaign win! 🚨
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
More to do, but here's positive movement. And when ads promoting pollution are inevitably ended on public transport, we'll wonder why they were ever allowed 👇👇👇
Tomorrow the Mayor of London will be questioned on getting London's transport system to drop ads that promote air pollution - please add your voice asking him to do the right thing - takes 30 seconds 👇👇👇
Of the world's major cities, London has the highest levels of air pollution.
Yet the city's sprawling public transport network continues to promote the very industries threatening Londoner health.
✍️ Call on Mayor Sadiq Khan to implement an ad ban: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
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Yet the city's sprawling public transport network continues to promote the very industries threatening Londoner health.
✍️ Call on Mayor Sadiq Khan to implement an ad ban: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
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Time to end adverts for polluting products on Transport for London sites
I've written to the London Mayor calling for an end to advertising for polluting products on Transport for London sites. You can email the Mayor here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/time-to-end-adv...
actionnetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Tomorrow the Mayor of London will be questioned on getting London's transport system to drop ads that promote air pollution - please add your voice asking him to do the right thing - takes 30 seconds 👇👇👇
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🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Fossil Ads — Badvertising
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November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Let's be clear: what's dividing the country is not illegal immigration, it is politicians exploiting the issue of migration for political positioning, power plays and their own gain. Whether that's Reform, the Tories or the Labour Home Secretary. And...
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Let's be clear: what's dividing the country is not illegal immigration, it is politicians exploiting the issue of migration for political positioning, power plays and their own gain. Whether that's Reform, the Tories or the Labour Home Secretary. And...
One more time - wouldn't it help if we stopped actively promoting the pollution from frequent flights, massive SUVs & oil companies, with a fossil ad ban? 🤔
BBC News - Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
One more time - wouldn't it help if we stopped actively promoting the pollution from frequent flights, massive SUVs & oil companies, with a fossil ad ban? 🤔
BBC News - Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Times picks up on the @badvertising.bsky.social London transport campaign to stop polluting ads from undermining action on clean air and climate in the city link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Times picks up on the @badvertising.bsky.social London transport campaign to stop polluting ads from undermining action on clean air and climate in the city link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
One day soon it will seem very weird that we ever allowed ads promoting pollution in the middle of a health & climate crisis 👇
🌍 What do global cities such as Amsterdam, Stockholm and Edinburgh all have in common?
These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
November 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
One day soon it will seem very weird that we ever allowed ads promoting pollution in the middle of a health & climate crisis 👇
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🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
Genocide, the extended remix...
'Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Genocide, the extended remix...
'Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here's the Guardian picking up on our new research revealing that UK newspapers carried 3x more 'high carbon' ads for big polluters than coverage of the climate talks at last year's COP29... the big story is drowned out by promotion of pollution-as-usual
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Here's the Guardian picking up on our new research revealing that UK newspapers carried 3x more 'high carbon' ads for big polluters than coverage of the climate talks at last year's COP29... the big story is drowned out by promotion of pollution-as-usual
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
If we were serious about clean air and climate action - we wouldn't allow ads that promote pollution - that's why we've done this 👇
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
If we were serious about clean air and climate action - we wouldn't allow ads that promote pollution - that's why we've done this 👇
Ever wonder why climate action doesn't happen? The noise from pollution-as-usual (PAU) drowns the message out... Its bonkers that we still allow ads that actively promote the pollution that kills people and wrecks the climate 👇🏼
The COP29 talks took up 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 of all editorial space in the leading 10 UK newspapers during the two days when the issue was highest on the international news agenda. 🙃 3/8
UK Newspapers Publish More Ads for Polluting Products than Climate Coverage
British national newspapers devoted more than triple the space to advertising polluting industries such as oil, airlines and sports utility vehicles than they did to covering last year’s U.N. climate ...
www.desmog.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Ever wonder why climate action doesn't happen? The noise from pollution-as-usual (PAU) drowns the message out... Its bonkers that we still allow ads that actively promote the pollution that kills people and wrecks the climate 👇🏼
Hint... it was global heating, not the butler
BBC News - Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' - BBC News
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Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit'
A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Hint... it was global heating, not the butler
BBC News - Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cherishing this rare moment of parliamentary sense...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
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Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say
A committee of MPs says the government has not demonstrated if economic benefits from airport expansion outweigh climate impacts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Cherishing this rare moment of parliamentary sense...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Is AI going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality?
Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning and what can be done about it. This Weds, 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. I'll be chairing some great speakers 👇
@responsiblesci.bsky.social
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Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning and what can be done about it. This Weds, 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. I'll be chairing some great speakers 👇
@responsiblesci.bsky.social
www.tickettailor.com/events/scien...
Reserve your free ticket – Polluter and cyber elites: A lethal alignment? – Zoom
Polluter and cyber elites: A lethal alignment? – Zoom, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - The 'cyber elite' - tech corporate leaders, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos - are embracing many policies from the far right i...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Is AI going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality?
Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning and what can be done about it. This Weds, 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. I'll be chairing some great speakers 👇
@responsiblesci.bsky.social
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Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning and what can be done about it. This Weds, 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. I'll be chairing some great speakers 👇
@responsiblesci.bsky.social
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Again, the loaded language, Israelis are 'hostages', Palestinians 'prisoners' & 'detainees' (although many are held without trial or charge)
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Hostages reunited with families as Trump greeted with cheers in Israeli parliament - follow live - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Hostages reunited with families as Trump greeted with cheers in Israeli parliament - follow live - BBC News
Hostages reunited with families as Trump greeted with cheers in Israeli parliament - follow live
Israel has also released almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees, with busloads greeted by huge crowds in the occupied West Bank.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Again, the loaded language, Israelis are 'hostages', Palestinians 'prisoners' & 'detainees' (although many are held without trial or charge)
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Hostages reunited with families as Trump greeted with cheers in Israeli parliament - follow live - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...
Hostages reunited with families as Trump greeted with cheers in Israeli parliament - follow live - BBC News
Polluter and 'cyber' elites - is AI just going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality?
Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning, next Weds 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. Its free with great speakers. 👇 👇 👇 @responsiblesci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scien...
Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning, next Weds 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. Its free with great speakers. 👇 👇 👇 @responsiblesci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scien...
Reserve your free ticket – Polluter and cyber elites: A lethal alignment? – Zoom
Polluter and cyber elites: A lethal alignment? – Zoom, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - The 'cyber elite' - tech corporate leaders, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos - are embracing many policies from the far right i...
www.tickettailor.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Polluter and 'cyber' elites - is AI just going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality?
Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning, next Weds 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. Its free with great speakers. 👇 👇 👇 @responsiblesci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scien...
Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning, next Weds 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. Its free with great speakers. 👇 👇 👇 @responsiblesci.bsky.social www.tickettailor.com/events/scien...
"Abducted", surely, if this happened in international waters, not "detained", which suggests the exercise of legitimate authority...
BBC News - Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and detains activists including Greta Thunberg
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and detains activists including Greta Thunberg
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greta Thunberg among activists detained as Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla
South Africa and Turkey have criticised the incident in international waters. Israel says those on board are safe.
www.bbc.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Abducted", surely, if this happened in international waters, not "detained", which suggests the exercise of legitimate authority...
BBC News - Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and detains activists including Greta Thunberg
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and detains activists including Greta Thunberg
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I think 'Storm Gatwick' has a better ring to it, in honour of the absurd & self-harming decision to expand the climate polluting airport...
BBC News - UK weather: Storm Amy named by Met Office as warnings issued for rain, wind - BBC Weather
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BBC News - UK weather: Storm Amy named by Met Office as warnings issued for rain, wind - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
UK weather: Storm Amy named by Met Office as warnings issued for rain, wind
Simon King looks at what impacts Storm Amy, the first named storm of the season, will bring at the end of the week.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I think 'Storm Gatwick' has a better ring to it, in honour of the absurd & self-harming decision to expand the climate polluting airport...
BBC News - UK weather: Storm Amy named by Met Office as warnings issued for rain, wind - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
BBC News - UK weather: Storm Amy named by Met Office as warnings issued for rain, wind - BBC Weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Hear some of the best natural intelligence discuss the problems with the artificial kind at this year's online Responsible Science conference. @responsiblesci.bsky.social
New technologies are never neutral, what about the polluter & cyber elites?
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New technologies are never neutral, what about the polluter & cyber elites?
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🚨 We are excited to share our 2025 conference line-up:
Astrid Nilsson Lewis, Oxfam Sweden
Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR
James Parr, Trillium Technologies
Dr Simon Clark, Science communicator
Emily… | Scie...
🚨 We are excited to share our 2025 conference line-up:
Astrid Nilsson Lewis, Oxfam Sweden
Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR
James Parr, Trillium Technologies
Dr Simon Clark, Science communicator
Emily Ghosh, ...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Hear some of the best natural intelligence discuss the problems with the artificial kind at this year's online Responsible Science conference. @responsiblesci.bsky.social
New technologies are never neutral, what about the polluter & cyber elites?
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
New technologies are never neutral, what about the polluter & cyber elites?
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Athletes exposed to life-threatening weather extremes call for an end to sports sponsorship by climate polluters...
🚨BIG news 🚨
Climbing pioneers, rising talents and major orgs have signed an open letter urging climbing federations and other pro climbers to take a stand against polluting sponsorship. 🧵 1/7
Full story. 👇
Climbing pioneers, rising talents and major orgs have signed an open letter urging climbing federations and other pro climbers to take a stand against polluting sponsorship. 🧵 1/7
Full story. 👇
Pro Climbers Urge IFSC to Swear Off Fossil Fuel Ties
An open letter associated with the Cool Down network of sports for climate action asks the IFSC and climbers to swear off fossil fuel ties.
www.climbing.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Athletes exposed to life-threatening weather extremes call for an end to sports sponsorship by climate polluters...
How and why did the car industry push people to buy larger, more dangerous and polluting cars, just as the world needed the opposite? Today with some fabulous colleagues we're going to be talking about how to reverse car-spreading (or 'autobesity')
www.suv-alliance.org.uk/reversing-ca...
www.suv-alliance.org.uk/reversing-ca...
Reversing Carspreading Conference September 2025 — SUV Alliance
www.suv-alliance.org.uk
September 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
How and why did the car industry push people to buy larger, more dangerous and polluting cars, just as the world needed the opposite? Today with some fabulous colleagues we're going to be talking about how to reverse car-spreading (or 'autobesity')
www.suv-alliance.org.uk/reversing-ca...
www.suv-alliance.org.uk/reversing-ca...
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Amazing contribution from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at the @fossiltreaty.bsky.social virtual summit. Grateful for her conviction that ‘the fossil fuel treaty is making the future liveable for humans & more than humans alike’. @suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Amazing contribution from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at the @fossiltreaty.bsky.social virtual summit. Grateful for her conviction that ‘the fossil fuel treaty is making the future liveable for humans & more than humans alike’. @suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social