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David Parslow @drparslow.bsky.social · 3h

Recover to get hit again soon too... 😳

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Mike Bailey @linusd.bsky.social · 18h

Let’s see how Labour and the right wing media both handle a real politician instead of a pantomime clown

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23h

Sir John Curtice - Indepedent pollster - confirms what we all already know.

The Labour Government need to stop doing everything Farage wants them to do.

The much bigger challenge to Keir Starmer is the Green Party.

Lower bills. Tax billionaires.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Charismatic leader emerges on the left to roil Britain’s political scene

Zack Polanski of the Greens has drawn comparisons to New York’s Zohran Mamdani as he connects with younger voters on social media over the political issues of the day.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 15h

October is the least warmed month and reached +1.55°C during a La Niña!

The past 29 months were +1.57°C on average, 0.32°C above the same 2015-2017 period, indicating a 0.4°C/dec warming rate.

That's more than a doubling from the 1970-2010 warming rate.
Even(?) we might have underestimated this.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 21h

"Collectively, the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Norway increased their oil and gas production by nearly 40 percent between 2015 [Paris Agreement signing] and 2024. In the rest of the world, combined oil and gas extraction dropped by 2 percent over the same period"

oilchange.org/publications...

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Simon Ferrigno @brexcyclopaedia.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest improvement would be scrapping anything that increases traffic, and investing in public transport www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Still time to improve A38 road scheme, says MP

Jonathan Davies says he will push for improvements to a multimillion-pound road project in Derby.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 1d

Agriculture drives about 1/3 of GHG emissions around the world, and Brazil has made it a priority at next month’s COP30. This increased pressure is fueling disinfo and greenwashing... By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and @hazelhealy.bsky.social.

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30

Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though the sector drives a third of global warming.

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Dr. Earhart Sampson, PhD🌎 @earhart.bsky.social · 1d

THIS.

Construction now drives one-third of global carbon emissions: www.earth.com/news/constru...

Construction now drives one-third of global carbon emissions

Construction is responsible for one-third of global CO₂ emissions, a trend that could derail climate targets with no major material shift.

www.earth.com

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Prof William Ripple @williamripple.bsky.social · 2d

In our new report, based on the data, we suggest that we are hurtling toward climate chaos if trends continue. Thanks are due to my coauthors @michaelemann.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social and others. You decide if you agree by reading the paper for yourself here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...

The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink

We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer

doi.org

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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · 2d

Looking at the way Reform and the far right are trying to leverage rural resentments against solar farms. Given that most farmers are concerned by climate change – does this actually make Reform anti-farmer?

Enjoyed writing this with @tom-cb.bsky.social

theconversation.com/you-cant-eat...

‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war

Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.

theconversation.com

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 2d

While I believe that Bill Gates deserves high praise for his sustained commitment to protecting public health, I agree with @michaelemann.bsky.social that he is failing to understand that we must—and can—rapidly quit fossil fuels while addressing illness and poverty. @docsforclimate.bsky.social

You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it

What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

thebulletin.org

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 2d

COP30 in Brazil will be a critical test of global leadership and must be a moment of pushback against the wrecking tactics we’ve seen on climate, said Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland of @theelders.bsky.social at the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture this week 🧵

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 3d

So, I hate to be this guy, but as the director of Yale’s new program on attribution science (!?), uh, most of the commentary on Bluesky about Hurricane Melissa and climate change has been… not quite right

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 3d

The great irony of all of this? Most of these climate change impacts will be borne, most immediately and acutely, by poorer nations in the Global South--precisely those on whose behalf the memo authors are ostensibly advocating. That's why this memo makes me viscerally uncomfortable. [13/n]

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 3d

3C of global warming means many feet of sea level rise, fundamentally altering coastlines and swamping megacities home to 100s of millions. It means heatwaves that in humid regions could become, literally, unsurvivable for those outdoors without access to active cooling. [11/n]

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the thing: 2.5-3C of global warming is actually still really bad news. Is it better than 3-5C of warming? Undoubtedly. But I don't think many folks, apparently including Gates & advisors, appreciate just how radically transformed a 2.5-3C warmer world would be. [10/n]

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3d

theecologist.org/2025/oct/28/...

Climate storms threatens 'vicious cycle'

Climate impacts will 'get in the way of action to tackle the underlying problem'.

theecologist.org

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Emily Theokritoff @etheokritoff.bsky.social · 4d

This is how climate injustice unfolds. There is both an economic logic to cutting emissions now & a moral imperative to rapidly scale up international finance for loss and damage and adaptation in the most vulnerable countries.

Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, rapid study estimates

The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵

ow.ly/Kazp50Xke8N

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4d

We might not be able to avoid that scenario.

But we could at least have a public conversation about how we are going to prepare and respond in a fair way that maintains social resilience.

Being in denial will only make things worse.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4d

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 17d

„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 The news-media is utterly failing to cover these momentous scientific findings.

The public is not being informed of the danger posed.

The UK chief scientist Dame Angela McLean just highlighted this as an issue of national security - why are no news outlets covering it ?!? 🤯

#EndClimateSilence

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 4d

If we were still heading for less than 3ºC in 75 years time, that would be great and he would be right about having more time, but we’re not. We’re heading for 2ºC by the late 2030s and 3ºC around 2050 unless we tackle rapid decarbonisation now.

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 4d

The lines on his original graph don’t take into account the acceleration in warming driven by higher climate sensitivity, the high aerosol feedback, the unexpected drop in cloud clover reducing albedo, the sudden decline in natural sinks, the early passing of one critical tipping point and so on.

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · 4d

Whilst a lot of what Bill Gates wrote in his memo makes a certain amount of sense, his main point that short term emissions reduction is not the priority is based on flawed and out of date data.

I’ve scribbled on his graph below to add a very important line - reality.
#climatechange #acceleration

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Climate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · 4d

We’re thrilled to launch the Global Methane Explorer – a comprehensive dashboard for methane emissions, targets and policies.

You can use it monitor progress, identify gaps, and support urgent, evidence-based action to accelerate methane mitigation worldwide.

methane-explorer.climateanalytics.org

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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 4d

Now, with #COP30 just two weeks away, this is helpful!

Almost enough for a bingo card.

www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30

Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though the sector drives a third of global warming.

www.desmog.com

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