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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

Recommended listen: The Strategic Climate Risks Initiative, in partnership with Planet B Productions, has released a four-part podcast series exploring what will happen if global warming exceeds 1.5C.

Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C

The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with…

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 1d

Pick of the week!

Thanks to @theguardian.com for listening!

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ECIU @eciu.net · 2d

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather bites

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests.
eciu.net/media/press...

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

eciu.net

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 2d

Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0GcqveD...

Listen on Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

More episodes and bonus essays coming soon...

Episode 2: Carbon Suckers

open.spotify.com

Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 2d

Interested in immersive, surprising stories?

Listen to 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁: 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝟭.𝟱°𝗖

I'm humbled with the positive reception, which includes scientists, novelists, politicians, activists👇

Visit: www.overshootpod.com

Follow: @overshootpod.bsky.social

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MACRODOSE @macrodosepod.bsky.social · 4d

"The only industry in the world that has moved a similar scale of mass as 5 billion tons...is surprise, surprise: the petroleum industry."

THIS WEEK: @meadwaj.bsky.social is joined by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social to discuss climate overshoot, carbon sucking and data centres 🌪️

patreon.com/macrodose

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you!

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Susan Gemmill @sgemmill.bsky.social · 3d

An excellent new podcast re: #climate
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social

Episode 2: Carbon Suckers

Podcast Episode · Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C · 10/05/2025 · 30m

podcasts.apple.com

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 4d

What are 'derailment risks' and how are they rapidly increasing? Join me for an in-person & online panel discussion at Chatham House, London: 28 OCTOBER 2025 — 5:00PM TO 6:00PM
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 5d

Episode 2 of @overshootpod.bsky.social is out!

I ask: who’s going to clean up the mess?

We hear the story of how climate plans are dependent on one big idea

But it might not even work, and we didn’t vote for it

And it all started in Swedish paper mills...

🎧👇
open.spotify.com/episode/49H1...

Episode 2: Carbon Suckers

open.spotify.com

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 6d

No worries! Direct Apple link here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...

Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C

Science Podcast · In 2015, the world agreed to limit global heating to 1.5°C. Ten years later, temperatures are spiralling beyond this and climate chaos is wreaking havoc across the globe. How did w...

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 6d

For 10 years, the world's been warned about overshooting 1.5°C

It's now happening

So, does that mean the world is doomed...?

Or can it be saved very quickly?

Tune in to episode 1 of Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C👇

Available on all major platforms
www.overshootpod.com/part-1-uncha...

Part 1: Uncharted Territory

www.overshootpod.com

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 9d

Apple? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C

Documentary Podcast · In 2015, the world agreed to limit global heating to 1.5°C. Ten years later, temperatures are spiralling beyond this and climate chaos is wreaking havoc across the globe. How d...

podcasts.apple.com

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 10d

“An essential guide to a critical issue. Please tune in.”

- @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Listen to the trailer on overshootpod.com and follow @overshootpod.bsky.social

Episode 1 coming soon

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 10d

Follow @overshootpod.bsky.social to catch all the upcoming episodes and bonus essays

Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 11d

The world missed its goal for tackling climate change

What happens next?

That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series

We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next

Listen to the trailer👇

open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...

Overshoot: a new podcast about a world beyond 1.5°C – trailer

open.spotify.com

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks, Dave! Happy to chat about it

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 11d

This new podcast, Overshoot, promises to be both vital and fascinating, given that it's from @laurielaybourn.bsky.social

Strategic Climate Risks Initiative @climate-risk.bsky.social · 11d

The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next?

Ten years after agreeing to limit global heating to 1.5°C, the world is overshooting.

How do we navigate what comes next?

Welcome to Overshoot.

Listen to the trailer now 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...

Overshoot: a new podcast about a world beyond 1.5°C – trailer

open.spotify.com

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · 11d

The world missed its goal for tackling climate change

What happens next?

That's the question I'm asking in a new documentary series

We uncover the fantasies that brought us here and meet the people with ideas to navigate what's next

Listen to the trailer👇

open.spotify.com/episode/2ICK...

Overshoot: a new podcast about a world beyond 1.5°C – trailer

open.spotify.com

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Joeri Rogelj @joerirogelj.bsky.social · Sep 3

NEW STUDY: How much CO2 can we safely store in geological formations?

In a new @nature.com study, we cross-check established academic and industry estimates with various risk factors.

We find a prudent geological CO2 storage limit that is about 10x smaller. /1

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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · Jun 24

Our climate experts will be at this year's #Glastonbury festival, with Professor @richardabetts.bsky.social and @laurielaybourn.bsky.social both appearing at the Speakers' Forum in the Green Fields area.

news.exeter.ac.uk/university/e...

Exeter climate experts to speak at Glastonbury

Two Exeter climate experts will speak at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.

news.exeter.ac.uk

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · May 15

New film 'Systems Update: rebooting our future'
With:
Danise Baden
Alice Bell
@richardabetts.bsky.social
Manda Brookman
Kathryn Brown
Dylan Hamilton
@jasonhickel.bsky.social
Farhana Jamin
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social
Col McCail
Leo Murray
Dylan Plummer
Max Wakefield
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub5I...

System Update | Rebooting Our Future

YouTube video by Global Documentary

www.youtube.com

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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · May 9

We are entering a new climate reality affecting us beyond the immediate impacts. As a society we need to develop certain capabilities that have been underdeveloped, including:

- Situational awareness
- Resilience
- Speed

@laurielaybourn.bsky.social (Executive Director, @climate-risk.bsky.social)

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · Apr 30

Today @thecccuk.bsky.social releases its assessment on UK climate adaptation

It shows a dangerous apathy to systemic risks

E.g.; "there aren’t enough indicators to assess overall progress accurately" on becoming more resilient to systemic risks in the food system

www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

Progress in adapting to climate change: 2025 report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee

Footnotes have been removed from the HTML version of this report. For the footnoted version of this report,…

www.theccc.org.uk

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · Apr 24

“Our security depends as much on tanks as it does on energy stability and an affordable supply. Whether or not you think the world is a more dangerous place, you can still improve the security of your society through renewables.”

It was great talking with @wsj.com

www.wsj.com/articles/sus...

Sustainability Investors Eye Defense Stocks as Geopolitical Tensions Rise

In a fast-changing world amid the onset of tariffs and a pushback against green initiatives, some renewables-focused companies are forging new relationships.

www.wsj.com

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Laurie Laybourn @laurielaybourn.bsky.social · Apr 24

Essential reading👇

The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · Apr 23

LAUNCHING…. The first issue of our new journal – now available to pre-order on The BREAK—DOWN website 👇

linktr.ee/breakdownradio

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