Prof Phoebe Barnard
@phoebebarnard.bsky.social
The world doesn't have to be this way. Climate & biodiversity science, risk &resilience, societal/planetary futures. Prof Univ Washington; research assoc African Climate & Development Initiative/ Fitztitute, UCapeTown, building global futures collaborative
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African climate science-policy has a serious blind spot: the slowing Atlantic circulation
An important ocean circulation system is slowing down faster than expected.
theconversation.com
Only Africa? Truthfully, all climate science-policy has a serious AMOC blind spot. Not surprising: it's fairly new & seriously challenging. We're changing that with a top-level team supporting govts to govern wisely in unstable times. DM me if we can help yr govt
theconversation.com/african-clim...
theconversation.com/african-clim...
“We live in the shadow of the world we could create.”
JasonHickel and Yanis Varoufakis offer our first three steps out of our prison morass.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
JasonHickel and Yanis Varoufakis offer our first three steps out of our prison morass.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
“We live in the shadow of the world we could create.”
JasonHickel and Yanis Varoufakis offer our first three steps out of our prison morass.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
JasonHickel and Yanis Varoufakis offer our first three steps out of our prison morass.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is a growth economy incompatible with human empathy? And if so...?
The Empathy Project www.resilience.org/stories/2026... - reflections by my coauthor and friend in energy and overshoot circles, Dr Chris Rhodes, on the beautiful film, www.theempathyproject.co.uk by @beljacobs.bsky.social.
The Empathy Project www.resilience.org/stories/2026... - reflections by my coauthor and friend in energy and overshoot circles, Dr Chris Rhodes, on the beautiful film, www.theempathyproject.co.uk by @beljacobs.bsky.social.
The Empathy Project
Beyond its immediate content, the Empathy Project ricochets out echoes and ripples, negotiating both structures and surfaces: tracing the lines of a whole, out of kilter, system of interconnected, int...
www.resilience.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Is a growth economy incompatible with human empathy? And if so...?
The Empathy Project www.resilience.org/stories/2026... - reflections by my coauthor and friend in energy and overshoot circles, Dr Chris Rhodes, on the beautiful film, www.theempathyproject.co.uk by @beljacobs.bsky.social.
The Empathy Project www.resilience.org/stories/2026... - reflections by my coauthor and friend in energy and overshoot circles, Dr Chris Rhodes, on the beautiful film, www.theempathyproject.co.uk by @beljacobs.bsky.social.
Only Africa? Truthfully, all climate science-policy has a serious AMOC blind spot. Not surprising: it's fairly new & seriously challenging. We're changing that with a top-level team supporting govts to govern wisely in unstable times. DM me if we can help yr govt
theconversation.com/african-clim...
theconversation.com/african-clim...
African climate science-policy has a serious blind spot: the slowing Atlantic circulation
An important ocean circulation system is slowing down faster than expected.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Only Africa? Truthfully, all climate science-policy has a serious AMOC blind spot. Not surprising: it's fairly new & seriously challenging. We're changing that with a top-level team supporting govts to govern wisely in unstable times. DM me if we can help yr govt
theconversation.com/african-clim...
theconversation.com/african-clim...
Reposted by Prof Phoebe Barnard
From #CambridgePrisms Extinction: Uncooling the planet: Rewilding for function in a post-Pleistocene climate
By Barry W. Brook & Guy F. Midgley
Read it here: https://cup.org/4jGPZp0
By Barry W. Brook & Guy F. Midgley
Read it here: https://cup.org/4jGPZp0
February 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
From #CambridgePrisms Extinction: Uncooling the planet: Rewilding for function in a post-Pleistocene climate
By Barry W. Brook & Guy F. Midgley
Read it here: https://cup.org/4jGPZp0
By Barry W. Brook & Guy F. Midgley
Read it here: https://cup.org/4jGPZp0
You might consider following Antidote Studios and the podcast Screw This, Let's Try Something Else. They've finally come over to BlueSky - let's give them a lot of love. This is positive, lively, engaging storytelling for a kinder, wiser, more collaborative society @climatemajority.bsky.social
Check out the next episode of our podcast SCREW THIS, LET'S TRY SOMETHING ELSE: @thisispasha.bsky.social & I visit CIVIC SQUARE & hear from @kateraworth.bsky.social about how changing our neighbourhoods can change our nation.
Listen here
Apple: tinyurl.com/4zadvcdk
Spotify: tinyurl.com/594pp6he
Listen here
Apple: tinyurl.com/4zadvcdk
Spotify: tinyurl.com/594pp6he
February 10, 2026 at 12:13 PM
You might consider following Antidote Studios and the podcast Screw This, Let's Try Something Else. They've finally come over to BlueSky - let's give them a lot of love. This is positive, lively, engaging storytelling for a kinder, wiser, more collaborative society @climatemajority.bsky.social
Understanding how water works in soil is crucial to the #restoration of our soil, planet and climate, and crucial to our agency over our future. Alpha Lo explains.
The laws of water: How water moves through soil
open.substack.com/pub/climatew...
@didipershouse.bsky.social @robdelaet.bsky.social
The laws of water: How water moves through soil
open.substack.com/pub/climatew...
@didipershouse.bsky.social @robdelaet.bsky.social
The laws of water part I : How water moves through soil
Darcy's law and Richard's law
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Understanding how water works in soil is crucial to the #restoration of our soil, planet and climate, and crucial to our agency over our future. Alpha Lo explains.
The laws of water: How water moves through soil
open.substack.com/pub/climatew...
@didipershouse.bsky.social @robdelaet.bsky.social
The laws of water: How water moves through soil
open.substack.com/pub/climatew...
@didipershouse.bsky.social @robdelaet.bsky.social
We all hoped climate interventions would never be necessary. But here we are. And so it’s woefully irresponsible when ppl still try to shut down conversations & research on crisis management when the risks are at a profound planetary scale. #preparedness
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @skyscroll.earth
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @skyscroll.earth
The destabilisation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. In this article, PIK director Johan Rockström and Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson explain what to do about it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Climate risk becomes a matter of security
The destabilisation of the #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and I outline actions to tackle this thre...
www.linkedin.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 AM
We all hoped climate interventions would never be necessary. But here we are. And so it’s woefully irresponsible when ppl still try to shut down conversations & research on crisis management when the risks are at a profound planetary scale. #preparedness
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @skyscroll.earth
@rahmstorf.bsky.social @skyscroll.earth
What an indictment of our generation.
“More than half of young people worldwide think humanity is doomed. How do we face that truth without giving up? Clinical psychologist & activist Margaret Klein Salamon joins Climate Emergency Forum” to talk climate grief, anxiety & action youtu.be/nlgN38jlrTQ
“More than half of young people worldwide think humanity is doomed. How do we face that truth without giving up? Clinical psychologist & activist Margaret Klein Salamon joins Climate Emergency Forum” to talk climate grief, anxiety & action youtu.be/nlgN38jlrTQ
February 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
What an indictment of our generation.
“More than half of young people worldwide think humanity is doomed. How do we face that truth without giving up? Clinical psychologist & activist Margaret Klein Salamon joins Climate Emergency Forum” to talk climate grief, anxiety & action youtu.be/nlgN38jlrTQ
“More than half of young people worldwide think humanity is doomed. How do we face that truth without giving up? Clinical psychologist & activist Margaret Klein Salamon joins Climate Emergency Forum” to talk climate grief, anxiety & action youtu.be/nlgN38jlrTQ
Reposted by Prof Phoebe Barnard
Friendly reminder:
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
February 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Friendly reminder:
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
I’d like to get this excellent short animated film on climate & societal tipping points by @leomurray.bsky.social to a million views + hundreds of thousands of 👍🏽 - as one commenter has said. Please, share it around and make it happen. Made in 2008 - now all coming true!
youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip (HD)
YouTube video by Ligermorph
youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I’d like to get this excellent short animated film on climate & societal tipping points by @leomurray.bsky.social to a million views + hundreds of thousands of 👍🏽 - as one commenter has said. Please, share it around and make it happen. Made in 2008 - now all coming true!
youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
youtube.com/watch?v=VnyL...
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at her best - straight to the nub of what we are forgetting about our humanity over at least a couple of hundred thousand years.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
February 6, 2026 at 9:40 PM
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at her best - straight to the nub of what we are forgetting about our humanity over at least a couple of hundred thousand years.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Time for people to head on over to read @sharonspaulding.bsky.social’s new book, I’d say…
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Time for people to head on over to read @sharonspaulding.bsky.social’s new book, I’d say…
Reposted by Prof Phoebe Barnard
😯
Jonathan Luther Jackson, IL Congressman.
Son of Jesse Jackson, MLK's godson.
That is a brave man.👏
Jonathan Luther Jackson, IL Congressman.
Son of Jesse Jackson, MLK's godson.
That is a brave man.👏
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
😯
Jonathan Luther Jackson, IL Congressman.
Son of Jesse Jackson, MLK's godson.
That is a brave man.👏
Jonathan Luther Jackson, IL Congressman.
Son of Jesse Jackson, MLK's godson.
That is a brave man.👏
Friends & colleagues Drs JesseAbrama & @laurielaybourn.bsky.social of @exeter.ac.uk Global Systems Institute & Strategic Climate Risks Initiative telling the economy like it is to @dpcarrington.bsky.social in @theguardian.com in this #crossroadsofcivilization 🎯
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Friends & colleagues Drs JesseAbrama & @laurielaybourn.bsky.social of @exeter.ac.uk Global Systems Institute & Strategic Climate Risks Initiative telling the economy like it is to @dpcarrington.bsky.social in @theguardian.com in this #crossroadsofcivilization 🎯
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We'll have a lot of rebuilding to do, if we get the chance, at these #crossroadsofcivilization. It’s a time for deep learning on hard lessons. And a commitment to our humanity.
2026: master class in civilizational collapse open.substack.com/pub/phoebeba...
2026: master class in civilizational collapse open.substack.com/pub/phoebeba...
2026 is fast proving to be a master class in civilizational collapse
...and in the nasty people who trigger it.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
We'll have a lot of rebuilding to do, if we get the chance, at these #crossroadsofcivilization. It’s a time for deep learning on hard lessons. And a commitment to our humanity.
2026: master class in civilizational collapse open.substack.com/pub/phoebeba...
2026: master class in civilizational collapse open.substack.com/pub/phoebeba...
The Climate Restorers is now broadcasting in Italy and Thailand, as well as Australia, Canada, and the US.
So pull up a spicy delicious meal and join us on an adventurous survey of the people, ideas, and approaches to restoring our planet, climate and societies.
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
So pull up a spicy delicious meal and join us on an adventurous survey of the people, ideas, and approaches to restoring our planet, climate and societies.
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
February 4, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The Climate Restorers is now broadcasting in Italy and Thailand, as well as Australia, Canada, and the US.
So pull up a spicy delicious meal and join us on an adventurous survey of the people, ideas, and approaches to restoring our planet, climate and societies.
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
So pull up a spicy delicious meal and join us on an adventurous survey of the people, ideas, and approaches to restoring our planet, climate and societies.
www.theclimaterestorers.com/news
Shared courage changes everything.
Let’s talk with kids about agency and their future.
#TheHardestLesson
#teaching
#climateemergency
#climatefutures
#letstalk
@climatemajority.bsky.social
#climatecourage
@ctulocal1.bsky.social @wearecta.bsky.social
@oftunion.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=4H-5...
Let’s talk with kids about agency and their future.
#TheHardestLesson
#teaching
#climateemergency
#climatefutures
#letstalk
@climatemajority.bsky.social
#climatecourage
@ctulocal1.bsky.social @wearecta.bsky.social
@oftunion.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=4H-5...
The Hardest Lesson | Climate Majority Project
YouTube video by Climate Majority Project
youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Shared courage changes everything.
Let’s talk with kids about agency and their future.
#TheHardestLesson
#teaching
#climateemergency
#climatefutures
#letstalk
@climatemajority.bsky.social
#climatecourage
@ctulocal1.bsky.social @wearecta.bsky.social
@oftunion.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=4H-5...
Let’s talk with kids about agency and their future.
#TheHardestLesson
#teaching
#climateemergency
#climatefutures
#letstalk
@climatemajority.bsky.social
#climatecourage
@ctulocal1.bsky.social @wearecta.bsky.social
@oftunion.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=4H-5...
But we have so many better visions of the future. Have you stopped to design yours yet?
Thanks as always @tsakraklides.bsky.social
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
Thanks as always @tsakraklides.bsky.social
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
February 4, 2026 at 7:56 AM
But we have so many better visions of the future. Have you stopped to design yours yet?
Thanks as always @tsakraklides.bsky.social
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
Thanks as always @tsakraklides.bsky.social
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
Now more than ever, we need ecosystems to be intact and functioning to support humanity and the biosphere in turbulent times.
@science.org www.science.org/eprint/CSVVW...)
@science.org www.science.org/eprint/CSVVW...)
Planning policy undermines UK’s nature goals
The UK government has been a vocal advocate for biodiversity conservation and has made ambitious national commitments on biodiversity protection and recovery, including the protection of 30% of UK lan...
www.science.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Now more than ever, we need ecosystems to be intact and functioning to support humanity and the biosphere in turbulent times.
@science.org www.science.org/eprint/CSVVW...)
@science.org www.science.org/eprint/CSVVW...)
Like I say, countries are choosing which kind of nation they wish to be. And let’s hope that most choose wisely.
Thank you Spain and PM Sanchez.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Thank you Spain and PM Sanchez.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants
Responding to critics of policy, Pedro Sánchez says Spain is choosing path of ‘dignity, community and justice’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Like I say, countries are choosing which kind of nation they wish to be. And let’s hope that most choose wisely.
Thank you Spain and PM Sanchez.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Thank you Spain and PM Sanchez.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
This is not fringe. It’s fundamental to the future of our societies. Risk +security are core to us all. It’s time for governments to open up national+local dialogues with civil societies.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@climatemajority.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@climatemajority.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on risks from biodiversity collapse: warnings must be heeded before it’s too late | Editorial
Editorial: Inadequate food supplies and collapsing rainforests must be recognised as national security threats – not pigeonholed as green issues
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is not fringe. It’s fundamental to the future of our societies. Risk +security are core to us all. It’s time for governments to open up national+local dialogues with civil societies.
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@climatemajority.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
@climatemajority.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Wake up, reconnect with Nature and each other, and help create a better civilization ahead.
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
@tsakraklides.bsky.social 🎯
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
@tsakraklides.bsky.social 🎯
February 2, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Wake up, reconnect with Nature and each other, and help create a better civilization ahead.
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
@tsakraklides.bsky.social 🎯
substack.com/@georgetsakr...
@tsakraklides.bsky.social 🎯
"Will Europe’s security leaders confront the climate crisis...? Europe’s security does not stop at borders or battlefields, but it starts with a stable climate." - @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
We're all distracted by autocracy and geopolitics. But it's all symptomatic of climate instability. Focus!
We're all distracted by autocracy and geopolitics. But it's all symptomatic of climate instability. Focus!
February 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
"Will Europe’s security leaders confront the climate crisis...? Europe’s security does not stop at borders or battlefields, but it starts with a stable climate." - @wedonthavetime.bsky.social
We're all distracted by autocracy and geopolitics. But it's all symptomatic of climate instability. Focus!
We're all distracted by autocracy and geopolitics. But it's all symptomatic of climate instability. Focus!
“Without significant increases in the UK food system and supply chain resilience, it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food.” open.substack.com/pub/climatem...
10,000 voices called for climate resilience: the Government minimised the threat.
by Rupert Read and Caroline Lucas
open.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:04 AM
“Without significant increases in the UK food system and supply chain resilience, it is unlikely the UK would be able to maintain food security if ecosystem collapse drives geopolitical competition for food.” open.substack.com/pub/climatem...
I have read @andreapitzer.bsky.social’s exceptional “One Long Night.”
andreapitzer.com/home/
I highly recommend it, & some of the other topical literature & media, in this moment if you’re having any doubt about what ICE et al is operating & building in the USA.
andreapitzer.com/home/
I highly recommend it, & some of the other topical literature & media, in this moment if you’re having any doubt about what ICE et al is operating & building in the USA.
One Long Night
Author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps
andreapitzer.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:05 PM