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Robin Boardman
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· Nov 28
After the dark billionaire circus of robots and censorship, it’s time to join the light, Bluesky.
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.
Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Utter insanity
Emissions up to now already lock-in a return to the Pliocene - 3C hotter and sea-levels eventually ~ 20m higher
Emissions need to fall by at least 50% in 48 months
The last thing we need is more effing oil and gas
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Emissions up to now already lock-in a return to the Pliocene - 3C hotter and sea-levels eventually ~ 20m higher
Emissions need to fall by at least 50% in 48 months
The last thing we need is more effing oil and gas
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
North Sea plan allows drilling while enabling Labour to keep ‘no new licences’ pledge
‘Tiebacks’ will permit small amount of new fossil fuel extraction, but campaigners want bolder strategy
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Utter insanity
Emissions up to now already lock-in a return to the Pliocene - 3C hotter and sea-levels eventually ~ 20m higher
Emissions need to fall by at least 50% in 48 months
The last thing we need is more effing oil and gas
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Emissions up to now already lock-in a return to the Pliocene - 3C hotter and sea-levels eventually ~ 20m higher
Emissions need to fall by at least 50% in 48 months
The last thing we need is more effing oil and gas
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
2.6 °C means crop failure, Amazon collapse, lethal heat, and millions dead. And that is still our trajectory. Emissions are rising, carbon sinks are failing, and COP pledges are a joke.
This is criminal negligence on a global scale.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is criminal negligence on a global scale.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
2.6 °C means crop failure, Amazon collapse, lethal heat, and millions dead. And that is still our trajectory. Emissions are rising, carbon sinks are failing, and COP pledges are a joke.
This is criminal negligence on a global scale.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is criminal negligence on a global scale.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Climate breakdown is a global health problem
Mashhad, a city of 3.5 million, is nearing Day Zero with reservoir levels below 3%. Iran’s president warns that Tehran and other cities may soon face evacuation.
This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports
Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with drought
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Climate breakdown is a global health problem
To avoid catastrophic tipping points, we’d need to build the world’s second-largest industry just to pull carbon from the sky. 10B tonnes a year.
Meanwhile fossil fuels expand.
This is the logic of collapse. Time to rebel.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meanwhile fossil fuels expand.
This is the logic of collapse. Time to rebel.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says
10bn tonnes must be captured from the air every year to limit global heating to 1.7C, says Johan Rockström
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
To avoid catastrophic tipping points, we’d need to build the world’s second-largest industry just to pull carbon from the sky. 10B tonnes a year.
Meanwhile fossil fuels expand.
This is the logic of collapse. Time to rebel.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meanwhile fossil fuels expand.
This is the logic of collapse. Time to rebel.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mashhad, a city of 3.5 million, is nearing Day Zero with reservoir levels below 3%. Iran’s president warns that Tehran and other cities may soon face evacuation.
This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports
Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with drought
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Mashhad, a city of 3.5 million, is nearing Day Zero with reservoir levels below 3%. Iran’s president warns that Tehran and other cities may soon face evacuation.
This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
This is climate collapse in real time. When water fails, society follows. We must rise to stop it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
England is running out of water. Reservoirs near 30%, groundwater depleted, another dry winter looming. The government talks reservoirs while rivers run dry. This is climate breakdown — and the UK is utterly unprepared.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
England is running out of water. Reservoirs near 30%, groundwater depleted, another dry winter looming. The government talks reservoirs while rivers run dry. This is climate breakdown — and the UK is utterly unprepared.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The long Sudanese nightmare deepens. El-Fasher falls, men are separated and shot, women are raped, and children flee alone. 60,000+ missing. Thousands are being slaughtered — and the UAE is arming it.
Rape, ransom and execution: The road out of Sudan's el-Fasher
As civilians tried to escape the capital of North Darfur, they were met by the Rapid Support Forces
www.middleeasteye.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The long Sudanese nightmare deepens. El-Fasher falls, men are separated and shot, women are raped, and children flee alone. 60,000+ missing. Thousands are being slaughtered — and the UAE is arming it.
Reposted by Robin Boardman
Maybe now the Faily Mail will really start to care!
New research from Spain finds that as scorching 35 °C days rise, housing prices fall — both for sale and rent.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Maybe now the Faily Mail will really start to care!
Antibiotic resistance in Ukraine and Russia has exploded tenfold, with the most dangerous infections now evolving faster than our medicines.
A superbug born in war won’t respect borders! We must find ways to peace.
A superbug born in war won’t respect borders! We must find ways to peace.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Antibiotic resistance in Ukraine and Russia has exploded tenfold, with the most dangerous infections now evolving faster than our medicines.
A superbug born in war won’t respect borders! We must find ways to peace.
A superbug born in war won’t respect borders! We must find ways to peace.
One in five children on Earth now lives in a war zone. 520 million children.
1 in 3 children killed or maimed in conflict last year was Palestinian.
If governments won’t defend the innocent, then ordinary people must.
1 in 3 children killed or maimed in conflict last year was Palestinian.
If governments won’t defend the innocent, then ordinary people must.
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
One in five children on Earth now lives in a war zone. 520 million children.
1 in 3 children killed or maimed in conflict last year was Palestinian.
If governments won’t defend the innocent, then ordinary people must.
1 in 3 children killed or maimed in conflict last year was Palestinian.
If governments won’t defend the innocent, then ordinary people must.
Tanzania’s unrest has ended — but opposition leaders say over 1,000 people were secretly buried after post-election riots.
The mask of democracy has fallen; beneath it lies repression, silence, and fear.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The mask of democracy has fallen; beneath it lies repression, silence, and fear.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tanzania elections: Curfew lifted in Dar es Salaam after unrest
Families continue to search for or bury relatives, a day after President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn in.
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Tanzania’s unrest has ended — but opposition leaders say over 1,000 people were secretly buried after post-election riots.
The mask of democracy has fallen; beneath it lies repression, silence, and fear.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The mask of democracy has fallen; beneath it lies repression, silence, and fear.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Half of the UK’s recycling is being shipped overseas, mainly to Turkey, the Netherlands, and Malaysia, where it is often burned or left to rot.
Don't get it twisted. We’re not recycling, we’re outsourcing guilt and calling it green.
geographical.co.uk/science-envi...
Don't get it twisted. We’re not recycling, we’re outsourcing guilt and calling it green.
geographical.co.uk/science-envi...
Half of UK recycling shipped overseas, report reveals
The UK continues to rely heavily upon overseas processing for recyclable waste, despite advances in domestic infrastructure
geographical.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Half of the UK’s recycling is being shipped overseas, mainly to Turkey, the Netherlands, and Malaysia, where it is often burned or left to rot.
Don't get it twisted. We’re not recycling, we’re outsourcing guilt and calling it green.
geographical.co.uk/science-envi...
Don't get it twisted. We’re not recycling, we’re outsourcing guilt and calling it green.
geographical.co.uk/science-envi...
The new frontier of greenwashing: weapons as “sustainable investments.”
Germany now labels parts of its defence spending as climate-friendly, arguing you can’t have green policy without security.
Soon even bombs will come with eco-labels...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Germany now labels parts of its defence spending as climate-friendly, arguing you can’t have green policy without security.
Soon even bombs will come with eco-labels...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Conflict and the climate crisis may mean it's time to rethink what we mean by responsible investing
Sustainable or responsible investing has experienced huge growth over the past decade. This investment approach is anchored in environmental, social and governance principles and is known as ESG.…
phys.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The new frontier of greenwashing: weapons as “sustainable investments.”
Germany now labels parts of its defence spending as climate-friendly, arguing you can’t have green policy without security.
Soon even bombs will come with eco-labels...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Germany now labels parts of its defence spending as climate-friendly, arguing you can’t have green policy without security.
Soon even bombs will come with eco-labels...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Swiss group DROP has been bird-dogging the super-rich — confronting billionaires who profit from exploitation and greenwash their crimes.
They’ve crashed elite forums, forcing talks to shut down, and now they’re backing a tax on the super-rich ahead of next month’s vote.
Rebellion is catching on.
They’ve crashed elite forums, forcing talks to shut down, and now they’re backing a tax on the super-rich ahead of next month’s vote.
Rebellion is catching on.
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Swiss group DROP has been bird-dogging the super-rich — confronting billionaires who profit from exploitation and greenwash their crimes.
They’ve crashed elite forums, forcing talks to shut down, and now they’re backing a tax on the super-rich ahead of next month’s vote.
Rebellion is catching on.
They’ve crashed elite forums, forcing talks to shut down, and now they’re backing a tax on the super-rich ahead of next month’s vote.
Rebellion is catching on.
New research from Spain finds that as scorching 35 °C days rise, housing prices fall — both for sale and rent.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New research from Spain finds that as scorching 35 °C days rise, housing prices fall — both for sale and rent.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
The property market is starting to feel the heat of climate breakdown.
A year ago, two supporters of Last Generation Canada climbed Montreal’s Jacques-Cartier Bridge to demand climate action.
They were jailed for over 20 days and now face up to 18 months of house arrest — for peaceful protest.
Meanwhile, fossil fuel CEOs walk free, counting their billions.
They were jailed for over 20 days and now face up to 18 months of house arrest — for peaceful protest.
Meanwhile, fossil fuel CEOs walk free, counting their billions.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A year ago, two supporters of Last Generation Canada climbed Montreal’s Jacques-Cartier Bridge to demand climate action.
They were jailed for over 20 days and now face up to 18 months of house arrest — for peaceful protest.
Meanwhile, fossil fuel CEOs walk free, counting their billions.
They were jailed for over 20 days and now face up to 18 months of house arrest — for peaceful protest.
Meanwhile, fossil fuel CEOs walk free, counting their billions.
China has just achieved a breakthrough that could change global energy forever.
Scientists have successfully turned thorium into uranium inside a reactor—creating what they call an “almost endless” power supply.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Scientists have successfully turned thorium into uranium inside a reactor—creating what they call an “almost endless” power supply.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
China reaches energy independence milestone by ‘breeding’ uranium from thorium
Chinese research institute confirms success of fission-based innovation that is poised to reshape clean, sustainable nuclear power.
www.scmp.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
China has just achieved a breakthrough that could change global energy forever.
Scientists have successfully turned thorium into uranium inside a reactor—creating what they call an “almost endless” power supply.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Scientists have successfully turned thorium into uranium inside a reactor—creating what they call an “almost endless” power supply.
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Centuries before modern democracy, African councils and assemblies kept rulers in check.
The Asante, Kongo and Tswana all knew: power must be shared, decisions must be collective.
A part of the future we need is ancient — Citizens’ Assemblies for the 21st century.
The Asante, Kongo and Tswana all knew: power must be shared, decisions must be collective.
A part of the future we need is ancient — Citizens’ Assemblies for the 21st century.
Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa
The political history of several African kingdoms included systems of governance that were variously referred to as national “assemblies”, “councils,” or “parliaments,” which limited the power...
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Centuries before modern democracy, African councils and assemblies kept rulers in check.
The Asante, Kongo and Tswana all knew: power must be shared, decisions must be collective.
A part of the future we need is ancient — Citizens’ Assemblies for the 21st century.
The Asante, Kongo and Tswana all knew: power must be shared, decisions must be collective.
A part of the future we need is ancient — Citizens’ Assemblies for the 21st century.
COP30 marks three decades of failure. The climate crisis has worsened, extraction has intensified, and land defenders across Latin America are being hunted, imprisoned, and killed.
We say: Enough. Stop the violence. Stop the lies. Listen to the territories now.
We say: Enough. Stop the violence. Stop the lies. Listen to the territories now.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
COP30 marks three decades of failure. The climate crisis has worsened, extraction has intensified, and land defenders across Latin America are being hunted, imprisoned, and killed.
We say: Enough. Stop the violence. Stop the lies. Listen to the territories now.
We say: Enough. Stop the violence. Stop the lies. Listen to the territories now.
Reposted by Robin Boardman
The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
Drought and heatwaves lead to second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
England has suffered its second worst harvest on record after a year of heatwaves and drought, according to ECIU analysis of Defra figures.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
The UK Gov now admits that climate collapse is driving people into crisis. I’ve been through it too: burnout, breakdown, addiction. Mental health and climate are part of the same struggle for global wellbeing.
Until leaders act, young people will keep paying the price.
Until leaders act, young people will keep paying the price.
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The UK Gov now admits that climate collapse is driving people into crisis. I’ve been through it too: burnout, breakdown, addiction. Mental health and climate are part of the same struggle for global wellbeing.
Until leaders act, young people will keep paying the price.
Until leaders act, young people will keep paying the price.
Whilst COP wraps up with another year of nice words and statements, please remember that more than 3,500 new fossil fuel sites are planned or under construction.
We are being gaslighted to our extinction.
We are being gaslighted to our extinction.
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Whilst COP wraps up with another year of nice words and statements, please remember that more than 3,500 new fossil fuel sites are planned or under construction.
We are being gaslighted to our extinction.
We are being gaslighted to our extinction.
Record-breaking floods hit Wales and England again — but The Times reports it like a natural hiccup. No climate context. No accountability.
We’re watching a system drown communities, then censor the cause.
We’re watching a system drown communities, then censor the cause.
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Record-breaking floods hit Wales and England again — but The Times reports it like a natural hiccup. No climate context. No accountability.
We’re watching a system drown communities, then censor the cause.
We’re watching a system drown communities, then censor the cause.
The Greens have £4m. They could spend it on staff, branding, and digital ads… or they could fund assemblies that let people choose their own candidates and take politics back from Westminster elites.
If you want a democratic revolution: invest in the people.
If you want a democratic revolution: invest in the people.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The Greens have £4m. They could spend it on staff, branding, and digital ads… or they could fund assemblies that let people choose their own candidates and take politics back from Westminster elites.
If you want a democratic revolution: invest in the people.
If you want a democratic revolution: invest in the people.
Record floods one week, a deadly freeze the next.
This is the climate crisis. Homes ruined. Crops hit. Lives upended.
We need emergency action.
This is the climate crisis. Homes ruined. Crops hit. Lives upended.
We need emergency action.
November 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Record floods one week, a deadly freeze the next.
This is the climate crisis. Homes ruined. Crops hit. Lives upended.
We need emergency action.
This is the climate crisis. Homes ruined. Crops hit. Lives upended.
We need emergency action.