Tim Smedley
@timsmedley.bsky.social
That environmental writer. Editor of The New Climate (medium.com/the-new-climate). Author of The Last Drop (https://a.co/d/i5grqa9) & Clearing the Air (https://a.co/d/6AynmFZ). Climate columnist for @prospectmagazine.co.uk (https://shorturl.at/eCU5h).
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Tim Smedley
@timsmedley.bsky.social
· May 30
Why isn’t it raining?
One statistic helps us understand climate change—and why we are lurching from droughts to floods to droughts again
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
If you're wondering 'WTF is going on with the weather?!', wherever you are in the world, my latest climate column for @prospectmagazine.co.uk explains it.
(Headline could equally be "why is it raining so much?")
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
(Headline could equally be "why is it raining so much?")
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This is an incredibly powerful article by Peter Ettedgui. I hope people listen to him and to the others who are brave enough to come forward.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is an incredibly powerful article by Peter Ettedgui. I hope people listen to him and to the others who are brave enough to come forward.
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Just because Trump brought RFK Jr. aboard to firm up the kook vote doesn't mean health writers have to keep looking for some kernel of truth in there somewhere.
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just because Trump brought RFK Jr. aboard to firm up the kook vote doesn't mean health writers have to keep looking for some kernel of truth in there somewhere.
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Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
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“COP has proven ineffective, exclusionary and hostile towards the people it should centre,” one grassroots leader from the Global South tells @timsmedley.bsky.social.
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
The UN climate conference must evolve to meet the challenges ahead
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“COP has proven ineffective, exclusionary and hostile towards the people it should centre,” one grassroots leader from the Global South tells @timsmedley.bsky.social.
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Climate change is going to push global food inflation to extreme highs over the coming decade.
Most people don’t realise how precarious most of agriculture globally is right now.
Most people don’t realise how precarious most of agriculture globally is right now.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Climate change is going to push global food inflation to extreme highs over the coming decade.
Most people don’t realise how precarious most of agriculture globally is right now.
Most people don’t realise how precarious most of agriculture globally is right now.
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There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
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In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Michael Jacobs and @timsmedley.bsky.social analyse the wash up from COP30. Plus, @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com on BBC executives facing parliament.
Not so good COP
Plus: BBC executives to face parliament
prospectmagazine.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
In today’s Lightbulb, Prospect’s free daily newsletter, Michael Jacobs and @timsmedley.bsky.social analyse the wash up from COP30. Plus, @arusbridger.bsky.social and @janinegibson.ft.com on BBC executives facing parliament.
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Look at @katharinehayhoe.com channel her apocalyptic optimist as she describes the fossil fuel swan song that we just witnessed at COP30. For the full conversation with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and me, tune into COPOut Episode 5, which airs TOMORROW!
November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Look at @katharinehayhoe.com channel her apocalyptic optimist as she describes the fossil fuel swan song that we just witnessed at COP30. For the full conversation with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and me, tune into COPOut Episode 5, which airs TOMORROW!
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The whole point of COP is to reduce global emissions. And after COP30, the world is not on track. The conference must evolve, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
The UN climate conference must evolve to meet the challenges ahead
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The whole point of COP is to reduce global emissions. And after COP30, the world is not on track. The conference must evolve, writes @timsmedley.bsky.social.
Woken up with a COP hangover? Here's my attempt to make sense of it all, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk #Climate #COP30
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
The UN climate conference must evolve to meet the challenges ahead
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Woken up with a COP hangover? Here's my attempt to make sense of it all, for @prospectmagazine.co.uk #Climate #COP30
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
Well, "reiterates resolve" while we sail past 1.5° and emissions still rise, can frankly fuck off. #COP30
COP30 BREAKING NEWS: The likely final text of the "global mutirão" has been published, ahead of the closing plenary
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Well, "reiterates resolve" while we sail past 1.5° and emissions still rise, can frankly fuck off. #COP30
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Was it a fair COP, Guv? My COP30 take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
The UN climate conference must evolve to meet the challenges ahead
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Was it a fair COP, Guv? My COP30 take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Heat pumps are the most efficiency heating technology ever invented.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
That's because they harvest, compress and transport pre-existing heat from the air, the ground or the water.
Compared to a gas boiler heat pumps deliver ~4x more heat for each unit of energy inout.
Was it a fair COP, Guv? My COP30 take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
It’s time for COP’s next chapter
The UN climate conference must evolve to meet the challenges ahead
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Was it a fair COP, Guv? My COP30 take for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/enviro...
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That is the task ahead of us for detached buildings. Like solar, wind power rollout, bike lanes, walkable, cities, plant based diets and homes.
before and after
#strawhouse #wrapping #strawbuilding #carbonstorage
bau|gestalt architekten www.baugestalt.de/wohnhaussani...
#strawhouse #wrapping #strawbuilding #carbonstorage
bau|gestalt architekten www.baugestalt.de/wohnhaussani...
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
That is the task ahead of us for detached buildings. Like solar, wind power rollout, bike lanes, walkable, cities, plant based diets and homes.
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From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
From the CWS Archives. 19th December 2021.
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We told them it would be used for this and not only did they all not listen, they don't fucking care!
AI amplifies abuse against women and it is a plague.
AI amplifies abuse against women and it is a plague.
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We told them it would be used for this and not only did they all not listen, they don't fucking care!
AI amplifies abuse against women and it is a plague.
AI amplifies abuse against women and it is a plague.
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FIGHT BIOFUELS MANDATES. The whole point of the Renewable Fuel Standard is to increase corn and soy prices to help America's 650 thousand corn and soy producers. That sucks for America's 350 million corn and soy consumers. It also sucks for the climate and the environment. 3
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
FIGHT BIOFUELS MANDATES. The whole point of the Renewable Fuel Standard is to increase corn and soy prices to help America's 650 thousand corn and soy producers. That sucks for America's 350 million corn and soy consumers. It also sucks for the climate and the environment. 3
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You can explore historic landfill near you - including those on flood risk zones - using our Watershed Pollution Map:
share.google/9aI7gx5sNHhW...
Please note, to see the drop down menu to filter the map, click on the banner saying Watershed Pollution Map at the top of the page.
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Please note, to see the drop down menu to filter the map, click on the banner saying Watershed Pollution Map at the top of the page.
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
You can explore historic landfill near you - including those on flood risk zones - using our Watershed Pollution Map:
share.google/9aI7gx5sNHhW...
Please note, to see the drop down menu to filter the map, click on the banner saying Watershed Pollution Map at the top of the page.
share.google/9aI7gx5sNHhW...
Please note, to see the drop down menu to filter the map, click on the banner saying Watershed Pollution Map at the top of the page.
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Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
hotorcool.org/publications...
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Pretty remarkable how high Australia sits on the scale for lifestyle carbon emissions globally - and how little this gets mentioned in domestic climate discourse.
hotorcool.org/publications...
hotorcool.org/publications...
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Centre-left national government tacks right with cruel immigration policies and loses its core voters. No parallels for Britain here, move along.
Ook gij, Brutus... Zullen we gaan oefenen in het armpje heffen om de Hitlergroet te brengen, of alles op alles zetten om dit onzalige tij in Europa te keren? Zijn we GVD allemaal gek geworden? De vorige keer vergeten? WOII 70 miljoen doden.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Centre-left national government tacks right with cruel immigration policies and loses its core voters. No parallels for Britain here, move along.
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Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
Good news: Study shows France’s birds making tentative recovery after neonicotinoid pesticide ban
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK has only just closed loophole in neonics ban (‘derogations’) so may be too soon to see recovery here?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Only 2 years since the ban on neonics, France's population of insect-eating birds has risen 2-3% - from banning a single type of insecticide. Demonstrating just how much harm we cause birds when pesticides kill off the insects they need for food.
@paneurope.bsky.social
@paneurope.bsky.social
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