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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · 11d

The established ‘system’ maintaining homeostasis.

Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 11d

I genuinely hope to be wrong, but I suspect @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social are in the top fraction of 1% of hi-emitters & so cling to future tech salvations & the allure of weak but well crafted legislation. The challenges we face raise profound questions of "moral code".

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · 18d

Agree - the challenge is Profits Trump Ethics!

WWF Climate and Energy @climatewwf.bsky.social · 19d

If science shows us the urgency for climate action, then ethics must show us the way to rebuild momentum, writes
@WWF's @manupulgarvidal.bsky.social, in a new discussion paper on the Ethical Stocktake prepared for #COP30. Read more here: ow.ly/gP9y50WZSaw

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · 27d

Imagine designing places to live without cars being a central dominant feature.

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · Sep 10

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“Truth will out.”

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · Sep 9

more of this please.

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Sep 8

"The projection of unequal outcomes across scenarios... is a matter of serious concern, especially when scenario results are directly used as inputs for #climate policy...

we need to move towards model &scenario building techniques where questions of equity &climate justice come to the foreground"

Equity assessment of global mitigation pathways in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report

This paper analyses 556 model scenarios assessed by IPCC’s Working Group-III for the 6th Assessment Report, which have an underlying 10-region classification and correspond to restricting warming l...

www.tandfonline.com

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Praxis Labs @praxislabs.bsky.social · Sep 1

wijwerkenhiernietaanmee.nl

#wijwerkenhiernietaanmee

Maandag 1 September, als het luchtalarm klinkt, leggen wij ons werk tijdelijk neer voor Gaza, om te eisen dat de steun aan oorlogsmisdaden moet stoppen.

wijwerkenhiernietaanmee.nl

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've received a lot of feed back to this piece: theconversation.com/the-uks-year... - most of it it surprisingly positive.

In replying to various emailed responses I included the attached paragraph.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 1

Ireland calls out the genocide in Gaza while profiting from Israeli war bonds. That’s why I’m joining the flotilla | Naoise Dolan

My government pays lip service to Palestine but remains complicit. Like many Irish citizens, I refuse to, says author Naoise Dolan

www.theguardian.com

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devokneivel.bsky.social @devokneivel.bsky.social · Aug 9

Bike lanes allow regular stop n shop by people who live a short-median distance away as well as commuters on their way home.

Street parking is for irregular distant suburban tourists. During rush hour their parking is restricted. So no buying/dining on the way home from work.

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Aug 6

It’s REALLY important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against downtown bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of the evidence that they are better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Bike-lanes mean business.

People riding bikes in a protected bike lane in downtown Vancouver

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Violeta Pina 🦋 @violetapina.bsky.social · Sep 1

En cada carretera, en cada ciudad.
#Stopgenocidio
#FreePalestine

Fonsi Loaiza @fonsiloaizap.bsky.social · Aug 31

Gigantesca manifestación hoy en Génova en solidaridad con el pueblo de Palestina. Han encabezado la protesta los estibadores que bloquearon el envío de armas a los genocidas de Israel.

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Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social · Aug 29

The best piece I’ve read this year on Trump’s increasingly blatant lurch towards total power.

To quote Sinclair Lewis, if you think “it can’t happen here” you are just not paying attention.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland

Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · Aug 22

New piece on Carbon Colonialism, net-zero nonsense, and how the UK Government's climate advisors (and many experts) shy away from speaking truth to power. We need a fundamental reboot of climate policy; - physics doesn't care about political sensibilities. theconversation.com/the-uks-year...

The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure

Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.

theconversation.com

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Colm Duffy @colmduff.bsky.social · Aug 28

As if we needed another reminder that we are moving too slowly in terms of climate action.

The ability for us to alter this truly scary future is in our hands .... But not for long.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds

Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · Aug 27

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Yes! - More of this.

This Maine oysterman thinks Democrats are doing ‘jack’ about fascism. So he’s running for US Senate

Graham Platner’s viral X post and unusual campaign launch video are bringing attention to his effort to unseat Susan Collins

www.theguardian.com

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · Aug 25

An incredible, revelatory intervention by my friend Dr Tarek Loubani.

Humane, scathing, courageous.

Watch it and share and be enraged.

Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Aug 25

Dr. Tarek Loubani, who is in Gaza right now, was invited to give a talk to emergency workers about the attacks on health care facilities in Gaza.

But he was instructed - get this - not to say who was doing the attacking. Take a look at how this hero of a human responded: vimeo.com/1112115018/c...

Stethoscope Story #8

This is "Stethoscope Story #8" by Albino Squirrel Channel on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wildfires rage across Southern Europe - fueled by #globalheating. Vote out politicians who downplay and ignore the climate crisis.
www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

Photos: Wildfires Rage Across Southern Europe

Images from Portugal, France, Greece, and other places in the region where a searing heat wave and strong winds have spawned destructive wildfires for the past two weeks. Thousands of firefighters and...

www.theatlantic.com

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · Aug 15

More of this - Nature needs to be on the Balance Sheet.

Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · Aug 15

#GoodNews

#RightsofNature making real progress

www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Paris seeks legal personhood for Seine to better protect it

The city of Paris is seeking legal personhood for the Seine river. If the resolution is passed in parliament, it would mean that the waterway and its ecosystem would be granted “the right to exist” an...

www.france24.com

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · Aug 12

Our new journal paper has hit the front pages and got wide coverage on the airwaves this morning.

The paper critically assesses “temperature neutrality” as a basis for Ireland’s long-term climate target. We find it amounts to backsliding on climate ambition and locks in food system unfairness.

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Aug 10

For over 45 years, neoliberal and neoclassical economics have dominated UK policy — and failed us. In a new series, I explain why they fail, and show how you can argue back with reason and evidence. Economics should serve people, not markets. Let’s take it back.

youtu.be/uvLZCnhJFaY?...

Neoliberal economics is a con and total rubbish – so we're going to tear it apart

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · Aug 11

"We’ve been hiding from the truth, pretending there’s still time…because we don’t think there’s anything we can really do about it. But we can do things about it."

Check out the highlights from the launch of the Climate Majority Project's #SAFER campaign and report.

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Highlights of #SAFER campaign launch with CAROLINE LUCAS and RUPERT READ | Climate Majority Project

On July 9th the Climate Majority Project https://climatemajorityproject.com/ launched the SAFER campaign - Strategic Adaptation For Emergency Resilience https://climatemajorityproject.com/safer-2/.…

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jul 12

theconversation.com/can-you-trus...

Can you trust climate information? How and why powerful players are misleading the public

Powerful corporations, governments and political parties intentionally spread false information about climate change to avoid ending greenhouse gas emissions.

theconversation.com

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · Jul 13

Love living in Lewes - a Sussex town that « punches way above its weight ».

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Jul 12

At our demonstration today, I'm holding a placard stating
"I support
Palestine.
Action
must be taken."
My aim is to highlight the absurdity of the government dictating what can and cannot be said by peace-seeking people

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Jack Broadley @jackbroadley.bsky.social · Jul 8

Tomorrow I'm joining thousands in Westminster to meet my MP and stand for a fairer, healthier, safer future. 🌱💚 Join me! www.theclimatecoalition.org/act-now-chan... @theCCoalition #ActNowChangeForever

ACT NOW, CHANGE FOREVER

On 9th July, thousands people from every corner of the UK will come to Westminster to tell our MPs: this is a moment for leadership that protects what matters most — our health, our nature, our commun...

www.theclimatecoalition.org

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