Pat
@patelsmie.bsky.social
More curious now than ever. Life, Love, the whole damned thing.
Ribbon: for Peace and Compassion.
*We are where we are because of where we have been. Each choice, each decision rolls us forward. But each moment has its own Choice.*
Ribbon: for Peace and Compassion.
*We are where we are because of where we have been. Each choice, each decision rolls us forward. But each moment has its own Choice.*
You might think we have enough on our plates at the moment. Take a deep breath.
We must not wilfully ignore this.
But for arrogant blindness, the solution is real and attainable, and it is in our gift to make it happen. We just have to act NOW.
We must not wilfully ignore this.
But for arrogant blindness, the solution is real and attainable, and it is in our gift to make it happen. We just have to act NOW.
Britain’s Leaders Are Hiding From AMOC Disaster
The plan was to stand outside the Houses of Parliament on Guy Fawkes Day with a large inflatable bomb. The protesters would then leaflet MPs as they
znetwork.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You might think we have enough on our plates at the moment. Take a deep breath.
We must not wilfully ignore this.
But for arrogant blindness, the solution is real and attainable, and it is in our gift to make it happen. We just have to act NOW.
We must not wilfully ignore this.
But for arrogant blindness, the solution is real and attainable, and it is in our gift to make it happen. We just have to act NOW.
As ever. Deals require vigilance. Unequal playing fields are prime targets for the unscrupulous. Ball breakers are not guardians of anyone’s balls, except their own. Ouch.
China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story - Inside Climate News
Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas. The projects could help lower emissions, but they are having significant social, envi...
insideclimatenews.org
December 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As ever. Deals require vigilance. Unequal playing fields are prime targets for the unscrupulous. Ball breakers are not guardians of anyone’s balls, except their own. Ouch.
A message of Christmas Love:
“…sometimes, what keeps people going isn't medicine or miracles, it's the knowledge that someone still sees them. Still shows up. Still believes they matter. Even when they no longer ask.”
“…sometimes, what keeps people going isn't medicine or miracles, it's the knowledge that someone still sees them. Still shows up. Still believes they matter. Even when they no longer ask.”
The Ramp to Nowhere: When hope slips through the cracks in care
It was early afternoon when I arrived, the sun pale but steady against the windows
of the small, terraced house. The street was quiet, the kind of silence that hovers
in midweek suburban places where ...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A message of Christmas Love:
“…sometimes, what keeps people going isn't medicine or miracles, it's the knowledge that someone still sees them. Still shows up. Still believes they matter. Even when they no longer ask.”
“…sometimes, what keeps people going isn't medicine or miracles, it's the knowledge that someone still sees them. Still shows up. Still believes they matter. Even when they no longer ask.”
Bravo @georgemonbiot.bsky.social et al for this initiative! 🙌🏼
Hope lives. The Zoom launch was full of great prospects and positive outcomes for soil, food, farming, technology, science, society, life …
Can’t wait for the Zoom call recording so I can share to those who missed the event.
Hope lives. The Zoom launch was full of great prospects and positive outcomes for soil, food, farming, technology, science, society, life …
Can’t wait for the Zoom call recording so I can share to those who missed the event.
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bravo @georgemonbiot.bsky.social et al for this initiative! 🙌🏼
Hope lives. The Zoom launch was full of great prospects and positive outcomes for soil, food, farming, technology, science, society, life …
Can’t wait for the Zoom call recording so I can share to those who missed the event.
Hope lives. The Zoom launch was full of great prospects and positive outcomes for soil, food, farming, technology, science, society, life …
Can’t wait for the Zoom call recording so I can share to those who missed the event.
Why the #plastics #recycling rate has never reached double digits? Because its chemical and polymer complexity makes large-scale recycling technically and economically infeasible.
Got that? *Large-scale recycling technically and economically infeasible*.
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Got that? *Large-scale recycling technically and economically infeasible*.
👇🏼
The World’s Plastic Problem Is Only Getting Worse
Plastic pollution is already bad, and it’s only slated to get worse. A lot worse.
www.bloomberg.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Why the #plastics #recycling rate has never reached double digits? Because its chemical and polymer complexity makes large-scale recycling technically and economically infeasible.
Got that? *Large-scale recycling technically and economically infeasible*.
👇🏼
Got that? *Large-scale recycling technically and economically infeasible*.
👇🏼
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Latest post from us: Successful challenge to refusal of indefinite leave to remain in TOEIC case | Sonia Lenegan
Successful challenge to refusal of indefinite leave to remain in TOEIC case - Free Movement
The applicant came to the UK as a Tier 4 General Student. He later extended this once but his second extension application was refused on 7 May 2014 based on
freemovement.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Latest post from us: Successful challenge to refusal of indefinite leave to remain in TOEIC case | Sonia Lenegan
44 US cents for each of the 1.8 billion citizens in the Climate Vulnerable Forum nations: the sum total of our “compensation” for the disruption, disaster and death we have caused.
That’s rich-world indifference for you!
Truly. Utterly. Deplorable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That’s rich-world indifference for you!
Truly. Utterly. Deplorable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
44 US cents for each of the 1.8 billion citizens in the Climate Vulnerable Forum nations: the sum total of our “compensation” for the disruption, disaster and death we have caused.
That’s rich-world indifference for you!
Truly. Utterly. Deplorable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
That’s rich-world indifference for you!
Truly. Utterly. Deplorable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert has been covering climate for over twenty years. Her new book is a collection of her essays, and she joined Amanpour and Company to reflect on what she's learned.
youtu.be/gvJH6M3Xt14?...
youtu.be/gvJH6M3Xt14?...
Pulitzer Prize Winner on Trump Climate Policy & Bill Gates’ Climate Reversal | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert has been covering climate for over twenty years. Her new book is a collection of her essays, and she joined Amanpour and Company to reflect on what she's learned.
youtu.be/gvJH6M3Xt14?...
youtu.be/gvJH6M3Xt14?...
Long thread from @sundersays.bsky.social — good critique of current migration policy plans and attributions. Scroll back to get the full picture.
It is essential to argue for/against policy proposals on their merits.
It is v unlikely indeed settlement rules have any link to racist abuse of <1%. Any link to net migration levels is very indirect. Political discourse from all perspectives can contribute to climate, normalisation/inhibition
It is v unlikely indeed settlement rules have any link to racist abuse of <1%. Any link to net migration levels is very indirect. Political discourse from all perspectives can contribute to climate, normalisation/inhibition
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Long thread from @sundersays.bsky.social — good critique of current migration policy plans and attributions. Scroll back to get the full picture.
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The misconceived notion that the way to deal with the backlog of asylum claims is to duplicate the system so as to have exit assessments too.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The misconceived notion that the way to deal with the backlog of asylum claims is to duplicate the system so as to have exit assessments too.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
Pay attention.
This is the slap in the face we need.
But the plane has already taken off! What gamblers we are.
This is the slap in the face we need.
But the plane has already taken off! What gamblers we are.
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Hear the latest science as I presented it last month at the ATLAS25 event in Helsinki.
Let me know if anything is unclear, or if you see good reasons why your government shouldn't immediately act on this. 🌊
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Pay attention.
This is the slap in the face we need.
But the plane has already taken off! What gamblers we are.
This is the slap in the face we need.
But the plane has already taken off! What gamblers we are.
A reminder about the language of deception. #highstakespeverseness
This is why I advise in The Language of Climate Politics that saying we’re better off now than we were before the Paris Agreement only lowers urgency & helps fossil fuel interests: the IMPACTS of lower levels of heating are proving to be so much worse than we thought even just ten years ago.
3/4
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November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A reminder about the language of deception. #highstakespeverseness
Taking water seriously, for the good of all. #allinthistogether #climateupheaval
Great to meet with Johan Rockström & others yesterday at #COP30. Water flows through all sectors—from food security to energy to health. As our report argues, achieving climate goals requires recognising water as a global common good.
Read the report ➡️ watercommission.org
Read the report ➡️ watercommission.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Taking water seriously, for the good of all. #allinthistogether #climateupheaval
Johan Rockström on the Planetary Health Check 2025 at #COP30. It’s grim.
@wedonthavetime.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/951_Hh4...
@wedonthavetime.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/951_Hh4...
COP 30 - November 14
YouTube video by We Don't Have Time
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Johan Rockström on the Planetary Health Check 2025 at #COP30. It’s grim.
@wedonthavetime.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/951_Hh4...
@wedonthavetime.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/951_Hh4...
This speaks volumes about the #USA in 2025. #notbigly #unbecoming
Truth is what the eyes see, the heart feels and the body knows.
Literally and figuratively.
Truth is what the eyes see, the heart feels and the body knows.
Literally and figuratively.
The delegation of the #USA was not present for its #UPR50 session nor did the country submit a national report. A resolution was passed during the meeting in the hope that the #USA will return to the #UniversalPeriodicReview in the 53rd session in 2026, or a session prior to that
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This speaks volumes about the #USA in 2025. #notbigly #unbecoming
Truth is what the eyes see, the heart feels and the body knows.
Literally and figuratively.
Truth is what the eyes see, the heart feels and the body knows.
Literally and figuratively.
Stating the obvious? #COP30 may finally take on John Kerry’s challenge.
“We need an action agenda that is real world, that is not words alone, that comes up with a process we can promise the world is a process worthy of their trust and action.”
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
youtu.be/DSx6dTcQug8?...
“We need an action agenda that is real world, that is not words alone, that comes up with a process we can promise the world is a process worthy of their trust and action.”
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
youtu.be/DSx6dTcQug8?...
PS Events: COP30 Studio Sessions – High-Level Interview: John Kerry
YouTube video by Project Syndicate
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Stating the obvious? #COP30 may finally take on John Kerry’s challenge.
“We need an action agenda that is real world, that is not words alone, that comes up with a process we can promise the world is a process worthy of their trust and action.”
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
youtu.be/DSx6dTcQug8?...
“We need an action agenda that is real world, that is not words alone, that comes up with a process we can promise the world is a process worthy of their trust and action.”
@projectsyndicate.bsky.social
youtu.be/DSx6dTcQug8?...
“When we fought for 1.5C [at the Paris climate summit in 2015], we were fighting for our survival. That was 10 years ago and we are still fighting for survival. Every single life lost is your responsibility.”
UnaMay Gordon, ex Jamaican Govt director, now at Intl Inst for Environment & Development.
UnaMay Gordon, ex Jamaican Govt director, now at Intl Inst for Environment & Development.
US TV networks absent at #COP30: a “tragic abdication” of civic responsibility, says Mark Hertsgaard @coveringclimatenow.org
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Agenda for Cop30 agreed as crucial climate talks begin – as it happened
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be ‘the Cop of implementation’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“When we fought for 1.5C [at the Paris climate summit in 2015], we were fighting for our survival. That was 10 years ago and we are still fighting for survival. Every single life lost is your responsibility.”
UnaMay Gordon, ex Jamaican Govt director, now at Intl Inst for Environment & Development.
UnaMay Gordon, ex Jamaican Govt director, now at Intl Inst for Environment & Development.
While China’s overall GDP expansion is slowing, the speed of cleantech investment remains breathtakingly fast. Last year, the amount of wind and solar under construction was double the rest of the world combined, helping China to reach an installed capacity of 1,200GW six years ahead of schedule. 👣🗣️
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months, analysis reveals, adding evidence to the hope that the world’s biggest polluter has managed to hit its target of peak CO2 emissions well ahead of schedule.
Rapid increases in the deployment of solar and wind power generation – which grew by 46% and 11% respectively in the third quarter of this year – meant the country’s energy sector emissions remained flat, even as the demand for electricity increased. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
While China’s overall GDP expansion is slowing, the speed of cleantech investment remains breathtakingly fast. Last year, the amount of wind and solar under construction was double the rest of the world combined, helping China to reach an installed capacity of 1,200GW six years ahead of schedule. 👣🗣️
Talk about #tippingpoints!
“…the law is going to be the power that forces us in the direction that we need to go.”
#COP30 must be the nudge forward. It’s time to move #climateaction on!
Read @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇🏼
“…the law is going to be the power that forces us in the direction that we need to go.”
#COP30 must be the nudge forward. It’s time to move #climateaction on!
Read @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇🏼
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on #COP30?
- Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
Story by @ninalakhani.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Talk about #tippingpoints!
“…the law is going to be the power that forces us in the direction that we need to go.”
#COP30 must be the nudge forward. It’s time to move #climateaction on!
Read @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇🏼
“…the law is going to be the power that forces us in the direction that we need to go.”
#COP30 must be the nudge forward. It’s time to move #climateaction on!
Read @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @theguardian.com 👇🏼
This afternoon an incredibly important principle is being debated in the House of Lords
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
We know people die at our border & in our asylum system at a horrifying rate, but shockingly the govt does not record how many, who, or how.
@asylummatters.bsky.social are campaigning to #KnowTheirNames
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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A landmark year for #HumanRights.
75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter!!!
See also 🔗https://fra.europa.eu/en/news-and-events/stories/charter-anniversary
75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter!!!
See also 🔗https://fra.europa.eu/en/news-and-events/stories/charter-anniversary
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A landmark year for #HumanRights.
75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter!!!
See also 🔗https://fra.europa.eu/en/news-and-events/stories/charter-anniversary
75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights and 25 years of the EU's Fundamental Rights Charter!!!
See also 🔗https://fra.europa.eu/en/news-and-events/stories/charter-anniversary
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Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...