Extinction Rebellion Oxford
@xroxford.org
We are Extinction Rebellion Oxford and we are your neighbours, your colleagues, your relatives, and your friends.
We carry out peaceful, joyful, direct action against Government inaction on climate and ecological catastrophe.
We carry out peaceful, joyful, direct action against Government inaction on climate and ecological catastrophe.
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🛢️GLOBAL DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION 🛢️
Saturday 15 Nov
12-2 Cornmarket, Oxford
🛢️World-wide campaign to raise awareness of critical failures to cut fossil fuel emissions
Join us!
🎶singing, drumming, leafletting & talking to people
🛢️UK Government must stop fossil fuel production
@stopcambo.bsky.social
Saturday 15 Nov
12-2 Cornmarket, Oxford
🛢️World-wide campaign to raise awareness of critical failures to cut fossil fuel emissions
Join us!
🎶singing, drumming, leafletting & talking to people
🛢️UK Government must stop fossil fuel production
@stopcambo.bsky.social
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Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
Former US vice-president also critical of Donald Trump and Bill Gates as negotiations begin in earnest
Hello comrades, this is Nina Lakhani in chilly New York City taking over the blog for the next few hours. Thanks very much to my colleague Matt Taylor in London Town who will be back in the hot seat on Friday morning.
Leading climate activists and influencers have signed a letter criticising PR firm Edelman over its role at the Cop30 summit in Brazil. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
That all means:
🛢️the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe
🛢️drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa
🛢️lethal heat and humidity
“This is not a good place to be. You want to stay away from that.”
🛢️the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe
🛢️drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa
🛢️lethal heat and humidity
“This is not a good place to be. You want to stay away from that.”
2.6C World means global disaster… triggering major “tipping points”
😡key Atlantic Ocean circulation collapse
😡coral reefs lost
😡Amazon rainforest converts to savannah
Already combined effects of global heating & tree felling have turned tropical forests from overall CO2 sinks into sources of CO2 😡
😡key Atlantic Ocean circulation collapse
😡coral reefs lost
😡Amazon rainforest converts to savannah
Already combined effects of global heating & tree felling have turned tropical forests from overall CO2 sinks into sources of CO2 😡
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 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
That all means:
🛢️the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe
🛢️drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa
🛢️lethal heat and humidity
“This is not a good place to be. You want to stay away from that.”
🛢️the end of agriculture in the UK and across Europe
🛢️drought and monsoon failure in Asia and Africa
🛢️lethal heat and humidity
“This is not a good place to be. You want to stay away from that.”
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Back in September, Banksy painted a powerful image of a judge striking down a protester on the Royal Courts of Justice.
They scrubbed it off, but they can’t make us forget. And they can’t stop us from wearing it.
Buy a t-shirt and join the movement 👇
https://bit.ly/488U2pH
They scrubbed it off, but they can’t make us forget. And they can’t stop us from wearing it.
Buy a t-shirt and join the movement 👇
https://bit.ly/488U2pH
Banksy ‘Royal Courts of Justice’ mural t-shirt – before and after, double-sided | Good Law Project
Back in September, Banksy painted a powerful image of a judge striking down a protester on the Royal Courts of Justice. Within 48 hours it was scrubbed off. With judges silencing peaceful protesters i...
goodlawproject.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Back in September, Banksy painted a powerful image of a judge striking down a protester on the Royal Courts of Justice.
They scrubbed it off, but they can’t make us forget. And they can’t stop us from wearing it.
Buy a t-shirt and join the movement 👇
https://bit.ly/488U2pH
They scrubbed it off, but they can’t make us forget. And they can’t stop us from wearing it.
Buy a t-shirt and join the movement 👇
https://bit.ly/488U2pH
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2.6C World means global disaster… triggering major “tipping points”
😡key Atlantic Ocean circulation collapse
😡coral reefs lost
😡Amazon rainforest converts to savannah
Already combined effects of global heating & tree felling have turned tropical forests from overall CO2 sinks into sources of CO2 😡
😡key Atlantic Ocean circulation collapse
😡coral reefs lost
😡Amazon rainforest converts to savannah
Already combined effects of global heating & tree felling have turned tropical forests from overall CO2 sinks into sources of CO2 😡
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 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
2.6C World means global disaster… triggering major “tipping points”
😡key Atlantic Ocean circulation collapse
😡coral reefs lost
😡Amazon rainforest converts to savannah
Already combined effects of global heating & tree felling have turned tropical forests from overall CO2 sinks into sources of CO2 😡
😡key Atlantic Ocean circulation collapse
😡coral reefs lost
😡Amazon rainforest converts to savannah
Already combined effects of global heating & tree felling have turned tropical forests from overall CO2 sinks into sources of CO2 😡
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3/ Deforestation in the Amazon basin has been linked to declines of rains be8ng transported South towards Sao Paulo...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/...
The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water
When a devastating drought two years ago brought this metropolis of 21 million to the brink, the army prepared to barricade reservoirs. Could it happen again?
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
3/ Deforestation in the Amazon basin has been linked to declines of rains be8ng transported South towards Sao Paulo...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/...
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2/ In 2015, Sao Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 the largest city in South America, saw its taps nearly run dry.
The main reservoirs had reached just 6% capacity after an extreme drought
The main reservoirs had reached just 6% capacity after an extreme drought
Sao Paulo's water supply in 'critical' condition as drought bites
Crucial reservoir is down to 6% of its capacity and experts warn urgent steps must be taken after worst conditions for 80 years
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
2/ In 2015, Sao Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 the largest city in South America, saw its taps nearly run dry.
The main reservoirs had reached just 6% capacity after an extreme drought
The main reservoirs had reached just 6% capacity after an extreme drought
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9/ and today in 2025 the President of Iran 🇮🇷 has warned that the capital city Terhan, home to nearly 20 million, is almost out of water and could need to be evacuated!
Will this the first city to reach day zero?
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Will this the first city to reach day zero?
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Iran plans water cuts for Tehran amid worst drought in decades
Iranian officials on Saturday were drawing plans for periodic water supply cuts to Tehran neighbourhoods a day after President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that the Iranian capital might have to be evacua...
www.france24.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
9/ and today in 2025 the President of Iran 🇮🇷 has warned that the capital city Terhan, home to nearly 20 million, is almost out of water and could need to be evacuated!
Will this the first city to reach day zero?
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Will this the first city to reach day zero?
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
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8/ A @wwattribution.bsky.social concluded that the 2024 heat wave in Mexico was made many times more likely by #climate change from fossil fuel burning
www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat...
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
8/ A @wwattribution.bsky.social concluded that the 2024 heat wave in Mexico was made many times more likely by #climate change from fossil fuel burning
www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-heat...
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6/ In 2019 Chennai, India 🇮🇳 home to 10 million people faced crisis as its reservoirs ran dry
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/j...
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
6/ In 2019 Chennai, India 🇮🇳 home to 10 million people faced crisis as its reservoirs ran dry
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/j...
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5/ A subsequent study of this the Cape Town drought concluded that " #climate change made this event five to six times more likely relative to the early 20th century"
A risk that continues to grow.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A risk that continues to grow.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
5/ A subsequent study of this the Cape Town drought concluded that " #climate change made this event five to six times more likely relative to the early 20th century"
A risk that continues to grow.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
A risk that continues to grow.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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4/ In, 2018 Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 came within a few days of 'Day Zero' where the water supply of the city would be completely empty.
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
Cape Town faces Day Zero: what happens when the city turns off the taps?
In 10 weeks engineers will turn off water for a million homes as this South African city reacts to a one-in-384-year drought. The rich are digging boreholes, more are panic-buying bottled water, and t...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
4/ In, 2018 Cape Town, South Africa 🇿🇦 came within a few days of 'Day Zero' where the water supply of the city would be completely empty.
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/...
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In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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Next Friday 14 Nov 5 - 6pm in front of Highbury and Islington Station join
Islington Trades Council, and Islington environmental and #climatechange campaigners to support the Trade Union Year of #ClimateAction, which is also supported by the TUC and linked to the #COP30 in Brazil
Islington Trades Council, and Islington environmental and #climatechange campaigners to support the Trade Union Year of #ClimateAction, which is also supported by the TUC and linked to the #COP30 in Brazil
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Next Friday 14 Nov 5 - 6pm in front of Highbury and Islington Station join
Islington Trades Council, and Islington environmental and #climatechange campaigners to support the Trade Union Year of #ClimateAction, which is also supported by the TUC and linked to the #COP30 in Brazil
Islington Trades Council, and Islington environmental and #climatechange campaigners to support the Trade Union Year of #ClimateAction, which is also supported by the TUC and linked to the #COP30 in Brazil
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Teresa made this beautiful embroidery for Ed Miliband, recognising the immense pressure he must come under from his colleagues, & encouraging him not to sink billions into carbon capture & storage & to put money instead into a mass insulation scheme & solar panels on every suitable roof
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💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Teresa made this beautiful embroidery for Ed Miliband, recognising the immense pressure he must come under from his colleagues, & encouraging him not to sink billions into carbon capture & storage & to put money instead into a mass insulation scheme & solar panels on every suitable roof
💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚
💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚🙏🏽💚
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The @tuc.org.uk has voted to back a Year of Trade Union Climate Action & #COP30 in Brazil is a key moment of global solidarity. The 14th November is a day for taking workplace action, coming together to demand action to tackle the climate crisis @cacctu.bsky.social
www.cacctu.org.uk/year_of_clim...
www.cacctu.org.uk/year_of_clim...
Help build a trade union year of climate action
Trade unions have always fought both for workers’ rights and for the changes needed to make society better. Now is our time to step up again - this time to protect the very conditions of life, and saf...
www.cacctu.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The @tuc.org.uk has voted to back a Year of Trade Union Climate Action & #COP30 in Brazil is a key moment of global solidarity. The 14th November is a day for taking workplace action, coming together to demand action to tackle the climate crisis @cacctu.bsky.social
www.cacctu.org.uk/year_of_clim...
www.cacctu.org.uk/year_of_clim...
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Poisoning people & nature with toxic plumes is fine, says the Court of Appeal 💔
Incinerators are climate-destroying, polluting monsters, the last thing our precious Jurassic coast needs.
Huge love to everyone in Portland, Dorset who fought so hard. We honour you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Incinerators are climate-destroying, polluting monsters, the last thing our precious Jurassic coast needs.
Huge love to everyone in Portland, Dorset who fought so hard. We honour you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Portland incinerator set to go ahead after court decision
Opponents argue the incinerator will cause air pollution and damage the local tourism industry.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Poisoning people & nature with toxic plumes is fine, says the Court of Appeal 💔
Incinerators are climate-destroying, polluting monsters, the last thing our precious Jurassic coast needs.
Huge love to everyone in Portland, Dorset who fought so hard. We honour you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Incinerators are climate-destroying, polluting monsters, the last thing our precious Jurassic coast needs.
Huge love to everyone in Portland, Dorset who fought so hard. We honour you.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Today, EXTINCTION REBELLION TURNS 7 YEARS OLD
💚 Love & rage
💚 Love & rage
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today, EXTINCTION REBELLION TURNS 7 YEARS OLD
💚 Love & rage
💚 Love & rage
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Hurricane Melissa’s historic journey to becoming one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded on Earth.
A storm we won't forget anytime soon.
A storm we won't forget anytime soon.
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hurricane Melissa’s historic journey to becoming one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded on Earth.
A storm we won't forget anytime soon.
A storm we won't forget anytime soon.
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The fact that we went nearly 20 years without a sub-900 mb Atlantic hurricane and now we’ve had two in just the last two seasons.
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The fact that we went nearly 20 years without a sub-900 mb Atlantic hurricane and now we’ve had two in just the last two seasons.
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NOAA aerial imagery is coming in. Hurricane Melissa literally turned western Jamaica from green to brown. Vegetation damage is immense — recovery will take years.
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NOAA aerial imagery is coming in. Hurricane Melissa literally turned western Jamaica from green to brown. Vegetation damage is immense — recovery will take years.
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“For any of the defendants to be convicted, you have to be sure
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
Three Just Stop Oil activists cleared over Stonehenge protest
Trio argued orange powder protest day before 2024 solstice was justified because of focus on climate emergency
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“For any of the defendants to be convicted, you have to be sure
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”
not just that they committed the elements of the offence
but you also have to be sure that a conviction … would be a proportionate interference with their human rights to express their opinions & protest against government inaction”