📗 Excited to announce that JUST has secured funding from @uomsoss.bsky.social for a new project, ‘Local citizen storytelling for just and hopeful climate futures’, building on our workshop in March with Local Storytelling Exchange and @futureproofcumbria.bsky.social. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/4arEApw

"Technologies, markets, industry and policies will only succeed if people across all households and communities participate in change." 👇 JUST's Emily Morrison on why public participation and social change is essential to gather the support required for a just transition. bit.ly/4uV2lOR

in which @georgemonbiot.bsky.social skewers Reform's claims about oil and gas jobs. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Solar. Very interesting by @janrosenow.bsky.social People in Pakistan "ran ahead on deployment and left the institutions trailing. The result is a boom and a crisis happening at the same time, in the same place."

I know have the Bobby McFerrin earworm

BREAKING: UK govt is targeting 87% cut in emissions by 2040 under the 7th "carbon budget" It says meeting this target will boost energy security, lower bills, create jobs and growth, improve quality of life – and tackle the "climate crisis"

this is awful news Raúl was such a generous person / academic and a real force for good on here.

🚰 As heatwaves intensify and water shortages grow, scrutiny of how - and for whose benefit - the UK’s water system is governed is rising. Claire Hoolohan and Jacob Ainscough highlight why stronger public oversight is essential to build a fair and just water sector. 👉 Read the blog: bit.ly/4wTp5Ak

It’s climate denier talking point bingo. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

article quote "Reform and repair are no longer relevant, because America’s superpower suicide under Trump is a symptom of the democratic distortions and inequalities that have enabled such world-historic strategic buffoonery"

Same. HUGE gap between experts & everyone else. This was already expert consensus 2 years ago. Now? Trump's horrible & evil war have wrecked the perception of oil & gas as stable and cheap in the decade when solar, wind, batteries, EVs are SURGING worldwide www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...

Congratulations @paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social on the publication of #FinTechCapital @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social It’s a huge achievement & a timely intervention

📚 MCR EVENT | Join JUST + @wen-uk.bsky.social for an evening with @pkashwan.bsky.social exploring why justice-centred approaches are key to tackling climate and ecological crises, with Q&A + networking to follow. 📅 Wed 27 May 🕓 6pm-8pm 🏛️ Manchester Museum 🎟️ Tickets: www.wen.org.uk/events/

Peak oligarchy: Nick Robinson interviews Tony Blair about how we solve the problems caused by the oligarchs Tony Blair tells us we should be nice to Trump, abandon net zero, and embrace AI Larry Ellison really got his money's worth

Because Starmer is not campaigning hard enough for the Green Party already ... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It’s climate change caused by our burning of fossil fuels. One thing Americans might not appreciate about Europe is that many people don’t have air conditioning at home or at work.

The ‘mandate fairy’ returns. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

No there will not be an early election. A man with 400 seats will not risk half of them three years early to satisfy columnists’ belief in mandate fairies.

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

Once again Starmer appears to be campaigning for the Green Party.

⛈️ The @thecccuk.bsky.social's 'A Well‑Adapted UK' reports sets out how we can protect people, places and the economy from the climate impacts we are already beginning to feel. JUST's @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social was instrumental in designing the first-ever citizens' panel used in such a report 👇

New paper in @internatltheory.bsky.social! In 2020-23, nearly every major financial company worldwide was pledging to reach net zero. By 2024-25, many bailed as political backlash ramped up. Why were net-zero norms so weak? In the paper, I argue that companies were caught in a "hype cycle"

We’re pleased to be hosting an evening conversation with @pkashwan.bsky.social, author of Decolonising Environmentalism, exploring the intersections of climate justice, power, inequality and environmental action. Find out more and book your free place here: www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...

Apart from the climate denial BS, the other telling thing about this (and it's clearly a pattern) is the contempt for democracy, in the sense that they reject the idea of open debate where they get to be questioned and have to defend their arguments. They engage people as subordinates, not equals.

The video of our webinar on the implications of the UK local elections for just climate action is now up. An excellent conversation I thought, thanks to all the participants, @robfordmancs.bsky.social @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social @beccam-c.bsky.social @luciemidd.bsky.social and Abdi Suleiman.

📽️ ICYMI: Catch up on last week's webinar where we unpacked the UK local elections and what the results mean for climate action. Against fragmented councils and Green/Reform gains, our panel explore how these impact on public trust, govt delivery and linking climate to housing, jobs and transport.

When politicians reject measured facts and basic physics in favor of the propaganda narrative of the fossil fuel lobby, they are throwing the people and their home land under the bus.

🚨BREAKING | Andy Burnham confirms he will NOT scrap first-past-the-post before #GE2029 Burnham said electoral reform must be "in a manifesto", and revealed he does NOT back proportional representation, instead praising the non-proportional Supplementary Vote (SV). Via @itvnews

few quick notes from the local elections re the Makerfield election. These are the results (without Tories and LibDems) in the relevant council wards:

This was great. thanks to all the participants. it'll be up on our youtube channel in the next week or so.

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

WTAF? This one is going to end up in the courts unless the government come can come up with some VERY clever gymnastics to keep the country's carbon emissions in line with the legally-binding carbon budgets set by the Climate Change Commission

🗳️ After a rapidly evolving week in UK politics, tomorrow we unpack what the local election results mean for our climate. 🎤 Join @matpaterson.bsky.social, @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social, @luciemidd.bsky.social @beccam-c.bsky.social & @friends-earth.bsky.social's Abdi Suleiman

Do join us for this webinar tomorrow. what do last week's local elections mean for pursuing climate justice in the UK?

It's almost as if Smith doesn't really understand why universities are so keen on 'bums on seats'. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/smith-t...

📢 Do you want to make the theoretical and empirical case for meaningful social inclusion and diverse leadership in UK climate policy and action? We’re delighted to announce a fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentship in the JUST Centre, based at @manchester.ac.uk 👉 Apply now: bit.ly/42gKLIH

DeSmog’s analysis of Nigel Farage’s £2 million in earnings is featured on the front page of The Guardian today

Reading Amitav Ghosh's book "the great derangement" in mid 2010s was first time i realised Climate was actually about geopolitics in the long 200 year arc. Such a powerfully imaginative thinker and writer. what he saw a decade ago, the whole world grasps now. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Oh look, France has a plan to phase out fossil fuels. Gosh, that seems like a good idea right now. thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

1. Starting a thread on what UAE's departure from OPEC might tell us about energy transition, stranded assets, climate change and Canada's doubling down on oil sands expansion. Buckle up, because it's a wild ride...

In a turbulent and volatile moment for climate action, it’s understandable to feel anxious by lack of progress. However, in our research a different story is unfolding: just transitions are being built in real places, by real communities and delivering practical benefits in everyday lives. 1/3

Clean energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’ | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @ember-energy.org Read here: buff.ly/XtaYP1D

🌟 You'll hear from experts @robfordmancs.bsky.social, @beccam-c.bsky.social (@ippr.org) and Roisín Cavanagh (@friends-earth.bsky.social). 💥 Plus, JUST's own @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social and @luciemidd.bsky.social will present our latest research on climate and volatility.

An argument I see a lot from American car guys on IG and Tiktok is "well, US consumers aren't buying EVs, so it's important to continue making new petrol cars." To which I say fellas, that's ... not an accident.

🌍 Proud to have sponsored and presented at the Center for Environmental Justice Global Conference 2026! 🌱 Our roundtable focused on how solidarity, care and collective action can sustain hope within EJ movements, while our sponsorship provided support for unwaged and global majority participants.

It's the opposite of his intention, but the Idiot Emperor is forcing the world off fossil fuels. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is a really important story. If Europe makes Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with products of beef farming linked with tropical deforestation, then we're only decarbonising on paper and getting nowhere.

I'm a data scientist @ourworldindata.org and I need help from a botanist or someone local to Kyoto, Japan! 🌸 We present one of the world’s longest climate records: 1,200 years of peak cherry blossom dates in Kyoto. The researcher who maintained it, Prof. Yasuyuki Aono, sadly passed away last year.

The Tony Blair Institute should at this stage be regarded as a hostile entity working to directly harm British sovereignty.