Well worth a read. Accessible writing on, and analysis of, climate change targets and carbon intensity from @adrianraftery.bsky.social - a member of our @royalstatsoc.bsky.social Climate Change Task Force.

I was interviewed on @obp.org ’s Think Out Loud by Dave Miller about our study on climate trends since the 2015 Paris Agreement: www.opb.org/article/2025.... The study is at www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Did you know turbulence is getting worse because of climate change? Jet streams, shifting weather and atmospheric changes are making flights bumpier. Where are the hotspots, and what's driving the change? 👉 Read our blog to find out: www.metoffice.gov.uk/blog/2025/tu...

The great digital retreat. Started with vinyl. Now pencil and paper business continuity plans. Mark my words, we will all be back shopping on the high street before we know it.

This is a vulnerability map for 8 key bodies: ONS, OBR, Food Standards Agency, MHRA, Met Office, UKRI, Natural England, & UKHSA. ONS has the most independence. All but ONS have ministerially appointed leadership. 3 could be abolished with no oversight as they have no statutory basis. 6/11

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season. TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

Nice chart from @ourworldindata.org showing the contrast between what Americans die of (heart disease and cancer) v what the US media reports on (homicide and terrorism). This naturally leads to it being trickier to build a fact based world view ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...

We’ve joined @senseaboutsci.bsky.social @resmedia.bsky.social & @niesrorg.bsky.social in writing to PACAC to defend the independence of UK stats 📊 Free from political pressure = trustworthy data = better decisions for all. rss.org.uk/news-publica...

rss.org.uk/policy-campa...). @royalstatsoc.bsky.social explainer here. Not a surprise.

In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong". Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!

www.forbes.com/sites/joshua... A useful reminder of what happens when due process is not followed. We have regulatory agencies with a breadth & depth of expertise for a reason (inc labelling). Look no further than the Kefauver-Harris Amendment (1962) & earlier Drug, Food and Cosmetic act (1938).

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women. Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children. Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

It is September 18. Today, @hannahritchie.bsky.social's book is out! www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...

The Northern Pacific Ocean is currently smashing temperature records. And it is reaching these levels far earlier than the current generation of climate models had expected. A short thread 🧵

Hurricane Katrina's storm surge was deadly in 2005, and the seas are even higher now, which means similar storms could cause even more damage. Some of the highest rates of local sea level rise in the world are occurring along the Gulf Coast.

Calling all students! Did you know we offer a free e-membership to those studying at A Level and above? Whether you’re already studying – or starting your A Levels or a degree next month - you can join online now: rss.org.uk/membership/j...

rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 2017 article from Significance, free to view. “In the USA, for example, various statistical agencies benefit from legal protections introduced in past decades, triggered by concerns that the White House could try to influence how data are presented.”

We’ve got a nice new @britishacademy.bsky.social report which makes the case for a more place based and locally collaborative approach to achieving net zero www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/governm...

Our Climate Change & Net Zero Task Force co-chair David Stephenson writes for the @geographicalassoc.bsky.social on how teaching climate change through statistics helps students critically interpret climate data 🌎📈

ga-blog.org/2025/07/11/t... Blog post from @royalstatsoc.bsky.social climate change task force co-chair David Stephenson, that introduces our explainers. GA supports high quality geography education by enabling teachers to share ideas and learn from each other.

Two more climate change explainers from the RSS task force including @dariodomi.bsky.social @adrianraftery.bsky.social @andrewcparnell.bsky.social amongst others.

Classification of weather stations by the current average population density in the 5 km circle around the station. 67% of stations are in rural or very rural areas vs. 8% in urban areas. Based on 52,000 stations in the Berkeley Earth archive. 1/ 🧪

Finally got to bring the vinyl collection down from the loft. Some classics, but….

Bagehot on great form at the @economist.com “The Treasury gazes longingly at ISAs, the tax-free saving accounts that are a tremendous bung to middle-class people. Middle England feels about ISAs the same way rural America feels about guns.” economist.com/britain/2025...

Fascinating insights. Reminds me to revisit my copy of the Bean Review from 2016. I wonder how much has changed.

Wasn’t even born when we last won the league #liverpool

Earlier this year, our climate change task force published a guide to official UK climate stats Here, task force member Paul Allin writes for @rmets.org ts.org on what to expect from the guide—and why reliable and relevant data is key to tackling climate change @andygarrett.bsky.social

An excellent read to set up a potentially relaxing weekend…

OK folks - will you please help me spread this far and wide. A really exciting opportunity to be the new Director of Comms at @britishacademy.bsky.social - the national academy for humanities and social sciences. £100k. Lovely team. Reports directly to me micro.green-park.co.uk/thebritishac...

We welcome the Office for Statistics Regulation’s review of economic statistics and its emphasis on the need for urgency in restoring confidence in the UK’s economic statistics 📑Read our full response ⤵️

Global solar power is doubling every three years! Wow! "Solar power surged by a record 474 TWh in 2024, the largest annual growth ever recorded in absolute terms and the fastest increase in six years (+29%)." See p.13 of Ember's new study. #energysky #greensky ember-energy.org/app/uploads/...

As if penguins don’t have enough to worry about with climate change. On top of that it’s now tariffs. Time to give penguins a break from extreme events. academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...

Interested in extreme events? Our new explainer is here around climate change. Behind paywall though. academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic...

We're thrilled to announce our 2025 honours recipients #RSSFellows who have made exceptional contributions to the field & community @cambridgemaths.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social Read more: rss.org.uk/news-publica...

#IPCC seeks nominations for its data Task-Group IPCC member governments & accredited observer organizations are invited to nominate experts to serve as Co-Chairs & members of TG Data Support for #ClimateChange Assessments. Submissions close 17 April 🔗 ow.ly/Tqiu50VnkJ5

The 2025 winners of the newly established David Cox Medal for Statistics are Eric Tchetgen Tchetgen (causal inference), Nancy Zhang (statistical genomics & biomedical research), and Richard Samworth (methodological & theoretical statistics). tinyurl.com/ysyxxxvk

Published tomorrow! The Measure of Progress: Counting What Really Matters @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social argues that understanding the current economy requires new data, collected in a different framework of categories & definitions, & explains how to do it. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The White House war on federal statistics: on.ft.com/43WqUAl

Access to reliable data and statistics is important to inform - and to enable the public to hold governments and other bodies to account on climate change (and their responses to it). This guide is predominantly aimed at navigating the UK’s data landscape while also extending out globally.

In 2004, it took the world a year to add a gigawatt of solar power — now it takes a day

Text of the UK's Data (Use and Access) Bill "as brought from the Lords" publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi... This is the starting point for debate in the Commons from next week. Other Bill docs bills.parliament.uk/bills/3825/p... #DUABill #dataprotection #digitalID #smartdata etc.

We're accepting entries for this year's Trustworthiness, Quality and Value Award 🏆 If you're an organisation that is going above & beyond in voluntarily applying the Code of Practice to your work then do apply! rss.org.uk/news-publica...

📢We’re accepting entries for our 2025 Statistical Excellence in Journalism Awards, sponsored by the Economic & Social Research Council This year there are 4 categories to enter... Data vis Explaining the facts Investigative Best stats commentary by a non-journalist Submit your entry by 12 March

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Good to see the AMOC get some visibility - one of the many potential nuances of climate change.

Major release of new flood and coastal erosion risk mapping and data for England www.gov.uk/guidance/upd... Blog post environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2025/01/28/e... Data briefing www.owenboswarva.com/opendata/EA/... (received by email) #floodrisk #coastalerosion #geospatial #defradata #opendata 🧵

The world has passed “peak child”

Worth highlighting the strange definition used to determine if 1.5 deg were to be breached. Indeed the Paris agreement doesn’t a include a definition, but IPCC 6th assessment report chose a 20 year moving average vs 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline. 1/n www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Could you or someone you know spearhead our mission to create a world in which statistics and data drive decision making? Our President Nominating Committee will soon begin the search for the next RSS president, and would love to hear from you about potential candidates 👉 ow.ly/uV8950UB8qO

Thanks to all our members & staff who contribute their expertise, time and energy - enabling the Royal Statistical Society to work across so many different areas. Data and Statistics are so ubiquitous that we get to play in every backyard.

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