This experience gap is why we see a really odd finding in the most recent World Risk Poll. a big majority of people individually are VERY concerned about the impact of the changing climate on their country in next 20 years. But also believe general societal concern about it is far LOWER

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This is fascinating - in most countries happier people are less worried. BUT not in Egypt, Pakistan, India, Nigeria and the Philippines - big low middle income countries. I wonder if there is a very real chance of things going wrong with serious consequences?

Mixing my two worlds here. We did analysis of Wellbeing (life evaluations) and the World Risk Poll for the first time this year. Our biggest top of mind risk to personal safety really does change depending on if you are Thriving= high Wellbeing it’s traffic Struggling= low Wellbeing it’s £

This enormous industrial heritage archive going back 250 years is fascinating tracking innovation and economic transitions. You can see periods in history, often ten year spans, where there are rapid technological changes that at the time we can see felt unprecedented but they occur regularly.

plus more... ✨World Fleet Stats ✨Lloyd's Register Technical Association ✨Lloyd's Register Rules and Regulations ✨Guide to Port Entry & the Ship Atlas heritage.lrfoundation.org.uk/collections/...

Explore our growing collection of digital resources – from ship plans and register books to research guides... ✨Lloyd's Register of Shipping ✨Lloyd's Register of Yachts ✨Casualty Returns ✨Lloyd's of London Missing Vessel Books ✨List of Surveyors

But something odd is happening. Globally, how many hour you work doesn’t change your likelihood of harm all that much. But in high income countries that changes. A lot. We think this harm is much more likely to be to do with mental health than getting physically injured. ⬇️

Your next hydration break evidence drop 16% of people globally say they’ve been harmed at work in the last two years. This is about 610 million people. The World Risk Poll helps make this visible in many places where official data doesn’t exist yet.

Hope you got some sleep in the heat. I was on BBC news last night with some data Concern about climate change as a threat to people in your country in next 20 years has dropped in intensity in more than 50% of high income countries over the last four years

Unsurprisingly we see ‘war / terrorism’ as a top safety concern emerge in Eastern Europe. This is fourth biggest concern in UK up 4pp in two years.

3 in 4 people globally are concerned about the generational risk to safety from the changing climate. This is the highest level ever recorded in the World Risk Poll www.lrfoundation.org.uk/publications...

The top thing people worry about harming them on day to day basis is road related accidents. One in seven people globally say this is top of mind concern.

3 in 4 people globally are concerned about the generational risk to safety - of life & livelihoods - from the changing climate. This is the highest level ever recorded in the World Risk Poll launched today. www.lrfoundation.org.uk/news/global-...

Today at 3pm I’m sharing the latest World Risk Poll findings

Hot of the press World Risk Poll ready for tomorrow’s drop Coincidentally we’ve also asked about experience & concern about heatwave, drought & wildfires this time 🥵

I’ve been looking at the history of public inquiries into disasters. This one is from a city of London in 1667. Seems to contain plenty of gossip!

Who wins the World Cup of AI nonchalance? Who wins the kindness cup? Who are champion recyclers?

'A rivet and bolt collecting party in a shipbuilding yard, entirely consisting of female workers.' Photo: Horace Nicholls #WW1 Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Join me & a great panel for the latest World Risk Poll findings in June. This time we’ve asked a lot about experience of climate and weather including new questions on droughts and wildfires as we all adapt to a changing climate.

If you’re going to argue for something that will make a generation of children happier… …you need to actually measure children’s happiness which is totally possible to do and has been for 15 years

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Enjoying this from @politico.com The happiest game of the World Cup will be Sweden vs. the Netherlands on June 20 and Haiti and Morocco on June 25 the most miserable www.politico.eu/article/alte...

UK Measures of National WellbeingJune 2026 Continued improvement of subjective wellbeing from the 2020 crash. Misery measures 4.9% low life satisfaction 3.9 % low feeling worthwhile 8.1% low happiness 23.6% high anxiety 64.4% hopeful about the future www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

The world has become much more resilient to disaster events over the last century. In the chart here, you can see estimates of average death rates — measured as the number of deaths per 100,000 people — by decade since the early 20th century.

The first national Parliament space in England. building on the idea of the communities of the realm governance concept in towns and cities. We had a national ‘community of the realm’ for the first time with the aim of holding power to the high standards of the best leaders of the past

The discussion of El Niño on radio 4 highlights the global challenge of changing weather. We can see the impact in the World Risk Poll of severe storms, floods & fires or prolonged heat & drought on peoples lives in this years World Risk Poll. Data drop on 23rd June.

June is World Risk Poll 2026 Month Join me and an awesome panel on 23rd June where we share the latest data drop and analysis. A charity’s mission is for the benefit of the community and these data tell us the daily experience people have of what harms them, Including our changing climate.

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This ‘one person leadership’ is as silly as expecting your partner to be your everything. Individual strengths, time and geography are limited. It’s a silly as the levers idea. It’s a team sport.

Fascinated by what we’re seeing in these new data 👀 come join us in June

Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents

"Moon Base 2 & 3 are targeted to launch before the end of 2026." Moon Base website launched... right now... www.nasa.gov/reference/mo...

Was Moore’s law a Prediction or prescription? seths.blog/2026/05/pred...

Standardisation history from Mr Farenheit

Stunning and inspiring @childrenssociety.bsky.social garden at Chelsea Flower Show. Amazing job showing why young people experience life, why that matters and what’s possible to improve young lives.

Love the idea that this massive colour coded book from 1942 is actually an early data visualisation

Interesting long read from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com making the case that declining birth rates are particularly tied up with the rise of smartphones and therefore fewer people in relationships, which in turn leads to fewer kids www.ft.com/content/fba3...

'Sadly, the study has not yet proved that reading can replace all exercise, but I’m not one to waste a new health fad for want of evidence.' Tap here to read Robert Shrimsley's latest column: ft.trib.al/BzbewIR

Rather unexpected impact from the What Works Centre for Wellbeing was our work helping inform this 👇

EVENT: The fight for facts: from ‘beyond belief’ to embracing evidence Join us and an expert panel to discuss the ‘evidence revolution’, the global movement that promotes using scientific evidence to guide our decisions rather than unreliable opinions or beliefs ➡️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-f...

Friday afternoon post election look at the two weekly well-being data for the UK 👀 April 2026 was interesting 1. Life satisfaction dropped 2. Anxiety increased 3. Hope dropped Bear in mind life satisfaction falls increase incumbent likelihood of losing an election 🗳️ basic charts in 🧵

Celebrating the first year of the Global Safety Evidence Centre. 100,000 people from 197 countries have used the Centre with over 7,000 report downloads. Most popular: 1. Leadership & Governance of Safety for senior leaders 2. World Risk Poll Resilience Report Lots of data lovers too 35,000 of you

👀 🌦️ 💵 🧳 Where do people want to move to? - If they are worried about climate change impacts? - If they are financially resilient - Or both or neither?

Civic action like this is the best route to optimism. Even a simple smile or small chat with a neighbour helps protect the wellbeing of people who are lonely especially young people.

We all know that money & livelihoods matter as well as how we’re doing as people & communities and how the environment both land & water are doing now and for the future. The challenge is how to operationalise that. Getting closer

👀 🌦️ 💵 🧳 Where do people want to move to? - If they are worried about climate change impacts? - If they are financially resilient - Or both or neither?

Professor Neil Greenberg, President of The Society of Occupational Medicine, discusses how its Work, Safety, Health Intelligence Centre team is investigating how we can best protect disaster and emergency responders from the risks of harm to their mental health. Read now: https://loom.ly/WSJYPSQ