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This year is on track to be the second or third warmest globally as an “unprecedented streak” of high temperatures continues, warns @wmo-global.bsky.social: #COP30 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

World on track for 2.8C warming under current policies UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says progress is “nowhere near fast enough”: #COP30 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

UK will not invest in #COP30 host Brazil’s Tropical Forest Fund: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

UK Chancellor is considering slashing funding for more energy efficient homes to pay for a reduction in energy bills It would be **such** a foolish thing to do given the impact well-delivered efficiency has on energy bills, health & well being, fuel poverty www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

It's not often you get to tell a positive story about climate. But that’s what our new #10YearsPostParis report and #infographic let us do: eciu.net/analysis/inf... The lesson of the last decade? Policy and cooperation matter. Naysayers don't. @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @katharinehayhoe.com

FACTCHECK: The frontpage of today's Daily Telegraph has a very confused story about offshore wind, which is all sorts of wrong It says a technical change means higher subsidies & fewer new windfarms from the upcoming AR7 auction Oopsie! This is the opposite of the truth 🧵

BREAKING: The #StateOfClimateAction 2025 finds the world is failing to act fast enough to combat the climate crisis and secure a livable future, with no indicators of global climate action currently on track for 2030. 🌏🌡️ Read the report to learn more: bit.ly/4o6hPwm

A group of five everyday staples is responsible for much of the UK’s food inflation, with climate change rather than government policy the key driver of rising grocery bills: on.ft.com/4hpb9qv

The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to analysis: www.bbc.com/news/article...

A UN meeting to impose a carbon price on shipping for the first time has been adjourned for a year The IMO net zero framework meeting was due to adopt a carbon price first agreed in the spring But the US opposed the adoption, calling it a "scam". Trump appears to have got his way and won a delay

Analysis finds real-world carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) nearly five times higher than official figures show: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating - CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening @wmo-global.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain must prepare for at least 2C of warming within just 25 years, warns Climate Change Committee: news.sky.com/story/uk-mus...

Such a depressing situation when solid wall insulation can have such an incredible positive impact when installed properly. Designing the policy to deliver it as cheaply as possible without appropriate safeguards was never going to end well: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing long-term decline and risking livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, finds report: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

England has seen its second worst harvest on record, according to @eciu.net analysis of Government figures: www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

"We're building out renewables in a way that minimises the blackout risk." @jessralston.bsky.social from @eciu.net tells LBC News that renewables have helped Britain reach its lowest risk of a winter power blackout in six years.

UK’s national security under severe threat from climate change and looming collapse of vital natural ecosystems, with food shortages and economic disaster potentially just years away, UK’s intelligence chiefs to warn: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Officials in Downing Street have blocked publication of a report warning that the collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets. Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

One year’s worth of bread has been lost in the UK since 2020 due to extreme weather destroying harvests, finds @eciu.net analysis: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year finds @ember-energy.org analysis: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Conservatives win the next election: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pope Leo XIV has hit out at those who minimise the "increasingly evident" impact of rising temperatures in his first major statement on climate change: www.bbc.com/news/article...

NEW: Something remarkable happened recently and hardly anyone noticed – GB electricity demand was 100% covered by clean power We took a look at the data and this has happened for a record 87 hours in 2025 to date, twice as often as ever before 🧵 www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/7

Growth in global carbon emissions has slowed to just 0.32 per cent a year in the decade since the Paris Agreement was signed in late 2015, shows @eciu.net analysis: www.businessgreen.com/news/4519655...

European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, finds report. EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On why Trump is wrong on climate, renewable energy, the next economic growth cycle, on powering data centres cost-efficiently, and on geo-economics. Very good by the FT‘s Gillian Tett. on.ft.com/3KkjVcU

US faces "twilight of shale” “The US shale business is broken... What was once the world’s most dynamic energy engine has been gutted by political hostility and economic ignorance.” via FT Energy Source: ep.ft.com/permalink/em...

The only con job here is by Trump. The UN’s IPCC climate panel - whose finding are okayed by fossil fuel producers including Saudi Arabia, US, Russia, etc - says human-caused warming is «unequivocal». That’s more than «most scientists» www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024 despite Trump rollback www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Yet more embarrassment for the Times, which has printed a ludicrous – and almost certainly false – line about windfarms being “dismantled” near Trump’s Scottish golf course But why pick up the phone, as I did, when you can print nudge-nudge rumours instead? 1/

Global water resources are under growing pressure from an increasingly “erratic” hydrological cycle, with two-thirds of all river basins suffering from abnormal conditions last year, says WMO: www.ft.com/content/61cb...

Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Really important polling today from Climate Outreach and More in Common showing that despite all the noises off there is still robust public support for climate action. www.businessgreen.com/news/4518762...

Moving gas plants - which set the price of electricity- out of the market and into a nationally controlled reserve, would take £5bn off the UK’s energy bills “Renewable energy is cheaper than gas but we’re not reaping all of the benefits clean power brings” www.theguardian.com/business/202...

How much oil and gas is REALLY left in the North Sea? 🤔 According to a new report by oil and gas lobby group @oeuk.bsky.social, loads!!!! *As long as they get subsidies and deregulation* Is this true? And if so, would it lower bills? Let's investigate...

It seems like an age ago now, but back in 2020 I worked on an op-ed for @businessgreen.bsky.social from @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social where she explicitly backed net zero It states she is "proud" the UK is the "first major economy... to legislate to end its contribution to global warming by 2050"

Genuinely crackers statement from Kemi Badenoch this AM setting out her approach to North Sea oil & gas. As Badenoch says, "cheap abundant energy is the foundation of prosperity"... which is exactly why we need to plan to transition away from North Sea oil & gas and focus on renewables instead 🧵

Met Office confirms summer 2025 is officially warmest summer on record for UK. Analysis also shows that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely than it would be in a ‘natural’ climate with no human caused greenhouse gas emissions: www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/new...

This would be laughable if it wasn't so serious: yet again, the Tories are claiming that we can get "all our oil and gas" from the North Sea and that we should be doing even more to support the industry to extract. There are several reasons why we should treat this with maximum scepticism:

Why UK Tories & Reform are wrong when they position drilling in the North Sea as an answer to UK energy security "Between now and 2050, new licences are expected to provide just 103 days of gas at today’s demand – that's four days worth of gas a year on average" www.upliftuk.org/post/the-fut...

I was on South Uist this summer when Storm Floris completely ruined all the crofters’ hay crops. They are very used to storms like that in the Hebrides, but normally they happen in winter or sometimes spring or autumn. Not in August

Climate-change driven extreme weather events such as flooding and droughts are impacting farmers' mental health, with nine in 10 farmers reporting increased feelings of anxiety following last year's poor harvest and record dry spring that followed: www.businessgreen.com/news/4518247...

Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds - Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic impacts #climatecrisis #AMOC www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💵 ENERGY BILLS & RENEWABLES How much are they going up by? Why are they going up? What are the long-term causes of high bills? A short 🧵 on why the answer isn't all blowing in the wind...

The United Kingdom has "almost certainly" had its hottest summer on record, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office: www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Water shortfall situation in England described as a "nationally significant incident" with five areas officially in drought, as amber heat health alert comes into force for large parts of the country: news.sky.com/story/uk-wea...

UK's seas have had their warmest start to the year since records began, helping to drive dramatic changes in marine life and for fishing communities: www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK food imports are under threat because £3 billion worth of food is coming to Britain from the 20 countries with the highest numbers of internally displaced people from extreme weather disasters, finds @eciu.net analysis: www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2091...