First green finch spotted in my garden since 2018. If you can spot it you’re doing well 😂 It’s not a magic eye I promise. Fox and cubs doing the rounds yesterday. Bumblebees nesting nextdoor. Field mouse and vole spotted in the veg beds. Nature finds a way if you let it in.

Ministers want 60% of children walking or cycling to school by 2035. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Whilst the average car in the UK has grown 25% heavier in 2020 than it was 2001. hannahritchie.substack.com/p/global-car... Something's got to give and I'll wager that it won't be the latter.

Cool project from @regeninsight.bsky.social which sets up a Matchmaker service to connect renewables project owners and communities, to help facilitate community share ownership: www.regen.co.uk/events/the-f...

🔋⚡ The UK Gov is exploring ways to expand community battery storage, launching a call for evidence on how shared energy storage could be rolled out. Community batteries could help more households access the benefits of cheaper renewable energy, including renters and those living in flats. 🏡🌱

www.theguardian.com/football/202... Can FIFA stoop any lower?

2024: Blimey, AI is going to totally transform teaching at universities 2026: Blimey, AI is going to totally transform research at universities

Cool programme from @nestauk.bsky.social: free heat pumps for plumbers to get them aquainted with the technology and become more comfortable about recommending them to customers. www.ft.com/content/b4cd...

We need to track ocean currents to assess how close we are to climate tipping points that will destroy the world as we know it. The GOP doesn't want us to be able to do that. That's why they're dismantling ocean monitoring. #ClimateChange #Denial #Psychopathy www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

80 cm snow melt in 8 days! ❄️🔥 Very early back to bare-ice surface yesterday at Rhone Glacier due to the heatwave 🧊 The glacier tongue is now left with no protection against the summer heat... 🌡️ 📽️ @matthias-huss.bsky.social glamos.ch

Interesting to see something like this only gathering momentum because of [checks notes] *bin fires*. Good, nobody likes a bin fire, but it's another example of where the green agenda often isn't enough on its own to cut through & drive action on a circular economy. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The face of 'climate adaptation' and a feedback loop, where adapting = increased electricity consumption. This potentially adds further emissions, but also new costs onto consumers. Anecdotally, I know a couple of pals in London who have installed this now. Even in Glasgow!

Has anyone come across a good paper/report/blog on different climate action leadership styles. For example, leading by example and modelling good behaviour. Leading by informing/engaging, such as sharing relevant info. Leading by advocacy/activities, such as protest. Thanks 🙌

Great from @jonathan-watts.bsky.social What the new world order might look like under a Chinese-led renewables hegemony, and how/why the US are stuck in the oil age. It raises big Qs about shifting geo-political sands & the new power dynamic that will emerge. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

@luciemidd.bsky.social et al with another knock-out paper that distills all the messiness of climate action into real-world speak. Key they align aspects of 'real life' with key actions and associated policy changes. Print. Stick. Read. Repeat. rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Great work from @neso-energy.bsky.social outlining important socio-economic and technical context for Scotland's energy transition. Reading this gives you a great flavour of where we are at and how far we need to travel to deliver a zero carbon energy system. storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

Starting to see the impact of US-Iran on international travel. The prices (often doubled) are straining tight budgets to breaking in some instances. However, just like during COVID, the fear of cancellation is generating uncertainty, which leads people to err on the side of caution and stay put.

The BBC News homepage has now COMPLETELY removed its Climate section?! It has now been relegated to a sub-menu via the "More" button in the right-hand corner.

Driven by @communitylandsc.bsky.social, there's increasing focus on the potential for a Scottish Community Wealth Fund. This would capture a share of all Scotland's Community Benefit Funds - normally connected to renewables - and channel this into a national fund for community wealth building.

Let nature breath and step back www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

We've lived here for over 8 years. Much of that time I've spent in the garden. Thick clay soil but some rich topsoil, especially by the mature trees. Amazing to think then, it's only been in the past 6 months I've seen earthworms. None, for 8 years. And then all of a sudden, there they are.

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Lots of positive commentary about countries turning to renewables to wean themselves of oil and gas, to protect national security, the economy etc. But we need to key a weather eye on the supply chains for low-carbon technologies & avoid repeating the same supply chain shocks in the future.

Absolute scenes in East Ren as pavement parking ban is now being enforced by ticketing Amazing to see parking practices being upended so quickly More congested roads slowing down traffic Pavements clearing It's super chaotic atm but ultimately, this is about pavements being for people, not cars

Read another Starmer piece in the Guardian calling for closer ties with Europe. Almost zero meat in that sandwich Whilst I welcome the warm words, this needs to be backed up by a) a clear UK strategy to strengthen alignment with the EU and b) a strategy that the EU co-creates & backs Meanwhile...

As author, I'm delighted to see Flex 705 Nature Markets Community Engagement & Benefits launch for public consultation. It offers guidance for suppliers of nature projects, on how best to engage & deliver benefits for communities. Have your say: standardsdevelopment.bsigroup.com/Projects/902...

Good www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Interesting from Sustainability First exploring how the UK's big grid expansion is impacting communities. Big push back on £250 cut on energy bills, for those living close to pylons. Appetite for a different approach "that meaningfully improve households’ long‑term resilience or quality of life."

Has Ofgem stopped capturing data on UK generator profitability? It certainly looks that way. If anyone knows of time series data that outlines UK electricity generator profits, that would be greatly appreciated.

Nobody talks much about the horrible impact Brexit has had on academia. The number of barriers it puts in the way of the brightest and best students and staff coming to the UK, and vice versa, are countless. I suspect the general public know little of the damage it's done but its massive.

Don't always agree with George, but I am very much a free market anti-capitalist. You cannot have a free market without a robust state. One of the big failures of British politics has been the demise of the inspector class; people whose job it was to go around and check rules were being followed. /1

Remember that when geo-politics throws us a curveball - esp an energy crisis - we often look to innovation for alternatives. It took the 70s crises to get serious about renewables. From my former colleague @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social during our time at Imperial. doi.org/10.1039/C3EE...

An interesting piece worth reading. Again, the question here is what do we consider to be a community? From the little I know of Equity for Punks, this really was a community of interest, bound together in part by a shared investment, in a shared vision. theconversation.com/how-brewdog-...

Trump 💥 climate policy in support of oil and gas (O&G) Trump 💣 Iran because [insert reason here] Trump's war triggers new oil crisis by 🚫 O&G exports from Middle East Trump triggers record oil prices, ⬇️ O&G consumption Trump turbo charges the low-C transition, in shift away from O&G?

Sank a half whisky barrel into the hill a few years back. Every year since we’ve had frog spawn. Slug numbers way down. Always something stirring in the tub 😂

May max temps in March. This is not a drill. Climate change doesn't care if you believe it's happening or not. It's a scientific reality. It's here and it's happening at an alarming pace.

Beavering away, to lock up carbon 🦫 theconversation.com/beavers-can-...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Another interesting piece that is practically devoid of any mention of climate change. A changing climate is opening up new routes (arctic passage) but also making other existing routes far more challenging (ice roads). It’s also redrawing the supply chain map.

A climate change-SUV doomloop that may just create one mega giant pothole crater, that is so large we all have to inhabit it and forge a new society within it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Today we have release our latest think piece that reflects on the push back against net-zero and what we may need to do about it: 📖 Stick or twist? Why the UK's net-zero strategy is faltering and may need to change doi.org/10.17868/str... 1/n

There is no single “correct” path to decarbonise. There are six trillion. Our new paper in Science puts 36 climate solutions into one common unit, so you can build your own pathways. Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie... App: climatewedges.com What would your pathway look like?