Lord of the Flies review – Piggy’s plea for diplomacy feels more futile than ever

🌊 Nicole Yamase is empowering Pacific Islanders to protect their reefs. From earning the first PhD in marine biology from FSM to diving into the Mariana Trench, she’s leading with culture + science. 🌊 Read about her here: grist.org/fix/grist-50... #Hawaii #Oceans #Seas #Climate #Biology #Science

Ahead of COP, Africa aims to become the continent of climate solutions. The continent’s 54 nations outline a bold vision for climate action and pledges to present a unified position at the global meeting later this year. grist.org/climate/ahea... #Climate #Africa #Kenya #Nigeria #SouthAfrica

His California farm builds healthier soil and resilience to climate disasters. 🌱🔥🌊 Jesse Smith of White Buffalo Land Trust is reimagining farming for a changing world. Meet him + the rest of the Grist 50 here: grist.org/fix/grist-50... #CA #California #Climate #Farms #Soil #Farmers #Land #Health

This philanthropist wants to fund the dismantling of the fossil fuel industry. Jessie Bluedorn is channeling her family’s wealth into climate action, arts, and comedy to spark change. Meet her and the rest of the #Grist50 crew: grist.org/fix/grist-50... #Comedy #Art #Climate #Entertainment #NY

I remember only 6 or 7 years ago, trips to Paris were a gridlocked nightmare where cycling was a death wish. It's totally amazing how much they've transformed it into a genuinely nice place for people to walk, cycle, eat outside - just to live. There is no reason this can't happen everywhere.

#FoodSystems are at the heart of the #climate & ecological crisis but remain peripheral to national & international decarbonisation strategies. Any hope of limiting #globalwarming requires… (1/2) www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

For roughly the price of an inner-city apartment, conservationists have bought multiple small islands off the coast of Gippsland to protect their ecosystems and wildlife.

"recent work* by political economist Laurenz Guenther, whose exploration of the gaps between values and policy preferences of politicians and the public provides a clear evidence-based framework for understanding seismic political shifts..." * #climate along with immigration + social services

Twelve-year-old Leo is the talk of his community thanks to a speech he made for his school's public speaking competition where he opened up about his neurodiversity.

Great article by @deenamousa.com on why AI hasn't replaced radiologists. If anything, demand for them has actually risen. www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-ai-isn...

"Call this a new twist on 'ESG' — but not with reference to the cuddly 'environmental, social and governance' mantra. Instead, this new ESG is linked to hard-headed, self-interested Energy (pricing), (geopolitical) Security and Growth incentives." @gilliantett.bsky.social

A recent memo by the head of the Trump administration’s fair housing office claims that the Fair Housing Act doesn’t create protected groups, only protected individuals. So HUD won’t look at how lenders behave in neighborhoods. This is a massive change. Gift link ⬇️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The beef industry in Queensland improves its land-clearing record, but environmentalists say the deforestation debate is far from over.

I'd go so far as to say that wind power scaling on land worked in Finland because there were numerous municipalities focused on meeting climate targets. It wasn't as much a top-down edict (PPAs from major users up to a point) or subsidies in later stages. suomenuusiutuvat.fi/en/wind-powe...

Interested in how the city can fit your life? Join us on Monday evening for a screening and discussion featuring The Life Sized City film on Barcelona. Part of York Environment Festival 2025 and brought to you by www.yoco.uk - booking via www.yoco.uk/events/the-l...

The porticoes, dating to 1041 and codified in 1288, are a climate responsive revelation (Sun, Heat, Rain) from 700+ years ago.

There's a really nice explanation (with clear graphics) in this @quantamagazine.bsky.social article of why most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen & nitrogen) don't act as greenhouse gases, but a lot of the far less numerous ones (like carbon dioxide and methane) do. A great teaching aid :)

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it. Yes, they might. And he should wear it as a badge of honour. Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet. Where's the hazard in that?

Some of the solar panels from recently announced government funding for schools and hospitals are already up and running, GB Energy confirms. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519535...

Banking on biodiversity: can rewilding pay? - on.ft.com/43zESIr via @financialtimes.com

Vanuatu Minister of Climate Change, Regenvanu: “Our main effort now is building an architecture outside of Cop [UN climate talks], using tools like the ICJ advisory opinion, to try and influence the process from outside and force states to comply with their obligations under international law.”

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

When yet another round of global plastic treaty talks fell apart in Switzerland last month, many negotiators and civil society groups were plunged into despair. But through the gloom of yet another failed summit, some saw a glimmer of hope emanating from an unlikely source: China.

Wonder if Starmer will find room in his speech to acknowledge the objective fact a century of escalating climate impacts means global migration will massively increase. We either find a way to effectively and humanely manage that fact, rather than deny it, or things will get very dark very quickly.

Is it a lunar lander? A Nissen hut? A greenhouse? - on.ft.com/4iZxcEk via @financialtimes.com

Inside the ‘anti-picture postcard’ home renovation of a Suffolk grain shed - on.ft.com/3IfGnTU via @financialtimes.com

A Nordic noir home worthy of Bergman - on.ft.com/4gyR8gR via @financialtimes.com

Modern mews — the architects taking tradition down a new street - on.ft.com/4psgi4C via @financialtimes.com

Supervillains get the best lairs - on.ft.com/4nIxykk via @financialtimes.com

“We are facing a planetary emergency. The breach of the Ocean Acidification boundary is a stark scientific warning and a moral call to action. Without healthy oceans, peace, prosperity & stability are at risk everywhere. We must act now...to safeguard this life-support system for future generations"

Octopus Energy chief defends failure to meet new capital targets on.ft.com/4nrWvks

‘History will remember who showed up’: Keir Starmer faces call to attend Cop30 summit

Given the importance of super funds as custodians of the retirement savings of Australians, “the system risk if things go wrong is extraordinary, and the upside of getting it right means [super] can continue to be a successful story of our country”. www.afr.com/companies/fi...

A Victorian scientist whose farming technique has revolutionised agriculture in Niger has been awarded an international peace prize.

📢 Submissions are now open for the U.S. Climate Collection, a joint @theAGU + @ametsoc initiative. This special collection will publish U.S.-focused climate assessment science that’s free to read, ensuring rigorous, accessible science informs decisions for years to come. 🔗 buff.ly/1tHUSLC

How far away is fusion energy? 8.33 minutes.

Banks are ditching climate pledges, not just from political pressure, but because fossil fuels still make lots of money.

Report: Migrants needed to fill millions of green jobs worldwide by 2040

The conditions imposed on the North West Shelf gas plant are likely to sound the death knell for the project’s oldest LNG production lines and could jeopardise the chances of Australia’s largest undeveloped gas field from ever being exploited. www.theaustralian.com.au/business/min...

From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - AI investment bubble inflated by trio of dilemmas reut.rs/46JfL5W

"The paper linked a weaker vortex to a substantial increase in the chances of hot and dry extremes and associated fire-conducive weather across subtropical eastern Australia."

BREAKING 🌍🌡📈 The German Meteorological Society and Physical Society warn today that 3°C of global warming could be reached already by 2050! Global warming is accelerating - A call for decisive action 1/8

Most of the systems that make our lives work were built to work in the past, when conditions were different. The fundamental fact of this crisis is discontinuity with that past; conditions changing with unprecedented speed. We can no longer fully depend on these systems.

An essay puts forward humanity as an extraordinary new kind of evolution: Earth’s first species capable of deliberately manipulating the biosphere, suggesting new obligations to our evolved species. By Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/how-humanity...

China baffles climate experts by setting the bar low with its 2035 emissions reduction target amid speculation the renewables superpower will most likely exceed its ambitions.

nuclear ‚silver-bullet-ism‘ all over NY Climate Week.

Tilda Swinton on her remarkable new Amsterdam exhibition and 8 new projects with Almodóvar, Jarmusch and the late Derek Jarman We meet Swinton to talk collaboration, creativity and why the process matters more than the product. www.wallpaper.com/art/exhibiti...

If you’re in Brisbane this fall, look out for creative duo Craig & Karl’s irreverent and colourful illustrations transformed into larger-than-life public installations. www.wallpaper.com/design-inter...

Copenhagen’s inaugural Architecture Biennial, themed 'Slow Down', is open to visitors, discussing the world's ‘Great Acceleration. www.wallpaper.com/architecture...