Thoughts on climate, sustainability, and systems change going into 2026 🌍 @greenlibdems.org.uk criticalmass-sustainability.com/2025/12/16/2...

The best antidote to news and social media You only need to speak to a handful of people in a community, local businesses, or on their doorsteps to know politics doesn’t have to be as bad as it seems As divisive and hate filled as it seems It can be better 🧡

Over 80% of offsets fail. And carbon markets are a total system failure The majority of effort should still focus on DIRECT impact. But whatever CSR budget you might have, fund positive impact. Not greenwashing. @greenlibdems.org.uk www.hfsresearch.com/research/csr...

Encouraged by the interim report from the UN High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP Although there needs to be more focus on the step-by-step unpicking of current systems and transition planning from where we are now to the final output @greenlibdems.org.uk www.un.org/en/beyondGDP...

This seems like an incredible carbon capture development... anyone know whether and what the catch might be? @greenlibdems.org.uk interestingengineering.com/innovation/p...

How can we keep being this cruel? Temporary refuge, 20-year waits for settling, limiting family reunions, looking for any excuse to remove support Whether I hear it from asylum seekers and charities directly, or read national news... I feel sick www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Always great to welcome @bobbywdean.bsky.social back to Lewisham 🧡

☔️ Fantastic afternoon in the Catford South rain We’re meeting so many people looking for hope and an alternative to hateful and divisive politics 🧡 A positive alternative to a Labour Lewisham Council, London Assembly, Mayor, and Government 🔶 Politics can be better @joswinson.bsky.social

When shouting about sustainability becomes optional, who isn’t staying silent? The fossil fuel industry #COP30 sees another rise in the ratio of fossil fuel lobbyists to other attendees, as more and more companies and governments stay silent @greenlibdems.org.uk

The usual daily mix of climate hope and catastrophe @greenlibdems.org.uk

Thank you @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social for joining a packed Lewisham @libdems.org.uk AGM last night 🧡 Positive politics continues in South East London heading into May’s massive council elections 🔶 @southwarklibdems.bsky.social

Voting closes tomorrow 🗳️ I would be deeply grateful for your vote to the FPC 🧡 A vote to push the party progressively on climate, economics, and positive politics 🔶 @greenlibdems.org.uk

One week left to vote 🗳️ 👇 a manifesto for pushing the Liberal Democrats progressively on climate, economics, positive politics, and beyond @greenlibdems.org.uk

The UN is taking contributions for its new Beyond GDP working group 🌐 Would encourage lots of you to submit your ideas and work! @greenlibdems.org.uk www.un.org/en/beyondGDP

Thank you so much for this @pluslibdems.bsky.social 🧡 I wish it wasn’t needed I’ve signed both as a candidate for FPC and will do anything I can to support you and to push the party back to its best progressive self if I’m successful

Voting is now open! 🗳️ I would be beyond grateful for your support to the FPC 🧡 As would so many candidates across all elections looking to keep pushing the party to be its best progressive self 🔶

Voting opens next week for @libdems.org.uk internal elections 🗳️ Here’s my manifesto for FPC, our Federal Policy Committee 🔶 To push the party progressively on climate, economics, and positive politics 🧡 @greenlibdems.org.uk

Carbon markets are failing Less than 16% of offsets are effective in reducing emissions Companies should switch their mindsets from offsetting to positive contributions - what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was meant to be @greenlibdems.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📗 New Critical Mass post There is still time for you personally to get ahead of sustainability Still time for you, your teams, and your organization to be the one that policymakers, consumers, and businesses look to @greenlibdems.org.uk criticalmass-sustainability.com/2025/10/02/t...

My debut @libdemvoice.org article @libdems.org.uk have to champion climate transition planning For credibility and relationships with experts and activists, and to attract and retain members as the most progressive party on climate @greenlibdems.org.uk www.libdemvoice.org/transition-p...

Thank you for the nomination @greenlibdems.org.uk to the Federal Policy Committee (FPC) 💚🧡 Here’s a short manifesto of my plans and me! Elections coming soon 🗳️

🔶 With a new 'Liberal Orange' brand and a pledge that their ambition has “no ceiling”, the Lib Dems are scaling up their hopes for the next general election 👇 @zoecrowther.bsky.social reports from Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth

Fantastic discussion for a just transition at another terrific @libdems.org.uk conference From public procurement, to AI, to new outcomes for economies, to the need for transition planning regulation Thank you to the @greenlibdems.org.uk for hosting! @rachelbentleyld.bsky.social

This Sunday at the @libdems.org.uk conference I'll be joined by a fantastic spectrum of political, business, and sustainability powerhouses to continue the push for a Just Transition Thank you to the @greenlibdems.org.uk for hosting us!

Thank you everyone who braved the unpredictable weather to talk to residents and deliver the latest @libdems.org.uk Focus leaflet in Catford South - for the positive and kinder politics we need right now 🌞

Thank you @luketaylorld.bsky.social for joining us in Catford South to hear directly from our neighbours 🌞 The @libdems.org.uk will always be the positive vision in politics that brings people together There’s a positive alternative to hate and division 🔶

We need to keep shouting to positively fill the silence greenhushing leaves. Progress is nowhere near enough. But progress moves. The penny has dropped in so many places that sustainability works. Communication needs to improve @greenlibdems.org.uk economist.com/business/202...

Positive politics doesn’t mean you can’t get frustrated by the state of Lewisham’s streets… We’ll keep bringing these issues to the council, win or lose. Signs of cleaner streets already. But more to do A great reception this morning for people just showing up in Catford South

From midwifery to fly tipping to a widespread desire for something more positive than the current state of Lewisham, UK, and global politics 🗳️ A great late afternoon talking to people in Catford South 🧡

Getting ready for what was a beautiful morning talking to residents in Catford South 🌞 From community book sales to reporting new fly tipping to Lewisham Council, a full spectrum of positive politics in action 🧡

Council maintenance! 🌳 Before and after… Good pestering by the Lewisham @libdems.org.uk 🧡

Public sector procurement should be a driving force for sustainability. But that opportunity is being missed My thoughts from a recent Westminster Insight conference 👇 @greenlibdems.org.uk www.hfsresearch.com/research/pub...

My expression suggests otherwise but it was fantastic to welcome @dannychambers.bsky.social MP to Southwark to hear about his time delivering diagnostics in Ukraine 🇺🇦 and getting cross party consensus to ban puppy smuggling 🐶 We’ll be back at Delay No More for more liberal orange wine soon 🧡

Focus on industrial waste. Not consumers It's difficult to produce clear numbers on industrial waste. But the best estimates suggest that industrial waste is an order of magnitude larger than consumer or ‘municipal waste’... My full thoughts: www.hfsresearch.com/research/foc...

Beautiful evening at the Horniman Museum supporting Five Talents 🌞

A fantastic London @libdems.org.uk summer forum 🌞

Transition planning is back on the table in the UK. Here's the consultation Mandating transition planning for large companies and financial institutions is the start of the sustainable systems change we need @greenlibdems.org.uk www.gov.uk/government/c...

What story do you want to be a part of? Our silence on sustainability has opened the door for others in politics and business to fill the gap Always terrific to hear @paulpolman.bsky.social, this time at Watershed’s London Climate Action Week summit @greenlibdems.org.uk

@eddavey.libdems.org.uk expanding on his powerful, moving, and at times both heartbreaking and inspiring stories of care - personal and through others - at Southwark Cathedral Will always love catching up with many of my favourite @southwarklibdems.bsky.social too 🧡

Celebrating 100 years of the Downham Estate with the Lewisham @libdems.org.uk 🌞

We need a rapid acceleration in battery technology, long-duration energy storage, and digital grid investment @greenlibdems.org.uk www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fantastic morning with the Lewisham @libdems.org.uk team doing our best to bring some positivity to politics in Catford South 🧡

As some political parties come to a Damascus conversion , a reminder that the Lib Dems have continually campaigned to: 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 Scrap the Two child Benefit Cap 🧓Keep Triple Lock Pension 🔥 Keep Winter Fuel Payments 🇪🇺 Closer ties with EU 🇵🇸 Ceasefire in Gaza 🇺🇸 Stand up to Trump #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶

🇪🇺 If the EU is so on track then WHY did it remove the requirement for large firms and financial institutions to disclose transition plans? Much of the #Omnibus makes sense... (1/2) Full thoughts on transition planning here: www.hfsresearch.com/research/tra... www.esgtoday.com/eu-nearly-on...

Heartbreaking and horrifying. I desperately hope the family is now getting the support they deserve from @lewisham.gov.uk Tough financial conditions in local government are no excuse for failing people like this. www.lgo.org.uk/information-...

Utterly unsurprising. Most large firms are not changing their approach to sustainability or cutting investments already made. That's not to say they're doing enough though My thoughts from earlier this year www.hfsresearch.com/research/eu-... @greenlibdems.org.uk www.esgtoday.com/majority-of-...

80% of meat served in schools is processed or is red meat. Both WHO classified carcinogens Ignoring the mountain of evidence for the positive benefits of eating as many plants as possible, how is processed meat not banned, and red not heavily limited? www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Incredible efforts by our London teams 🧡

I hope these moments are creating a critical mass that pushes the business community especially - alongside politics and wider society - to confidently take a position against the cruelty in Gaza (1/2)

I’ve only just started Ed's book and already a powerful message comes through that a more caring society would fundamentally lift everybody - as well as the critical matter of the social care sector - linking its front, middle, back, family, and public health elements