1. The European Parliament’s attempt to ban plant-based foods from being sold as “sausages”, “burgers” etc is a direct response to livestock industry lobbying. This is a short thread on how utterly bleeding ridiculous it is. 🧵1/6

There are some people who seem to see the recovery of ecosystems in a deforested waste as a personal affront. It's about power, and different landscapes reflect the different ways in which power is distributed - or concentrated. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Boeing is paying Charm Industrial to remove 100000 tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere, which is a time machine that takes us back by 1 minute and 15 seconds. 🥲

The implication is that there has to be action to disrupt, or add friction to, existing car journeys if we want to unlock the benefits of providing alternatives - the conclusion also reached by Xiao et al. recently www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Today's humanitarian news: ➖ #Gaza: Challenges persist amid efforts to scale up humanitarian response ➖ #Sudan: Humanitarian crisis in North Darfur worsens as violence spreads

I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all . @nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧

2025 Lancet Countdown on health & climate change www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... plenty of countries that spend significantly more on fossil fuel subsidies than their healthcare budget Esp see heat related mortality indicator (new) & air quality related mortality from burning fossil fuel

#Sudan: MSF fears large numbers of people remain trapped in grave danger in #ElFasher, blocked by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from reaching safer areas after they and their allies seized control of the city this week. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-msf-de...

⚠️ Please report sightings of dead birds for possible testing for Avian Influenza. ⬇️ 📌 In England, Wales & Scotland: www.gov.uk/guidance/... 📌 In Northern Ireland: www.daera-ni.gov.uk/... 📌 In Republic of Ireland: aviancheck.apps.serv... #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

Future Risks Report 2025 by @AXA and @Ipsos Climate remains the top risk, with 66% of experts and 75% of the population feeling vulnerable to the risk in their daily life Only 12% of experts and 32% of the population believe public authorities are well prepared to handle it

BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year. ​ Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price. ​ 👉Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more. oxf.am/climateplund... #MakeRichPo#MakeRichPollutersPay

So much for "boosting growth". All this vandalism will do is leave us with devastated ecosystems, fewer green spaces, worse quality of life, while neither solving the housing crisis (because the problem IS NOT AND NEVER WAS "bats and newts") nor creating "growth". www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This @royalsociety.org report has not received nearly the attention it deserves. Key finding: "most current approaches to economic assessments of impacts of #climate change do not reflect the severity of consequences that are suggested by the latest physical climate science & evidence on impacts" 😬

"Ultimately, decisions on how to respond to #climate change are the product of many constituencies contributing to the debate. Science is important among these and needs to be communicated clearly, honestly and without fear" - @kevinclimate.bsky.social kevinanderson.info/blog/why-car...

“It's utterly unacceptable.” ⬆️ This is how our colleagues describe people’s living conditions in Gaza. And now with winter coming, people’s health will be at even more risk:

📣 Calling UK scientists 📣 Please would you sign an open letter urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing with the science on the threats from ongoing damage to #climate & #nature - alongside positive actions. See reply for how to sign 👇👇 Please share with colleagues 🙏

Closing on Monday (27 Oct) 👇

I found this a great short episode that I intend to signpost to people to hopefully get them interested in taking a deeper dive. It’s nice to see folk in dialogue, rather than just shouting at one another! I imagine the unedited version would be even more interesting.

An excellent ‘ramble chat’ between Adam Buxton and my good friend Dr Natalie Roberts (@docnat.bsky.social) - Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the UK. www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/tag... or podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Claire Magone talks to us from outside Nasser hospital, in the south of Gaza, which, like other health facilities in the Strip, is entirely overwhelmed by the medical needs of people who are facing a daily onslaught of violence.

These rooms should be filled with newborn cries, the beeping of monitors, pregnant women being cared for, patients finding relief amid a genocide. Instead, these rooms now stand empty because MSF was forced to evacuate our last functioning health facility in Gaza city.

Yemen’s conflict, damaged infrastructure, and limited access to clean water & sanitation are fuelling waterborne diseases. In Hodeidah and Hajjah, acute watery diarrhoea cases rose 65% in just one week from 7 September.

4 days on the road. Searching for a safe place to shelter. Except that nowhere in #Gaza is safe. People are left out on the streets as ground operations intensify. ❗Civilians must be protected. Their needs must be met wherever they are. #CeasefireNOW

Les médecins ne peuvent pas arrêter un génocide. Nos dirigeants, OUI ! #MSF demande à la #France d’utiliser tous les leviers politiques, diplomatiques et économiques dont elle dispose afin d’obtenir d’ #Israël :

"No place is safe in #Gaza No one is safe. Airstrikes in Gaza City and the north are intensifying. More and more people are forced to leave, disoriented and uncertain, heading into the unknown." Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

Gaza City is facing a humanitarian catastrophe as Israel’s assault escalates. Forcing 1 million people—including critically ill patients and newborns—into overcrowded, under-resourced areas would be a death sentence.

#Gaza's social order nears collapse due to : - The disregard of humanitarian principles - Access restrictions on humanitarian agencies - Constant displacement of communities José Mas, Emergency Program Manager in Gaza, describes the crisis. www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ca...

Gaza’s only remaining lifeline—humanitarian assistance—is being weaponized. Supplies are throttled. If not blocked outright, they are rerouted to advance military and political objectives. Via @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social the experience of @msf.org teams www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...

Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Back in November, I was invited to give a 90-minute overview of The Great Simplification at Summit Baja. This talk is one of the best long-form deep dives into the interconnections between energy, the economy, planetary boundaries, and human behavior. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT5d...

Following attacks on humanitarians in South Sudan, Gaza, and Sudan, including @msf.org and killings of Palestine Red Crescent Society & Relief International staff ....the silence is deafening No outrage No accountability What is the cost for killing humanitarians? swissinfo.ch/eng/internat...

“The Israeli authorities’ decision to allow a ridiculously inadequate amount of aid into Gaza after months of an air-tight siege signals their intention to avoid the accusation of starving people in Gaza, while in fact keeping them barely surviving,” said MSF’s emergency coordinator…

#Gaza: The U.S.-Israel plan to control the distribution of supplies under the guise of humanitarian assistance raises grave ethical, security and legal concerns. Doctors Without Borders call on Israeli authorities to uphold International Humanitarian Law. Share if you do too.

I also discuss the bizarre and disturbing association between the Starmer government and former special advisers to Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. I vaguely remember being told something about "Change". But this continuity is beyond our worst nightmares. Not just Tory policies, but actual Tories.

Do you love life? Do you love music? Do you love people that help you learn music, that then by default enhances your life? If so..... Get following @jrhodespianist.bsky.social, as he is on this platform. Absolute legend..... in my extremely humble opinion.

We have a fairly new pond in the garden, and I had to put some bigger stones in yesterday to anchor the flourishing plants. I went to bed with grave fear that I had crushed the aquatic snails, and I can't fully convey the joy of seeing them both in the pond tonight (After not seeing them in the am).

Today's humanitarian update: ➖#Gaza: More community kitchens shut as aid runs out ➖#Syria: Civilians at risk from explosive remnants ➖#DRCongo: Funding cuts force aid workers to reprioritize DRC response ➖#Haiti: UN and partners support displaced children More: bit.ly/438RdBB

#Gaza: At least 33 people were killed and dozens injured, according to the Ministry of Health, after airstrikes hit Gaza City today, just metres from an MSF clinic. Our teams stabilised 28 patients, who were transferred to Al-Shifa hospital. Two MSF staff members were injured.

More Scottish Green MSPs in Holyrood means more strong voices for: 🌍Protecting our climate & nature 🚌Cheaper trains & buses 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Independence in the EU 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Tackling poverty & inequality 💰Taxing the rich Help us elect a record number of @scottishgreens.org next year! #VoteScottishGreens

This may sound grim, but it is a colossal underestimate of the impact of 4C heating Forget 40% poorer - this will leave billions dead and society and economy will have collapsed long before the 4C mark is reached www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The vast fire on #Dartmoor should alert us to the ecological disaster there. This should not be a fire-prone landscape. Were it not for the elimination of trees by grazing, the vegetation type on the high moor would be temperate rainforest, which is extremely hard to burn. But only specks remain.

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

Vaccination currently prevents between 3.5-5 million deaths every year, according to World Health Organization. Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, the IFRC supports our 191 National Societies to reach vulnerable and isolated communities with life-saving vaccines.

If you have questions about childhood illnesses and vaccines this lay report on childhood vaccines may help you by @independentsage.bsky.social

Sudanese refugees describe the war that they fled in this moving @nytimes.com video filmed at a @doctorswithoutborders.org clinic on the Chadian border. I'm grateful for all those who show humanity and compassion in the face of violence these days. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

"The question isn't how to solve climate change, it is how to live wisely in a world where the old solutions no longer apply." A Frankly from @natehagens.bsky.social flagging that we need to see the world as it is, not as we want it to be. Give it a watch/listen.

Over a month of siege has left people in #Gaza deprived of food, water and medicine, marking the longest period without relief since the war began. Doctors Without Borders' teams are forced to ration medications and treat wounds without pain relief. This must end.

There is now a petition against the UK gov's crazy airport expansion plans in case you'd like to sign too :-) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

The U.S. government’s decision to end support for Gavi could deny millions of children routine #vaccinations. While we do not accept Gavi funding, over half of the vaccines Doctors Without Borders use come from ministries of health that rely on it. www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/us-de...

Doctors Without Borders Secretary-General @chrislockyear.msf.org talks to @aljazeera.com about working in war zones like #Sudan and #Gaza and the impact of aid funding cuts. www.aljazeera.com/program/talk...