This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication. I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵

Professor of Biodiversity Nathalie Seddon @biology.ox.ac.uk says only 7% of our forests are healthy, and depleted marshes and soils put over 5 million homes at risk of flooding. @wwf.org.uk showed over half of voters think the gov is not doing enough to protect nature.

Some really positive news, demonstrating why green investment should be urgently reframed, from costly environmental subsidy to high-return national investment. Tories and Reform, please note. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“I urge all policymakers to attend.” Prof Michael Mann👇 Please enter your postcode here www.nebriefing.org to check if your MP has confirmed for the National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov, and email them if not. Understanding the threats & solutions is the first step to protecting the public.

My blog for the UK’s Foundation for Science and Technology. Hoping it will generate urgent debate on the role of scientists in responsible science advocacy and activism. The world needs us right now. www.foundation.org.uk/Blog/2025/Fr...

Good to read, but Starmer must also build a *national* coalition of liberal/centrist/left-leaning parties to work together to counter the right-wing swing. And fast. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The age of warnings is over. The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security. On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️ #TimeToStepUp www.nebriefing.org

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea I despair.

Enough. Please sign and share to help end this abominable practice. only.one/act/bottom-t...

Congratulations to the Lionesses! They are wonderful ambassadors for women & girls’ football, LGBTQ+ issues, & social justice generally. A great quote from Leah Williamson: “I’m uncomfortable with the way the word activism is used, because I think it’s just how normal people should behave.”

Managing climate risk without mitigating climate risk is like giving fire safety training to an arsonist. The climate crisis is a financial crisis. @scientistsforxr.earth @clivecookson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com @mikepeeljourno.bsky.social @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social

“Too many people in power or with platforms have not yet understood that we’re in a war of language – and a war of the truth – about the climate. And too few of us are actively standing in the way of that.” Lobby your MP. Show your concern, your anger, your fear. Now. @scientistsforxr.earth

46C is not 'the new normal', because we are continuing to make the problem worse Unless we stop burning fossil fuels and destroying nature, it is just a brief stage on a rapid descent to something far more hellish

Thank you to Cambridge Independent @cambridgeindy.bsky.social for publishing a smashing piece about our action to Bring Science to Politics Science is political. For those who believe it isn't, just ask the scientists in the USA now.

I've signed an open letter calling on the PM to give more time to the #CANBill debate—and deliver the #REALChange we so urgently need: action for a greener, healthier, happier future—where people & nature can survive and thrive. Please add your name: action.zerohour.uk @zerohour_uk

Earlier this month ~200 scientists gathered to #BringScienceToPolitics. Hear why @chrisgpackham.bsky.social joined us. Part of the "increasing number of scientists realising that the job isn't done once the paper is published"? Follow us and help push for the evidence-informed policy we all need.

Isn’t it appalling that leading experts like professors @paulbehrens.bsky.social & @mikebernerslee.bsky.social find it next to impossible to get access to Gov ministers, whilst fossil fuel lobbyists meet with them every day👇. Our system is broken.

See you there?

ONE WEEK TO GO! Bring Science to Politics 🥼 JOIN US 🥼 Noon Tue May 13 Parliament Square ⁉️ Find out more: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 🥼 Pledge to join: tinyurl.com/SciParl25 #ScientistsOnSurvival #ActOnFacts

How do astronomers organise a rally at parliament? They planet 🥼 JOIN US 🥼 Tue May 13 Parliament Square ⁉️ Find out more: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 🥼 Pledge to join: tinyurl.com/SciParl25 @daraobriain.bsky.social @hannahritchie.bsky.social @davegoulson.bsky.social @kevinclimate.bsky.social

🌡️ As the Climate & Nature Emergency escalates, we desperately need our government to be informed by, and to act on, science! So scientists we invite YOU to join @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and over 100 others on May 13! ⁉️ Info: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 🥼 Join: tinyurl.com/SciParl25

We don’t need to throw soup, block a motorway or spray orange paint 🛣️ But we do need to move away from our desks & labs 💻 Take our science to the seat of power; peacefully yet powerfully 🪧 ℹ️ Join other scientists who also feel the need for action in academia: 👉 tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 👈

Congrats to @theguardian.com for co-launching the #89PercentProject - reminding us yet again that vast majority of world’s people want climate action. The climate denial of the populist right is the minority. The media needs to reflect this & governments urgently need to show far greater leadership

🌡️ As the Climate & Nature Emergency escalates, we desperately need our government to be informed by, and to act on, science! So scientists we invite YOU to join @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and over 100 others on May 13! ⁉️ Info: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 🥼 Join: tinyurl.com/SciParl25

Yesterday, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social with us and Plant-Based Health Professionals UK staged a protest outside the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs #DEFRA, objecting to the make-up of a new government body intended to oversee development of its landmark food strategy. 1/n

In this important and timely book, scientists from a broad range of disciplines detail their personal responses to the planetary crisis. #ScientistsOnSurvival With a foreword from Chris Packham Buy your copy now: 🔗 xrb.link/q0XP4C @carolinelucas.bsky.social @zadiesmith.bsky.social

Plan Z A fulm by Louisa Jones & Vlad Morozov Duke's at Komedia Brighton 18 March 1830 With Q&A with Louisa Jones Tickets here: plan-z-film.co.uk

1/ On 24th January the Climate and Nature Bill will be read in Parliament but – outrageously – the Labour party may not allow its MPs a free vote It’s no exaggeration to say the fate of the world depends on urgent political action, so this is no time to be playing party politics 🧵