The @ScienceMuseum.org.uk is hosting an exhibition on climate breakdown in Latin America while accepting sponsorship from BP and Adani, 2 of the world’s biggest polluters. How can we take their message seriously when they’re funded by the very companies driving the destruction? #ClimateJustice

The Carbon Accounting Alliance has pulled its Oct 6 conference from the Science Museum, moving it to Senate House after members raised concerns over the museum’s fossil fuel sponsors, Adani and BP. www.carbonaccountingalliance.com/news/why-we-...

“The most uncomfortable part for me is that I no longer think that scientific research will resolve the crises that we face. Worse, I have come to think that it sometimes contributes to decision-making delays.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️ 🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks. 👇🧵

A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵

The optimist vs pessimist divide in #climate debates isn’t usually about the data. It’s about how the same graphs are read, what people emphasise, what they discount, and how they interpret pace and stakes. Here’s what I mean 🧵👇

"Pretending that we don't have emotions, that doesn't make us more objective, that makes us liars & I don't want to be a liar... I feel all the feelings, & I feel them all really strongly" Brilliantly said @drkatemarvel.bsky.social 👏 A short🧵on some of the feelings I'm experiencing today...

Ever played the board game Pandemic? I think it contains a surprisingly good lesson for tackling the #climate crisis, especially in a moment of rising far-right politics. Here's why🧵

9/ Speaking of which: if you’re in the UK, go see my friend @peteknapp.bsky.social's new film “Fires and Fascism”, about how community action can confront the far right and #climate breakdown together.

Efficiency, optimization, productivity: celebrated as universal goods. These ideas are especially influential in economics, engineering, and computer science. But what if they reshape our systems and lives in ways we rarely notice? 🧵

You may’ve seen coverage of a new report on the threat to national security from environmental collapse. A common response that’s got my goat is: “Look, it’s not just tree-hugging enviros saying this, it’s hard-nosed spooks!” A short thread on why this framing is bad history & bad politics🧵😡😉

"The climate doesn’t recognise pragmatism. If we want to effect meaningful change, we act as the climate science demands. Anything less is a waste of time" 123 days to go @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @matthewtodd.bsky.social @rogerhallam.com @juststopoil.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth

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 🧵

A canny political and media strategy from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Immediately he defuses climate delayers’ favourite cynical attack lines, and avoids headlines like “Polanski says you should never go on holiday, drive a car, or eat meat”. But, crucially, he's leading by example... 1/🧵

Jan and Feb tour dates for my film 'Fires and Fascism' announced! I’ll be attending each screening in person for a discussion afterwards about community, what might be drawing people towards Reform, and sharing ideas about what to do next. Trailer and tickets: fires-and-fascism.co.uk

⚡2026 is a turning point. UK #climate & environmental activists face both crisis & opportunity. Fascism rises, the #climate agenda is under attack, & political representation is urgent. 🧵A longish thread on why we must unite behind @zackpolanski.bsky.social & the @greenparty.org.uk 💚

We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero theconversation.com/we-analysed-...

Important study of ‘high-impact low-likelihood’ or ‘worst-case’ climate scenarios “The impacts of climate change could plausibly be much worse than conventionally assessed” agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

The warning lights from the cryosphere have been flashing red for several years and governments and policymakers ignore this at their peril.

This is what bravery, honesty, and honour look like. Celebrities taking a stand against institutions who mute them when they act on their conscience and use their voice to speak for so many who are oppressed deserve our support and we are inspired by them. Scientists can do this too.

@robinince.bsky.social: “In a recent meeting where BBC studio executives again voiced problems, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices. I chose the latter. It broke my heart.”

Olivia Williams's powerful reading of an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer and the national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing. Full version here: www.youtube.com/@nebriefing Please add your name: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-... #NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp

It was my experience of deforestation in Borneo when I reached my tipping point. I stopped flying, became vegan, became an activist with @scientistsforxr.earth, and left academia to become a filmmaker. Storytelling might have more impact than my work in science. My film: fires-and-fascism.co.uk

Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar show we must prepare for storms that are weak in wind but extreme in rain.

Today’s book recommendations for Christmas presents #books #reading

Our food is becoming more calorifc, less nutritious – and possibly more toxic.

My write up on the @nebriefing.bsky.social here, please consider signing the letter calling on Kier Starmer and media heads to televise a briefing to the country: theconversation.com/what-we-told...

4🎇 While a second briefing outside DEFRA focused entirely on the need to transform our food and agricultural systems for health and planet: youtu.be/k_zyjnP6Z48

My l'il Advent thread, 2025. 25 short quotes by 25 different essayists, taken from a favourite read this year- 'Scientists on survival' (see 'alt'). With 25 old wintry pics of mine taken around the East Sussex countryside (Winchelsea-Rye) when I worked down there some years ago now. 1/25..

We are not safe. This is an emergency. Watch this summary of the UK National Emergency Briefing. youtu.be/8sa7uh192r0?... @nebriefing.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @scientistsforxr.earth

Tropical forests should be one of our greatest allies in the struggle against climate breakdown But they can't be if they're continually destroyed

One way to support flight-free travel and have a good time doing it: Take part in the Flight Free UK Christmas Quiz! They are a tiny charity doing excellent work to shift travel norms.

‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @zackpolanski.bsky.social Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters. www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir #climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30

NEW BOOK! Scientist-activist Fernando Racimo @ferracimo.bsky.social from @scientistrebellion.bsky.social writes about the growing number of scientists taking direct action. See him live in discussion about the book: Fri 12 Dec 3-5pm GC101, Grad Centre Building, Queen Mary Uni, London 📕 🎤 👏

The National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social in Westminster today is a call to action for politicians. @chrisgpackham.bsky.social started with “let’s work on creating hope, where there isn’t much of it left”

Why would a government want to scrap juries? Is it so they can pass sentences that the gov wants, but the people object to? Feels very 1984 to me… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @defendourjuries.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social @lawyersfornature.bsky.social

💥 LE FINAL de notre action « Fin de la COP30 : Jour de Colère » - à regarder jusqu’au bout 💙. @scientifiquesenrebellion.fr et l'Orchestre du nouveau monde jouent le Dies Irae de Verdi après de 8h de lectures de textes scientifiques lors d'une action de 10h marquant les 10 ans de l'Accord de Paris.

"Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. The world is going to become more turbulent and more dangerous. So, what comes after failure?" Some thoughts from Johan Rockstrom & me 10 years after Paris Agreement. theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names. "Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond." Please share with your MP #NEB2025

The large increase from 2018-2021 was driven by #Climate activism. Lesson: The widespread mobilisation of the climate emergency movement ( @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social, @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social @endegelaende.bsky.social ) was crucial for creating political salience

This looks good & free Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action Natural History Museum, London Organised by People & Planet Free entry, needs reservation Mon 17 Nov 18:30-21:30 www.nhm.ac.uk/events/voice... @peopleandplanet.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @imperial-clim-act.bsky.social

Yesterday, Southern Water admitted to losing millions of plastic beads after initially denying it. Helena Dollimore MP now calls for them to clean up the coastline; disclose contents of the beads; fund nature restoration; and investigate how the spill happened. @dirtywatercampaign.bsky.social

The new book ‘Science in Resistance’ written by @ferracimo.bsky.social features stories of scientists taking action. London, 12th Dec, likely at Queen Mary (TBC) with @scientistsforxr.earth Details will be posted by @scientistrebellion.bsky.social

"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"

There are 10 screenings of my film 'Fires and Fascism' coming up around the UK in November: 9 Nov - Derby 11 Nov - Southampton 13 Nov - Stirling 17 Nov - Wivenhoe 18 Nov - Manningtree 19 Nov - Norwich 20 Nov - Portsmouth 21 Nov - Didcot 23 Nov - Stroud 25 Nov - Stoke Details in next 10 posts...

International law is starting to reflect a growing global consensus on the need to recognise the climate effects of armed conflicts.

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

The amazing research article "The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink" isn't getting enough notice, so I made a little video with the summary of key findings from the paper. If it's too fast at times, just pause and read. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks. www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...