Really enjoyed being involved in this project about #quiet #greenspaces in Bristol City Centre www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups.

Our heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions and so stabilise the climate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth, heating at twice the global average.” “Millions of people across the continent are currently ‘living under extreme heat, hundreds have died, schools are shut, grids are buckling.’” #ClimateCrisis #UrbanHeat

Put the robots in the road.

This is my sport (and) utility vehicle. It took me to and from the gym, on a little bike ride, to the supermarket and home. #womencycling #utilitycycling #tripchaining

UN’s climate chief: “Climate change is running rampant, caused by the world’s addiction to burning coal, oil and gas. But the solutions are equally clear: a faster shift to clean energy – which is now much cheaper than fossil fuels – as well as protecting forests and building climate resilience.”

Just one possible outcome... but the GFS weather forecast model is suggesting 40-41°C is possible in the UK around 7th July. This is a long-range forecast with significant uncertainty, but the fact that we are even seeing such values fairly regularly in the forecasts is extraordinary.

If vehicles keep swelling, cities “could lose between 8.5-14% of their on-street parking capacity by 2040. London and Berlin alone are each projected to shed around 100K spaces…in dense cities, it’s a major issue worldwide.” #Carspreading pushes out more than parking spots. Tax cars by the inch.

Yes "bikes!", because without our particular bikes and the dedicated infrastructure, we'd have been another car contributing to traffic for this particular errand.

Humans should not be forced off pavements by delivery robots, but that's exactly what's happening. The people who pay the price are those with the least room to give it up.

Paris urban biking investment helps cut pollution in half: “Between 2005 and 2024, levels of nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter — 2 of the most harmful pollutants to human health — have been slashed by 50% and 55%, respectively.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social momentummag.com/paris-proves...

‘Much has been broken, but can also be mended’ People in Britain used to agree to disagree. Since Brexit, they no longer dare to talk about difficult things | Elif Shafak www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is how we do it! Bold actions by leaders who do hard things. Improving our cities and quality of life isn’t easy, but it is possible. 👇🏽

Looking forward to the second day of Curious Cities Assembly @cleancitiescampaign.org - off to a good start with sobering words about the heatwave as well as inspiration for the coalescence of leaders, practitioners and academic experts.

A child born in 1976 experienced a UK climate that no longer exists. Since then: 👉 Global temperatures have risen ~1°C 👉 UK heatwaves have become 3–4°C hotter 👉 The UK has exceeded 40°C for the first time The baseline has shifted. theconversation.com/we-recreated...

Watching the start of Curious Cities, @cleancitiescampaign.org Barbara Stoll says “what’s good for children is good for cities.”

Air pollution is a fixable problem – just look at how London and New York have cleaned up their acts | Sadiq Khan and Michael Bloomberg www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Meant to be on a train to London for @cleancitiescampaign.org Curious Cities Assembly, but the severe #heatwave has made travel too risky. Rail travel is no longer advised and I am sad to be missing this in person event.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

As already warm cities become more and more vulnerable to extreme heat events, or just the “new normal” of hotter and hotter cities every day, here’s just one more reason why more street trees and other greenery are good for streets & cities. It’s just common sense, really. Cooler, cleaner, smarter.

François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊

Car tire wear is a leading cause of microplastics entering our bodies of water. Wonder if there’s anything we can do about that…

Worth a read- especially by policymakers 👇🏽

Better transport means disabled people making the journeys we want with freedom, dignity and ease. It means being able to travel with confidence. What does that look like for you? #BetterTransportWeek

When considering climate interventions, there are three currencies that we should keep in mind: renewable energy, carbon emissions, and money. If a method is going to require too much of any of them, it ain’t gonna happen.

As fossil-fueled climate change makes heatwaves more frequent and deadly, I wonder how air conditioning will evolve in cultures that have historically disliked it. I hope many heat pumps installed to decrease pollution and costs from space heating will be two-way, so folks have AC just in case.

Seeing the phrase "forced car ownership" in an official Scottish Parliament document is a huge breath of fresh air. I hope this concept gains more traction.

Gym, supermarket, chemist- so glad I can reach all of this in a 10 minute bike ride. A #tripchain today for efficiency. #utilitycycling #womencycling #journeysofcare

Don’t forget what REALLY “drives” a lot of regional growth and infrastructure politics. It’s pretty much this. Great drawing via Ian Lockwood.

Our kids would be safer if they'd banned Land Rovers instead of Instagram.

The data also found the number of people cycling on their own bikes has declined slightly, whilst demand for cargo and Santander bikes has also increased... road.cc/ebiketips/ne...

Can I recommend this great study on how the more detached people are from streets (esp. when they're in a car), the more frightening those streets feel - which is plausibly a self-reinforcing effect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Your regular reminder that cities aren’t loud. Cars are loud.

Alongside leading health and environmental organisations, we’re calling on the Mayor of London to introduce a Dutch-style zero-emission zone for freight. These zones in the Netherlands are helping accelerate the shift to electric vans and trucks by giving businesses clear, long-term certainty.

📈 Diesel vans registered by businesses in London have hit an all-time high At the end of 2025, there were more than 100,000 diesel vans registered by companies in London - that’s 18 diesel vans for every 1 company-registered electric van.

This is such a great idea- exploring the city with children in the evening www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Lovely wildflowers around new trees in East Bristol. More streets like this please!

Right now the UK electricity grid is running on 81% renewable energy and we're here at Everything Electric WEST (in Cheltenham) to discuss, share and celebrate a cleaner greener cheaper world. This is also lots of great news in this area:

What’s wrong with this picture: cycling in a skirt? Non cycling shoes? A break in the rain? Tights in June is the correct answer.

I shall watch this with interest. There's no way to get 60% of kids actively travelling to school without disrupting current patterns of car-based mobility. This includes making all urban streets safer, not just those right outside schools www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I do find it fascinating how the media has been so against HS2 on value for money, only saving a little bit of time etc. yet LTC has none of the level of backlash. It's almost as if road schemes play by different rules.

A smart city has nothing to do with artificial intelligence or sensors. A city is smart when children can walk and cycle freely and safely. Technology is only a bonus. 📸 Picture by @dutchcycling.nl

Love this episode. I went round to David's house to see all the great things he's done to make a sponge garden (and he made a great cup of coffee!). Check out Waterfall Rapids on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, etc

You want to know about this website. www.bankingonclimatechaos.org

The responsible thing would be for the government to pause work on the Lower Thames Crossing, complete the final business case, and consider whether public money could be better spent (alternatives to a ‘smart’ motorway do exist).

This point is crucial. A massive transfer of everyone's wealth to infrastructure for car owners that will NOT solve the problems #UKCarCulture causes. Further deepening our car-centric transport system, by the time this crossing is clogged with ever more cars, those problems will just be worse.

Samstag, 13.06.25: Bikenight 2026 im Kreis Pinneberg. Die harmonische Fahrradsternfahrt in den Sonnenuntergang an die Elbe in Haseldorf. Mitfahren und Weitersagen 🚲 Alle Startzeiten im Tourenportal touren-termine.adfc.de/radveranstal... #Elmshorn #Uetersen #Wedel #Halstenbek #Rellingen #Pinneberg

Would be lovely to see this happen.