When people magnify the environmental impacts of renewables, the implication is that they must somehow be worse than the existing energy system In reality the existing energy system is not just more destructive than renewables - it's more destructive than anyone even realises

How to build a good prime minister: We've fucked it up not once, not twice, but at least seven times in succession. Maybe let's do it differently this time iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-bui...

I’ll be running this Adaptation Literacy course online from 2nd June. If you want to jump straight into the core adaptation content, you can pick the course up in week 4. DM me for more info or to sign up, or go to garama-training.com. #adaptation #climatechange #training #resilience #courses

Last year I put together a guide to help people get off US tech — and that includes Google. There are a lot of alternatives there they will help you make a plan to pull away from Google services, and all the rest of them too.

There’s been a lot of talk of getting off Google in recent years, but now it’s time for people to get serious. This company believes it has people locked in. People need to show Google there are consequences for its actions. disconnect.blog/google-is-it...

Want to understand climate change adaptation ? I’m running a 6-week online #AdaptationLiteracy course from 2nd June. One 2-hour session per week, Tuesdays 4-6pm UK time. More info and sign up at: garama-training.com. Or DM me. #adaptation #climatechange #training #adapt #sustainability

I’ve fantasised about something like this for the UK but it always seemed a distant, if impossible dream. Given the nature of politics here, maybe it is. But this gives me hope.

We know the tech bros pushing AI took all the wrong messages from the science fiction they read as teenagers. Apparently, so does the AI itself.

Disinformation on Net Zero in the UK press - an analysis. theconversation.com/how-does-the...

Our online #Adaptation Literacy course will run from 2nd June - 7th July, with one 2-hour session per week for six weeks, provisionally scheduled to run from 16:00-18:00 UK time on Tuesdays (we may repeat sessions at other times subject to demand). More here: garama-training.com/dates-pricing/

Google Chrome now installs a 4GB AI model onto your computer, which you cannot remove. This is illegal in Europe and the UK.

Reform is the UK political wing of the fossil fuel industry. A vote for them is not just a vote against action to reduce climate change, but against preparation for its consequences. Their masters don’t care about our resilience.

Unfortunately Instagram banned the Garama training account after I posted about existential climate risks and suggested that people might want to think about these when voting in local UK elections. Info on training courses now on Instagram via my personal account: www.instagram.com/npj.brooks/

🚨New article My first for nationalpreparednesscommission.uk, co-authored with Ajay Gambhir, @asranetwork.org, on what the latest #AMOC research means for UK national security. The UK's risk machinery still isn't pointed at the problem🧵 nationalpreparednesscommission.uk/publications...

My piece today in our local newspaper. Wondering how serious the various political parties are about addressing large #climatechange #risks like an #AMOC collapse on the day of thge #LocalElections.

Our online #Adaptation Literacy course will run from 2nd June - 7th July, with one 2-hour session per week for six weeks, provisionally scheduled to run from 16:00-18:00 UK time on Tuesdays (we may repeat sessions at other times subject to demand). More here: garama-training.com/dates-pricing/

Our new Instagram account for Garama’s #adaptation and #resilience #training courses is active. On it, we will share details of our training offerings, as well as insights and inspiration, and some nice images. Give us a follow! (Will also post some course info on here). garama-training.com

Archaeologist Carole Crumley talking about heterarchies, if you are looking to cite someone in addition to Mark Fisher wrt capitalist realism. The ability to dream outside of hierarchies and the state should be taught by every archaeologist. GOOD MORNING

I’m currently writing an article on AMOC collapse for my local newspaper. Perhaps I should just send people here instead.

This makes a lot more sense. Fighting for your country unconditionally is so 19th century, particularly when it so often means sacrificing yourself for the interests of your government and the cliques it represents, rather than defending your homeland. Circumstances and context are important.

"We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time." from Little Gidding by T.S.Eliot #EarthDay

Happy #EarthDay! 🌍🌎🌏 Here's an updated graph of how much carbon dioxide (CO₂) has changed since the first Earth Day, which is driving recent climate change.

Happy Earth Day!

Some other questions we address in Garama’s ‘Adapting to Climate Change’ course - Why do so many #adaptation initiatives fail? - How can we make sure they don’t? - What goes into a climate #risk assessment? More details at garama-training.com #climatechange #training #Norwich

Some of the questions we address in Garama's ‘Adapting to Climate Change’ course: - How are #adaptation & #resilience related? - What do we mean by ’#transformational’ adaptation? - Is ’transformational’ different from ’transformative’ & how? See garama-training.com #adaptation #climate #training

I’ll be running a 5-day, in-person ‘Adapting to Climate Change’ course for people who need to understand & engage with adaptation in their professional roles, in Norwich in June/July. Dates TBC. We will work around participants’ availability as far as possible. More at garama-training.com

Ministers are reportedly exploring how to cancel dangerous spy-tech firm Palantir's contract to handle NHS data after over 150k people joined me in calling on them to break the contract. Join us - together we can kick out Palantir out of our NHS: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

Oh those crazy greenies. Well, it turns out that solar and wind need not pass the Hormuz strait. Strategic autonomy in action. The most self-destructive thing Europe could do now is abandon the green transition. And that’s only on geopolitical grounds. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I enjoyed this Norwegian video about enshittification. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...

This is the first time I’ve experienced, and used, BlueSky like old Twitter, and I’m not sure how I feel about that.

Humans against power, all of which is illegitimate.

NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative? Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/8

The iron rule of new technologies is that they are used first for porn and fossil fuel disinformation.

Powerful new column by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social in today's Guardian: "We must res­ist the anti-net zero con­spir­acy of the ultra-rich" George cites analysis by the "indispensable Carbon Brief" in his concluding section...

And a bitter addendum. The £4 billion per year (0.2% of GDP) cost for the UK reaching Net Zero is about the same as the government currently spends annually to freeze petrol/diesel fuel duty.

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one. #NoBrainer www.theccc.org.uk/2026/03/11/c...

See also nearly all ‘adaptation’ projects prior to the advent of AI.

This is how I like to think of my academic trajectory. I don’t WANT to be a monitoring, evaluation and learning consultant. I’d rather be researching and writing about the archaeology of adaptation to rapid and severe climate change and what it can teach us about our current predicament.

If the Green Party supply the woad I might sign up.

My email is an endless stream of “upgrade to get access to—“ I don’t want it. I want to downgrade. I want to get less access. I want the opposite of what you’re selling.

We have awarded these people contracts in the Ministry of Defence. What the fuck are we doing.

I really like this combination of analysis and opinion from Owen Jones. The opening paragraph is just perfect. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

⚠️"A first threshold, potentially as low as 1–2 °C above pre-industrial levels, triggers the long-term collapse of ~40% of marine ice volume in West Antarctica" I.e. The Paris Agreement target locks in approximately 2.1 metres sea-level equivalent from WAIS alone. 🌊

Happy 27th February to all my Sahrawi friends.

My latest piece for our local paper, this time on #resilience, with a focus on #food and #nature, and the need for it to include #adaptation. I got in a subtle dig at #Brexit as something that makes us less resilient to food shocks and shortages. Also online at www.edp24.co.uk/news/2587874....

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These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all. They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America. They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.

Something lovely for the weekend! Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age 💙 Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #Archaeology

I just wrapped up Garama's training Climate Change for #Archaeology & #Heritage Specialists for the University of Cologne, to build #adaptation literacy & showcase the relevance of archaeology & heritage for adaptation. If you need something similar, get in touch or go to garama-training.com

Details of our updated #AdaptationLiteracy & Adapting to Climate Change training courses are now online, with virtual courses planned for the first quarter of 2026. Contact us to register an interest. garama-training.com/open-courses/ #climatechange #adaptation #resilience #training #courses