ICYMI -despite promising just over a year ago to triple climate finance from developed world to poor and vulnerable countries, UK govt is now planning to slash climate finance by more than a fifth www.theguardian.com/environment/...

ICYMI - important moves at UN to tax fossil fuel producers could yield billions for climate finance www.theguardian.com/environment/...

FT exclusive: “The US state department is set to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities across Europe to disseminate Washington’s policy positions and challenge perceived threats to free speech.” via @annasophiegross.bsky.social and colleagues

forgot to share the link sorry www.ft.com/content/f869...

New Political Science Research: local press coverage enhances the quality of U.S. state-level democracy, and serves as a moderating force when it comes to ideological extremism in state legislative politics: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Someone make it happen.

Love this! Thank gou for this uplifting story @byameliahill.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Wouldn’t describe this as “given” - it’s not charity, it’s what people pay for decency in society.

Climate change?

Wow. Worth reading several times. Brilliant work by the brilliant @pickardje.bsky.social

I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly www.ft.com/content/608a...

Legislation to stop me being unpopular with my child ‘As things stand, parents who resist social media are cast as unreasonable and in danger of isolating their children.’ as.ft.com/r/81967fe0-c... Protecting children from social media is not moral panic

There is no wealth on a dead planet.

How one year of ‘America First’ left workers behind - some telling charts here in piece by @tejparikh.ft.com on how Trump's rhetoric has not matched reality. Other charts show weaking factory construction, the tariff impact on prices, and falling worker share of GDP www.ft.com/content/1afa...

A past criticism of Variable Renewables Energy (VRE) from wind & solar was that their power was intermittent & thus unreliable. But the drop in battery storage cost has ushered in the age of firmed renewable energy (FRE). Renewables with storage are displacing import and fossil fuels. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

I had a chat with relatively new biz secretary Peter Kyle out here in Davos - was interesting to hear him set out how he sees Labour's "activist" industrial policy: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

. Getting Real About “Climate Hushers” — Covering Climate Now Find out more: coveringclimatenow.org/from... #ClimateAction

If you are troubled by selfish people burning wood in your neighbourhood, now a leading cause of air pollution linked to illnesses from asthma to miscarriage, dementia and heart disease, now is your chance to make your views known.

Tens of thousands of lives are being shortened in the UK by air pollution, according to the Environment Agency. What can the Government do to protect public health and the environment? We’ve launched an inquiry: committees.parliament.uk/work/9561/ai...

For a summary and reactions, here's a report in the Guardian from @fionaharvey.bsky.social. It's frankly terrifying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"global attack on nature is threatening the UK’s national security, government intelligence chiefs have warned" @theguardian.com @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on.

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

What will be impact of Trump withdrawal from UNFCCC? By me and @olliemilman www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Read this by my colleague @phoebeweston about how demand for falcons from Middle East is ravaging bird of prey populations www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@olliemilman.bsky.social @fionaharvey.bsky.social thanks to you & @dpcarrington.bsky.social et al for keeping tough talk alive in a major quality newspaper about these crossroads of civilization. Another defining moment in a fusillade of bullets for humanity ⬆️⬆️ @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com

We’re hiring an editing fellow! This one-year program is geared toward early- to mid-career journalists looking to establish themselves as editors. $60-90k, deadline February 4. Details:

Heartily recommend this new book, an adventure yarn which has resonance to the climate crisis and is also a rattling good read: www.waterstones.com/book/godstor...

Kindness of strangers: I was ill and about to miss my flight when a well-dressed man helped me to the airport

'The world is paying an ever-higher price for a crisis we already know how to solve. These disasters are not "natural" – they are the inevitable result of continued fossil fuel expansion and political delay'

‘It restored my hope’: how community action is confronting racism in Belfast

Adorable rascals. They've cheered me up.

‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement via @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com bit.ly/4aNDLIw #ClimateCrisis #mitigation #GHG #Finance #Adaptation #GreenTech #LeadershipMatters @climatechangenews.com @climate.noaa.gov

'A shift no country can ignore': where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“If we don’t have deep, rapid and fair decarbonisation of modern society, we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent”: science warning to MPs. By @damiengayle.bsky.social and me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Important story on illegal waste in UK by @sandralaville www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Otters! Glorious story by @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world. n.pr/44Ognqv

"Look outside, hear the thunder, feel the rain: in the real world, change is happening" @fionaharvey.bsky.social in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

“If we don’t have deep, rapid and fair decarbonisation of modern society, we’ll have a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent”: science warning to MPs. By @damiengayle.bsky.social and me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

John KERRY urges Australia to take 'hard-nosed' approach with world's biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at #COP31- @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Question from @fionaharvey.bsky.social about rise of populist politics. @angelaisfranc.bsky.social says we need to force responses on climate from them. @kevinclimate.bsky.social says there is no cost of living crisis, there is an equity crisis from locked up wealth.

John Kerry urges Australia to take ‘hard-nosed’ approach with world’s biggest fossil fuel-producing countries at Cop31 Former US secretary of state calls for more demanding steps from Australia as it takes over presidency of next year’s UN climate summit. @fionaharvey.bsky.social buff.ly/e6tOkrs

'It's like arguing with robots': negotiators on the state of #COP30 talks - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...