Bit of a details one, this. Myself and Joseph Poore wrote a correspondence on why we need to be really clear about food system boundaries, budgets, and allocations. A few key points: 🧵 rdcu.be/eOzAC

"we show that an underestimation of present-day #Antarctic sea ice in the latest generation of #climate models results in an underestimation of future OHU by 3%–14% an underestimation of global cloud feedback by 19%–32% &an underestimation of global atmospheric warming by 6%–7%" #FasterThanExpected

"National security threat" "Economic disaster" Not from a thriller, but warnings from the UK Joint Intelligence Committee about climate breakdown and ecosystem collapse. The analysis has been delayed - the threat hasn't Urge your MP to join us at the @nebriefing.bsky.social www.nebriefing.org

Wind power has saved UK consumers over £100 billion since 2010 – see our new study UK saved £14.2 billion from lower electricity prices & £133.3 billion from reduced natural gas prices. Offset £43.2 billion in wind energy subsidies consumers saved £104.3 billion theconversation.com/wind-power-h...

"We stand at a crossroads where the choices we make about our food systems will determine not just the trajectory of climate change, but the very viability of agriculture itself." I was happy to write a foreword for the new Roasting the Planet report: foodrise.org.uk/research/roa... Foreword 👇🧵

Butter, milk, beef, chocolate and coffee are responsible for much of the UK’s food inflation, with climate change the key driver of rising grocery bills #climatecrisis @eciu.net HT @carbonbrief.org www.ft.com/content/ced8...

Penguin and club bars hit by climate change - you can't call them chocolate any more. Though you wouldn't know it from the BBC, all they say is: "poor harvests as a result of severe drought conditions in cocoa-producing countries" I wonder what could be happening 🤷‍♂️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“We vote three times a day when we eat. Every meal shapes the #food system.”—Prof. Paul Behrens Climate change is driving up food prices + hitting resilience. Plant-rich diets= 1 of the big levers for climate + health. https://youtu.be/3Zp8slyOfcI 🎧 Full interview @nickbreeze.genn.cc  #ClimateAction

Wow, even higher than recent years - explains MP's focus on H2, biofuels, and CCS over solar, wind, etc. Exactly why we need the national emergency briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social and then on to weekly briefings. Pls ask your MP to attend: www.nebriefing.org www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🍺🍷 What does climate change mean for your pint of beer or glass of wine? Professor Paul Behrens from our Future of Food Programme shares five insights on how it’s transforming what we eat and why it matters this #WorldFoodDay. 🎥

'It’s not just us who struggle in the heat.' @oxmartinschool.bsky.social's Prof Paul Behrens explains how climate change is driving up the cost of food. #OxfordClimate

"Some of the most important global problems of the 21st century, from malnutrition, to climate change, to the large-scale torture of animals raised for food, could be mitigated if humans ate more soy directly." www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Powered by trillions of data points & thousands of hours of expert analysis, the revolutionary Drawdown Explorer platform will drive #ClimateSolutions forward like never before. But we are just getting started! Your support will help us unleash Explorer’s full potential. https://drawdown.org/donate

This open invitation to the @nebriefing.bsky.social was published in the @financialtimes.com today. Please check whether your MP can make it here: www.nebriefing.org and if not ask them to! We will be briefing on national security, tipping points, food security, nature and more.

I was quoted about New Zealand's rowing back of ambition on methane in Bloomberg this week: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... To explain why New Zealand’s new methane target puts the Global Methane Pledge (and ultimately climate targets) at risk. 🧵

Three of the UK's five worst harvests on record have happened this decade, following extreme weather Harvest data from Defra suggests a much worse harvest for 2025 than estimates so far had predicted. eciu.net/analysis/re...

Come work with us! We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Food System Transformations at the University of Oxford. This role is part of an ambitious, interdisciplinary project exploring rapid food system transformations. More details here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

Have you seen our petition? We need 10k signatures by Sept 24th to get a response from the government. Please help! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

📢 Britain faces a climate & nature emergency. On 27 Nov, eight leading experts will brief 800+ leaders from politics, business, culture, faith & media. An unfiltered overview of the latest threats & solutions. Only by facing it can we rise to the challenge. www.nebriefing.org

This could be a tipping point for decision makers across the UK: we're holding a National Emergency Briefing on the Climate and Nature crisis for national leaders at Westminster Central Hall, and you can help!...🧵

Another succinct explanation by @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social of the many reasons it makes sense to shift to plant-rich diets before the polycrisis forces us to do so anyway - thus helping to stall the crisis!

🥦 Is eating more plants in the future actually a choice? 🥦 @paulbehrens.bsky.social breaks down how the plant-based future will arrive in this #FoodTakes video with @rebelwrit.bsky.social Watch the full video here: buff.ly/SJ1L1EY @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

I have a new column out today in The Irish Times: “Why ‘No Additional Warming’ Is a Dangerous Climate Loophole.” www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The UK is on track for another year of poor harvests. It's starting to become a familiar story - driven mostly by climate change and a smaller amount of shifting land use...🧵 www.ft.com/content/7376...

New data paper out: Ammonia doesn't often make the headlines – but it’s one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss and air pollution in Europe, harming ecosystems and our health. > 90% of it in Europe comes from one source: agricultural fertiliser and manure 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

James Renwick and Paul Behrens: Securing a future for NZ agriculture requires ambitious climate action. #opinion

Lovely piece in the Guardian today on train travel. Loved the interleaving of train experiences by Woolf, Joyce, and Langston Hughes with today (I may be a bit biased as I did this trip with Caoilinn!)

Hello! New to using this platform, but thought to share a piece I wrote for @theguardian.com about long distance train travel and the lineage of writers who have traversed Europe by rail. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

I'm interviewing Partha Dasgupta on his new book "On Natural Capital" at the Edinburgh International Book Festival tonight. If you're in town and free, come along! Partha is a fantastic communicator on all things ecological economics. www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...

I wrote a piece for @theconversation.com on climate change, diets, and resilience. In high income nations we can go plant-rich now and harness the benefits or wait and likely climate change will force us our hand. theconversation.com/by-changing-...

By changing our diets now, we can avoid the food chaos that climate change is bringing, says @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social - This trajectory of climate-driven food price hikes – leading to social unrest and political decay – is not inevitable #climatecrisis theconversation.com/by-changing-...

I wrote a piece for @theconversation.com on climate change, diets, and resilience. In high income nations we can go plant-rich now and harness the benefits or wait and likely climate change will force us our hand. theconversation.com/by-changing-...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

📖 I'm really looking forward to interviewing Monica Feria-Tinta and Partha Dasgupta at the Edinburgh book festival on their wonderful new books 📖 "A Barrister for the Earth" on Mon 11 Aug 17:45 - 18:45 "On Natural Capital" on Thu 14 Aug 19:30 - 20:30

ICYM - Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation - Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's that time of year when water temperature becomes so high power plants start curtailing output (especially nuclear) We have a new paper out suggesting new temperature regulations to help balance biodiversity and energy security. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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British potatoes, Californian vegetables, South African maize and Indian onions are among many foods affected by recent price shocks driven by climate extremes, according to a study led by a team of international scientists. See more below ⬇️ eciu.net/media/press...

I see that the Daily Mail has commissioned... *checks notes* ...a viscount who inherited a landed estate (est: 1698), privilege, access and titles to lecture its readers about "transfers of wealth" Incredible

"What used to be basically impossible 20 years ago has become almost mainstream these days". Watch Climate Extremes: Extreme Weather to learn about climate change and extreme weather from leading scientists such as @retoknutti.bsky.social! youtube.com/watch?v=X6VC... #extremeweather #climatechange

This past couple of months have been full of high- & low-speed trains, night trains, buses, and the Eurostar several times! A total of 7,000km ish at a carbon saving of around 96%-ish compared to flying. 🧵

🥦 Is eating more plants in the future actually a choice? 🥦 @paulbehrens.bsky.social breaks down how the plant-based future will arrive in this #FoodTakes video with @rebelwrit.bsky.social Watch the full video here: buff.ly/SJ1L1EY @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social

I spoke into a broccoli about why I think we'll probably be eating more plants in the future with @rebelwrit.bsky.social Was a lot of fun in the middle of the @britishecologicalsociety.org Nature, Farming, and Food conference! Didn't get to eat the broccoli though...(see the full video for more!)

100% spot on. The UK climate change committee estimates long term net costs to be just 0.2% GDP (if that in practice) and even in the year of max net investments/costs approx. 1% GDP. We could x2 climate action & still have 3% GDP for defence (a better plan & would deal with a run-down Russia, no?)

climate change will never be on death certificates, e.g. Heat stroke (climate change) Drowning (climate change) But its fingerprints will be everywhere

@rozsavage.bsky.social just gave a great talk outlining the Climate And Nature Bill at the @britishecologicalsociety.org the Nature, Farming and Food event. The Government needs to give it more time for debate and a vote - climate change and nature loss cannot be ignored! @zero-hour.bsky.social

Astonishing: 3% of UK people take 30% of all flights According to a new report, these ultra-frequent-flyers, UFFs (>6 flights/yr) were responsible for 63% of new passenger traffic over the last 20 years. New infrastructure is largely fulfilling the carbon burning habits of this tiny minority

We had a further back-and-forth with the New Zealand prime minister about NZs proposed methane target of 'no additional warming' that flies in the face of international climate pledges. It could be a disturbing precedent that actually moves us backwards on climate. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

We had a further back-and-forth with the New Zealand prime minister about NZs proposed methane target of 'no additional warming' that flies in the face of international climate pledges. It could be a disturbing precedent that actually moves us backwards on climate. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...