In these trying times, all the more important to keep attention to all the ways in which our world is affected by #climatechange Join us next week at #NYCW for a session on how biodiversity, water, food and health intersect with climate!

@suzette.bsky.social Hi there! Here you are. I lost you for a few years — glad to see you are still going strong, still raising the bar on accountability- truth to power - more important than ever. Hope all is well xx

I love that Rolling Stone has a feature on our UK Channel 4 news. It’s true. Tomorrow night, the 17th of September, at 10pm, Channel 4 News will report a 100+ of Donald Trump’s lies on national television. Welcome to the UK Mr President. #C4news

We don’t celebrate his death, but we won’t hide the truth about his life.

Great to see the US climate scientists that Trump fired, fight back by setting up a parallel infrastructure website - climate.us - a crowdsourced nonprofit that aims to rebuild an independent version of the Government climate website that was closed down. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good piece by Rowan Williams, pointing out that refugees are also "ordinary people" and that pride in your country should be "more than a sullen self-congratulation for just being where you are". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Recommend you watch this 7 minute video report by Alex Thomson at Channel 4 news. He investigates the catastrophic Chinese copper mining disaster in Zambia (arsenic flooding key river) and the PR coverup - paid off victims to remain silent by China & Zambian Govt. www.channel4.com/news/inside-...

New research: Mathematically optimized menus achieved 31% reduction in carbon footprint, without changing the dishes offered - and without students noticing HT @carbonbrief.org www.nature.com/articles/s43...

World's biggest offshore windfarm gets final major consent Berwick Bank east of the Scottish Borders coast would be 4.1GW (4.1GW is astonishing. I'm old enough to remember everyone getting excited about the London Array's 0.64GW in 2013!) www.sse.com/news-and-vie...

Pesticide-free public spaces are already the norm in Paris, and in Denmark, showing chemicals aren't needed to maintain them Two thirds of the British public would support “schools, parks, playgrounds & other public spaces" being pesticide free Time for a ban www.theguardian.com/environment/...

FUN FACT: Companies like INEOS want plastic production to TRIPLE by 2050. But people want the opposite - we want a safer, less plastic polluted future. Who’s sick of corporations destroying our planet?

So many of the women's football pundits thought the Lionesses didn't have a chance, but they made it to a penalty shoot-out against Spain, proving they are in fantastic form. Brilliant! Champions #Euro2025

“Scientists continue to identify #PFAS as one of the biggest threats of our time, yet UK is falling behind other countries in restricting them,” Hannah Evans of environmental charity Fidra. "Every day locks in decades of pollution and environmental harm" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: The government has delayed the implementation of the welfare reforms. They were due to come into effect in November 2026. They will now come into effect after the conclusion of a review by Stephen Timms. The contentious four-point rule has reportedly been entirely removed from tonight’s bill.

It was a privilege to be a part of this @ipbes.net event. It emphasised the importance of respect for the validity of #indigenous and #local #knowledge, and #participation of local and indigenous people in framing and development of #scenarios for #biodiversity

A good explanation as to why UNICEF will not cooperate with Israel’s aid distribution system in Gaza as it does not uphold vital humanitarian aid principles.

This is welcome and long overdue. MPs are now calling on the UK government to ban trawling and dredging in "Marine Protected Areas". It's outrageous that this wholescale destruction is permitted anywhere, let alone in these "reserves". It has to stop. committees.parliament.uk/publications...

@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social Really nice, though quite sad, talk of @ferransayol.bsky.social on a long-term view of human-driven avian extinctions By 1500,when IUCN starts its extinction count, at least 400 bird species (arguably above 800) had already been lost @creaf.cat

Congratulations to María José for this new IPBES role. I am sure this report will bring new critical insights for biodiversity conservation and landscape planning. María José is Principal Investigator in the IEB Center @iebchile.bsky.social, very proud of having her in our team!

Only 2 dozen Labour MPs are poised to rebel (out of 403) ?Starmer’s planning bill slashes protection of biodiversity, nature, vital habitats & ecosystems, flagship legislation that has led the world on sustainability in the built environment. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🔴NEW: Major food firms like Nestlé, PepsiCo and JBS are overstating progress on their climate goals, a new report finds Firms are criticised for a reliance on vague carbon removals, weak no-deforestation claims and a lack of progress on key transitions www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/f...

Starmer's Labour Govt must be the most illiterate in history when it comes to nature, food, biodiversity and farming, as if they've never taken a step out of their homes, let alone London. Undoing vital work and putting UK food security at risk. Devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We are expecting updates shortly from police and other authorities on today's shocking incident in Liverpool city centre Follow here for updates www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Ahhh, just hearing of the shocking attack in Liverpool, a car purposefully ploughed into innocent people, families, children in the street celebrating the #LiverpoolParade. Such devastation. My heartfelt thoughts & prayers go out to those injured, 1st responders, everyone 🙏🙏🙏

This appears to be a significant step forward for global climate litigation. One of Australia's main energy firms has been forced to make a whole series of clarifications about greenwashing claims.

You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

Very important UK ruling to safeguard dissent at the heart of every democracy. Keir Starmer's Govt fought to keep unlawful anti-protest laws targeting climate activists - and rightly lost. Great work, Liberty. 👇

Good news: UK sand eel fishing ban remains in place despite EU legal challenge. Sand eels make up the bulk of seabirds’ diet. Safeguarding stocks is a key part of the jigsaw to help set our puffins, kittiwakes & wider marine environment on the path to recovery. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Herons are known for their ability to catch prey—one of my favourite birds. Here a heron silently and patiently stalks a frog in a pond - step, by step, by step .....then swallows it. Stealth and grace. Not for the faint-hearted. #video www.vogelbescherming.nl/beleefdelent...

🚨🚨 WOW: UK is prepared to retain some regulatory alignment with the EU and accept #CJEU supervision over a deal to cut checks on imports of foods & agricultural products- in a significant a move on the promised EU-UK #reset five years after #Brexit.🧵 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Unbelievably short-sighted. Our @ipbes.net nexus assessment demonstrates that climate change affects human health through numerous pathways, including food production, extreme weather events including heat, water availability, spread of infectious diseases, and loss of ecosystems & biodiversity.

Glad to see UK Govt has agreed to go ahead with a Natural History GCSE. To have nature embedded in the education curriculum of our children is a huge achievement, a vital step toward educating future nature scientists. Our world will need them. Well done to all. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Will the AMOC collapse? UK recently decided to invest £81m into an early warning system for climate tipping points. It aims to forecast climate catastrophes using fleets of drones, cosmic ray detection, patterns of plankton blooms and more. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate-driven thermal connectivity loss impedes species adaptation to warming in the deep ocean. One-quarter of deep-sea species inhabit areas that may experience “disrupted connectivity” as the climate warms. #biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why Trump wants Greenland. And KoBold metals - a company backed by billionaires including Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. If you read one article today, it’s this…👇

One of the most alarming articles I’ve read on the multinational battle to overturn environmental laws protecting Greenland’s biodiversity. “Fearing toxic waste, Greenland ended uranium mining. Now, they could be forced to restart - or pay $11bn settlement.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Matt from Reefscan: “Join us! Participate online for the 2nd day of the #EuropeanOceanDays, #MissionOcean & Waters projects gathered in Brussels live streaming now at tinyurl.com/yxmudbwx Participate in #EUOceanDays 💙🐟Protecting and restoring marine #biodiversity

Good news for biodiversity and habitats. UK Govt has come to its senses by reversing its block against releasing beavers into the wild and has granted nature groups a licence for their release. Welcome beavers! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Grateful to be included in the 1st IPBES Starter Pack and wonderful to see a 2nd starter pack happening! It is more than reassuring, given current backward political efforts to cut aid going to the SDGs, to see a new generation of biodiversity experts & advisors internationally on Bluesky. 👇

Want to contribute to the @ipbes.net 2nd Global Assessment? Join our webinar on 5 March (13:00 CET). We'll cover IPBES fundamentals, the assessment scope, the author experience, and the application process. Q&A included!

A flea treatment of a medium-sized dog contains enough pesticide to kill 60 million bees About 80% of the UK total of 22 million cats & dogs get regular over-the-counter worm & flea treatment, whether suffering from an infestation or not www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Congratulations Yvette Cooper. The U.K. is now one of the least safe places to go online. www.theverge.com/news/617273/...

Some good news for a change Scientists found solar farms had a greater number of species & individual birds per hectare than surrounding arable land Solar did not pose a threat to national food security, esp when built on low or moderate grade agricultural land www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

SCOOP: On his second day as HHS secretary, RFK Jr., the onetime environmentalist, killed climate change programs at NIH that research and prepare for the health effects of extreme weather and a warming planet. This is not going to make Americans healthy. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Disappointed -not even close. Instead of ending, Starmer’s UK Labour Govt agrees new deal with Drax to a £ 1 billion subsidy a year to 2027 then reduce by 50% to 2031 - Drax is a leading emitter of CO2. It’s a “dirty compromise with past failures” says Doug Parr. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

To have La Nina period at a higher global temperature than El Nino, like the first month of 2025, is not unprecedented but is very unusual Or as Prof Forster says "The longer we stay at or above 1.5C, we can expect more extreme weather, biodiversity and ice sheet loss” www.ft.com/content/240a...

“New analysis in #Angola based on geospatial data shows dramatic rise in duration of dry seasons. What were once shocks are now becoming the norm.” UN Biodiversity. The climate change impact for people, food security and biodiversity is of great concern. wrld.bg/l7Jn50UO0o5

Highly recommend this smart, but alarming analysis by Labour MP Clive Lewis rightly critical of Rachael Reeves Labour Govt economic growth on steroids policy. Not only does her Heathrow expansion break pre-election environment pledges, it reeks of panic. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Funds arising from fines levied on UK water companies could be kept by Treasury and not directed to pollution clean-up, as promised It's only £11mn at the moment but is expected to grow as more cases of sewage etc. come to court www.theguardian.com/environment/...