“We think of climate impacts as huge, monstrous things — giant dinosaur weather-beasts rampaging across our cities. But it turns out we should be at least as worried about the plague of small strains spreading through our lives, eating away at systems functionality like a horde of gnawing rodents.”

The Green Party will stop Reform in Gorton and Denton. We'll be announcing Manchester's first Green MP in the morning. Lots and lots of work to do! youtu.be/02HnpczQQnQ?...

New from @gruberte.bsky.social and I in @science.org: The energy transition is at risk, and energy models are missing the threat. Fossil energy networks from oil to coal to gas have minimum viable scales of operation, and those thresholds are closer than we think: www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... 💡🔌

Minimum viable scale is predictable- but we have to predict it. Climate policy has been laser focused on building new, low-carbon energy rather than phasing out fossil systems - in large part bc people fear political consequences. But that's left a very large blind spot in policy and research.

🚨 120+ groups just sent a letter to EU leaders demanding an end to reliance on US fossil fuels. The EU is at a fork in the road: it can follow the US down its destructive path or forge its own course to stability and energy security through a just transition to renewable energy. bit.ly/4bpGw3l

A pleasure to deliver a seminar @c3ds.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk today about 'Future visioning and public engagement with climate change’, includung my @cast-centre.bsky.social project developing a workshop guide exploring how people envisage the future. Fantastic turn out and Q&A, thanks all!

NEW: UK rooftop solar growth reached an all-time high in 2025 Households and others added a record 800MW to their rooftops 1/3

Therefore, the paper argues that measuring additionality and leakage in forests is not really possible, and this presents a fundamental flaw in the design of programs that rely on forest-based carbon offsets.

In our latest article we argue that the problems with carbon offsets can't be fixed. The problem is causal complexity which observational methods can't sort out. open access link in the second post. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I know I should be used to it by now, but it’s still shocking how little public health evidence informs political debate. With drug deaths in England & Wales at record-high levels in the latest figures (over 5500 fatalities), evidence, not fear, should guide drugs policy if we want to save lives.

📢 New at LUT University: Doctoral Researcher in Energy Communities & Post-Growth Energy Transition! 🌱📊 Join a dynamic team exploring sustainable energy governance, democracy & justice while shaping the future of post-growth transitions. Apply by 6 Feb 2026! 🌍🔬 lut.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index...

i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

This commentary, about climate science, communication and action, is simply superb. @abiperrin.bsky.social was asked to read issue 2 of "the CO2 Newsletter" (published 1979-1982) and say what she thought. Just, wow. 1/2 allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/28/a...

"Malaysia has lost about 20% of its #coral reefs, equivalent to 47,250 football fields, over the last three years since 2022, with reef conditions continuing to deteriorate nationwide, according to Reef Check Malaysia’s Annual Survey Report 2025" 🪸 #Malaysia 🇲🇾 #ClimateEmergency

The actual words of the current British Home Secretary: “My ultimate vision for that part of the criminal justice system was to achieve, by means of AI and technology, what Jeremy Bentham tried to do with his Panopticon. That is that the eyes of the State can be on you at all times."

Join us in Bologna, Italy, 4–6 Nov 2026 for Visualising Climate — the first global conference fully dedicated to climate data visualization and its power to transform public understanding of a changing planet. Come see the data. visualisingclimate.org #VisualisingClimate2026 #DataVis #ClimateCrisis

ENDLESS HELL IN AUSTRALIA: NEARLY 50c AGAIN Historic all time highs today 49.8 Marree 49.6 Roxby Downs 48.9 Smithville (NSW) 48.5 Woomera 48.2 Leigh Creek 🌡️Daily maxes in AUSTRALIA 20 January: 50.0* AFD station 24:48.2 25:48.5 26:49.5 27:49.7 28:49.2 29:49.8 And more to come!

Nearly at 7,000 signatures now! Huge thanks to everyone who's taken action so far: action.goodlawproject.org/tell-ofcom-s...

Brilliant, thoughtful thread:

🌍 New megastudy on what motivates people to engage in climate advocacy 🥳 We tested 17 theory-driven behavior change interventions to increase public, political, and financial #climate advocacy in the United States (N = 31,324). academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

This evening (29 Jan) at 20:00 CET, I will host a @scientists4future.nl webinar by Jeroen Oomen, to discuss his new book Captured Futures - the drama of environmental politics. Join us tonight scientists4future.nl/en/events (recording will be shared on YouTube after)!

Educational psychologists realise that “Silence is no longer tenable and incrementalism is not sufficient. The conditions of childhood are changing rapidly, and our profession must change with them.”

🥳 VICTORY: In a landmark win for the people of Bonaire 🇧🇶, a Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands’s current climate policy violates the rights of citizens of the island of Bonaire. READ: www.greenpeace.org/internationa... A 🧵👇

Important call to heed for all educationalists & psychologists - and beyond @bpsofficial.bsky.social @bps-swoe.bsky.social @bps-swoe.bsky.social www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

"It all leads to this moment." Get involved in Gorton and Denton and help us elect the fifth Green Party MP ⤵️

Africa battered by climate change. Haru Mutasa reports on extreme drought in Kenya and massive floods in Mozambique. "At the time, there was hardly any international news coverage on this drought in the Horn of Africa. I was not expecting anything dramatic. I was wrong."

📣Join our next seminar: Green Jobs Perceptions and Female Labour Integration in the Energy Transition, @fgenovese.bsky.social @politicsoxford.bsky.social 🗓 29 Jan, 4-5:30pm 🔗 talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/963...

The "AMOC is no longer a distant #climate scenario but a national & global security risk European defence analyses & new scientific research come to the same conclusion: this is a form of systemic risk that governments must plan for now" - Prof. Rockström & Iceland's Climate Minister Jóhannsson 🧵

California's largest river, the Sacramento, is losing spring and summer runoff as climate change increases temperatures, changes snow to rain, and accelerates snowmelt in the winter months. #climatechange #water #climate

"As reported [by] the Italian Civil Protection Department, more than 500 mm of rainfall were recorded... A particularly significant feature is the 72h accumulated rainfall, with values up to 2.5–3.5 times the Jan monthly Avg & equivalent to 40–45% of the mean annual precipitation total" #Climate

"The Hague District Court ordered the national government to set binding targets for reductions of greenhouse gas emissions within 18 months and to draft a detailed adaptation plan for Bonaire to be implemented within four years" ⚖️ #ClimateAction

Wow, time marches on.... George Deutsch - young Bush political appointee trying to clamp down on NASA and @drjamesehansen.bsky.social - was taking babysteps compared to now. And no one could actually muzzle Jim... Those who block me here might take a look back at this reporting.

“The majority of Americans are open to living car-free even after decades of car-centric planning, a new survey finds…A stunning 18% of car-owning U.S. residents indicated that they were ‘strongly interested’ in living car-free, and another 40% said that they were ‘open’ to it.” @usa.streetsblog.org

The court found that the government’s insufficient climate action violates the European Convention on Human Rights, & ordered it to swiftly set binding economy-wide emissions reduction targets & develop a detailed climate resiliency plan for Bonaire www.climateinthecourts.com/court-rules-...

We need to deepest shift in collective consciousness imaginable to respond to what is unfolding in ways that are life-affirming.

For much of the 20th Century, the forces of violence and oppression claimed their way was "natural." (It's "natural" for men to be in charge; it's "natural" for whites to be in charge; it's "natural" for man to dominate nature). Seems like now they're saying their way is "realistic."

The Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI) in Iceland is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher in physical oceanography. More here: www.hafogvatn.is/en/about/new... #oceanography #postdoctoralresearcher

Daybreak is a great game. I also like the fact that it doesn't only highlight technical solutions. It focuses on societal changes, policies etc.

Would be good if more UK based scientists filled this in. Only takes 5 mins.

Ofcom’s broadcasting standards state that all news must be “reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality” – so why is it letting TalkTV's rampant climate misinformation go unchecked? 🤔 Tell Ofcom to take their job seriously 👇 goodlaw.social/2ed924

In 1922, insulin co-discoverer Frederick Banting refused to profit from the discovery and offered it to the world as a global public good. Today, many people with diabetes still don't have access to affordable and quality treatment and care.

“An air of hopefulness and conviction that now feels enviable” – Dr Abi Perrin on the C02 Newsletter Vol . 1, no.2 BRILLIANT commentary from @abiperrin.bsky.social 1/n allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/28/a...

"I don't need a passport to walk on this earth Anywhere I go 'cause I was made of this earth I'm born of this earth, I breathe of this earth And even with the pain I believe in this earth ..." youtu.be/CuAahjFL-mA?...

NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC "Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021." www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...

Our cofounder Jessica Townsend talking about her first encounter with climate disinformation in Oxford as part of The Truth in Politics show. Tonight it’s in Henley - come join! @henleymermaids.bsky.social @windrushwasp.bsky.social

When it rains, it now rains more. For those experiencing the flooding in south-west England, it is worth remembering that rainfall in winter has increased by about 25% overall. And, the rainfall has also become more intense: when it rains, it now rains more, increasing the risk of flooding.

“They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars… Now it appears that work is paying off. #Oslo & #Helsinki are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian fatalities to zero last year.” #VisionZero #SpeedKills

6/ My friend, environmental scientist turned photojournalist, @nealhaddaway.bsky.social conducted a beautiful project asking scientists about their feelings titled 'Hope?'. The results of which you can see here:

Severe drought means children are dangerously malnourished in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia - but Western governments have cut food aid supplies.

"We moved here 14 years ago. This was going to be our final destination and now we don't know where we are going to be next week," The climate crisis is already here in the UK — and the people paying the price aren’t the ones who caused it. Make Starmer act. https://goodlaw.social/h5ik