In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people! We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry. Here's a🧵 with eg's

When your house floods/catches fire, or food starts getting too expensive or unavailable, or extreme heat events kill lived ones, remember it was avoidable, and the perpetrators are: 1. The fossil fuel industry 2. The fossil fuel industry 3. The fossil fuel industry 4. The fossil fuel industry

My poor addled brain - every time I see a headline about COP30 for a second I think it’s about C3PO from Star Wars, but the chances of that are approximately 3,720 to 1.

For anyone thinking of getting a plug-in hybrid over a pure battery electric vehicle as a compromise when reducing personal CO2 emissions, think again! “Plug-in hybrids now emit five times, on average, what official tests claim” www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

Incidentally, you don’t need to buy the book. You can read it (legitimately) for free here: cssn.org/news-researc...

Some light reading for this evening! A tome of this kind is incredibly useful - one that gathers the evidence of every industry which obstructs action on the climate emergency. The contents pages list the industries sending us all to a climate hell in a handcart to protect their wealth / power.

Meanwhile on Normal Island…

So we’ve just seen what might actually be considered the first Category 6 hurricane hit Jamaica. Climate change: It’s real. It’s us. It is already dangerous, lethal for many, and getting worse. STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS

‘Tis almost upon us! (Video credit: Limmy)

This clip from 2020 perfectly explains why people vote for Reform.

A short video of interviews of some members of the Global Sumud flotilla, abducted by Israeli forces in international waters, recently released. In particular, they talk of how the IOF treated #GretaThunberg Source: www.instagram.com/p/DPZ1nUiCUy...

Dr. Jane Goodall’s last message to us all. Everyone should take two minutes to hear it.

Watching Kemi Bad Enoch getting schooled on why a particular fossil fuel is keeping UK electricity prices high never gets old.

“Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”

Traffic jam on the cycle path. Cardiff Council needs to widen these! (A lesson in induced demand: if you build it, they will come)

I am reflecting on this image today, and the saying below, as I traverse social media. “Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway.”

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

Wife: I just passed the next stage of my PhD! Me: Congrats! How would you like to celebrate? Wife: Let’s shout at some fascists tomorrow. 😄👍

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide! It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers. It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

What a great headline, highlighting the utter venality of this crass, ignorant, disgusting human being. apnews.com/article/trum...

The contribution of oil and gas companies to increasing global average surface temperatures over 1950-2023, compared to the 1850-1900 average. Each colour indicates a company, while grey indicates other sources of temperature increase. Source: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I never thought I’d see the day millionaire English Nationalists gain a foothold in Wales! Welshfolk: go back to your history books! It was millionaire English Nationalists that stripped you of all assets, denied you your culture / language, and caused generational poverty that exists to this day!

I gave a talk this week on the vulnerability of UK institutions to a populist govt and I was told by an audience member that the US and Hungary couldn't happen here. I said it absolutely could and Reform are learning fast. The complacency is scary

Induced demand illustrated in one nifty cartoon.

African Solar roll-out. Hardly needs a caption. And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast. Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.

A US colleague asked me if I was ready for the fall, and it took me a moment to realise she was talking about autumn, and not the impending collapse of our civilisation.

The Government's expert adviser says that investing to upgrade from fossil fuels will save the UK nearly £40 billion a year, and rising. Electrifying everything avoids all that heat lost burning gas and oil. Electrification isn’t a cost. It’s the smartest investment we can make. 🧵1️⃣ of 3️⃣

The reporting on Charlie Kirk’s killer in the UK & US highlights again how fundamentally ill equipped mainstream media is to report on political violence in the digital age. They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today

Our book about scientists taking direct action on climate and nature is now available on audiobook! This means our international friends should now be able to access it @scientistrebellion.nl @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @srnyc.bsky.social @sr-sweden.bsky.social @ucs.org

“Eight of the top 10 online shows are spreading climate misinformation” This study by Yale Connections shows that fossil fuel industry paid climate science disinformation is rife amongst online shows. No surprises which! Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro obviously pop in there. /1

We have been on holiday in North Devon. The countryside reminded me of something the other day. A stoat, or maybe a weasel, ran out in front of us as we were driving down a lane. I didn’t have time to react… /1

I am nonplussed about football, but I applaud Gary Lineker for speaking out against the rise of the rabid right, and the horrendous actions of the IDF.

Satire is dead. Like Charlie Kirk.

The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it. Some said it would hardly be used. Now there’s a decent case for widening it further. Induced demand is real.

Get your Tory MP name by taking your name and adding ‘has defected to Reform UK’ at the end.

Nail, head.

Prof. Hayhoe is probably my favourite communicator about climate science, and if you read through this superb thread, you’ll understand why.

Remember that dude with the Plasticine Action tshirt, with the pic of Morph on it, who got arrested for wearing it in London? He has set up a site selling the tshirts with all proceeds going to the charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). You know what to do! ⬇️ plasticineaction.com

I just finished a preview copy of @russincheshire.bsky.social ‘s book #BabysBreath. It was one of those “can’t put it down” books. I blasted through it really quickly, unusual for me. Grim subject matter, but nonetheless a gripping thriller with great twists and turns.

Pausing at the lights during the Drum & Bass mass rideout with DJ Dom Whiting in Cardiff today. Absolute bedlam!! 3,000 or more cyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers etc - smoke, confetti, horns, bells, and subwoofers on cargo bikes brought the traffic to an absolute standstill in all directions.

DJ Dom Whiting going past with at least 3,000 cyclists, skateboarders, rollerbladers and more, in a mass rideout through Cardiff today. Total party atmosphere!

Hey Hamish @bikewalkscoot.bsky.social ! Got a nice snap of you at the Dom Whiting Drum & Bass rideout in Cardiff today!

If someone asked you to explain ‘net zero’,what would you say?

There is a debate in work about the term ‘net zero’ and what it means to UK citizens, if it means anything at all. Just out of curiosity, what does the term mean to you? How often do you come across it? What connotations might you attach to it?

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

John Oliver: "Gaza is starving, is a sentence that's objectively true, but it's also slightly misleading because it's too passive. Gaza is being starved by Israel." #ISRAELisStarvingGaza #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

Deeply disturbing first-hand account from an American who witnessed a slaughter committed by the IDF in Gaza.

The audio book version of "Scientists on Survival" is now available. It's produced by @bolindaoriginals.bsky.social and you can get a preview including the foward by @chrisgpackham.bsky.social as well as introductory chapters by @abiperrin.bsky.social & @stucap.bsky.social youtu.be/Sc5yQoigxS4