Did a heatwave survey in King's Lynn today Turns out lots of people are really worried, and very few think either the government or our council are doing enough about climate change Lots of great conversations, and lots of people pledged to take action themselves

Burnham's 'pragmatic' approach to North Sea oil hasn't come out of nowhere As @steveclimate.bsky.social & @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social recently showed: "narratives of 'pragmatism' are used by politicians to protect a fragile political consensus, to promote incremental rather than...

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Happisburgh, Norfolk, where the beach is littered with the remains of houses that have fallen down the cliff This is Europe's fastest- eroding coastline, and I don't think the defences are much help anymore

Personally I'm not that worried about the threat of sea level rise and violent storm surges to King's Lynn We have these flood gates you see

Dad, look, I made it into Nature! Wow, I didn't know you were working on a big paper Erm...

The heatwave has passed but it's still pretty hot in here

I'm here as a scientist, terrified resident and member of Extinction Rebellion There are over 20 of us here, many of whom have never joined us before This motion is not popular!

Hmm, I wonder if this could have anything to do with the massive campaigns of disinformation, denial and delay that the fossil fuel industry and neoliberal fundamentalists have been waging in high-income countries to muddy public understanding of climate change? share.google/LQY4f7iHQd1T...

This is King's Lynn, where Reform want to end action on climate Areas in red are *already* below the annual flood level The black dot is the town hall where they'll debate the motion (once the extreme heat allows them to)

This research is from Germany but I'm sure the pattern will be repeated everywhere - politicians underestimate how strongly the public supports strong climate policies Happily we all have a simple lever to change this - contact your representatives, and tell them www.nature.com/articles/s43...

This isn't a new paper but I'm constantly amazed by the conservation science community's ability to talk about promoting evidence-informed policy without recognising the existence of entire industries fighting to ensure there's no evidence-informed policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What carbon capture would look like if we were serious

4/ The problem is, school heads and boards have their priorities elsewhere There’s a vacuum of leadership - so who’s going to step up and make change happen? It has to be those who care most about the school – the staff, the pupils, and their parents, working together That means YOU!

Reform UK councillors have introduced a motion to rescind King's Lynn and West Norfolk's climate emergency declaration and deprioritise decarbonisation efforts The council were going to vote on it on Thursday But the meeting has been postponed due to extreme heat

You're not fooling us, evil oil company Earth's energy partner is the Sun

Over 20,000 people have signed this petition calling for a televised national briefing on the threat of climate and nature breakdown The government's response was in my inbox this morning - they seem to think they're already doing enough Please sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

7 years on and I still can't believe this is real

Since Aramco is advertising itself pitchside on the world's biggest stage, here's a reminder that it has caused more planet-heating carbon emissions than any other corporation in history carbonmajors.org

Climate-related subsidence isn't just a future threat to Britain's homes This is my sister's house in north London, which developed massive cracks last summer

Valuable paper on the need for scientists to move beyond dispassionate scientific writing and tell stories if we're to persuade others of the urgency of the nature crisis Sadly it doesn't recognise that actions speak louder than words besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

I don't see any signs of truth in this second panel 'The economy' is a useful pretext when it aligns with elite interests, but now we know that rapid and transformative climate action is what's best for the economy, all I see is these folk pursuing their own interests

This massive water machine is hard to use and takes ages when it works, but is currently out of order Why not just provide a cold tap? Unnecessary complexity is not a virtue

I wish politicians were more 'open-minded' about preventing the destruction of everything we know and love

This graph shows the ‘issue salience’ of climate change among the British public i.e. the % of people who list climate change amongst the top three issues most important to them It surged in early 2019 but has been declining since late 2023 What could have been going on during that period? 1/

An astonishing 71% of UK news media coverage of net zero takes a stance in opposition to it, yet the public remain largely supportive Great to see that, as a nation, we're somewhat able to resist the endless propaganda persuasionuk.org/research/apa...

Turns out you can publish a scientific paper in less than six months after all

Just been on Facebook to see our local paper's post about our People's Emergency Briefing screening The levels of ignorance and denialism are insane Do people seriously believe the heatwave was normal, 'just summer', when it happened a month before summer even started?

7/ It’s a very simple concept, but a heartening one in that everyone has some levers they can pull: If you work in a big organisation, you can push to change its procurement practices from the inside; If you live in a vulnerable community (and we *all* do), you can organise your neighbours to...

1/ The sustainability transition doesn’t just advance from the top down and the bottom up – change also happens in the middle, and that’s where most of us can make a real difference Quick thread on a great new paper showing how *everyone* has an influential role to play 🧵