Dr. Helena Wright
@hwright
Executive Director, Climate Policy Monitor. Interested in climate, food, oceans, bees & saving the planet. New mum. Views my own.
If you have a silent platform on Twitter, would you be willing to return purely to try to help combat misinformation?
The Economist Editor asks Musk: "Are you anti-Muslim?" Musk replies: "I am against rape and murder". So that's a yes, then? youtube.com/shorts/TvSfl... @economist.com
When every advert you see is a deep fake scam, you know Twitter has gone downhill a lot.
Watch out for deep fakes promoting Nigel Farage & Cryptocurrency over on the site formerly known as Twitter. This just came up on my feed on X. Realistic, and pretending to be a BBC article (this is a screenshot). @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Gina McCarthy points out that Texas leads the US in development of #wind and #solar! Subnational action on #climate is happening in the US, despite the Trump administration. Our data at Oxford also shows California is leading on #disclosure #hope #optimism @americaisallin.com #LCAW
Inspiring book launch by Former Minister Cath McKenna in Oxford today on her book "Run like a girl" Nice comparison of the #climate crisis to a swimming competition: You have a long term goal and you have to "work at it every day" @cathmckenna.bsky.social @thomasnhale.bsky.social
🧵/2 We identified methane policies across 32 countries. Four countries – #India, #Indonesia, Thailand and Tanzania – had no identifiable methane policies Comparison of methane policies in #G7 countries shows key gaps (see below)
Feeling so happy and #grateful to have solar panels at this time of high energy prices. This graph shows energy exported from our small 12 panel #solar array over the past year... #solarpanels #UK #energy @octopus.energy
Important point by @susannahfisher.bsky.social in her new book: "If I had been writing this book a few years ago I might have talked more about the highest-emission scenarios and painted a picture of an apocalyptic desert world of 4C or 5C.. The good news is, that is now not very likely" #optimism
Interesting research - the UK public underestimate of the percentage of animals which are factory farmed. The average estimate for all animals was 58%. While the reality is over 90%. bryantresearch.co.uk/insight-item...
The recent news of signs of life on a distant planet made me wonder: What would beings from outer space think if they saw this data about earth? 🤔 #natureloss #biodiversity #wildlife #earthday #animals
The trouble is this doesn't just impact on the US. This data is used around the world to track the path of cyclones which lead to major loss of life - not just for US citizens. #forecast #cyclones #disasters #weather
Inspiring words by Rachel Kyte this evening at the memorial lecture for my former boss Pete Betts: "At the heart of the Paris Agreement was the commitment to leave no-one behind - but who are we leaving behind 10 years on?" #justtransition #ParisAgreement #climatechange @rkyte365.bsky.social
Saddening to read this recent news that #deforestation is increasing, despite pledge to stop losses by 2030 @Bloomberg Wonder what 2025 will bring... can the world change course? #COP29 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...