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We mapped the entire human genome - 3.2 billion pieces of code that make us who we are.
Yet despite achievements like this, we still give ad space to companies threatening our health. 🤔
Read ‘We can’, a pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👇
www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
Yet despite achievements like this, we still give ad space to companies threatening our health. 🤔
Read ‘We can’, a pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👇
www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We mapped the entire human genome - 3.2 billion pieces of code that make us who we are.
Yet despite achievements like this, we still give ad space to companies threatening our health. 🤔
Read ‘We can’, a pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👇
www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
Yet despite achievements like this, we still give ad space to companies threatening our health. 🤔
Read ‘We can’, a pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👇
www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
Read ‘why are we still promoting destruction?’ by badvertising’s very own Liam Killeen 👇
theecologist.org/2025/dec/10/...
theecologist.org/2025/dec/10/...
Why are we still promoting destruction?
We Can, a new comic‑book and animation series, asks bluntly: if we can achieve miracles, why are we still promoting destruction?
theecologist.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Read ‘why are we still promoting destruction?’ by badvertising’s very own Liam Killeen 👇
theecologist.org/2025/dec/10/...
theecologist.org/2025/dec/10/...
In a single generation we built the internet - an advance that has given us the ability to learn anything. 📖
But we still can't seem to learn that promoting polluters is self-destructive. 🤔
Read ‘We can’ from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
But we still can't seem to learn that promoting polluters is self-destructive. 🤔
Read ‘We can’ from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
In a single generation we built the internet - an advance that has given us the ability to learn anything. 📖
But we still can't seem to learn that promoting polluters is self-destructive. 🤔
Read ‘We can’ from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
But we still can't seem to learn that promoting polluters is self-destructive. 🤔
Read ‘We can’ from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
We can monitor the health of our forests and climate from space - a technology unthinkable just three generations ago.
Yet even as we see the damage pollution is doing from orbit, we still promote the industries driving it. 🤔
Yet even as we see the damage pollution is doing from orbit, we still promote the industries driving it. 🤔
December 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
We can monitor the health of our forests and climate from space - a technology unthinkable just three generations ago.
Yet even as we see the damage pollution is doing from orbit, we still promote the industries driving it. 🤔
Yet even as we see the damage pollution is doing from orbit, we still promote the industries driving it. 🤔
Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Each year, human ingenuity cures some of the world’s most deadly diseases. 🧪
Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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Yet when science tells us to stop polluting the planet, we continue to promote the industries responsible. 🤔
'We can', a new pamphlet by the Ministry for the Climate Emergency. 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
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🚨 Announcement from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 🚨
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 Announcement from the Ministry for the Climate Emergency 🚨
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
The Ministry has published ‘We can’, a comic comparing humanity greatest leaps with the comparatively simple step of a fossil fuel ad ban. 🧵
Full comic 👉 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...
A message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social 👇 1/3
👀🔥 It seems like sporting bodies are finally starting to understand the major risks the climate crisis poses to global athletes and fans alike.
🌍 Here's how some of the world’s biggest tournaments may need rescheduling...
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2025/1...
🌍 Here's how some of the world’s biggest tournaments may need rescheduling...
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2025/1...
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
👀🔥 It seems like sporting bodies are finally starting to understand the major risks the climate crisis poses to global athletes and fans alike.
🌍 Here's how some of the world’s biggest tournaments may need rescheduling...
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2025/1...
🌍 Here's how some of the world’s biggest tournaments may need rescheduling...
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2025/1...
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The FIFA President once held up a “green card for the planet” and promised to halve its emissions by 2030 🌍
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The FIFA President once held up a “green card for the planet” and promised to halve its emissions by 2030 🌍
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
But years of cosying up to Putin, the rulers of Qatar, MBS and President Trump have ensured the world’s favourite sport is a plaything for oil funded authoritarians 🛢️
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
FIFA President Gianni Infantino Wins Inaugural "Football Climate Impact Prize" 🏆
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
As he prepares to hand out FIFA's Peace Prize, Infantino's extraordinary impact on our climate has been recognised with this special new award 😅🧵
🚨 Another toxic sponsor gone from our cultural spaces, as
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm
Move welcomed by critics, who have been calling for end to ‘morally unacceptable’ deals since 2016
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
🚨 Another toxic sponsor gone from our cultural spaces, as
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
@britishmuseum.bsky.social ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm after breach of World Health Organisation guidelines.
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Last week, leading experts briefed politicians and civil society groups on the impacts of climate breakdown.
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Last week, leading experts briefed politicians and civil society groups on the impacts of climate breakdown.
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
In a media landscape saturated with disinformation and polluter ads, experts called on politicians to stand by the science. 🧵 1/5
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Black Friday’s ad onslaught is looming. 😬
Thankfully, Subvertisers International are highlighting the most creative actions against outdoor ads and hyper-consumerism at the ZAP awards night.
⏰ Sat, 6pm
📍 Jago Bar, 440 Kingsland Rd, London - free entry
Thankfully, Subvertisers International are highlighting the most creative actions against outdoor ads and hyper-consumerism at the ZAP awards night.
⏰ Sat, 6pm
📍 Jago Bar, 440 Kingsland Rd, London - free entry
Join the ZAP Games - Subvertisers International
Born in Brussels, Belgium, the 'ZAP Games' is a framework for creating interventions against corporate advertising spaces in our streets. 'ZAP' is french for
subvertisers-international.net
November 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Black Friday’s ad onslaught is looming. 😬
Thankfully, Subvertisers International are highlighting the most creative actions against outdoor ads and hyper-consumerism at the ZAP awards night.
⏰ Sat, 6pm
📍 Jago Bar, 440 Kingsland Rd, London - free entry
Thankfully, Subvertisers International are highlighting the most creative actions against outdoor ads and hyper-consumerism at the ZAP awards night.
⏰ Sat, 6pm
📍 Jago Bar, 440 Kingsland Rd, London - free entry
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🚨 "While fans fight fires, UEFA fuels the flames"
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
While fans fight fires, UEFA fuels the flames — Cool Down
Playing football outside in the warmer months has been part of European life for generations; but fan climate campaign group Fossil Free Football are concerned that recent trends in extreme weather ...
www.cooldownclimate.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨 "While fans fight fires, UEFA fuels the flames"
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
In the latest piece on Cool Down, Fossil Free Football analyse the Champions League's outsized contribution to climate breakdown.
Some highlights. 🧵
𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬'𝘀 𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client
As Edelman prepared to work on the climate summit’s PR, the agency also lobbied for fuel distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
www.desmog.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬'𝘀 𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
An exclusive investigation reveals that Edelman lobbied for a client to power COP30 by fossil fuels. 🙃
Here's what you need to know about Edelman. 🧵 1/6
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We need to ban ads on TfL that promote fossil fuels. I spoke to the Maor about how cities like Gothenburg already ban fossil fuel ads on public transport.
Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.
Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.
Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.
Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We need to ban ads on TfL that promote fossil fuels. I spoke to the Maor about how cities like Gothenburg already ban fossil fuel ads on public transport.
Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.
Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.
Good to see the Mayor taking this call seriously.
Shout out to @badvertising.bsky.social for the Southwark station campaign.
🚨 Campaign win! 🚨
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨 Campaign win! 🚨
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉
Here is the brilliant Caroline Russell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment.
Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question Time. 🧵 1/7
@carolinerussell.bsky.social
🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Fossil Ads — Badvertising
www.badverts.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
🚆 In 2019 Transport for London introduced a ban on junk food advertising.
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
Despite facing fierce lobbying, Sadiq Khan pushed ahead with the ban to protect public health. 🍎
So - why are harmful polluting industries still able to advertise across London? 🧐 🧵 1/5
🌍 We took over Southwark station last week, urging city leaders to lead on climate as the C40 World Mayors’ Summit got underway.
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🌍 We took over Southwark station last week, urging city leaders to lead on climate as the C40 World Mayors’ Summit got underway.
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
We now need to keep up the pressure.
✍️ Write to Mayor Sadiq Khan to stop promoting pollution on London public transport: actionnetwork.org/letters/ba2d...
✈️💨 London is now the global city most exposed to air pollution from aviation.
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
✈️💨 London is now the global city most exposed to air pollution from aviation.
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Yet - across the city's public transport - ads for cheap weekend getaways by plane have become the norm. 🤔
Here's why (and how) we are taking on polluting ads in London. 🧵 1/5
ℹ️: www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
This week, we’ve taken over the ad space of London's Southwark tube station.
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, we’ve taken over the ad space of London's Southwark tube station.
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
Right next to Transport for London's head office, we are calling on Sadiq Khan to stop allowing polluting industries to promote their damaging products. 🧵 1/6
💨 In 2025, a report from the Royal College of Physicians found that air pollution contributed to 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost the UK upwards of £27 billion annually – and may be as much as £50 billion when wider impacts, such as dementia, are accounted for.
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
💨 In 2025, a report from the Royal College of Physicians found that air pollution contributed to 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost the UK upwards of £27 billion annually – and may be as much as £50 billion when wider impacts, such as dementia, are accounted for.
"For the Southwark campaign, Bonner channelled the golden age of cigarette advertising, repurposing the cheery glamour of vintage tobacco marketing to expose how the same manipulative tactics are used today to normalise pollution."
Lovely write up of our @badvertising.bsky.social station takeover campaign in Creative Review
Satirical ‘Fossil Ads’ take over London Tube station
Badvertising’s Station Domination campaign brings urgent attention to adverts promoting fossil fuels across the city’s transport network
www.creativereview.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"For the Southwark campaign, Bonner channelled the golden age of cigarette advertising, repurposing the cheery glamour of vintage tobacco marketing to expose how the same manipulative tactics are used today to normalise pollution."
🚘 🔥 If SUVs were a country they’d be the world’s 5th biggest emitter – more than Germany or Japan. In the decade from 2010, SUVs were the second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🚘 🔥 If SUVs were a country they’d be the world’s 5th biggest emitter – more than Germany or Japan. In the decade from 2010, SUVs were the second-largest contributor to the increase in global CO2 emissions.
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Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.
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The Times picks up on the @badvertising.bsky.social London transport campaign to stop polluting ads from undermining action on clean air and climate in the city link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Times picks up on the @badvertising.bsky.social London transport campaign to stop polluting ads from undermining action on clean air and climate in the city link.thetimes.co.uk/view/62e2a8a...