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Charlie Westney
@charliewestney.bsky.social
Comms lead for Small World Consulting @smallworldconsult.bsky.social with @mikebernerslee.bsky.social
Climate, environment, behaviour change and corporate transition to sustainability. Cumbria, UK
Reposted by Charlie Westney
We're delighted that tireless advocate for the natural world, @chrisgpackham.bsky.social CBE, will be opening the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster Central Hall on 27th November.

Chris speaking with @bbclaurak.bsky.social earlier👇

Please make sure your MP is attending: nebriefing.org
#NEB
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .

@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
Which are you on climate change?

(Heuristic by Andrew Weaver, though I added the letter labels)
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If £1 = 1 second:

£43,200 = 12 hours
£1 million = 12 days
£1 billion = 31 years
£1 trillion = 31,688 years

Millions, billions and trillions all just sound like 'a lot' to most of us. We need a lot more of these comparisons when we talk about billionaires.
Maths...

If you make $100,000 a year (not bad), it will take you 10 MILLION years to earn a trillion dollars.

If you make a million dollars a year (wow!), it'll still take you a million years to earn a trillion dollars.

Tax the rich.
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Ever feel a disconnect between extreme weather, high food prices and palpable effects of climate change - and ads enticing you to hop on a plane and buy more stuff?

This, by my wonderful friend @vikiharvey.bsky.social shows how the UK ad industry gets to mark its own homework and stay in denial.
If climate change is the wake up call, advertising is the snooze button.

Our senior consultant @vikiharvey.bsky.social looks at the role ad agencies in fueling the climate crisis.
buff.ly/hAYRYZf With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are the UK's advertising and PR agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis? Victoria Harvey unpacks the interplay of vested interests and institutional capture in a guest essay for DeSmog.
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Become a member of the Leguminati*

*not mine to take credit for, but I think this campaign missed a trick in not using it.

Anyone prone to conspiracy theories would surely be gobbling up borlotti beans for brekkie if they thought they could infiltrate some secret nitrogen-fixing society?
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption

- Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans people eat

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
The government spends £2.7 BILLION a year on TAX BREAKS for oil and gas companies

Those companies pay billions to their shareholders

And then lay off their workers

Think that's unfair?

Tell Rachel Reeves to stop propping up oil and gas companies and back workers instead…
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Making an amount look impressive as cumulative, or look tiny as per use is a favourite marketing trick.
Just 10p a day!
You’ll save £300+ in a year!

But when something affects all of us, like total energy use and total climate pollution, should companies be forced to show both?
HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)?

Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts!

NEW POST -->>>
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact
Google claims to have disclosed new information proving its own efficiency. But it has hidden the bigger picture. Guess what: I’ve got the bigger picture for you right here in this big old po…
ketanjoshi.co
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.

This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.

How are Reform getting away with this?

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Hi @lizzicollinge.bsky.social this is your personal invite to the National Emergency Briefing.

Chaired by @mikebernerslee.bsky.social with 8 experts giving evidence.

I'd really like you to be there as my MP.
Please say you'll attend.

Very best,
Charlie - one of your constituents in Arnside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
🌍 The new Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus has launched in Parliament! The CNCC is calling for a renewed consensus on climate and nature action; giving practical solutions that work for people, the planet, and the economy.

To stay updated on the CNCC 👉 thecncc.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
Is it possible to ease human suffering, protect nature, and address climate change? Yes, says a team of int'l experts led by Drawdown and Sr. Scientist, Paul West. To find out how, read the commentary: https://bit.ly/4nXIc7
@cellpress.bsky.social @cp-oneearth.bsky.social @paul-west.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Great thread shouting out to the volunteer and NGO groups like Greenpeace and their vital role in telling the story of whaling to the masses.

Public pressure led to the ban, and that led to stopping the decline of whales across the globe.

🐳💚
This new reconstruction of global whale biomass shows that countries can successfully tackle environmental problems when they come together

But it's a story with an under-recognised hero

🧵 1/
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Aviation has long told us a story of flying as aspirational and good for the world economy.

The thing they're most afraid of? - A new story where they're one of the bad guys, having to pay for the damage they cause.

Stories have power.
You can bet they'll try everything to keep this one quiet.
✈️ The aviation industry’s message: tax us if you must – just don’t spend it saving lives from climate change.

Our CEO writes about how a small proposed levy on luxury flights – to fund climate action – has the industry up in arms.

Read our blog 👉 www.opportunitygreen.org/blog/air-pas...
Why the aviation industry prefers an air passenger tax to a solidarity levy — Opportunity Green
What is the difference between the UK Air Passenger Duty and the Solidarity Levy - and what would the aviation industry prefer? Find in this blog, along with our quick guide to aviation tax.
www.opportunitygreen.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Paging @adamrutherford.bsky.social @helenpearson.bsky.social
@thierryaaron.bsky.social - can you help spread this open letter for scientists to sign to urge MPs to attend the National Emergency briefing?
📣 Calling UK scientists 📣

Please would you sign an open letter urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing with the science on the threats from ongoing damage to #climate & #nature - alongside positive actions.

See reply for how to sign 👇👇

Please share with colleagues 🙏
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Big Oil doesn’t want Reform to be anti-renewables because they are part of the transition.
It’s just their marketing plan to greenwash themselves and distract us from their core business - more and more and more fossil fuels.
This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.

grist.org/accountabili...
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Insightful thread on the role universities *could* play in pushing for a sustainable future.
Reducing their own emissions is actually a small part. Leading by example, focusing education around climate and skills for clean industries, and pushing back against the big £influence of Big Oil.
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis

Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource

I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.

Long 🧵😊
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
On first look this looks like good news.

But why does Big Oil want to support renewables?
Because they’re committed to a transition?
Or because they use their minimal spending on renewables as greenwash to distract from their increasing fossil fuel extraction?

Spending figures suggest the 2nd.
Oil and Gas Lobby tells Farage his anti green energy drive is a mistake. Love it.

www.desmog.com/2025/09/30/o...
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
The threats from damage to #climate & #nature are more serious and immediate than most people realise.

We have fantastic solutions which will also make people better off.

But they aren’t being deployed anywhere near fast enough - because MPs haven’t been briefed.

Is your MP coming? 👇👇
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Please re-post this!
We need as many of our MPs, peers and business leaders to attend this briefing so they will know the true impact of the climate crisis.

Its easy to check and ask your MP to attend: www.nebriefing.org
Do you think your MP is aware of the full implications of the climate crisis, across health, national security, food security and our economy?

Ask them to attend the first National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov: www.nebriefing.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.

After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.

grist.org/transportati...

#Shipping #Transportation #Tariffs
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
grist.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
“Businesses are moving, not because of rhetoric or ideology, but because clean energy now underpins competitiveness.”

In @businessgreen.bsky.social our Chair Sir Ian Cheshire says the UK’s #NetZero economy is growing 3x faster than the rest, but ambition still outpaces delivery.

bit.ly/47B9Hhh
Politics may be loud, but business is clear: Britain's future is already net zero
Britain can make climate leadership the backbone of economic growth, but policy needs to clear the path, writes Sir Ian Cheshire
www.businessgreen.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Milk, butter and dairy - I heard of a farmer who had used all their winter feed already this year.

They knew prices would rise - but yet again, they are squeezed in between climate change effects and supermarket prices and profits.
UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee

The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation

Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now

www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Reposted by Charlie Westney
Good news: carbon intensity has declined

Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP

Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%

Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment
Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...
www.nature.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM