Debbie Tann MBE
@debbietann.bsky.social
CEO Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Nature recovery, rewilding, nature-based solutions, systems change, advocacy & campaigning to reverse the climate & ecological crisis. ENDS Power List 2025.
www.hiwwt.org.uk
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Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
This should have been the year we turned the tide for nature. Instead, the Government appears poised to preside over the worst environmental rollback in decades.
www.hiwwt.org.uk
Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain.
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
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The Government has partially backed away from weakening Biodiversity Net Gain – but nature still loses out.
Exempting developments under 0.2ha risks hollowing out one of England’s most important nature protections🐝🌱
1/4🧵
Exempting developments under 0.2ha risks hollowing out one of England’s most important nature protections🐝🌱
1/4🧵
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Government has partially backed away from weakening Biodiversity Net Gain – but nature still loses out.
Exempting developments under 0.2ha risks hollowing out one of England’s most important nature protections🐝🌱
1/4🧵
Exempting developments under 0.2ha risks hollowing out one of England’s most important nature protections🐝🌱
1/4🧵
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For all nine expert talks with Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's introduction and
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
Expert Briefings | The National Emergency Briefing - YouTube
These are the official expert briefings from the National Emergency Briefing. In this series, the nation’s leading scientists and experts present the unfilte...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
For all nine expert talks with Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's introduction and
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
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Lt General Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, a recently retired senior army officer, explaining why the climate crisis threatens national security.
"We are facing the potential of 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 unless Government takes this seriously"
Full talk: link below.
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #NEB2025
"We are facing the potential of 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 unless Government takes this seriously"
Full talk: link below.
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #NEB2025
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Lt General Richard Nugee CB CVO CBE, a recently retired senior army officer, explaining why the climate crisis threatens national security.
"We are facing the potential of 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 unless Government takes this seriously"
Full talk: link below.
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #NEB2025
"We are facing the potential of 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 unless Government takes this seriously"
Full talk: link below.
#NationalEmergencyBriefing #NEB2025
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🚨 CODE RED FOR NATURE 🚨
We are worried that Gov will weaken Biodiversity Net Gain — or remove small sites entirely!
Gutting BNG would:
❌ collapse investment
❌ stall nature recovery
❌ send a catastrophic signal to markets
This cannot happen.
We are worried that Gov will weaken Biodiversity Net Gain — or remove small sites entirely!
Gutting BNG would:
❌ collapse investment
❌ stall nature recovery
❌ send a catastrophic signal to markets
This cannot happen.
December 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🚨 CODE RED FOR NATURE 🚨
We are worried that Gov will weaken Biodiversity Net Gain — or remove small sites entirely!
Gutting BNG would:
❌ collapse investment
❌ stall nature recovery
❌ send a catastrophic signal to markets
This cannot happen.
We are worried that Gov will weaken Biodiversity Net Gain — or remove small sites entirely!
Gutting BNG would:
❌ collapse investment
❌ stall nature recovery
❌ send a catastrophic signal to markets
This cannot happen.
Reposted by Debbie Tann MBE
For all nine expert talks with Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's introduction and @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
Expert Briefings | The National Emergency Briefing - YouTube
These are the official expert briefings from the National Emergency Briefing. In this series, the nation’s leading scientists and experts present the unfilte...
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For all nine expert talks with Prof @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's introduction and @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's opening statement, please visit our YouTube page.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Please share these talks with your MP, and ask what action they plan to take.
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📢 UK momentum building for broadcast national emergency briefing - needed in all countries around world, now
🎤Watch letter to #Starmer &broadcasters youtu.be/c0NLZPUTH3g?...
✍️ Pls take 1 min to sign the letter yourself: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
🙏🙏
🎤Watch letter to #Starmer &broadcasters youtu.be/c0NLZPUTH3g?...
✍️ Pls take 1 min to sign the letter yourself: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
🙏🙏
Olivia Williams reads open letter | National Emergency Briefing
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
📢 UK momentum building for broadcast national emergency briefing - needed in all countries around world, now
🎤Watch letter to #Starmer &broadcasters youtu.be/c0NLZPUTH3g?...
✍️ Pls take 1 min to sign the letter yourself: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
🙏🙏
🎤Watch letter to #Starmer &broadcasters youtu.be/c0NLZPUTH3g?...
✍️ Pls take 1 min to sign the letter yourself: www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
🙏🙏
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Instead of dancing to the tune of industry lobbyists they should listen to the science and the experts and adopt a nature-positive economic strategy rather than continue on this destructive path.
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Instead of dancing to the tune of industry lobbyists they should listen to the science and the experts and adopt a nature-positive economic strategy rather than continue on this destructive path.
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Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain.
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
This should have been the year we turned the tide for nature. Instead, the Government appears poised to preside over the worst environmental rollback in decades.
www.hiwwt.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain.
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain.
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain | Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
This should have been the year we turned the tide for nature. Instead, the Government appears poised to preside over the worst environmental rollback in decades.
www.hiwwt.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bulldozing nature policy won’t rebuild Britain.
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
My latest blog on the continued attack on nature from this misguided Labour government and why they are listening to the wrong advisors.
www.hiwwt.org.uk/blog/debbie-...
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BY ME in yesterday's #DailyExpress
#KierStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas – one thing will stop it
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
#KierStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas – one thing will stop it
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
Keir Starmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas
Prime Minister should not break a manifesto pledge to millions of people, writes Wildlife Trusts chief executive Craig Bennett
www.express.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
BY ME in yesterday's #DailyExpress
#KierStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas – one thing will stop it
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
#KierStarmer is plunging us towards a nightmare before Christmas – one thing will stop it
www.express.co.uk/news/politic...
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Nature-friendly farming support—cut.
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms | The Wildlife Trusts
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Nature-friendly farming support—cut.
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
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Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms | The Wildlife Trusts
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
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An important read for anyone who cares about nature in the UK!
Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms | The Wildlife Trusts
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
An important read for anyone who cares about nature in the UK!
Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms | The Wildlife Trusts
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
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"We cannot afford to choose between development and nature."
Tessa Wardley from @theriverstrust.bsky.social calls out the government for perpetuating misinformation about nature as a blocker to development, using the 'fish disco' controversy as a prime example.⤵️
Tessa Wardley from @theriverstrust.bsky.social calls out the government for perpetuating misinformation about nature as a blocker to development, using the 'fish disco' controversy as a prime example.⤵️
Are fish discos really a blocker to growth? It’s time to bust some myths
This post is by Tessa Wardley, director for communications and advocacy at The Rivers Trust. Last week we had the frustration of a public launch of the Department for the Environment, Food and Rura…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
"We cannot afford to choose between development and nature."
Tessa Wardley from @theriverstrust.bsky.social calls out the government for perpetuating misinformation about nature as a blocker to development, using the 'fish disco' controversy as a prime example.⤵️
Tessa Wardley from @theriverstrust.bsky.social calls out the government for perpetuating misinformation about nature as a blocker to development, using the 'fish disco' controversy as a prime example.⤵️
The scale of loss in just one year. Imagine how much worse this will be as climate change bites harder.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The scale of loss in just one year. Imagine how much worse this will be as climate change bites harder.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Nature is not a ‘nice to have’; it is critical national infrastructure”🌿
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
"Nature is not a ‘nice to have’; it is critical national infrastructure”🌿
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
-The message Prof Nathalie Seddon delivered to over 1000 MPs, peers & leaders at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the Nature & Climate crisis #neb2025
➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/uk-nati...
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The Red Warning lights are on. Norfolk's iconic River #Wensum is in a sorry state & failing as a protected site. Local people & Anglers have watched the Wensum decline over decades & are ready to fight for the river they love. Hello Bluesky from #WensumRiverkin: See: share.google/9cx6ClJrMBIM...
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The Red Warning lights are on. Norfolk's iconic River #Wensum is in a sorry state & failing as a protected site. Local people & Anglers have watched the Wensum decline over decades & are ready to fight for the river they love. Hello Bluesky from #WensumRiverkin: See: share.google/9cx6ClJrMBIM...
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Nitrogen fertiliser corporations do not feed the world, they fail it. For too long, they have put their profits before our Earth and our food.
We need governments to set real nitrogen reduction targets to stop this harmful industry exhausting our earth.
foodrise.org.uk/exhausted-ea... (5/5)
We need governments to set real nitrogen reduction targets to stop this harmful industry exhausting our earth.
foodrise.org.uk/exhausted-ea... (5/5)
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Nitrogen fertiliser corporations do not feed the world, they fail it. For too long, they have put their profits before our Earth and our food.
We need governments to set real nitrogen reduction targets to stop this harmful industry exhausting our earth.
foodrise.org.uk/exhausted-ea... (5/5)
We need governments to set real nitrogen reduction targets to stop this harmful industry exhausting our earth.
foodrise.org.uk/exhausted-ea... (5/5)
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‘We don’t have the time that we think we have, we don’t have the luxury of saying we’ll do that in the future’
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
‘We don’t have the time that we think we have, we don’t have the luxury of saying we’ll do that in the future’
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters.
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025
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We're in a national emergency, but we're not talking or acting as if we are.
This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
⬇️
This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
⬇️
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We're in a national emergency, but we're not talking or acting as if we are.
This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
⬇️
This dangerous disconnect is why we convened the @nebriefing.bsky.social. Our goal was to reset the national conversation on the climate and nature crises, cutting through the sea of misinformation holding us back.
⬇️
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
#climatecrisis #neb2025 #netzero
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-keir
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
Reposted by Debbie Tann MBE
As renewables eat into the energy market + EVs reduce demand for petrol, fossil fuel firms aim to step up production of plastics + chemicals made from oil + gas. By mid-century, half of growth in demand for oil is predicted to come from making more plastic + chemicals. A must read 👇🏾
How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Driving Plastic Production and Pollution | Scientific American www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How the Fossil-Fuel Industry’s Pivot to Plastic Is Polluting Our Planet
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
As renewables eat into the energy market + EVs reduce demand for petrol, fossil fuel firms aim to step up production of plastics + chemicals made from oil + gas. By mid-century, half of growth in demand for oil is predicted to come from making more plastic + chemicals. A must read 👇🏾