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Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss and Damage
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
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🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
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“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
Imperial study highlights overlooked crisis of conservation abandonment | Imperial News | Imperial College London
As COP 30 gets underway today in Belem, Brazil, Imperial researchers warn about the abandonment of conservation initiatives.
www.imperial.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Conservation is not just about starting something new, it’s about ensuring what we start endures.”
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
As #COP30 opens in Brazil, researchers warn that the abandonment of conservation projects could derail global biodiversity goals. 🌍
What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
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#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What are the true costs of climate disasters?
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
Following hurricanes Helene and Milton, which in late 2024 tore through the southeastern US, Imperial’s Dr @etheokritoff.bsky.social and researchers answered this question 🧵
ow.ly/rgcv50WcaE3
#COP30
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If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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Think your energy is 100% renewable? 🌍
A new index suggests some tariffs supply only half their power from green sources.
Dr @iain-staffell.bsky.social says we need real-time matching, not annual accounting, to make claims truly green.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/...
A new index suggests some tariffs supply only half their power from green sources.
Dr @iain-staffell.bsky.social says we need real-time matching, not annual accounting, to make claims truly green.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/...
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Think your energy is 100% renewable? 🌍
A new index suggests some tariffs supply only half their power from green sources.
Dr @iain-staffell.bsky.social says we need real-time matching, not annual accounting, to make claims truly green.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/...
A new index suggests some tariffs supply only half their power from green sources.
Dr @iain-staffell.bsky.social says we need real-time matching, not annual accounting, to make claims truly green.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/...
📈Human-induced climate change increased wind speeds & rainfall from Hurricane Melissa, according to a new rapid analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social🧵
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📈Human-induced climate change increased wind speeds & rainfall from Hurricane Melissa, according to a new rapid analysis by @wwattribution.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social🧵
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
Read the study: ow.ly/zEqA50Xog2C
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Stories abound these days showing that global warming exceeding 1.5C is now part of science's best estimate.
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
What becomes of the 1.5°C goal now that global warming is approaching that level?🌍🔥🌡️
In a new @science.org Policy Forum we explain how the 1.5°C goal remains a critical legal & ethical benchmark, even as the world nears and may soon exceed 1.5°C of global warming🧵1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In a new @science.org Policy Forum we explain how the 1.5°C goal remains a critical legal & ethical benchmark, even as the world nears and may soon exceed 1.5°C of global warming🧵1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The pursuit of 1.5°C endures as a legal and ethical imperative in a changing world
As the world nears 1.5°C of global warming, near-term emissions reductions and adequate adaptation become ever more important to ensure a safe and livable planet for present and future generations
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Stories abound these days showing that global warming exceeding 1.5C is now part of science's best estimate.
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
What does that mean for the #ParisAgreement 1.5C goal?
A good time to revive a thread about a piece we wrote earlier this year on this topic in @science.org 👇🌍🌡️
In the UK, SUVs accounted for 63% of new sales in 2024.
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In the UK, SUVs accounted for 63% of new sales in 2024.
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
The proliferation of SUVs is one aspect of “carspreading,” whereby cars are becoming steadily larger over time and with this comes potential harms to health 🧵
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
COP30: Study reveals “highest possible ambition” for countries' climate pledges
With COP30 kicking off on Monday, a new paper by Julia Schönfeld and Professor Joeri Rogelj provides a framework for assessing countries’ climate pledges 🧵
Learn more: ow.ly/CiB050XnMK2
With COP30 kicking off on Monday, a new paper by Julia Schönfeld and Professor Joeri Rogelj provides a framework for assessing countries’ climate pledges 🧵
Learn more: ow.ly/CiB050XnMK2
COP30: Study reveals “highest possible ambition” for countries' climate pledges | Imperial News | Imperial College London
A new study, for the first time, shows how the ‘highest possible ambition’ of countries' climate pledges can be assessed.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
COP30: Study reveals “highest possible ambition” for countries' climate pledges
With COP30 kicking off on Monday, a new paper by Julia Schönfeld and Professor Joeri Rogelj provides a framework for assessing countries’ climate pledges 🧵
Learn more: ow.ly/CiB050XnMK2
With COP30 kicking off on Monday, a new paper by Julia Schönfeld and Professor Joeri Rogelj provides a framework for assessing countries’ climate pledges 🧵
Learn more: ow.ly/CiB050XnMK2
📈COP delivers stock market boost for ‘green’ companies but renewables unaffected, Imperial College London study shows 🧵
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📈COP delivers stock market boost for ‘green’ companies but renewables unaffected, Imperial College London study shows 🧵
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss and Damage
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎬 With #COP30 just days away, we’re delighted to share our new film, Inside COP: Science, Politics and the Fight for Loss & Damage.
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
Told through the eyes of negotiators and scientists, it reveals the story behind the historic agreement to establish Loss and Damage Fund. 👇
youtu.be/IeA6ggnq6yk?...
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Something that's worth flagging about this report is the subtle pivot from "current policy" being the worst-case scenario to including discussions of backsliding. Most calculations presented include the USA meeting its new-but-Biden-era NDC commitments, which will formally elapse in Jan.
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Something that's worth flagging about this report is the subtle pivot from "current policy" being the worst-case scenario to including discussions of backsliding. Most calculations presented include the USA meeting its new-but-Biden-era NDC commitments, which will formally elapse in Jan.
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
Flea and tick medication, antibiotics & illicit drugs found in UK freshwater study by Imperial & @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social.
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
Flea meds, antibiotics & drugs found in UK freshwater in citizen science study | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Insecticides, antibiotics and illicit drugs that threaten aquatic life are present throughout UK waterways, research by Imperial and Earthwatch finds.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Flea and tick medication, antibiotics & illicit drugs found in UK freshwater study by Imperial & @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social.
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
The research also found antibiotics at concentrations high enough that antimicrobial resistance should be studied further in UK freshwaters 🧵
ow.ly/jQUN50Xmmxc
As @undaunted-hq.bsky.social's Climate Solutions Catalyst seeks to assemble its second cohort, @christopherjwaite.bsky.social and Nicole Alhadeff from the team outline why they are turning their powerful search tool towards climate adaptation and resilience.
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ow.ly/j9bF50XlEv
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
As @undaunted-hq.bsky.social's Climate Solutions Catalyst seeks to assemble its second cohort, @christopherjwaite.bsky.social and Nicole Alhadeff from the team outline why they are turning their powerful search tool towards climate adaptation and resilience.
ow.ly/j9bF50XlEv
ow.ly/j9bF50XlEv
COP30 in Brazil will be a critical test of global leadership and must be a moment of pushback against the wrecking tactics we’ve seen on climate, said Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland of @theelders.bsky.social at the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture this week 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
COP30 in Brazil will be a critical test of global leadership and must be a moment of pushback against the wrecking tactics we’ve seen on climate, said Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland of @theelders.bsky.social at the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture this week 🧵
In a new collaborative paper between the Grantham Institute and @climatecares.bsky.social, Monica McCall outlines the key evidence on mental health and climate change, including how interventions can better realise the co-benefits of tackling these two interrelated issues 🧵
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October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In a new collaborative paper between the Grantham Institute and @climatecares.bsky.social, Monica McCall outlines the key evidence on mental health and climate change, including how interventions can better realise the co-benefits of tackling these two interrelated issues 🧵
ow.ly/jW6N50XkPB6
ow.ly/jW6N50XkPB6
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Hurricane Melissa, the world’s most powerful storm of 2025, has struck Jamaica with devastating force. 🌪️
Professor @frediotto.bsky.social warns that unusually warm Gulf waters, supercharged by #ClimateChange, made Melissa stronger & more destructive.
#HurricaneMelissa #ClimateCrisis
Professor @frediotto.bsky.social warns that unusually warm Gulf waters, supercharged by #ClimateChange, made Melissa stronger & more destructive.
#HurricaneMelissa #ClimateCrisis
How 'strange, slow' Hurricane Melissa became such a monster
Like other blasts this year, Melissa has exhibited strange, intense growth spurts - which scientists are attributing to climate change.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Hurricane Melissa, the world’s most powerful storm of 2025, has struck Jamaica with devastating force. 🌪️
Professor @frediotto.bsky.social warns that unusually warm Gulf waters, supercharged by #ClimateChange, made Melissa stronger & more destructive.
#HurricaneMelissa #ClimateCrisis
Professor @frediotto.bsky.social warns that unusually warm Gulf waters, supercharged by #ClimateChange, made Melissa stronger & more destructive.
#HurricaneMelissa #ClimateCrisis
⚠️Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, rapid study estimates
The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵
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The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵
ow.ly/Kazp50Xke8N
October 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
⚠️Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, rapid study estimates
The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵
ow.ly/Kazp50Xke8N
The most powerful storm in Jamaica’s history shows how climate change is increasing the economic cost, intensity, and likelihood of major storms 🧵
ow.ly/Kazp50Xke8N
"The case for multilateral cooperation has never been greater, but the institutions charged with delivering it are under increasing strain. They need to be defended more vigorously to counteract the growing forces of populism, nationalism and short-term self-interest," says Dr Brundtland.
🚨 The Grantham Institute Annual Lecture – Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division – is about to begin.
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"The case for multilateral cooperation has never been greater, but the institutions charged with delivering it are under increasing strain. They need to be defended more vigorously to counteract the growing forces of populism, nationalism and short-term self-interest," says Dr Brundtland.
🚨 The Grantham Institute Annual Lecture – Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division – is about to begin.
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
youtube.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
🚨 The Grantham Institute Annual Lecture – Reclaiming Our Common Future: The pursuit of shared purpose in an age of division – is about to begin.
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Hear from Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland and our panel of expert guests chaired by the BBC's Justin Rowlatt.
Join the livestream 👇
youtube.com/live/4Mt4yW9...
Tonight: Sustainable development pioneer Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland will deliver the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture.
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Tonight: Sustainable development pioneer Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland will deliver the 2025 Grantham Institute Annual Lecture.
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
And BBC Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt will chair our expert panel exploring the issues raised in her keynote.
🚨 Join us. Final tickets: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19827...
At our launch event we presented our new report in collaboration with the @ic-cep.bsky.social, which investigates how the health benefits of climate action are currently considered by decision-makers 🧵
📺https://ow.ly/yxNH50XfqBz
📺https://ow.ly/yxNH50XfqBz
Webinar: Delivering for Climate & Health: insights from UK decision-makers
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
At our launch event we presented our new report in collaboration with the @ic-cep.bsky.social, which investigates how the health benefits of climate action are currently considered by decision-makers 🧵
📺https://ow.ly/yxNH50XfqBz
📺https://ow.ly/yxNH50XfqBz
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The Paris Agreement offers a powerful framework for a fairer, healthier world. But as extreme heat shows, every tenth of a degree matters. We need higher ambition to stop violating the rights of ever more people. - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
October 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Paris Agreement offers a powerful framework for a fairer, healthier world. But as extreme heat shows, every tenth of a degree matters. We need higher ambition to stop violating the rights of ever more people. - new @wwattribution.bsky.social study
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/ten-years-of...
Completing our incredible line-up of speakers for the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 is Dr @neiljennings.bsky.social who leads on Grantham Institute’s policy engagement work on climate change and health.
📅 29 Oct
📍 Imperial College London (also livestreamed)
Register now: ow.ly/ASQc50WY0Xv
📅 29 Oct
📍 Imperial College London (also livestreamed)
Register now: ow.ly/ASQc50WY0Xv
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Completing our incredible line-up of speakers for the Grantham Institute Annual Lecture 2025 is Dr @neiljennings.bsky.social who leads on Grantham Institute’s policy engagement work on climate change and health.
📅 29 Oct
📍 Imperial College London (also livestreamed)
Register now: ow.ly/ASQc50WY0Xv
📅 29 Oct
📍 Imperial College London (also livestreamed)
Register now: ow.ly/ASQc50WY0Xv
Q&A blog: Rising temperatures, pesticides, waterways and male fertility.
With a new academic year in full swing, we ask two new PhD students joining the innovative Producing Rational Evidence for Parasiticide Prescription team what their research projects are all about.
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With a new academic year in full swing, we ask two new PhD students joining the innovative Producing Rational Evidence for Parasiticide Prescription team what their research projects are all about.
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Rising temperatures, pesticides, waterways and male fertility: Q&A with two PhD researchers - Climate and environment at Imperial blog
With a new academic year in full swing, we welcome two new PhD students joining the innovative Producing Rational Evidence for Parasiticide Prescription (PREPP) team at Imperial. The team explores…
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October 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Q&A blog: Rising temperatures, pesticides, waterways and male fertility.
With a new academic year in full swing, we ask two new PhD students joining the innovative Producing Rational Evidence for Parasiticide Prescription team what their research projects are all about.
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With a new academic year in full swing, we ask two new PhD students joining the innovative Producing Rational Evidence for Parasiticide Prescription team what their research projects are all about.
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