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Climatologist Friederike Otto: ‘The more unequal the society is, the more severe the climate disaster’
The German scientist on her new book arguing that inequality, wealth and sexism are making the climate crisis worse – and what we need to do about it
www.theguardian.com
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Could you help get @greenparty.org.uk message out?
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Could you help get @greenparty.org.uk message out?
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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With the Cambridge Antarctic Rights Network last night, also events happened around the world with the Antartic Rights Alliance. #NatureRights
Photo at the start: Will Colebourne
Photo at the start: Will Colebourne
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
With the Cambridge Antarctic Rights Network last night, also events happened around the world with the Antartic Rights Alliance. #NatureRights
Photo at the start: Will Colebourne
Photo at the start: Will Colebourne
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Two more #Oxford events today:
- Climate Breakdown & Political Division: Navigating Polarisation
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
- Screening of The Invisible Doctrine at the Phoenix Picturehouse, Q&A with Eliane Glaser: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
Hope to see you at one or both.
- Climate Breakdown & Political Division: Navigating Polarisation
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
- Screening of The Invisible Doctrine at the Phoenix Picturehouse, Q&A with Eliane Glaser: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
Hope to see you at one or both.
Oriel Environment Group Michaelmas 2025 — In Conversation with George Monbiot - Alumni Oriel
Climate Breakdown and Political Division: Navigating Polarisation with George Monbiot Join Professor Jan Rosenow (Jackson Senior Research Fellow, Oriel College) for a discussion with acclaimed investi...
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Two more #Oxford events today:
- Climate Breakdown & Political Division: Navigating Polarisation
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
- Screening of The Invisible Doctrine at the Phoenix Picturehouse, Q&A with Eliane Glaser: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
Hope to see you at one or both.
- Climate Breakdown & Political Division: Navigating Polarisation
www.alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
- Screening of The Invisible Doctrine at the Phoenix Picturehouse, Q&A with Eliane Glaser: www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
Hope to see you at one or both.
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." Malcolm X.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Nature not a blocker to housing growth, inquiry finds
Commons committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ used by ministers that scapegoats wildlife and the environment
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
#TheBigEmitters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
#TheBigEmitters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
#TheBigEmitters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
#TheBigEmitters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
By me: One in every 25 participants at Cop30 is a fossil fuel lobbyist, outnumbering every country delegation apart from Brazil, and as Indigenous peoples struggle to get a seat at the table
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you can't make the Bookmarks event, publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social would be happy to send out your copy
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/cha...
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/cha...
"Every so often, a book comes along that articulates exactly what our country needs. This is one," says @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Interested? Hope to see you at brilliant Bookmarks, Nov 21. Free!
@camdengreenparty.bsky.social @islingtongreens.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
Interested? Hope to see you at brilliant Bookmarks, Nov 21. Free!
@camdengreenparty.bsky.social @islingtongreens.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...
authors@Bookmarks: Natalie Bennett | Change Everything
Former leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett discusses her guide for to a fairer, greener future
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If you can't make the Bookmarks event, publisher @wiltonsquare.bsky.social would be happy to send out your copy
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/cha...
wiltonsquarebooks.com/products/cha...
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The reason the tech billionaires and oligarchs are funding the far right and the repression it comes with is because their vison of the future includes climate catastrophe and the death and displacement of billions.
And they know they'll need protection from us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And they know they'll need protection from us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The reason the tech billionaires and oligarchs are funding the far right and the repression it comes with is because their vison of the future includes climate catastrophe and the death and displacement of billions.
And they know they'll need protection from us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And they know they'll need protection from us.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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☀️Thx @gavinnewsom.bsky.social & Lauren S @airresources.bsky.social for your global #Climate leadership on affordability, natural solutions, #EVs & a planned fossilfuel phaseout.
With @theclimatecenter.bsky.social’s @barryvesser.bsky.social @allisonhilliard.bsky.social
#COP30 #CleanEnergy
With @theclimatecenter.bsky.social’s @barryvesser.bsky.social @allisonhilliard.bsky.social
#COP30 #CleanEnergy
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
☀️Thx @gavinnewsom.bsky.social & Lauren S @airresources.bsky.social for your global #Climate leadership on affordability, natural solutions, #EVs & a planned fossilfuel phaseout.
With @theclimatecenter.bsky.social’s @barryvesser.bsky.social @allisonhilliard.bsky.social
#COP30 #CleanEnergy
With @theclimatecenter.bsky.social’s @barryvesser.bsky.social @allisonhilliard.bsky.social
#COP30 #CleanEnergy
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Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Take a moment to consider the 250 million people who have been forcibly displaced by climate disasters over the past 10 years…70,000 per day, on average.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
If you aren’t one of these unfortunate people, I invite you to consider what you can do to help one or more of them. They need us.
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By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists and scholars from around the globe gathered in Hiroshima and demanded, in a joint declaration Wednesday, that nuclear powers never use the weapons of mass destruction.
Scientists gathered in Hiroshima call for abolition of nuclear weapons
The declaration wrapped up the five-day 63rd Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs in the atomic-bombed city.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Scientists and scholars from around the globe gathered in Hiroshima and demanded, in a joint declaration Wednesday, that nuclear powers never use the weapons of mass destruction.