James Dyke
@jamesgdyke.info
Earth systems prof & assistant director of @gsiexeter.bsky.social | Technosphere Earth newsletter https://www.technosphere.earth
These sorts of personal attacks demonstrate that Polanski's messaging is cutting through (look at recent poling). More power to him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
These sorts of personal attacks demonstrate that Polanski's messaging is cutting through (look at recent poling). More power to him.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
COP 30 pavilions
docs.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
This should be fun. Many other online events happening over 15-16th. You can sign up here:
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
November 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This should be fun. Many other online events happening over 15-16th. You can sign up here:
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
events.zoom.us/ev/AjPpsEFuC...
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15-16 November online festival
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
15-16 November online festival
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
with speakers including @jeremylent.bsky.social, @fisherdanar.bsky.social, @jamesgdyke.info, @gailbradbrook.bsky.social, @tzeporah.bsky.social and many others:
rev21.earth/festival/
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Marcus wins appeal!!
🚨 BREAKING: MARCUS WINS DEPORTATION APPEAL
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
Marcus Decker, who was facing deportation after being handed a prison sentence over 2 years for climbing the QEII Bridge in 2022 with Morgan Trowland, has won his appeal against the deportation order.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Marcus wins appeal!!
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A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A historic turning point for clean heating in Europe: For the first time, in the first half of 2025 sales of heat pumps in Germany have surpassed those of gas boilers.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
This is a big milestone, demonstrating that the transition away from fossil fuels in our buildings is not just a future ambition.
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📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
I initially thought this was from @coldwarsteve.bsky.social.
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I initially thought this was from @coldwarsteve.bsky.social.
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❔| #TTP: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change? ➡️
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Taking the Pulse: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change?
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to energy transition and ecological protection. Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain its role as a d...
carnegieendowment.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
❔| #TTP: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change? ➡️
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to climate action.
Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain a leading role?
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
My answer to this question was to remind everyone that even if Europe was leading, its actions are grossly insufficient to limit warming to well below 2°C.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
Taking the Pulse: Has Europe Given Up its Leadership on Climate Change?
COP30 takes place amidst increased pessimism about the world’s commitment to energy transition and ecological protection. Beset by a host of other challenges, can Europe still maintain its role as a d...
carnegieendowment.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My answer to this question was to remind everyone that even if Europe was leading, its actions are grossly insufficient to limit warming to well below 2°C.
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
carnegieendowment.org/europe/strat...
<rubs hand together excitedly>
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 PM
<rubs hand together excitedly>
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Avoiding geoengineering havoc requires a scientifically informed, globally-coordinated, internationally agreed strategy say Royal Society, lasting for centuries whilst CO2 was removed from the atmosphere
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Avoiding geoengineering havoc requires a scientifically informed, globally-coordinated, internationally agreed strategy say Royal Society, lasting for centuries whilst CO2 was removed from the atmosphere
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Priestley Centre members, Professor Ken Carslaw FRS - School of Earth and Environment, Co-Chief Editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; and Professor Amanda Maycock, Professor of Climate Dynamics, were part of the working group on this new briefing - well worth a read!
Techniques to reflect an additional small portion of sunlight back into space could help cool the planet if deployed globally, but they cannot address the full range of climate impacts or replace emission cuts, says our new briefing today: #ClimateChange royalsociety.org/news/2025/11...
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Priestley Centre members, Professor Ken Carslaw FRS - School of Earth and Environment, Co-Chief Editor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; and Professor Amanda Maycock, Professor of Climate Dynamics, were part of the working group on this new briefing - well worth a read!
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Un 90% de reducción de emisiones, pero un 10% deducible con créditos de carbono.
Es buen momento para recomendar el texto de @jamesgdyke.info: 'El mercado de la fantasía'. Dejo el enlace en un segundo post.
Es buen momento para recomendar el texto de @jamesgdyke.info: 'El mercado de la fantasía'. Dejo el enlace en un segundo post.
Los países de la Unión Europea (UE) llegaron este miércoles a un acuerdo político para reducir sus emisiones de dióxido de carbono en un 90% para 2040 respecto a 1990, aunque diluyendo ese esfuerzo con medidas que conceden mayor flexibilidad a los Estados miembros.
Países de la UE acuerdan recortar un 90% sus emisiones en 2040, pero con muchas flexibilidades - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad
A escasos días de que arranque la COP30, los Estados miembros han aprobado –con los votos en contra de Eslovaquia, Hungría y Polonia– la propuesta de la Comisión, que ahora deberá tener el visto bueno del Parlamento.
f.mtr.cool
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Un 90% de reducción de emisiones, pero un 10% deducible con créditos de carbono.
Es buen momento para recomendar el texto de @jamesgdyke.info: 'El mercado de la fantasía'. Dejo el enlace en un segundo post.
Es buen momento para recomendar el texto de @jamesgdyke.info: 'El mercado de la fantasía'. Dejo el enlace en un segundo post.
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New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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We're building a greener world on a house of cards. Could a solar storm or a global food crisis collapse it overnight?
Would that finally force us to transform, or would it push sustainability to the back burner forever?
My mate's @jamesgdyke.info post:
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Would that finally force us to transform, or would it push sustainability to the back burner forever?
My mate's @jamesgdyke.info post:
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Derailment warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
We may have seriously underestimated the risks of climate change. This includes derailment risks. This does not mean we are doomed, and it certainly does not mean there is no point in trying to turn o...
www.technosphere.earth
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're building a greener world on a house of cards. Could a solar storm or a global food crisis collapse it overnight?
Would that finally force us to transform, or would it push sustainability to the back burner forever?
My mate's @jamesgdyke.info post:
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Would that finally force us to transform, or would it push sustainability to the back burner forever?
My mate's @jamesgdyke.info post:
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
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The 20th-century economist Robert Solow created the theory of infinite economic growth by substituting "technological innovation" for the productivity of land in his model, thereby decoupling the economy from any limits imposed by land or ecosystems.
The world took his theory as gospel.
1/n
The world took his theory as gospel.
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Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds
Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds
A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that even advanced climate intervention strategies may not be enough to secure the future of wine grapes, coffee and cacao. These crops are vital to many economies and provide livelihoods for farmers worldwide. However, they are increasingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Rising temperatures […]
The post Climate intervention may not be enough to save coffee, chocolate and wine, new study finds appeared first on IOP Publishing.
dlvr.it
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The 20th-century economist Robert Solow created the theory of infinite economic growth by substituting "technological innovation" for the productivity of land in his model, thereby decoupling the economy from any limits imposed by land or ecosystems.
The world took his theory as gospel.
1/n
The world took his theory as gospel.
1/n
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If you're a UK Dr or Prof in any science field, please sign using this form. Link to open letter in the form.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Scientists Open Letter - NEB
Form for scientists to agree to co-sign the open letter calling on MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing on 27th November 2025.
The letter is intended for publication in a major newspaper.
We...
docs.google.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you're a UK Dr or Prof in any science field, please sign using this form. Link to open letter in the form.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
OK, so I just did that. I watched the glacier video on a loop with the sound off, and Zimmer's Time playing from that cue point. I stopped when I realised I was crying. So perhaps don't do that. Or perhaps you are having a better day than I am.
This is a very good visualisation. Not sure about the music. Vivaldi is very nice, but doesn't fit (my) mood. I would prefer some ominously building Hans Zimmer. Something like youtu.be/c56t7upa8Bk?...
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
OK, so I just did that. I watched the glacier video on a loop with the sound off, and Zimmer's Time playing from that cue point. I stopped when I realised I was crying. So perhaps don't do that. Or perhaps you are having a better day than I am.
This is a very good visualisation. Not sure about the music. Vivaldi is very nice, but doesn't fit (my) mood. I would prefer some ominously building Hans Zimmer. Something like youtu.be/c56t7upa8Bk?...
November 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is a very good visualisation. Not sure about the music. Vivaldi is very nice, but doesn't fit (my) mood. I would prefer some ominously building Hans Zimmer. Something like youtu.be/c56t7upa8Bk?...
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92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:10 AM
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
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Great article @jamesgdyke.info! We absolutely must turn off the fossil fuels spigot.
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
November 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Great article @jamesgdyke.info! We absolutely must turn off the fossil fuels spigot.
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
The best chance right now is to make sure the govt doesn't approve Rosebank. It's oil & gas would produce 254 million tonnes of CO2Eeq when burned.
Would you write a blog about that?
(I've emailed you too)
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT