Jason Scott-Warren
@jes1003.bsky.social
Early modern literature professor, University of Cambridge; climate activist. Coordinator of http://royalsocietyletter.uk and https://gmcletter.wordpress.com/
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Some welcome publicity (in yesterday's Times) for our open letter opposing Lord Browne of Madingley's bid for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge -- the letter is at chancellorletter.wordpress.com
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Projection looking out 13-15 years (2ºC)
The climate chaos freight train is coming for this place.
The climate chaos freight train is coming for this place.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Projection looking out 13-15 years (2ºC)
The climate chaos freight train is coming for this place.
The climate chaos freight train is coming for this place.
swimming against the tide as usual...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
swimming against the tide as usual...
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Britain’s Climate Wake-up: Inside Westminster’s National Emergency Briefing – I speak with co-organiser Nick Oldridge. Is Your MP going? youtu.be/hDu88eJI3ps
@nickoldridge.bsky.social
@nickoldridge.bsky.social
Britain’s Climate Wake-up: Inside Westminster’s National Emergency Briefing -Organiser Nick Oldridge
YouTube video by Nick Breeze ClimateGenn
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Britain’s Climate Wake-up: Inside Westminster’s National Emergency Briefing – I speak with co-organiser Nick Oldridge. Is Your MP going? youtu.be/hDu88eJI3ps
@nickoldridge.bsky.social
@nickoldridge.bsky.social
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We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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3C of global warming means many feet of sea level rise, fundamentally altering coastlines and swamping megacities home to 100s of millions. It means heatwaves that in humid regions could become, literally, unsurvivable for those outdoors without access to active cooling. [11/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
3C of global warming means many feet of sea level rise, fundamentally altering coastlines and swamping megacities home to 100s of millions. It means heatwaves that in humid regions could become, literally, unsurvivable for those outdoors without access to active cooling. [11/n]
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🥳🎉 “This is a major step forward. It’s a relief to see the Court recognise... that new oil and gas fields threaten our most basic human rights. Requiring governments to assess the global #climate consequences of oil &gas combustion before approving new fossil projects is common sense,& long overdue"
European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry - Greenpeace International
Today, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil and gas before opening new oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in order ...
www.greenpeace.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🥳🎉 “This is a major step forward. It’s a relief to see the Court recognise... that new oil and gas fields threaten our most basic human rights. Requiring governments to assess the global #climate consequences of oil &gas combustion before approving new fossil projects is common sense,& long overdue"
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In a historic first, working GP Patrick Hart has been suspended from the medical register for 10 months for his actions to sound the alarm on the climate crisis and its threats to health.
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
October 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In a historic first, working GP Patrick Hart has been suspended from the medical register for 10 months for his actions to sound the alarm on the climate crisis and its threats to health.
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
Read more here: healthforxr.com/historic-fir...
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I've got lots of things to say about Jeremy Clarkson.
Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks.
Piss him off instead and
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks.
Piss him off instead and
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I've got lots of things to say about Jeremy Clarkson.
Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks.
Piss him off instead and
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Really not worth it. He knows his game is over and so is resorting to personal attacks.
Piss him off instead and
Join.greenparty.org.uk
too much textual bibliography for one day.
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
too much textual bibliography for one day.
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"I have never seen such drought or scarcity of rain as this year... We used to get snow up to a metre high. Now, it's been 10 years since we've seen any.
#Lebanon 🇱🇧
#ClimateEmergency
#Lebanon 🇱🇧
#ClimateEmergency
Lebanon's worst drought on record drains largest reservoir
Lebanon's hydroelectric plants tied to the Litani basin have been shut down, causing financial losses and intensifying electricity rationing.
www.reuters.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"I have never seen such drought or scarcity of rain as this year... We used to get snow up to a metre high. Now, it's been 10 years since we've seen any.
#Lebanon 🇱🇧
#ClimateEmergency
#Lebanon 🇱🇧
#ClimateEmergency
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Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
October 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.
Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
Victoria Embankment.
October 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Victoria Embankment.
A modern monster, from Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, More and More and More: An All-Consuming History (2024)
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A modern monster, from Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, More and More and More: An All-Consuming History (2024)
POWER STATION
is coming to Cambridge, Arts Picturehouse, Monday 13th at 6, followed by a Q&A.
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
is coming to Cambridge, Arts Picturehouse, Monday 13th at 6, followed by a Q&A.
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
Power Station plus Q&A | Showtimes and Tickets
Green Screen presents Power Station + Directors Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell Q&A Tour
Ritzy, Brixton - Sat Oct 11Cambridge Arts - Mon Oct 13Phoenix, Oxford - Wed Oct 15
Dukes at Komedia, Bright...
www.picturehouses.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
POWER STATION
is coming to Cambridge, Arts Picturehouse, Monday 13th at 6, followed by a Q&A.
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
is coming to Cambridge, Arts Picturehouse, Monday 13th at 6, followed by a Q&A.
www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...
on the assault on net zero down under -- strangely it also fits the UK very well.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
on the assault on net zero down under -- strangely it also fits the UK very well.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Another day >34C with dozens of records smashed (see list below).
The heat is just going to be MUCH worse next days with hundreds of records expected.
Summer will go on in the southern half of Japan for many weeks to come.
AC 24/7 all October.
Another day >34C with dozens of records smashed (see list below).
The heat is just going to be MUCH worse next days with hundreds of records expected.
Summer will go on in the southern half of Japan for many weeks to come.
AC 24/7 all October.
October 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
EXTRAORDINARY HEAT IN JAPAN
Another day >34C with dozens of records smashed (see list below).
The heat is just going to be MUCH worse next days with hundreds of records expected.
Summer will go on in the southern half of Japan for many weeks to come.
AC 24/7 all October.
Another day >34C with dozens of records smashed (see list below).
The heat is just going to be MUCH worse next days with hundreds of records expected.
Summer will go on in the southern half of Japan for many weeks to come.
AC 24/7 all October.
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1- UNBELIEVABLE HEAT IN CANADA🇨🇦
Dozens of records smashed in pieces
Mins up to 20.7 Atikokan,19.7 Geraldton etc (left)
TMaxes: 30.8 Pembroke,30.5 Hamilton and St Clothilde,
30.3 St Anicet, 30.1 Muskoka,30.0 La Tuque and Maniwaki,29.7 Earlton,29.6 MONTREAL etc. (right)
HISTORIC
Dozens of records smashed in pieces
Mins up to 20.7 Atikokan,19.7 Geraldton etc (left)
TMaxes: 30.8 Pembroke,30.5 Hamilton and St Clothilde,
30.3 St Anicet, 30.1 Muskoka,30.0 La Tuque and Maniwaki,29.7 Earlton,29.6 MONTREAL etc. (right)
HISTORIC
October 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
1- UNBELIEVABLE HEAT IN CANADA🇨🇦
Dozens of records smashed in pieces
Mins up to 20.7 Atikokan,19.7 Geraldton etc (left)
TMaxes: 30.8 Pembroke,30.5 Hamilton and St Clothilde,
30.3 St Anicet, 30.1 Muskoka,30.0 La Tuque and Maniwaki,29.7 Earlton,29.6 MONTREAL etc. (right)
HISTORIC
Dozens of records smashed in pieces
Mins up to 20.7 Atikokan,19.7 Geraldton etc (left)
TMaxes: 30.8 Pembroke,30.5 Hamilton and St Clothilde,
30.3 St Anicet, 30.1 Muskoka,30.0 La Tuque and Maniwaki,29.7 Earlton,29.6 MONTREAL etc. (right)
HISTORIC
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Red alert in Antarctica
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwn3...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwn3...
Emergency in Antarctica as fears grow that we passed a tipping point
YouTube video by New Scientist
m.youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Red alert in Antarctica
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwn3...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwn3...
perhaps Israel could show a bit of respect by stopping the killing of civilians?
October 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
perhaps Israel could show a bit of respect by stopping the killing of civilians?
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Brilliant speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social - investing in climate, stopping the boats thro safe & legal routes, introducing a wealth tax on the very wealthiest, challenging privatisation, building community & spreading a #PoliticsOfHope @greenparty.org.uk #gpconf
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Brilliant speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social - investing in climate, stopping the boats thro safe & legal routes, introducing a wealth tax on the very wealthiest, challenging privatisation, building community & spreading a #PoliticsOfHope @greenparty.org.uk #gpconf
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"the prosecution refused to agree to any facts on the #ClimateCrisis to be included... Agreed facts exist precisely to establish the uncontested backdrop against which actions are judged... by excluding them the CPS is not only stripping away essential context but effectively denying reality itself"
Six Just Stop Oil supporters found guilty after Judge denies all legal defences – Just Stop Oil
Six Just Stop Oil supporters who were denied all legal defences by the Judge, were found guilty of public nuisance at Southwark Crown Court today, after peacefully climbing gantries on the M25 in 2022...
juststopoil.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"the prosecution refused to agree to any facts on the #ClimateCrisis to be included... Agreed facts exist precisely to establish the uncontested backdrop against which actions are judged... by excluding them the CPS is not only stripping away essential context but effectively denying reality itself"
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"We can no longer pretend that we are sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. We are doing it consciously, with our eyes wide open."
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?
Just out
My latest @guardian piece on #climate pragmatism and the global rowback on climate action
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My latest @guardian piece on #climate pragmatism and the global rowback on climate action
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our world is hurtling into climate disaster and what do politicians give us? Oilfields and new runways | Bill McGuire
In the name of ‘pragmatism’, green measures are being ditched, net zero derided. Be very clear: without slashing emissions we are in deep, deep trouble, says UCL professor Bill McGuire
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"We can no longer pretend that we are sleepwalking into climate catastrophe. We are doing it consciously, with our eyes wide open."
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?
@profbillmcguire.bsky.social focuses on politicians, but what about the rest of us? Or did we open our eyes briefly, then decide we'd rather just keep them shut?
A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
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“To be a good scientist, I have to take emotions out of work. Still, I would say looking at this data, when I allow myself to connect to it emotionally, then I am afraid. This really scares me”
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life
Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
“To be a good scientist, I have to take emotions out of work. Still, I would say looking at this data, when I allow myself to connect to it emotionally, then I am afraid. This really scares me”
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab
- Dr. Levke Caesar, co-lead of Planetary Boundaries Science Lab