"Both sets of scenarios consist of a narrative storyline and illustrative quantifications, and are designed to complement the climate projections currently used for risk assessment in the UK." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
High‐Impact Low‐Likelihood Climate Scenarios for Risk Assessment in the UK
We present two sets of high-impact low-likelihood climate scenarios for the UK, designed for risk assessment and complementing conventional climate scenarios One set describes “worst-case” change...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"Both sets of scenarios consist of a narrative storyline and illustrative quantifications, and are designed to complement the climate projections currently used for risk assessment in the UK." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
"Both sets of scenarios consist of a narrative storyline and illustrative quantifications, and are designed to complement the climate projections currently used for risk assessment in the UK." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
High‐Impact Low‐Likelihood Climate Scenarios for Risk Assessment in the UK
We present two sets of high-impact low-likelihood climate scenarios for the UK, designed for risk assessment and complementing conventional climate scenarios One set describes “worst-case” change...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"Both sets of scenarios consist of a narrative storyline and illustrative quantifications, and are designed to complement the climate projections currently used for risk assessment in the UK." agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
“It is up to the state to intervene and put an end to this by meeting these reasonable demands that pave the way for the freedom of all those who choose to use their rights trying to stop a genocide, something the British state has failed to do themselves.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard
Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“It is up to the state to intervene and put an end to this by meeting these reasonable demands that pave the way for the freedom of all those who choose to use their rights trying to stop a genocide, something the British state has failed to do themselves.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
"transparently part of the Trump administration’s promotion of wilful ignorance about climate change." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"transparently part of the Trump administration’s promotion of wilful ignorance about climate change." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Consequential lives news.mongabay.com/2025/12/envi...
Environmental defenders & conservationists who died in 2025
I write short obituaries for people who spent their lives protecting parts of the natural world. I work on them in the margins of other responsibilities, yet they have become a constant. In 2025, I pr...
news.mongabay.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Consequential lives news.mongabay.com/2025/12/envi...
Lovely 15-minute film from the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective earthjurisprudence.africa/stories/atha...
ATHARAKA | 'Those of Tharaka', Kenya
What does it mean to be of a place? A short film following Kenyan clans remembering the power in their indigenous identity
earthjurisprudence.africa
December 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Lovely 15-minute film from the African Earth Jurisprudence Collective earthjurisprudence.africa/stories/atha...
"An ambitious but challenging timeline would be to start negotiations among this coalition of the willing in early 2027, and adopt an agreement as soon as possible thereafter." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"An ambitious but challenging timeline would be to start negotiations among this coalition of the willing in early 2027, and adopt an agreement as soon as possible thereafter." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"What will future generations make of what the current ecological community chose to focus its intellect, resources, energies, and time on? Will they praise what it achieved or wonder why it did not exert all its powers to address the environmental crises...?" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An ecology fit for a crisis
We live in a time of ecological crisis, with natural systems widely depauperated, biodiversity indicators in ongoing decline, and concerns that enviro…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"What will future generations make of what the current ecological community chose to focus its intellect, resources, energies, and time on? Will they praise what it achieved or wonder why it did not exert all its powers to address the environmental crises...?" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“One of the best things we can do is cut emissions. Going from high warming to more moderate warming cuts global caloric yield losses by half. That helps everyone – from breadbasket farmers to developed-world consumers to the global poor.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“One of the best things we can do is cut emissions. Going from high warming to more moderate warming cuts global caloric yield losses by half. That helps everyone – from breadbasket farmers to developed-world consumers to the global poor.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Our findings highlight the pressing need to reduce non-target effects of pesticide use...
conservation and restoration of semi-natural habitats successfully promote wild bees, but [fail] to mitigate pesticide-driven losses of wild bee pollinators from crop fields." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
conservation and restoration of semi-natural habitats successfully promote wild bees, but [fail] to mitigate pesticide-driven losses of wild bee pollinators from crop fields." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pesticides and habitat loss additively reduce wild bees in crop fields - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors synthesize bee assemblage data from 681 crop fields across three continents, finding that local pesticide hazards and decreasing adjacent semi-natural habitats both negatively affected wil...
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
"Our findings highlight the pressing need to reduce non-target effects of pesticide use...
conservation and restoration of semi-natural habitats successfully promote wild bees, but [fail] to mitigate pesticide-driven losses of wild bee pollinators from crop fields." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
conservation and restoration of semi-natural habitats successfully promote wild bees, but [fail] to mitigate pesticide-driven losses of wild bee pollinators from crop fields." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
www.usatoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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It's like on the eve of WWII we decided to stop funding R&D into weapons systems to develop advanced aircraft, ships, and tanks. Climate change is going to kick our butts if we lose NCAR (and NOAA) at a time when climate change is increasing extreme weather events capable of crashing the economy.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It's like on the eve of WWII we decided to stop funding R&D into weapons systems to develop advanced aircraft, ships, and tanks. Climate change is going to kick our butts if we lose NCAR (and NOAA) at a time when climate change is increasing extreme weather events capable of crashing the economy.
Decoupling of Economic Growth from emissions? Not so fast degrowthuk.org/2025/12/16/d...
Decoupling …… again
An article appeared in The Guardian on Thursday, December 11th, entitled “Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds” 1. The Guardian appears…
degrowthuk.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Decoupling of Economic Growth from emissions? Not so fast degrowthuk.org/2025/12/16/d...
“Ensuring access to safe, affordable water for all and safeguarding civilian water systems in accordance with international law are critical to preventing further expansion of violence.” www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/12/15/p...
Pacific Institute analysis finds surge in reported water-related violence - Water Magazine
Violence over water resources has reached record levels, continuing a trajectory of steep growth in such incidents over the past quarter century.
www.watermagazine.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“Ensuring access to safe, affordable water for all and safeguarding civilian water systems in accordance with international law are critical to preventing further expansion of violence.” www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/12/15/p...
"This is a core problem with today's AI: it is surprisingly bad at distinguishing between truth and untruth – exactly like bullshit – producing artificial ignorance as much as artificial intelligence with little ability to discriminate between the two." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
AI as artificial ignorance
First, we present a number of simple tests of AI, which document a profound gap between the hype and the reality of AI. Second, we explain the gap in …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"This is a core problem with today's AI: it is surprisingly bad at distinguishing between truth and untruth – exactly like bullshit – producing artificial ignorance as much as artificial intelligence with little ability to discriminate between the two." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Wildfires are getting more destructive in the US, especially in conifer forests of the Northwest...10% of exposed buildings were destroyed in 2002–2012, but this percentage more than tripled, to 32% in 2013–2022. Nice work @amandacarlson.bsky.social and co-authors! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Rising rates of wildfire building destruction in the conterminous United States | PNAS
Many regions of the world have seen an increase in highly destructive wildfires, driven
by well-documented increases in burned area and growth of h...
www.pnas.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Wildfires are getting more destructive in the US, especially in conifer forests of the Northwest...10% of exposed buildings were destroyed in 2002–2012, but this percentage more than tripled, to 32% in 2013–2022. Nice work @amandacarlson.bsky.social and co-authors! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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FIRST-EVER IPBES fast-track assessment.
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
FIRST-EVER IPBES fast-track assessment.
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
The #BizBiodiversity report will provide authoritative evidence on nature's role in the global economy, often overlooked and undervalued.
Discover the scale and scope of this landmark assessment set for approval at #IPBES12: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG
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We’re thrilled to share that Japan🇯🇵 has ratified (acceded) the #HighSeasTreaty.
Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement.
Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement.
Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM
We’re thrilled to share that Japan🇯🇵 has ratified (acceded) the #HighSeasTreaty.
Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement.
Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement.
Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
"If we allow corporate logic and autocratic governance to define the university’s future, we may end up with an institution that still carries the name “university,” but no longer fulfils its role as a free and critical public actor." www.resource-online.nl/index.php/20...
Reorganizing education: What’s at stake? - Resource online
Letter to the editor: 'Increasingly, we are governed as if the university were a firm: steered by measurable outputs.'
www.resource-online.nl
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"If we allow corporate logic and autocratic governance to define the university’s future, we may end up with an institution that still carries the name “university,” but no longer fulfils its role as a free and critical public actor." www.resource-online.nl/index.php/20...
“Under a moderate to severe… scenario, birds across much of Europe, especially central and northern Europe, will face substantially increased annual risks of being exposed to multiple types of extreme events, most with little historical precedent.” conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Compounding Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on European Birds Under Climate Change
When multiple simultaneous or successive extreme climatic events occur, compound impacts can follow, where the effects of one event worsen the impacts of another. Surprisingly, the risks that these c....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“Under a moderate to severe… scenario, birds across much of Europe, especially central and northern Europe, will face substantially increased annual risks of being exposed to multiple types of extreme events, most with little historical precedent.” conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Nice clear video from Dave Borlace, who has picked up a report on Sustainable Fiduciary Duty and made it accessible. "Just have a think." www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtS0...
New analysis. How corporate overlords are unlawfully ignoring future climate impacts.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Nice clear video from Dave Borlace, who has picked up a report on Sustainable Fiduciary Duty and made it accessible. "Just have a think." www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtS0...
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Legal adviser to Rachel Reeves quits after advising plans to rip up planning laws could jeopardise trade with the EU and lead to widespread habitat destruction
The laws derive from EU Habitats Regulations, and non-regression forms part of the trade deal with EU
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The laws derive from EU Habitats Regulations, and non-regression forms part of the trade deal with EU
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Legal adviser to Rachel Reeves quits after advising plans to rip up planning laws could jeopardise trade with the EU and lead to widespread habitat destruction
The laws derive from EU Habitats Regulations, and non-regression forms part of the trade deal with EU
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The laws derive from EU Habitats Regulations, and non-regression forms part of the trade deal with EU
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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📣 New article out:
☠️ Pesticide lobby opportunism: using farmer protests in attempts to slash EU safety rules for #pesticides. #deregulation #omnibus
👉 But free trade deal #EU-Mercosur opposition shows farmers' and pesticide industry's interests do not align.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/p...
☠️ Pesticide lobby opportunism: using farmer protests in attempts to slash EU safety rules for #pesticides. #deregulation #omnibus
👉 But free trade deal #EU-Mercosur opposition shows farmers' and pesticide industry's interests do not align.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/p...
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
📣 New article out:
☠️ Pesticide lobby opportunism: using farmer protests in attempts to slash EU safety rules for #pesticides. #deregulation #omnibus
👉 But free trade deal #EU-Mercosur opposition shows farmers' and pesticide industry's interests do not align.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/p...
☠️ Pesticide lobby opportunism: using farmer protests in attempts to slash EU safety rules for #pesticides. #deregulation #omnibus
👉 But free trade deal #EU-Mercosur opposition shows farmers' and pesticide industry's interests do not align.
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/p...
“This strongly suggests that the US antibiotic-free beef supply is deeply contaminated and deeply deceptive to American consumers” www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The meat industry is sabotaging one of modern medicine’s greatest miracles
The US was making progress on its antibiotics-in-meat problem. Now it’s backsliding.
www.vox.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“This strongly suggests that the US antibiotic-free beef supply is deeply contaminated and deeply deceptive to American consumers” www.vox.com/future-perfe...