Simon Oldridge
@sioldridge.bsky.social
Cofounder National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis www.nebriefing.org | Science communicator | former manufacturing CEO & business consultant | Moog 🎹
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Parliamentary call for a televised emergency briefing
For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.
www.nebriefing.org
To UK MPs: if you’re considering adding your name to the Parliamentary call for a prime-time televised emergency briefing, please scan the comments under this post where Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social warns of grave threats to UK citizens.
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Disinfo running rife.
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Disinfo running rife.
Flooding just caused @nickoldridge.bsky.social and I to have to abandon our trip to meet Baroness Rosie Boycott in the House of Lords to discuss the National Emergency Briefing.
One tiny example of how mounting impacts will increasingly derail efforts to tackle climate change.
#ActNow #TimeToStepUp
One tiny example of how mounting impacts will increasingly derail efforts to tackle climate change.
#ActNow #TimeToStepUp
January 27, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Flooding just caused @nickoldridge.bsky.social and I to have to abandon our trip to meet Baroness Rosie Boycott in the House of Lords to discuss the National Emergency Briefing.
One tiny example of how mounting impacts will increasingly derail efforts to tackle climate change.
#ActNow #TimeToStepUp
One tiny example of how mounting impacts will increasingly derail efforts to tackle climate change.
#ActNow #TimeToStepUp
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Yes - climate change presents a huge challenge. But the Climate Change Committee has modelled transitioning the UK economy to clean energy and finds it will save nearly £40 billion every year.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Yes - climate change presents a huge challenge. But the Climate Change Committee has modelled transitioning the UK economy to clean energy and finds it will save nearly £40 billion every year.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
Yes - climate change presents a huge challenge. But the Climate Change Committee has modelled transitioning the UK economy to clean energy and finds it will save nearly £40 billion every year.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
January 25, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Yes - climate change presents a huge challenge. But the Climate Change Committee has modelled transitioning the UK economy to clean energy and finds it will save nearly £40 billion every year.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
It's not just about avoiding the bad stuff.
We just need the courage to break out of business-as-usual.
2050? It’s happening right now and worsening fast - and we are absolutely not ready. MPs please - we need action.
“The only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice.”
“The only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice.”
January 25, 2026 at 9:30 AM
2050? It’s happening right now and worsening fast - and we are absolutely not ready. MPs please - we need action.
“The only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice.”
“The only railway line to the south-west of England has been partially shut until further notice.”
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Storms like #Ingrid are set to become more common and more intense. But experts warn the UK is not ready. Here’s Professor @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025
#NEB2025
January 24, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Storms like #Ingrid are set to become more common and more intense. But experts warn the UK is not ready. Here’s Professor @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social at the National Emergency Briefing.
#NEB2025
#NEB2025
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BBC reporting on Earth (presumably):
"Strongly contradicting narratives emerging on the Earth's shape today. Video from space appears to show the planet is round, but this is strongly disputed by many who insist on its flat nature.
Whatever the truth, this debate is likely to remain divisive"
"Strongly contradicting narratives emerging on the Earth's shape today. Video from space appears to show the planet is round, but this is strongly disputed by many who insist on its flat nature.
Whatever the truth, this debate is likely to remain divisive"
This perfectly demonstrates the pernicious nature of BBC two-sidism.
It almost always benefits the side with the most power.
In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
It almost always benefits the side with the most power.
In this case that's the side which is murdering peaceful protesters in the street, on camera, and then lying about it
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 25, 2026 at 8:50 AM
BBC reporting on Earth (presumably):
"Strongly contradicting narratives emerging on the Earth's shape today. Video from space appears to show the planet is round, but this is strongly disputed by many who insist on its flat nature.
Whatever the truth, this debate is likely to remain divisive"
"Strongly contradicting narratives emerging on the Earth's shape today. Video from space appears to show the planet is round, but this is strongly disputed by many who insist on its flat nature.
Whatever the truth, this debate is likely to remain divisive"
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Government 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
Quotes our own @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Good piece!
READ.
There’s scarcely anything more determinative…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
Quotes our own @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Good piece!
READ.
There’s scarcely anything more determinative…
Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks
The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict
www.businessgreen.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Government 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
Quotes our own @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Good piece!
READ.
There’s scarcely anything more determinative…
www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...
Quotes our own @carolinelucas.bsky.social
Good piece!
READ.
There’s scarcely anything more determinative…
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Bravo @ben-cooke.bsky.social. Brilliant scoop, and hard to imagine a more important one.
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Bravo @ben-cooke.bsky.social. Brilliant scoop, and hard to imagine a more important one.
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
“This government is hiding the true danger of climate change from the people”. Spooks don’t mess about when they leak.
www.thetimes.com/article/4a1c...
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National Emergency Briefing UK:
👉 senior UK scientists, clinicians, and risk experts (incl security)
👉 communicating evidence-based assessments in the public interest
👉 independent of party politics
👉 senior UK scientists, clinicians, and risk experts (incl security)
👉 communicating evidence-based assessments in the public interest
👉 independent of party politics
We are facing an extremely serious threat. There is much we can do, but action will not happen until the public is informed.
Please ask your MP to sign the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Please ask your MP to sign the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis. #NEB2025
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
January 23, 2026 at 1:08 PM
National Emergency Briefing UK:
👉 senior UK scientists, clinicians, and risk experts (incl security)
👉 communicating evidence-based assessments in the public interest
👉 independent of party politics
👉 senior UK scientists, clinicians, and risk experts (incl security)
👉 communicating evidence-based assessments in the public interest
👉 independent of party politics
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast
January 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast
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🚨 Very concerning that this report was "blocked by No 10 for being too negative" - blocked to MPs, blocked to public
Now we need a National Emergency Briefing on climate and risks on TV - real and evidence based - like had for COVID
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@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
Now we need a National Emergency Briefing on climate and risks on TV - real and evidence based - like had for COVID
archive.ph/ZMs9y
@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 8:48 AM
🚨 Very concerning that this report was "blocked by No 10 for being too negative" - blocked to MPs, blocked to public
Now we need a National Emergency Briefing on climate and risks on TV - real and evidence based - like had for COVID
archive.ph/ZMs9y
@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
Now we need a National Emergency Briefing on climate and risks on TV - real and evidence based - like had for COVID
archive.ph/ZMs9y
@sioldridge.bsky.social
@rupertread.bsky.social
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For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
January 21, 2026 at 11:50 AM
For years, experts have warned that nature loss would become a security threat.
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
Now a national security assessment confirms it: biodiversity collapse risks food shortages, economic instability and global disorder.
Nature underpins our global safety. So why is UK Government failing to protect it?
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:09 AM
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it WASTES public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Disinformation around climate action is surging just as threats escalate.
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Disinformation around climate action is surging just as threats escalate.
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Governments can’t sit by in silence while public understanding is undermined.
Resilience comes from honest communication.
Time for a televised emergency briefing. MPs please sign:
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Very well said @richardjmurphy.bsky.social👇
“we defeated fascism once before, but only once we stopped pretending it wasn’t there”
“we defeated fascism once before, but only once we stopped pretending it wasn’t there”
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump? youtu.be/DwoIrxZn47I?...
Are we fighting evil when we take on President Trump?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Very well said @richardjmurphy.bsky.social👇
“we defeated fascism once before, but only once we stopped pretending it wasn’t there”
“we defeated fascism once before, but only once we stopped pretending it wasn’t there”
Warning from a geologist in 1979 that burning fossil fuels risks "famine and social & political upheaval" 👇
Yesterday, the UK Gov published a report acknowledging this - 47 years later.
But they did so without any announcement. So very few people know.
It's time for a televised briefing. #NEB2025
Yesterday, the UK Gov published a report acknowledging this - 47 years later.
But they did so without any announcement. So very few people know.
It's time for a televised briefing. #NEB2025
A short reflection on William Barbat's 1979 "CO2 Newsletter". allouryesterdays.info/2026/01/11/a...
"A species capable of extraordinary insight, yet seemingly incapable of acting in its own long-term interest": Professor Kevin Anderson on the C02 Newsletter - All Our Yesterdays
From 1979 to 1982 American geologist William N. Barbat published 18 issues of the CO2 Newsletter. His family have kindly supplied copies and given permission for these to be digitised and shared. Ever...
allouryesterdays.info
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Warning from a geologist in 1979 that burning fossil fuels risks "famine and social & political upheaval" 👇
Yesterday, the UK Gov published a report acknowledging this - 47 years later.
But they did so without any announcement. So very few people know.
It's time for a televised briefing. #NEB2025
Yesterday, the UK Gov published a report acknowledging this - 47 years later.
But they did so without any announcement. So very few people know.
It's time for a televised briefing. #NEB2025
Yesterday's Gov report tells us that UK "cannot currently produce enough food to feed its population based on current diets" and that as ecosystems collapse, other countries are likely to limit exports.
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
Devastating new report on imminent threats to the UK from global ecosystem collapse which "threaten UK national security and prosperity"
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Yesterday's Gov report tells us that UK "cannot currently produce enough food to feed its population based on current diets" and that as ecosystems collapse, other countries are likely to limit exports.
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
That means not enough to eat.
It really is time for Gov to brief the nation.
#NEB2025
Devastating new report on imminent threats to the UK from global ecosystem collapse which "threaten UK national security and prosperity"
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Devastating new report on imminent threats to the UK from global ecosystem collapse which "threaten UK national security and prosperity"
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
The Gov should now stage a televised emergency briefing. The public have a right to know.
MPs join the call: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... #NEB2025
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Very concerning. The UK Government should respond by briefing the nation on the threats posed by climate breakdown and nature collapse - and the opportunities from acting.
MPs please add your name to the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
MPs please add your name to the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Parliamentary call for a televised emergency briefing
For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.
www.nebriefing.org
January 19, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Very concerning. The UK Government should respond by briefing the nation on the threats posed by climate breakdown and nature collapse - and the opportunities from acting.
MPs please add your name to the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
MPs please add your name to the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing.
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
History tends to ask a simple question: when the evidence was clear, did leaders choose to engage - or look away?
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Clips from Professor @mikebernerslee.bsky.social's powerful opening & closing statements at the National Emergency Briefing.
"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership. Leadership, as if the survival of our society depends on it... because it does."
#NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing
"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership. Leadership, as if the survival of our society depends on it... because it does."
#NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing
January 19, 2026 at 10:13 PM
History tends to ask a simple question: when the evidence was clear, did leaders choose to engage - or look away?
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Has your MP declined to support the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing?
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Perhaps they say the UK is doing enough already?
If so, please share the clip below with them 👇
More clips here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Perhaps they say the UK is doing enough already?
If so, please share the clip below with them 👇
More clips here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Some MPs say that the UK is doing enough on climate change.
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Has your MP declined to support the Parliamentary Call for a televised emergency briefing?
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Perhaps they say the UK is doing enough already?
If so, please share the clip below with them 👇
More clips here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar...
Perhaps they say the UK is doing enough already?
If so, please share the clip below with them 👇
More clips here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Europe and UK need to stop buying Trump’s fracked gas, shipped as liquified natural gas.
Here’s why imported #LNG is worse than coal, due to leaks all along the vast supply chain.
Natural gas (aka methane) is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas, 83 times worse than CO₂.
Here’s why imported #LNG is worse than coal, due to leaks all along the vast supply chain.
Natural gas (aka methane) is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas, 83 times worse than CO₂.
January 19, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Europe and UK need to stop buying Trump’s fracked gas, shipped as liquified natural gas.
Here’s why imported #LNG is worse than coal, due to leaks all along the vast supply chain.
Natural gas (aka methane) is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas, 83 times worse than CO₂.
Here’s why imported #LNG is worse than coal, due to leaks all along the vast supply chain.
Natural gas (aka methane) is an incredibly potent greenhouse gas, 83 times worse than CO₂.
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Some MPs say that the UK is doing enough on climate change.
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
January 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Some MPs say that the UK is doing enough on climate change.
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
The experts disagree.
Here, leading extreme weather expert & member of the Climate Change Committee, Prof @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social.
Please share with your MP.
Full talks: www.nebriefing.org
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
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Everyone should watch leading Professor @hughmontgomery.bsky.social's powerful talk at the National Emergency Briefing setting out the threats faced, but also opportunities available.
"I'm scared for my own life and future. I'm absolutely terrified for that of my son."
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
"I'm scared for my own life and future. I'm absolutely terrified for that of my son."
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
Health - Prof Hugh Montgomery OBE | National Emergency Briefing
YouTube video by The National Emergency Briefing
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Everyone should watch leading Professor @hughmontgomery.bsky.social's powerful talk at the National Emergency Briefing setting out the threats faced, but also opportunities available.
"I'm scared for my own life and future. I'm absolutely terrified for that of my son."
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
"I'm scared for my own life and future. I'm absolutely terrified for that of my son."
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp