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“Three Truths”
For COP30 in Wimborne we’re sharing testimonies from people already losing homes, lands + futures to climate breakdown. Today: the words of Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Panama’s climate envoy
#COP30
#climatejustice #ThisWorldIsOurs
For COP30 in Wimborne we’re sharing testimonies from people already losing homes, lands + futures to climate breakdown. Today: the words of Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Panama’s climate envoy
#COP30
#climatejustice #ThisWorldIsOurs
November 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“Three Truths”
For COP30 in Wimborne we’re sharing testimonies from people already losing homes, lands + futures to climate breakdown. Today: the words of Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Panama’s climate envoy
#COP30
#climatejustice #ThisWorldIsOurs
For COP30 in Wimborne we’re sharing testimonies from people already losing homes, lands + futures to climate breakdown. Today: the words of Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Panama’s climate envoy
#COP30
#climatejustice #ThisWorldIsOurs
"The countries that are most opposed to 1.5C and the actions we need to take for it are the “like-minded developing countries” group, people like the Arab group, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China, India"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks
Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
"The countries that are most opposed to 1.5C and the actions we need to take for it are the “like-minded developing countries” group, people like the Arab group, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, China, India"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s Greenhouse Gas emissions reductions have slowed significantly in recent years
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
England’s Greenhouse Gas emissions reductions have slowed significantly in recent years
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"we need to ask some uncomfortable questions. What happens to democracy when it becomes a barrier to survival?"
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"I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t let you have democracy."
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"I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t let you have democracy."
The Climate Crisis Is Exposing Democracy’s Fatal Flaws
Rethinking Democracy in an Era of Ecological Crisis and Irrationality
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November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
"we need to ask some uncomfortable questions. What happens to democracy when it becomes a barrier to survival?"
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"I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t let you have democracy."
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"I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t let you have democracy."
Well, it’s going to cost us even more €€€€$$$$£££s if we don’t get to net zero by 2050.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Well, it’s going to cost us even more €€€€$$$$£££s if we don’t get to net zero by 2050.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
China: is it really an ecological model? AWL ecology reading group
Sunday, 16 November⋅20:00 – 22:00
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November 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
China: is it really an ecological model? AWL ecology reading group
Sunday, 16 November⋅20:00 – 22:00
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Restoring these former wetlands — once drained but now potentially revived — offers two major advantages: a natural defensive barrier and a means to store immense amounts of carbon. Beyond European security, the climate stands to gain as well.
www.futura-sciences.com/en/theres-a-...
www.futura-sciences.com/en/theres-a-...
There’s a Highly Effective Natural Way to Push Back the Russian Invasion of Europe - Futura-Sciences
Could nature itself become a form of defense in wartime? Some scientists believe so. They propose a natural way to slow a Russian advance across Europe: restoring thousands of miles of wetlands along ...
www.futura-sciences.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Restoring these former wetlands — once drained but now potentially revived — offers two major advantages: a natural defensive barrier and a means to store immense amounts of carbon. Beyond European security, the climate stands to gain as well.
www.futura-sciences.com/en/theres-a-...
www.futura-sciences.com/en/theres-a-...
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"During negotiations on the 2040 goal in recent months, numerous governments - from Sweden, to Latvia, to France - warned that Europe's forests are absorbing far less CO2 emissions than hoped, in part because of wildfires and droughts made worse by #climate change"
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November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"During negotiations on the 2040 goal in recent months, numerous governments - from Sweden, to Latvia, to France - warned that Europe's forests are absorbing far less CO2 emissions than hoped, in part because of wildfires and droughts made worse by #climate change"
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"Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests"
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"those who had been diagnosed with dementia prior to their death had up to 10 times as much plastic in their brains compared to those without the condition"
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
How do the microplastics in our bodies affect our health?
Microplastics have even been found inside our bones – but what impact are they having on our health? Here's everything we know about what they're doing to our bodies.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"those who had been diagnosed with dementia prior to their death had up to 10 times as much plastic in their brains compared to those without the condition"
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
"According to Sea Shepherd, there are more than 36,000 Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs), each one composed of almost 1.2 km (0.7 miles) of nylon lines..."
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'The sea is like a minefield': The web of illegal fish traps in Italy's Mediterranean
Off the coast of Sicily, Sea Shepherd and its volunteers are hunting down illegal fish traps and working with Italian authorities to crack down on this environmental crime.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
"According to Sea Shepherd, there are more than 36,000 Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs), each one composed of almost 1.2 km (0.7 miles) of nylon lines..."
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
People can trade a kilogram of plastic waste for a full meal that includes rice, two vegetable curries, dal, roti, salad and pickles.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
What a good idea for cleaning up plastic waste
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What a good idea for cleaning up plastic waste
Rice, two curries and dal: The Indian cafes where you can pay in rubbish
Garbage cafes are springing up across India. The BBC visits the city of Ambikapur to find out how much impact they can really have on plastic – and people.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
People can trade a kilogram of plastic waste for a full meal that includes rice, two vegetable curries, dal, roti, salad and pickles.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
What a good idea for cleaning up plastic waste
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
What a good idea for cleaning up plastic waste
"In the first half of 2025, for the first time ever, renewables overtook coal as the top source of global electricity — a major milestone"
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
The surprising countries pulling off stunningly fast clean energy transitions | CNN
Fossil fuel production is still increasing and the United States is in climate denial mode. But, globally, the use of renewable energy is on the rise — and several countries are shifting to solar fast...
www.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"In the first half of 2025, for the first time ever, renewables overtook coal as the top source of global electricity — a major milestone"
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/c...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Between 2021 and 2024, Shell sent a combined total of 37 lobbyists, BP sent 36, ExxonMobil 32 and Chevron 20.
In the past five years, the four oil majors made more than $420bn in combined profits."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the past five years, the four oil majors made more than $420bn in combined profits."
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 8, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"Between 2021 and 2024, Shell sent a combined total of 37 lobbyists, BP sent 36, ExxonMobil 32 and Chevron 20.
In the past five years, the four oil majors made more than $420bn in combined profits."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In the past five years, the four oil majors made more than $420bn in combined profits."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A few spaces left for this climate cafe listening circle. Book here for your free place: bit.ly/3WR5wb2
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A few spaces left for this climate cafe listening circle. Book here for your free place: bit.ly/3WR5wb2
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