Ben Ryder
@benryder.bsky.social
Climate and Health @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Posts about climate change, climate policy/politics, health, adaptation and L&D, formerly @UNEP @UCL. Views own.
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#Arizona #AZ #Health #Fever #PublicHealth
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#Arizona #AZ #Health #Fever #PublicHealth
In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#Arizona #AZ #Health #Fever #PublicHealth
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#Arizona #AZ #Health #Fever #PublicHealth
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
October 29, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy.
❤️🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck.
Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
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Rising heat killing one person a minute worldwide, major climate report reveals
- The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Rising heat killing one person a minute worldwide, major climate report reveals
- The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating
@lancetcountdown.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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4/ But we still need to recognise that:
- Different worldviews can clash in the planning process and make adaptation fail
- We need to call out non-critical frameworks and approaches to researching and implementing adaptation
- People who work on adaptation need to take a broader perspective
/FIN
- Different worldviews can clash in the planning process and make adaptation fail
- We need to call out non-critical frameworks and approaches to researching and implementing adaptation
- People who work on adaptation need to take a broader perspective
/FIN
October 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
4/ But we still need to recognise that:
- Different worldviews can clash in the planning process and make adaptation fail
- We need to call out non-critical frameworks and approaches to researching and implementing adaptation
- People who work on adaptation need to take a broader perspective
/FIN
- Different worldviews can clash in the planning process and make adaptation fail
- We need to call out non-critical frameworks and approaches to researching and implementing adaptation
- People who work on adaptation need to take a broader perspective
/FIN
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3/ And research now largely acknowledges that:
- adaptation is not about climate change but about rethinking development/planning
- we need an intersectional, decolonised approach
- adaptation itself is an imposed concept that can also serve to remove people's agency, assets, and integrity...
- adaptation is not about climate change but about rethinking development/planning
- we need an intersectional, decolonised approach
- adaptation itself is an imposed concept that can also serve to remove people's agency, assets, and integrity...
October 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
3/ And research now largely acknowledges that:
- adaptation is not about climate change but about rethinking development/planning
- we need an intersectional, decolonised approach
- adaptation itself is an imposed concept that can also serve to remove people's agency, assets, and integrity...
- adaptation is not about climate change but about rethinking development/planning
- we need an intersectional, decolonised approach
- adaptation itself is an imposed concept that can also serve to remove people's agency, assets, and integrity...
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2/ Adaptation research and practice can no longer be described as the black sheep of climate change because we now have a solid 15 years of action. However:
- much of it is still very far from being effective
- there is still a huge need for adaptation everywhere
- there is a massive lack of funding
- much of it is still very far from being effective
- there is still a huge need for adaptation everywhere
- there is a massive lack of funding
October 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
2/ Adaptation research and practice can no longer be described as the black sheep of climate change because we now have a solid 15 years of action. However:
- much of it is still very far from being effective
- there is still a huge need for adaptation everywhere
- there is a massive lack of funding
- much of it is still very far from being effective
- there is still a huge need for adaptation everywhere
- there is a massive lack of funding
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Americans are dying from extreme heat
Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories
They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways
Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social
#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories
They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways
Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social
#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story
Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Americans are dying from extreme heat
Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories
They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways
Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social
#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Examination of 100s of autopsy reports reveals tragic stories
They show lives cut short in ordinary, preventable ways
Exceptional reporting by my colleague @ninalakhani.bsky.social
#climatcrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org
National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats arising from the climate & nature crisis to an invite-only audience. Westminster Central Hall, 27 November. Has your MP confirmed yet?
www.nebriefing.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org
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New comment in Nature climate change published this week on the dangers of adaptation projects by Meg Mills-Novoa, Kim Anh Thomas and Michael Mikulewicz (three scholars whose work you should follow!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Moving beyond projects to achieve transformative adaptation - Nature Climate Change
Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives tha...
www.nature.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
New comment in Nature climate change published this week on the dangers of adaptation projects by Meg Mills-Novoa, Kim Anh Thomas and Michael Mikulewicz (three scholars whose work you should follow!)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New paper in Nature finds that global geologic CO2 storage potential is ~90% lower than previously believed. Many candidate sites could leak CO2 back into the air or into groundwater, undermining climate mitigation efficacy or putting nearby human health at risk.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature
A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
New paper in Nature finds that global geologic CO2 storage potential is ~90% lower than previously believed. Many candidate sites could leak CO2 back into the air or into groundwater, undermining climate mitigation efficacy or putting nearby human health at risk.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
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Workers globally face increasing health risks as extreme temperatures become more common, and that includes the UK 🥵 We need the government to produce effective adaptations for the sake of everyone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylwxl5n01o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylwxl5n01o
WHO warns of risks of extreme heat in the workplace
Workers, employers and governments need to adapt to a more extreme climate, the organisation says.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Workers globally face increasing health risks as extreme temperatures become more common, and that includes the UK 🥵 We need the government to produce effective adaptations for the sake of everyone.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylwxl5n01o
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylwxl5n01o
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The projections of the amount of heating we're seeing have been spot on. But all the projections of the *impacts* of that warming have been way, way lowballed. Let's not do that any more.
New review: "The tipping point for unstoppable ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could be exceeded even under best-case CO2 emission reduction pathways, potentially initiating global tipping cascades"
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emerging evidence of abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment - Nature
Abrupt changes are developing across Antarctica’s ice, ocean and biological systems; some of these changes are intensifying faster than equivalent Arctic changes, potentially irreversibly, and their i...
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The projections of the amount of heating we're seeing have been spot on. But all the projections of the *impacts* of that warming have been way, way lowballed. Let's not do that any more.
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There is growing evidence that climate change can have direct and indirect effects on mental health. This is especially true for extreme heat.
🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵
🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵
August 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There is growing evidence that climate change can have direct and indirect effects on mental health. This is especially true for extreme heat.
🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵
🌡️ The literature shows a clear relationship between increased temperatures and number of suicides and severe distress following extreme weather events🧵
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Extreme heat kills - yet most heatwave warnings are based on air temperature alone, not how our bodies actually respond.
Fantastic Nature piece from Ollie Jay and his team in Sydney calling for physiology based heat alerts to protect those most at risk.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fantastic Nature piece from Ollie Jay and his team in Sydney calling for physiology based heat alerts to protect those most at risk.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
To save lives in heatwaves, focus on how human bodies work
Strategies for heat-health preparedness should concentrate on cooling people, not just the air.
www.nature.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Extreme heat kills - yet most heatwave warnings are based on air temperature alone, not how our bodies actually respond.
Fantastic Nature piece from Ollie Jay and his team in Sydney calling for physiology based heat alerts to protect those most at risk.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Fantastic Nature piece from Ollie Jay and his team in Sydney calling for physiology based heat alerts to protect those most at risk.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Delighted to have the opportunity to engage with @physoc.bsky.social at #GCHS2025
In the picture, my co-author @shourodasgupta.bsky.social, presenting our work on heat and the labourforce
Plenty of scope for better adaptation and worker protection
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
In the picture, my co-author @shourodasgupta.bsky.social, presenting our work on heat and the labourforce
Plenty of scope for better adaptation and worker protection
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Delighted to have the opportunity to engage with @physoc.bsky.social at #GCHS2025
In the picture, my co-author @shourodasgupta.bsky.social, presenting our work on heat and the labourforce
Plenty of scope for better adaptation and worker protection
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
In the picture, my co-author @shourodasgupta.bsky.social, presenting our work on heat and the labourforce
Plenty of scope for better adaptation and worker protection
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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1/5. 📢RAPID REACTION EVENT 📢: Yesterday the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️ delivered a milestone advisory opinion clarifying the obligations of states in respect to #ClimateChange. 🥳 Find out what this means and what comes next! 🤓
@ciel.org @wy4cj.bsky.social
@ciel.org @wy4cj.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
1/5. 📢RAPID REACTION EVENT 📢: Yesterday the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️ delivered a milestone advisory opinion clarifying the obligations of states in respect to #ClimateChange. 🥳 Find out what this means and what comes next! 🤓
@ciel.org @wy4cj.bsky.social
@ciel.org @wy4cj.bsky.social
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#ICJAO “The consequences of climate change are severe and far-reaching. They affect both natural ecosystems and human populations. These consequences underscore the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change,” said Iwasawa Yuji, President of the ICJ.
earth.org/icj-advisory...
earth.org/icj-advisory...
July 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#ICJAO “The consequences of climate change are severe and far-reaching. They affect both natural ecosystems and human populations. These consequences underscore the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change,” said Iwasawa Yuji, President of the ICJ.
earth.org/icj-advisory...
earth.org/icj-advisory...
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🚨 NEW: X, Meta & YouTube are letting misleading claims about extreme weather events - like the LA wildfires & Hurricane Helene - spread unchecked.
We found that almost all of the 300 viral misleading posts we studied don’t carry fact-checks, disrupting disaster response & putting lives at risk 🧵
We found that almost all of the 300 viral misleading posts we studied don’t carry fact-checks, disrupting disaster response & putting lives at risk 🧵
Extreme weather misinformation 'putting lives at risk,' study warns
Major social media platforms are enabling and profiting from misinformation around extreme weather events, endangering lives and impeding emergency response efforts, a research group said Tuesday.
www.france24.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🚨 NEW: X, Meta & YouTube are letting misleading claims about extreme weather events - like the LA wildfires & Hurricane Helene - spread unchecked.
We found that almost all of the 300 viral misleading posts we studied don’t carry fact-checks, disrupting disaster response & putting lives at risk 🧵
We found that almost all of the 300 viral misleading posts we studied don’t carry fact-checks, disrupting disaster response & putting lives at risk 🧵
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So disappointing. Yes, we need to ramp up adaptation, but it's wildly premature to say "it's too late" and give up on decarbonization just because we didn't avoid climate impacts altogether.
A warmer world - with all its challenges - still deserves our love, and will always be worth fighting for.
A warmer world - with all its challenges - still deserves our love, and will always be worth fighting for.
New from me: An exclusive interview with David Suzuki, who talked about reaching the conclusion that humanity has failed in the fight against climate change, and why communities should start preparing for more destructive natural disasters #cdnpoli #cdnenviro
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...
‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics
"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...
www.ipolitics.ca
July 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
So disappointing. Yes, we need to ramp up adaptation, but it's wildly premature to say "it's too late" and give up on decarbonization just because we didn't avoid climate impacts altogether.
A warmer world - with all its challenges - still deserves our love, and will always be worth fighting for.
A warmer world - with all its challenges - still deserves our love, and will always be worth fighting for.
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Do not miss this paper! Absolutely critical for an update on how we think about adaptation to climate change now.
New paper out in Global Environmental Change - And I’m genuinely so thrilled to see this one published!! 🍾
@martaolazabal.bsky.social @imagineadapt.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@martaolazabal.bsky.social @imagineadapt.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Do not miss this paper! Absolutely critical for an update on how we think about adaptation to climate change now.
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New paper out in Global Environmental Change - And I’m genuinely so thrilled to see this one published!! 🍾
@martaolazabal.bsky.social @imagineadapt.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@martaolazabal.bsky.social @imagineadapt.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New paper out in Global Environmental Change - And I’m genuinely so thrilled to see this one published!! 🍾
@martaolazabal.bsky.social @imagineadapt.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@martaolazabal.bsky.social @imagineadapt.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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We have a new paper out!! Led by Gen Pei @hsph.harvard.edu and with @joeallenjoe.bsky.social! We find that doing climate interventions in Eastern Europe have ~10x higher health benefits than Western, since building renewables there displaces more coal iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Assessing the climate and health impacts of energy consumption in European Union countries - IOPscienceSearch
Assessing the climate and health impacts of energy consumption in European Union countries, Pei, Gen, Buonocore, Jonathan J, Salimifard, Parichehr, Sousa, Brian, Ferguson, Lauren, Allen, Joseph G
iopscience.iop.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
We have a new paper out!! Led by Gen Pei @hsph.harvard.edu and with @joeallenjoe.bsky.social! We find that doing climate interventions in Eastern Europe have ~10x higher health benefits than Western, since building renewables there displaces more coal iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Will you live an unprecedented life?
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Born into the Climate Crisis 2. An unprecedented life: Protecting children’s rights in a changing climate | Save the Children’s Resource Centre
The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it is a pressing reality that children are facing today. Despite having contributed the least to the climate crisis, the inherent intergenerational injustic...
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net
May 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Will you live an unprecedented life?
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...