Dan Calverley
@dancalverley.bsky.social
Researcher on climate & energy.
Co-founder, producer, word-wrangler @clim8uncensored.
PhD environmental engineering.
5 yrs cycling the world, studying forms of the good life.
Co-founder, producer, word-wrangler @clim8uncensored.
PhD environmental engineering.
5 yrs cycling the world, studying forms of the good life.
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Short interview on the BBC Today programme with Amol Rajan, discussing the upcoming Brazil COP and how the so-called “cost of living crisis” is being (mis)used by leaders and high emitters to avoid taking meaningful action on climate change.
Starts at 2.36.30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Starts at 2.36.30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today - 07/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Short interview on the BBC Today programme with Amol Rajan, discussing the upcoming Brazil COP and how the so-called “cost of living crisis” is being (mis)used by leaders and high emitters to avoid taking meaningful action on climate change.
Starts at 2.36.30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Starts at 2.36.30. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What holding policymakers to their word feels like
October 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
What holding policymakers to their word feels like
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I hope at some point the wider public understands what's happening, big govt is being dismantled, governance powers are being outsourced to corporations hand over fist, making serious incursions into critical public infrastructure.
They call it 'localised freedoms'.
I call it Zone Fever.
They call it 'localised freedoms'.
I call it Zone Fever.
October 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I hope at some point the wider public understands what's happening, big govt is being dismantled, governance powers are being outsourced to corporations hand over fist, making serious incursions into critical public infrastructure.
They call it 'localised freedoms'.
I call it Zone Fever.
They call it 'localised freedoms'.
I call it Zone Fever.
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Progress towards a police state www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... The US is heading for civil war unless Trump suddenly changes trajectory. How far behind are we in the creation of a police state?
Progress towards a police state
As the FT notes this morning:
Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 to deploy troops to American cities, intensifying a stand-off with Democratic-led states resisting his ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Progress towards a police state www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10... The US is heading for civil war unless Trump suddenly changes trajectory. How far behind are we in the creation of a police state?
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Whatever your view on anything, if you don’t realise that initiatives like this spring from an impulse to authoritarianism, you’re deluding yourself I think.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Whatever your view on anything, if you don’t realise that initiatives like this spring from an impulse to authoritarianism, you’re deluding yourself I think.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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"Would it really threaten the global ruling class if the world phased out fossil fuels? The answer to this question—Malm and Carton’s exegesis of the wealth lost if we stopped using coal, oil, and gas—lies at the core of Overshoot."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
September 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Would it really threaten the global ruling class if the world phased out fossil fuels? The answer to this question—Malm and Carton’s exegesis of the wealth lost if we stopped using coal, oil, and gas—lies at the core of Overshoot."
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently.
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
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A great distillation from @dancalverley.bsky.social of the choice we all face now - to change and adopt new lifestyles or to carry on burning carbon as we follow our current selfish paths.
August 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A great distillation from @dancalverley.bsky.social of the choice we all face now - to change and adopt new lifestyles or to carry on burning carbon as we follow our current selfish paths.
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1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning
Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.
www.forbes.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...
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In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing.
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:07 AM
In this week's column, I explore what I see as a very real prospect of systemic collapse, caused by Trump's actions, and suggest we start preparing.
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I try to explain how complex systems fail, and suggest some of the failure paths we could be on.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In Nature Climate Change, we show that a year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit. @natclimchange.bsky.social
A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit - Nature Climate Change
What a first year with temperature 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial baseline implies for long-term temperature goals is unclear. Here the authors show that such a first year above the baseline is highl...
www.nature.com
February 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In Nature Climate Change, we show that a year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit. @natclimchange.bsky.social
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Can anyone who is a parent, but not a climate activist in any form, please explain to me why not?
February 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Can anyone who is a parent, but not a climate activist in any form, please explain to me why not?
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The neoliberal dream of fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch was always the destruction of US democracy and the elimination of government (except for its repressive organs police, courts, prisons, military ofc), and now he has won.
What now? A 🧵.
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What now? A 🧵.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The neoliberal dream of fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch was always the destruction of US democracy and the elimination of government (except for its repressive organs police, courts, prisons, military ofc), and now he has won.
What now? A 🧵.
1/
t.co/FKxxmLyfce
What now? A 🧵.
1/
t.co/FKxxmLyfce
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1. There have been plenty of debates about whether or not Trump and his circle are fascists. In this column, I argue that the debate solves nothing. What we’re seeing is a reversion to the default state of politics in centralised societies: autocratic tyranny. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot
Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
1. There have been plenty of debates about whether or not Trump and his circle are fascists. In this column, I argue that the debate solves nothing. What we’re seeing is a reversion to the default state of politics in centralised societies: autocratic tyranny. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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8. To counter the spiral requires massive political effort: dissent, protest, non-cooperation and the building of alternatives on a vast scale. The response by power will be extreme repressive violence. Only societies prepared to withstand it produce alternatives to tyranny.
January 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
8. To counter the spiral requires massive political effort: dissent, protest, non-cooperation and the building of alternatives on a vast scale. The response by power will be extreme repressive violence. Only societies prepared to withstand it produce alternatives to tyranny.
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I have an issue with your first two paragraphs: you’re comparing aviation and concrete emissions
This ignores the inequality and choice of flying
Concrete is a systemic issue that no individual can affect. Flying cannot be compared this way
Your framing doesn’t focus on the root cause: inequality
This ignores the inequality and choice of flying
Concrete is a systemic issue that no individual can affect. Flying cannot be compared this way
Your framing doesn’t focus on the root cause: inequality
January 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I have an issue with your first two paragraphs: you’re comparing aviation and concrete emissions
This ignores the inequality and choice of flying
Concrete is a systemic issue that no individual can affect. Flying cannot be compared this way
Your framing doesn’t focus on the root cause: inequality
This ignores the inequality and choice of flying
Concrete is a systemic issue that no individual can affect. Flying cannot be compared this way
Your framing doesn’t focus on the root cause: inequality
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From a security perspective, this is how the future looks:
Gated communities (GC)
In survival-favourable locations
Defended by private military companies
Using lethal and non-lethal weapons
To secure GC inhabitants and infrastructure / resources (food, water, energy)
From climate displaced people
Gated communities (GC)
In survival-favourable locations
Defended by private military companies
Using lethal and non-lethal weapons
To secure GC inhabitants and infrastructure / resources (food, water, energy)
From climate displaced people
“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
January 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
From a security perspective, this is how the future looks:
Gated communities (GC)
In survival-favourable locations
Defended by private military companies
Using lethal and non-lethal weapons
To secure GC inhabitants and infrastructure / resources (food, water, energy)
From climate displaced people
Gated communities (GC)
In survival-favourable locations
Defended by private military companies
Using lethal and non-lethal weapons
To secure GC inhabitants and infrastructure / resources (food, water, energy)
From climate displaced people
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Has a more than 10x increase in fossil fuels really been essential for the population growing by 3x?
December 24, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Has a more than 10x increase in fossil fuels really been essential for the population growing by 3x?
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@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social tells it like it is
Why won't KeirStarmer and co. listen?
I really don't think they have a clue about what's coming
If they did, they would be in full panic mode
I know I am
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why won't KeirStarmer and co. listen?
I really don't think they have a clue about what's coming
If they did, they would be in full panic mode
I know I am
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them? | Jeremy Corbyn
Labour seems gripped by a form of denialism. The danger is real and incremental change won’t avert it, says Jeremy Corbyn, independent MP for Islington North
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:08 PM
@jeremycorbyn.bsky.social tells it like it is
Why won't KeirStarmer and co. listen?
I really don't think they have a clue about what's coming
If they did, they would be in full panic mode
I know I am
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why won't KeirStarmer and co. listen?
I really don't think they have a clue about what's coming
If they did, they would be in full panic mode
I know I am
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Big companies will use their market power to drive up prices in the event of a crisis.”
NEW: Listen to @meadwaj.bsky.social explain climate-flation in our very festive @macrodosepod.bsky.social x Break Down crossover episode
www.break-down.org/post/year-in-review-a-macrodose-crossover
NEW: Listen to @meadwaj.bsky.social explain climate-flation in our very festive @macrodosepod.bsky.social x Break Down crossover episode
www.break-down.org/post/year-in-review-a-macrodose-crossover
December 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM
“Big companies will use their market power to drive up prices in the event of a crisis.”
NEW: Listen to @meadwaj.bsky.social explain climate-flation in our very festive @macrodosepod.bsky.social x Break Down crossover episode
www.break-down.org/post/year-in-review-a-macrodose-crossover
NEW: Listen to @meadwaj.bsky.social explain climate-flation in our very festive @macrodosepod.bsky.social x Break Down crossover episode
www.break-down.org/post/year-in-review-a-macrodose-crossover
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Can we get to overseas conferences without wrecking the planet? Yes, absolutely!
Dr Alison Chisholm and Dr Juliet Carpenter travel to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry, and share their eye-opening journey here 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
Dr Alison Chisholm and Dr Juliet Carpenter travel to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry, and share their eye-opening journey here 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
Can we get to overseas conferences without wrecking the planet?
Two Oxford researchers share their eye-opening journey to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry instead of flying. Discover the challenges, unexpected joys, and compelling environmental case fo...
www.phc.ox.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Can we get to overseas conferences without wrecking the planet? Yes, absolutely!
Dr Alison Chisholm and Dr Juliet Carpenter travel to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry, and share their eye-opening journey here 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
Dr Alison Chisholm and Dr Juliet Carpenter travel to a conference in Marrakesh by train and ferry, and share their eye-opening journey here 👇
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/train-t...
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I don't think scientists have any more insight into this than anyone else tbh.
How do scientists think about the future - do they see collapse as inevitable now, do they think it can be delayed, or can it still be avoided through transformation?
Facinating, timely research from Sam Finnerty and pals
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Facinating, timely research from Sam Finnerty and pals
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 17, 2024 at 5:06 PM
I don't think scientists have any more insight into this than anyone else tbh.