James Cooper
@jamescooper-1.bsky.social
Carbon Specialist / Project and Programme Manager / Environmentalist / Amateur Runner / Plant-Based / Dad.
Interested in all things sustainable.
Interested in all things sustainable.
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Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Dartmoor is dying - it's time to bring it back to life.
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
Today the Dartmoor Nature Alliance publish a new call to action to restore Dartmoor's habitats: rewet peat bogs, revive heaths by reducing grazing, double temperate rainforest area
Read it & join here:
www.dartmoornature.org.uk/call-to-action
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📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📣 We just released a new free resource at @climatecentral.org - a 72-slide deck introducing key facts about climate change, including its causes, impacts, and solutions. It also comes with speaker notes and links for local storytelling.
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
➡️ www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... (English & Spanish)
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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The most under-appreciated (and under-funded and under-reported) driver of climate change is our food system.
Our food system emits ~1/3 of global emissions. But it only gets 3% of climate funding and 4% of media coverage.
Let’s focus more on food.
Here’s a start: go.ted.com/jonathanfoley24
Our food system emits ~1/3 of global emissions. But it only gets 3% of climate funding and 4% of media coverage.
Let’s focus more on food.
Here’s a start: go.ted.com/jonathanfoley24
The problem with food and climate — and how to fix it
Global food production — from meat to grains — accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions, says sustainability scientist Jonathan Foley. He presents a portfolio of data-backed solutions to b...
go.ted.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The most under-appreciated (and under-funded and under-reported) driver of climate change is our food system.
Our food system emits ~1/3 of global emissions. But it only gets 3% of climate funding and 4% of media coverage.
Let’s focus more on food.
Here’s a start: go.ted.com/jonathanfoley24
Our food system emits ~1/3 of global emissions. But it only gets 3% of climate funding and 4% of media coverage.
Let’s focus more on food.
Here’s a start: go.ted.com/jonathanfoley24
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This is the news I've dreaded all my life, and it's here: Humanity has failed to avoid dangerous climate change.
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have now entered the overshoot era.
Our new goal is to prevent as many irreversible tipping points from taking hold as we can.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
Another nail in the coffin of life on this planet as it fuels ever more global warming and annihilation
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Another nail in the coffin of life on this planet as it fuels ever more global warming and annihilation
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
As the world marks UN World Cities Day on 31 October—a call to make cities more sustainable—a new international study published in Communications Earth & Environment warns that the global construction...
phys.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Global construction carbon footprint set to double by 2050
Another nail in the coffin of life on this planet as it fuels ever more global warming and annihilation
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Another nail in the coffin of life on this planet as it fuels ever more global warming and annihilation
phys.org/news/2025-10...
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But the conclusion some people draw from this — that individual actions don’t matter at all — is deeply flawed.
There is no plausible pathway to meeting global climate goals without changing what we eat, how we travel and how we live, especially in high-income countries and among wealthier people.
There is no plausible pathway to meeting global climate goals without changing what we eat, how we travel and how we live, especially in high-income countries and among wealthier people.
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
But the conclusion some people draw from this — that individual actions don’t matter at all — is deeply flawed.
There is no plausible pathway to meeting global climate goals without changing what we eat, how we travel and how we live, especially in high-income countries and among wealthier people.
There is no plausible pathway to meeting global climate goals without changing what we eat, how we travel and how we live, especially in high-income countries and among wealthier people.
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Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
England sees second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
Provisional Government data suggests a much worse harvest than experts had so far predicted.
www.independent.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Your 'moment of doom' for Oct. 10, 2025 ~ Joining the party.
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
"We have now seen three of the five worst harvests on record this decade... This is what farming with climate change looks like, as extreme weather wrecks harvests..."
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.
Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology
Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.
Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology
Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology
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Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
PART 1: Uncharted Territory
open.spotify.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
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Renewables have overtaken coal in the global electricity mix for the first time, @ember-energy.org has found
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
October 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Renewables have overtaken coal in the global electricity mix for the first time, @ember-energy.org has found
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/renewa...
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Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
- Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report by @ember-energy.org finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report by @ember-energy.org finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
- Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report by @ember-energy.org finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report by @ember-energy.org finds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The 2025 EAT-Lancet report has been published 6 years after the original report broke ground in synthesizing knowledge about our food systems. This new report provides a scientific update on what constitutes a healthy, sustainable, and just food system in today’s world.
eatforum.org/update/the-2...
eatforum.org/update/the-2...
The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission Report Launches - EAT
On 3 October 2025, EAT and The Lancet will launch the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission, a major scientific update to one of the most widely cited food systems reports of the past decade.
eatforum.org
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The 2025 EAT-Lancet report has been published 6 years after the original report broke ground in synthesizing knowledge about our food systems. This new report provides a scientific update on what constitutes a healthy, sustainable, and just food system in today’s world.
eatforum.org/update/the-2...
eatforum.org/update/the-2...
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Webinar alert!
The Drawdown Explorer, containing detailed analysis and actionable insights on 140+ solutions, is live and free for all!
Tune into our upcoming webinar where Jonathan Foley, exec. director of Project Drawdown, will guide us through the platform.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Drawdown Explorer, containing detailed analysis and actionable insights on 140+ solutions, is live and free for all!
Tune into our upcoming webinar where Jonathan Foley, exec. director of Project Drawdown, will guide us through the platform.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Introducing Drawdown Explorer: The world’s most comprehensive platform for climate solutions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...
Join Dr. Jonathan Foley, executive director of Project Drawdown, for the launch of Drawdown Explorer. This revolutionary, open-access online platform provides detailed, up-to-date intelligence on ove...
us02web.zoom.us
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Webinar alert!
The Drawdown Explorer, containing detailed analysis and actionable insights on 140+ solutions, is live and free for all!
Tune into our upcoming webinar where Jonathan Foley, exec. director of Project Drawdown, will guide us through the platform.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Drawdown Explorer, containing detailed analysis and actionable insights on 140+ solutions, is live and free for all!
Tune into our upcoming webinar where Jonathan Foley, exec. director of Project Drawdown, will guide us through the platform.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Direct air capture (DAC) continues to be small, slow, and very expensive.
Not because it’s an early stage technology, but because it runs into fundamental thermodynamic challenges that money can’t solve.
This is exactly why it’s not recommended by Project Drawdown.
www.ft.com/content/fa4c...
Not because it’s an early stage technology, but because it runs into fundamental thermodynamic challenges that money can’t solve.
This is exactly why it’s not recommended by Project Drawdown.
www.ft.com/content/fa4c...
Direct carbon capture falters as developers’ costs fail to budge
Some experts say the technology is crucial for climate change goals but scaling up is proving hard
www.ft.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Direct air capture (DAC) continues to be small, slow, and very expensive.
Not because it’s an early stage technology, but because it runs into fundamental thermodynamic challenges that money can’t solve.
This is exactly why it’s not recommended by Project Drawdown.
www.ft.com/content/fa4c...
Not because it’s an early stage technology, but because it runs into fundamental thermodynamic challenges that money can’t solve.
This is exactly why it’s not recommended by Project Drawdown.
www.ft.com/content/fa4c...
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It'll be down to each neighbourhood board in each of the local areas to decide how to spend the money, which could include community buyouts, see eg www.gov.uk/government/p...
Plan for Neighbourhoods: pre-approved interventions
www.gov.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It'll be down to each neighbourhood board in each of the local areas to decide how to spend the money, which could include community buyouts, see eg www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Project Drawdown has always been the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions 🌏.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
September 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Project Drawdown has always been the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions 🌏.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.
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Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: < A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: < A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
September 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: < A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: < A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪
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How To Confront The Radicalisation Of Young Men | Jimmy The Giant | Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zew-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zew-...
How To Confront The Radicalisation Of Young Men | Jimmy The Giant | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How To Confront The Radicalisation Of Young Men | Jimmy The Giant | Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zew-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zew-...
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To stop bottom trawling in protected marine areas, there's a consultation closing on 29 September: email your MP! bsky.app/profile/ocea...
The government has committed to having 30% of UK land & sea protected for nature by 2030, but only 2.83% of England is (less than 2.93 in 2024), 2.4% of Wales, 4% of N. Ireland & 12.6% of Scotland = 6% for the whole UK. The Planning & Infrastructure bill + weak marine protections are extra threats.
Area of England well protected for nature is in decline, data shows
September 10, 2025 at 5:43 AM
To stop bottom trawling in protected marine areas, there's a consultation closing on 29 September: email your MP! bsky.app/profile/ocea...
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This week's column. The details will make you gasp and rage. This massive desecration of nature is almost unbelievable, but it is happening in the UK right now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot
A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This week's column. The details will make you gasp and rage. This massive desecration of nature is almost unbelievable, but it is happening in the UK right now.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Aug 26, 1965 - “Climatic Change appears to be underway” – the commencement speech that should have rocked the world
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
“Climatic Change appears to be underway, in fact.” - the 1965 commencement speech that should have rocked the world. - All Our Yesterdays
Sixty years ago today, n Thursday August 26th 1965, Carl W. Borgmann stood in front of hundreds of young Americans in Knoxville. Borgmann, who was the director of the Ford Foundation’s Science and Eng...
allouryesterdays.info
August 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Aug 26, 1965 - “Climatic Change appears to be underway” – the commencement speech that should have rocked the world
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...
Carl Borgmann at University of Tennessee;
"CO2... traps heat from the sun, and climatic change results – not overnight, but slowly and surely”
allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/25/c...