Kevin Anderson
@kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change at Universities of Manchester & Uppsala.
Translating climate science, through carbon budgets, into policy goals & mitigation options.
Co-founder https://climateuncensored.com
Translating climate science, through carbon budgets, into policy goals & mitigation options.
Co-founder https://climateuncensored.com
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It was good you spoke truth to the R4 audience. It was disappointing that Amol failed to dig into the ideas you put forward regarding the centrality of equity. That last bit felt rushed. I think were he to interview you for his "Radical" podcast, there could be time to elucidate the reality we face.
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It was good you spoke truth to the R4 audience. It was disappointing that Amol failed to dig into the ideas you put forward regarding the centrality of equity. That last bit felt rushed. I think were he to interview you for his "Radical" podcast, there could be time to elucidate the reality we face.
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"In the UK the top ten percent of energy users use five times more than the bottom ten percent. So equity is absolutely at the heart of the climate agenda. Until we start to have that dialogue, about the deep inequities in our society, we will continue to fail on climate change." - Kevin Anderson.
"In the UK the top ten percent of energy users use five times more than the bottom ten percent. So equity is absolutely at the heart of the climate agenda. Until we start to have that dialogue, about the deep inequities in our society, we will continue to fail on climate change." - Kevin Anderson.
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 11:12 PM
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"In the UK the top ten percent of energy users use five times more than the bottom ten percent. So equity is absolutely at the heart of the climate agenda. Until we start to have that dialogue, about the deep inequities in our society, we will continue to fail on climate change." - Kevin Anderson.
"In the UK the top ten percent of energy users use five times more than the bottom ten percent. So equity is absolutely at the heart of the climate agenda. Until we start to have that dialogue, about the deep inequities in our society, we will continue to fail on climate change." - Kevin Anderson.
Many thanks for the kind comment - really appreciated.
A very pleasant surprise to hear you on my radio this morning, Kevin. A tremendous contribution, as always.
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Many thanks for the kind comment - really appreciated.
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Refreshing to hear this on a mainstream news programme.
A great interview from Kevin that directly addresses the issues of COPs, climate, equity and how we choose to spend our wealth as a nation. 👍
A great interview from Kevin that directly addresses the issues of COPs, climate, equity and how we choose to spend our wealth as a nation. 👍
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 11:45 AM
Refreshing to hear this on a mainstream news programme.
A great interview from Kevin that directly addresses the issues of COPs, climate, equity and how we choose to spend our wealth as a nation. 👍
A great interview from Kevin that directly addresses the issues of COPs, climate, equity and how we choose to spend our wealth as a nation. 👍
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Your quick listen for today : About 7 minutes of good sense from @kevinclimate.bsky.social here on COP 30 etc.
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis.
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
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 4:27 PM
Your quick listen for today : About 7 minutes of good sense from @kevinclimate.bsky.social here on COP 30 etc.
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
HT @leedstours.bsky.social
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Brilliant interview. Such a relief to hear the situation spelt out so clearly - both the climate problem and social inequalities.
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Brilliant interview. Such a relief to hear the situation spelt out so clearly - both the climate problem and social inequalities.
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/...
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Absolutely fantastic contribution by @kevinclimate.bsky.social on Radio4's Today program this morning.
Pointing out that tackling the climate challenge without tackling social and economic inequity -both on a national and international level- is an illusion.
Expensive, futile window dressing.
Pointing out that tackling the climate challenge without tackling social and economic inequity -both on a national and international level- is an illusion.
Expensive, futile window dressing.
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Absolutely fantastic contribution by @kevinclimate.bsky.social on Radio4's Today program this morning.
Pointing out that tackling the climate challenge without tackling social and economic inequity -both on a national and international level- is an illusion.
Expensive, futile window dressing.
Pointing out that tackling the climate challenge without tackling social and economic inequity -both on a national and international level- is an illusion.
Expensive, futile window dressing.
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Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis.
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
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 9:19 AM
Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis.
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
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Important message on inequity and entitlement from @kevinclimate.bsky.social on #radio4 #Today this morning. It’s so pertinent this morning as we hear about the shareholder vote at a car company.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Important message on inequity and entitlement from @kevinclimate.bsky.social on #radio4 #Today this morning. It’s so pertinent this morning as we hear about the shareholder vote at a car company.
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Interesting to see those plots for a nation’s total carbon footprint, including consumption-based emissions & international aviation/shipping. It’s often claimed the UK has halved its emissions since 1990, but add these other sources & that drop falls to just 20%, or around 0.6% per year on average.
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Interesting to see those plots for a nation’s total carbon footprint, including consumption-based emissions & international aviation/shipping. It’s often claimed the UK has halved its emissions since 1990, but add these other sources & that drop falls to just 20%, or around 0.6% per year on average.
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15,000 scientists warn of socio-economic collapse. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? #TimeToStepUp #NEB
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? #TimeToStepUp #NEB
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
October 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
15,000 scientists warn of socio-economic collapse. Yet nearly half of Brits think climate change won’t affect them.
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? #TimeToStepUp #NEB
This gulf in perception is why we’re staging the National Emergency Briefing on the #climate & #nature crisis.
Has your MP confirmed they’ll be there? #TimeToStepUp #NEB
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“The importance of viewing climate denial as a defence of modernity is to understand that anti-environmentalists have got something right: there is something fundamentally incompatible between the idea of environmental limits and foundational aspects of the modern world-view.” My piece in Resilience
Climate denial and the defence of modernity www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
Climate denial and the defence of modernity
What we are lacking is an inspiring vision of our lives, collective futures, and spiritual reality in a world in which we cannot keep growing forever. As much as we need policy wonks, scientists, and ...
www.resilience.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
“The importance of viewing climate denial as a defence of modernity is to understand that anti-environmentalists have got something right: there is something fundamentally incompatible between the idea of environmental limits and foundational aspects of the modern world-view.” My piece in Resilience
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In case of interest @climateofgavin.bsky.social @climategeorge.bsky.social @kevinclimate.bsky.social @marchudson.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @billmckibben.bsky.social @volts.wtf
“The importance of viewing climate denial as a defence of modernity is to understand that anti-environmentalists have got something right: there is something fundamentally incompatible between the idea of environmental limits and foundational aspects of the modern world-view.” My piece in Resilience
Climate denial and the defence of modernity www.resilience.org/stories/2025...
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
What role for carbon trading? - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a senior civil servant who asked me to provide a short comment on the concept of emissions trading schemes in general, and on the
climateuncensored.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
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It seems what you are saying is that distance will increasingly have consequences for those who don't take it into account in their life planning. That seems a fair read of the climate situation.
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It seems what you are saying is that distance will increasingly have consequences for those who don't take it into account in their life planning. That seems a fair read of the climate situation.
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That's fate. Things can't go on as they are.
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
That's fate. Things can't go on as they are.
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It's a huge literature: but this is a good entry point: "Is Green Growth Possible?"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Is Green Growth Possible?
The notion of green growth has emerged as a dominant policy response to climate change and ecological breakdown. Green growth theory asserts that continued economic expansion is compatible with our...
www.tandfonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's a huge literature: but this is a good entry point: "Is Green Growth Possible?"
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"At the heart of the carbon trading mechanism is the falsehood that green growth, coupled with the politics of business-as-usual, can align with the Paris temperature and equity commitments. This represents a large-scale deception, facilitated by a community of experts … and an acquiescent media."
Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
What role for carbon trading? - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a senior civil servant who asked me to provide a short comment on the concept of emissions trading schemes in general, and on the
climateuncensored.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"At the heart of the carbon trading mechanism is the falsehood that green growth, coupled with the politics of business-as-usual, can align with the Paris temperature and equity commitments. This represents a large-scale deception, facilitated by a community of experts … and an acquiescent media."
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I see context as being critical here. In isolation, news is neither good nor bad; such judgments require context.
Often, context is deliberately omitted by those trying to promote a particular viewpoint or agenda, that is, by those who prefer to mislead rather than inform the debate.
Often, context is deliberately omitted by those trying to promote a particular viewpoint or agenda, that is, by those who prefer to mislead rather than inform the debate.
Feel massively conflicted about telling "good news" stories about climate tbh. Renewables surpassing coal for electricity is amazing, but it's not nearly enough.
Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
October 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I see context as being critical here. In isolation, news is neither good nor bad; such judgments require context.
Often, context is deliberately omitted by those trying to promote a particular viewpoint or agenda, that is, by those who prefer to mislead rather than inform the debate.
Often, context is deliberately omitted by those trying to promote a particular viewpoint or agenda, that is, by those who prefer to mislead rather than inform the debate.
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Who am I “sponsored by"?
I work ~35–40 hours a week for an annual pre-tax salary of £27k from the University of Manchester. I take no income from consultancy, legal work, or writing - & often cover my own travel costs. No paid side gigs. No corporate largesse. Independence matters.
I work ~35–40 hours a week for an annual pre-tax salary of £27k from the University of Manchester. I take no income from consultancy, legal work, or writing - & often cover my own travel costs. No paid side gigs. No corporate largesse. Independence matters.
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Who am I “sponsored by"?
I work ~35–40 hours a week for an annual pre-tax salary of £27k from the University of Manchester. I take no income from consultancy, legal work, or writing - & often cover my own travel costs. No paid side gigs. No corporate largesse. Independence matters.
I work ~35–40 hours a week for an annual pre-tax salary of £27k from the University of Manchester. I take no income from consultancy, legal work, or writing - & often cover my own travel costs. No paid side gigs. No corporate largesse. Independence matters.
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When you see the cold numbers -- 8% cuts in emissions needed per year, every year, from now -- it's clear that even 2° is a fantasy
(Emissions only fell 5% during covid, when much of the world economy shut down)
(Emissions only fell 5% during covid, when much of the world economy shut down)
Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
What role for carbon trading? - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a senior civil servant who asked me to provide a short comment on the concept of emissions trading schemes in general, and on the
climateuncensored.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
When you see the cold numbers -- 8% cuts in emissions needed per year, every year, from now -- it's clear that even 2° is a fantasy
(Emissions only fell 5% during covid, when much of the world economy shut down)
(Emissions only fell 5% during covid, when much of the world economy shut down)
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The hard numbers do paint a very different picture to the optimistic & upbeat claptrap that typically masquerades as reasoned debate. I made the point about 2°C & Covid in climateuncensored.com/talk-at-the-... - though used the 7% figure there which is from the start of 2025 (rather than 2026).
Talk at the Tyndall Centre Conference: Our Critical Decade for Climate Action - Climate Uncensored
Venue: UEA. 8th September 2025
climateuncensored.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The hard numbers do paint a very different picture to the optimistic & upbeat claptrap that typically masquerades as reasoned debate. I made the point about 2°C & Covid in climateuncensored.com/talk-at-the-... - though used the 7% figure there which is from the start of 2025 (rather than 2026).
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"in essence, the expert community is doing the work of corporations like Exxon, maintaining the status quo at the expense of genuine progress."
Short comment on 'carbon trading' climateuncensored.com/what-role-fo...
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
Paris 1.5°C needs >20% cuts in global emissions every year - starting now!
For Paris 2°C, it’s ~8%.
Which country/company/institution can exceed these rates?
Only those that do have any real “emission space” for carbon trading.
What role for carbon trading? - Climate Uncensored
I was recently contacted by a senior civil servant who asked me to provide a short comment on the concept of emissions trading schemes in general, and on the
climateuncensored.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"in essence, the expert community is doing the work of corporations like Exxon, maintaining the status quo at the expense of genuine progress."