Andy Allen
@mrandya.bsky.social
Policy bod at the Woodland Trust - Land-use and ecosystems
PhD candidate at York Uni - Are eNGOs any good at lobbying?
Failing heritage orchard owner - Apples are harder than they look
PhD candidate at York Uni - Are eNGOs any good at lobbying?
Failing heritage orchard owner - Apples are harder than they look
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Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance #Climate
Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance
US banks have already pulled out of NZBA, the UN environment programme’s finance initiative
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Barclays follows HSBC in exit from banking industry’s net zero alliance #Climate
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Generative AI runs on a paradox: it relies on content creators - artists, journalists and coders - whose work trains its models while eroding their incomes. The fix is to treat creative knowledge as a public good and fund it collectively.
Read piece by Fausto Gernone and me.
Read piece by Fausto Gernone and me.
AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor
Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone show how today’s innovation economy exploits the very people it relies on and propose a fairer system.
www.project-syndicate.org
July 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Generative AI runs on a paradox: it relies on content creators - artists, journalists and coders - whose work trains its models while eroding their incomes. The fix is to treat creative knowledge as a public good and fund it collectively.
Read piece by Fausto Gernone and me.
Read piece by Fausto Gernone and me.
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🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽
Cropped | EU deforestation law pushback; Agri emissions; US lobster disease
✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Ushika Kidd
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/b9tOHfx
Cropped | EU deforestation law pushback; Agri emissions; US lobster disease
✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Ushika Kidd
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/b9tOHfx
July 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽
Cropped | EU deforestation law pushback; Agri emissions; US lobster disease
✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Ushika Kidd
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/b9tOHfx
Cropped | EU deforestation law pushback; Agri emissions; US lobster disease
✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social Ushika Kidd
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/b9tOHfx
#SpendingReview - #defra dodged the worst of the doomsday predictions - But there is no escaping how meager its resources are, nor the challenges ahead for nature www.linkedin.com/pulse/spendi...
Spending Review - which way now for nature recovery?
The results of the #SpendingReview are in – Defra appears to have fought off the worst of the doomsday predictions - and early indications suggest it is allocating its resources wisely. But there is n...
www.linkedin.com
June 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#SpendingReview - #defra dodged the worst of the doomsday predictions - But there is no escaping how meager its resources are, nor the challenges ahead for nature www.linkedin.com/pulse/spendi...
NEW: 'State of Woods and Trees' report
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/state-of-uk-...
- Woodland cover up but wildlife loss accelerating
- Urban trees make heatwaves more bearable
- Introduced pests cost a fortune: £920m pa on just 6 pest
- Trees are good for people but poorer areas have the least access
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/state-of-uk-...
- Woodland cover up but wildlife loss accelerating
- Urban trees make heatwaves more bearable
- Introduced pests cost a fortune: £920m pa on just 6 pest
- Trees are good for people but poorer areas have the least access
June 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
NEW: 'State of Woods and Trees' report
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/state-of-uk-...
- Woodland cover up but wildlife loss accelerating
- Urban trees make heatwaves more bearable
- Introduced pests cost a fortune: £920m pa on just 6 pest
- Trees are good for people but poorer areas have the least access
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/state-of-uk-...
- Woodland cover up but wildlife loss accelerating
- Urban trees make heatwaves more bearable
- Introduced pests cost a fortune: £920m pa on just 6 pest
- Trees are good for people but poorer areas have the least access
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Could going hard on environmental issues help the Liberal Democrats retain the Blue Wall at the next election?
Our new report, based on one of the most in-depth analyses of Lib Dem voter attitudes to the environment, suggests it could.
A🧵of the key charts 👇🏼
Our new report, based on one of the most in-depth analyses of Lib Dem voter attitudes to the environment, suggests it could.
A🧵of the key charts 👇🏼
June 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Could going hard on environmental issues help the Liberal Democrats retain the Blue Wall at the next election?
Our new report, based on one of the most in-depth analyses of Lib Dem voter attitudes to the environment, suggests it could.
A🧵of the key charts 👇🏼
Our new report, based on one of the most in-depth analyses of Lib Dem voter attitudes to the environment, suggests it could.
A🧵of the key charts 👇🏼
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Be part of the live studio audience for a new podcast hosted by Professor Brian Cox 🎙️
Our next episode will focus on climate change, with panellists @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, @kathryn-brown.bsky.social, @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social and Myles Allen.
🎟️ Book tickets 👇
lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1...
Our next episode will focus on climate change, with panellists @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, @kathryn-brown.bsky.social, @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social and Myles Allen.
🎟️ Book tickets 👇
lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1...
June 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Be part of the live studio audience for a new podcast hosted by Professor Brian Cox 🎙️
Our next episode will focus on climate change, with panellists @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, @kathryn-brown.bsky.social, @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social and Myles Allen.
🎟️ Book tickets 👇
lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1...
Our next episode will focus on climate change, with panellists @georgemonbiot.bsky.social, @kathryn-brown.bsky.social, @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social and Myles Allen.
🎟️ Book tickets 👇
lostintv.com/tv-show?id=1...
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NEW – Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 | @orladwyer_ w/ comment from Prof Guido van der Werf and Dr Bernardo Flores
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ao3TgWJ
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ao3TgWJ
May 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
NEW – Forests taking longer to recover from severe ‘megafires’ since 2010 | @orladwyer_ w/ comment from Prof Guido van der Werf and Dr Bernardo Flores
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ao3TgWJ
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/ao3TgWJ
Why consider cuts at your Environment department when (1) you're facing major climate and nature challenges (2) Said Environment department hardly spends a bean? ... I wrote some words
www.linkedin.com/pulse/defra-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/defra-...
Defra, cuts and the Spending Review
Cutting Defra’s tiny budget would save very little and come with huge downsides. As we head toward the Spending Review, the Government should show that it understands the economic benefit of a properl...
www.linkedin.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Why consider cuts at your Environment department when (1) you're facing major climate and nature challenges (2) Said Environment department hardly spends a bean? ... I wrote some words
www.linkedin.com/pulse/defra-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/defra-...
GCSE Natural History - brilliant news that there's finally movement on this. But the battle's not over. You can technically do GCSEs in Astronomy and Classical Civilisation but good luck finding somewhere which is teaching them.
March 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
GCSE Natural History - brilliant news that there's finally movement on this. But the battle's not over. You can technically do GCSEs in Astronomy and Classical Civilisation but good luck finding somewhere which is teaching them.
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Maybe limiting what you can do by delaying Budget for months, SR by almost a year, not doing things that big business doesn't like & saying you won't do anything that sounds like telling people what to do limits your freedom and speed of movement.
Above all, there is genuine shock amongst many people who have gone into government at just how bad things are, how slowly things move, the limits of power and the obstructiveness of systems. There is a lot of working out as they go along what needs to change about the way the state functions
March 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Maybe limiting what you can do by delaying Budget for months, SR by almost a year, not doing things that big business doesn't like & saying you won't do anything that sounds like telling people what to do limits your freedom and speed of movement.
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NEW - With China's "two sessions" mega policy event over, I dug into the signals 🇨🇳 leaders sent around energy and climate policy
A weak energy target and continued focused on coal power show that climate is on the backburner in favour of the economy
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
More in 🧵
A weak energy target and continued focused on coal power show that climate is on the backburner in favour of the economy
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
More in 🧵
March 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW - With China's "two sessions" mega policy event over, I dug into the signals 🇨🇳 leaders sent around energy and climate policy
A weak energy target and continued focused on coal power show that climate is on the backburner in favour of the economy
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
More in 🧵
A weak energy target and continued focused on coal power show that climate is on the backburner in favour of the economy
www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...
More in 🧵
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Public opinion of Putin and Trump I'm Spain, France, UK and Italy.
For some peculiar reason the graphs look better on their side.
For some peculiar reason the graphs look better on their side.
March 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Public opinion of Putin and Trump I'm Spain, France, UK and Italy.
For some peculiar reason the graphs look better on their side.
For some peculiar reason the graphs look better on their side.
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Final UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics for 1990 to 2023 reveal that agriculture now accounts for higher percentage of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions than electricity supply.
Comment by @tommlancaster.bsky.social
eciu.net/media/press-...
Comment by @tommlancaster.bsky.social
eciu.net/media/press-...
Emissions from agriculture overtake electricity for first time:…
Comment on data showing agriculture overtakes electricity in share of emissions
eciu.net
February 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Final UK greenhouse gas emissions statistics for 1990 to 2023 reveal that agriculture now accounts for higher percentage of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions than electricity supply.
Comment by @tommlancaster.bsky.social
eciu.net/media/press-...
Comment by @tommlancaster.bsky.social
eciu.net/media/press-...
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Allocate yourself a brief period of time in your schedule to catch up with the news. Decide your trusted sources. Stick with them. Resist following it 24/7.
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Allocate yourself a brief period of time in your schedule to catch up with the news. Decide your trusted sources. Stick with them. Resist following it 24/7.
DEFRA has published a draft land use framework for England. Can it work for nature? www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
January 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
DEFRA has published a draft land use framework for England. Can it work for nature? www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
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Leading environmentalists including @carolinelucas.bsky.social have urged Labour to implement a natural history GCSE immediately amid fears a shake-up of the curriculum will delay it until 2030
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Don’t delay natural history GCSE, conservationists urge Labour
Caroline Lucas, the former Green Party leader, has joined ecologists in appealing to the government to not delay a natural history GCSE
www.thetimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Leading environmentalists including @carolinelucas.bsky.social have urged Labour to implement a natural history GCSE immediately amid fears a shake-up of the curriculum will delay it until 2030
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
New runways and roads aren't a consequence-free magic wand for growth- excellent from @shaunspiers1.bsky.social greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/01/23/f...
Without immediate action on climate 50% of global GDP is at risk (research co-authored by a Government actuary) actuaries.org.uk/news-and-med...
Without immediate action on climate 50% of global GDP is at risk (research co-authored by a Government actuary) actuaries.org.uk/news-and-med...
Flailing around for growth: new roads and runways are not the answer
Well, this is depressing. Rachel Reeves, who once wanted to be Britain’s first green chancellor, now prefers to confect rows with her natural allies over new roads and runways. She briefs out her s…
greenallianceblog.org.uk
January 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
New runways and roads aren't a consequence-free magic wand for growth- excellent from @shaunspiers1.bsky.social greenallianceblog.org.uk/2025/01/23/f...
Without immediate action on climate 50% of global GDP is at risk (research co-authored by a Government actuary) actuaries.org.uk/news-and-med...
Without immediate action on climate 50% of global GDP is at risk (research co-authored by a Government actuary) actuaries.org.uk/news-and-med...
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Not every oligarch is a complete ass.
It is a sad day when we need to rely on the beneficence of well-intentioned billionaires.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
It is a sad day when we need to rely on the beneficence of well-intentioned billionaires.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
Bloomberg to fund UN climate agency after US exit from Paris accord
Billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Thursday that his foundation would fund the UN climate change agency after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agre...
www.france24.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Not every oligarch is a complete ass.
It is a sad day when we need to rely on the beneficence of well-intentioned billionaires.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
It is a sad day when we need to rely on the beneficence of well-intentioned billionaires.
www.france24.com/en/americas/...
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the UK government has approached consultancies about taking the role of special administrator in a sign that ministers are bracing themselves for the imminent renationalisation of Thames Water
the UK government has approached consultancies about taking the role of special administrator in a sign that ministers are bracing themselves for the imminent renationalisation of Thames Water
January 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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the UK government has approached consultancies about taking the role of special administrator in a sign that ministers are bracing themselves for the imminent renationalisation of Thames Water
the UK government has approached consultancies about taking the role of special administrator in a sign that ministers are bracing themselves for the imminent renationalisation of Thames Water
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Like many this week, I’ve been reckoning with some strong emotions. How do we think about hope and despair in a moment where the argument for despair does seem to have a lot going for it? Tried to make sense of my own conflicted feelings in this piece for @newrepublic.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Like many this week, I’ve been reckoning with some strong emotions. How do we think about hope and despair in a moment where the argument for despair does seem to have a lot going for it? Tried to make sense of my own conflicted feelings in this piece for @newrepublic.com
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New analysis: If four UK airport expansions including Heathrow are allowed to go ahead, they will cancel out the carbon savings of this government’s clean power plan IN JUST FIVE YEARS. This government must cancel these planned expansions.
neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp...
neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp...
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New analysis: If four UK airport expansions including Heathrow are allowed to go ahead, they will cancel out the carbon savings of this government’s clean power plan IN JUST FIVE YEARS. This government must cancel these planned expansions.
neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp...
neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp...
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New study out by IIHS:
"New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds."
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
An average pickup truck travelling 35 mph is ~3x more likely to kill someone than a standard car.
"New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds."
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
An average pickup truck travelling 35 mph is ~3x more likely to kill someone than a standard car.
December 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
New study out by IIHS:
"New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds."
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
An average pickup truck travelling 35 mph is ~3x more likely to kill someone than a standard car.
"New pedestrian injury risk curves calculated by IIHS show that vehicles with taller front ends begin to cause serious injuries at lower speeds."
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
An average pickup truck travelling 35 mph is ~3x more likely to kill someone than a standard car.
Why public sector leadership is vital for nature recovery - My blog for @green-alliance.org.uk - greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/12/19/d...
Read the full report on the Leverhulme Centre website naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/exp... @naturerecovery.bsky.social
Read the full report on the Leverhulme Centre website naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/exp... @naturerecovery.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Why public sector leadership is vital for nature recovery - My blog for @green-alliance.org.uk - greenallianceblog.org.uk/2024/12/19/d...
Read the full report on the Leverhulme Centre website naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/exp... @naturerecovery.bsky.social
Read the full report on the Leverhulme Centre website naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/exp... @naturerecovery.bsky.social