Victor Anderson
@vicanderso.bsky.social
Author, 'Alternative Economic Indicators' & 'Energy Efficiency Policies'. MP Watch. Chartist. Global Justice Now. Unitarian.
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Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government
Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plans
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Outrageous. Britain is being sued in a corporate court, for stopping the Cumbria coal mine.
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
We’ve been saying for years that this system of corporate courts (ISDS) is an obstacle to climate action and democratic politics. Now it couldn’t be clearer
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7/ The take away is that that we'll see climate impacts sooner than previously predicted.
We therefore need to redouble efforts to phaseout fossil fuels, whilst at the same time investing in adaptation
We must avoid a doom-loop where the impacts of climate chaos derail our ability to cut emissions
We therefore need to redouble efforts to phaseout fossil fuels, whilst at the same time investing in adaptation
We must avoid a doom-loop where the impacts of climate chaos derail our ability to cut emissions
Derailment risk: A systems analysis that identifies risks which could derail the sustainability transition
Abstract. The consequences of climate change, nature loss, and other changes to the Earth system will impact societies' ability to tackle the causes of these problems. There are extensive agendas of s...
esd.copernicus.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
7/ The take away is that that we'll see climate impacts sooner than previously predicted.
We therefore need to redouble efforts to phaseout fossil fuels, whilst at the same time investing in adaptation
We must avoid a doom-loop where the impacts of climate chaos derail our ability to cut emissions
We therefore need to redouble efforts to phaseout fossil fuels, whilst at the same time investing in adaptation
We must avoid a doom-loop where the impacts of climate chaos derail our ability to cut emissions
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6/ Scientists aren't entirely sure whats causing the acceleration. But it's related to a decline in the planets reflectivity.
A leading explanation is that clouds are shifting pole-wards. This "constitutes the largest contribution to the observed 21st century trend of increased solar absorption"
A leading explanation is that clouds are shifting pole-wards. This "constitutes the largest contribution to the observed 21st century trend of increased solar absorption"
Contraction of the World's Storm‐Cloud Zones the Primary Contributor to the 21st Century Increase in the Earth's Sunlight Absorption
Satellite observations show that in the past 24 years the worlds storm cloud zones have been contracting at a rate of 1.5%–3% per decade This contraction allows more solar radiation to reach the ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
6/ Scientists aren't entirely sure whats causing the acceleration. But it's related to a decline in the planets reflectivity.
A leading explanation is that clouds are shifting pole-wards. This "constitutes the largest contribution to the observed 21st century trend of increased solar absorption"
A leading explanation is that clouds are shifting pole-wards. This "constitutes the largest contribution to the observed 21st century trend of increased solar absorption"
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5/ This pre-print by Foster an @rahmstorf.bsky.social shows that this acceleration in global warming means we will breach the 1.5C goal in 2026!
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
5/ This pre-print by Foster an @rahmstorf.bsky.social shows that this acceleration in global warming means we will breach the 1.5C goal in 2026!
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
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4/ We're seeing this manifest in an acceleration in global warming.
"Ocean heat content rose 1.7× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
& impacts like sea level rise are also accelerating...
"Global mean sea level rose 1.8× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
"Ocean heat content rose 1.7× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
& impacts like sea level rise are also accelerating...
"Global mean sea level rose 1.8× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
Accelerated Ocean thermal expansion and its contribution to Global Sea-level rise
Global ocean heat content (GOHC) changes are crucial to understanding climate change, as oceans store about 91 % of the excess heat in the climate sys…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
4/ We're seeing this manifest in an acceleration in global warming.
"Ocean heat content rose 1.7× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
& impacts like sea level rise are also accelerating...
"Global mean sea level rose 1.8× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
"Ocean heat content rose 1.7× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
& impacts like sea level rise are also accelerating...
"Global mean sea level rose 1.8× faster in the past decade than in previous decades"
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3/ Scientists now believe this rules out lower #climate sensitivity estimates
Which "means that increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases likely will cause even more warming than most current models predict."
Our carbon budgets are smaller. Meeting the Paris goals is harder.
Which "means that increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases likely will cause even more warming than most current models predict."
Our carbon budgets are smaller. Meeting the Paris goals is harder.
Observed trend in Earth energy imbalance may provide a constraint for low climate sensitivity models
Climate forcings by greenhouse gases and aerosols cause an imbalance at the top of the atmosphere between the net incoming solar radiation and outgoing longwave radiation from Earth. This Earth energy...
www.science.org
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
3/ Scientists now believe this rules out lower #climate sensitivity estimates
Which "means that increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases likely will cause even more warming than most current models predict."
Our carbon budgets are smaller. Meeting the Paris goals is harder.
Which "means that increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases likely will cause even more warming than most current models predict."
Our carbon budgets are smaller. Meeting the Paris goals is harder.
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2/ The Earth is absorbing energy faster than climate models had predicted...
"Observations from space of the energy imbalance shows that it is rising much faster than expected, and in 2023 it reached values two times higher than the best estimate from IPCC"
"Observations from space of the energy imbalance shows that it is rising much faster than expected, and in 2023 it reached values two times higher than the best estimate from IPCC"
Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades
Earth's energy imbalance more than doubled in recent decades The large trend has taken us by surprise, and as a community we should strive to understand the underlying causes Our capability to o...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
2/ The Earth is absorbing energy faster than climate models had predicted...
"Observations from space of the energy imbalance shows that it is rising much faster than expected, and in 2023 it reached values two times higher than the best estimate from IPCC"
"Observations from space of the energy imbalance shows that it is rising much faster than expected, and in 2023 it reached values two times higher than the best estimate from IPCC"
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In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
June 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In the past year we've had a series of papers with results that've shocked #climate scientists - the globe is heating #FasterThanExpected & we don't fully know why
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
The public discourse is not keeping up.
Here's a series of 5 new studies that climate hawks & journos need to have on their radar 🧵
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In Forbes talking about how we need to start properly taxing wealth. It would pay for a lot of stuff we need. But it’s good in itself because a tiny % of people have far too much. & they have it because of massive exploitation of people and the planet.
www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
The UK Movement To Tax Extreme Wealth Instead Of Defunding Foreign Aid
“We should be taxing the richest, not taking money from the poorest, if you’re going to do this.” This would be a tax of 2% on wealth above £10 million.
www.forbes.com
March 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In Forbes talking about how we need to start properly taxing wealth. It would pay for a lot of stuff we need. But it’s good in itself because a tiny % of people have far too much. & they have it because of massive exploitation of people and the planet.
www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
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The Trump administration is undoing years of climate action in a matter of days.
Here’s a detailed timeline of the rollbacks: bloom.bg/43njfLn
Here’s a detailed timeline of the rollbacks: bloom.bg/43njfLn
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Trump administration is undoing years of climate action in a matter of days.
Here’s a detailed timeline of the rollbacks: bloom.bg/43njfLn
Here’s a detailed timeline of the rollbacks: bloom.bg/43njfLn
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We've made it easy to email your MP here: www.mpwatch.org/support-clea...
MP Watch | Support clean rivers
The companies that run the water system in the UK have been failing dismally for a number of years, causing headlines that outrage ordinary people.
www.mpwatch.org
March 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We've made it easy to email your MP here: www.mpwatch.org/support-clea...
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Reeves is right - the world has changed. So why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Obsession with arbitrary fiscal rules & ruling out wealth taxes is political choice that’s causing huge pain as well as laying out the welcome mat for populist Reform UK #SpringStatement
March 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reeves is right - the world has changed. So why won’t she change her strategy to reflect it? Obsession with arbitrary fiscal rules & ruling out wealth taxes is political choice that’s causing huge pain as well as laying out the welcome mat for populist Reform UK #SpringStatement
Full text of Chancellor's Spring Statement
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Spring Statement 2025 (HTML)
www.gov.uk
March 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Full text of Chancellor's Spring Statement
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
My blog on climate targets for Global Justice Now: www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2024/12...
Targets and lies: Global summits are hiding the reality of the environmental crisis - Global Justice Now
The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro set in motion two main processes responding to the global environmental crisis. Both began with treaties – on climate change and biodiversity […]
www.globaljustice.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM
My blog on climate targets for Global Justice Now: www.globaljustice.org.uk/blog/2024/12...
The climate crisis is happening now, and fossil fuels are the number one cause. Tell the UK Prime Minister: We need a global exit plan from fossil fuels #FossilFuelTreaty #EndFossilFuels #FastFairForever act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/3262
November 29, 2024 at 11:48 AM
The climate crisis is happening now, and fossil fuels are the number one cause. Tell the UK Prime Minister: We need a global exit plan from fossil fuels #FossilFuelTreaty #EndFossilFuels #FastFairForever act.globaljustice.org.uk/node/3262
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MP Watch was at the EFRA committee yesterday to hear
@sarahdykeld.bsky.social & @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
quiz the head of Ofwat about plans & history.
Questioning was at times almost as fierce as the public's disgust & local examples were given. Let's see what the recommendations are.
@sarahdykeld.bsky.social & @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
quiz the head of Ofwat about plans & history.
Questioning was at times almost as fierce as the public's disgust & local examples were given. Let's see what the recommendations are.
Make up of new EFRA Committee unveiled - Pig World
The full membership of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has been announced, with a strong contingent of new Labour MPs now on board. The cross-party committee, which scrutin
www.pig-world.co.uk
November 27, 2024 at 9:10 AM
MP Watch was at the EFRA committee yesterday to hear
@sarahdykeld.bsky.social & @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
quiz the head of Ofwat about plans & history.
Questioning was at times almost as fierce as the public's disgust & local examples were given. Let's see what the recommendations are.
@sarahdykeld.bsky.social & @amcarmichaelmp.bsky.social
quiz the head of Ofwat about plans & history.
Questioning was at times almost as fierce as the public's disgust & local examples were given. Let's see what the recommendations are.
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People should dance way more. Just let loose. Things get too uptight otherwise
June 19, 2023 at 2:00 AM
People should dance way more. Just let loose. Things get too uptight otherwise
No more excuses. Politicians need to tax extreme wealth + use the money from Britain's super-rich to invest in climate action + our crumbling public services.
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Inequality isn't inevitable. Tax extreme wealth now! - GND Rising
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are preparing us for a ‘painful’ Budget full of ‘tough choices’ this October. They claim to have found an unknown £22 billion ‘black hole’ in our public finances. There ...
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September 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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