I was on BBC News (UK) earlier discussing the fact that we've just had 10 record breaking months in a row.

'What we're seeing is that these record breaking temperatures are causing huge devastation & extremes that are having catastrophic effects for peoples lives & livelihoods' 1/2🧵

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Let's pause & reflect a minute about what this shocking picture of Greta Thunberg 's arrest tells us about the current state of #climate politics.

A short 🧵on some key lessons we can take from this image

« I mean, everyone has an opinion. You are never completely objective. But as long as scientists follow scientific methods and are transparent in their research, I don't see why this should be a problem. »

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This is Claire Coutinho MP, the UK's Net Zero minister. Her twitter feed reads like it was written by an oil company.
Here's a quick flavour: 🧵
opendemocracy.net/en/policy-exch…

Who is talking straight with you on climate? Look at what they are emphasizing. Is it deep and immediate cuts in fossil fuel burning and carbon emissions? Or is it 'geoengineering' and 'carbon capture' and promises of new energy technology that simply kicks the can down the road?

How are climate activist groups Fridays for Future Germany and Letzte Generation portrayed in the media?

We used ChatGPT and frequency analysis to analyse all news articles in major German newspapers to answer this question.

Preprint osf.io/preprints/psya… w jonas haslbeck & Simon Wimmer

I was asked to provide a quote for a piece by Terry Macalister on a new Cambridge Uny initiative to stop taking donations from Big Oil - piece at: bylinetimes.com/2024/03/21/cam…
My full quote is attached.

Stopping new fossil fuel extraction is what is urgently needed. But of course this scientific advice is totally ignored by the Science Museum sponsors.

Wow! 🙌

What an *incredible* protest and banner drop at the Science Museum this afternoon…

#stopadani #dropadani

Either he's right and the world is going to endure circa 4C of warming this century and all the devastation that comes with it, or he's wrong and a lot of his investments are going to be in a world of trouble.

'Act to save Dartmoor rainforest from sheep, urge campaigners' - ace piece by Patrick Barkham

It’s great what the Duchy are doing to regenerate Wistman’s Wood. The next step is to replicate that work at the 2nd rainforest they own - Black Tor Copse:

theguardian.com/environment/20…

It's hard to appreciate just how crazy all this is. Farmers being mobilised by a notorious conspiracy theorist, Rishi Sunak joining a protest against his own government's policies. This is a country in social and moral meltdown.
This week's column.
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I've been genuinely shocked to see how the UK government is effectively rewriting the principles that have governed the courts for centuries because it doesn't like the fact that juries often acquit climate protesters. The authoritarian ratchet is turning another notch.

It’s less than 2 weeks to our Restoring Nature on Dartmoor event which we are delighted to announce will be chaired by Miles King

Miles has worked in nature conservation for the last 37 years in a variety of roles, including … 🧵

Well done to Danielle Goldwert & Stylianos Syropoulos for putting on this session to push the large SPSP meeting of psychologists to finally start facing reality.

Thank you to Natalie Bennett for speaking in the Lords to disagree with Lord Ed Vaizey’s backing for BP’s cynical sponsorship of the British Museum!

The new BP partnership at the museum is #artwashing , pure and simple. 🏛️🛢️🌍

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