Alan Underwood

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We need a global assessment of avoidable climate-change risks To understand the urgency of emissions reductions, policymakers and citizens need a full analysis of what is at stake.

We need a global assessment of avoidable climate change risks

- To understand the urgency of emissions reductions, policymakers and citizens need a full analysis of what is at stake.

By @stottpeter.bsky.social et al
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

GOOD NEWS: The world’s largest steam-producing heat pump is now online in Finland, delivering 12 MW of superheated steam from waste heat and CO₂-free electricity.

Proof that industrial heat can be electrified at scale.

www.pv-magazine.com/2026/02/19/w...

Today at our #Abergavenny bird feeder: Battling Siskin - It’s not as if there isn’t plenty of seed to go around. You’d think they could play nicely. #birdersWales. #UKbirds #nature #wildlife #wales

Great Tits at the peanut feeder: Yes, things can become a little argumentative but if you are lucky enough to win through and claim a peanut as your prize you best make off with it and consume it somewhere you’ll have a bit of peace and quiet. #WalesBirds #nature #wildlife #Gwent #photography

Former Chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission concludes there’s not enough time for nuclear innovation to make a realistic impact on the climate crisis. In other words, the practical contribution of nuclear power to mitigate climate change seems profoundly limited.

This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes ...

South #Australia power prices plummeting as it nears 100% renewables, proving to the world relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 % in a year and sometimes going negative.
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...

Global economy must move past GDP to avoid planetary disaster, warns UN chief Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

"When we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP"

Head of the UN says the way we measure economic activity needs to change

He's not wrong. The vested interests in keeping things the same are considerable, however

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Why does the world still allow trophy hunting? We've done so much harm already. RT if you think there should be a worldwide ban on this barbaric practice.

Nature is amazing. Protect it.

#ActOnClimate #climate #TrophyHunting #nature #rewilding #GreenNewDeal #biodiversity

Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growth

If China’s clean energy industry was a country, it would be the 8th biggest economy in the world

cf - China makes more from clean tech exports than US makes from fossil fuel exports

cf2 - China's Belt & Road project is bigger than US Marshall plan after WW2

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Fake snow is saving Italy’s Winter Olympics - but it’s a temporary fix With the Earth warming at a record rate, the list of locales that could reliably host a Winter Games will shrink substantially in the coming years.

1.6 MILLION cubic metres of artificial snow just to stage the #WinterOlympics.

While fossil fuel giants like Eni sponsor the Games and fuel the crisis melting winter itself.

The International Olympic Committee must drop oil and gas sponsorships now.

#MilanoCortina2026 #MakePollutersPay

MEPs: Vote NO to the EU–Mercosur agreement They’re raising their glasses.EU governments just voted for the EU–Mercosur deal — a dirty trade pact that would supercharge deforestation of the Amazon, slash food and environmental standards, and pu

MEPs: Vote NO to the EU–Mercosur agreement action.eko.org/a/meps-vote-...

Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.

Amazing example of the lightning speed of improvement in renewable energy

This wind farm in Ireland is getting an upgrade after 34 years

*EACH ONE* of the new wind turbines will produce more electricity than *ALL* of the 21 old turbines combined

It's ecological breakdown that should put us on a war-footing: official Admissions of extreme, eco-caused national security threats foreground importance of climate adaptation to bring much needed urgency and agency.

Writing with @rupertread.bsky.social about just how devastating the Government- suppressed security report is, particularly its conclusions about our food insecurity. Ministers should be helping to build our resilience to these threats, not burying the report that contains them 👇

Greater Spotted Woodpeckers are regular visitors to our #Abergavenny garden. They have a routine of first landing in the branches of our cherry tree before dropping down onto the feeders for a two course feed - fat balls for starters , followed by peanuts. Yum! #UKbirds #UKwildlife #nature #Wales

Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons! Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit o...

In our blood. In our water. In our babies. 🩸☠️💧Ask @EmmaReynolds to stop the poisoning of Britain, and ban #ForeverChemicals immediately! 🚫 Join the @38_degrees consultation submission to #BanPFAs👇 38d.gs/fc_bs

🎉 Big news!

💚 And we keep on growing!

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Just brilliant! Slow down - and watch :) 👇

This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇

Those garden goldfinch! They are so belligerent! They never overlook the opportunity for a good dust-up over the sunflower seeds. No serious damage ever seems to result. Bluff and bluster seems to be the name of the game. #birdersWales #Wales #ukwildlife #nature #photography #birds

In a sane world, this would be front page news everywhere.
But it will hardly be covered anywhere.

The North Pacific Ocean surface warmed over twice as much over the past 15 years than it did over the preceding 156 years.

That's an increase in warming rate of >2000%!

Ocean Temperatures Just Hit a Dire New Record The world’s ocean absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any other year on record

#ClimateEmergency

"Hotter oceans contribute to rising sea levels, disrupt fragile marine ecosystems and fuel extreme weather."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/ocea...

Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Palestine hunger striker 'losing ability to speak' after 57 days without food Heba Muraisi said she feels 'weaker as each day passes'.

Palestine hunger striker ‘losing ability to speak’ after 57 days without food

She is among a group of eight prisoners detained on remand for their alleged roles in ‘direct action’ protests for Palestine Action, who went on hunger strike from November.

metro.co.uk/2025/12/29/p...

Five charts that explain the global economic outlook for 2026 Inflation is predicted to cool but uncertainty over AI-driven growth and trade policy poses risks in the year ahead

3 year average temp above 1.5C.

1.7C predicted for 2027.

Risk assessors, insurers & scientists warn of imminent economic derailment & billions of deaths.

Weird that The Guardian don’t mention any of this in their economic outlook for 2026.

Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded Meteorological office reports high temperatures across country and record measured at Seyðisfjörður in east

THIS is climate breakdown

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

I have a new estimate:

Earth's albedo (reflectivity) has declined about 0.55% since 2000 (CERES data), the so-called "great darkening."

Just to restore the albedo lost since 2000 would require a band of mirrors (92% efficient) circling the earth at the equator about 90km wide.

Climate Viz of the Month November 2025 Hi! I am happy to share the first of (hopefully) some new graphics in this ‘climate viz of the month’ blog. For quite a few years now, I’ve been procrastinating on figuring out an eff…

The thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-... #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData

Your 'moment of doom' for Dec. 26, 2025 ~ Expect 'faster than expected.'

"Since the 1980s, the summer sea ice extent has shrunk by about 50%, while the area covered by the oldest, thickest sea ice ... has declined by more than 95%."

www.arctictoday.com/arctic-repor...

Christmas Baubles? You can’t do better than decorations like this! Long-tailed Tits - and a couple of Blue Tits at our #Abergavenny garden feeders. Merry Christmas!
#Wales #Xmas #birds #nature #wildlife #biderswales