‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show Ninawa Huni Kui has spoken out ahead of a show focused on the threatened Brazilian ecosystem of the Pantanal

The @ScienceMuseum.org.uk is hosting an exhibition on climate breakdown in Latin America while accepting sponsorship from BP and Adani, 2 of the world’s biggest polluters.
How can we take their message seriously when they’re funded by the very companies driving the destruction? #ClimateJustice

The US cutting off oil to Cuba is truly one of the most depraved acts it is possible to imagine. Hospitals will close, food production will collapse, people will starve. It is urgent for US citizens, and every sane person, to oppose this barbarism with all their might.

WE DO NOT COMPLY

Veteran anti-war and human rights activist, Angie Zelter, was removed from Westminster Magistrates Court after attempting to read a statement to the judge instead of pleading to a charge under s.13 of the UK Terrorism Act 2000.

Useful thread making an unassailable case for strong & consistent climate emergency briefing. @responsiblesci.bsky.social

Both the UK and Scot Govts declared a climate emergency in response to the surge of awareness and political pressure created by XR, but they have never acted as if it's an emergency. They protect corporate interests. McCarthy's focus seems to be about public behavioural change not Oil+Gas orgs.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Said activist James Baldwin.
And that’s the whole point of the @nebriefing.bsky.social .
We HAVE to face the truth, accept, adapt, and act….urgently, courageously, and compassionately.
#courageousLeadership

We’ve had information campaigns on Brexit and Covid. What about the climate? - Climate Outreach In the runup to Cop26, public knowledge about the crisis is shallow, with few understanding the scale of the threat.

11/ Even more striking: @climateoutreach.bsky.social themselves (cited in McCarthy’s letter) explicitly argue for government-led public information campaigns on #climate, drawing lessons from Brexit and COVID.

"Public engagement is not window dressing; it is the essential foundation for all policy"

Planet Earth III: how cookie cutter nature programming could fail to educate and inform audiences https://theconversation.com/planet-earth-iii-how-cookie-cutter-nature-programming-could-fail-to-educate-and-inform-audiences-216466

Nature documentaries and saving nature: Reflections on the new Netflix series Our Planet https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10052

David Attenborough has betrayed the living world he loves https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/07/david-attenborough-world-environment-bbc-films

The BBC’s Planet Earth II did not help the natural world https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/01/bbc-planet-earth-not-help-natural-world

10/ For years, critics have pointed out serious limits in nature programming:

– crises softened or backgrounded
– humans erased from responsibility
– nature framed as pristine and distant

e.g.

9/ McCarthy praises “subtle” #climate messaging in BBC Natural History programming

But subtlety is the opposite of what’s needed given the risks

Climate breakdown should be central to news & current affairs, not tucked in wildlife docs

Failing to grasp this distinction is incomprehensible!

Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time - Carbon Brief Nearly 100 UK newspaper editorials opposed climate action in 2025, a record figure that reveals the backlash against net-zero in the right-leaning press

8/ At the same time, parts of the UK press have become openly hostile to #climate action.

For the first time, newspaper editorial opposition to climate policy now outweighs support.

This is the media environment government is choosing to defer to, rather than lead.

New Impress Report Into Climate Change News Highlights Need To Boost Independent Regulation - Impress A new report has highlighted the need for further policy work on how climate change information is reported and regulated.

7/ When climate is covered, it’s often:
– episodic, not sustained
– stripped of risk framing
– disconnected from lived impact

A new report finds only ~18 % of UK readers access independently regulated climate news, pointing to gaps in quality and oversight that risk misinformation.

Graph of Percentage of flagship news programmes (including BBC radio and TV shows; breakfast, lunchtime, and evening bulletins on Sky and ITV; and evening programmes on Channel 4 and Channel 5) mentioning COP-related search terms during the COP period (first day of COP to the last day of COP), from Climate News Tracker. COP key words: “COP28/29/30”, "climate summit", "conference of parties", "Dubai/Baku/Belem", "Climate Change Conference", "climate conference", "climate negotiation", "climate agreement", "Paris Agreement". "Audiences of the UK’s most-watched and most-listened-to news programmes saw significantly less coverage of COP30 than in previous years. Coverage of the UN climate summit fell by around half across major UK news programmes compared to last year’s conference, a Climate News Tracker analysis has found. Just 27% of flagship programmes on BBC, ITV, Sky, Channel 4 and Channel 5 mentioned the COP30 in Brazil, down from 55% during COP28 in Dubai in 2023."

6/ She also claims #climate is already “well reported” in the news.

The evidence simply does not support this.

UK news attention to climate has declined sharply, even as risks escalate, including around major moments like COP.

climatenewstracker.org/cop30-declin...

4/ We have a recent precedent. During COVID, the UK Chief Scientist & the Chief Medical Officer led daily briefings with politicians.

These briefings didn’t just inform, they shaped public understanding. Essential for:
– explaining risk
– making sense of uncertainty
– building public trust

National Emergency Briefing on climate & nature National Emergency Briefing | The UK’s leading climate and nature experts brief MP's on the risks, impacts and solutions to the climate emergency

3/ It misrepresents the proposal. The idea isn’t government spin, it’s about creating a shared factual baseline, in a style like @nebriefing.bsky.social, run by scientists & campaigners

Trivialising such briefings accepts a politics where govt reacts, not leads

Watch the full NEB briefings here:

2/ McCarthy frames a televised briefing as ineffective “government messaging”, even invoking 1984!

That is already damning. It implies a Labour MP believes her own government has no authority or credibility with the public, even when conveying life-critical risks.

Alarm bells should ring!

Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/glenn-vowles-a6b61a388_see-the-reply-from-my-mp-in-bristol-activity-7416987108285947904-_yYD/

A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency

I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵

YouTube video by Led By Donkeys Board of Peace - Season 1

Led by Donkeys

Board of Peace (bored of peace):

Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict

Quick thread on how it is shocking the government has supressed this report, but it is equally shocking that anyone should be surprised by its contents.

www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657...

Sadly suppressing such a devastating report doesn’t make the risks go away - it just makes them even harder to deal with. Facing up to the truth is the first step to coping with it - it’s beyond scandalous that ministers tried to prevent this. They need to act - and fast

Stop arresting Palestine Action supporters, White House tells Britain Sarah Rogers, Donald Trump’s free speech tsar, says ‘censorship does more harm than good’

BREAKING: White House says stop arresting protestors for supporting Palestine Action

Extremely embarrassing for Keir Starmer, this exemplifies how the ban & arrests for holding paper signs have made the UK an anti-free-speech outlier on the global stage

www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

National Emergency Briefing 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/open-letter-...

Stop Cambo #StopRosebank on Instagram: "WATCH: @climatechoirs flashmob at lighting of Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square   Climate choirs came from all over the country to perform a flash m... 316 likes, 22 comments - stopcambo on December 5, 2025: "WATCH: @climatechoirs flashmob at lighting of Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square   Climate choirs came from all over the country to ...

#climatechoirs flashmob at lighting of Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square
www.instagram.com/p/DR4uwrYiNEW/

Denmark’s renewable revolution: A model for global sustainability Editorial Team SDG7 : Denmark’s wind-powered success shows how partnerships and community ownership drive sustainable progress.

Nearly half of Denmark's renewable energy is community owned! That's a better bit of policy to copy: www.globalsociety.earth/post/denmark...

Untitled document Messages from our readers A major hurdle to overcome in order to transition away from fossil fuels, is proving to Energy Providers that solar energy has far better economic advantages... for them! ...

Input from readers of XR Bristol newsletter this week, ending 02 Nov 2025, include:
* Prove to Energy Providers solar energy has advantages for them than selling fossil fuel energy
* Training from Trust the People
* Taxing jet fuel
* Bristol Workshops
...etc
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Extinction Rebellion 🌍 urges cutting meat consumption, not as a lifestyle choice, but to tackle climate breakdown. Animal farming drives methane, deforestation & biodiversity loss; shifting to plant-based diets helps restore land & cut emissions. 🌱 #ExtinctionRebellion #Climate
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Patrick Harvie: Staying silent over Rosebank oil field is not an option THIS week the fossil fuel giant Equinor admitted that its plan for the Rosebank field will be more than 50 times as harmful as they previously…

#fossilfuel giant #Equinor admits #Rosebank field will be more than 50 times as harmful as they previously claimed.
#climate
www.thenational.scot/politics/255...

I don't think Xi belongs on that list. Certainly not w.r.t. climate: www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Pope Leo calls for 'true ecological conversion' from words to action on environment The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark document that encapsulated church teaching on the environment.

On Wednesday, the Pontiff delivered his first address on climate change at a conference taking place at the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo calling for a “true ecological conversion… that transforms both personal and communal lifestyles.” By @brianroewe.bsky.social

Greta Thunberg is held prisoner by Israel at a jail in the Negev. Read what Sweden’s embassy in Israel reports are the conditions of her detention ⬇️

Now just imagine: if Israel treats a world-famous Swedish activist this way, how badly are its prisons abusing Palestinians?

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