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Climate Change Made Simple — The Borrowed Earth Project Climate change is in some ways not that complicated. Lets park our political views at the door for a little bit, and be prepared to believe both the science, and the evidence of our own eyes. You coul...

Climate Change Made Simple

If you want to understand climate impacts, you could start by visiting your local glacier. If there isn't one nearby, we can help. We visited the Hopper Glacier in Gilgit-Baltistan, #Pakistan on your behalf.

Read more here:

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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'

We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.

Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.

Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?

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Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics

“Yet again, powerful fossil fuel states are successfully blocking global efforts on climate change. This is not the result the industry wanted, nor one the world’s people can afford. Trump’s aggressive, destructive lobbying has their made this job much harder”

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The Primary Energy Fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with equivalent amount of clean energy.

BUT: Not necessary because >2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.

Electrification+renewables are far more efficient.

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A different kind of leader gives a different kind of speech An afternoon with the Pope

Pope Leo--weirdly normal Midwesterner--gave a key climate speech yesterday that couldn't have been more different from Trump's disturbing and dangerous harangue of the generals
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A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

Keir Starmer has no plans to attend COP30 climate summit in Brazil Final decision has yet to be made amid ‘big fight inside government’ over trip by prime minister

Sir Keir Starmer has no plans to attend the UN COP30 summit in Brazil in November, despite having branded Rishi Sunak’s absence from the world’s top climate conference a “failure of leadership” just a few years ago. 

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What’s the deal with Data Centers? — The Borrowed Earth Project In this blog, we disucss all things data center. What are they? Why are they such a hot topic in climate and energy discussions? And what imapct might they have on our electricity grid and on climate ...

Whats the deal with data centers?

In our new blog, we explain all things #datacenter. What they are, how much power they use, what their growth has been like, what it is predicted to do - and why all that matters to the electricity grid and #climate.

Enjoy!
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Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis Google's goal to be net-zero in carbon emissions by 2030 is still apparently company policy, it's just not broadcasting it anymore

ICYMI: Google removes net zero goal from website.

Recharging Hope, Wonder and Delight at Kew Gardens — The Borrowed Earth Project At The Borrowed Earth Project, we are signed up members of the fan club for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Here we recount what we found in a recent visit, and why it gives us hope.

Our latest article is based on what we learned from one morning’s visit:
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They undertake such vital work and have become such an international centre of excellence on every aspect of plants, #biodiversity, prevention of extinction, #resilience to #climatechange.
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‘Biodiversity And Climate Change’ a Film by The Borrowed Earth Project — The Borrowed Earth Project Our film: Biodiversity & Climate Change. Is now publically available. Watch it here.

It is not only that they loaned us footage of their work on the Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst for our film on Biodiversity and Climate Change, although that certainly helped. borrowedearthproject.com/blog/biodive...
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Recharging Hope, Wonder and Delight at Kew Gardens — The Borrowed Earth Project At The Borrowed Earth Project, we are signed up members of the fan club for the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Here we recount what we found in a recent visit, and why it gives us hope.

🌼 Recharging Hope, Wonder and Delight at Kew Gardens 🌳

At The Borrowed Earth Project, we are fully signed-up members of the fan club of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. @rbgkew.bsky.social

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Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

What people don't yet understand — what I am just coming to understand — is that Trump is not acting irrationally on climate & energy to "own the libs."

Trump (and the GOP) are protecting the trillions of assets held by their fossil-fuel cronies, which would be utterly devalued if we decarbonized.

Exactly, people in the industry seem to be trying to find the logic eg. GOV Lamont saying "what is his ask?". There is no logic beyond I don't like wind and I want to see how much I can get away with and pay back the people who bankrolled my campaign

The green transition has a surprising new home Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling

Strong economic incentives to go green are speeding up the energy transition globally, reports @economist.com. 🔋

- Pakistan & Morocco are racing ahead on solar & wind renewables 🇵🇰🇲🇦
- EVs and battery-powered cars are flooding the market in Nepal & Ethiopia 🇳🇵🇪🇹

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Over 150 people are still missing after devastating flooding in northwest Pakistan Anguished Pakistanis are searching remote areas for bodies swept away by weekend flash floods as the death toll has reached 277.

Over 150 people are still missing after devastating flooding in northwest Pakistan

- “Changing climate has made residents of northern Pakistan’s river-carved mountainous areas more vulnerable to sudden, heavy rains”

#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
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The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...

UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution

UN #plasticstreaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics, led by Saudi Arabia, writes @pilitaclark.bsky.social

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Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.

HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.

Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.

Climate Policy Is Still Good for Business The green transition will survive cuts to U.S. subsidies.

An optimistic take on the fundamentals driving the transition to clean energy and the lessons that advocates should take from the recent policy setbacks in the US. @nilskupzok.bsky.social @foreignaffairs.com
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EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans The repeal of the finding on the dangers greenhouse gases pose to human health and welfare will face fierce legal challenges.

NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.

POLITICO Pro: EPA to launch plan Tuesday for undoing climate rule cornerstone EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.

EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.

w/ @chemnick.bsky.social

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Students Win Historic Advisory Opinion from ICJ — The Borrowed Earth Project On 23 July 2025 the International Court of Justice delivered the Court’s Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. This is a case of massive international importance...

~Students Win Historic Advisory Opinion from the ICJ~

Who brought the case?
What were the questions at issue?
How was it argued & who participated?
What has the Court decided?
What effect will the judgement have?

Read our explainer to find out!

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#Greensky

70th Anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto — The Borrowed Earth Project On 8 July 2025 at the Royal Society in London, an event was held to mark the 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto which calls on scientists, governments and all of mankind to be aware of...

Read more about the manifesto, and the event, here:
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There were also compelling contributions from political leaders, experts on Iraq, China, Russia, the USA, the UK, Sweden and Argentina, and Fellows of the Royal Society, with the last word from its former President and Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees.
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It was fascinating and moving to hear Talia Weiss of International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) reading the Russell-Einstein Manifesto.
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