Charlotte Otter

"You’re facing into the realities of environmental anxiety ...but your victories are so small. You’re told ‘we have this ambition’ but not given the tools to execute it. It’s like being gaslit by your own organisation.” 👉🏼 not just food industry but all ppl working to decarbonise orgs/sectors I fear

IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

Climate change, nature loss & food insecurity are all inextricably linked. Dealing with them as separate issues won't work, major report warns
Check the review of scientific evidence by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.

This has always been my worst fear about climate change: the worse it gets, the more geopolitical chaos it causes; the more geopolitical chaos there is, the harder it is to cooperate to fight climate change.

theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

Climate graphic of the week: First ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean may come before 2030, study shows News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

Climate graphic of the week: First ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean may come before 2030, study shows 📊

https://www.ft.com/content/63fbcf2b-9acc-4ccb-ac12-9f3b78e85b68

Cheers! Really helpful to understand a different viewpoint. Wonder if their advice will change now labour are in power. Also I didn't think they were rec hydrogen for heating (too dangerous) only decarb transport and industry. So good to know 👍🏼

Really good thread, but can I ask, why then does the UK climate change committee recommend this as part of the mix to getting to net zero if it's so bad?

Some great writers have just joined so for folks getting started:

Here are more than 100 nature writers and people who write about the planet we share

go.bsky.app/Qrw2zj9

Flat-cap Clarkson only wants his nose in the trough | Stewart Lee The broadcaster thinks if he fires up his farming fanbase they can shield him from his obligation to contribute his fair share to society

"it’s worth remembering that while Clarkson’s barrier-bulldozing tractors are backed by the Tories and their newspaper allies, there are climate protesters who used similar tactics who are doing time."

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How well is Scotland doing on reducing climate emissions? The Scottish Government has faced criticism over its approach to tackling climate emissions in recent years.

The Scottish Government scrapped some of its climate targets this year, but how is the country doing in reducing its emissions? 🏭

FFS explains ⬇️

theferret.scot/how-well-sco...

Front cover of report: 'What's Stopping Us? Applying psychology to accelerate climate action in sport'. Cover photo: Two skiers putting on skis at the bottom of a ski slope finishing in the green valley, covered with artificial snow due to warm winter. Austria. Logos: Sport Positive, UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST)

📣 New report! What’s Stopping Us? Applying psychology to accelerate climate action in sport
www.sportpositive.org/news-article...

By me, @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social @samhampton.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social & Kate Sambrook

Funded by @sportpositive.bsky.social & #UNFCCC Sports for Climate Action

NEW: The taxpayer has covered more than £1.5 million in air travel costs for peers over the last parliament, half of which was claimed by just 14 people.

Read: www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/11/20/h...

Via our new Peer Review tool – use it here: torto.se/3Zfb9BU

Goodness, this would be such a game changer in Scotland. So simple as well

Paris : fin 2025, toutes les places de stationnement devant des passages piétons auront disparu Pour sécuriser et améliorer la visibilité autour des passages piétons, les collectivités territoriales françaises sont sommées de supprimer

The law requires French municipalities to remove parking spaces for motor vehicles within 5 m of pedestrian crossings by December 31, 2026 to allow people to see clearly when they cross.

Paris is ahead of the game and plans to do this for more than 40,000 crossings by September 2025.

So much misinformation around today on who will be affected by changes to inheritance tax - and lobbyists pretending the data isn't clear to obfuscate. We have detailed data on estates so the truth is in fact very clear if you care to look 🧵

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world - Carbon Brief Attribution studies calculate whether, and by how much, climate change affected the intensity, frequency or impact of extremes – Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has...

Today, @carbonbrief.org has published the latest, and most comprehensive, update to our interactive map of extreme weather attribution.

The redesigned map now includes almost 750 extreme events and trends from more than 600 studies.

interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...

THREAD

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Decarbonize Your Life A complete guide to making your everyday decisions count in the fight against climate change.

ooh @heatmap.news has a whole series on effective climate action - ranging from eating less meat to joining an advocacy group! heatmap.news/decarbonize-...

Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity

#ClimateCrisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal

Exclusive: Stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity

#COP29
Story by me
Data @carbonbrief.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Evidence-based policy does work, but you have to own it, explain it and stay the course."

Worth noting, especially for those with one eye on winning support ahead of 2026

I had to make room on the environmental journalists Starter Pack so I moved the news organizations to their own Pack. Let me know if I’m missing someone.

I've made a quick go on a starter pack for environmental, climate, food, ag and nature policy folks who work in/advise government or who are at intergovernmental organisations. Please help improve it by suggesting others to add!
go.bsky.app/BqDPT3S
PS @number10cat.bsky.social is bonus extra.