John Marsham

I'd missed some of these - despite following global weather quite closely

Impact on food supplies increasingly apparent "Japan’s rice harvest, which is under threat from heat-induced drought and a surge in stink bug infestations". Not just direct impact of #ClimateCrisis, but indirect via pests.

Yet no mention of role of fossil fuel caused climate crisis in @bbcnews.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Screenshot of Insure Our Survival’s homepage in Blue Sky

🧪 I’m just a biologist who fights the oil and gas industry but even I know you can’t build a pipeline without insurance.

This smart group 👇 knows shit about the insurance industry AND the oil and gas industry and is now on BlueSky and you should follow them. @insureoursurvival.bsky.social #climate

The contrast could not be more stark.

“Gaza is hell on earth. Our own staff are fainting on duty from hunger and exhaustion,” says UNRWA Juliette Touma to BBC.

During the ceasefire, 500–600 trucks a day entered #Gaza with aid from the UN, including UNRWA. That’s what prevented famine before.

That system must be restored.

People in #Gaza, including UNRWA colleagues, are fainting due to severe hunger. They are being starved.

Meanwhile, just a few kilometers away from Gaza supermarkets and shops are loaded with food and other goods.

Lift the siege.

Allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

The ban on international media to enter Gaza continues.

The livestream of horrors from #Gaza goes on despite the ban, for 650 days.

No one can claim they didn’t know.

UNRWA teams work although they themselves are starving and exhausted.

Lift the siege, allow UNRWA to bring in supplies.

Net Zero saves us money—and fast Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch just announced her party is abandoning the UK’s legally-binding net zero 2050 target – a target passed into law by a previous Conservative government in 2019. ...

Net-zero saves money www.zerohour.uk/net-zero-sav...

I'm told flooding exacerbated by rain falling on fire scars - anyone know if true?
If so interesting - run-off from fire scars was also a contributor to Texas floods: shows how sequential extremes can amplify impacts, here with fire, flood, heatwave.

Have learnt a lot working with @rogercre.bsky.social on this - just need more time! Broadening my risk work beyond Climate Change has been valuable for research & teaching. Look forward to next steps - thanks to all contributors so far.

Something absolutely terrifying is unfolding in the UK as it rapidly devolves into a Police State, all to give cover for Israel’s war crimes.

Israel is the rock upon which the global era of democracy is being shattered.

South Korea floods trigger landslides and leave at least 14 dead There are fears the death toll will rise after raging floods destroyed roads, submerged buildings and ravaged farmland.

"days of torrential rain in South Korea" "The rainfall ... will be followed by an intense heatwave." Yet still no mention of the cause @bbcnews.bsky.social ? Fossil-fuel driven Climate Crisis drives heatwaves & extreme rainfall ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Israeli Authorities are starving civilians in #Gaza.

Among them are 1 million children.

Lift the siege: allow UNRWA to bring in food and medicines.

😱 85% of primary energy still comes from fossil fuels!

This graph is grim.

But here's a short thread about why things are not as bad as they first seem 🧵

Dairy farmers face crisis as drought causes grass fails - BBC News One farmer says she has never seen a spring and summer with so little rain.

Opportunity here for @bbcnews.bsky.social to link story more to ClimateCrisis, especially as last spring was exceptionally wet (impacting farming). Even without a change in rainfall Climate Crisis makes droughts worse through increased temperatures.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In just 10 years, the UK's electricity sector has gone from #1 emitter to #6 emitter... what a transformation 👏🇬🇧

Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..

Pakistan monsoon rains kill 63 in 24 hours Most victims were crushed by collapsing buildings, while the rest either drowned or were electrocuted.

180 dead in floods since late June. 63 in 24 hours.

I'm sure events like this used to be far higher profile. Anyone got the time & skills to analyse that? Hard to show though what is "normalisation of extreme weather" versus "too much else in the news".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Climate groups call for UK wealth tax to make super-rich fund sustainable economy Growing number of campaigners urge government to ensure green investment is not done ‘on backs of the poor’

In May, based on research surveys, the @theguardian.com reported that the world's wealthiest 10 percent are responsible for a staggering two-thirds of global heating since 1990. So yes, their wealth should absolutely be taxed to help counter that. Not just in the UK, but worldwide—esp in the US.

Reform UK’s Richard Tice says “We’re on the side of the British People, not the vested interests”

… yet between 2019 and 2024, Reform received more than 90% of its funding, £2.3 million, from individuals and companies linked to polluting industries and climate science denial.

From @desmog.com

Climate anxiety meant I could no longer work as a pilot. But I love flying – and I know we can transform aviation | George Hibberd There’s no shortage of ideas for how to make flying greener. But it has to start within the industry – and with workers, says campaigner George Hibberd

This documentary is worth a watch. Always wanted to learn to fly as a kid...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hides soem basic and important truths: (1) only net-zero stabilises global temps, (2) we have 3 years to 1.5C at current emissions.

China's emissions may be falling - here's what you should know Experts are divided if the drop over really means China has reached the peak of its emissions.

Nice @bbcnews.bsky.social article
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
but I do worry about text like
"the world cannot simply stabilise the amount of emissions ...if it is to hold global warming to below 1.5C" "emissions must start falling if the worst effects of climate change are to be averted"

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

👏 Well done Ed Miliband

💯 He is right that MPs who reject net zero policies like #Reform and #Conservatives are betraying future generations

👫👭👬The climate majority in this country must get behind Ed on this

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

We've let sheep farming & grouse shooting destroy the uplands of the northern UK. Yes - we don't need so many sheep there or grouse, and it costs. We could restore nature - create local clean energy and jobs.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is really important for the recent anti net-zero culture war.

Without net-zero it gets hotter & hotter. We cannot live in a world that gets hotter hotter. Net-zero is a necessity (plus it saves money, creates jobs, gives us energy security etc)

Ed Miliband to tell MPs who reject net zero policies they are betraying future generations Exclusive: Energy secretary’s ‘radical truth-telling’ comes as Reform plans net zero bonfire and Tories also ditch targets

A good step. We urgently need a better informed parliament & public. People want climate action, even though in my experience most hugely underestimate the threat. So much is win-win-win-win on jobs, economy, security, climate.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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I'm not saying I support these turbines. I'd need to know more. But even if they are a mistake. Language matters and SimonJenkins language in @theguardian.com here is unhelpful, where we need genuinely informed debate not polarisation.

"The present government does nothing to curb the construction industry". More what "aboutery". We need to reach net-zero everywhere for everything. Yes construction needs to decarbonise. So does electricity. Constructions slowness does not mean electricity can be slow (in fact the opposite)

Global spending on subsidies that harm environment rises to $2.6tn, report says Exclusive: analysis finds $800bn increase in direct support for activities including deforestation and fossil fuel use

"We pay huge subsidies to renewable companies" If you are upset about that then read this! www.theguardian.com/environment/...