Mark Lynas

Delighted to see that 'Six Minutes to Winter' is published in Poland today... wydawnictwoport.pl/ksiazki/za-s...

Is industrial food actually the villain — or one of humanity's greatest achievements?

This week @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social co-author of Feed the People: Why Industrial Food is Good and How to Make it Even Better.

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To help the climate, we need to get positive about energy Key messages from our new paper in Nature - by Mark Lynas, Erle Ellis and Kwesi Quagraine

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Cultivated meat, where is it now?

This week @marklynas.bsky.social is joined by @brucefriedrich.bsky.social founder and President of @gfi.org to discuss his new book called Meat: How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity’s Favorite Food and Our Future.

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Bad Idea #35: ‘THIS is the Future’

@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by David Wallace-Wells, New York Times columnist and author of The Uninhabitable Earth, to tackle a deceptively simple bad idea: the belief that we can predict the future with confidence.

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Is it over for nuclear? As the renewables + batteries electro-tech clean energy revolution gathers pace, do we still need those hugely expensive giant reactors? Join me and Bryony Worthington for our Season 2 ender podcast episode... we went out with a bang!

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EU politicians will decide on Wednesday whether to go ahead with the ban on words like burger and sausage for plant-based foods.

That means we have one last chance to show how unpopular – and absurd – this policy is.

Act now and see what you can do on savetheburger.org

Is the food industry slowly killing us? In this week's episode of Saving the World from Bad Ideas, Mark Lynas sits down with Professor Sarah Berry to take on Bad Idea #33: “Ultra Processed Foods are killing us”

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This weekend, WePlanet coordinated a protest against the closure of Doel-2 near Antwerp. The owner, French energy company Engie, wants to get rid of their nuclear assets as they'll be more profitable selling gas for the foreseeable future, to burn when renewables don't deliver.

Don't stop me now!

Is nuclear power too expensive? Exhibit A is the UK's Hinkley C, over budget and overdue... will copy Sizewell C suffer the same problems? As some project a financing cost of £100bn for Sizewell, MD Julia Pyke tells me that it will actually save consumers £2bn/yr.
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If you're in London on the evening of 3 December, there's only one place you need to be - in a pub having drinks with me to discuss the future of environmentalism in the UK! RSVP here:

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"It can't happen here" - or can it? I talk to Professor Susan Stokes about the playbook that elected leaders use to quietly erode democracy from within — the same tactics that have turned Hungary, Turkey, and now the United States into hybrid autocracies. www.weplanet.org/podcast/epis...

This was my favourite episode for a long time - Zuzu is such a star, and her energy is just infectious. Sharks are lucky to have someone like her on their side! Please do listen...

“There’s no hope for humanity.”

This week on Saving the World from Bad Ideas, I talk with Dr SJ Beard about why doom thinking can paralyse us — and how existential hope might just save us.

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Bad Idea #27 “There’s no hope for humanity”

@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by existential risk researcher Dr SJ Beard, who argues that we need to look beyond fear and fatalism to build a future worth surviving for.

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Bad Idea #26: “Facts will beat Misinformation.”

From fake news to populism, pandemics to AI, this one digs into how misinformation spreads, why it sticks, and what we can do about it... with Cambridge psychologist Sander van der Linden.

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It’s a provocative chat about fear, facts + the future — pushing back against both denialism and doomerism. Do join us!

We dig into:

- Why emissions may peak soon

- Why warming >3°C is unlikely

- Why deaths from disasters are at record lows

- Collapse myths, biodiversity, + nuclear war (the real existential threat)

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Is climate catastrophism actually a bad idea? 🌍

In my latest podcast, I talk with Ted Nordhaus (@Breakthrough Institute) about why apocalyptic climate narratives backfire — and how tech + prosperity can drive decarbonisation.

Don't miss it!
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That was a different case, raised by a member state, France. I'm not sure whether this will reconcile or not.

European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’ - European Vegetarian Union Brussels, 8 October 2025 European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive This Wednesday the Members of the E...

WOW! The European Parliament just voted to BAN the words 'burger' and 'sausage' when used in sustainable plant-based alternatives. HUGE win for the meat and dairy lobby in the EU, and lots more confusion for consumers if this goes through. Insane!
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Stop the EU’s Ban on “Meaty” Words for Plant-Based Foods Sign now

Please sign and share this, particularly if you're a European citizen. What Brussels is proposing is both damaging and incredibly dumb, and the European Parliament is about to vote (on 8 October) on an amendment to make it even worse! Please do sign 🙏
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Bad Idea #24 "We’ll just use Hydrogen!" with Michael Liebreich Listen now | 🔍 Episode Summary:

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I tackle Bad Idea #24: “We’ll just use Hydrogen!” 💧

Hydrogen hype ≠ climate strategy. We break down why it’s overblown, where it might fit, and why pragmatism wins.

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Is green hydrogen the silver bullet for decarbonisation — or a trillion-dollar distraction?

@marklynas.bsky.social is joined by energy analyst, investor, and podcaster @mliebreich.bsky.social to unpack Bad Idea #24: “We’ll just use Hydrogen!”

Hydrogen is the worst 'bad idea' yet - and Michael has immense fun taking it apart...

Will the EU now ban 'sausage' and 'burger' from plant-based alternatives? Could Europe get any dumber?

The EU wants to ban words like “burger” + “sausage” from plant-based foods. So get ready for “protein tubes” + “alternative discs.” 🙃 Nobody’s confused — except Brussels. Consumers + the planet deserve better. #NoConfusion

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Xi Jinping announced China's new climate targets personally, a positive gesture, but the targets brought little clarity on China’s future emission pathway. Targeting a 7-10% emission reduction by 2035 from an undefined "peak level" undersells China's current clean energy boom.

As World ‘Hurtles’ Past 1.5, Climate Vulnerable Nations Demand Urgent Adaptation Finance - CVFV20.Org CVF-V20 ministers and heads of government, meeting on the sidelines of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in New York, committed to work hard for a comprehensive Adaptat...

Important leaders declaration just released by the heads of the most climate vulnerable countries here in New York:

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UK and US line up string of deals to build modular nuclear reactors in Britain Agreements include plan to build 12 reactors in Hartlepool with Centrica, creating 2,500 jobs, and fast-tracking UK and US safety checks

I know I'll take flak for this, but the principle - if not the execution - is sound. Modular reactors can enable the decarbonisation of parts of the economy that are otherwise hard to reach. But tying their development to the US? That's less sound. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Is it too late to stop climate change, or do we still have reasons for hope?

To launch Season Two, @marklynas.bsky.social talks with @hannahritchie.bsky.social, Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and author of Clearing the Air: The hopeful guide to solving climate change in 50 questions.