Jim Baird

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

Should be the top story everyday.

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

"We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

"We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm"

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Opinion: People in Canada want fossil fuel sponsorship out of winter sports vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected After an exceptionally wet start to 2026, two climate scientists explain what’s going on.

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“Climate warming is driving this drying of the Colorado River Basin for the long term, so we really need to come to grips with doing this great rebalancing act,” he said. “We need to start moving out of this danger zone.”

www.latimes.com/environment/...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

Where is the massive global mobilization?

"The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped"

“Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

Where is the massive global mobilization?

"The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped"

“Policymakers & the public remain largely unaware of the risks"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Europe Needs to Learn Its Lesson: Stop Relying on Imported Energy Growing reliance on American gas looks foolish given how unpredictable the White House has become.

I did not expect to see this in the WSJ:

"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around"

Agreed!

Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year."

#ClimateCrisis #survival #Africa
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Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for people to survive.

"The study shows that by 2065-2100, many parts of Africa (apart from Madagascar) could experience heatwaves on 250-300 days per year."

#ClimateCrisis #survival #Africa
theconversation.com/heat-with-no...

'Days before 💩 returned to office in Jan 2025, an investment firm controlled by a senior member of the UAE royal family secretly signed a deal to pay $500m to buy almost half of a cryptocurrency startup founded by the Trump family…

This scandal deserves our attention'

Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

WaPo lays off *one third* of its staff.

apnews.com/article/wash...

#Europe bombarded by storms the next two weeks. Great news for the #olympics in the #alps as big time #snow will fall. 1-2 Meters in the next 15 days!
But flooding will be a concern many other areas.
#weather #milan #cortina

EVs are already making your air cleaner A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.

Wow! ❤️❤️❤️

Emissions-detecting satellites reveal California’s pivot to EVs noticeably curbed health-harming nitrogen dioxide emissions between 2019 and 2023.

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Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia? Fire management under changing climatic conditions presents several challenges, including the need to manage fire regimes for multiple objectives, suc…

Are green firebreaks a useful fire management tool under climate change in southeastern Australia?

TLDR: yes, in many scenarios, especially when used in conjunction with other fire mitigation measures

by @ericamarshall.bsky.social @trentpenman.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/

A forest fire burns in the mountains of Epuyen, in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, Argentina.

Argentina has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer

📸 Gonzalo Keogan

Join Extinction Rebellion US Coast to Coast Chapter to join the fight for our planet!

This chapter, currently, is primarily virtual work but we will do work with local chapters to boost impact!

Fill out the form by scanning the QR code or clicking link in bio.

All skills sets welcome!

#climate

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled

"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled."

That's from a group of more than a dozen prominent climate scientists. Probably nothing.

Quatsino leads the charge on renewable energy | The Narwhal On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is completing a 150-kW solar project, piloting tidal power and partnering with a wind farm in its push for renewable energy

On Vancouver Island, Quatsino First Nation is developing clean, reliable sources of energy for its residents, from wind and solar to tidal power. It's all part of an effort to reduce costs and strengthen the remote community's energy independence. thenarwhal.ca/quatsino-ren...

Let’s not forget
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2026
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!

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A stream of meltwater atop the Greenland ice sheet. Photo credit : IAN JOUGHIN / UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Hitting The Point of No Return.

The world is on course to trigger tipping points that will lead to irreversible cascading consequences: from ice sheets melting to the death of the Amazon rainforest.

Right now, the right thing to do, is act to stop this happening.
🧵

e360.yale.edu/features/1.5...

Tell the Truth.

TELL THE TRUTH
In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

The climate and ecological crisis is already with us.
We need immediate action to avoid unspeakable human suffering and irreversible damage to the natural world.
#TellTheTruth #RebelForLife
#ExtinctionRebellion

Over the next nine months, pay attention to what Trump's friends in social media—Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison—choose to censor.

In the past 48 hours, it's been information about Epstein and ICE: two topics critical to 2026 GOTV efforts for Democrats.

These men work for the regime.

Verge headline: I grew up with Alex Pretti by Kristen Radtke Photo: An old picture of a boy and a girl at a birthday party

"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend."

Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...

New Year Welcome Call!

Parents & caregivers: want to connect with others who care deeply about clean air and a livable future? 🌱
Join us for a Welcome Call to find out more about the For Our Kids network and how we can take climate action together in 2026.
📅 Jan 29th at 5 pm MT
🔗 www.forourkids.ca/new_year_wel...

Appeasement Never Works, Only Strength - Lessons From An Ugly Week (New Video, Analysis) We must remember at all times that Trump has chosen not to govern with us, or for us, but against us - for they are scared of us, of the power of the people

Trump was humiliated at Davos. He looked like an addled, idiotic, buffoon to the world. His recent escalations (MN, VZ, Greenland) have been rejected by the public. He's much weaker now. It's time for our opposition to go on offense, stop playing defense. 3/
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