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While no country that imports oil will be immune from global price volatility, some are more exposed than others.

Structural reduction of oil & gas import dependence is the only durable protection against shocks like this. That means investment in renewables, storage, efficiency and grids at home.

No mention of the girl school strike on Radio 4, 9am headlines - nor the BBC website that I can see.

Do you know if this has been verified yet?

It’s an illegal war, launched by men (Trump, Netanyahu) of flawed character and questionable motives. I certainly would welcome collapse of the hideous Iranian regime, more freedom for its people, and greater security for the region. But, such interventions always have unpredictable consequences.

Don't disagree with the ideas in the article but it's way too forgiving to Govs. Been bloody obvious for years what the likely scenarios are.

"the IPCC produces science assessments rather than risk assessments."

Yes but followed by a miriad of reporting on what the assessments mean in reality.

The attack line on Green Drugs Policy by Reform entirely echoed and exaggerated by David Blunkett on #bbcaq

Wherever you stand on drugs and legalisation, this country needs a grown-up debate on this complex subject rather than this dismissive stuff about "Polanski wanting to legalise crack".

Analysis: Constituency of Reform’s climate-sceptic Richard Tice gets £55m flood funding - Carbon Brief Richard Tice has called for more investment in flood defences, stating that “we cannot afford to ‘surrender the fens’ to

🥊 Despite attacking net-zero, Richard Tice's constituency will receive £55 million in flood funding.

🌍 Across Europe climate change has worsened flooding, with the UK being no different.

🌧️ Climate change is a real danger to our lives and our society.

This potentially marks a very important shift in voting behaviour from the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Voting Green is no longer a wasted vote.

Given the existential issue of ecosystem collapse, I wish these topics were more mainstream.

Endless podcasts & news items talk about bond markets, tariffs, growth, interest rates, productivity etc.

In the end, we'll realise that climate breakdown was the biggest macro economic issue of them all.

At some point very soon, these graphs have to start cutting through!

For those that get it, it feels like we're in the scene from The Thing where Microbiologist Blair realises the threat to humanity from the alien and subsequently goes mad!

The unbearable experience of walking in a heatwave of the future – video Graham Readfearn stepped into a climate chamber to experience what effects the heatwaves of the future will have on the human body

Recommended watch: A Guardian video explored the “unbearable experience of walking in a heatwave in the future”.

For anyone who knows Newark-on-Trent, this is one of the reasons Strays closed after upscaling to the Ossington building.

Went from busy, daytime cafe with an affordable menu - you know, like sandwiches. To pseudo-restaurant without lunch options 🤷‍♂️

Walked out several times - as did many others.

New Omnisis poll of Gorton and Denton by-election gives Greens a *two point* lead over Reform and four points over Labour.

Basically neck and neck and within margin of error.

Hannah Spencer (Greens): 22%
Matt Goodwin (REF UK): 20%
Angeliki Stogia (Lab): 18%
Charlotte Cadden (Conservatives): 3%

As Ember's work makes very clear, Mexico is one of the best positioned countries in the world to build out solar.

So what is their president recommending instead? Fracking for more gas.

The people and industries of Mexico are being set up to be the bag holders for US gas companies.

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I feel the same about progressive political podcasts.

Global Tipping Points | understanding risks & their potential impact Harmful tipping points in the natural world threaten humanity by disrupting life support systems and societal stability.

What do tipping points mean for climate policy?
Climate change won't be smooth.
Delay reaching emission targets by a few years, and you might not just get slightly worse climate impacts.
You may unwittingly cross a line for unstoppable, massive changes.
global-tipping-points.org

Severe weather States of Emergency in 2026 already match last year Eight severe weather-related states of emergency have already been declared this year, matching the total for all of 2025.

A terrifying acceleration.

The number of times a State of Emergency has been declared in 2026, has ALREADY matched the 2025 number.

How long before we’re in a permanent State of Emergency and unable to recover?

Preparing for climate change, AND cutting emissions have to be election issues.

It’s not just that a large majority want Britain to rejoin the EU, it’s the fact that the majority steadily continues to grow…

Been reading up on Milan since the Olympics began, and one thing that stands out is the transformational 15 km M4 line. Not only did it stitch together the rest of the Metro underground, but it also transformed the streetscape above. This is how you create mode shift!

Sadly, while it is always hard to read, nothing this pillock does boggles my mind any more. Just very sad that so many agree with him.

And with a good chunk of Americans believing in the Rapture, I can't imagine that objective, researched science has much sway on their intellect (or lack thereof).

Africa leads growth in solar energy as demand spreads beyond traditional markets, report says A report shows that Africa has emerged as the world's fastest-growing solar market even as global growth slowed last year, driven by a 60% surge in imports of solar panels from China.

African states should develop the energy sources they need to power their development. But the US has decided to sit this one out, and under Trump to jump in on the side of fossil fuels, whereas China is reaping the benefits of decarbonization. Self-own.

The Today programme this morning interviewed Diana Furchgott-Roth, a senior staff member at the Heritage Foundation, about Trump's climate policies, during which she came out with the zinger: “a lot of people like it a bit warmer.”

How is it in the public interest to platform anti-science tripe?

Fascination read - and important context for what is playing out on many fronts in the modern world.

'When Dugin hailed Trump’s win as “the end of the liberal world order,” and Bannon replied that “history is on our side,” they were reading from the same eschatological script.'

Fascinating read - thank you.

I feel very naive in hindsight, but when I studied Carl Schmitt in the 90s, I assumed I was reading ideas that had been consigned to political history.

This front cover could equally be about climate change.

This is a good news story for sure - more of this please world 👍

But how about China complements it by not cutting down its existing, natural forests?

China - along with many other countries - still deforests many 100s of thousands of hectares each year.

www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/c...

New study looks at extreme Greenland melting events over 1950–2023:
- Seven of the ten most extreme events occurred after 2000.
- Future projections under high-emission scenarios suggest that extreme meltwater anomalies could increase by up to +372% by 2100.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

There's a fine line between reporting the news and making the news.
BBC News, live from Downing Street, has crossed the line.

The European city banning all fossil fuel and meat adverts in public Amsterdam initially proposed the move in 2020, becoming the first city in the world to do so.

Amsterdam will ban fossil fuel and meat advertisements in public spaces and on public transport starting May 1st. 🥳

Elon Musk having a big public crywank

Breaking news: man who could end world hunger and make serious roads into contesting climate change but instead chooses to make porn-AI accessible and cheerlead for fascists can’t work out why he’s not happy. 🧐