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Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists Worst-case scenario of 4.3C of warming could result in fiftyfold rise in heat-related deaths, researchers say More than 30,000 people a year in England and Wales could die from heat-related causes by the 2070s, scientists have warned. A new study calculates that heat mortality could rise more than fiftyfold in 50 years because of climate heating. Researchers at UCL and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine compared different potential scenarios, looking at levels of warming, measures to mitigate and adapt to the climate crisis, regional climatic differences and potential power outages. They also modelled the ageing population. Continue reading...

Extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths a year in England and Wales by 2070s, say scientists

Next, @samalvis.bsky.social, associate director at @ippr.bsky.social provides some perspective on why the govt may be acting how they are.

Sam discusses how they need the private sector on board to make the investment the government can't do itself.

Post-Brexit youth mobility scheme should be UK priority Starmer told ahead of EU meet Tory MPs and peers have added to growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to agree a youth free movement deal with the EU

🔥 And even *Conservative* MPs AND peers are now telling govt to agree a youth mobility scheme…

Lord Kirkhope, David Simmonds MP, Sir Roger Gale MP and Stephen Hammond (ex Chairman of Conservatives) all tell Starmer to go for a youth mobility scheme.

📢 #GAevent starting in a few minutes!

Can't make it? Follow this thread for some highlights 🧵✨

We’ve lost a Greenpeace legend today. Pete Wilkinson, founder of Greenpeace UK in the 1970s, was still campaigning right up to the end.

His passion and directness, always speaking truth to power, never wavered. Rest in peace, Pete.

The tide is starting to turn against Brexit Interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch show how the European question has been reopened.

🚨🚨 Characteristically astute analysis by David Gauke reflecting on how the recent interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch suggests that the tide is turning against #brexit.🧵
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...

Met Office: Atmospheric CO2 rise now exceeding IPCC 1.5C pathways - Carbon Brief The rate at which atmospheric CO2 is increasing is now outpacing the pathways set out...

www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...

2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm Noaa says last year was the warmest since records began in 1850 and Nasa concurs: ‘The long-term trends are very clear’ It was the hottest year ever recorded for the world’s lands and oceans in 2024, US government scientists have confirmed, providing yet…

2024 was hottest year on record for world’s land and oceans, US scientists confirm

Why have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour? Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather * No 10 insists UK has sufficient energy supply A rise in electricity costs this week has raised fears that officials operating Great Britain’s…

Why have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour?

YouTube video by Good Energy 1.5°C versus 2°C of global heating: why every degree matters

In 2024 global temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C warming limit.

In 2021, we made a video showing the difference between a 1.5°C and 2°C rise. We're resharing it now, with greater evidence - floods in the UK & wildfires in LA.

We can still limit warming if we act now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPpQ...

Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators Communities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants

Incinerators produce dioxins, which are so toxic they are measured in nanograms per meter cubed.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government sets out plan for new era of clean electricity Government delivers on the Prime Minister’s Plan for Change to build an energy system that can bring down bills for households and businesses for good.

Energy Secretary @edmiliband.bsky.social publishes “Clean Power 2030 Action Plan”. Drawn up by mission controller @chrisstark.bsky.social, it plots a clear path to grid reform and getting 95% Britain’s electricity from clean energy sources by 2030.
www.gov.uk/government/n...

Cost of electricity relative to fossil fuels is key factor when it comes to industrial electrification.

In most EU countries electricity is taxed more & renewable energy support levies are often put on electricity & not on fossil fuels.

See our new report👇

www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...

‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared As a UK report finds women with reproductive conditions have faced poor care due to ‘medical misogyny’, people share their suffering Women and girls in the UK with gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis and adenomyosis have spent years in pain…

‘I was made to think the pain was all in my head’: gynaecological ordeals shared

In today's #GreenAlliancePodcast we dive into the UK’s evolving transport policy discussion. 🚌⚡

Nick Davies chats with transport experts Michael Solomon Williams, @lauralaker.bsky.social, and Green Alliance's Johann Beckford and Rosie Allen.

Listen here: green-alliance.org.uk/podcast/chan...

More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students

115 out of 149 UK universities have now publicly committed to divest from fossil fuels

£17.7bn-worth of endowments no longer in the fossil fuel industry

Not megabucks if you're Exxon, but shows how little social licence fossil fuel comps now have in academic

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

How to buy preloved items to give as Christmas gifts Have a plan, know what you want and do the safety checks … and be prepared to get up early Buying preloved often requires more thought and preparation than buying new, so make time to find the perfect gift. Monica Marriott-Mills, who publishes on TikTok…

How to buy preloved items to give as Christmas gifts

"Analysis from Sustain found that the ten biggest UK agribusinesses are responsible for more excrement than our 10 largest cities, but none have publicly available strategies to prevent water pollution." Wow! Fortunately there are cost neutral, small farm-friendly solutions to water pollution.

Everyone has to pay the standing charge even if they don’t use any energy. This disproportionately
affects low-income users. #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay

YouTube video by Eight Minute Climate Fix What's Next for Gas Distribution Companies? - Jan Rosenow (Regulatory Assistance Project)

What do we do with the gas distribution grid when we no longer use gas?

How can we manage the risks, not only to gas distribution companies but to their customers?

I was interviewed by Paul Schuster who asked me these and other questions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kvd...

Evidence, if it were needed, that I work with AMAZING colleagues.

Less than 16hrs after the gavel came down on COP29, they have published a 20,000-word omnibus article summarising EVERYTHING you need to know about the two-week event in Baku

👏👏👏

Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official Cop29 negotiating text Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable document ‘risks placing climate summit in jeopardy'

I have some friends on the ground at #COP29 and they can confirm that it’s an absolute clown show right now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The final #cop29 plenary has kicked off.

Just 30 hours after the talks were due to finish.

This is it, deal on new finance, or collapse.

A lone Puffin stands in silhouette on a grassy cliff, framed by a vivid orange sunset. Its distinctive beak and rounded form are stark against the fading light, evoking both beauty and fragility. The scene captures a quiet urgency, reflecting the gravity of nature's erasure from the latest #COP29 text.

BREAKING: The latest #COP29 text falls woefully short.

The finance package is too low, too weak, while critical acknowledgement of nature has been entirely erased.

This is more than disappointing, it's dangerous. 🚨

Leaders—don't walk away without fixing this.

Expectation here at #cop29 is the first draft of a new climate finance goal will drop tomorrow.

Hearing from negotiators that it probably won’t have a number on $.

(Developing nations want it to be in the trillions, not billions a year).

Cop29 live: negotiators work around clock as summit builds towards climax Day nine of the climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, begins as negotiators work against the clock Away from Cop29 my colleagues at the Guardian have pulled together a striking article outlining the real world consequences of the escalating climate crisis.…

Cop29 live: negotiators work around clock as summit builds towards climax

Gynaecology waiting lists in UK double, leaving women in pain Around 630,000 women are waiting for gynaecology appointments as waiting lists double in four years.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Gynaecology waiting lists double, leaving women in pain

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds

Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to #COP29Baku, says report

- Fossil fuel-linked lobbyists outnumber delegations of almost every country at climate talks in Baku, analysis finds

www.theguardian.com/environment/...