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‘Tinderbox’ UK may be one shock away from food riots, experts say Weakened food security could tip into unrest after a cyber-attack, extreme weather or conflict, analysis finds

Why is this story about how the UK is one shock away from food riots relegated to The Guardian's food section, alongside articles about how to make the best cookie dough?

No wonder people still don't get it.

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Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds ‘Shocking’ data shows the climate crisis and invasive mosquitos mean chikungunya could spread in 29 countries

‼️ Chikungunya is a tropical disease which causes 'excruciating' pain

🦟 It's spread by tiger mosquitoes, which can now survive across Europe - including southern England

⚠️ Just another way our leaders have failed to keep us safe from climate change

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'I'll need armbands soon': Flood warnings in place across UK The Environment Agency has urged people to remain vigilant to the risk of flooding as more rain is forecast for parts of the UK.

Reading Uni scientists said last week that the UK had faced the longest spell of rain for over a century.

That weather system is blocked, with more rain forecast for days.

This new normal is ruining lives - and not a peep from our leaders.

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‘It sounds apocalyptic’: experts warn of impact of UK floods on birds, butterflies and dormice Events such as Storm Chandra take a terrible toll on ecosystems, but nature can be part of the solution for mitigating flood waters

🌊 Flooding impacts humans, but it devastates wildlife too
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🌿 Nature can prevent flooding. Instead of pushing forward with the destructive Planning Bill Labour must up its game on nature

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More than 100 areas warned to expect floods as endless rain caused by 'blocked' weather pattern - live updates As of 05:00 GMT, the Environment Agency had issued 101 flood warnings and 169 flood alerts in England, with already-swollen rivers making flooding more likely.

Reading Uni scientists said last week that the UK had faced the longest spell of rain for over a century.

That weather system is blocked, with more rain forecast for days.

This new normal is ruining lives - and not a peep from our leaders.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...

South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis

Hats off to this Rhondda Valley council for being the first to buy up flood-prone homes and helping to rehome residents.
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But when do you hear truth-telling from UK or devolved governments about the impact climate collapse is having on our lives?

UK weather: Areas of UK hit by record January rainfall Anyone thinking it had been a particularly drab and wet January, that has been confirmed by the Met Office's latest monthly figures, as Chris Fawkes explains.

⛈️ Yet more UK weather records, putting homes & lives in danger - yet not a peep from our leaders.
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🚨 Keir Starmer, burying your head in the sand won't make the climate emergency go away.

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UK needs far faster EV charger rollout to hit 2030 demand Data suggests installation of electric vehicle infrastructure is lagging behind government estimates

⚡️ Fine words about a green transition are all well and good. But the government needs to make sure EV charging capacity actually meets demand.
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Storm Chandra live updates: Danger to life flood warning as rain, wind and snow hit UK Almost 120 flood warnings are in place, while new ice warnings are issued covering parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Danger to life, villages cut off, roads flooded. Words we seem to read every few weeks as the nation is lashed by winter storms.

It's not normal. It's the new normal.

#StormChandra

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Iver landfill data centre was wrongly approved, admits government Campaigners are raising concerns about the environmental impact of the facility.

This is positive.

An energy-hungry data centre is likely to face a legal challenge now Labour admits the government wrongly issued planning permission.

It sets a hopeful precedent for high-emitting projects.

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No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year

🚨 The Warm Home Plan has been watered down.

📉 The gov will increase grants for heat pumps & green tech but is slashing grants for insulation.

🔥 New gas & oil boilers will no longer be banned from 2035.

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Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security, intelligence chiefs warn Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

This gov report shows the extent to which biodiversity collapse will impact our way of life in the UK, causing food shortages and infectious disease outbreaks.

Some vital ecosystems could collapse in the next 5 years.

This should be headline news.

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Government unveils biggest overhaul to water in a generation

If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con.

Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected.

Public services should be in public hands.

Water companies to face regular MOT-style checks in industry shake-up The government says the industry will have

The "biggest overhaul of the water industry in England and Wales since privatisation"?

Sounds more like the biggest missed opportunity to genuinely hold polluters to account for decades of negligence and environmental vandalism.

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Scientists Confirm 2025 Was Third-Hottest Year, Trailing 2024 and 2023 Last year was one of the warmest on record, even with a La Niña weather cycle that worked to cool the world down.

2025 was the third-hottest year on record despite the influence of the La Nina cooling event.

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'Cherry picking data': Government and analysts hit back at latest Tufton Street attacks on net zero Right wing think tank accuses Climate Change Committee of overly optimistic clean tech cost estimates, but supporters of climate action counter that latest criticisms fail to recognise risks associate...

🥱 The Tufton St climate deniers have published a new report about the "cost of net zero" - ignoring the cost of sticking with fossil fuels.

🔥 Economic "cost" is the wrong paradigm. What about the "cost" of trying to survive on an uninhabitable planet?

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Fourteen clifftop homes in Hemsby are facing 'imminent collapse' Hemsby residents are told their homes should not be occupied due to a risk of further cliff falls.

Tragic stories of people losing their homes to coastal erosion will become more and more common as sea levels rise.
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It's too late for many, but it's not unstoppable.

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Brazilian expert Tasso Azevedo estimates that extracting all of Venezuela's oil would emit 150bn tonnes of CO2.

This would “blow past” the planet’s carbon budget.

(Article in Portuguese.)

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‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

🤫 Politicians ignore the "silent majority" of voters who support green policies because it's those with the loudest voices who oppose eco measures.

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Heat pump rollout faces delay as Government's warm homes plan is pushed back to 2026 The warm homes plan - setting out how £15bn will be spent to cut the cost of living and drive the green transition - was supposed to be published in the autumn

❗️ Heat pump rollout delayed:
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🚗 This comes as the right wing press & car industry figures brief that the zero emissions vehicle target must be relaxed.

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Arctic sees hottest year since 1900 as climate crisis continues Report finds warmest temperatures, loss of snow cover as US joins arctic countries to push ahead with oil drilling.

Between Oct 2024 and Sept 2025, surface air temperatures across the Arctic were at the highest level since 1900.

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Seven quiet wins for climate and nature in 2025 Here are the year's breakthroughs for the climate and nature you might have missed.

There has been good climate and nature news this year.

Check out this roundup from BBC Earth if you need a mid-week pick-me-up.

(OK, maybe Tuesday is a bit early for "mid-week" - all the more reason for a good news hit!)

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Are rainforests now a cause of, rather than the answer to, climate change? Study finds Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are now generating carbon instead.

Large areas of forests in DRC, Madagascar and parts of West Africa now produce more carbon than they absorb. The Amazon could be next.

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2025 ‘virtually certain’ to be second- or third-hottest year on record, EU data shows Copernicus deputy director says three-year average for 2023 to 2025 on track to exceed 1.5C of heating for first time

🚨 The 3 year average from 2023-25 will exceed 1.5C!
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📉 Tell @UKLabour to cut emissions fast.

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Supermarkets playing with fire on future of food WWF warns that climate change and nature loss are driving an unprecedented threat to food security

🛒 Supermarkets decimate nature & produce vast emissions. In 2021, they said they would reduce their impact - but a new report shows they are falling far short.
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YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Somalia faces worsening drought emergency amid critical aid shortages

⚠️ Somalia is in drought. 4.5M people face starvation due to failed rains.
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❗️ The least responsible bear the cost of climate catastrophe.

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'Carspreading’ is on the rise - not everyone is happy In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier.

This BBC News article on 'carspreading' is Orwellian. The post quotes an 'expert' who suggests SUVs may be helping the UK car industry decarbonise.
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This kind of cr*p is why we need a public info campaign. Sign @nebriefing's open letter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Check out this summary of what politicians and other leaders heard at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing on climate and nature last Thurs.

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#neb2025

UK and Europe’s hidden landfills at risk of leaking toxic waste into water supplies Exclusive: Rising flood risks driven by climate change could release toxic waste from ageing sites – posing threats to ecosystems

You couldn't make it up. Hidden landfills at risk of leaching toxic waste into our drinking water - made worse by flood risk heightened by climate change.
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This is a disgusting mess and our leaders need to sort it out.

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⚠️ National Emergency Briefing are asking us all to SIGN AND SHARE this open letter to Keir Starmer and media bosses.

It calls for an urgent televised national emergency briefing for the public 👇

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