Dr Sue

2025 PHA Registration Now Open
Friday 31st October – Monday 3rd November; Glasgow, Scotland

Bringing people together to inspire each other and help build a stronger public health movement across Europe.
www.tinyurl.com/PHA2025

As part of The Scottish Wellbeing Economy Strategy Group, we are launching a new webinar series aiming to generate energy and discussion around the concept of a #WellbeingEconomy and what this means for Scotland. First up will be @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social

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Book Launch: Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities
19th September, 16:00-17:30
Glasgow

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LAND MOOT 2025 Tickets on sale now!

A weekend of talks, workshops, skill-sharing, creative practices and a ceilidh - as we move from talking to action. PHMS and @sanecollective.bsky.social have helped organise a workshop on land and health
alandmoot2025.brownpapertickets.com

UBS and Citi among nine banks fined $21.5mn in Singapore money-laundering case Scandal involving island-wide seizures of gold bars and luxury cars rocked city-state’s wealth management sector

UBS, Credit Suisse & Citi among 9 banks fined $21.5mn in Singapore for money-laundering.

Are banks in UK different? Chance of UK investigations?

FCA required to promote growth of finance. Deregulation mania.

40% of the world's dirty money goes through UK and its offshore havens.
archive.ph/b1elj

Hands off Iran – our statement - Global Justice Now The US attack on Iran that occurred over the weekend is a dangerous and illegal escalation of violence in the Middle East. Yet again, the US is backing acts of […]

Hands off Iran

Our statement on the US attack, propaganda which echoes the run-up to the Iraq war, the risks of escalation, the ongoing genocide in Gaza - which lies at the heart of this violence in the Middle East - and what the UK gov must do now ⤵️

www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/hands-o...

RECORD HEAT IN OCEANIA

The tropics keep breaking record everywhere
Lately there were more records of hot nights:
Minimum 28.3C Yap and Majuro

MICRONESIA and MARSHALL ISLANDS HOTTEST MAY NIGHT IN HISTORY tied

June will also start breaking record allover the tropics.

Indeed

'"BBC has refused to publish 'Gaza: Medics Under Fire', a documentary that passed all internal editorial approvals.
Scheduled for broadcast in February, the film remains unaired. Hundreds of signatories to an open letter addressed to the BBC have called the decision "political suppression"'

This 👇

Why do global fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise?

In simple aggregated terms: economic growth (orange) is too strong to be overcome by improvements in energy efficiency & structural change (green), & CO2 intensity of energy use (blue).

robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...

Climate experts and politicians round on Tony Blair for ‘wrong message’ Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering

The Tony Blair Institute should issue a public apology for putting out a climate ‘solutions’ report that has been so easily weaponised by those seeking to delay climate action. This was a gross misjudgement and it should have been properly vetted before publication - what a mess

No extra money for NHS staff and teacher pay rises, says Downing Street No 10 says pay increases will not be covered by borrowing and must come from existing budgets

Strikes will provide Starmer with the opportunity he wants to appear tough...

Talk of 'balancing the books' & 'fiscal constraints' are nonsense when you issue your own fiat currency. Read some Modern Monetary Theory & stop lying!
www.dumptheguardian.com/society/2025...

Blackouts latest: 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge outages in Portugal and Spain Huge power outages have hit major cities across Spain and Portugal. Flights, traffic lights, trains, phone networks and card payments have been affected, with reports of panic-buying at supermarkets. ...

Blackouts latest: 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge outages in Portugal and Spain
Power grids were not built for the extreme #climate that now exists
Also shows how elite and corporations push for a cashless society would be a disaster
news.sky.com/story/spain-...

Ehrc interim guidance following fws case

Reform UK wants
- fewer worker rights
- more exploitation

Reform is not on the side of
working people against migrants
It is on the side of
profiteering billionaires against working people & migrants

"A vote for Reform UK is a vote for Fascism - the last thing the UK needs."
via Jason Hill

How a Former Herder Protected Mongolia's Vast Grasslands Batmunkh Luvsandash has fought to protect more than a million acres of steppe lands in his native Mongolia. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, he explains how, by drawing on the knowledge of l...

A hero on #Earthday - one person can make a difference
How a Former Herder Protected Mongolia’s Vast Grasslands

Batmunkh Luvsandash fought to protect more than a million acres of steppe lands in Mongolia
to take on the powerful mining industry and win
e360.yale.edu/features/bat... via @YaleE360

Sex has always meant biological sex The Supreme Court delivers a seismic ruling on equality law

'The headline takeaway: references to sex in the Equality Act are references to biological sex; references to men in the Equality Act are references to biological males; references to women in the Equality Act are references to biological females.'
Legal explanation. 🎯
knowingius.org/p/sex-has-al...

MPs have to vote on benefits cuts legislation in June, months before the Office for Budget Responsibility impact assessment on the effects of the cuts, which isn’t due until the autumn…

That’s deliberately Starmerising the vote.

Amazing that another human being would make a decision to halt funding to feed starving children, rather than practice personal austerity, not charge the American people & government for his frequent, multi-million dollar weekend golf excursions, and perhaps direct those funds for better uses…

Climate chnage could cost devastating £45 billion per year to Scotland Climate change could leave Scotland ‘bankrupt’ says report set to publish following anniversary of dropping of Scotland's climate targets

Report I helped write for the Royal Scottish Geographical Society in today's Herald.

"Not tackling climate change could leave Scotland between £30 billion and £140 billion poorer by 2035, and “bankrupt the Scottish economy”

www.rsgs.org/into-the-red

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Guest post: Exploring the risks of ‘cascading’ tipping points in a warming world - Carbon Brief Recent research suggests triggering one tipping element within the Earth system could cause subsequent changes in others, leading to a “tipping cascade”.

Guest post: Exploring the risks of ‘cascading’ tipping points in a warming world #Climate

How is conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share About 90 kilometers (56 miles) southeast of Cape Town lies the tranquilly-named town of Betty’s Bay in South Africa, home to less than 2,000 people. But it’s not the people that draw Nik Sekhran’s eye...

How is #conservation preparing for a much hotter world? Experts share how they are focusing on resilience, big landscapes, and local communities.
#globalwarming
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/how-...

This is not good

As I warned in my latest post: Do not underestimate the gravity of the Trump Shock of 2nd April, 2025. Above all, do not underestimate the impact it will have on your pension, your investments, possibly your job, and your economy - wherever you may be. annpettifor.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

Passenger cap lift: Solar panels at Dublin Airport will not compensate for more people flying Dr Ola Løkken Nordrum says Dublin Airport’s greening of its site while pushing for a lift of the passenger cap will not wash environmentally.

My thoughts on the passenger cap and solar panels at Dublin Airport

Healthcare has learned from aviation to reduce harm. Now aviation must learn from healthcare. Let's put the planet’s health first.

No second state visit for Trump Unbelievable. Keir Starmer has handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and should not go ahead.  This is the...

Donald Trump is ramping up his trade wars and crashing the global economy. He's not sparing the UK from tariffs, so why should we roll out the red carpet for him with a second state visit? Join more than 200,000 of us and add your name to he petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...

This is what democracy looks like! Democracy is alive, and well!
#HandsOff

Write to your MP: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

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Let's not forget what these tariffs are really about: raising $4 trillion to make the 2017 tax cuts for the rich permanent. #tradewarsareclasswars