Always a pleasure to speak at Climate Crisis Advisory Group meetings. Last week, I discussed the inequality in climate change impacts and the differentiated impacts on the most vulnerable population groups.

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The climate crisis affects everyone - but some suffer more than others.
In our April meeting, Shouro Dasgupta, PhD | shourodasgupta.bsky.social highlights the damaging impacts of climate change on vulnerable populations.

.G7 Italy members' agreement to phase-out coal by 2035 is an important step but must be matched with urgent action.

Current efforts have fallen far short, says Sir David King in an interview with the Financial Times's Attracta Mooney.

In the Climate Crisis Advisory Group's latest public meeting, our CAST Director Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE and affiliate Sam Hampton discussed the role of value change, education and leadership in climate change 🏛

Listen to both conversations: youtu.be/n8dKAvfBeWU?fe…

(Timestamps: 30:05, 39:38)

Fantastic insights from our CAST Director Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE in the Climate Crisis Advisory Group's latest public meeting on how social transformation is essential in tackling the climate crisis 🙌

Listen to the full conversation (starts at 30:05): youtube.com/watch?v=n8dKAv…

Which normalised behaviours must we change to save the planet?
In our latest meeting, Prof. Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE spoke about how social transformation will be essential to deal with climate change.

King: 'We are into the post pliocene era. It as if we have a death wish. We don't seem to understand we rely on our ecosystems. We are part of our ecosystems... I am astonished by the poor response we have today'.

Sir David King on record temperatures: 'The globe we live on is already showing signs of rejecting the lifestyle we have grown comfortable with over many thousands of years.' #InnovationZero

I wrote a fast-turnaround piece for Reuters (@ContextClimate) in response to this morning's events, with a focus on the role that the media has played in delaying action on climate.

Read it here > context.news/big-tech/opini…

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Powerful words from Sir David King “In the West we treat ourselves as apart from nature and not a part of nature” This is a key reason why our climate is in crisis!

The most insidious form of climate denial is no longer, 'It's not happening,' but the belief that incremental or tech solutions will solve this crisis.

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UK food production is facing a time of crisis, thanks to record-breaking rainfall.

This is part of a wider pattern across Europe with Copernicus ECMWF declaring wetter than average conditions across 2023.

We must act now to prevent a global food shortage crisis.

'What we are seeing is only the preview of the disaster of what awaits us unless we limit the long-term rise in rising temperatures to 1.5C' 🚨 Listen to United Nations Secretary General António Guterres' speech at the launch of the Climate Promise 2025 hosted by United NationsDP. 💫

Cost of environmental damage will be six times higher than price of limiting global heating to 2C, study finds theguardian.com/environment/20…