'People are fed up' - Dame Kelly Holmes joined us today at our Brighton #SASpaddleout news.sky.com/video/people-a…

Such a treat to spend my Saturday morning supporting Surfers Against Sewage hold polluters to account + coordinate interviews for the SAS team + the brilliant Dame Kelly Holmes 🪧💩 Thousands of people across the country have taken to seas and rivers to call an end to the #SewageScandal.

WOW! What an EPIC day 😱🙌 🌊💪✊ Thanks to all the #OceanActivists who joined the #SASpaddleout. These images speak volumes of the passion and concern the public has for our rivers and seas. The message is clear - WE'RE SICK OF 💩💩💩! Water companies - are you listening? 🤔

What an absolutely epic day of paddle out protests coordinated by Surfers Against Sewage up and down the UK. I was in Brighton where people came out in force to show that they are sick of swimming, surfing, and paddling in sewage, and the time for action is now 💙✊

Mangroves matter to each and every one of us. They are #RootsOfHope for: 🦀 #Biodiversity 🌱#CarbonCapture 🐠 #LocalEconomy Read the report showing why #mangroves are critical to life on Earth ➡️ bit.ly/3eAj7kq via @iucn @wwf @wetlands international @greenhousecomms

We’re at The River Summit & Festival 🏞️📍 Penny Gane discusses how Fish Legal hold polluters to account on the first panel, and that “sometimes even the threat of legal action is enough to force change”. The message? Rivers can recover. If you stop the pollution, fish will return. ⬇️

2 challenges for those seeking our votes: 1. Talk about food: a brilliant entry point to env & social issues of our time 2. Try and go a whole week without slagging off opponents’ personalities & policies; instead focus on what YOU’LL do for your constituency & country if elected

Huge congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, first climate scientist ever elected as head of state, and first female President of Mexico. What this means for Mexico's climate commitments and action remains to be seen, but in this year of important elections it is encouraging to see the

This is the kind of commitment I'm looking for from politicians.

As ever, Carbon Brief have put the work in so you don't have to 👏

The deadline to register to vote is tomorrow! Use your voice for nature and climate - it’s important, it’s the best tool we have… 👊💚 registertovote.service.gov.uk/complete

BREAKING NEWS: Oceana UK are taking the UK government to court over new oil and gas licences. More than 2,000 oil spills have happened in the North Sea since 2011, and new drilling is threatening marine wildlife sanctuaries. We must end new offshore drilling to protect our seas

Who wants BBC Question Time to ask how our political parties will tackle #SewagePollution in tonight's #leadersdebate in York? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️ Our #EndSewagePollution battle-bus is just down the road, in case they need any help... 💩💩💩

82% of Britons support a public inquiry into sewage spills, YouGov poll for Surfers Against Sewage finds Meanwhile, The Wildlife Trusts analysis suggests 28 seats this election could be swung by nature voters

We've all had enough of this shitshow. 82% of the British public back calls for an independent public inquiry into the #SewageScandal. Whoever the next government, it's now crystal clear what you need to do. #EndSewagePollution sas.org.uk/updates/public…

Clear mandate from the UK public to be bolder on the environment 💪✨🌿 Change is coming! Have to say I feel lighter today.

Net Zero Secretary: Ed Miliband: "The biggest threat to nature and food security, and to our rural communities, is not solar panels or onshore wind. It is the climate crisis... This govt is not going to proceed on the basis of myth and false information... Mr Speaker, no more."

A devastating listen.

My article for the SDGs knowledge hub explains how #SierraLeone is taking bold steps to tackle #climatecrisis and transform #foodsystems, through Barram ‘s #FeedSalone agenda and with the #AllianceofChampions. IISD SDGs, IISD sdg.iisd.org/commentary/gue…