Under a Binface government, any company that advertises for Christmas in October will be nationalised, liquidated and destroyed within the first 100 days. #GBBO

Excited that, among other things, it will become illegal in the UK to use forest risk commodities that have been produced on illegally deforested land. First legislaton of its type. Tropical Forest Alliance at World Economic Forum Zac Goldsmith

A moment in history The Glasgow Climate Pact is agreed #COP26 | #TogetherForOurPlanet

The Chinese Embassy in South Africa has confirmed in correspondence with Fossil Free SA that China will not be funding the proposed 3GW power plant in the Limpopo MM-SEZ fossilfreesa.org.za/2021/11/18/chi…

It's time the Help to Buy and Lifetime ISA max house purchase limits were raised from £250,000 and £450,000. House prices have increased so much recently many can no longer buy the property they were saving for. RT if you agree, to spread word.

A historic day for conservation in Ecuador 🇪🇨. The Corte Constitucional ruled that mining in Los Cedros Protected Forest constitutes a violation of the rights of nature, setting a significant precedent. WWF Ecuador theguardian.com/environment/20…

#energy The term "cost of capital" is repeated everywhere in the energy transition debate. WHY? Because a move to + investment in clean energy is also a move to investment in assets that are very capital intensive. (1/12)

WFH saves employees about 70 minutes a day on average. Most (about 60 minutes) from no commute, and the rest (about 10 minutes) from less preparation in the morning. About 1/2 of this saved time goes to working more and 1/2 to leisure/tasks, so employers and employees benefit.

#ClimateChange is a grave and mounting threat to our wellbeing and a healthy planet. Our actions today will shape how people adapt and nature responds to increasing climate risks: New IPCC #ClimateReport bit.ly/3voqLVa

Great opportunity for climate journalists.

Can you save the planet from climate change? x.com/i/events/15170…

Really important piece on the reality of heat impacts on people. Also important to consider the chronic exposure to these levels of heat during the day and at night, wrote about this with colleagues while at Grantham LSE here: lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstit…

Will it really hit 40 C within the next week? ☀️🥵 Here's Alex with an explanation of whether or not we think it's likely to happen 👇

A reminder of the top ten hottest UK days on record #Heatwave2022 #heatwave

Of course voluntary efforts to reduce emissions can have an impact. But our fixation on carbon footprints is distracting from the desperate need for serious government policy, which is where the real action must happen. My column for FT Weekend Magazine: ft.com/content/7135e4…

Good journalism is expensive. Please help us do more of it by supporting @thecontinent's end-of-year fundraiser. All funds raised go directly into African journalism. givengain.com/cc/thecontinen…

We can now confirm that 2022 was the UK’s hottest year on record & the first time the average annual temperature has been over 10°C An attribution study has also shown climate change made this around 160 times more likely Read more in our news release and thread 👇 🧵1/4

Three of the most terrifying graphs on the internet right now.

Watched last night's BBC Panorama show on #ElectricVehicles Given some recent 'non-fact based' interventions (I'm looking at you Mr Bean), I was wearily concerned it'd repeat some of the same old points Happily it was fairly balanced - but felt it missed a few things. A thread

NEW - Developed countries spend over TEN TIMES more on their military than on climate finance for developing countries. £1,242bn military spending in 2022 £97bn est. climate finance in 2022 Chart by Tom Prater