This is nonsense and dangerous from the GMC.

Yes, sewage pollution causes eutrophication and the death of aquatic life. Yes, it robs everyone of the right to wild swim safely in our lakes and rivers. Yes it's in direct contravention of UK pledges to increase biodiversity. But have you considered capital accumulation?

New @wmo on the consequences of extreme heat in Europe: 'Heat-related mortality has increased by around 30% in the past 20 years and heat-related deaths are estimated to have increased in 94% of the European regions monitored.'

wmo.int/news/media-cen…

Eloquent and explanatory London Review of Books review of Brett Christophers' must-read The Price is Wrong.

lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Sarah has shown the UK that our GPs care about us, not only at the patient level, but critically at the population level. In return we have thrown her in jail, and struck her off the medical register Just Stop Oil Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'Nonviolent climate protests and the medical profession – should doctors be struck off for their actions?' 🌍👩‍⚕️

A new blog post by Rammina Yassaie #bioethics #climatechange

blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics…

We have a workshop on 'Green energy transitions and global disruption' at ManchesterSCI and Global Development Institute in September. Call for expressions of interest here: manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Why Martijn became part of S4F, and S4F Wageningen? He got inspired by his research on climate obstruction and now loves to organise events around the #ClimateCrisis and #justice , that inform and engage people!

🌍 Looking back at last week at #EGU24 , we ended with a debate on how scientists should engage in the face of the climate and ecological crisis, organized by geoscientists involved in SR. (1/5)

Big thanks to EGU for their support on out-of-the-box-research and academic-activities-beyond-research 🙏
#EGU24 showed that more and more geoscientists are aware that staying silent in this #ClimateCrisis is not a neutral position, that we have a role to play. 💚✊

Doctors groups, call for a change in the rules for medical professionals who take peaceful direct action on the climate crisis, which they say is the “greatest threat to global health”, after a GP was suspended from the register for nonviolent protest.
theguardian.com/environment/20…

So, Nigel Farage - one of the founders & owners of Reform UK - can present an “impartial” programme on a TV “news” channel during the general election according to the broadcasting regulator @ofcom. The leader of the party Richard Tice 🇬🇧 & its only MP Lee Anderson MP can

Starting soon on zoom!
'No Research on a Dead Planet,' an inquiry into professors’ inaction in the face of the climate & ecological crisis that threatens the existence of higher ed. Dr. Thierry outlines steps to activate the academy. Register: tinyurl.com/57e6sv4y

'If Columbia or any other university now roiled by student protests were doing what it should be doing, it would be a hotbed of debate about the war. Disagreement would be welcome; demonstrations accepted; argument invited; differences examined.'

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is today at 12.15-1.30pm EST

The talk is online & open to the public.

I'm looking forward to presenting our new paper on academia's response to the #ClimateCrisis , as part of Virginia Tech's #VTEarthWeek 2024 programme.

The talk is online & open to the public.

24th of April 12.15-1.30pm EST

Register here:
virginiatech.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

It is astonishing that in the face of a climate and health emergency, the GMC could argue with a straight face 'that Benn’s actions risked undermining the public’s trust in and respect for the medical profession.'

theguardian.com/environment/20…

My statement at the @soc4pal teach-in: How did we sociologists come to imagine ourselves separate or elevated, protected by symbolic capital, as we observe death with cold analytic eyes, while claiming that ASA shall not get involved?

sociologistsforpalestine.org/blog/why-shoul…