Britain is not being governed, I would even go as far to say that anti-governance is in full onslaught as the rich completely dismantle any semblance of what government is supposed to function as. Michael Gove is at the epicenter of this turn away from representing the public’s…

Incredible gathering today of thoughtful, ethical, well informed people, who care about our environment, health, legal safeguarding of rights to protest & to a fair trial. If we want good to prevail we must all stand up against the real criminals recklessly (b)oiling the planet.

Our letter in The Times and The Sunday Times today.

'The British government has failed to reign in climate offenders and is intensifying the use of policing and judicial powers against climate defenders.'

'We pledge to lend our full support to climate defenders who are criminalised by the state.'

I’m being inspired and enraged this morning at #climateofinjustice conference Centre for Climate Crime & Climate Justice LawyersAreResponsible . Hearing from activists and lawyers about the intense repression of protest in a time of emergency. With Raj Chada Helen Pankhurst Just Stop Oil ++

Listen to this. Michel Forst @forstmichel UN special rapporteur warns the UK about growing repression of climate protest, and the potential for professional sanctions to amount to

Honoured to speak alongside such company #ClimateOfInjustice ❤️

“Trudi has single-handedly made the law look an ass. It is incredible, with a 66,000-case backlog in the criminal justice system, that a single hour of court time is wasted on trying to convict and jail her.” prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/6570…

Our piece for the BMJ 'future of the NHS commission' centres sustainability as a guiding principle to steward healthier futures.

It's been such a pleasure to work with brilliant colleagues Callum Forbes Catherine Baker Dr Matt Morgan Dr Kate Womersley...

bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Dr Ayo Kahlil has an important message which he brought to the #ClimateOfJustice conference today.

'We don't want our institutions... repressing their employees, their students, their workers who are pushing for justice' ⚖️

A statement by Michel Forst Special Rapporteur on Environmental Defenders :

'It is important for me to stress that professional sanctions can definitely be considered as a form of “penalization, persecution or harassment”

Watch here:
vimeo.com/933654347

#ClimateOfInjustice

What is GDP, how is it measured and why does it matter? - *it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile* Sen Robert Kennedy

On the PS to the environment at the end, no country has ever decoupled +GDP from +environmental damage bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

George Monbiot It’s happening 👇🏻👀

And why are we off track?

“…because of the power of the fossil fuel industry who no longer deny climate change but have now moved from denial to delusion”

CEO of Plymouth Freeport, Richard May & team, have suggested meeting to allay perceived concerns. Releasing Freeport docs is an essential step for public clarity. Follow Totnes Pulse to read 👇🏾 about what I call the ‘Dartmoor Document’ 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 totnespulse.co.uk/time-to-releas…

In light of Sunak threatening to leave the ECHR,
good to remember this short clip of 'What has the ECHR ever done for us anyway.'

That we have sleep walked into a potential avoidable catastrophe, by taking no meaningful action in the last 30 years, and making no proper preparations for this eventuality.

As I make clear, food shortages don't have to be absolute to have major societal impacts.
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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…

“The continued extraction of fossil fuels does not align with public health values, undermines the human right to health and a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and poses a fundamental risk to human and planetary health.”