Shell and other fossil-fuel companies have abandoned the Science Based Targets initiative—a six-year-long attempt to define a global, corporate “net zero” emissions strategy—after being told that such a standard would require them to stop developing new oil and gas fields.

Former news editor fesses up climate...

New piece on Carbon Colonialism, net-zero nonsense, and how the UK Government's climate advisors (and many experts) shy away from speaking truth to power. We need a fundamental reboot of climate policy; - physics doesn't care about political sensibilities. theconversation.com/the-uks-year-o…

New study maps the planetary boundary of “functional biosphere integrity” and finds that 60% of global land areas are now already outside the locally defined safe zone.....

Late summer reading requirement 👇 Powerful actors (inc. corporations, governments, & political parties) intentionally spread inaccurate or misleading narratives about anthropogenic climate change. These narratives circulate across digital, broadcast, and interpersonal

He's too modest to say, but Andrew Dessler has led and coordinated a full-court scientific response to that execrable, climate-denying "report" from the DOE. It was a massive effort, accomplished in mere weeks. And the response itself is of historic importance, because... 1/3

Why did 1.4 million people see this video clip? (Watch to the end to find out.)

"The climate doesn't recognise pragmatism" 💯 Bill McGuire theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Fully agree with David Cross here - although he left out how the Saudis have also scuppered global climate action for decades. Surely some hilarious material there. officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/my…

For 10 years, the world's been warned about overshooting 1.5°C It's now happening So, does that mean the world is doomed...? Or can it be saved very quickly? Tune in to episode 1 of Overshoot: Navigating a world beyond 1.5°C👇 On all major platforms overshootpod.com/part-1-unchart…

UK intelligence committee raising the alarm about national security implications of the climate & nature crisis. 👇 This is central to the National Emergency Briefing on 27 Nov. Is your MP attending?👉 nebriefing.org Forewarned is forearmed

“You gotta talk to people like they’re normal people,” says Michael Oppenheimer, about using the power of pop culture to connect with a broad audience. spia.princeton.edu/news/communica…

„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Session on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.

“Despite his efforts to make clear that he takes climate change seriously, his words are bound to be misused by those who would like nothing more than to destroy efforts to deal with climate change,” Michael Oppenheimer commenting on Gates latest climate ‘memo’ nytimes.com/2025/10/28/cli…

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