When the Doughnut ends up on a quiz show...turns out 47% of the studio audience of 'Pointless' knew the answer.

Three unelected representatives of a democracy fly in separate private jets to a petrostate to be greeted by a Big Oil CEO before spouting their rambling nonsense on climate change. Is this the best our species can muster when facing a climate emergency! independent.co.uk/climate-change…

“There is only one measure of success for Cop28: will it include a commitment to phase out fossil fuels or not,” said Al Gore. "If it does include such a commitment it will be a smashing success; if it does not it will be a failure.” theguardian.com/environment/20… #fossilfueltreaty

UK Government's #COP28 #Nature day announcements. A speedy 🧵on the good and the gaps. The good: criteria published for the #30x30 commitment to protect 30% for nature by 2030. The map rightly counts National Landscapes as areas with unfulfilled potential for #nature recovery.

Your UK water bills - 28% of your payments go on debt interest, in some areas. These companies were handed to private investors debt free. Now look at them. Angry? You should be. Excellent reporting by my colleague ⁦Sandra Laville⁩ and colleagues theguardian.com/money/2023/dec…

Why is the choice posed always food versus Nature? People can’t eat grass, yet we have about 125,000 hectares under golf courses. Generally don’t eat horses, but we spare about 500,000 hectares to feed them. For scale, Birmingham is about 26,000 hectares. telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/2…

Our local farmers are a valued part of the local economy & community, producing food we need & helping to protect the environment. Today’s news re increases in funding for many levels of the new sustainable farming initiative are welcome in helping farmers achieve these outcomes:

You would think this was a wild and improbable conspiracy theory. But every fact in this column is checked and verified. How the Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks steer policy around the world. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Ok. Really really not good. @SWTsteve

Here is a chance to support an exciting new project in the village. Wedmore Village Farm, please give if you can; crowdfunder.co.uk/p/wedmore-vill… @SWTsteve #organic #local #wedmore

By my colleague the inimitable ⁦Polly Toynbee⁩ on Labour and the £28bn - and why Labour should be fighting back theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Delivery for Keir Starmer...

It’s especially important, when we head to the ballot box this year, that each of us considers climate and nature when we cast our votes. That’ll be my message on 12 March when I join Chris Packham at Zero Hour’s campaign launch. x.com/cebill_now/sta…

46C summer days and ‘supercell’ storms are Britain’s future – a deafening alarm call for urgent action now. If you think climate “adaptation” isn’t an emergency, please read this 👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

If you know of any great initiatives, local or global, that aim to meet the needs of all people within the means of the living world, we'd love to hear - so we can inspire school students with many examples of action. To let us know, see thread below - and pls RT!

Home Office: "we make no apologies for pursuing bold solutions." What about for pursuing inhumane, illegal, extortionate and totally ineffective ones?

I don’t understand this. The UK has carbon budgets, which are set under the Climate Change Act 2008 & says it has plans & policies that will enable them to be met. If so, it is complying with its obligations. If not, it is acting contrary to the will of elected representatives.

Very welcome op-ed from Steve Reed, the Shadow Secretary of State Defra UK theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

It's long been a question: could all of humanity actually live within the Doughnut? Thanks to Hauke Schlesier et al it's just been quantified for the 1st time. And the answer is probably yes - if we transform to economies of sufficiency. Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dreadful prognosis - but there’s no evidence it will change government action. After years of worsening extremes and temp records Rishi Sunak is striving to ease emissions policy not increase it. Shameful and utterly baffling.