Mark Lynas
@mark_lynas
Environmental writer & science advocate. Next book: Nuclear war & how to avoid it, out May 2025. Advisor to @MohamedNasheed at @TheCVF, @weplanetint strategist.
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'Remarkable' Mark Lynas Using land cleverly can give both humanity and nature the space to thrive on just the one planet. Discover what this means for our future in #LandSmart by Tom Heap, out now. Waterstones: tidd.ly/3WWsIGi
Congratulations, President Muizz, for scrapping the Fisheries Ministry's plan for long-lining in Maldives. It would have damaged our tourism brand, and the global reputation of Maldivian tuna fisheries. It's the right call. Dr Mohamed Muizzu
According to media reports Ed Miliband could be about to scrap plans for new nuclear builds, putting UK's clean energy and Net Zero targets at risk. Please add your voice to the petition - we need to send a clear and urgent message before it's too late. act.weplanet.org/savebritishnuc…
Understand the motivation, but this is peculiar. While Europe is still burning millions of tonnes of coal and gas, can we really deny electricity to Africa because of climate goals? This is why climate justice must be central to mitigation. Carbon Brief carbonbrief.org/how-a-uk-gover…
New Energy Commissioner in EU is anti-nuclear: What will happen? Today Dan Jørgensen was nominated for the position as Energy Commissioner. Dan Jørgensen has historically been against nuclear energy, but will this change as he’s put in charge of energy in 🇪🇺 A thread 1/10
🚨The Church of England is one of the largest landowners in Britain. 🌍That’s why we're calling on the The Church of England to show true environmental leadership and commit to rewild 30% of their land by 2030. Join us on the 6th October👉wildcard.land/rewild-the-chu…!
In today’s #vatniksoup, I’ll introduce an American politician, Jill Stein (Dr. Jill Stein🌻). She’s best-known for her visits to Moscow, bids for the US presidency, blaming of NATO for the war in Ukraine, and for her inability to condemn Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. 1/23
The world is likely to add half a terawatt of new solar installations by the end of the year. I would NEVER have believed we could move this fast, even 5 years ago. We're now likely on track to meet the pledge of tripling global renewables made at COP28. ember-climate.org/insights/in-br…
Low-carbon technologies need far less mining than fossil fuels Read the new article by Hannah Ritchie: ourworldindata.org/low-carbon-tec…