A historic statement at the Rio summit today There is now a consensus among G20 countries that the taxation of the super-rich must be fixed — and a commitment to work cooperatively to fix it It’s an important step in the right direction 🧵

Fifteen years minus one day between these photos. Taken at the Rhone glacier in Switzerland today. Not gonna lie, it made me cry.

TWO EXCITING POSTDOC POSITIONS Translating extreme weather events into different climates: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… Improving climate observation datasets across UK & Ireland: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?… DEADLINE: 21st August

Spoke with Philip Boucher-Hayes on RTÉ on 3 critical issues in decarbonisation of aviation. 1. SAF can not remove all non-CO2 warming 2. Insufficient biofuel resource to replace jet fuel. We need e-SAF 3. Future plane tickets will be expensive Listen here: rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

NEW statement to me from a loyalist woman writing for the Her Loyal Voice group: “It was devastating to see supposedly loyalist groupings and individuals engage in Islamophobic violence. Loyalism is a class based political ideology based on four key principles. These include;

HLV statement continued: Some politicians and commentators have condemned the violence but then pointed to what they call “legitimate concerns”. We reject this utterly. Shortages with housing, healthcare, education and violence against women are not caused by migration or any

This is better than any speech from a politician we’ve heard recently 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Another dark moment: #climate criminals at Citi get NYPD to arrest 63-year old for offence of peacefully playing cello at HQ of an organisation pumping billions into planet-destroying fossil fuel companies. He’s facing up to 7 years in prison. 🤯

Great letter in today's Irish Times, how much longer will our government stand by and watch apartheid Israel mass murder Palestinians with impunity? We need #SanctionsNow "... by enacting the Occupied Territories Bill and the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill."

We are organizing a meeting on what could go wrong, from a physical science perspective, if stratospheric aerosol geoengineering were ever deployed. If you have suggestions for who to invite to such a meeting, please email or DM me (or mention in a reply).

1. How and why did the racist riots happen, and what do they tell us about where we might be heading? This thread concerns one part of the answer, the formation of what the historian Arno Meyer called a “crisis stratum” of disillusioned young men. 🧵

Remember, if you're in a jam and/or on your uppers in Britain, Sail Rail is always an option from anywhere in the UK to anywhere in Ireland, as easy as walking into any mainline train station and explaining that yes, they can sell you a ticket to Dublin. jrnl.ie/6464929

Join the coalition of the concerned. Sign up today marchforcleanwater.org Turn your outrage into action.

We have a 3-year postdoc position at CSIRO (Australia) to work on Remote sensing biomass and carbon budgets. Deadline for job application: 2 September 2024, 11:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time. jobs.csiro.au/job-invite/974…

As Bård Lahn says: "The forecasts constantly say that the fall is imminent, but at the same time an active policy is being pursued to delay the fall as much as possible" e24.no/energi-og-klim…

The time for science-led legislation to tackle the climate-nature crisis is now. Ed Miliband Steve Reed MP I’m proud to be one of 1,176 letter co-signatories calling on MPs to back the #CANBill in this week’s private members’ bill ballot. zerohour.uk/scientist_lett…

Net imports of electricity rose, year on year, by a factor of 13. NB: not "13%"; 13 TIMES bigger. This rippled through in reduced reported IE emissions. NOT because imported electricity is magically zero emissions, but the emissions appear in the UK inventory (UK)! #offshoring

Imagine a sniper lining up a toddler in his sights and shooting - twice. This is reality in #Gaza as IDF targets young children for execution multiple times every day. Our silence condemns them to death as ‘The West’ arms & condones a savage genocide.

For 10 years, MASI - Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland has been one of the most important grassroots social justice organisations on the island. We need migrant advocacy and internationalist solidarity more than ever. Support their 10th Anniversary Celebration if you can. gofund.me/e41fdb90

"Scientists therefore need to campaign within their own institutions, such as campaigning for financial divestment and cutting research ties to fossil fuel companies" #FossilFreeResearch royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…