On Weds we are hosting the annual event for the Oxford Climate Journalism Network!

🥵 Each year we welcome members and alumni to explore an important idea for climate journalism. This year we'll look at journalism in the age of extreme heat.

🧶Details on speakers in thread

Pope on those who deny human-caused climate change:

'There are people who are foolish, and even foolish if they show you them research. They don't believe it…They don't understand the situation or because of their interest, but climate change exists.'

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Is extreme weather the new normal? ☀️🌧️🔥
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
(Thanks Hannah Gelbart for having me!)

NEW – State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start | Zeke Hausfather

Read here ➡️ buff.ly/4ddZrfZ

The claim: We'll never be able to run the grid without fossil fuels because <technical grid service needs>

The reality: World's 6th-largest economy nears fossil-free grid operation, hitting record-low 2.4% this month

carbonbrief.org/analysis-fossi…

UK court case launched over mining project in Bahia: bbc.co.uk/news/world-lat…

Loving the cover design of the Copernicus ECMWF European State of the Climate report.

Flower petals showing European annual temperatures since 1980.

Designed by Anna Lombardi, PhD.

The report highlights how extreme the climate of 2023 was for Europe: climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2023

Is online shopping bad for the planet? In theory, writes Dionne Searcey, getting deliveries can be more efficient than driving to the store - but you may still want to think before you add to cart... 🛒nytimes.com/2024/04/22/cli…

What is #EarthDay and what exactly has it achieved? bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Increasingly sophisticated fossil fuel PR campaigns are making climate disinfo more difficult for journalists and the public to spot. This explainer looks at 5 of the industry’s go-to disinfo tactics. By Amy Westervelt and Kyle Pope for The Guardian… theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION

PepsiCo, the US company that makes Pepsi, Cheetos, Starbucks-branded drinks and Doritos (to name just a few) has been linked to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru

thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

How does beef affect climate change? And can Hannah Gelbart persuade a meat lover to change his ways? 🎧🥩
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3… (Thanks for having me on the show!)

Just as I’ve been saying all day….great write up by @bbcnews Marco Silva 🌍

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Some people have been blaming the UAE floods on cloud seeding - but what are the facts? ⁦Mark Poynting⁩ and I have been looking into it: bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Sustained record-breaking ocean temperatures have triggered the fourth global mass coral bleaching event, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Read the latest from Georgina Rannard and Erwan Rivault

bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Typically clear reporting from Georgina Rannard . Plus next week’s #theclimatequestion looks at possible solutions with Graihagh Jackson🌎 and Caroline Steel in Puerto Rico

It was a great fun to write this week’s Debriefed Carbon Brief
I’m impressed by a group of young climate activists who are also K-pop fans KPOP 4 PLANET and their great effort persuading Korean motor Hyundai to “drop coal” in Indonesia.
Read more here: carbonbrief.org/debriefed-12-a…

Very revealing that Lula's cabinet is so transparent about th is. Good interview by OCJN member Fábio Pupo at Folha de S.Paulo:

'Brazil will explore oil until it reaches the level of a developed country, says Energy Minister'

www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2024/0…