‘I was arrested for civil disobedience … I turned 82 in jail!’ — Actor and activist Jane Fonda sounding the alarm about the need for ‘bold action’ on the climate crisis.

There's no time to wait. This planet is all we've got. Defend it. #ActOnClimate

#ClimateEmergency #climate

“Death by entertainment” is the most accurate description for a civilisation who has decided to consume, emit, and dance its way to self-destruction.
#TaylorSwift   #ClimateCrisis #necrocapitalism

Very interesting-looking new paper here doi.org/10.1016/j.erss…

'Cycling is fun and games, but we simply need cars to get our groceries!!1!'

🇳🇱 Dutch guy: 'Hold my Grolsch🍺. Literally'

🔬IPCC Vice-Chair Ines Camilloni started working on SRM through a Degrees grant back in 2018.

In this interview, she discusses why the #globalsouth must be involved in #solarradiationmodification research👇

++Hugely important new International Energy Agency analysis++

'Clean energy accounted for 10% of global GDP growth in 2023…This analysis highlights the scale and weight of the clean energy economy. It shows that it is not only growing quickly, but also has already become a powerful economic force.'

BAM! France to ban short haul domestic flights. This is a great initiative we need other countries to follow.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#Climate #energy #transportation #renewables #GreenNewDeal

Thanks so much to Boston University's BU Institute for Global Sustainability and College of Communication, Boston University for hosting such a great screening last night of Inundation District. We're showing the film tonight Boston College and then on Monday at UMass Boston. More details on inundationdistrict.com.

New research published in Nature today finds that we are on track for climate damages worth $38 trillion per year by 2050. This is a staggering figure. The damages are projected to be worth 6x more than the mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 2C.

The Australian government has quietly released the map of mass coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef this summer, confirming that the 5th event in just 8 years is the most severe & the most widespread ever.

This time, only the far north has escaped.

elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au/jspui/bitstrea…

How can the financial sector help us achieve environmental protection & sustainable development? 💼 IGS Associate Director Nalin Kulatilaka participated in a panel on this question at U.S.-Asia Sustainable Development Summit hosted Harvard University. The event convened policymakers, academics & industry leaders.

Thanks for sharing Nature Africa 💥
The npj Climate Action paper link where we stress on the need of data justice for a climate action AI: nature.com/articles/s4416…
Benjamin Sovacool Emily Shuckburgh Felix Creutzig Cambridge Zero Churchill College Gates Cambridge

Nothing to see here. Just Dubai after receiving 18 months’ rainfall in a single day, airport runway under water, the usual stuff, really.

Looks like a great virtual panel at American Association of Geographers organized by the soon to be AAG Energy graduate student representative Maddy Kroot. You won't want to miss the award winning Dr. Christina E. Hoicka in action.

The remarkable gains in access to #electricity over the past 50 years is a great leap forward in well-being. But with nearly 800 million people still without access, much work remains to be done. #PoweringAfrica #EnergyAccess Visualizing Energy Energia visualizingenergy.org/where-do-peopl…

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A new podcast SustainabilityAgenda

We discuss my new book & more.

#ClimateAction #degrowth
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Tomorrow's Energy & Climate seminar is a roundtable discussion about making software development more sustainable -- with developers Adam Newman & Oliver Winks.

Join us tomorrow (preferably in person) at 12pm for a fascinating discussion! sussex.ac.uk/research/centr…

The destruction of Earth is much like disassembling a car no one bothered to learn how to drive, and quickly selling off its parts to make a meagre profit.

The biggest cognitive failure of human civilisation was seeing Earth as a collection of resources, raw materials and

Stephen Stapczynski Fatih Birol Meanwhile, the reality is that the majority of the world 'has turned its back on nuclear' - and for very good cost, cost overruns and vast delay reasons ..