Liz Truss says she didn’t go into politics to deal with floods… lucky she’s not in power then because that’s exactly what we need

We are looking forward to joining our friends in Dumfries for this event with Philip Rycroft, former Permanent Secretary at the Department for Exiting the EU in conversation with David Shukman

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The UK isn’t remotely ready for heatwaves. New study by ⁦Grantham LSE⁩. Thoughts on ⁦LinkedIn⁩ here linkedin.com/posts/david-sh…

The plastic pollution crisis takes yet another turn for the worse. Microplastics are found in every placentas and arteries. And plastic production keeps expanding. MT ⁦Damian Carrington⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

The average February temperature in the Texan city of Dallas is 16 degrees C. Today the temperature at 3pm and 4pm there is forecast to be 32C. I’m sure plenty of people will assure themselves that it’s perfectly normal.

Apart from the shocking cruelty to the cattle, the rampant deforestation in Brazil and the immense climate impact, is anything else wrong with shipping millions of live animals around the world? A few thoughts prompted by the Great Stench in Capetown. linkedin.com/posts/david-sh…

The black hole that eats the equivalent of a Sun every day - good thing it hasn’t heard of the five-a-day advice ⁦Jonathan Amos⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

📢 We're excited to announce that Greg Jackson, Founder & CEO of Octopus Energy, will be joining us at Innovation Zero!

💡A serial tech entrepreneur and angel investor, he'll take to the Main Stage for a keynote interview with David Shukman

✍️ Register here 👉 register.visitcloud.com/survey/1ehethm…

Azerbaijan, host of the next big climate summit, is…er…expanding gas production. A lot. Patrick Galey is on @patrickgaley.bsky.social has the latest.

First full year above 1.5C. Not good. But still time to avoid the worst. Report by ⁦Mark Poynting⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Hidden handbrakes – what’s holding back climate action? --> iied.org/hidden-handbra…

In our first #podcast episode of 2024, Tom Mitchell & Sejal Patel unpack what we mean by ‘hidden handbrakes’ to #ClimateAction , with contributions from Megan Rowling, David Shukman & Achala C. Abeysinghe

A principled stand of a kind that is all too rare in politics: Tory MP ⁦Chris Skidmore⁩ quits over government push for new oil and gas bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

In fairness most trains from Birmingham New Street are actually running but the departure board represents the kind of national railway shame ⁦Tom Whipple⁩ and others have described so poignantly

Did I get caught up in the #cop28 spin or did something happen here in Dubai? A parting thought in 60 seconds.

The new version of the #cop28 word salad is a bit sharper on fossil fuels - tick - which means it might not get past the Saudis. The end game continues. bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl…

For an insight into oil industry thinking about #COP28 this from Zoë Schlanger is a great read

We're a very long way from the hoped-for phasing out of fossil fuels at #COP28UAE . The latest text says countries 'could' do various things including 'reduce' production and consumption. The lobbying is winning. Report by @georginarennard bbc.com/news/science-e…

Bombshell of the day: there’s no science behind the need to phase out fossil fuels…so says the man running #cop28 . Thoughts on LinkedIn here linkedin.com/posts/david-sh…

4pm Israel Hamas conflict resumes
Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي💙
איילת שקד Ayelet Shaked former Israeli Justice Minister
Frank Lowenstein ex US Special Envoy for Middle East
COP28 w asad rehman & David Shukman
Remembering Alistair Darling w former adviser Catherine MacLeod