Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds ‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair. GO GREEN
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I’m case anyone missed this: Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair | Climate crisis | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/ng…

Let's be clear, the #grindadráp is not humane or quick.

Calling it a tradition does not justify the needless slaughter and cruelty.

It's a blood sport that continues because the people who do it enjoy killing.

#Grind

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“What the fuck do we have to do to get through to people how bad this really is?”

Btw, my response was a warming of 3C, in line with many of my IPCC colleagues… theguardian.com/environment/ng…

At root is a complete failure of leadership…

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This is what you need to focus on Keir Starmer & Rachel Reeves but you’re looking the other way!

'WE ARE HEADED FOR MAJOR SOCIETAL DISRUPTION WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS'.
Wow. Lead story in The Guardian. A dose of reality.
SCIENTIST: 'WHAT THE FUCK DO WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE YOU REALISE HOW SERIOUS THIS IS?'theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Spectacular sightings of wild herds of elephants have gotten rarer but we’re pleased to say, thanks to a lot of hard work, they still exist! We fly daily to patrol & monitor wildlife in Tsavo. Here’s a recent round up of our aerial activities: sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/news/aerial/ma…

Tourist numbers turning Lake Windermere green, researchers say - Sky News. Sneaky but it's farming piling on the fertilisers so that flossy the sheep and it's worthless lambs can wax fat. Tourists ? They are a smoke screen. apple.news/AWOIc_GdTTjS-J…

Pīwakawaka (NZ fantails) feed on coprosma berries in the autumn.
#birdphotography #TwitterNatureCommunity #birds #nzbirds #wildlifephotography #NaturePhotography #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour #PhotoOfTheDay #BirdsSeenIn2024 #OrokonuiEcosanctuary #Fantail #Pīwakawaka

National Parks at a minimum should be free of any motorised transport on footpaths, bridalways and tracks. Nature has a right to silence or as near as we can get. My Guardian piece on offroad scrambling theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Industrial agri-chemical farming is a major contributor to an ecological crisis that is crashing over us. The catastrophic damage done by industrial farming is outrageous...

An example!

Farmers' campaigns to undermine + destroy environmental regulators goes on. Pollution from livestock farming was already a problem over 30 years ago. System change in livestock farming is urgently required required. South West Farmer 🧵

southwestfarmer.co.uk/news/24298132.…

We couldn’t think of anyone better!

How is it possible for banks of #River Taff in #Cardiff the capital of #Wales to look like this the other day? All that #plastic and #litter will end up in #ocean eventually. We need to show our #rivers more love. Urgent cleanup needed and a #plastic free future for #Wales needed.

Another extraordinary pod from Ben Goldsmith.

In our epoch of ecological crisis these podcasts highlight on the ground projects which are making a material difference. Driven by remarkable people like Anton Wolfaardt of BirdLife South Africa.

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Happy Beltane everyone and with the May comes our Climate Action North #Bookwilding online event. Looking forward to chatting 'Beastly' on 16th May with Keggie Carew 🦩 - our Team cannot wait! Book a free ticket to join us 👇🏼. See you there #BookWilders
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The Whitley Fund for Nature this week was a joyous event full of hope and inspiration and sore hands from clapping. Good news from grass roots projects in the global south, protecting wildlife and habitats in devoted and imaginative ways. 1/3

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Yes. Swifts and swift bricks. Simple, cheap, life giving. Wtf are we waiting for? Come on ⁦Michael Gove⁩ ! Thanks ⁦Stephen Moss⁩ ⁦Hannah Bourne-Taylor⁩ ⁦Zac Goldsmith⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…