"In 2020, I was doing dishes and a presidential debate was on TV in the background. They were talking about climate change. My three-year-old son came up to me scared. “I don’t want my house to be on fire.” I turned off the television, and I told him we are safe. But that entire week it was 80 degrees outside. In October."
Hurricanes are becoming so strong due to the climate crisis that the classification of them should be expanded to include a “category 6” storm, furthering the scale from the standard 1 to 5, according to a new study.
#ClimateDiary Now this is a story that has cheered me up (not much, recently). It sounds like a really wonderful, thought-through regenerative #restoration project - tree planting done the right way.
And: it is wonderful to see the efforts of people like Guy Shrubsole, George Monbiot and Eoghan Daltun, campaigning and writing about UK and Irish #rainforests for years, bear fruit. All this work does matter. Spurs me on a bit again! #HistoricalEcology#Devon
#ClimateDiary Strong images and interviews in this Reuters report into the terrible #drought in the #Amazon since June 2023. . It is shocking and deeply worrying to see the Amazon in this state, and it's been terrible for the Maroon communities and many more people, animals and plants in the area. According to a new World Weather Attribution study, climate change has made this drought 30 times more likely.
In case anyone is in Brussels and interested in hearing about #Arctic and #Antarctic#ClimateChange and the challenges it poses Europe, I'm taking part in this policy briefing at the European Parliament with @OceanIceEU and Arctic Passion colleagues on the 24th January.
Deadline to register for in person participation is TODAY
We need to be better at recognising and showing everyone that all our interests are aligned - it shouldn’t be farmers against #JustStopOil or whatever; we should all be fighting #inequality and billionaires together. #WeAreThe99Percent