Cedric Knight 🌍

We're not in the midst of a mass extinction, but we're potentially at the start of one. Fossil CO2 has taken us halfway to the biggest tipping point of all, so I'd like to call myself not a #climateactivist but an #OceanAcidificationActivist. #CarbonThreshold news.mit.edu/2019/carbon-...

More bad, sad news about coral reefs:

Jackdaw won't bring down bills or create many jobs. But it will leave us even more dependent on volatile global gas markets, and worsen the climate chaos we already see around us. It's shocking that no other party is willing to stand up for our planet against the greed of oil and gas companies.

This week Friends of the Earth was part of a coalition of campaigners demanding that the UK government rejects the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields and says no to all new oil and gas. Maxxing out the North Sea won't benefit people, the planet or the economy. 🧵👇 Photo credit: Fossil Free London

🎵 If we drill baby drill, how many will we kill 🎵 Protestors from Fossil Free London interrupt a Republican Overseas dinner in honour of President Trump's state visit

The letter is a very positive initiative by some impressive names. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... We know it's only part of the solution - we need to remove obstacles to electrifying heat and transport and also stop the corporate propaganda by desperate oil and gas.

"Until we end that dependence, we’ll never be able to address the climate emergency and stop fighting these endless oil-soaked wars. That’s why today we are inviting the world to unite around a common cause: repowering the world with cheap, clean energy."

AI doesn’t need a decade to start threatening human health and life. It’s hurting us already, with the enthusiastic assistance of Trump and Zeldin’s “EPA” Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

One of the strangest graphs I've ever seen from the FT. Doesn't include likely scenario of a bubble bursting.

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If you have come to the firm conclusion that civilisation is going to unavoidably collapse then maybe you shouldn't be OK about that. Maybe you shouldn't find peace. Maybe you shouldn't spend time & money on seminars & mentoring that offer the promise of finding peace. 1/6

We continue our journey through the land of make believe. We are departing 'we will avoid dangerous warming with incremental change' & entering 'we will return back to a safe climate'. No shade to the authors who know what the situation demands. 1/2 wedocs.unep.org/items/156d07...

7/ MPs walk back into the Commons today with a choice: serve constituents, or serve oil majors. #Jackdaw & #Rosebank don't bring "energy security". They're bring fire, more floods, more deaths, locked in for decades. 🛑 Stop new extraction 🌱 Protect ecosystems 🔬 Let science lead, not lobbying

1/ Today Scientists on Survival welcomed MPs back to Parliament. As @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social & @andyburnham.bsky.social weigh opening #Rosebank & #Jackdaw, MPs must face up to the harm that more CO2 means - & not be misled by spurious industry talking points. A thread 🧵 #ClimateEmergency

COMING SOON. By dallan_sucks_at_art on IG.

But beyond: we need a rapid fossil fuel phase out NOW what else is there to say? Well, an unprecedented scale of action around adaptation to protect what we can. Let's deal with these realities rather than 'policy relevant' fantasies of getting back to 1.5°C. 2/2

The climate costs of Rosebank would exceed revenue by many orders of magnitude. Pragmatism would be refusing consent and #justtransition. These are lowball estimates though, Check the #ultimatecostofcarbon. Rosebank would cause £18.5 TRILLION of damage to agriculture. doi.org/10.1007/s105...

"We are spending almost £100m to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to wildfires and extreme weather" £100 million? Don't make me laugh This will not even scratch the surface You clearly have no idea at all of the climate mayhem that is coming www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

4/ Governments + fossil fuel companies must provide the finance needed for immediate relief and recovery. Governments must end fossil fuel expansion and accelerate a fair transition away from fossil fuels to prevent more communities from facing deadly climate disasters. oilchange.org/news/oil-cha...

"we project a sharp rise in the number of glaciers disappearing worldwide, peaking between 2041 and 2055 with up to ~4,000 glaciers vanishing annually." #ClimateEmergency

1/ 🚨New piece out co-authored with Ben Shread-Hewitt on the EU's adaptation framework and the risk of a 3°C world. Planning for 3°C doesn't make it survivable. But it makes it seem so. Here's a 🧵on some key points. Thanks @climate-risk.bsky.social for publishing this article.

Hugely important letter to PM Andy Burnham from @kevinclimate.bsky.social &Tyndall colleagues. Rapidly shrinking global carbon budgets were ignored when Govt set the recent Seventh Carbon Budget - now a key ground in #CarbonReckoning legal case www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... (see below)

One minute you're okay, the next you're not. "bad luck" will happen far more often. This is climate change. June cereal yields were +2%, 18 days later and this. Heat hit at grain fill. As 60% ish of euro cereals goes to feed, this will also impact animal food prices. www.ft.com/content/c528...

"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.

As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...

The scientific case against the development of new fossil fuels is crystal clear #AndyDon'tBurn'Em

1/7 After @georgemonbiot.bsky.social exposed deep flaws in carbon capture &storage—and the extraordinary sums this Govt is committing to it—CCS industry lobbyists and pro-CCS scientists responded. @sioldridge.bsky.social &I answer them here www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🧵

#Heathrow expansion would pose a major risk to the UK’s #Climate targets. A third runway could result in #aviation alone accounting for up to 25% of UK emissions by 2050. There is still no credible plan to make aviation compatible with #NetZero. #Don'tGrowHeathrow #ClimateEmergency #No3rdRunway

“The Fossil Fuel Treaty is not just a plan—it’s a lifeline,” said Mayor @mayorofgm.bsky.social Burnham, joining Massive Attack to endorse the call just before a sold-out show in Manchester on #WorldEnvironmentDay2025. This is the moment music, activism, and leadership united for climate justice.

"more renewables" does not necessarily result in falling emissions if demand is growing even faster Tech co's might do a handful of deals with clean projects but still add more new demand than new generation, meaning they almost always make emissions worse www.greenpeace.org.au/greenpeace-r...

When looking at the full global picture it becomes obvious that we are now living in a much changed climate. In summer 1976, north-west Europe was a lonely hot spot in a sea of cooler temperatures. In summer 2025, the world is bright red. The climate is unrecognisable compared to 50 years ago.

Happy birthday to the heatwave of 1976 which began today 50 years ago, peaking at 35.9°C. If a comparable heatwave happened in the current climate it would be 3-4°C hotter, peaking at 38-39°C. And the actual forecast is for temperatures of 38-39°C in the next few days with a red heatwave warning.

Watching climate activists fall for fossil fuel disinformation about solar in rural areas is disappointing yet not surprising. Yes, we need more parking lots covered in solar canopies, but that doesn’t mean that solar farms in rural areas are inherently bad!

“They won’t provide any significant quantities of oil and gas for many years to come,” Birol said. “They will not lower the bills, the UK will remain a significant importer and price taker on international markets” The economic case says #StopRosebank

Please ask your MP to support Early Day Motion 304 to #StopRosebank actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Let me also (a) quote @hausfath.bsky.social, @glenpeters.bsky.social & Piers Forster on the new CMIP7 scenarios (www.theclimatebrink.com/p/on-the-dea...) and (b) remind folks what 3C (5.4F) of warming looks like (unclimatesummit.org/comparing-cl...):

Fuel poverty isn't just about struggling to afford heating in winter - it means being more exposed to dangerous temperatures in summer 🥵 With extreme heat becoming normal, we need to distribute energy fairly so we can all afford to keep cool #EnergyForAll #MakeGreenFair @endfuelpoverty.bsky.social

We rented a thermal drone to check whether Elon Musk’s AI company was following EPA rules. Here's what the camera picked up.

🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨 The online safety consultation closes TODAY. We must push back against more and more online ID checks. Making every adult hand over sensitive data to unregulated providers is itself UNSAFE. Let's take on Big Tech business models instead! Have your say ➡️ www.gov.uk/government/c...

Bad news: Climate change could triple wildfire’s odds of destroying the carbon stored in U.S. forest offset projects. Good news: This paper has exquisitely designed figures.

The 2026 ballot Private Members’ Bill ballot has taken place. We urgently need an MP to help secure our future and commit to the Nature + National Security Bill. Will you help and email your MP today? #NNSBill www.zerohour.uk/pmbb

Heatwaves are expected to exceed 40C in all parts of the UK by 2050. Periods of hot weather will be longer, which could lead to an additional 10,000 heat-related deaths a year. About 9 in 10 homes are likely to overheat. #heatwaves #climatecrisis #endfossilfuels www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"In worst-case scenarios, a person...may find themselves with only hours before the flesh on one or more extremities starts to bruise, swell and decay" Spreading to a sea near you as global heating ramps up water temperatures Not a nice way to go www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wow. The idea being peddled by some NYT op-ed writers and Democratic strategists that we should “abandon the issue of climate change” is idiotic. If “winning” in politics means abandoning critical realities facing humankind and the planet, it’s not worth winning. Or even voting.

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels sought to shift the discussion and build momentum for concrete solutions to end fossil fuels’ grip on economies, legal frameworks, and #energy systems ENB Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a... #climate #TAFF1

Yesterday, Piers Forster presented Defining National Fossil Fuel Phase Out Roadmaps: A Colombian Case Study at a side event at TAFF in Santa Marta. Key to the roadmap was the work of Priestley researchers Elliott Johnson and Alejandro Romero Prieto. Here's Alejandro's thoughts on the conference.

Lesson 1 from Santa Marta? Hope is Contagious. And nine other takeaways from a week of landmark climate talks. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The collective of NGOs gives a clear, united message to the governments meeting at the Santa Marta conference. We need an urgent exit from ISDS and real, meaningful action to address the climate emergency!

BREAKING - Zarah Sultana MP exercises Parliamentary Privilege to expose the unjust nature of the Filton 24 re-trial. UK press has been court ordered not to publish these details. “If convicted, they and 18 others will be sentenced as terrorists, but the jury will not be told that”

Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"

🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨 The People’s Emergency Briefing. A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action. Learn more here; nebriefing.org/the-film #PEBuk