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profmarkmaslin.bsky.social
#ClimateChange Professor @ucl, author of #HumanPlanet, #CradleOfHumanity, #HowToSaveOurPlanet, member of Climate Crisis Advisory Group, Dad (He/Him)
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Our planet is burning and our banks are fuelling the fire. UK high-street banks Barclays, HSBC, Santander, NatWest and Lloyds have funded fossil fuels with $556 billion since 2016.โ€‹ Itโ€™s time to go green. Switch to Starling, Nationwide or Triodos. Act now: makemymoneymatter.co.uk

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๐ŸŒ @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social opens todayโ€™s #LYP2025 event - a collaboration between @climatecafes.bsky.social @theclimatereality.bsky.social & @ucl.ac.uk. This event will explore what businesses, policymakers, academics & activists can do to accelerate the green transition in the UK.

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OUT NOW! Generation One Podcast: "Zero Hour" for the Climate and Nature Bill ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ, but what does it aim to achieve? ๐Ÿค” @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social & I speak to @sioldridge.bsky.social to breakdown the Billโ€™s key goals ๐ŸŽง Tune in now here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.ucl.ac.uk/climate-chan...

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Good work BBC with this explainer on why UK electricity prices are so high compared to our peers. Key reasons: 1๏ธโƒฃ We're dependent on volatile gas prices 2๏ธโƒฃ Network costs high: grid expansion far too slow 3๏ธโƒฃ Costs to deal with polluting fossil fuels are loaded onto electricity prices - nonsensical!

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Rachel Reeves has said that sustainable aviation fuel is a 'game changer'. @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social and Capt Iain Hanson, Director of the @ucl.ac.uk Centre for Sustainable Aviation, explore the importance of sustainable aviation for the economy and the planet. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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๐Ÿ’š Love Your Planet 2025 is back on 17 February! Join us for: ๐ŸŽค Panels on net zero and climate communication ๐ŸŽญ Climate comedy by @mattywin.bsky.social โ˜• Networking with Climate Cafรฉ #LoveYourPlanet #ClimateAction #Sustainability @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social

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I discovered the world of climate comedy thanks to @maxboykoff.bsky.social & @mattywin.bsky.social - and it is so therapeutic! Iโ€™d love to curate a starter pack on climate & humour, but I only have 3 accounts, with @belinaraffy.bsky.social. Baba Brinkman + Chuck Nice arenโ€™t here. Suggestions? ๐Ÿงต

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Climate change scepticism almost extinct from UK national press But newspapers are instead increasingly arguing against the need to take action to slow climate change. pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

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At the state level, the energy transition is already underway: A Donald Trump Presidency won't stop that, @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social tells Jim Diamond. @uclgeography.bsky.social | @lbcnews.bsky.social

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๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ›ฌ 1. ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž 2. ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž 3. Switch to sustainable fuels 4. Make airports more eco-friendly 5. ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ See โฌ‡๏ธ theconversation.com/five-ways-to...

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๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ÿ›ฌ 1. ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐š๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ž 2. ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž 3. Switch to sustainable fuels 4. Make airports more eco-friendly 5. ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ See โฌ‡๏ธ theconversation.com/five-ways-to...

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'Green' ferry emits more CO2 than old diesel ship Prof Tristan Smith, from University College London's Energy Institute, said: "In a best case scenario there's a negligible benefit of using LNG, and at worst there would be a deterioration." #climatechange @ucl www.bbc.com/news/article...

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'Green' ferry emits more CO2 than old diesel ship Prof Tristan Smith, from University College London's Energy Institute, said: "In a best case scenario there's a negligible benefit of using LNG, and at worst there would be a deterioration." #climatechange @ucl www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

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UCL ๐ข๐ฌ 5๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐’ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ 2025 We are 1st in UK, 3rd in Europe and 5th in the World out of 1,744 institutions that have been ranked. Includes research impact, employee engagement and net zero progress www.qs.com/qs-world-uni...

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Want to know where your pension goes? Meet Benedict Lumberjack ๐Ÿ”ฅ #ThisIsLit www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KoK...

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#ClimateChange ๐ŸŒก๏ธ 1.5ยฐC exceptional warming is caused by human GHG emissions ๐Ÿญ We are causing #globalwarming 10 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earthโ€™s ๐ŸŒŽ climate beyond natural limits, with CO2 & temps levels not seen for 3 million years. Net zero now!

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#geoengineering EU should ban space mirrors and other solar geoengineering say European Commission scientific advisers As the technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weather and make things worse - and I agree โ˜๏ธ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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#geoengineering EU should ban space mirrors and other solar geoengineering say European Commission scientific advisers As the technology to offset global heating could wreak havoc on weather and make things worse - and I agree โ˜๏ธ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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The Seven Stages of climate denial: 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not that bad 4. We have time 5. It's too expensive to fix 6. Here's a fake solution 7. It's too late: you should have warned us earlier Trolls use all of these stages to deny reality of #climatechange on Ex-Twitter ๐Ÿคฃ

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On The Climate Brink: Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check This is a crucial point because it determines how much warming is already "locked in" and effectively unavoidable. The answer is very little warming is locked in. Also, this is our 100th post! www.theclimatebrink....

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The Seven Stages of climate denial: 1. It's not real 2. It's not us 3. It's not that bad 4. We have time 5. It's too expensive to fix 6. Here's a fake solution 7. It's too late: you should have warned us earlier Trolls use all of these stages to deny reality of #climatechange on Ex-Twitter ๐Ÿคฃ

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PLASTIC TREATY fails because Saudis lead efforts to block any limits on plastic production, which relies on fossil fuels Over 100 nations wanted the treaty to cap plastic production, but a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste www.carbonbrief.org/five-charts-...

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PLASTIC TREATY fails because Saudis lead efforts to block any limits on plastic production, which relies on fossil fuels Over 100 nations wanted the treaty to cap plastic production, but a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste www.carbonbrief.org/five-charts-...

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@ucl #GenerationOne Podcast season 5 episode 3 โ€˜Unpacking COP29: Financing the futureโ€™ is out now with @simonchinyee.bsky.social and @pritiparikh73.bsky.social discussing the failure of #COP29 open.spotify.com/episode/3aAJ...

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๐ŸŒ Was COP29 all talk, or did it deliver real climate action? @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social gives his expert analysis on Inside Science. ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ ๐ŸŽง Tune in: tinyurl.com/ucl-insidecop #COP29 #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability

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๐ŸŽ™๏ธNew Generation One Podcast! @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social & @simonchinyee.bsky.social take you behind the scenes with Prof Priti Parikh and Anoushka Jain at #COP29 to unpack Financing the Future! ๐ŸŽง Listen now: tinyurl.com/ucl-genone #ClimateAction #UCL #Podcast #ClimateUCL #COP29 #UCLGenerationOne

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@ucl #GenerationOne Podcast season 5 episode 3 โ€˜Unpacking COP29: Financing the futureโ€™ is out now with @simonchinyee.bsky.social and @pritiparikh73.bsky.social discussing the failure of #COP29 open.spotify.com/episode/3aAJ...

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Not to be missed...a really powerful episode discussing #Cop29 Great contributions from Patience Nabukulu, a climate activist in Uganda and @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social talking to @goldbergradio.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/1747192337/e...

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๐Ÿšจ NEW EPISODE ๐Ÿšจ Was #COP29 a Cop Out?? @goldbergradio.bsky.social hears from Ugandan activist Patience Nabukul and and @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social From @bylinetimes.bsky.social podfollow.com/1747192337/e...

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COP29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan Basically China steps up, US says goodbye, India stays at home and Saudi Arabia tries to wreck the party And no real money turned up! ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก theconversation.com/cop29-five-c...

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New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

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COP29: five critical issues still left hanging after an underwhelming UN climate summit in Azerbaijan Basically China steps up, US says goodbye, India stays at home and Saudi Arabia tries to wreck the party And no real money turned up! ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก theconversation.com/cop29-five-c...

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ClimateChange: how bad could the future be if we doย nothing? #ClimateCrisis is real and happening now. There is still everything to fight for - reducing emissions now means we could stay below 2หšC. Here is my handy table of global warming impacts and article โฌ‡๏ธ theconversation.com/climate-chan...

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COP29 new text headline figure is $300bn by 2035 to help poor countries transition away from fossil fuels. Developed countries should โ€œtake the funding leadโ€ - allows countries such as China/ India to contribute Call for at least $1.3 trillion by 2035 but in the weakest of UN diplomatic language

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12 months of negotiations, 2 weeks of intense negotiations at COP29 & overrun of 33 hours & all we get is $300 billion per year pledge by 2035 to help developing countries transition away from fossil fuels. No where near the $1.3 trillion requested or $3 trillion per year that is actually needed

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12 months of negotiations, 2 weeks of intense negotiations at COP29 & overrun of 33 hours & all we get is $300 billion per year pledge by 2035 to help developing countries transition away from fossil fuels. No where near the $1.3 trillion requested or $3 trillion per year that is actually needed

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COP29 new text headline figure is $300bn by 2035 to help poor countries transition away from fossil fuels. Developed countries should โ€œtake the funding leadโ€ - allows countries such as China/ India to contribute Call for at least $1.3 trillion by 2035 but in the weakest of UN diplomatic language

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Last official day of COP29 - and the draft text is weak and has many omissions. 1. Developing countries want $1.3 trillion in climate finance - at the moment there is only $250 billion by 2035. 2. No mentioned of the transition away from fossil fuels - EU fighting hard to get this restated. ๐Ÿ™„

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Just after 2 pm in Azerbaijan.Drafted text has just come out with the update of $250 billion by 2035 from to the global south. Much still to discuss. Poor presidency, with oil nations opposing any mention of "transition from fossil fuels". #COP29 @profmarkmaslin.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

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Last official day of COP29 - and the draft text is weak and has many omissions. 1. Developing countries want $1.3 trillion in climate finance - at the moment there is only $250 billion by 2035. 2. No mentioned of the transition away from fossil fuels - EU fighting hard to get this restated. ๐Ÿ™„

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