The despair expressed by scientists this week isn't scaremongering - they are doing their job. Now it's up to the rest of us to decide what this moment requires of us and to radically change the direction of travel. My piece in The Guardian
#stubbornoptimism bit.ly/4bdo3DY

“Tesco made a £2.3bn profit last year, while 49% of fruit and veg farmers fear they’ll be out of business before the end of this one.” The state of farming in the UK by Guy Singh-Watson Riverford theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️'There is a strong argument to say that these are some of the most irresponsible, heinous acts that anyone has ever undertaken in history' This week: the report on Big Oil deception heard in the US Senate last week (& much more!) bit.ly/4bvURry

Loved finally having Kara Hurst on Outrage + Optimism - and I think we might move to Seattle so we can use this studio every week!

Love the project Anna Jane Joyner - hope we did it justice!

Feeling quite professional🎙

Wow ! this from Donald Tusk !👇

'As we celebrate 20 years in the EU ... the World Bank forecasts income per capita will be higher in Poland than in the UK in 2025. I promise this: on the 25th anniversary, Poles will be wealthier than the British. It's better to be in the EU !'👇

I went in with a bold statement on yesterday's podcast: that #Earthday2024 will come to be known as the beginning of the end of the climate crisis.
Tune in to hear whether I managed to convince Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson... or whether they managed to convince me otherwise.

Delighted to be speaking Earth Day Initiative shortly - tune in! #EarthDay2024

How might we communicate the climate crisis more effectively to broad audiences? It was such a pleasure to dive into this question with Paul Goodenough storyteller, entrepreneur and co-founder of Rewritingearth on the podcast this week.

The best way to reach people who are not engaged with climate issues.. Comics?! 💥On the pod TOMORROW (Thursday): Paul Goodenough of Rewritingearth
This brilliant one is by dinosaur 😢
Tune in tomorrow, wherever you get your podcasts.

Thanks Simon. My understanding from Met Office is there is there is a medium likelihood of increasing in number and as you say, the severity looks quite likely to be increased. Those feel like two important points to make as we face yet more rain and wind 😨

Disappointed to see BBC News (UK) continuing to miss opportunities to highlight that a warming world means more storms. Appreciate that not every storm caused by heating but there is a trend and to not even mention it seems negligent Simon King #StormKathleen

Great to talk to Hannah Ritchie this week, reminding us that seeing what we have already achieved can help build a wave of momentum that has the potential to carry us forward. If we feel like the task is impossible, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I love doing these episodes of O+O - brilliant questions from listeners as ever. Thank you.

Does the UK need new gas power stations as Rishi Sunak claimed in yesterday’s The Telegraph ? Absolutely not. This is clearly political positioning in an election year. Channel 4 News #renewables channel4.com/news/political…

‘Political reasons’ are behind UK's gas power plant plan, former UN climate advisor Tom Rivett-Carnac tells Ciaran Jenkins

channel4.com/news/political…

⚡️NEW EPISODE⚡️ Can female leadership unlock systemic change? Tune in this week for discussion on #IWD2024 , male allyship, Gaia van der Esch on redefining leadership, plus our hosts’ thoughts on #SuperTuesday2024 .
+ music Laura Lucas 🎶
🎧 bit.ly/3IrNqFj

According to the The Telegraph and other right-wing papers, the current farmer protests are an an attack on net zero. It is certainly an element but far from the main cause.
The most pernicious lies have a seed of truth.