Andrew Simms
@AndrewSimms_uk
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Coordinator https://t.co/tbnJN1Lj0S; https://t.co/SWptvNNiFG Co-director https://t.co/aNRZexdQxo Co-author Green New Deal. Books: new economics & climate M @[email protected]
Joined October 2010
Climate change can seem an overwhelming problem. But we are capable of extraordinary things when we try... A short film with @bbcideas & @tamarackmedia about @RapidTransition #climatechange
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Once more - wouldn't it help if we stopped actively promoting the pollution from frequent flights, massive SUVs & oil companies, with a fossil ad ban? 🤔 BBC News - Fossil fuel emissions rise again - but renewables boom offers hope for climate - BBC News https://t.co/odhvDFzXh5
bbc.co.uk
Carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels are forecast to reach a new high in 2025 but could soon peak.
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‼️EXTRAORDINARY DAY: 30 DEGREES IN FRANCE One of the most insane events Europe has ever lived 29.8 Trois Villes HOTTEST NOVEMBER DAY IN FRENCH HISTORY 29.3 Oloron 29.2 Lanne en Baretous 20 stations >27C ! SPAIN 29.4 in Granada,etc Next days THOUSANDS OF RECORDS allover Europe
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The Times picks up on the @badvertising11 London transport campaign to stop polluting ads from undermining action on clean air and climate in the city https://t.co/slxi8dQDBu
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One day soon it will seem very weird that we allowed ads promoting pollution in the middle of a health & climate crisis 👇
🌍 What do global cities such as Amsterdam, Stockholm and Edinburgh all have in common? These major cities have ALL banned fossil fuel adverts. These ads have massive climate and health impacts, all while targeting politically influential decision makers.
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Here's the Guardian picking up on our new research revealing that UK newspapers carried 3x more 'high carbon' ads for big polluters than coverage of the climate talks at last year's COP29... the big story is drowned out by promotion of pollution-as-usual https://t.co/0mzhHFmjtH
theguardian.com
Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.
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If we were serious about clean air and climate action - we wouldn't allow ads that promote pollution - that's why we've done this 👇
BREAKING! 🚨 📢We’ve taken over the @TfL ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. ✍️ Join the campaign: https://t.co/qBcJlRYF41
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Ever wonder why climate action doesn't happen? The noise from pollution-as-usual (PAU) drowns the message out... Its bonkers that we still allow ads that actively promote the pollution that kills people and wrecks the climate 👇🏼
📰 New research reveals UK newspapers are promoting pollution more than they’re reporting on how to stop it. During COP29, adverts for polluting industries took up 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 the space of climate talk coverage. Key findings. 🧵 Full report 👉 https://t.co/Upj092H20d
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Hint... it was global heating, not the butler BBC News - Rapid Antarctic glacier retreat sparks scientific 'whodunnit' - BBC News https://t.co/VvJs9oBpTs
bbc.co.uk
A new study suggests that changes to Hektoria Glacier are unprecedented - but not all scientists agree.
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Cherishing this rare moment of parliamentary sense... BBC News - Airport expansion put climate goals at risk, MPs say - BBC News https://t.co/JEU7uH3Tb5
bbc.co.uk
A committee of MPs says the government has not demonstrated if economic benefits from airport expansion outweigh climate impacts.
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Is AI going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality? Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning and what can be done. This Weds, 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. I'll be chairing some great speakers👇 @ResponsibleSci
https://t.co/5mt5MaSVlq
tickettailor.com
Polluter and cyber elites: A lethal alignment? – Zoom, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - The 'cyber elite' - tech corporate leaders, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos - are embracing many policies from the far right...
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Odisha’s “zero casualty” model shows how community-centered disaster resilience can transform outcomes. As climate change is intensifying storms, the Odisha experience is more than a local success, it offers a global lesson https://t.co/Vhss6bYqjk
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Polluter and 'cyber' elites - is AI just going to worsen patterns of pollution and inequality? Find out what the tech bros & big polluters are planning, next Weds 15th Oct at 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET. Its free with great speakers. 👇👇👇 @ResponsibleSci
tickettailor.com
Polluter and cyber elites: A lethal alignment? – Zoom, Wed 15 Oct 2025 - The 'cyber elite' - tech corporate leaders, such as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos - are embracing many policies from the far right...
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"Abducted", surely, if this happened in international waters, not "detained", which suggests the exercise of legitimate authority... BBC News - Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla and detains activists including Greta Thunberg https://t.co/xLe22lL12r
bbc.com
South Africa and Turkey have criticised the incident in international waters. Israel says those on board are safe.
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I think 'Storm Gatwick' has a better ring to it, in honour of the absurd & self-harming decision to expand the climate polluting airport... BBC News - UK weather: Storm Amy named by Met Office as warnings issued for rain, wind - BBC Weather https://t.co/caXdEuy8V4
bbc.co.uk
Amber warnings have been issued for Storm Amy, the first named storm of the season. What will the impacts be when it hits at the end of the week?
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🚨Polluter and Cyber Elites - A lethal Alignment? This year's conference explores where the interests of the far right tech bros and major polluters coincide - and what we can do to challenge them! Join us on Wednesday 15th October, 16:00 - 18:00 BST https://t.co/UWfyYQIpJx
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Based on his foreword to 'The Starmer Symptom' superb piece by @labourlewis perfectly written to add some optimism of the will and shift balance from ever-increasing weight of pessimism of intellect so many of us having to carry. https://t.co/0Mz87yusSK
@dannydorling @philBC
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Athletes exposed to life-threatening weather extremes call for an end to sports sponsorship by climate polluters...
🚨BIG news. 🚨 Climbing pioneers, rising talents and major orgs have signed an open letter urging climbing federations and other pro climbers to take a stand against polluting sponsorship. 🧵 Full story: https://t.co/515qSo0nbP
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How and why did the car industry push people to buy larger, more dangerous and polluting cars, just as the world needed the opposite? Today with some fabulous colleagues we're going to be talking about how to reverse car-spreading (or 'autobesity') https://t.co/FtlzQ9jXXx
suv-alliance.org.uk
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The amazing @RebeccaSolnit shared her reflections with us on the last day of the @fossiltreaty virtual summit suggesting that 'the fossil fuel treaty is making the future liveable for human and more than humans alike'. We very much hope so @SussexGlobal @sus_pol @AndrewSimms_uk
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Peter Scandalson, who memorably was 'intensely relaxed about people being rich'... BBC News - https://t.co/0g7rc19ElT Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer over emails to Jeffrey Epstein - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
The Foreign Office says he was fired "in light of additional information", a day after the prime minister backed him in the Commons.
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