This is the week! After four years’s of research and writing, my book, The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets and Gaia Theory finally hits the shelves. It explores a century of science and environmental thinking through the life and relationships of one man. 🧵

Tipping Points need to be on the agenda for COP30. The possibility of sudden catastrophic change has been neglected in UN climate reports, which allows politicians to carry on with business as usual. That must change in Belém. My editorial for @Sumaúma .

Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems. My column from Rio as Lula rebukes wealthy nations for retreating on climate and trade. Ominous for COP30 .

To learn more about this subject, follow next week’s Tipping Points conference in Exeter, organised by Tim Lenton, Johan Rockström and Ricarda Winkelmann. and featuring Genevieve Guenther, Carlos Nobre, David Obura and many other experts.

“If anything we have underestimated the risks” . Positive cascades of social change are needed to address climate crisis, says tipping point expert Tim Lenton. My fifth and final interview for the Guardian series, Tipping Points: On the Edge.

‘It looks more likely with each day we burn fossil fuels’: polar scientist Louise Sim on Antarctic tipping points. My fourth interview for the Guardian series, Tipping Points: On the Edge.

‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Nobre on the future of the Amazon rainforest. Interview with me for the third instalment of the Guardian series, Tipping Point: On the Edge.

‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist @DavidObura shares his anger on the collapse of coral reefs. My latest interview in the series, Tipping Points: On the Edge.

‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield. My interview with ⁦@DoctorVive⁩ . First in a series: Tipping Points: On the edge?

Superb profile of Curtis Yarvin, the latest show pony ‘intellectual’ of US tecno fascism. In a saner world, he would be an unsavoury curiosity. But his links to Peter Thiel’s billions and JD Vance’s vice presidential power make this an important read.

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30

Fine, thought-provoking review of The Many Lives of James Lovelock, by Ann Skea in Eclectica magazine. ‘Jonathan Watts shows there were many "mothers" necessary to the birth of [the Gaia] hypothesis. it is a group effort, a product of relationships.’.

WMO: 80% chance of global heat record by 2030. For the first time in the annual five-year update, there is also a possibility of 2C. The chance is just 1% but 10 years ago, the chance of 1.5C was only 1% That is now our reality. Story by me.

‘We carry on with the sadness’: new projects honor life and legacy of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Long read extract from Dom’s vivid and insightful book: A deadly mission: how Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira tried to warn the world about the Amazon’s destruction

Beautifully poignant review of Dom Phillips’ book, How to Save the Amazon, which launches this month, three years after the author was murdered alongside his friend and guide, indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

RT @howtoacademy: Guardian Global Environment Editor @jonathanwatts joins @edielush to speak about the Amazon rainforest, indigenous activi….

RT @RebeccasBooks: The London launch of Dom Phillips's HOW TO SAVE THE AMAZON will be on 5 June, the third anniversary of Dom's murder. Tha….

RT @jrockstrom: Another letter of alarm against the destructive desmantling of science in the US by the Trump administration. Now signed by….

Happy birthday, David Attenborough! 99 ways he has inspired us, by 99 special people. Delighted to have helped compile this wonderful tribute! Thank you ⁦@antonioguterres⁩ ⁦@dr_jane_goodall⁩ ⁦@andersen_inger⁩ ⁦@dobura⁩