Campaign against Climate Change

Just been updating information on our website about climate impacts in the UK - they are so much worse in the Global South and countries are being driven further into debt.

Essential to reform the global financial system and for rich nations to actually pay up with the climate finance promised.

Flood alert: climate breakdown hitting the UK | Campaign against Climate Change Image

New on our website: why wetter winters are a sign of climate breakdown and how this brings risks to our homes, transport systems and food growing.

Several coaches are travelling from Birmingham to the Together Against The Far Rght protest on Saturday 28 March.

Here is one of them:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/together-a...?

'I am very intelligent' man, borrowed from another meme.

AND "The UK only produces a tiny proportion of global emissions. Why don't you go and protest in China?"

Yet another reminder of why we need to kick our dependence on gas.

@xruk-actions.bsky.social @xrlondonactions.bsky.social

We've switched to ethical insurance - why this movement needs to grow | Campaign against Climate Change Image The global insurance industry is a massive paradox. On the one hand, they are bearing some of the massive financial costs of climate breakdown, and have raised the alarm about increased disaster...

We don't want to be doing business with an insurer that's supporting the planet-destroying fossil fuel industry.

Thanks to info from @insuranceboycott.bsky.social, we've switched to a more ethical provider. Find out more:

We joined @globalactionplan.bsky.social and friends this morning outside DESNZ as part of the weekend of action against dirty data centres!

Find out more about the issues here: www.campaigncc.org/ai_data_cent...

A Plan for Places: Transforming Housing and Lowering the Cost of Living Through Home Improvement Corporations A proven institutional framework for delivering housing retrofit.

The Warm Homes Plan can't retrofit 5 million homes by contracting out to a workforce that's poorly paid, employed on temporary contracts & largely de-unionised - without repeating past failures.

New report from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social calls for a stable skilled workforce within the public sector.👍

Hairdressers as ‘everyday influencers’ on climate change and sustainability

For those who have a narrow view of which jobs can help tackle the climate crisis, here's a report on hairdressers in sustainable salons and the conversations they have with customers.
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By @brionylatter.bsky.social and @samhampton.bsky.social

So, any other news yesterday?
Anything important?

Climate Justice Bloc – Together Against The Far Right Climate Justice Bloc – Together Against The Far Right The climate movement is mobilising for the Together Alliance demonstration on Saturday 28 March. Sign up on this page to keep up to date on plans ...

Watch this space for more info:

We're marching for love, for hope, for unity, for climate justice. Together against the far right. 28 March, London. Join the climate bloc.

Screenshot from Together Alliance website of the map showing coaches booked from around the country.

Climate campaigners will be coming together on the Together Alliance mobilisation against the far right in London on Saturday 28th March.✊

Want to join us on the climate bloc? Over 100 coaches are planned from around the country. www.togetheralliance.org.uk

"People are rising up against big tech data centres being built at the expense of people and planet". Photo in black and white of 10 people holding a banner that stays 'STOP DIRTY DATA CENRES'. Global action plan logo.

This weekend we’re coordinating days of action with campaigners and local communities across the country, to oppose Big Tech's unchecked expansion of hyperscale data centres in the UK.

Join an action near you: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/stop-dirty-data-centres

Register to attend – Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition (Part of the trade union year of climate action) – Regents High School Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition (Part of the trade union year of climate action) – Regents High School, Sat 14 Mar 2026 - This one day event will bring together educators, ...

At the Climate & Nature Education Festival (London, Mar 14th) I'll be chairing the 'Is Climate Change a Working Class Issue?' panel featuring

Suzanne Jeffrey, @campaigncc.bsky.social
Tahir Latif, Greener Jobs Alliance
Catherine Porritt, National Education Union

All are welcome
tinyurl.com/ytvk454s

Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition Part of the trade union year of climate action Regents High School, London Sat 14 March 10-4

Saturday 14th March: Climate & Nature Education Festival - for a just transition
Part of the trade union year of climate action
Regents High School, London
Get your ticket now: www.tickettailor.com/events/minis...

Monsoon low could bring year’s worth of rain in a week to parts of NSW, Queensland and South Australia Further thunderstorms bringing heavy rain and flash flooding may hit Melbourne on Tuesday, Bureau of Meteorology warns

Just another weather forecast at 1.5C global warming...

"A lingering monsoon low could deliver a year’s worth of rain in a week to parts of inland South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, just weeks after record-breaking heat, with a high risk of flash flooding."

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

Economic predictions are failing to get to grips with climate risk.

"Some [current economic models] are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know it."

If you want to find out more about AI, data centres and the climate, watch the recording of our meeting this week, and check out the resources shared. Very grateful to our speakers and participants! www.campaigncc.org/ai_data_cent...

Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe's climate forever YouTube video by Channel 4 News

‘Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe’s climate forever.’

Check out our website for a briefing on what we know about the possibility of AMOC collapse, and what’s at risk: www.campaigncc.org/amoc

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis? Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

Europe: under water, in denial

Global temperature map showing North Atlantic cold blob

AMOC collapse - what you need to know: www.campaigncc.org/amoc

Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe's climate forever YouTube video by Channel 4 News

‘Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe’s climate forever.’

Check out our website for a briefing on what we know about the possibility of AMOC collapse, and what’s at risk: www.campaigncc.org/amoc

And you can follow all the speakers on Bluesky:
@aiarmsracebook.bsky.social
@meadwaj.bsky.social & @olliehayes.bsky.social of @globalactionplan.bsky.social

If you want to find out more about AI, data centres and the climate, watch the recording of our meeting this week, and check out the resources shared. Very grateful to our speakers and participants! www.campaigncc.org/ai_data_cent...

Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

Shocker - AI slop will not save the climate

Narrower, more traditional uses to increase system efficiency create less emissions than generative AI and can have some climate benefits - but evidence they will make a significant difference is lacking

Full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/12l1W...

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation

This is a terrible headline!
Adapting to a 3C hotter world is not 'daunting but doable'. We need to be doing everything we can to avoid such a catastrophic future, while heavily investing in adaptation.

AI and data centres: a new climate threat The explosion of generative AI has caused a global boom in the construction of energy-hungry data centres with associated fossil fuel power expansion, as well as concerns about the strain they may pla...

Join us this evening!
AI and data centres: a new climate threat

Fresh fears for South West's rail link in Dawlish after storms Taxpayer money has flowed into fixing the rail line connecting Cornwall with the rest of the UK - but the elements have other ideas.

Remarkable that climate change isn't mentioned anywhere in this article on the fragility of the Dawlish stretch of the SW main line

BBC News - The saga of a £165m rail line that keeps causing travel chaos
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🍃A big day today as Tir Natur, Wales' biggest (and only large) rewilding project is live. I've been critical of some rewilding projects in the past, and will continue to be where I see a need.

I'm going to try and explain why I've been volunteering to help this project, and why it's important (1/N)