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Jonathan Watts@jonathan-watts.bsky.social |
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Author of The Many Lives of James Lovelock, founder of Sumaúma.com and the Rainforest Journalism Fund. Guardian environment writer.
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Senators accuse JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon of backtracking on climate commitments.
If he misled investors and public, regulators and legislators should intervene, warns Elizabeth Wareen
Story by me.
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Looking forward to launching my biography of Gaia scientist and ecological pioneer, James Lovelock at Edinburgh International Book Festival on 25 August.
Details here:
www.edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival...
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Truly. Here we are with so many chasing the illusion that problems can be solved by addressing consequences rather than causes. That said, I am enjoying the anomalous UK election results.
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A disrupted climate & diminished natural world are widening the dividing lines of ideological debate. Left unchecked, this will undermine democracy.
In this column I argue it is no coincidence that more extreme politics comes at a time of more extreme weather.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What are the main UK parties promising on climate and nature, and is it enough? – podcast.
Ian Sample grills Phoebe Weston and me about environmental politics in the current election campaign - and far beyond.
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’
New report suggest environmental and social governance policies of top five fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Disappointing and surprising’: Why isn’t this a climate election in the UK?
400 scientists write to political parties urging ambitious action or risk making Britain and the world ‘more dangerous and insecure’
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Wishing all my China friends an unforgettable national amnesia day.
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Devastating Brazil floods made twice as likely by burning of fossil fuels and trees, finds new study.
Risks will double again if global warming reaches 2C.
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‘We want to forge ahead’: grief and defiance as Dom Phillips’ widow journeys to site of his death.
Heart-wrenching story from the Vale do Javari ahead of the second anniversary of the murder of Dom and Bruno Pereira.
Story by @tomphillipsin
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Hey British voting-age friends in far-flung places! Don’t forget to register to vote! If you are not in UK, you can do a proxy or a postal vote!
Deadlines:
Registration (if needed) - 18 June
Proxy vote online application - 26 June
More details here. www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/...
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More than a third of the Amazon rainforest is struggling to recover from drought, according to a new study that warns of a “critical slowing down” of this globally important ecosystem. Story by me.
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Welcome to the floating world - My take on the floods in the south of Brazil, what they forebode, and why this makes it more important than ever to protect climate shock absorbers like the Amazon rainforest.
sumauma.com/en/bem-vinda...
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