News from a World in Flux Ep. 24: How to talk about the climate crisis from the head of UN Climate Comms

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 26: What are we going to eat?In this episode Clare and Charlie discuss the food sector and its vulnerability to climate change and other future shocks. REFERENCESInside Track investor memohttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1tATFmJG0wOtLDHxionMX0qNEXw49tjRl/viewGuardian article about the food industry is actively campaigning against the changes it needs to secure its own future with PR disinformation campaign against Eat-Lancet reporthttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/11/pr-campaign-may-fuelled-food-study-backlash-leaked-document-eat-lancetGeorge Monbiot Guardian article on stockpilinghttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/16/britain-food-supply-donald-trump-stockpileBirmingham Food council report into food insecurityhttps://www.birminghamfoodcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/A-perilous-innocence_adaptation-plans_26-03-2025_2nd-edition.pdfHay food assemblyhttps://hayresilience.org/---------------------Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

NEWS FROM A WORLD IN FLUXExtinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 25: Wet bulb disasters, importing trees, and prison update?In this episode Clare and Charlie discuss new research into when wet bulb temperatures become dangerous to humans. Charlie shares his own study into the need for conservation by assisted colonisation as climate change disrupts native ecosystems. Clare gives an update on the status of imprisoned activists in the UK. And a new book by Scientist for XR is revealed.REFERENCESDr Andrew Forrest AO speaking at the Boao Forum Asia about Wet Bulb temperature effectshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?si=pxT_YuaOgi4stWrH&v=kigyFOj7HUw&feature=youtu.beValidating new limits for human thermoregulationhttps://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2421281122Future of forests in the UK and the need for assisted colonisation paperhttps://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70027Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/19/the-world-is-getting-hotter-could-helping-englands-trees-migrate-northwards-protect-them-climate-aoeReuters: Greenpeace director on 10 yr possible charge for criminal damagehttps://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-police-arrest-greenpeace-uk-head-over-red-dye-protest-us-embassy-group-2025-04-10Buy Scientists on Survivalhttps://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/scientists-for-survival-scientists-for-xr/7678861?ean=9781789297324 ---------------------Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

EPISODE 24: How to talk about the climate crisis from the head of UN Climate CommsIn this special episode of News from a World in Flux, Clare Farrell is joined by Martina Donlon, Global Climate Communications lead for the United Nations. Clare and Martina discuss the challenges of climate communications in the current geopolitical situation and the role of climate movements in driving change.---------------------Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/ukExtinction Rebellion UK: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/ 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 23: What should we do next?In Aug 2023 in Episode 1 of NFAWIF Clare and Charlie discussed Project 2025. Trump’s now been elected and is dismantling the US state and backtracking on all climate action, while in the UK, Labour has gone all in for growth over the environment. Banks and big businesses are rolling back their climate commitments, and FF companies are rolling back their renewables targets. We should be making serious progress by now, but instead we’re going backwards. So in this episode Clare and Charlie ask: where next for the climate movement?References:Gail Bradbrook Analysishttps://buymeacoffee.com/gailbradbrook/so-now-whatHumanity Projecthttps://humanityproject.uk/XRUK strategyhttps://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/02/03/xruk-strategy-2025-26/Climate populismhttps://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2025/02/its-time-for-climate-populism---------------------Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

 Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 22: Unexpected warming, legal success, and how many will dieThis time, Clare and Charlie cover a new scientific paper warning that global warming is accelerating, the bad framing of bats and newts vs growth, the legal cases brought against the government concerning new fossil fuel infrastructure and a report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries into climate risks.References:New Hansen paper - global warming has accelerated 2C is deadhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2025.2434494https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/climate-change-target-of-2c-is-dead-says-renowned-climate-scientistJanuary was +1.75Chttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-highInstitute and Faculty of Actuaries paper on climate riskshttps://actuaries.org.uk/media-release/current-climate-policies-risk-catastrophic-societal-and-economic-impacts/ ---------------------Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!https://chuffed.org/xr/ukExtinction Rebellion UK:https://extinctionrebellion.uk/

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 21: Does protest work? This time, Clare and Charlie look into studies that show the efficacy of protest. Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 20: Doom loops, missing clouds, and activist repressionThis time, Clare and Charlie explore the 'doom loops' of climate change and geopolitical instability as coined by Laurie Laybourn and James Dyke, the connection between clouds and the recent pulse in global heating, and another report into the state of activist repression around the world.References:Doom Loopshttps://theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-of-climate-change-and-geopolitical-instability-is-beginning-244705Activist repressionhttps://bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristol.ac.uk/dist/f/1182/files/2024/12/Criminalisation-and-Repression-of-Climate-and-Environmental-Protests.pdf Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk 

EPISODE 19: Sustain Salone ft. Brima ContehIn this episode Clare Farrell talks to founder of Sustain Salone, Brima Conteh about the Global South experience of the climate crisis via his work in Sierra Leone.If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

 Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 18: What does 1.5 °C actually mean, carbon capture, and Labour's climate failThis time, Clare and Charlie breakdown what is actually meant when people talk about exceeding 1.5 °C of global warming. They also touch on the problems associated with carbon capture and storage and why the Labour party are walking the same path as the Tories when it comes to climate.If you found this useful please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/ukExtinction 

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.EPISODE 17:  Is the deck stacked against the Biodiversity COP?This time, Clare and Charlie discuss the other COP, which happens every 2 years and is focussed on biodiversity. COP16 takes place in Colombia this year. Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk