Isobel Talks

Such an honour to present on feminist approaches to the gender data gap in Bangladesh at the @BIGD_BRACU & iSocial 'Research into Action' session - was great to connect with academics and practitioners from @OxfaminBD @AABangladesh @ilobangladesh @USAID_BD @MonashInfotech @oligil

A federal judge in Alaska has blocked a huge oil drilling project that was approved by the Trump administration and backed by the Biden administration.The judge found that the government failed to take into account the project's impact on climate change.  nyti.ms/3k5nhj6

Please do all you can to help evacuate people at risk in Afghanistan - before it is too late. @OliverHealdUK #EvacuateNow #OurResponsibility

“I might face consequences… I guess that’s the price we pay for trying to make the world a little better” Afghanistan’s Minister of Education Rangina Hamidi says she is fearful "like every woman in Afghanistan" bbc.in/3CNqkoB

The world's thirst for palm oil is about to destroy Asia's largest remaining rainforest. Indigenous peoples across Papua also say they are being systematically denied free, prior and informed consent over development on their ancestral land. Read more: trib.al/DzuvVpP

Good to see publicity for high nature and carbon farming: ‘Regenerative farming shift could reduce UK climate emissions’ ⁦@HenryDimbleby⁩ ⁦@RichardHRBenyon⁩ ⁦@PastureForLife⁩ ⁦@suepritch⁩ ⁦@NFFNUK⁩ ⁦@Groundswellaguk⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Lots of folks are likely reading today’s super bleak climate change news and wondering, “what can I do?” Here’s my attempt at an answer — one that goes far beyond “drive less” or “recycle more” heated.world/p/what-can-i-d…

🌳Understanding climate inequality & injustice help us see that our multiple crises share the same causes and solutions. We need to urgently confront disparities of wealth & power that drive the climate crisis and make certain groups more vulnerable to climate violence. 10/

People who don't cry at least a little bit after today's #IPCC report (and last week's report about the possible collapse of the Gulf Stream) don't understand the implications of what is happening.

I was there 3000 years ago, when Isildur took the Ring. I was there the day the strength of men failed

lotr where everything is the same except merry and pippin have a sniper rifle

Should farms smaller than 5 hectares be eligible for the new ELMS payments that'll pay farmers public money for public goods? We hear from @LandworkersUK. Also @Vertical_Future on the impact light manipulation can have on crops in controlled environments bbc.in/3f5YnOP

“A thousand people have been evacuated and at least 50,000 acres of land have gone up in flames. Hundreds of sheep, goats, cows and pigs died after being trapped in barns at farms in the fires’ path, despite emergency workers’ efforts to save them.” nytimes.com/2021/07/26/wor…

Hello @Fidelity_UK. You own 7m shares in Rockhopper plc, which is suing Italy's government for acting on climate change, & hoping to use the winnings to drill for oil in the Falklands / Malvinas. Which side of history do you expect to be on? These are morally stranded assets.

This is not just having a nice little debate, arguments and then coming away with a compromise This is an urgent problem that has to be solved and, what's more, we know how to do it... we're refusing to take steps that we know have to be taken bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

“Climate, Not Conflict. Madagascar's Famine is the First in Modern History to be Solely Caused by Global Warming” #UprootTheSystem time.com/6081919/famine…

“The series of misfortunes underscores what scientists warned for years: Climate change will make it increasingly hard to produce enough food for the world, with poor nations feeling the hardest blow. In some cases, social and political unrest follows.” bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Italy 🇮🇹 could be forced to pay millions of pounds in damages to a UK 🇬🇧 #oil company via the ISDS dispute mechanism, after banning new oil drilling near its coast theguardian.com/business/2021/…

Quick walk n talk on “Climate Doom”

looking @ u @BorisJohnson 👀 #StopCambo @StopCambo channel4.com/news/iea-direc…

Very disappointing to receive a report from a TFA member who went for a County Council Smallholding starter farm on an estate in the Midlands only for it to be offered to the highest bidder who tendered over £300 per acre for a dairy holding. How is this helping new entrants?