Stephen Farrant

Quick update - I'm now on Bluesky at stephenfarrant.bsky.social .

Extinction is data loss. Amid all the hype surrounding AI, let's not forget that the most valuable dataset is biological, not digital. "We are losing the libraries before we have read their books." @IUCN @MongabayOrg #biodiversity #TNFD news.mongabay.com/2025/10/protec…

@BBCSounds I have downloaded a Prom from July 2025 to my phone, and really want to keep it - but it says it is only available for the next couple of days. Is there some way I can keep a copy, or access it again in the future? Thank you for your advice!

“We need to align our laws with the laws of nature” - great to hear @MFeriaTinta speak this morning at the Rights of Nature symposium #LondonClimateActionWeek . Thanks for organising an excellent event @TheGreenAmanda

Just been to see the new David Attenborough film “Ocean.” It’s brilliant; powerful, urgent, awe-inspiring and alarming. Most importantly, it ends with clear hope. Go and see it.

Brilliant, brilliant evening listening to @RobGMacfarlane who is my new superhero, talking about his book Is A River Alive. Great interviewing also by @HoratioClare

If you're at a loose end tonight, come and listen to us tell stories about a song that changed our life! Tickets still available at kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words…

Really important contribution with today’s announcements on housing. This is not difficult (or expensive) to fix. @WildJustice_org @WildlifeTrusts

Things have just got a lot more difficult . Here’s what I think . I had no control over what just happened . None . But I do have control over how I will react to it . And I am not going to give up on the beautiful and the good , the grip on my dreams just got tighter .

This Government must make the polluters pay , and of course if they fail in that endeavour , next time we’ll be back in a wave of brown , not blue 💩 @MarchforWater | #MarchForCleanWater

Still deciding who to vote for? Watch as Peter Capaldi talks us through where the four main UK-wide parties stand on climate and nature ahead of the general election THIS THURSDAY 4th July.

Great article @James_BG. I'd pay good money to hear him struggle to answer.... 10 net zero questions that should be put to Nigel Farage businessgreen.com/4267724/ via @businessgreen

First sighting of swifts this morning over our street in west London!! #Swifts @WildLondon @WWF @WildlifeTrusts

In the current frenzy over AI and it’s potential, let’s be very careful what we wish for… AI revolution will be boon for natural gas, say fossil fuel bosses ft.com/content/1f93b9… via @ft

Great to see this new standard - the culmination of extensive stakeholder engagement, now out there for further comment and refinement in the months ahead. #NatureFinance #NatureRecovery @BSI_UK

If I’m intolerant of climate denial, racism or genocide, does that now make me an extremist???

Well worth a read for some positive perspectives on #decarbonisation

Interesting findings from latest PwC global CEO survey Finance CEOs starting to prioritise long-term sustainability over short-term profits, survey finds edie.net/finance-ceos-s…

** An alarm call for us all ** The official nature watchdog, @OfficeforEP, says that "government is largely off track" to meet legally-binding nature targets. That's true for 8/10 targets, including the overarching goal of halting nature's decline by 2030.