Dr Helena Wright

$23 billion – an average of about $264 per person, or the equivalent of roughly 1 per cent of what the world spends on defense – is what is needed to provide life-saving assistance to those most in need in 2026. unocha.org/87-million-liv…

@BBCNews Is antibiotic resistance an issue here? @reactgroup @gardp_amr

Why is this meningitis outbreak so explosive? bbc.in/3NLiWV5

Reading over a morning cuppa: Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. Suzanne Simard returns to the forest and her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature theguardian.com/environment/20…

@PJDunleavy I wonder why Academics have not written to their pension fund USS about the issue, or perhaps they have done it privately without getting a response?

Troubled waters: How the UK’s water companies became a national disgrace | The Independent independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

UN experts concerned that flawed ‘Epstein Files’ disclosures undermine accountability for crimes against women & girls. The files have shocked the conscience of humanity and raised terrifying implications of the level of impunity for such crimes. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

"The findings imply that the window for limiting warming even to 2C above preindustrial levels would “narrow substantially” if faster warming persists" #ClimateCrisis #Climate #Risk

Parody or reality? EU is to ban chicken flavored crisps and noodles, at the request of the livestock industry theguardian.com/world/2026/mar… @haveigotnews @PrivateEyeNews @PaulMerton @MockTheWeek @joshwiddicombe

How ridiculous: The EU is to ban chicken and bacon flavour crisps @Pieter_de_Pous @ArielBrunner @CIWF_EU @natalieben theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

@natalieben Worrying: "Skinner said epigenetic disease inheritance could help explain the rising rates of chronic disease in humans, an increase that paralleled the rising use of pesticides, fungicides and other environmental chemicals in agriculture and other industries."

How inadequate has been our testing of #pesticides. How weak our understanding of potential impacts. #PublicHealth on this #PoisonedPlanet demands urgent reassessments news.wsu.edu/press-release/…

Article notes while political uncertainty has increased, the #science on climate risks remains #robust. The author notes that increased due dili­gence on envir­on­ment & social issues makes this "crit­ical for lar­ger busi­nesses to pri­or­it­ise and strategise in 2026".

Delighted to have joined the Climate Policy Monitor team @UniofOxford this month.. Coverage of the CPM research by The Scotsman below. Excited to start this new role! @BlavatnikSchool

Some positive record breaking news from #Australia! "Renewable energy supplied more power than fossil fuels across Australia for the first time in a three-month period" 🥳 abc.net.au/news/2026-01-2… @PositiveNewsUK @OutrageOptimism @CFigueres

@RoyalMail is there any way to report a lost parcel that went by Tracked Delivery, other than by phoning up and having a 40 minute call wait time?

Govt suppressed this horrifying report last year, sneaking it out now while attention elsewhere, no doubt hoping to bury dire implications of likely ecosystem collapse. Ministers must urgently step up, change direction & restore vital life support systems theguardian.com/environment/20…

Nature loss is a national security risk, intelligence group warns bbc.in/4bbqtGi

Biodiversity collapse threatens UK security! @fionaharvey @guardian A horrifying report that brings home just how much the increasingly likely collapse of vitally important natural systems will bring chaos like mass migration, food shortages, price rises & global disorder #WakeUpWorld @CIWF_Global theguardian.com/environment/20…

An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery. gov.uk/government/pub…

We did it. Today, the High Seas Treaty enters into force. It is a tremendous victory for the oceans, for life, for humanity. The high seas will no longer be a Wild West open to predation: they are becoming a space of shared responsibility. From 8 countries in 2024, to 60 States committed in 2025 at the Nice Ocean Summit, to 83 today, the community of nations has kept its word. Together, we are giving ourselves the means to protect 30% of seas and oceans by 2030—more than half of our planet’s total surface. This is the result of an exceptional collective mobilization led by negotiators, scientists, and citizens, all convinced that the future is built together. I want to thank them. It is the choice of responsibility over indifference, cooperation over isolation, the honor of humanity over the disorder of the world. When we come together around what truly matters, we prove that progress is possible. So let us continue. Together. Exceptional photo by @thom_astro.

@CPRE @WildlifeTrusts @CraigBennett3 3. It is unnecessary to build on green belt. There are a lot of brownfield sites available for over 1.3 million homes in the UK & urban housing will have better facilities. We should be building up, not out! #Greenbelt #UK @sgmherts landsec.com/en/media-insig…