Clare Simm

The biggest, most existential issue facing our species is being totally ignored in the election debate. Today’s march to #RestoreNatureNow will be a celebration of nature but also an expression of our grief & anger - the lack of leadership is unforgivable theguardian.com/environment/ar…

There are worse places to spend an away day with the @IUCNpeat team! #KinderScout #peatlands

UK invertebrate of the year: vote for your favourite #Echobox=1712964178" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/environment/20…

Beautiful spring day, the kids had fun in the sun and thanks to @SuGough I saw my first Swallows of the year!

Have you nominated your favourite #invertebrate in the @guardian's British) #InvertebrateOfTheYear 2024? 📝 @patrick_barkham's nominees so far include the #CommonGlowWorm, #ClifdenNonpareil, #Swallowtail & perhaps controversially the #AsianHornet... 👇 theguardian.com/environment/20…

It definitely felt like spring today - and the lizards agreed! @TropicalDorset @ARGroupsUK

My first butterfly of the year - a gorgeous red admiral! @savebutterflies

🐝We're disappointed that yet again bees & mayflies risk being exposed to harmful levels of #neonicotinoid #insecticides as a result of the UK Government ignoring concerns of scientists & their own expert committee. It's time that banned meant banned! 👇 buglife.org.uk/news/environme…

Carbon released by bottom trawling ‘too big to ignore’, says study dlvr.it/T1Xdx9

There’s something magical about the joy gifted by winter trees 🤌✨ I found all these at the weekend, in one little square of woodland. January is a month of amazing botanical colours and shapes if you take the time to stop and notice 😌

The saddest compilation video I have ever made. But perhaps also the most positive if it causes a reduction in plastic pollution in 2024. In once pristine seas, every nearshore plankton sample I now collect contains plastic microfibers. (Sound On) @zeiss_micro

Great account of our annual environmental horizon scanning article in the Guardian by Mary Hoff eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Farmers deserve to be supported by @DefraGovUK and nature-friendly farming needs to be properly funded. But pressure remains to allow the use of banned chemicals that harm wildlife. Tell the Farming Minister why these pesticides should stay banned. 👉 wtru.st/yes-to-healthy…

Campaigners, climate experts, politicians react with disbelief and anger as UK minister in charge of #Cop28 talks goes home - presumably to vote on Rwanda bill. With ⁦@pgreenfielduk⁩ and ⁦@horton_official⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

For the 4th year in a row, @DefraGovUK has been asked to allow use of a banned pesticide. 1 tsp of this poison is enough to kill 1.25m bees. 🐝 Banned chemicals have no place in a #WilderFuture. ☠ Ask the Farming Minister to say #NoToNeonics 👉 wtru.st/yes-to-healthy…

Super proud to have played a small role in pulling this together under the expertise of @RichardLindsa16! #COP28 #peatlandsmatter

Denying the need to phase out fossil fuels at #COP28 is utterly unacceptable. The continued climate denialism and ‘fake solution’ propositioning is exhausting. Enough is enough. We need an equitable phase out of fossil fuels in order to survive. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Climate impacts are intensifying worldwide, yet emissions continue to rise. UNEP's 2023 #EmissionsGap Report outlines the urgent steps needed to meet the Paris Agreement goals: unep.org/resources/emis…

More than half of UK and Ireland seabirds in decline, census finds dlvr.it/Syv2pt

‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them theguardian.com/environment/20…