John Evans

It’s one of those times when as a person of little power all I can do is withdraw my involvement and my small labours in this enterprise as it has become an engine for disinformation and harm.

The least developed countries and island states - the moral voices of climate justice - have walked out of the talks as they refuse to be associated with a text that will undermine climate action for the next decade #NoDealIsBetterThanABadDeal

Spending over 5hours in negotiation room arguing about brackets and quotation marks isnt a joke. But as a negotiator we endure everything. The painful thing is after those long hours, there is no conclusive direction on the NCQG and GGA. Where does this leave the global south???

Sea Level has risen by 25 cm since 1880 and is now increasing rapidly #climatechange

🗺️ @CarbonBrief mapped extreme weather events worldwide and how many of them are directly influenced by human-caused climate change. interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-st…

US President-elect Donald #Trump's transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris #climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, @nytimes reports reuters.com/business/envir…

Woooaaah!

I do not understand why what is going on in Afghanistan is not bigger news. Women now banned from “hearing other women’s voices” independent.co.uk/asia/south-asi…

NEW: 10 Minutes on the Budget with Paul Morrison, JPIT Policy Advisor. It is paired with a blog post from Paul, outlining more the budget from the perspective of poverty. jpit.uk/the-2024-budget Listen wherever you normally get your podcasts, or below. jpit.uk/podcast

. @MargotHodson speaking to Methodist ministers on eschatology at the Southern Region Methodist Theology Forum in Romsey

Over last 4 weeks, 🇬🇧Britain imported 11% of it's electricity. The breakdown of imports was: 🇫🇷France: 27.1% 🇧🇪Belgium: 19.7% 🇳🇴Norway: 19.6% 🇩🇰Denmark: 18.3% 🇳🇱Netherlands: 13.4% 🇮🇪Ireland: 1.8%

2024 is now virtually certain to be the warmest year on record, and will be above 1.5C in most surface temperature datasets, including Copernicus/ECMWF's ERA5 shown here:

This is the world’s first steel made without burning fossil fuels. Steel is a massive emitter so this is hugely important! We have so many solutions to solve the #climatecrisis. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateAction #reneables #renewableenergy

No person who believes this should ever be allowed to step foot into the White House —————————— Trump Suggests Abraham Lincoln Should’ve Let the South Keep a Little Slavery - Vanity Fair apple.news/AtQk6sKEXTuKxY…

Over last 4 weeks, 🇬🇧Britain imported 12% of it's electricity. The breakdown of imports was: 🇳🇴Norway: 25.3% 🇫🇷France: 22.3% 🇩🇰Denmark: 20.4% 🇧🇪Belgium: 16.5% 🇳🇱Netherlands: 14.2% 🇮🇪Ireland: 1.4%

Paperback edition of #OurFragileMoment just went live today! amazon.com/gp/aw/d/154170…

Webinar organised by @methodist_south and the Learning Network of the Methodist Church @MethodistGB. Hope to see you then

As I've said, dangerous climate change has already arrived. It's simply now a question of how bad we're willing to let it get. We must rapidly decarbonize our world to avert truly catastrophic & irreversible consequences. Vote like the planet depends on it. Because it does.

2 photos of the arctic both taken in the summer more than 70 years apart show the dramatic change in the continent ice cover. There is no time to waste. No planet B. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #phaseoutfossilfuels #renewables #GreenNewDeal pic via @ChristianAslund