I tell @guardian "If it was a foreign power maliciously poisoning every single water body with cancer causing chemicals, politicians ...would demand the govt ...do absolutely everything in their power to stop it immediately. Instead...” theguardian.com/environment/…

At More in Common event at Lab Conf @CraigBennett3 calls misinformation claiming bats block growth 'the bendy bananas of our time' & welcomes early signs of Burnham Gov moving away from this. 'Time now for good signs to become good actions - starting with a bigger farm budget'

Really looking forward to this on Sunday night! If you are going to be at @UKLabour Party Conference #LPC26 in #Liverpool, please do come along...

I'm speaking at Labour Party Conf 29th Sept #LPC26, 12.30pm 'Good growth in rural communities: Nature as a catalyst for food security and local prosperity' Liverpool Quaker Meeting House Come hear new data on growth & nature friendly farming co-benefits sera.org.uk/sera-labour-part…

The world faces three existential threats: Runaway artificial intelligence. The climate crisis. And the intolerable deepening of inequalities. Next week, world leaders are coming together at #UNGA. My message to them: International cooperation is more important than ever.

So I'll be running the #GreatNorthRun tomorrow to raise money for the @WildlifeTrusts #Rothbury appeal. Please do consider sponsoring me, if you possibly can! Many thanks... ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enth…

Great to host my local MP on the stage at #WildSummit!

We were warned. Four months ago top Himalayan experts reported the rate of ice loss doubling since 2000, with glaciers shrinking by fifth since 1990. “This isn’t a distant problem”they said. “It’s happening in real time”. They predicted “catastrophe”. icimod.org/press-releases/hi…

I'll be doing the #GreatNorthRun two weeks today to raise money for our #Rothbury appeal, now tantalising close to reaching it's £30m fundraising target! Please do sponsor me if you can, and THANK YOU to those of you who already have! ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enth…

Media editors, could you please be sure to describe El Niño as ‘a natural phenomenon made more intense by global heating’, rather than as a ‘natural phenomenon’? theguardian.com/environment/…

Can beavers help us control invasive plants? Beavers are herbivorous and have been recorded eating more than 400 species of plants. 1/10

“It’s not that much of a stretch to think, yes, we’re seeing one terrible ramification of human-caused climate change" says Dan Shugar from @UCalgary newscientist.com/article/258…

I expect most of would agree that this is unlikely to be ‘just summer’.

It is often repeated that El Niño is a natural phenomenon. It is, like warm days in summer, rain in autumn, hurricanes in the Caribbean & unusually dry periods in otherwise wet regions. Like all those, however, it is the strength & frequency that is not natural. El Niño is this time at an extreme never before recorded & the scientist who sounded the alarm on climate to the US Congress in the 1980s says ‘The abnormal El Niño strength is itself likely human-driven’. More than 90% of the heat so far trapped by human pollution has been absorbed by the ocean. Now some of it is being released again. 2027 is thus set to be more extreme than 2026, & widely forecast to be the warmest year recorded. That in turn will spark extreme weather of different kinds, including drought & flood, with knock on effects across food, water, infrastructure, the natural world & health. Making preparations for extreme conditions in 2027, & the rest of this year, would be wise. It is also important, I think, for discussions about the intensity of this El Niño to register a likely link with human impacts on the atmosphere & ocean. Or we could just fill the media with coverage about Harry & Megan…

Reform UK's Richard Tice: "When it’s a bit warm, let’s enjoy it…rather than just be doom and gloom about it." Met Office: More than 2,700 heat deaths NHS: More 999 calls than Covid Farmers: "Brutal harvest…one of the worst ever" Your own eyes: "Inferno…fires engulf…homes"

🧵Weather maybe getting cooler, but what has been the impact of recent heatwaves on public attitudes to and salience of climate and net zero? Two thirds of the public say they are worried about hot weather and 86% think climate change at least partially responsible.

"Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone" (something those arguing against expansion of ULEZ tried to stop) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1l1…

Ok, so against my better judgement, I'm going to be doing the #GreatNorthRun in wonderful #Newcastle in September to raise money for our #Rothbury appeal Please do support me if you can! ajbellgreatnorthrun2026.enth…

Long form interview on @novaramedia.com - covering a wide range of climate issues: from science to politics, the climate leadership prospects of the new PM and the dangerous soft-pedalling by many climate academics/experts & much of the mainstream media. piped.video/watch?v=mBFos_…