NEWS FROM A WORLD IN FLUX

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 25: Wet bulb disasters, importing trees, and prison update?

In this episode Clare and Charlie discuss new research into when wet bulb temperatures become dangerous to humans. Charlie shares his own study into the need for conservation by assisted colonisation as climate change disrupts native ecosystems. Clare gives an update on the status of imprisoned activists in the UK. And a new book by Scientist for XR is revealed.

REFERENCES

Dr Andrew Forrest AO speaking at the Boao Forum Asia about Wet Bulb temperature effects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=pxT_YuaOgi4stWrH&v=kigyFOj7HUw&feature=youtu.be
Validating new limits for human thermoregulation
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2421281122

Future of forests in the UK and the need for assisted colonisation paper
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.70027
Guardian article https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/19/the-world-is-getting-hotter-could-helping-englands-trees-migrate-northwards-protect-them-climate-aoe

Reuters: Greenpeace director on 10 yr possible charge for criminal damage
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/british-police-arrest-greenpeace-uk-head-over-red-dye-protest-us-embassy-group-2025-04-10

Buy Scientists on Survival
https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/scientists-for-survival-scientists-for-xr/7678861?ean=9781789297324

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EPISODE 24: How to talk about the climate crisis from the head of UN Climate Comms

In this special episode of News from a World in Flux, Clare Farrell is joined by Martina Donlon, Global Climate Communications lead for the United Nations. Clare and Martina discuss the challenges of climate communications in the current geopolitical situation and the role of climate movements in driving change.

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Extinction Rebellion UK: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 23: What should we do next?

In Aug 2023 in Episode 1 of NFAWIF Clare and Charlie discussed Project 2025. Trump’s now been elected and is dismantling the US state and backtracking on all climate action, while in the UK, Labour has gone all in for growth over the environment. Banks and big businesses are rolling back their climate commitments, and FF companies are rolling back their renewables targets. We should be making serious progress by now, but instead we’re going backwards. So in this episode Clare and Charlie ask: where next for the climate movement?

References:

Gail Bradbrook Analysis
https://buymeacoffee.com/gailbradbrook/so-now-what

Humanity Project
https://humanityproject.uk/

XRUK strategy
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/02/03/xruk-strategy-2025-26/

Climate populism
https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2025/02/its-time-for-climate-populism

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