David Connor

Founder of @UN-recognised @2030hub making the #GlobalGoals local in cities. Not here much - Bluesky -

[MetJam @MetJam_]

Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.

As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.

First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.

And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.

In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.

Here's the bottom line:

Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!

But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.

That’s the opportunity this reporting missed.

https://t.co/vYfPDKcWWf

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

@jonburkeUK it's the world's biggest village

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

@AndyBurnhamGM @YeomanSally @faisalislam Very that! Good growth = better connecting the smaller (and corporates) biz engine of local economies to social and green challenges is the biggest missed easy win of our generation - just needs a brokerage mechanism and a champion.

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Key thing to the Burnham challenge. To win the seat he has to be able to say explicitly he is coming back to seek to lead the Labour Party in a new direction. Voters will respect and respond to that. If he has to feign loyalty to Starmer people will see through it, and he won't win.

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

Surely the best path is Andy Burnham agreeing to work as adviser with Keir Starmer with a view to future succession.

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

@KQLiverpool @colindsinclair @lpoolcouncil @LpoolCityRegion @DestinationLCR @icapitalnetwork I would suggest a much bolder approach to innovation in sustainability - and a wider stakeholder lens of that. Many EU (and global cities) are way ahead culturally in their approach than many locals understand.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

No matter how you vote in the #LocalElections, Labour will hold power nationally for 3 years with a big majority, that won’t change

What WILL change is your local council’s Competence, Accountability & the Quality of Your Public Services

That choice is yours
Your vote matters

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“We often talk of saving the planet. But the truth is, we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return.”

— David Attenborough

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

You are part of nature,

everything is connected.

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

As a recovering ex-Founder, the next steps force perspective.

We are trying to solve a 50-year planetary crisis using 4-year political cycles and quarterly corporate spreadsheets. That isn't news to many, but we need to remind ourselves, urgently...

https://t.co/W8GlV6m71u

[Aida Greenbury @AidaGreenbury]

A palm oil tycoon is now even destroying Indonesia’s forests that are home to critically endangered orangutans in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the island of Borneo!

https://t.co/ox5CYgh6TS

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

@DaleVince Totally agree. Benefits win every day. It was an awful name from the get go. Never, ever let scientists, accountants or climatte geeks do the marketing.

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

@BlakeMycoskie Perfect timing. Needed this. @2030hub just fsiled after 10yrs and I've been fear freefalling for all 10. Id do it all again in a heartbeat.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

This is difficult to watch, it's embarrassing, it's enraging, it's shameful.

Emma Reynolds the Secretary of State for the Environment and David Hill the head of water at Defra appeared before MPs on Tuesday where they repeated the same old lie, that water company shareholders invest their money in the companies and we, the bill payers, pay them back over 10, 15, 20, 30 years.

Even Ofwat have owned up, that's a lie the £104 billion "private sector investment" is coming directly out of your pockets, your bank account. For God sake just tell the truth.

Barry Gardiner, you're a star. 👏👏👏

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

It's the end of an era: A Statement on the Future of @2030hub

https://t.co/ea4G3Lv6OS

[Michael Liebreich - @MLiebreich.bsky.social @MLiebreich]

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz."

Bill McKibben

https://t.co/UktdXbyKBW

[Climate Majority Project @CMP_voice]

A new film about societal breakdown is generating discussion, and BBC coverage referencing our work: https://t.co/PWvNTx3CNi

Time to start discussing a Plan B for society if business-as-usual proves too risky.

📅 Join our report launch on 10 Mar, 8:30am: https://t.co/FotYot2kWz

[David Connor @TheDavidConnor]

Amazing turnout!

[Greater Manchester Combined Authority @greatermcr]

Today we’re at the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2026 at @TheCoopLive helping shape bold climate action and our commitment for carbon neutrality by 2038.

We're celebrating progress on transport, energy, green spaces, waste reduction, and community action.

https://t.co/JQkToGT2qv

[Greater Manchester Combined Authority @greatermcr]

Today we’re at the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2026 at @TheCoopLive helping shape bold climate action and our commitment for carbon neutrality by 2038.

We're celebrating progress on transport, energy, green spaces, waste reduction, and community action.

https://t.co/JQkToGT2qv