Alasdair Harris

Rocking the boat for oceans & climate at & beaver believer @beavertrust
Founder @blueventures

[National Energy System Operator @neso_energy]

This is the moment Ratcliffe power station came off the electricity system for the final time, marking the end of 142 years of coal generating electricity in Great Britain!

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Sea surface temperatures hit 97.7°F (36.5°C) in the Persian Gulf this past week.

One of the highest sea surface temperatures ever recorded on Earth.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

🚨How British companies are bolstering Vladimir Putin’s war machine🚨
A depressing thread.
But an important one.
With some pretty shocking charts.
Let’s begin with the “official” picture. It suggests UK trade with Russia has collapsed since Feb 2022. Down by 74%…

[Beaver Trust @BeaverTrust]

Another year, wrapped up! 🎊

We hit some significant milestones this year, made a lasting impact & have seen this community grow, with more of you supporting our mission to restore beavers than ever.

Here are just a few of the things we've achieved with your help this year 🦫

[Beaver Trust @BeaverTrust]

Beavers are back in the Cairngorms! 🎉

This is the first out-of-range translocation (beyond where natural expansion would be expected in the short term) & sees the return of beavers to the area for the first time in around 400 years 🙌

Find out more 👇
https://t.co/ED8SnXw3ro

[Nick Oldridge @Nick_Oldridge]

Extraordinary 3 things finally said on #bbcqt
1. How serious the #ClimateCrisis is
2. What we need to do to stop it
3. Who is trying to stop us

Nice work @GeorgeMonbiot 🔥

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

George Monbiot rips apart Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak's Stop the Boats, Rwanda nonsense in one minute on Question Time.

#bbcqt

[Beaver Trust @BeaverTrust]

Beavers are coming back to the Cairngorms!

@naturescot has today approved a licence application from @cairngormsnews to release up to six beaver families at agreed sites in the upper River Spey catchment.

[Alasdair Harris @aarhh]

One donation, twice the impact! @BeaverTrust has joined @BigGive Christmas Challenge 🎄, which means every donation received will be doubled through match-funding until 5th Dec. Please help us continue our work restoring beavers across Britain 🌿🦫👇 https://t.co/GD3kgNFNgX

[Bloomberg Philanthropies @BloombergDotOrg]

There is no life without ocean life — that’s why we must protect 30% of the land and sea by 2030 🐟

@aarhh of @blueventures, Rocky Sanchez Tirona of @Rare_org, Paolo Domondon of @GlobalFishWatch and @emilysdarling of @TheWCS explain the 30x30 initiative on Ocean Deep Dive:

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

This is absolutely bananas.

There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.

But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?

Nope.

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

A ground-breaking & jaw-dropping report from @Ls4Ca just released. It shows UK law firms facilitated £1.48 *trillion* in fossil fuel projects in the last 4 years, & names & ranks those law firms who are the worst offenders. Please read & share this report: https://t.co/1PLKmT5M0I

[Beaver Trust @BeaverTrust]

Reintroducing #beavers to their native habitat is an important step towards tackling the biodiversity crisis.

Beavers create habitats which innumerable species use for food, shelter & incubation.

Donate today to double your donation.

https://t.co/fKUrAVeLC6

[Beaver Trust @BeaverTrust]

This year we've brought beavers back to Hampshire and Staffordshire, where they've been absent for over 400 years!

We want to release beavers in the wild in England and we’re working hard to get to that point.

Donate today to double your donation

https://t.co/fKUrAVeLC6

[Alasdair Harris @aarhh]

Britain’s problematic sheep addiction, and the stunning case for reimagining British uplands https://t.co/yExPjHSGG8 🙏@BenGoldsmith

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

Headline finding buried deep within the #IPCC report

"Without a strengthening of policies, global warming of 3.2°C is projected by 2100"

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

And here's another key finding - conserving remaining ecosystems has more mitigation potential than wind power, and almost as much as solar

Given everything else ecosystems do for us beyond climate mitigation, their conservation should be an absolute global priority
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[Mike Bloomberg @MikeBloomberg]

Multinational development banks have the power to tackle global challenges. With Ajay Banga leading the @WorldBank, the world is on a better path to reforming MDBs critical to financing action needed to help developing countries combat the climate crisis. https://t.co/9EzyiukX0q

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

9 years in the making, yesterday's #IPCC 6th assessment report synthesises a 6000-page (?) summary of climate and related sciences, and is arranged around 18 'headline statements'

I'm going to try and summarise it in 18 plain-language tweets 😬