Henry Bird

📍London • @thetimes, GBBO 📝🌱🎶🎭🌍 he/him

[Hannah Bourne-Taylor @WriterHannahBT]

Swifts fly into the nationals again, this time with The Times - Aptly named Henry Bird interviewed me in Parliament last week while I was scrawling pleas in 70 copies of #NatureNeedsYou for the cabinet & other VIP Ministers 😬👀♥️ https://t.co/Yg2IbUOZjQ

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

We have to ban the private sale of fireworks

[Ben Spencer @Ben_Spencer]

Good morning from Baku. If you’re here come and find me - especially if you have a story! #cop29 ⁦@thetimes⁩

[James Murray @James_BG]

You will search this article in vain for any mention of the fact climate change is a serious threat, any sort of alternative plan for cutting emissions, or any reference to recent IEA reports demonstrating how global clean tech markets are booming.

https://t.co/2udorii32f

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

A reminder that tens of millions of Americans believed the country was heading in the wrong direction because they believed the economy was doing badly and that crime was going up. None of that is true.

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

During the US election fallout @thetimes and Sunday Times will be free to read for 48hrs starting tomorrow and Thursday - a good time to check out those stories you wanted to read but couldn't if you're not one of our 600k subscribers

[Ben Cooke @BenCooke135]

Fatih Birol, head of the IEA, has come out in favour of Labour's controversial mission to decarbonise the power sector by 2030. "It's a good target" he told me. "It’s an ambitious target but I think the UK can achieve it.”
https://t.co/yscAeoqJSZ

[Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan_uk]

UNEP #emissionsgap report

- World in worse position on climate action
- Above average emissions increase in 2023
- 2.8C of warming by 2100
- China’s historical emissions now on par with EU
- Emissions peaking in 2024 now less likely

Grim but important 👇
https://t.co/2dDT1QLaBo

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Should've tagged in @henryfabird to this - huge thanks to him for recommending my book in the Times Environment newsletter today!

[Henry Bird @henryfabird]

Some words for Times Environment on the fall of the Iron Gate dam on the Klamath River, drought in southern Africa and the fantastic new book ‘The Ghost Lake’ from the North Yorkshire poet Wendy Pratt 🌍

https://t.co/o7WuAxhFp9

[Come Dine With Me: The Musical @cdwmmusical]

Thank you @henryfabird and @thetimes for this fabulous interview with our writing team!

Scotland, here we come 🚂🚂🚂

https://t.co/HvWAXvP1SU

[Henry Bird @henryfabird]

Also, some words with the DJ and marine toxicologist Jayda G about her new film, Blue Carbon, which highlights the work being done to restore mangroves and other coastal ecosystems such as wetlands and seagrass meadows 🌴

https://t.co/L9DdXds3x7

[Henry Bird @henryfabird]

Some words on the importance of mangroves - vital coastal ecosystems threatened by climate change - along with the stunning winning images from the Mangrove Photography Awards 📸

https://t.co/8hUsBFAOS0

[James Murray @James_BG]

A thought this morning for the inspirational @CarolineLucas who spent over a decade working hard to establish the Greens as a viable Parliamentary Party. She now steps down by handing over to four Green MPs who not only won, but won comfortably.

[Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan_uk]

There are now 64,000 public charging points for electric cars in the UK. Growth is rapid.

It's almost like private companies might want to meet the demand for chargers, and make some money...

Fears about lack of chargers looking increasingly overblown.

[Sophie Yeo @some_yeo]

Thanks to @henryfabird for including @inkcapjournal's manifesto roundup in the excellent @thetimes environment newsletter this week! Always wonderful to get a mention.

https://t.co/griuZIipsL

[James Coney @jimconey]

Disabled community. I have two things for you - both free to read.
1) My interview with @EdwardJDavey on raising a disabled child
@DCPcampaign
https://t.co/taOntl0OIh

[Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan_uk]

Global warming is advancing at its fastest since modern records began 174 years ago, according to a leading team of climate scientists inc @piersforster. They also found the carbon budget for 1.5C will be blown in around 5 years if emissions stay at current record level

[Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan_uk]

Just a thought re the speculation on a 4 July election

Climate change may even get a proper airing on debates this time, given the timing

Summer has seen some of the most extreme weather recently, from 2023's hottest June on record to the 40C heatwave & fires in July 2022