Baxter Tailford

I like delivering change 🌍 Sustainability Lead, @Allianz🧑🏻‍💻 Corporate Sustainability MSC, @uniofyork👨🏻‍🎓

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Today, 35,000 species (28% of all living species) are at risk of extinction. The @IUCN believe these species going extinct will lower global GDP by 50% 🦏🐢🦍

#ClimateAction #Nature #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergecy #ClimateCrisis #EnvironmentalProtection

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

The U.K. has 3X more offshore #wind potential than the countries total #energy consumption levels. The 16.6GW of offshore wind capacity in operation is enough to power 16 million homes, and represents 20% of the entire globe's operational offshore wind footprint 💨👣 #windpower

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Globally, banks made more money from green investments than from underwriting fossil fuel companies for the fourth year in a row; earning £2.7bn from green loans in 2025 compared to £2.1bn from oil, gas & coal investments ♻️💰(@business, 2026).
#sustainablefinance #climateaction

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Australia’s rainforests have hit a tipping point; they’re now releasing more CO₂ than they absorb, because climate-change-driven heat, drought & tree mortality are outpacing regrowth. If we don’t #ActNow, this natural buffer will rapidly collapse. (Carle, 2025)

#ClimateChange

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

1% of flyers were responsible for 50% of aviation emissions between 2014-2018 ✈️ (@GEC_Journal, 2018)

#ClimateAction #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #Sustainability #Aviation

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Microplastics from packaging & clothes are being found across our bodies, from our brains to our arteries, linked to dementia, heart disease, changes in gut bacteria, depression & cancer. Experts say: cut plastic use, choose glass, metal & natural fibres (@IJMS_MDPI, 2023) 🔬🦠

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Governments plan to more than double #fossilfuel output by 2030, far above 1.5°C limits. Despite climate pledges, the US is even pushing the World Bank to fund more #coal, #oil & #gas projects abroad 🛢️ ⛽🪨

#ClimateAction #ClimateChange

@SEIresearch, @FinancialTimes, 2025

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

New homes built with solar, heat pumps, high-grade insulation & battery storage could save occupants ~£1,300/yr. Bills nearly 3x lower than heat pump-only homes. Adding all features costs ~£5k upfront 🏡 💷

@_MCS_Foundation, 2024

#NetZero #CleanEnergy #Renewables #ClimateAction

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

The oil industry spent $1.7billion on political donations to both republican and democratic parties between 1989-2023 ⛽️ (@LSEGovernment, 2023)

#oil #climateaction #climatefinance #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #globalwarming #fridaysforfuture #cleanenergy

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A cluster of Microsoft data centres will heat homes and water for up to 40% of Espoo, Finland- turning AI’s energy hunger into a winter warming solution (@business, 2025)♨️ 🌍

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters #ClimateTech #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #AIForGood

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

The share of European companies whose lobbying aligns with the EU's climate strategies has surged from just 3% in 2019 to 23% in 2025. Meanwhile, the proportion of firms deemed "misaligned" with #EU climate policy has dropped from 34% to 14% 🌍 (@InfluenceMap, 2025).

#NetZero

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A staggering 89% of people across 125 countries support stronger #ClimateAction - and they’re willing to give 1% of their annual income to make it happen 🌍⚡️ (@UniBonn, 2025)

#ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #Sustainability #GreenFuture #NetZero #ClimateAction #ClimateChange

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Over 1 million daily trips in London could be cycled but aren’t—mostly made by car, bus, or train. @TfL says 62% of motorised trips are cyclable, highlighting huge potential for a shift to bikes 🚲

#CyclingLondon #ActiveTravel #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #Cycling

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Plastic from @CocaCola products will make up over 600m kg of waste annually in oceans & waterways by 2030, enough to fill the stomachs of 18m whales 🐋 This is 40% more #plastic than the company used in 2018, as the company dilutes its #recycling goals ♻️ (@oceana, 2025). #SDG14

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

Moving to a nature-positive economy is estimated to generate $10.1 trillion in annual business value and 395 million jobs by 2030 (@BfNCoalition, 2024)

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

The world’s GDP could halve between 2070 & 2090 due to climate change if governments fail to act (IFoA, 2025). Without action, economic losses will rise as extreme weather events grow more frequent. A 3C+ rise above pre-industrial levels by 2050 could cause over 4 billion deaths.

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

If new homes were built with solar panels, a heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage, occupants would save an average of £1,300 a year, whilst only adding an additional ~£5,000 more at construction (@_MCS_Foundation, 2024) 🏡 ♻️

#SustainableLiving #ClimateAction

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

This year, more than 1,770 oil and gas lobbyists, allied with oil producing countries, were given access to COP 29 (@corporateeurope, 2024). These lobbyists will work to water down the language and targets of @IPCC_CH reports.

Enough is enough.

#ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%. It would take about 1,500 years for someone in the bottom 99% to produce as much CO2 as the richest billionaires do in a year (@Oxfam, 2023).

#ClimateAction #ClimateChange #CarbonEmissions

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40% of people in high-income countries fly at least once a year, contributing to aviation’s 2.5% share of global CO2 emissions. The non-CO2 effects. like contrails, triple aviation’s climate impact ✈️ @TheICCT

#ClimateAction #AviationEmissions #SustainableTravel

[Baxter Tailford @tailford]

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in Dec 22, set targets to protect 30% of global land & water by 2030. Yet, 85% of countries missed the deadline to submit their biodiversity plans, risking critical ecosystems. Time to act! 🌍 #Biodiversity #GlobalGoals