James Kirkham
Climate 🌡️ | Glaciology 🧊 | Science diplomacy 🗺️ | Policy 📜
Chief Science Advisor and Coordinator of the ‘Ambition on Melting Ice’ high level group on Sea-Level Rise and Mountain Water Resources
ambitionmeltingice.org/membership/
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- Reposted by James KirkhamAmazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
- Reposted by James KirkhamTrump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
- Reposted by James KirkhamMerriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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- As scientists 🧪 who regularly attend UN #climate summits, we've noticed efforts to downplay, confuse and dilute the latest scientific findings, especially from the cryosphere ❄️. This is alarming. More details in @theconversation.com theconversation.com/earths-froze... @geogdurham.bsky.social
- #Glacier #extinction rates will peak within decades, with thousands of glaciers disappearing each year by 2040s. Peak extinction rates in #Alps will be reached in the 2030s. Urgent policy action can still prevent thousands of glaciers from being lost per year. 🧪❄️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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- Reposted by James KirkhamIt's day 12 of #COP30 and finally we have movement on the text. In summary, it looks like the small minority of opponents of transitioning away from fossil fuels have been allowed to run roughshod over this text. But let's dive in...
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- Fire breaks out at #COP30, venue evacuated - AFP youtu.be/v-6GB6WC70s?...
- Reposted by James KirkhamClimate variations over the last 2000 years provide valuable context and help answer questions about how unusual the recent changes are. Now with added global sea level rise: climatelabbook.substack.com/p/climate-ch... Graphics: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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- For anyone currently in #Belem for #COP30 strolling down the river on your rest Sunday thinking I really fancy a spot of science and storytelling... I will be speaking (and floating!) at sunset (6.30 pm) on the Guama River about polar ice loss and the global ocean in a warming world. Come and join!
- Reposted by James KirkhamCOP30 COMPLAINTS: At the "subsidiary bodies" closing plenary earlier, many countries were "concerned" & "disappointed" over conclusions that failed to endorse IPCC as "best available science" & failed to fully reflect latest research Here's what they said 🧵
- This should be one of the major stories of #COP30, with a much more ambitious text quashed by a small number of states
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- Launch of @iccinet.bsky.social 2025 State of the Cryosphere Report yesterday evening is featured on @theguardian.com #COP30 feed today: We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Although not as bad as in the press room apparently... bsky.app/profile/ed-k...
- And update - as @wwattribution.bsky.social talks about extreme weather attribution - it is raining so hard here that rain is dripping through the #COP30 conference roof
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- And update - as @wwattribution.bsky.social talks about extreme weather attribution - it is raining so hard here that rain is dripping through the #COP30 conference roof
- #COP30 kicks off with Earth Information Day with findings that global temperatures between Jan-Aug2025 averaged 1.42C
- #COP30 kicks off with Earth Information Day with findings that global temperatures between Jan-Aug2025 averaged 1.42C
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- Reposted by James KirkhamLast year, @michaelfwehner.bsky.social and Jim Kossin made the scientific case for a Cat6 cyclone. This week, Hurricane Melissa became the 6th storm in recorded history to smash through that threshold, with max winds of 216mph. And conditions leading to these storms are on the rise. Read more:
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- Reposted by James KirkhamThe ethical use case for SRM is one in which governance conditions fail to enable adequately rapid decarbonization, and then there is a revolutionary change in governance that allows effective and equitable management of SRM
- Reposted by James KirkhamThe world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies should shoulder a major share of the investment needed to develop carbon removal technologies, according to a new peer-reviewed study in @climate-policy.bsky.social. #carbonmajors #CDR #climatepolicy
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- The 2025 Global Tipping Points Report is released today, written by 160 authors from 23 countries. The report assesses the risks and impacts of Earth system tipping points and the opportunities presented by acting on positive tipping points for climate action. global-tipping-points.org #COP30
- Shocking images of the shrinkage of Swiss glaciers Switzerland's glaciers have lost 25% of their ice in the last 10 years 🌊🧪❄️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Reposted by James KirkhamThis is a brilliant demolition of Kemi Badenoch's nonsense about the Climate Change Act by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Reposted by James KirkhamTrump spreading fossil fuel propaganda lies at the UN - what an embarrassing president for the US.
- Trump's UN speech was one of his most unfiltered and extended climate denial riffs ever, full of falsehoods, lies and distortions. “I’m really good at predicting things...I don’t say that in a braggadocios way, but it’s true. I’ve been right about everything.” www.eenews.net/articles/con...
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- "results were mixed. The LLM... effectively summed up commentary content... for a lay audience. However, it tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity... extensive editing for hyperbole was needed... It also struggled to highlight more than one result from multifaceted studies."
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- The UK Government has clarified that it is opposed to polar #geoengineering "This week a group of 42 polar scientists published analysis which found that proposed geoengineering techniques were not feasible and could even be “environmentally dangerous”. committees.parliament.uk/committee/62...
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- Reposted by James Kirkham"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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