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John Marsham retweeted
Last year, leading scientists briefed MPs on the risks facing the UK
The film version is spreading nationwide as communities & workplaces screen the People’s Emergency Briefing
Our latest @FinancialTimes ad. Concept @UtopiaBureau @bencarey @henrikdelehag
nebriefing.org/screening-map
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Looking forward to @ClimateIlkley screening in May
🚨Screenings up & down UK from April🚨
The People’s Emergency Briefing.
A new film building on last year’s National Emergency Briefing. A friendlier, watch-together version that pulls no punches and inspires action.
Learn more here;
nebriefing.org/the-film
#PEBuk
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John Marsham retweeted
.@RoryStewartUK & @campbellclaret
unfortunately couldn’t make it to the National Emergency Briefing.
Would they consider having @MikeBernersLee
on #Leading please?
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the UK threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity. #NEB2025
Professor @MikeBernersLee at the National Emergency Briefing. Clips from his opening and closing statements.
"We are asking for a WW2 level of leadership. Leadership, as if the survival of our society depends on it.
Because it does."
#NEB2025 #NationalEmergencyBriefing
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Climate Crisis provides essential context for all politics - trade thro & conflict over the melting Arctic, mass migration, materials for renewables/batteries, global food & water supplies, fossil-fuel lobbying of parties & govs. How can RestIsPolitics not cover the @nebriefing ?
.@RoryStewartUK & @campbellclaret
unfortunately couldn’t make it to the National Emergency Briefing.
Would they consider having @MikeBernersLee
on #Leading please?
Mike chaired the NEB and sets out the UK threats - and the choices ahead - with exceptional clarity. #NEB2025
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15 Dec 2025
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Say it how it is @BBCNews , "The climate crisis, caused by burning fossil fuels, is driving increases in such extreme weather fluctuations"
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwy…
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9 Dec 2025
Media always want brevity. A shame
@FinancialTimes cut my quote on @nebriefing
& what warming means for things that matter, e.g. UK food supply & national security. And that action is a long-term financial opportunity despite small short-term cost.
ft.com/content/9e0eb30a-3c4b…
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John Marsham retweeted
7 Dec 2025
Please sign the open letter to Keir Starmer and UK broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing.
People have the right to know about the serious threats facing this country, and that we could be doing so much more.
nebriefing.org/open-letter-k…
#NEB2025 #TimeToStepUp
ALT Screenshot of the open letter to Sir Keir Starmer, Tim Davie of the BBC, Carolyn McCall of ITV and other national broadcasters, showing the signatory count now at 39,655.
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John Marsham retweeted
2 Dec 2025
Let us not forget to congratulate all those MPs and Peers who attended the National Emergency Briefing.
Nothing can be changed until it is faced.
#NationalEmergencyBriefing
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2 Dec 2025
Again climate crisis tagged on by @BBCNews & an overly weak statement. Climate crisis is increasing extreme rainfall all over the world & this is the latest example. Will worsen until net-zero
"It is likely that climate change has also had a part to play" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4…
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1 Dec 2025
This quick summary of the @nebriefing National Emergency Briefing event in Westminster, by Dave Borlace, is very good if you want the 25 minute version.
And please sign the letter: nebriefing.org
youtube.com/watch?v=8sa7uh19…
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1 Dec 2025
Please sign this.
Effective democracy relies on a well-informed electorate, and quality information is urgently given decades of mis-direction & information from fossil-fuel lobbying.
1 Dec 2025
Over 25,000 people have already signed the letter to Keir Starmer and national broadcasters calling for a televised emergency briefing.
nebriefing.org/open-letter-k… #NEB2025
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1 Dec 2025
Climate tagged on end, not at heart of story as it should be. Plus unnecessary caveats @BBCNews . "While it is hard to link individual extreme weather events to climate change, scientists say ...".
We CAN state climate change plays a role in this tragedy bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g4…
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Meanwhile @nebriefing on Thur MPs were warned of threat to UK from climate crisis, including floods, food shortages & national security, and risk of collapse the Atlantic ocean circulation our entire climate depends on. Yet silence from @BBCNews
1 Dec 2025
John Marsham
@BBCNews how can you not even mention climate change here? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz…
Or here? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yq…
It should be in the headline, "Climate crisis causes..."
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John Marsham
@BBCNews how can you not even mention climate change here? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyz…
Or here? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yq…
It should be in the headline, "Climate crisis causes..."
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28 Nov 2025
Great to see @ZackPolanski communicating,
"Action is an opportunity NOT a cost".
Despite what so many @nebriefing speakers said much media seems to focus on only the (admittedly terrifying) threats.
28 Nov 2025
‘Taking action is not a sacrifice, it’s not even a problem, taking action is the opportunity here’ @ZackPolanski
Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer and all public service broadcasters below:
nebriefing.org/open-letter-k…
#climatecrisis #netzero #NEB2025 #cop30
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John Marsham retweeted
27 Nov 2025
At today’s National Emergency Briefing, Chris Packham delivered a clear message: act now. Decision-makers must step up and tackle the climate crisis before it’s too late. Add your signature to the open letter to Keir Starmer.
#climatecrisis #neb2025
nebriefing.org/open-letter-k…
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27 Nov 2025
And citizens assemblies strongly favour a frequent flier tax - to logically tax the highest emitters most
26 Nov 2025
Drivers of Electric cars taxed for not burning fossil fuels - people flying pay no tax for burning the most per passenger mile - our approach to tax lacks consistency or logic.
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27 Nov 2025
Another key message of @nebriefing of course that UK action saves money - even if others don't act. (But powerful vested interests funding denial and delay).
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27 Nov 2025
Hard to convey the energy of @nebriefing today. Military, health & economic speakers so important: climate threatens much. But we have win-wins. Paraphrasing Lt General Nugee (@RNugee ). In the military you learn "You have to face the threat as it is. Not as you wish it to be."
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15 Nov 2025
""The Monnow broke its banks - that is unprecedented in Monmouth." But no mention of WHY from @BBCNews #ClimateCrisis bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c74j…
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