Founder of @UN-recognised @2030hub making the #GlobalGoals local in cities. Not here much - Bluesky - thedavidconnor.bsky.social
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David Connor retweeted
Jun 13
“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature.”
— Hubert Reeves
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Oxford, the longest running continuous weather station in UK history, with temperature observations stretching back to 1815, has preliminarily broken its maximum temperature record for May yesterday by OVER 3ºC with a temperature of 33.7ºC. Unprecedented in its 211-year history.
ALT Spaghetti chart showing Oxford Radcliffe Observatory daily maximum temperatures for every day of the year from 1815 to 2026. 211 years of historical data are shown as very faint grey lines tracing a seasonal cycle from around 5°C in winter to a summer peak of roughly 25–30°C in July and August. A blue smoothed 30-day mean line highlights the average annual temperature cycle. The 2026 line is shown in bold red, running from January through to late May before spiking sharply upward to reach 33.7°C on 26 May, well above the entire historical grey envelope for that time of year. A single dashed red reference line marks the previous May record of 30.6°C set on 29 May 1944. The 2026 reading exceeds this by 3.1°C and, in statistical terms, is the 6th most anomalous maximum temperature in Oxford's 211-year record, ranking as the most anomalous May maximum ever observed and coming within 0.6°C of the all-time June record of 34.3°C set in 1976.
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May 27
RT @KHayhoe: This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.
As a climate scienti…
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David Connor retweeted
May 14
Key thing to the Burnham challenge. To win the seat he has to be able to say explicitly he is coming back to seek to lead the Labour Party in a new direction. Voters will respect and respond to that. If he has to feign loyalty to Starmer people will see through it, and he won't win.
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May 13
Surely the best path is Andy Burnham agreeing to work as adviser with Keir Starmer with a view to future succession.
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David Connor retweeted
May 6
No matter how you vote in the #LocalElections, Labour will hold power nationally for 3 years with a big majority, that won’t change
What WILL change is your local council’s Competence, Accountability & the Quality of Your Public Services
That choice is yours
Your vote matters
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David Connor retweeted
May 6
“We often talk of saving the planet. But the truth is, we must do these things to save ourselves. With or without us, the wild will return.”
— David Attenborough
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David Connor retweeted
Apr 16
You are part of nature,
everything is connected.
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As a recovering ex-Founder, the next steps force perspective.
We are trying to solve a 50-year planetary crisis using 4-year political cycles and quarterly corporate spreadsheets. That isn't news to many, but we need to remind ourselves, urgently...
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David Connor retweeted
Mar 27
A palm oil tycoon is now even destroying Indonesia’s forests that are home to critically endangered orangutans in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the island of Borneo!
news.mongabay.com/2026/03/pa…
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David Connor retweeted
Mar 12
This is difficult to watch, it's embarrassing, it's enraging, it's shameful.
Emma Reynolds the Secretary of State for the Environment and David Hill the head of water at Defra appeared before MPs on Tuesday where they repeated the same old lie, that water company shareholders invest their money in the companies and we, the bill payers, pay them back over 10, 15, 20, 30 years.
Even Ofwat have owned up, that's a lie the £104 billion "private sector investment" is coming directly out of your pockets, your bank account. For God sake just tell the truth.
Barry Gardiner, you're a star. 👏👏👏
Mar 11
Since privatisation water companies have taken more than £85billion in dividend and piled up more than £60billion of debt.
Yet all capital and operational costs are covered by bill payers.
So why keep a privatised structure for a natural monopoly like water?
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It's the end of an era: A Statement on the Future of @2030hub
linkedin.com/pulse/end-era-s…
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David Connor retweeted
"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz."
Bill McKibben
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David Connor retweeted
A new film about societal breakdown is generating discussion, and BBC coverage referencing our work: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g5…
Time to start discussing a Plan B for society if business-as-usual proves too risky.
📅 Join our report launch on 10 Mar, 8:30am: tickettailor.com/events/clim…
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Amazing turnout!
Today we’re at the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2026 at @TheCoopLive helping shape bold climate action and our commitment for carbon neutrality by 2038.
We're celebrating progress on transport, energy, green spaces, waste reduction, and community action.
orlo.uk/WJ8Jx
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ALT TV screen saying GMCA Green Summit 2026 with a large seating and screen in the background.
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David Connor retweeted
Today we’re at the Greater Manchester Green Summit 2026 at @TheCoopLive helping shape bold climate action and our commitment for carbon neutrality by 2038.
We're celebrating progress on transport, energy, green spaces, waste reduction, and community action.
orlo.uk/WJ8Jx
ALT The Coop Live building with blue skies
ALT TV screen saying GMCA Green Summit 2026 with a large seating and screen in the background.
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David Connor retweeted
Feb 26
Earth's heat to power 10,000 homes in renewable energy first for UK bbc.in/4kSBqz0
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David Connor retweeted
Feb 24
If you have been watching #dirtybusiness and you are interested in looking at where sewage is being released -prepare yourself for a shock
Check out sewagemap.co.uk
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David Connor retweeted
Feb 24
"The privatisation of the water industry has failed and is no longer fit for purpose."
287,761 people have already signed @SOSWhitstable's petition, I would really like to see that cross 300,000.
You know what you need to do internet.
change.org/p/return-the-wate…
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David Connor retweeted
#Breaking #news Liverpool City Region and Oxford to create innovation super-power to tackle global challenges.
New partnership to address some of the world’s biggest challenges and lay the foundations for a major new programme to help drive UK economic growth.
It will also maximise collaboration between the UK’s two primary national research and innovation campuses, both operated by the Science & Technology Facilities Council.
Read the story 👇
ow.ly/vQgq50Yi7Yy
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