A Danish scientist counted bugs on the same windshield, same road, same conditions, every year for 20 years. By year 20, 80% of the insects were gone. In Germany, a group of volunteer bug scientists did something even bigger. They set traps in 63 nature reserves, not farms, protected land, and weighed everything they caught. Same traps, same method, 27 years straight. The total weight of flying bugs dropped 76%. In midsummer, when insects should be peaking, it was 82% gone. A follow-up in 2020 and 2021 checked again. No recovery. In the UK, they literally ask drivers to count splats on their license plates after a trip. The 2024 count came back 63% lower than just 2021. Three years. A 2020 study pulled together 166 surveys from 1,676 locations around the world. Land insects are disappearing at roughly 9% every ten years. Here’s where it hits your plate. About 75% of the food crops we grow depend on insects to pollinate them, everything from apples to almonds to coffee. One 2025 study modeled what a full pollinator collapse would look like: food prices jump 30%, the global economy takes a $729 billion hit, and the world loses 8% of its Vitamin A supply. Birds are already feeling it. North America has lost 2.9 billion birds since 1970. A study from just weeks ago found half of 261 bird species on the continent are now in serious decline, and the losses are speeding up in farming regions. The birds that eat insects lost 2.9 billion. The birds that don’t eat insects? They gained 26 million. That ratio tells the whole story. One of the German researchers behind the 27-year study drives a Land Rover. He says it has the aerodynamics of a refrigerator. It stays clean now.

At the moment, all said and done, we may need to continue flying with IndiGo - but it will be with reluctance, and a sense of trepidation. (n/n)

We really need, and the regulator must enable: • more landing slots for Air India and Akasa • more competition overall via newer airlines • zero compromise on safety — no matter who’s pressuring whom. (5/n)

India’s aviation sector is essentially a duopoly right now, with IndiGo holding dominant power and treating customer service like an afterthought. (4/n)

If true, that’s extremely alarming. My sympathy is with the crew stuck in the middle, but the airline’s management has shown shockingly poor competence and disregard for customers. (3/n)

Passengers showed remarkable patience despite growing frustration. Several IndiGo pilots dead-heading on the same flight said they believe this chaos is deliberately engineered — a pressure tactic to force the regulator to roll back recent, safety-focused crew duty limits. (2/n)

Join @nalinagain, Founding Partner at @CCollectiveNet and Co-anchor of the #ClimateTech Pavilion at #StartupMahakumbh - the world's largest startup event. Be a part of thought-provoking discussions on transformative climate solutions and innovations.

“Who could you call, and who would answer? #India Answered” - @kaminajsmith Watch this fantastic discussion on the #GlobalSouth and #SouthRising here - youtu.be/1JJVGXgr9JY?si=CWoA… @DrSJaishankar @HughToddgt @JoaoCravinho

On the sidelines of the 3️⃣rd #SFWG Meeting in #Mahabalipuram, the #G20India delegates took part in a workshop that shed light on policy measures and financial instruments for catalysing the rapid development & deployment of green and low-carbon technologies.

AND IT'S A WRAP!! This year more than 2500 people registered for 54 events with 25 speakers on board, a success for #ClimateStartupWeek 2022. The amount of interest you have shown in #pitchevents, #webinars, #expert panels, and #networking events has been overwhelming.

In the 2010s, adult flu vaccine uptake never broke 50%. It's so predictable that we don't even make shots for 1/3 of the population. A lot of that is because people don't take flu seriously. But folks, you should and I'll tell you why. Here's the FULL case for flu vaccination🧵

Incredibly promising to see such a large acceleration of venture capital investment into climate tech (h/t @azeem)

Dear ambassador @AmbWieserIndia require your urgent assistance for Indian Junior National Team visa for World Cups and World Championships in Austria! @austria_rodel Athletes have been waiting in Delhi for long! 🙏🏽🙏🏽 @WeAreTeamIndia @FIL_Luge @MFA_Austria @DrSJaishankar @M_Lekhi

The emissions of rich US Americans are extreme to the point of being violent. Also, emissions in China are a fraction of the Western average. Even the rich emit *less than the poorest 50%* of Anglo-Americans. An important corrective to Western narratives. ft.com/content/4788beae-9035…

If we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions we should not be paying people to burn fossil-fuels. #COP26

WOW The @IEA just published a new forecast for renewable growth It is… * 25% higher than Nov20 forecast * 40% above May 2020 The IEA says it's "exceptional" – but also the "new normal" It means renewables will account for 90% of *all* new capacity carbonbrief.org/exceptional-…

This new paper in Nature is a real breakthrough. It suggests that if we want to achieve the 1.5C climate target without relying on risky negative emissions schemes or speculative assumptions about GDP/energy decoupling, we need degrowth in rich countries. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

CT scans are being used indiscriminately for COVID, and patients are often being asked to get hospitalized or follow certain therapies because of severity scores on scans. I discuss @the_hindu why this isn’t scientific and should be discouraged. 1/n