EPISODE 24: How to talk about the climate crisis from the head of UN Climate Comms

In this special episode of News from a World in Flux, Clare Farrell is joined by Martina Donlon, Global Climate Communications lead for the United Nations. Clare and Martina discuss the challenges of climate communications in the current geopolitical situation and the role of climate movements in driving change.

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Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 23: What should we do next?

In Aug 2023 in Episode 1 of NFAWIF Clare and Charlie discussed Project 2025. Trump’s now been elected and is dismantling the US state and backtracking on all climate action, while in the UK, Labour has gone all in for growth over the environment. Banks and big businesses are rolling back their climate commitments, and FF companies are rolling back their renewables targets. We should be making serious progress by now, but instead we’re going backwards. So in this episode Clare and Charlie ask: where next for the climate movement?

References:

Gail Bradbrook Analysis
https://buymeacoffee.com/gailbradbrook/so-now-what

Humanity Project
https://humanityproject.uk/

XRUK strategy
https://extinctionrebellion.uk/2025/02/03/xruk-strategy-2025-26/

Climate populism
https://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2025/02/its-time-for-climate-populism

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Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 22: Unexpected warming, legal success, and how many will die

This time, Clare and Charlie cover a new scientific paper warning that global warming is accelerating, the bad framing of bats and newts vs growth, the legal cases brought against the government concerning new fossil fuel infrastructure and a report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries into climate risks.

References:

New Hansen paper - global warming has accelerated 2C is dead
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00139157.2025.2434494
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/04/climate-change-target-of-2c-is-dead-says-renowned-climate-scientist

January was +1.75C
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/hottest-january-on-record-climate-scientists-global-temperatures-high

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries paper on climate risks
https://actuaries.org.uk/media-release/current-climate-policies-risk-catastrophic-societal-and-economic-impacts/

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