A study came out yesterday where the scientists failed to find anything: short thread on an interestingly boring report A study with no finding: sounds boring. Indeed it got zero coverage, so I guess journalists/editors felt the same. But actually the failure to get a result is what makes it so important.

There's something interesting going on in today's ONS data on food price inflation - thread Overall food inflation is down a little, but still above 18% - a big factor in the cost of living. And some items have gone up way more than that:

YouGov have just issued a correction to how the Sun reported this poll. The graphic claimed 62% agree "ministers should prioritise keeping prices down over net zero". But that wasn't the question!

https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/status/1671073248253992962

The data tables have been updated to show that the question actually was this - an important difference because it made an explicit assumption in the question docs.cdn.yougov.com/mktpkhzrbr/The…

I keep seeing this claim that you have to use a cotton tote bag 20,000x for it to be more environmentally friendly than plastic bags. Can it really be true? Short thread... The stat fits into a space that appeals to some people. It's about greens being more into pro-planet vibes than things that feel polluting but are actually environmentally friendly (see also, nuclear).

THREAD: Today's study on what sea-level rise means for England is fascinating. And it points out a huge political problem that almost no-one is grappling with. Here's the BBC report, by @JonahFisherBBC bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

The new IPCC climate report is a lot to take in, 2500+ pages, 34,000 papers cited etc. And there’s a war on. Here’s my tl;dr thread: The world has warmed 1.1°C and people are suffering. Extreme heat, heavy rain, fires, sea-level rise, dangerous cyclones: all now worse because of climate change and killing, injuring & impoverishing people.

THREAD: opponents of the UK's net zero climate change policy claim it doesn't have a democratic mandate. It's an interesting claim that deserves unpicking. Ending overall carbon emissions was new in the 2019 election: it wasn't in the manifestos of any of the main parties in 2017. You can compare them here, thanks to @carbonbrief carbonbrief.org/election-2017-… carbonbrief.org/election-2019-…

The Talking Politics podcast is brilliant - but on the recent climate change episode, David Runciman made an important, and common, mistake. Here's what he said: I often hear people say the young are most worried about climate change. We just need the olds to not screw it up until the next generation comes to fix it.

Why does it matter that climate change is getting in the news? Short thread about #ExtinctionRebellion, school strikes, Greta in London and the BBC documentary. Context: to stop warming hitting dangerous levels, emissions have to fall a few % a year, till they’re at zero in a generation. They're still rising.