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To everyone saying this summer is the ‘new normal’ - no, no it’s not. We will keep getting hotter and more extreme. Next years El Niño could give a glimpse of that.

In today's edition of The maths ain't mathing:

Most challenges are easier if you tackle them with like-minded friends. Is this the first signal that Ed Milliband's move from DESNZ to Foreign Office will help push climate action further and faster, by finding friends who want to do the same?

The planet is burning - how does that make you feel? Stories have the power to change attitudes and share perspectives. This piece explores their power in helping us deal with unnameable emotions. #ClimateComms theconversation.com/how-storytel...

How storytelling can help articulate emotions that evolve as the climate changesCreative works can represent emotions emerging so fast that our brains can’t quite catch up with them.theconversation.com

Let's hope that some Telegraph readers are reading this, after years of climate denial being pushed on them, and starting to see the relevance of Orwell: 'The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.'

This is my favourite wrap-up-warm wool jumper. Now with some visible mending: Years more wear A splash of my fave colour And a talking point about repair and reuse and personalisation in a throw-away culture.

How productive would you be if you were worried about water rationing and the low pressure of your shower? Are the data centres that are taking our water using it for computing power to help cure cancer, or to make videos of dancing cats for AI slop? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body saysIndustry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’www.theguardian.com

So sad I'm missing this, but Kendal peeps, do go! It's gonna be fun and political and pintical.

Just in time for summer holiday reading! If you write for social media / web / policy papers / press releases / B2B… if comms is part of your role - your writing will benefit from reading great writers. Get stuck in!

Even though you know it, it's still a sucker punch to see it written so starkly. My son will never know the climate that I knew.

If someone wants to play games with you, don’t play. And that way, you win. Check mate Nige babes.

Most people care! We need to talk about it more so we all realise that most of us care! The Perception Gap on climate is still worryingly large. See also previous post: People care. Disinformation bots & algorithms don’t.

I’m an atheist. And I’m applauding this Pope’s comms delivery - he gets that what you says can have less impact than what you are seen to do… and not do. Symbolism. Imagery. Who you associate with. Powerful comms Pope, nice work.

All of us who post climate content on Instagram should read this. TLDR: It’s not you. It’s them (bots, haters and disinformation spreaders, pushed by Metas fossil fuel friendly algorithm).

Big up all the Smug Solars - people with panels spreading the word that renewables make their bills sooooooo cheap. Annoying? Well a bit. Using social proof to shift attitudes even against mass disinformation campaigns? Hell yer. Get a panel. Shout it from the solar covered rooftops!

“Worrying”, “terrifying” and “bonkers” - when scientists use words like this, we should all be scared shi1less. Humans learn well from experience. Recent heatwaves made climate change 'feel' real. But 90% of our excess heat goes into our oceans, unseen and unfelt - and yet even more scary.

Strong stuff from @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social on how Brexit has left our environment worse. Joining the National Trust, RSBP and WWT in becoming outspoken, activist organisations - representing millions of members. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/ten-yea... “It could have been very different...

Ten years on from the vote: Brexit has turned the UK grey not green | The Wildlife TrustsA new report commissioned by The Wildlife Trusts has uncovered the decade-long decline of the UK’s environment since the EU Referendum.www.wildlifetrusts.org

Sometimes scientists predictions for tech are a little, well, off. TLDR: Carbon Capture: Hyped up. Not delivering. Solar: Hyped up. Delivery going off like a rocket to a sun drenched sky! ☀️ From projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

Huge fan of Hubbub, they look at the real barriers to change - culture, convenience, social proof. This is the collab we need to drive decarbonisation in our homes!

Fascinating post about AI use, and how we can feel 'tricked' by someone using AI but not stating that. Do we always value human-human interactions more? Is it the sense of deceit by hiding AI use? Or do we doubt the author's real innate knowledge? (Which seems to be backed up by a poor Q&A)