Dr Charlie Gardner

@charliejgardner.bsky.social

Conservationist, activist, writer and researcher, rebelling against extinction

Check out my book What One Person Can Do, the how-to guide for taking action on climate and nature https://geni.us/whatonepersoncando

@doctorvive.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 12:17 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

A new study identifies "a statistically significant doubling of the global warming rate during 2011–25 (0.40 °C per decade) compared to 1971–2025 (0.20 °C per decade)." It also claims that "the ensemble mean of 26 climate models fails to capture the observed doubling of the warming."

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Article Open access Published: 08 October 2026
A recent doubling of global warming rate signals a 1.5 °C
breach by 2028
Qinjian Jin M & Bing Pu
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@greenpeace.eu Oct 12, 2026, 11:55 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

The Hungarian government has just proposed a new wealth tax on the country's super rich

The EU and other governments should be looking to follow suit – especially when their leaders meet in Brussels this week to discuss the EU budget

#TaxTheSuperRich #EUCO #MFF

@france24.com Oct 12, 2026, 11:30 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

🇳🇵Au #Népal, nouvelle crue spectaculaire. Au moins cinq personnes sont portées disparues

@cleanenergywire.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:22 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

Tens of thousands urge EU for climate action at Brussels demonstration

Ahead of a major UN summit, thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Brussels demanding greater action to combat climate change

www.euronews.com/2026/10/11/t...

@charliejgardner.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 11:48 AM

Britain now bounces between heat/drought season and flood season It wasn't that long ago it was pretty safe all year round

@charliejgardner.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 11:42 AM

Investing in reducing our dependence on oil and gas *is* defence spending

@zackpolanski.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:58 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇

Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending

@thierryaaron.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 7:57 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

“For port-based megacities like these, [rising sea levels] means more frequent and costly shocks. Without effective adaptation and coastal protection, which is very costly, large numbers of people may eventually need to relocate"

#ClimateCrisis

@allouryesterdays.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 8:04 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

El Nino is just warming up (sorry, not sorry). The peak sea surface temperature will come in December (probably). The droughts, floods etc have already started. The impacts will be profound. Latest 8 page digest below. Pls share, comment, suggest...

@carolinelucas.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 8:04 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

This would be economically illiterate & environmentally disastrous - and makes us less secure: undermining efforts to reduce energy bills by reducing dependence on gas, increasing vulnerability to global dictators, driving climate emissions & knee capping a market that’s just beginning to take off

@owenjones.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:44 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

At times like this, the mask really comes off the British media. There is no pretence - at all - about their impartiality or objectivity towards the Green Party. It is a blatant naked partisan cross-media assault against the Greens.

@charliejgardner.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 9:18 AM

It's being published in the UK so you'll need to get it from a British retailer and they'll ship it over - thanks for your interest!

@officialznet.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:08 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

When authorities fail to protect communities, collective action can shift the balance.

Tsitsi Bhobo reports how Ndau residents in Zimbabwe and Mozambique united across borders to resist destructive mining and force miners to retreat.

znetwork.org/znetarticle/...

@xrbcp.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 12:51 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

Posters have appeared in Boscombe to promote our Mothers' Rebellion Global Day of Action for Climate Justice peaceful demonstration on Sunday October 25th. Will you be joining us?

@defendourjuries.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:34 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

Two of the press staff arrested under the Terrorism Act at yesterday’s peaceful vigil at Leicester’s UAV Systems work for @pressgazette.co.uk

Five were eventually de-arrested onsite, two others were taken all the way to Northampton and held in cells for hours.

pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fi...

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.

www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

@thorstensterk.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:46 AMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

On 10 October 2026, the first of four citizens’ assemblies to review the COVID-19 pandemic will begin in Wolfsburg. A total of 600 randomly selected citizens are to share their experiences of the pandemic years and develop recommendations for dealing with future crises.

#CitizensAssembly

@charliejgardner.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:32 PM

Our societies have been transformed over the decades, but our political systems are unchanged, have been caprured, and are failing us Democracy needs an upgrade - here's a deliberative democracy starter pack!

@rupertread.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:15 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

Book now: Our major new @climatemajority.bsky.social report on #Climate Popularism, co-authored by @carolinelucas.bsky.social, launches on October 15th. Hear all about it at our online breakfast webinar. Reserve your free spot today!

www.tickettailor.com/events/clima...

@boldpolitics.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:33 PMReposted by @charliejgardner.bsky.social

This man has achieved more in a year outside of parliament than a lot of politicians do in a lifetime. He's rightly taking this moment to thank everyone that tirelessly supported the campaign, but let's put some respect on his name too: big up, Zacky P! We're proud of you x

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