Adam Corner
Climate communication @climateoutreach & @CAST_Centre
Climate/music/politics words @guardian @crackmagazine @newsci @nytopinion @vice @thefacemagazine
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New study links air pollution to 15 percent of COVID-19 deaths
Researchers say deaths linked to COVID-19 and air pollution represent ‘potentially avoidable, excess mortality’.
Adam Corner
15% (6000 people) of covid 19 deaths avoidable if we didn't have toxic air
How many more more avoidable if we didn't have toxic inequality?
Covid has shone a light on systemic risk. We can't ignore this & obsess about vaccines and moonshots
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SB7882 Research Associate (Fixed Term, Part Time) - Jobs at Bath
We are looking for a highly motivated fixed-term Research Associate to join our vibrant environmental psychology research group.
‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study
Report by the More in Common thinktank found that 12% of voters accounted for 50% of all social media users
Adam Corner
here's a Guardian piece previewing some of the @MiC_Global findings - climate is an issue that, more than others, can bring people together
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Britain Talks Climate: a toolkit for engaging the British public on climate change - Climate Outreach
Against a backdrop of growing concern about polarisation, our Britain Talks Climate project – to be released on 18 November – will support the climate community by providing an evidence-based, shared and […]
Adam Corner
We've been working on something big: a toolkit for avoiding a culture war on climate change
Coming on 18th Nov, and based on research led by @MiC_Global released today, Britain Talks Climate is a resource to engage across the whole of society 👀
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Welcome to the Final Battle for the Climate
The great powers have taken big steps to fight global warming. Now attention turns to the rest of the world.
The ‘Hard Times Gives Us Good Music’ Myth Doesn’t Work In 2020
Comparing Britain's current economic climate to the swinging 60s, 70s punk or 80s and 90s rave culture is a lie convenient to those with power and money.
Richard Dawson | Barbican
Northumbrian songsmith Richard Dawson invites you to join him as he livestreams a special solo set that showcases his time-traveling, shape-shifting songcraft.
Residents’ victory as another billboard removed in St Werburgh’s - Adfree Cities
The billboard, which had at the time been home to a multinational bank advertisement, will no longer be in use and has been removed, leaving St Werburgh’s with very few active billboard hoardings remaining.
Job offer: EU policy consultant on politics for sustainable lifestyles (full-time) (f,m,d) - Zoe. Institute for future-fit economies
Adam Corner
Nice job on the politics of sustainable lifestyles going here at the Zoe Institute in Bonn
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The government's secretive Covid contracts are heaping misery on Britain | George Monbiot
Bypassing the NHS and handing crucial services to corporate executives has led to the catastrophic failure of test and trace, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Adam Corner
“Why is failure rewarded...you might expect the government’s Anti-Corruption Champion to investigate. Or perhaps not. He is John Penrose MP, Dido Harding’s husband.”
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170,000 jobs in UK's live music sector 'will be lost by Christmas'
Industry faces 80% decline in revenues this year amid Covid shutdown, research shows
Adam Corner
This is so sad - 2/3 of the jobs in live music industry likely to disappear altogether unless we can get hold of this virus and get things running again. Test & Trace has failed us all
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Jacinda Ardern considers coalition despite New Zealand election landslide
Prime minister says she will be ready to form a government in two to three weeks as New Zealanders enjoy return to normal life
Adam Corner
I'm sure the Dalai Lama's praise for boris johnson is just delayed by the covid post
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Pubs and cafes to be charged £100 for new street seating licence
The council was making hospitality venues pay a daily fee that mounted up to £7,000 a year
The music industry has been left to die - UnHerd
The pandemic has all but silenced the sector, and the Government is complacent at best
The rebel scientists’ cause would be more persuasive if it weren’t so half-baked | Sonia Sodha
The ‘Great Barrington declaration’ makes claims about herd immunity that its signatories have failed to back up
People, not carbon emissions, should be at the heart of the west's climate action | Aruna Chandrasekhar
In focusing on targets, activists from rich countries risk putting metrics above the lives of vulnerable people, says Aruna Chandrasekhar, an independent journalist from India
A B.C. research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — and found the results were 'beautifully surprising' | CBC News
A joint study done by the University of British Columbia and a Vancouver charitable organization found that the money helped those in need find stable housing faster and saved the shelter system thousands of dollars a year.
Getty Images partners with Climate Visuals to launch guidelines helping brands and businesses use visuals which incite change - Climate Outreach
NEW YORK – October 7, 2020: Getty Images has today unveiled new research which shows that climate, and sustainability more broadly, are still key issues for people even amid the […]
Adam Corner
Here's @climatevisuals partnering with @GettyImages to create 'Visualising Sustainability' guidelines for the businesses & brands they work with
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