Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Heatwaves, the meat industry and making fossil fuel companies pay for their actions. A selection of my thoughts on the last fortnight's events.
If you wanna check out the environmental impacts of your diet, this out:
🧮 BBC Calculator: bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46459714
Or go straight to the source with this paper:
🤓 Poore & Nemecek (2018) science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216
+ Top marks if you notice something new about me this week ;)
Contents
00:00 – well this is new
00:40 – Aussie heatwave
03:20 – meat ain’t it
10:36 – the edit gremlin
11:40 – meat still ain’t it
12:30 – make ‘em pay!
#ClimateChange #news
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Thank you SO MUCH to all my fabulous patrons, I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Charles Vane & Sarah Den ♥️
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References and resources
♨️ Australian heatwave
theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/day-and-night-theres-no-relief-five-ways-this-heatwave-is-one-of-australias-worst-on-record
theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/23/australias-worst-heatwave-since-black-summer-made-five-times-more-likely-by-global-heating-analysis-finds
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-eclipses-la-nina-cooling-in-australia-to-drive-extreme-heatwave-and-heightened-fire-risk
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2026/January/Expert-Commentary-extreme-heat-records
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/record-heatwave-south-east-australia-but-change-on-the-horizon/106288238
theconversation.com/where-did-southern-australias-record-breaking-heatwave-come-from-274417
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-eclipses-la-nina-cooling-in-australia-to-drive-extreme-heatwave-and-heightened-fire-risk
🥩 Meat and food impacts
Plinke et al. (2026) nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01284-y
Kortleve et al. (2026) nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01283-z
Mehrabi (2026) nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01288-8
Pais et al. (2022) link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-022-00224-9
Springman et al. (2021) thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00251-5/fulltext
Amicarelli et al. (2021)
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019592552100127X
Poore & Nemecek (2018) science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216
⛽️ Fossil fuels
theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/01/fossil-fuel-firms-may-have-to-pay-for-climate-damage-under-proposed-un-tax
ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels
imf.org/en/topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies
Heatwaves, the meat industry and making fossil fuel companies pay for their actions. A selection of my thoughts on the last fortnight's events.
If you wanna check out the environmental impacts of your diet, this out:
🧮 BBC Calculator: bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46459714
Or go straight to the source with this paper:
🤓 Poore & Nemecek (2018) science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216
+ Top marks if you notice something new about me this week ;)
Contents
00:00 – well this is new
00:40 – Aussie heatwave
03:20 – meat ain’t it
10:36 – the edit gremlin
11:40 – meat still ain’t it
12:30 – make ‘em pay!
#ClimateChange #news
##################################################
Thank you SO MUCH to all my fabulous patrons, I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my Patreon Saints: Steven Cowling, Eliot Bryant, Baerbel Winkler, Patrick Hillberg, Michael Unterweger, James Harley Gorrell, Gary Stark, Charles Vane & Sarah Den ♥️
##################################################
References and resources
♨️ Australian heatwave
theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/day-and-night-theres-no-relief-five-ways-this-heatwave-is-one-of-australias-worst-on-record
theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/23/australias-worst-heatwave-since-black-summer-made-five-times-more-likely-by-global-heating-analysis-finds
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-eclipses-la-nina-cooling-in-australia-to-drive-extreme-heatwave-and-heightened-fire-risk
https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2026/January/Expert-Commentary-extreme-heat-records
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-31/record-heatwave-south-east-australia-but-change-on-the-horizon/106288238
theconversation.com/where-did-southern-australias-record-breaking-heatwave-come-from-274417
worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-eclipses-la-nina-cooling-in-australia-to-drive-extreme-heatwave-and-heightened-fire-risk
🥩 Meat and food impacts
Plinke et al. (2026) nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01284-y
Kortleve et al. (2026) nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01283-z
Mehrabi (2026) nature.com/articles/s43016-025-01288-8
Pais et al. (2022) link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-022-00224-9
Springman et al. (2021) thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(21)00251-5/fulltext
Amicarelli et al. (2021)
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019592552100127X
Poore & Nemecek (2018) science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaq0216
⛽️ Fossil fuels
theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/01/fossil-fuel-firms-may-have-to-pay-for-climate-damage-under-proposed-un-tax
ourworldindata.org/how-much-subsidies-fossil-fuels
imf.org/en/topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies
