Dr Abi Perrin

Thoughts on climate protest and campaigning, four years on from the last time we were having to push back on new UK oil and gas.... www.abiperrin.com/p/after-plan-z

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1/ Today Scientists on Survival welcomed MPs back to Parliament. As @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social & @andyburnham.bsky.social weigh opening #Rosebank & #Jackdaw, MPs must face up to the harm that more CO2 means - & not be misled by spurious industry talking points. A thread 🧵 #ClimateEmergency

The AI boom has caused a surge in tech companies proposing to build massive data centres across the UK. Local communities are pushing back by @abiperrin.bsky.social

No new North Sea drilling - with or without CCS substack.com/home/post/p-...

I don't want to have to engage in protest. I'd rather just get on with my research, and I found it quite emotional But while my government is considering pouring more fuel on the fires, despite everything we know and everything we're experiencing, what else am I supposed to do?

1/ Today Scientists on Survival visited the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero to remind the government of the scientific facts. New oil and gas 🛢️ = more fire 🔥, more extreme weather ⛈️, more food shortages🚫 and more death ☠️. For more details see thread🧵...

This article by @abiperrin.bsky.social with contributions from @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social, @profbillmcguire.bsky.social & me warn the new energy secretary about the dire consequences of green-lighting more oil and gas. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Excellent piece by @abiperrin.bsky.social about our recent letter to the energy secretary, warning the government that accessing new North Sea oil and gas is a very bad idea indeed www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Top UK climate scientists have written to the new energy secretary, urging her to protect lives and livelihoods above polluters’ profits by @abiperrin.bsky.social

I signed this letter because the science is crystal clear: we must keep oil and gas in the ground. Every extra molecule of carbon dioxide emitted drives us deeper into the danger zone. www.thetimes.com/article/c2bb...

"Physics doesn’t care what pleases the industry or is perceived as politically palatable... We know that burning more fossil fuels will accelerate already-severe and escalating threats to life." Full letter via @profbillmcguire.bsky.social: billmcguire.substack.com/p/no-more-north-sea-drilling

We're changing our name: Scientists for XR is now Scientists on Survival (SOS). For 7 years, we've brought together hundreds of scientists across all disciplines, united by one goal: Confronting the catastrophic climate & nature emergency. 1/4🧵 scientistsonsurvival.org

As someone in this picture I find it a little odd that @natureportfolio.nature.com chose this image to illustrate the point. We were very careful when choosing a slogan for our signs that it be scientificly defenceable. "Science says New Oil & Gas = Death" is a plain statement of fact 🧵

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Leads on paid work are especially appreciated at the moment 🙏 Open to opportunities outside my climate communication & campaigning comfort zones... with a strong preference for roles that can use my scientist skills to make things slighlty-less-on-fire. www.abiperrin.com/p/finding-wo...

Activists disrupted the Exeter Climate Forum conference, protesting an event sponsor whose clients include fossil fuel companies by @abiperrin.bsky.social

“…there are so many ways our institutions and systems constrain, delay, complicate and stifle that action. Whilst opinion about the protest’s tactics was divided, I didn’t hear much to defend the conference’s choice of sponsor.” www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

The opening of a climate conference I'm attending was disrupted by protests. Read why via @thecanaryuk.bsky.social www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

The Royal Household has shared new documents on their finances, but the new information does little to confront concerns about the wealth by @abiperrin.bsky.social

With extreme weather and war wreaking havoc on football in communities around the world, the sport's entanglement with fossil fuels further endangers the game itself by @abiperrin.bsky.social

Our world is on fire, yet big banks like JP Morgan Chase, Barclays and HSBC are *still* backing fossil fuels. If this makes you want to find a better bank, head to bank.green @bankgreen.bsky.social

"We are most effective when we work together" Our event in Manchester on 27 June aims to bring concerns about climate, jobs and unethical AI uses together. It would be great if you could share on here, and with your campaign networks 🙏 actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...

True to all stereotypes, I'm here to ruin the heatwave. But, more seriously, this heat is a taste of much worse to come... but together we have a choice about how fast, how bad and how unjust we allow this to continue.

Punishment of protest has become excessive and repressive, new report says Repression of peaceful protest – whether through policing, new laws, trends in the courts, or the use of imprisonment – has become “routine” in the UK. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

As the repression of peaceful protest becomes excessive and routine in the UK, it has never been more important to: 1. know our rights 2. defend them 3. put them to good use. More from me here 👇

As Prince William prepares to sell one-fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall, how do the Royals’ claims of pursuing social and environmental good measure up? by @abiperrin.bsky.social

Politicians and public attend Climate Emergency Briefing in York Chris Packham: ‘You must listen to the science. Because if you don’t, then things go wrong and lives are lost.’ @nebriefing.bsky.social @abiperrin.bsky.social @rachaelmaskell.bsky.social climatewithbrian.com/2026/05/10/p...

The People’s Emergency Briefing: essential viewing A 50-minute film brings home the immediacy of the need to address the climate crisis and how it is already impacting on our daily lives By Su O'Brien

🚨 NEW LEGAL CAMPAIGN 1️⃣ UK Carbon Budgets must follow science & international law 2️⃣ Crowdfunder 👉 www.crowdjustice.com/case/carbon-... Please help #CarbonReckoning to build team of expert lawyers 3️⃣ Read more🧵 below @kevinclimate.bsky.social @abiperrin.bsky.social @sabincenter.bsky.social

Communities across the UK are living with climate chaos, but these issues have largely been absent from this year's local election campaigns by @abiperrin.bsky.social

After writing this I'm left wondering who Drax's board are more afraid of? Is it the activists who have disrupted previous AGMs... or the incoming visitors from the USA who have once again travelled here to hold them accountable for the impacts of their pellet mills on frontline communities?

“If Drax has nothing to hide, why not face us directly?” The story of UK's largest carbon emitter's latest attempts to avoid accountability... and to silence the inconvenient activists standing in their way. My second piece for the @thecanaryuk.bsky.social: www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Is it a sensible use of state resources to be prosecuting activists for... releasing a lobster? Sorry you had to go through this @smartyfish.bsky.social!

My first foray into journalism is an 'educational lobster' tale. 🦞 It's about animal welfare but also about the priorities of the criminal justice system in an increasingly unstable world.

⚠️ Scientific institutions’ responses to the Emergency have been slow and limited 🌱 But they *could* evolve rapidly, and accelerate action across society 👇 My essay on how, coinciding with its publication in @greenlabguy.bsky.social's book www.abiperrin.com/p/changing-mindsets-not-just-lightbulbs