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Strong correlation between rising global temp/CO2 & the number of UK people slammed in jail for climate action. It's like locking up ambulance drivers for trying to save lives. The UK once gloried in its freedom to protest versus oppressive Eastern Europe. theguardian.com/world/2024/decโฆ

๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ - 2024 There have been some huge milestones in the campaign for a high-carbon advertising ban this year. As we near 2025, we're looking back at some of this year's big moments. Here are a few highlights from the first half of 2024. ๐งต




The worldโs biggest ad firm, WPP, says its climate-friendly but last year had the most fossil fuel contracts of any agency. We just reported them to the international watchdog on corporate responsibility for breaking rules on climate & human rights๐ independent.co.uk/climate-changeโฆ


๐จ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ In 'Stranded Fans' we reveal the alarming cost to fans' pockets and the planet when they cannot get home after the final whistle. Here are some of the key findings. ๐ก๐งต Full research: cooldownclimate.org/resources/straโฆ



If children eat more after seeing just 5 mins of junk food ads, imagine what constant exposure to ads for SUVs, flights & high carbon lifestyles does to people's climate impacts. Time to stop promoting our own self destruction & have a tobacco-style ad ban theguardian.com/society/2025/mโฆ

Hot news - literally heating the planet - from our partners in South Africa about the Comrades Marathon ๐ with words from the wonderful Damo Taylor.bsky.social & human running miracle Jasmin Paris... TheGreenRunners Runner's World UK AW BBC Sport Sport Positive

The oil company behind Rosebank - the UKโs biggest untapped oilfield - has been quietly targeting children in UK schools with a fossil fuelโfriendly computer game. ๐ข๏ธ๐ฎ This is cyber greenwashing - the new and disturbing tactic of polluting industries. ๐งต thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-0โฆ

As fans & players swelter in dangerous heat, FIFA makes itself a billboard promoting the very polluters heating the planet, like oil giant Aramco (& the competition sponsored by car maker/major polluter Honda) as bad if not worse than tobacco sponsorship theguardian.com/football/2025/โฆ

๐จ We're kicking off London Climate Action Week with Ad Brake. Join Badvertisingโs Robbie Gillett alongside a lineup of whistleblowers, journalists & creatives exploring how to take on polluter ads. ๐๏ธ Mon 23 June, 6โ8pm ๐ Curzon Soho ๐๏ธ Register now: londonclimateactionweek.org/event/ad-brakeโฆ


๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ง: On Mon 7 July, MPs will debate a ban on fossil fuel ads and sponsorship. This is a pivotal moment for the UK to tackle Big Oil like it did Big Tobacco. โ๏ธ Ask your MP to show up. It takes just 2 mins. ๐ Use our email template tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/urgentโฆ



Matt Rendell @[email protected] does a powerful job calling out the pervasive and toxic, yet normalised sportswash by big, polluting fossil fuel sponsors in elite cycling (as in sport more generally). Important broadcasting and proper journalism where it is needed... ๐

The ICJ ruled states may be liable if failing to act on non-climate compliant fossil fuel industries. It is a very small step to the same applying to sectors co-dependent on fossil fuels, like aviation, SUV makers and, even advertisers. New The Ecologist theecologist.org/2025/jul/29/leโฆ

๐จ ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ Andrew Simms of Badvertising breaks down a major ruling by the International Court of Justice for the Ecologist. Here's why the ICJ ruling marks a turning point for climate action. ๐งต theecologist.org/2025/jul/29/leโฆ