Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 33: The true cost of AI and a COP replacement?

In this episode, Clare and Charlie discuss the first Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels conference held in Santa Marta Colombia in April 2026. They also look at what data centres and a booming AI industry means for the environment and beyond.

REFERENCES

Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels Conference
https://transitionawayconference.com/

Key Outcomes from Santa Marta - Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org/santa-marta-key-outcomes-from-first-summit-on-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels/

The AI Climate Hoax Report
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12l1W4W25b-_ff6yFNJABkfal9_9oevxe/view

New datacentres risk doubling Great Britain’s electricity use - Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/23/new-datacentres-risk-doubling-uk-electricity-use-ofgem-peak-demand

UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres - Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/26/uk-departments-at-odds-over-energy-demands-of-ai-datacentres

The Thermodynamic Endgame of Industrial Civilization
https://kasperbenjamin.substack.com/p/the-thermodynamic-endgame-of-industrial Data Centre Watch report https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report

---------------------

Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate!
https://ko-fi.com/worldinflux

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 32: Smashing JP Morgan, AMOC collapse, tipping points, and jury cuts

In this episode, Clare and Charlie unpack the latest climate science looking at the “Hothouse Earth” trajectory and accelerating tipping points, the growing risks around the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and what it means to lose control of the Earth system. They also discuss the acquittal of the medic protest targeting JP Morgan, the role of juries and how they're under attack.

REFERENCES

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene - Will Steffen et al.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810141115

The risk of a hothouse Earth trajectory - William J. Ripple et al.
https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(25)00391-4

Daily Mail coverage of AMOC risks
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9304273/The-Gulf-Stream-weakest-1-000-YEARS-climate-change.html

Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)
https://www.aria.org.uk

JPMorgan Chase fossil fuel financing report
https://www.bankingonclimatechaos.org

Defend Our Juries
https://defendourjuries.org

The Secret Barrister
https://thesecretbarrister.com

---------------------

Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk

Extinction Rebellion’s co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr Charlie Gardner team up once more to discuss issues and stories they feel are not getting enough airtime. They want to make sure that the latest news in science and important reports that are relevant to the climate and ecological crisis are flagged and explained in ways that are easy to understand.

EPISODE 31: Biodiversity: suppressed report, finance gap, grassroot's protection, and Hannah Spencer

In this episode Clare and Charlie examine a censored UK intelligence assessment on biodiversity breakdown, the economic system driving ecosystem destruction, and the role of people power in protecting the planet. They also discuss what a surprising Green Party by-election victory might mean for climate politics.

REFERENCES
ITV coverage of suppressed biodiversity national security report
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DZiPdsOc8

IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment
https://www.ipbes.net/bba-report/media-release

Role of social movements in conserving nature New paper in PNAS based on Environmental Justice Atlas
https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.2513327123

NB the views in this show are Clare and Charlie's own and do not necessarily reflect the official position of Extinction Rebellion.

---------------------

Please, share, comment, subscribe, like, mobilise, and donate! https://chuffed.org/xr/uk
Extinction Rebellion UK: https://extinctionrebellion.uk/