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 34: The psychological effects of repression and what's next for the climate movement?

In this episode Clare and Charlie explore how escalating state repression is reshaping climate activism, from the rise of underground tactics and sabotage, to why crackdowns may be radicalising some campaigners while deterring others. They also discuss the future of climate organising, including: mutual aid, community resilience, local assemblies, land-based resistance in France, and the growing attempts to unite climate action with anti-war, anti-poverty and justice movements. They raise the question of what a coherent political vision and philosophy for the climate movement might actually look like in an age of collapse, inequality and authoritarianism.

REFERENCES

Research on climate protest repression in the UK (University of St Andrews / Nature Climate Change)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-026-02570-8

Guardian article on how climate protest crackdowns may radicalise activists
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/criminalisation-of-climate-protesters-in-uk-is-counterproductive-research-finds

Understanding and Accelerating Collective Climate Action (Report from Leiden Conference)
https://zenodo.org/records/17583133

The Difficulty Ecologism Has Not Yet Faced
https://thefurrowedmind.substack.com/p/the-difficulty-ecologism-has-not

Humanity Project
https://humanityproject.uk/

The Climate Mobilization (US climate survival organising project)
https://www.theclimatemobilization.org/

Water Sovereignty Toolkit (The Climate Mobilization)
https://www.theclimatemobilization.org/water-sovereignty-toolkit

A Paradise Built in Hell by Rebecca Solnit
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/301070/a-paradise-built-in-hell-by-rebecca-solnit/

Soulèvements de la Terre (“Earth Uprisings” movement in France)
https://lessoulevementsdelaterre.org/

Climáximo (Portuguese climate justice movement)
https://www.instagram.com/climaximopt/

Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty initiative - https://fossilfueltreaty.org/

Citizens’ Convention for Climate (France)
https://www.conventioncitoyennepourleclimat.fr/en/

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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

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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

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