On positive @tvnz.bsky.social stories thank goodness! Thomas Mead did not deserve this and it must have been intimidating and trying to

📢 ❗Just published: "Solar geoengineering for profit" In this new blog, a group of academics responds to recent for-profit solar geoengineering ventures. www.solargeoeng.org/solar-geoeng... Their key message? 🧵👇 1/8

📌 Deadline extended for college students to submit climate justice research for our 2026 conference. Share your work with EJ community members and industry professionals. Awards available for top undergrad and grad presenters 🏆 🌐 Submit here www.dscej.org/ccc-2026

If you are living in NZ I spoke this morning on breakfast news TVNZ at 7.15am about the extraordinary and serious situation NZ suddenly finds itself in with no plans on climate www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/breakf...

A very long *way! (Wishing there was an edit button)

About half way through The panel today with Wallace Chapman on Radio NZ I talk about the chaotic situation the government finds itself in without a plan for climate policy, a very long from the John Key government’s Paris position www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

A confession: even if I’d time, I would not listen to 2 politicians going ‘head to head’ on @rnz.co.nz.web.brid.gy for all the reasons below -we don’t need more conflict framing -we need thoughtful insight but algorithms reward bad behaviour in leaders too robertreich.substack.com/p/the-moneti...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

This is actually brave and good news

proud of NZ and Australian universities/ librarians standing up to Elsevier-in my view Elsevier has a monopoly like ownership of Scopus the data base that drives university rankings & it charges very high rates to publish work the public often funded in the first place (while not paying reviewers)

So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?

Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”

Do you have some kids that want to learn about climate change? Or perhaps you want to learn some more, but in a more accessible language? Then check out this Special Collection... kids.frontiersin.org/collections/... 1/

NZ national’s had a ‘deplorables’ moment. While bottom feeders’ should have haunted National but hasn’t (because poor & vulnerable communities are not the focus of this particular govt) calling the actions of middle class communities supporting Triti in schools, ‘disgusting’ will haunt them #nzpol

today the NZ climate minister implied because we signed up to transition away from fossil fuel agreement back in 2023 we didn’t need to join the 83 countries including the UK, Ireland, and the Pacific wanting to put this into action at cop 30 -leaving NZ on the side of oil states blocking action

The #COP30 Presidency’s Mutirão consultations quickly descended into turmoil, with groups diverging on whether to address the issue of fossil fuel phaseout, among others They continued consulting into the night (1/2) Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/belem-un-cli... #climate #climatechange

Full text of letter leaked to Guardian saying at least 29 nations won't agree a deal without a road map for a phase-out of fossil fuels "true leadership is .. not lowering expectations to accommodate the most reluctant" #cop30 www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

1/3. 🗣️The #COP30 president Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, quotes Mohamed Adow of #PowerShiftAfrica on yesterday's fire 🔥: “Even in a moment of chaos one thing stood out, people of every race and creed took care of each other.”

Dear @georgemonbiot.bsky.social welcome to @adaptationfutures.bsky.social ! adaptationfutures2025.com we do care and 2000 scientist just met to work on this and related issues

Ohh that’s been a while since we had one of those! #eqnz

“At SPREP we have developed model legislation that safeguards Indigenous Knowledge & recognises it as something to be protected and respected when it is used.” Director General of SPREP, Sefanaia Nawadra, closing the Indigenous Forum of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025

These comments are Unbelievable really-I’ve a group of students working on online male toxicity for a summer city impact project- I saw the comments made under the NZ leader of the opposition Chris Hipkins & Toni Grace’s engagement-even if most are made by bots & only on some sites they are so vile

This is all fine www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...

The use of #obstructionism in climate diplomacy is helpfully explained here by Sara Thompson & Ben Weinger - it has serious implications for #cop31, of course I think it should be in the Pacific (Australia can host) but the delays make it hard to hold any effective meeting cssn.org/wp-content/u...

[1/10] Damian Carrington analyse la stratégie climatique saoudienne. Il montre comment le royaume, dépendant d’Aramco et de ses profits colossaux, bloque depuis trente ans l’action internationale tout en subissant un climat déjà “à la limite de l’habitabilité”. #HGGSP #geography #SaudiArabia

Good grief #COP30 can’t even agree that the @ipcc.bsky.social provides the best available science! I am a critic of many elements of my county’s current climate stance but I am grateful that #nz was fighting for science on this issue!!

The second stage of the development of Takapūneke reserve At Akaroa is just going to be amazing

Brazil started participatory budgeting. Now the idea that ordinary citizens can influence climate policy directly, through a Citizen Track is being championed by Brazil-a good idea! Climate policy’s been delayed, captured & manipulated by powerful elites for too long www.politico.eu/article/cop3...

Hmmm I must be missing something - I can’t see how not talking about the lack of ambition in countries’ nationally determined contributions is a helpful strategy (except for the countries that don’t want to be held to account for inaction?) #cop30

Ahead of COP 30 I’ve been thinking about the irony that the critics of our 1.5 IPCC report are many of the people now saying it’s too late to act because we’ve going past 1.5 & we must focus on instead on technological fixes to address overshoot - here’s why I think these arguments are distractions

Hoping we can encourage @earthshotprize.bsky.social to come back to blue sky as a place to share great climate ideas! Feel honoured to serve on the jury and so inspired by the relational Friendship project which just won the climate award tonight! youtu.be/zYRAPjvwQJw?...

an @adaptationfutures.bsky.social urban panel discussion between New York City leaders & mayors of towns with significant Indigenous, immigrant & LGBT/marginalised populations facing climate risk, was one of the first international events the Trump Administration pulled funding from… #HopeWon

The ClimateREEFS team has had a wonderful time at #AF2025 showcasing our research on small scale fishery sustainability. Similar challenges but many solutions in climate adaptation. We are in this together. #CLimateAdaptationREsilience @adaptationfutures.bsky.social @priestleycentre.bsky.social

#AF2025 Patron Lisa Tumahai, a Ngāi Tahu leader and Deputy Chair He Pou a Rangi Climate Change Commission, shares her thoughts on some of the key messages to come from the Adaptation Futures 2025 Indigenous Forum.

"When the next storm comes, will you be one who steps back, or steps up?" Toroa Charteris & Zabeel Scanlan, Westport high-school students. #AF2025

“Risk comes about when people and ecosystems and infrastructure are exposed to those hazards… when it has underlying weaknesses… so we need to think about what we can do to reduce that risk.” David Dodman at #ChristchurchConversations @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025

As the world’s fastest-warming region, Asia has no time to wait. At #AF2025 in Christchurch, scientists and leaders spotlighted how local knowledge, innovation, and cross-border cooperation are reshaping the region’s response to climate change. www.asiamediacentre.org.nz/af2025-asia-...

Great to join #AF2025 virtually. My talk: upscaling the deployment of Nature-based Solutions needs - Good evidence on benefits, synergies and tradeoffs - Landscape scale planning - Local leadership and knowledge - trusted advisors - partnership working - Flexibility to adapt - Long-term funding

🌏 Explore storytelling, climate adaptation and finance at #AdaptationFutures2025, taking place this week in New Zealand. SEI’s Karin André, Ed Carr, Åsa Gerger Swartling, Mathilda Englund and Katherine Browne are sharing their expertise across ten explorative sessions: 🔗 buff.ly/Q2FIhhr #AF2025

TODAY at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social! Innovation Spotlight 4: Regeneration for Resilience 10:45–12:15 NZST | Exhibition Hall 4, Te Pae Christchurch Reimagining adaptation through Indigenous knowledge, Pacific voices & community-led innovation. 🎥 Watch live: bit.ly/4n4ZPBa

Mōrena/Good morning and welcome to day four of #AF2025 Reminder: You can watch a livestream of the closing session of Adaptation Futures 2025 today at 4.30pm NZST! ➡️ View here: adaptationfutures2025.com/outreach #ClimateAction #ClimateLeadership

Hon. Dr Maina Talia, Minister of Climate Change, Tuvalu, shares his hopes for the outcomes of Adaptation Futures 2025, and the importance of involving youth in the adaptation conversation. #AF2025 #ClimateAction #Adaptation

Today, hundreds of #AF2025 delegates have been exploring Ōtautahi Christchurch during a series of Living Labs field trips. We hope you all enjoyed this opportunity to engage with individuals and groups tackling climate change challenges in their local communities!

Adaptation Futures 2025 is grateful for the support of our event partners, who have helped make this important gathering for accelerating adaptation action possible. Ngā mihi nui/thank you very much for supporting #AF2025 🌱

We are proud to be showcasing #AF2025 to delegations from schools across Ōtautahi Christchurch and inspiring the next generation of future climate leaders, with the help of our wonderful team of tertiary student ambassadors.

Happening today at #AF2025 Strengthening Adaptation in Aotearoa: The role of the Aotearoa Society of Adaptation Professionals in supporting communities and practitioners at 3.45pm - 4.45pm NZST. 🔵 Watch the public livestream here: adaptationfutures2025.com/outreach

“As Ngāi Tahu we migrated south to Te Waipounamu… We have been adapting all our lives. I think it’s really inspiring as a young person to think back to our ancestors and how they have succeeded because we are all here today.” The awesome Thomas Blakie at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

And we’re underway @adaptationfutures.bsky.social !

“We recognise that Indigenous communities are already doing the adaptation work.” Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D Huson shares a vision for an Indigenous Climate Adaptation Network at the Indigenous Forum of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social “It’s a living breathing community of relationship.” #AF2025

Ok so here’s the thing about adaptation futures 2025 there are lots of public streaming online events! SO you don’t have to travel but if you are then join many who are staying longer for more quality time-events before & after, field work & small as well as big events see adaptationfutures2025.com