And they say HK has an ambition gap! This is quite the thread.

At the press conference by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. He tends to pronounce "fossil fuels" as "fossil fools". I'm wondering whether this is on purpose.

Year in Review: The Biggest Climate Headlines of 2025

2/ HKFP is Hong Kong's only English-language newspaper producing free-of-charge, deep dive features -- all thanks to our members: hongkongfp.com/support-hong... - gift, or annual, memberships now avail.

If you thought all #climate fiction was dystopian, this bucks the trend. A great book, chock full of great ideas and a surprise ending. @janleewriter.bsky.social climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/it-all-dep... #clifi

The title for the anthology resulting from our Green Stories Flash fiction competition will be 'The Last Plastic Fork' after the winning story. We need a review for the front cover - please get in touch if you can help 🙏 #writerscommunity #blueskywriter #climatefiction #ecofiction

Ever wonder what the authors behind the climate fiction books sound like? Check out this panel with Kim Stanley Robinson (Ministry for the Future) and Jan Lee (Fairhaven). fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/narratives...

A good way to remember alt text is to make it required in your own Bluesky settings.

Xmas. Time to remember I have an AmEx card that I rarely use, but which has somehow accumulated a bunch of points, and to donate those points to charity.

I have a piece in this anthology, if anyone is looking for a good Xmas gift. www.snowflakeculture.com/product-page...

A story to dream about. Text by Nolo Segundo. Art by Carl Scharwath. open.substack.com/pub/hkwcmaga...

Today's piece in The Apostrophe is an amazing concrete poem that you have to see to truly appreciate. hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/babel

95% of Europeans Exposed to Unsafe Levels of Air Pollution As Report Links it to 279,000 Premature Deaths in 2023

Buy a book. Any book, it doesn't matter which. The one you've been looking forward to, the one with the title that made you laugh, the weighty award-winner you've been meaning to get to. Whatever. Treat yourself. Step away from it all. In this time of gross ignorance & madness, read something.

Today's piece in The Apostrophe is a story with a back story. hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/black-sun

For all of us who are too hard on ourselves: take a moment to read this beautiful poem by Vanessa Ho K. S. (art by Julianne Ng). hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/a-reminder...

Today a bank's AI chatbot - clearly, they'd invested $$$ for it - instructed me to fill in a "smartform". This was PDF form based on a version Adobe stopped supporting in 2011. It was so "smart" that to get it to work, I had to allow Microsoft Edge to run in "Internet Explorer mode".

This wild perversion of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement is exactly what @greenprofgreen.bsky.social talks about in her book "Existential Politics". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Issue 11 of The Apostrophe starts today! The Bride by Julian Lyden (art by Dave Walker). hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/the-bride

Açaí was the world's superfood for a hot minute, but Brazil's always been at the heart of this $1 billion industry. (I tried açaí for the 1st time last week!) But the seed makes up 80% of the berry - and huge waste. Now, a startup is making the waste into biochar. earth.org/acai-the-ama...

Chapter 6 of my new novel is online now. Some of the characters go to a conference. It isnt what they hoped for. (Is it ever?) fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...

Okay, the Gender Action Plan is adopted ... so the problems of gender and climate are all going to be fixed now, right? earth.org/closing-the-...

Why are we still stuck on coal? There is a way out. earth.org/one-third-of...

Chapter 5 of The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism. Mahtab is trying another career. fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...

A poignant scene in Lisboa

Chapter 4 - basically, the worst date you've ever been on. Read the #COP30 sneak preview of "The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism" here: fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...

Chapter 3 or my new novel, The Desert Songbird, is online in a sneak preview - yes, it takes place on a golf course (hence "Links"). fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...

We don't usually think of soil as being a source of carbon emissions but when it degrades, it is. There's a huge amount of carbon locked in soil. earth.org/soil-is-bigg...

There were rather a lot of protests at #COP30. Good thing or bad thing? My take is that it is the consequence of free speech... earth.org/peoples-cop-...

At #COP30, I really enjoyed meeting @repromero.bsky.social who is a politician from New Mexico. Absolutely a breath of fresh air - seems to be the rare elected official who is in it because wants to be a public servant. Read my piece about US state action here: earth.org/american-sta...

Increasing Fossil Fuel Exploration Threatens Biodiversity Hotspots, Say Activists at COP30

At the press conference by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. He tends to pronounce "fossil fuels" as "fossil fools". I'm wondering whether this is on purpose.

People talk about how "business" is blocking climate progress. Well ... #notallbusiness. Take a wild guess *which* businesses are doing most of the blocking - while everyone else is pretty much on board. earth.org/business-coa...

Have you ever thought about how things like sea level rise actually get measured in practical terms? The thing about the ocean is ... it's really big. earth.org/data-is-key-...

Just when you thought you knew all the types of greenwashing ... earth.org/companies-us...

I had such a great time writing this. The volunteers at #COP30 were so amazingly friendly and patient (and spoke English astoundingly well!), and really did come from all walks of life - I met students, a doctor, a lawyers, a few unemployed people, and a physiotherapist.

Arts Make an Appearance at COP30

Disability Activists Seek Official Recognition at COP30

Today's #COP30 special: the second chapter of our (Steve Willis and my) new novel, now available online for free. fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com/p/the-desert...

For #COP30, my co-author Steve Willis and I will be publishing one chapter per day of our new novel set in the Fairhaven universe: The Desert Songbird - A Novel of Climate Optimism. Read it here! fairhavenclimatenovel.substack.com

My new piece on #climatefinance at #COP30. earth.org/climate-fina...

Artists! We are still open for art submissions for The Apostrophe - the theme is FLEX but we'll be looking to match artwork with the written pieces. If you have some photos, paintings, drawings, or other 2D art you'd like to share, please get in touch! hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/submissions

A few hours remain. You can submit from anywhere. There is no fee. We want to read it. hkwcmagazine.substack.com

A few hours remain. You can submit from anywhere. There is no fee. We want to read it. hkwcmagazine.substack.com

Last day to submit to The Apostrophe. Need an extension ? Ask me. Hkwcmagazine.substack.com

Are you an essayist? Tomorrow is the last day to submit to The Apostrophe for issue # 11. Would really love some more non-fiction submissions! (But - we also love poetry and short stories and chapters of unpublished novels.) hkwcmagazine.substack.com/p/our-theme-...

Two days remain to submit to The Apostrophe. Looking forward to reading them all. hkwcmagazine.substack.com

What is the fastest you have ever written a story/poem/essay (yes, including last-minute papers when you were still in school)? Compare that with the entire week you have to write something and submit it to The Apostrophe - deadline October 31. Submit! hkwcmagazine.substack.com

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