I very commonly get asked for my advice to current students seeking jobs in the climate space. So I wrote it up: nataliejon.es/2025/12/09/m... What did I miss?

Great climate news: the UK’s publicly-backed export credit agency, UKEF, is withdrawing $1.15b in support for a hugely damaging gas project in Mozambique: www.ft.com/content/b2ea...

🤥The #COP30 presidency said ~80 countries opposed a fossil fuel roadmap but that included 42 members of the Least Developed Countries bloc which denies taking that position. 14 countries were listed as both for and against! 🔥 investigation by @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...

Many of us were wondering about this supposed "opposed" list during COP30. Great to have it clarified! Notably, many of these opposing countries didn't speak out publicly/in negotiations against the roadmap idea -- perhaps not wanting to face criticism.

SCOOP: Carbon Brief has exclusively obtained a list of 84 countries "opposed" to adding a fossil-fuel roadmap to COP30 deal – but our analysis found a series of contradictions & likely errors For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters" Read more➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/...

#Breaking | The Gov't of the UK has adopted a policy to ban new oil and gas exploration. 👏 With this plan—which includes just transition elements for workers & communities—the UK becomes the 🌎's largest producer so far to end new licensing. 🧵1/4 @nataliejones.bsky.social

Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages

The BBC is reporting that today the UK government will announce that restrictions on new oil and gas licenses will be relaxed. Specifically, exploration that extends existing fields ("tie-backs") will be allowed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's day 13 of #COP30 and it may be the last day, for real this time. Several "L docs" have dropped--ie text in decision format--but we're still waiting on the big one (the "mutirao text").

Of course France will say this, but if you ask India, they'll say the EU is blocking on finance and this is the main obstacle to a deal.

It’s very hard to see what the opposition is to a roadmap beyond ‘we just want to burn lots more fossil fuels’. It’s just a promise to discuss a roadmap and it’s for a ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, not a full phase out. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's day 12 of #COP30 and finally we have movement on the text. In summary, it looks like the small minority of opponents of transitioning away from fossil fuels have been allowed to run roughshod over this text. But let's dive in...

It's day 11 of #COP30 and it's the second dawn without a new text. Looks to be another fairly quiet day today until we get that draft text.

It's day 10 of #COP30 and several media are reporting more than 80 countries support a roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels. Meanwhile, we're waiting on new text that was promised to drop this morning...

And, more importantly, @carbonbrief.org :'(

It's day 9 of #COP30 and there are several new texts out overnight. Let's dive in...

It's day 8 of #COP30 and overnight we got the first informal note on the Presidency consultations on four of the most contentious issues of COP: NDCs, BTRs, 9.1 (provision of finance) and unilateral trade measures. unfccc.int/sites/defaul... Here are some highlights:

History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes, a #climatefinance story: After the $100bn climate finance goal was agreed in 2009, the UN Secretary General created a High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) to study potential sources of revenue to meet the new goal, led by the PMs of 🇪🇹&🇳🇴

Good morning #COP30 watchers! It's day 6 of COP30 and here's what I'm keeping a close eye on today:

It's day 5 of #COP30 and here's what I'm watching today: 1️⃣ Partnerships for a Just Transition: Accelerating Action on Methane Reduction and Planning for the Transition Away from Oil and Gas - 10:30am in the Nigeria Pavilion Interested to see if there are any announcements to be made at this event.

It's day 4 of #COP30 and here's what I'm watching today: 1️⃣ The third contact group on Article 2.1(c) (Paris Agreement overarching finance goal) begins now. After the Arab Group blocked production of text last night, what will happen next?

Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines. Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context. I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.

It's day 3 of #COP30 and as an experienced COP-watcher, here's what I'm watching today: 1️⃣ First up, right now informal consultations begin on Article 2.1(c) -- the goal of the Paris Agreement that's about aligning financial flows with low-carbon, climate-resilient development.

NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart) What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...

🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡 What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?

Huge COPs are an equity issue. We don't hear marginalised voices above the din of who can afford the pavilions, flights, comms teams, or hosting. theconversation.com/the-un-clima...

📢China's emissions are flatlining 📢https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/

🚨Colombia just supported in #COP30 plenary the fossil fuel roadmap idea. That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)

Intrigued to see that in #COP30 plenary speakers are being cut off if they go over the allotted time for statements (3 minutes?) Has that ever happened before?

🚨Switzerland for EIG supports Lula's roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels -- in discussions on the UAE Dialogue. Others, including Saudi Arabia for LMDCs, and India, strongly oppose "adding new elements" to the discussion.

Last night at #COP30 the presidency consulted on four crucial topics: response to NDCs, transparency (BTRs), article 9.1 (provision of finance by developed countries), and unilateral trade measures. These four elements will be key to the outcome, despite being dropped from the official agendas.

Some bad news at the start of #COP30 Last week, you'll recall the UN's synthesis report of national climate plans (NDCs) said current NDCs will result in a 17% decrease in emissions by 2035 if fully implemented. Well, there's been an update, and now it's down to 12%. unfccc.int/sites/defaul...

The #COP30 agenda just got adopted smoothly. That sets a positive tone and momentum for the rest of the conference. With the following stipulations: - Item on implementation of GST 1 decision was withdrawn - 8 items proposed by parties not included in the agenda

#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight") Proposed late additions to agenda: * trade * finance * deforestation * ambition * reporting Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!) This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵 1/

As #COP30 kicks off today, President Lula's words from last Friday hang in the air: "Earth can no longer sustain the development model based on the intensive use of fossil fuels that has prevailed over the past 200 years."

Earth Can No Longer Sustain Intensive Fossil Fuel Use, President Lula tells #COP30 #climatecrisis HT @carbonbrief.org www.barrons.com/news/earth-c...

The Export Finance for Future coalition -- dedicated to greening taxpayer-backed export credit agency financing -- has published its annual transparency report today. And it reveals some interesting trends 🧵 www.linkedin.com/posts/export...

Yesterday, the President of the Marshall Islands wrote to President Lula in a powerful letter: "We support [Minister Silva]'s call to convene discussions on a global energy roadmap for the fossil fuel transition." www.highambitioncoalition.org/statements/o...

"Despite Cop28’s global stocktake calling on all nations to contribute to “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, collectively there are still plans to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with ... 1.5C." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Strong piece from former President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, arguing in support of a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels at #COP30. "It is in the interests of producers and consumers alike to engage constructively." english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Important new research published last month in Nature Sustainability shows that the oil and gas industry has only a 1.42% share of global renewable energy. Only 20% of the 250 largest oil and gas companies operate any renewable energy projects. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #COP30

The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!

A new @climateanalytics.org report has come out today, with a profoundly hopeful message: even though the world is on track to exceed 1.5°C of global warming, we can peak at 1.7°C and get temperatures back down well below 1.5°C by end of century. But.... only if we phase out fossil fuels, fast. 🧵

The new UNEP Emissions Gap Report points out that "no NDCs set targets to reduce oil and gas production or trim inefficient fossil fuel subsidies". That countries are not addressing fossil fuels - at the heart of the climate crisis - is deeply worrying. wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...

Shocking new report from @foejapan.bsky.social showing that JBIC's (Japan's publicly backed export credit agency) drove 408 million tons of CO2eq in 2024 - mostly in overseas fossil projects. If JBIC were a country, that would make it the 20th largest global emitter. foejapan.org/en/issue/202...

In light of today's news that Brazil has greenlighted oil exploration in the mouth of the Amazon www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... it's worth recalling my excellent colleagues' @energy.iisd.org @wwfbrasil.bsky.social @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social research www.iisd.org/publications...

The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!

Jane Goodall's work insisting, with evidence from her brilliant and tenacious fieldwork, that we were not so separate from animals, and they were much more like us than the Eurocentric theorists asserted, was so important.

Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.