I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...

Negotiators in Geneva have two days left to produce the world’s first legally binding plastics pollution treaty. They’re facing problems that look familiar to anyone who has been to a climate COP: on.ft.com/4mH9tds

Logistical headaches have plagued lots of UN climate COPs but none have been quite like this year’s meeting in Brazil on.ft.com/4mqf73u

Excellent news: FT Edit has arrived at Bluesky

An enjoyably punchy read here from the ever excellent @mliebreich.bsky.social about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

"..the rise in solar energy generation is the fastest in the history of electricity"... on.ft.com/4fax5nW

Even when expected, it still shocks www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Tehran has had to effectively shut down for a day to deal with water shortages that could make the capital uninhabitable. on.ft.com/4m2fQHO

"On paper it looks great"... on.ft.com/46UB9GV

Extraordinary. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

Hard to over-estimate the potential significance of this - if the trend continues

Are we on the brink of a nuclear revival? New @financialtimes.com film made with @pilitaclark.bsky.social featuring @dalevince.com, Marco Visscher & MV Ramana. Watch in full for free on YouTube or FT www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXhk...

After years of painstaking negotiations on a global scheme to decarbonise shipping.... on.ft.com/4i8FpEC

It's summer in the southern hemisphere, and solar is surging... Chile remains in front, with 29% of its electricity from solar panels in January👏

The gap between climate risk and response has never been wider than it is today on.ft.com/3COob0Y

I wish the arguments Jens Beckert makes about the powerful political and financial impediments to climate action were wrong, but a lot of the evidence so far suggests otherwise. on.ft.com/40bIs87

Predictable but still striking on.ft.com/3DJcc4A

“Depending on how you measure it, clean energy is five to 10 times more sensitive to changes in interest rates than fossil fuels". Sobering analysis of the offshore wind industry's recent woes from Rachel Millard on.ft.com/41kdwVl

Good thread

Climate politics is definitely not going in the direction many predicted. on.ft.com/4hX0BPn

The FT view on #COP29 on.ft.com/4i2fI9Y

Beaten by AP again!

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto said the government plans to retire all the nation’s coal power plants within 15 years...The country will also retire all other fossil fuel plants+add > 75 GW of renewable energy capacity over the same time frame. #COP29 www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/co...

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A really important piece here on.ft.com/3O4Roqd

Free to read: on.ft.com/3Z3XLzt

The more sobering probable reality of drill baby drill on.ft.com/48HLx3I

Some revealing reader comments under this piece. on.ft.com/3YHcLTx

BHP and Vale agree landmark $23bn settlement over Brazil dam disaster on.ft.com/40emgfm

The UK has a good record on offshore wind and other renewables but its grid scale battery storage efforts have been decidedly suboptimal on.ft.com/3U51N95

The UK has had big hopes for batteries to store green electricity but a range of technical problems mean it is overlooking them and often has to use gas-fired power plants to keep the grid balanced. on.ft.com/4gu3wOM

An extraordinary read about some extraordinary people

Am only halfway through the weekend papers but not sure I’ll see anything better than this terrific piece from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social on.ft.com/4cLsKoz

A big move looms for one of Europe’s most experienced climate leaders on.ft.com/4gceRCW