Some detailed reporting on how #COP31 focuses on waste management by @climatechangenews.com Shared some thoughts with @joeloclimate.bsky.social why the #climate conference ultimately will be junged by how it deals with the energy transition . www.climatechangenews.com/2026/02/13/t...

National security plans must adapt to avoid ‘new world disorder’, says UN climate chief - Simon Stiell tells audience in Cop31 host nation Turkey that climate extremes are fuelling famine, displacement and war #climatecrisis Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW ANALYSIS: Donald Trump has overseen more coal closures than any other US president That must be why he was just crowned "undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal” (10/10 no notes, I am not making this up) www.carbonbrief.org/...

UN Climate Chief: #Climate crisis & #fossilfuels are driving “famine, displacement and war.” #COP31 Presidency: Hold my baklava, let’s talk waste management & tourism 🫠. Spoke with @theguardian.com on the leaked draft of the Action Agenda of this years #climate conference. 1/2 🧵

Our take: “The EPA is killing the biggest single step any nation has taken to save oil, save consumers money at the pump, and combat global warming,” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org @stuti.bsky.social www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...

“The climate crisis could trigger a global financial crash as temperatures rise beyond 2C, but governments and investors are relying on economic models that fail to account for the scale and severity of the damage.” www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

The #Trump gov now removes vital pollution protection. Shared thoughts with @stuti.bsky.social of @theindependent.bsky.social: Prioritizing short-term #fossilfuel profits over public health & economic competitiveness also leaves the US behind in green tech. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🧵1/3 👀 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 #𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. transitionawayconference.com

🧵 1/3 Turkey 🇹🇷 , host of this years UN #climate conference #COP31 , just signed a joint deal for more #oil & #gas with Chevron (the guys who want to drill in #Venezuela following US bombings unlawful military intervention). www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-petr...

'The geopolitical centre of gravity is shifting towards China' - worth reading this analysis of UN votes by @focaldataHQ hs-3959436.f.hubspot...

An impressive who's who of people who believe their own convenience is more important than the planet we all live on, courtesy of the 2026 celebrity private jet tracker leaderboard! (Before you click, comment below who you think is in top place) #TaxTheSuperRich

This was to be expected - after cutting support to pro-democracy civil society last year, the US state is now looking to actively support far-right affiliated think tanks and charities in Europe.

Shell increases debt pile to $45.7bn to continue bumper shareholder payouts. 4% increase in dividends, $3.5bn share buybacks – 17th consecutive quarter of at least $3bn of buybacks. Customers will pay. CEOs appease shareholders who always want more. No govt curbs their power.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.

📈 Wow! Over 90% (❗) of #China ’s investment growth last year came from clean-energy sectors. Shared some thoughts with The Guardian on how impressive this is and why the country must hence stop its catastrophic and continued #coal expansion. 🧵1/2 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

China is set to have more solar power capacity than coal for the first time this year, marking a “historic” milestone in the country’s energy transition. @stuti.bsky.social

Historic. #China s #solar capacity will overtake #coal this year. Coal is finished economically. Yet China doubles down & builds more coal plants unnecessary. Talked with @stuti.bsky.social of @the-independent.com about Chinas schizophrenic energy politics. www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🇨🇳NEW | China–Coal power biannual review–H2 2025 💥In 2025, new & reactivated coal project proposals surged to record of 161GW–as clean energy put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse & drove down coal power generation w/@globalenergymon.bsky.social 📄Report here: energyandcleanair.org/publication/...

Over 100 civil society organisations urge the #COP30 president to make the #fossilfuel phase out roadmap an inclusive and real political process. 350.org/press-releas...

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

cover of The Economist this week

Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks

If done right, transforming the North Sea into a renewable energy hub could "begin to correct" the injustice of its decades of pollution, says Clémence Dubois, 350.org Global Campaign Manager in this report by Bloomberg.

HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite? Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...

So the Vatican is now putting out press releases about 100 of their priests and staff being arrested over peaceful protest in #Minnesota against #ICE and #Trump 👀 www.vaticannews.va/de/welt/news...

Chillingly prophetic: the New York Times Front Page in October 2024, two weeks from election night. #Trump #autocracy #Minneapolis

#Trump obviously feeling sore after #Carney got more praise and attention in Davos: threatens 100% tariffs on all Canadian goods if #Canada 'makes a deal with #China' lets see when Trump Chickens Out of this one again too. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

#COP31 Host #Turkey just appointed Samed Agirbas as the new Climate High-Level Champion. Agribas heads the Zero Waste Foundation - initiated by Turkey’s first lady, Emine Erdoğan who is said to be behinds Turkeys COP bid. unfccc.int/news/turkiye... #UNFCCC #climate

For every $1 spent protecting nature, $30 goes to destroying it - @unep.org report calls for major shift towards solutions that help the natural world – and support the economy at the same time news.un.org/en/story/202...

India's electrification shortcut! ⚡️🇮🇳 Solar, wind, batteries, electric vehicles...India's economy has different tools available than the US and China did at the same stage in their economic development. The result? An early turn away from fossil molecules towards electrons.

Relaunching hydrocarbons overseas "would be tantamount to denying our climate commitments" Relancer les hydrocarbures en outre-mer «reviendrait à renier nos engagements climatiques»

As a German I don’t say this lightly - but detaining and deporting a 5 year old and to a detention center is pure #Nazi behaviour. Unconscionable. #ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Wow! Hard to overstate the impact of this: #India is electrifying even faster than #China and will reach peak road fuel likely earner than China. cheap #greentech and #renewables play are the major driver. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Administration’s ‘Board of Peace’ represents a dangerous attempt to monetise global governance and sideline existing international institutions. The initiative threatens to undermine the United Nations and the principles of cooperation, legitimacy and equality. 350.org/press-releas...

Nice little action around the WEF this evening. Reminding us why we need to resist.

#Trump at #WorldEconomicForum today: Meh, #China has no wind energy, it's a scam. China actually has more wind farms than the next largest 18‼️ countries combined. great fact checking by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org #WEF

🧵1/3 As #Trump is posturing at #WorldEconomicForum, worth remembering and reflect about how many tech bros who promised to “fix the world” fold at the first test of Trumpian authoritarianism, really recommend this essay by @anandwrites.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/news/2019/ja...

#Trump threatens European countries with 10% #tariffs if they oppose #Greenland takeover. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Guardian: Campaign finance records & corporate filings show US tech moguls who invested in mining companies operating in #Greenland, #FossilFuel executives & crypto tycoons w their own set of plans for the country gave at least $243m to #Trump's campaign www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is simultaneously beautiful and hilarious - in the face of scary horrors of authoritarianism.

Serious question. #Trump #oil

It was great to collaborate with 350.org on the data behind this analysis. As control of oil and gas supplies becomes increasingly concentrated, the risks grow for countries that prioritise fossil fuels over renewables. Link to full press release in the comments.

🤯 81% of global #oil reserves now sit within the U.S. sphere of influence🇺🇲 . #Oil dependency has never been more vulnerable and risky. As #Trump meets #Venezuela opposition leader #Machado today, we at @350.org did the math on oil’s geopolitical risk: 350.org/press-releas...

🧵 1/4 🤯 As #Trump meets #Venezuela opposition leader #Machado today, we at @350.org did the math on #oil #geopolitics risk: 81% of global oil reserves and 68% of production now sit within the U.S. sphere of influence 🇺🇲 ‼️ 350.org/press-releas...

Maintaining a high-speed train over its lifetime requires roughly as much material as building it. Striking and crucial research that deepens our understanding of #circular economy what #sustainability in transport entails. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Coal power generation falls in both China and India for first time since 1970s - ‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...

What could go wrong?

Donald #Trump announces 25% #tariff on countries ‘doing business’ with #Iran. Nations that could be affected include #China, #Russia, and #India giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Canada must stand up to Donald Trump — or there will be no one to stand up for Canada #Opinion from @markkersten.bsky.social

”a broader psychological anxiety hamstrings European leaders: an inability to contemplate going it alone — without US support or even against US wishes — where “it” means not just Ukraine and wider security, but technology and the economy. This inferiority complex is unwarranted.” YES