New analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut shows that 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 climate talks, proportionally a 12% increase from last year😖Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber almost every country delegation, with 1/25 registrants repping the fossil fuel industry 😦

Global climate negotiations are complex. #COP30 brings together nearly 200 countries to address a shared crisis. That level of coordination is extraordinary, and disagreement is plentiful. Some reflect genuine differences, but others are deliberate efforts to stall, dilute, or redirect ambition.

The Trump admin pressed for the IEA to include a scenario w/ rising oil & gas demand for decades. UCS’s Rachel Cleetus: “At 2.9C of warming under the Current Policies Scenario, it is not a world in which anyone can be safe or an economy can thrive”...Investors should treat CPS w/ "zero credibility."

UCS’s Rachel Cleetus says “The IEA’s latest report underscores the daunting challenge ahead for rapidly decarbonizing the world’s economy but also highlights the opportunity for tremendous wins for consumers’ pocketbooks, public health and addressing energy poverty that pathway provides.”

This morning, the IEA released its 2025 World Energy Outlook, underscoring the rapid growth in renewables globally, but the urgent need to accelerate that momentum to meet climate goals.

"Requiring delegates to disclose affiliations and funding is a vital step in exposing fossil fuel influence. Yet with the 1.5°C target slipping away, disclosure alone is insufficient. World leaders must advance to disqualification, barring fossil fuel companies from shaping COP negotiations." #COP30

🤝 Today on COP30’s first ever official Information Integrity Day, over 195 individuals and 189 organisations have joined us to urge governments to codify information integrity, counter climate disinformation, and put public health and human rights first. buff.ly/6hNxaiq

💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30: 1 Disinformation is everywhere 2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo. 3 Solutions exist & they're urgent. More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...

🚫 Bad COP to good COP: Blocking fossil-fueled disinformation in Belém & beyond @ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions. via @climatechangenews.com buff.ly/Il1bnfM

As COP30 begins today, Clean Creatives is releasing an open letter from influencers and creators with a combined audience of over 24 million, urging the UN and COP30 to pause new work with Edelman due to conflicts of interest. What’s the conflict?

Sign this open letter if you agree: caad.info/analysis/rep...

Organized climate obstruction activities are actively delaying the human response to the #climatecrisis, directly sabotaging international cooperation, making the Paris Agreement goals unattainable, and putting the lives of millions at risk. We must ban it from #COP30

Yesterday at #COP30 the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (#FRLD) launched its first call for funding proposals for responding to climate-induced loss and damage for developing countries. 🧵https://act.ucsusa.org/3LuW4I9

My father, Ken Saro-Wiwa, died fighting for a clean Nigeria. Thirty years on it’s time to stop sucking on the dirty teat of the oil cash cow | Noo Saro-Wiwa

As #COP30 kicks off in Belém, you can follow along with UCS experts in our blog series. We're tracking key issues including emissions reduction commitments from countries, adaptation, climate finance, safeguarding biodiversity, undue fossil fuel influence, the latest climate science, and more.

Delta Merner takes us inside the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plenary meeting last month in Lima, Peru. That distinction matters because in a plenary (vs expert meeting) it’s the political dynamics that often shape outcomes, and that was evident throughout the week.

¿Recuerdas la primera vez vez que escuchaste que el planeta se está calentando por la acción humana? ¿O recién te estás enterando? Las compañías de combustibles fósiles lo supieron hace 70 años… e hicieron lo posible para evitar que tú lo supieras. Conoce más en la 2da parte de nuestro podcast:

For Los Angeles County families living with disabilities, the Eaton Fire is a continuing trauma.

From Dr. Rachel Cleetus: "Humans still have agency over this dire problem we have caused... The choices our political leaders make now — including at #COP30 — will determine the future we leave to our children and grandchildren... Global cooperation is absolutely essential to solve this challenge."

New research from the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition exposes that around 5,350 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to UN climate summits over the past 4 years, representing at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations, and 180 oil, gas and coal companies.

While the reality of overshoot is daunting, we cannot allow it to be paralyzing. Our collective choices now can still shape the future. Read more: blog.ucs.org/carly-philli...

ExxonMobil's new lawsuit against California’s agenda-setting climate disclosure laws underscores what decades of investigation and litigation have shown: they will go to nearly any length to avoid accountability for their role in the climate crisis. blog.ucs.org/laura-peters...

Join us for the Insure Our Communities Town Hall 📅 Sat 11/15 📍 Long Island City, NY We’ll talk about how the IOC Act protects NY from skyrocketing insurance costs, ends racist “bluelining,” + holds insurers accountable for fueling the climate crisis. 👉 tinyurl.com/Nov15-IOCTow...

Exxon is — again — asking the Supreme Court to help the oil giant escape trials over its climate lies. Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.

NEW in @prospect.org from @hannahstoryb.bsky.social: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.

New from Laura Peterson: "The company’s new lawsuit against CA’s agenda-setting climate disclosure laws underscores what decades of investigation & litigation have shown: ExxonMobil will go to nearly any length to avoid accountability for its role in the climate crisis." #ClimateAccountability

No one should have to choose between groceries, medicine, or heat this winter. Call Gov. Beshear TODAY and tell him to put an immediate moratorium on utility disconnections during the government shutdown. 502-564-2611. Learn more: buff.ly/vMsTno7

Advocates in New Zealand secured a public apology from Z Energy after legal action. The petroleum retailer took out full-page ads in newspapers apologizing for "any confusion" caused by a greenwashing 2022 PR campaign that misrepresented its focus on alternative fuels & emissions reductions.

As the fossil fuel industry and its political allies ramp up attempts to shut down climate liability initiatives in the U.S., large carbon-emitting companies are facing mounting legal claims in Europe from individuals on the frontlines of the worsening climate crisis.

Another killer episode in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's @drilledmedia.bsky.social series on the World of Obstruction @geoffdembicki.bsky.social, Kert Davies of @climateintegrity.org & @krekberg.bsky.social discuss why & how the fossil fuel industry's been so effective at sabotaging climate action

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond. Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

California students see Climate Superfund legislation as one fix to climate change — and walked out of school to fight for the policy.

Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in Jamaica as a powerful Category 5 hurricane with 185 mph sustained winds. It will tie the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Atlantic recorded history based on central pressure. Follow the latest forecast here: www.hurricanes.gov

"Let’s not forget that there are those to hold accountable for disasters like this: the policymakers and fossil fuel companies who have long obstructed climate action, lied about climate science, and left communities to face the destruction of extreme disasters."

Hurricane Melissa is currently headed towards the Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Cuba after undergoing extremely rapid intensification over the weekend to reach peak intensity and Category 5 status.

#Melissa is slowly continuing its journey across the Caribbean Sea and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow and reach major hurricane strength by Sunday, posing a significant threat to Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. For the latest, check out www.hurricanes.gov.

NUEVO ANALISIS: UCS halla que en 2024 casi todas las personas que viven en vivienda asequible sufrieron alertas de calor durante varios días o semanas al año, y que los hogares encabezados por personas de color se enfrentan a riesgos desproporcionadamente altos.

Rally with UCS & allies on Tues, Oct 28 at 11:30am at the State House to support the MA climate superfund bill, which would assess a one-time fee on the biggest fossil fuel polluters to help pay for climate change adaptation #MakePollutersPay Don't miss the Halloween #ClimateAccountability skit! 🎃🦇

📢NEW: @ucs.org finds that most of the nation’s affordable homes were in counties exposed to 1 or more weeks’ worth of heat alerts in 2024. Major metropolitan areas account for about 1/3 of the affordable housing exposed and thousands of counties in less densely populated areas account for ~2/3.

Trixy Elle, Typhoon Odette survivor & claimant: “With fossil fuel emissions being linked to stronger tropical storms like Odette, vulnerable communities like ours are struggling to keep their head above water. This is not acceptable, this is not just, and we must fight.” 📸: JL Javier/Greenpeace

Please join @greenpeaceph.bsky.social, @lrcphl.bsky.social, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice, Uplift, and many allies to support the claimants in their fight for justice. Follow and amplify this important case as it moves forward. #ClimateJustice #BigOilLies #MakePollutersPay

67 people from the Philippines have announced legal action against fossil fuel giant #Shell. The claimants suffered harm from Typhoon Odette in 2021, including serious injuries, deaths of loved ones, or losing their homes. UCS stands w/ the claimants as they demand compensation. #MakePollutersPay

Danger is brewing this week in the Caribbean, and it’s not just the Trump Administration's sinking of boats. In his latest blog, @decletbarreto.bsky.social calls for US climate and humanitarian aid, rather than military aggression, as Tropical Storm Melissa forms in the Caribbean: bit.ly/477G0o8

Today's rally @ the MA State House in support of the climate superfund bill (H.1014/S.588) featured powerful art showing what's at stake in the movement for #ClimateJustice. We called on our legislators to #MakePollutersPay for their share of adaptation costs in the climate crisis they helped cause.

Massachusetts: Join UCS & allies on Tues 10/21 at 10am at the State House to support the climate superfund bill. This legislation would assess a one-time fee on the biggest fossil fuel polluters to help pay for climate change adaptation in MA #MakePollutersPay

Big Oil companies are desperate to avoid trials over their climate lies. "Their only avenue out of this is to get some kind of a waiver of liability, make the cases go away, bar the courthouse doors, get a 'get out of jail free card'," CCI's Richard Wiles told @afp.com. No immunity for Big Oil!

“After decades of empty words, it is time for governments, universities and public institutions to recognize that the fossil fuel industry will always be part of the problem, not the solution to the climate crisis,” [study co-author] Llavero Pasquina said. #BigOilLies #MakePollutersPay #ExxonKnew

When oil and gas companies claim to be "part of the solution" in addressing climate change.

¿Te perdiste la primera parte de El Crimen del Siglo? 🎧🔥 Escúchala ya antes de sumergirte en el segundo episodio.

🔥🌍¿Recuerdas la primera vez que escuchaste que el planeta se está calentando por la acción humana? ¿O recién te estás enterando? Las compañías de combustibles fósiles lo supieron hace 70 años… e hicieron lo posible para evitar que tú lo supieras. Conoce más en el 2do episodio de el #CrimenDelSiglo