The U.S. exit from the UNFCCC and IPCC isn’t just symbolic. Climate governance doesn’t collapse—but it does fragment. Trust erodes, coordination slows, and justice gets harder to secure. 🧵⬇️ #ClimateGovernance #ClimateJustice #UNFCCC #IPCC

Fellow professors, amirite!?! #gradinghumor #finalsweek #professorlife

🚨New 'Take Five' from Director/CEO @julietdryden.bsky.social & Comms Intern Eve Harrison-Taylor 🚨 📚 Top 5 readings/podcasts on #internationalstudies from the last fortnight! inc: Jennifer Lind Simon Shuster Dr. Shannon Gibson 🌍 🕊️ ⚖️ The Conversation U.S. & more 🎉 👉 https://ow.ly/o9JW50XyVkO

Referring to the roughly 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists who attended the COP30 talks in Brazil, climate activist Harjeet Singh says "it's like inviting arsonists to tell us how to put out the fire."

What if a COP Presidency started from maximum ambition instead of the weakest text? What if, instead of forcing vulnerable countries to beg for scraps, the blockers had to publicly object to ambition? Wouldn’t that be a process we could be proud of? #COP30 #UNFCCC #ClimateJustice 🌍 surl.li/dmjmeq

COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason. MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs. 1/4

if anyone still believed that climate diplomacy is a smooth, orderly ritual, #COP30 delivered a sharp reality check.The final plenary was suspended because one delegation - a courageous and razor-sharp Colombian negotiator -refused to let the “Truth COP” end with a procedural sweep-under-the-carpet

🚨 Breaking: Colombia, echoing objections from Panama and Uruguay, has blocked consensus on the Mitigation Work Programme. With key concerns unresolved, the #COP30 closing plenary is now suspended until further notice. Frontline priorities are on the table. #climatejustice

Colombia has entered the chat at #COP30!!! Reemphasizes many procedural issues at plenary and ignoring of countries wishing to speak. Officially objects to the mitigation work program unless just transition away from fossil fuels is included. #climatejustice

🎥 Live now: The closing plenary at #COP30 is underway 🌍 This is the moment when global climate justice must be front and centre — not sidelined. 🔗 www.youtube.com/live/Poxx7Vs... #ClimateJustice #JustTransition #GlobalSouth #1Point5Degrees

🚨 #COP30 “Mutirão” text drops — and we've got serious #climatejustice concerns: ❌ No mention of fossil fuels or a phase-out roadmap. The draft omits any explicit reference to fossil fuels, despite earlier language and expectations for a pathway away from oil, gas and coal

🌍 Big news: the governments of Colombia and the Netherlands are co-hosting the First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels, 28-29 April 2026 in Santa Marta, Colombia — a major coal-export port. fossilfueltreaty.org/first-intern... #fossilfueltreaty #COP30

My latest with @theconversation.com looks at how weak definitions + creative accounting have distorted global climate finance into a global shell game — and what it means for the countries that need it most. #COP30 #climatejustice #GCJLab #climateaction 🔗 theconversation.com/how-climate-...

If you’re following #COP30 like we are, I highly recommend The COP Out podcast with @fisherdanar.bsky.social — especially the latest episode with my friend and once upon a time COP15 fellow PhD researcher @laurengifford.bsky.social — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Check out this great piece by @calmatters.org with some of my perspective on @governor.ca.gov presence at #COP30 #climateaction #climatejustice calmatters.org/environment/...

As we make our way into Day 2 of #COP30 here's a look at our assessment of climate ambition in @theconversation.com. Just a few weeks later, much remains the same. #climateaction #climatejustice theconversation.com/trumps-words...

The Gibson Climate Justice Lab is back for our 5th year viewing the UN climate talks! At our presentation last week USC we said #COP30 need a rebranding from the "implementation COP"....and it got one! We are now the "COP of TRUTH!" according to President Lula of Brazil.

“Meet the early-career scientists planning to leave the United States” “Funding to start a laboratory is generally lower in those countries than it is in the United States, but the career prospects seem more stable” #academia #postdocs 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

As the U.S. withdraws from the Paris Agreement (again), China and the E.U. step up, vowing to strengthen climate targets. theconversation.com/us-governmen... By Shannon Gibson @dornsife.usc.edu 🌎#climatesky

My latest in @theconversation.com — as the U.S. abandons climate leadership, who’s stepping into fill the gaps? (Spoiler alert: It’s China.) theconversation.com/us-governmen...

This month, as Earth Day celebrations unfold around the country, we remember the importance of community-based organizations providing critical services to us all. Thank you for working towards a world where we can all breathe clean air, drink clean water, and live on clean land. #EarthDay

Ugh, not a great sign... #COP30 #climatejustice #NDCs www.ft.com/content/021e...

📣 Recently quoted in this piece in @teenvogue.com about the near year-round fire threat we now face in Los Angeles due to #climatechange www.teenvogue.com/story/school...

Always look forward to our annual #UNFCCC recaps on Scholar's Circle on KPFK. Here's our latest with the good, the bad and the ugly of what went down at #COP29! scholarscircle.org/scholars-cir...

My latest in the Global Policy Journal>>> #COP29 featured a sea of inequities between nations and between competing interests. It's clear #climate needs are being outmaneuvered by climate-causing interests. www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/12/2... #ClimateFinance #NCQG

Happy to be interviewed about the #COP29 climate outcomes on KCBS radio in San Francisco today! 10 am segment, part 3: www.audacy.com/stations/kcb...

Check out my latest piece!

My latest in @theconversation.com on why there are still reasons to have hope after #COP29 - theconversation.com/un-climate-n...

Here's my assessment of last year's #lossanddamagefund decision at COP28. At #COP29, it was again disappointing to see that initial capitalization remains woefully low and that L&D was left out of the #NCQG. theconversation.com/dont-applaud...

We're continuing our #COP29 analysis on #climatejustice, civil society repression and more on Instagram, check it out www.instagram.com/p/DCsYS5VyHm...

Lead developing country negotiators seemingly not keen to take the idea of a $200bn climate finance target too seriously. When asked how they would respond to such a proposal... Diego Pacheco 🇧🇴, LMDC: "Is it a joke?" Adonia Ayebare 🇺🇬, G77: "Is it a joke?" [laughter]

Democracy Now! is broadcasting this whole week from the #COP29 U.N. climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, where we are following all the negotiations, lobbying, protests and more. Follow along at democracynow.org/cop29

Things you can always count on at a climate COP...Bolivia getting the last word and acronyms that need explaining! A fun little Slack exchange as the Gibson Climate Justice Lab team watched the #COP29 stocktake at midnight PST: