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. Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time | The Independent Find out more: www.independent.co.uk/tech/... #ClimateAction

Interesting

So beautiful!

This is shocking:

Breaking: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into carbon capture in Europe since 2001. The result of letting fossil fuel lobbyists set the agenda via the annual #ICMForum, coming up 8-9 Dec corporateeurope.org/en/2025/12/b...

Thank you--great piece!

Along with phasing out fossil fuels, Johan Rockström mentions the protection of nature as a requirement to bend the global curve of emissions downward. For the most part that implies phasing out meat and dairy production. Few dare to mention that.

🧪🌊🦑 "In light of growing interest in methane hydrate exploitation in this region, our findings provide essential biodiversity baselines and highlight the need for site-specific conservation measures to protect...from anthropogenic disturbance." esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Don't mention fossil fuels? Time to reform the UN climate negotiations, reduce the influence of the fossil fuel industry and petrostates and push ahead with climate action elsewhere.

This is the more relevant chart, and yes--we should be concerned about the steady, longer-term decline in Arctic sea ice minimum extent, even though 2025 wasn't a record low: nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...

" #Climate scientists have already warned that extreme weather events ... will continue to worsen as temperatures increase," said Renard Siew, climate change advisor to the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Malaysia. "That is exactly what we have been seeing."

Interesting read. He is not completely writing off the COPs here: „One reason is these annual events provides a mechanism whereby those nations most vulnerable to climate change can exert some sort of power on much wealthier nations. by joining together to produce a louder collective voice.“

Excess Carbon dioxide is not just the driver of climate change - ut acidifies the oceans. California coastal waters are acidifying at a rate 40% above that of the ocean at large. Acidic waters kill shell fish, coral and other organisms. www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti...

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And we didn’t get anywhere near it.

🎞️ After COP30 fire and floods: AMOC shutdown 🔥🌊 Our event on #AMOC shutdown was interrupted by the fire at #COP30 yesterday – but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0e... @rahmstorf.bsky.social @iccinet.bsky.social

“Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them.”

“This is an empty deal. Cop30 provides a stark reminder that the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities. #COP30

"Bad COP" | My new commentary on #COP30: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/

Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.

“A growing group won’t leave Belém without an ambitious package deal built on four cornerstones: money for adaptation, better quality and accountability for climate finance, a clear focus on tackling …– fossil fuels and deforestation www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Yes!

#klimastreik #berlin #cop30 #keepyourpromises

After three COPs in autocratic states with little tolerance for demonstrations, climate protests are back in full force in Belém: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

This is incredible

Not good at all.

Two new studies by our colleagues have demonstrated that emerging pollutants — such as pharmaceuticals, personal-care products, and endocrine disruptors, reach the Arctic cryosphere via medium- to long-range atmospheric transport. doi.org/10.1016/j.en... doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

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📢 My interview with Irene Quaile, journalist on environment & climate: Brazil hosts #COP30, with the Amazon rainforest in the spotlight of the climate crisis, while Lula’s government announces new oil drilling there. 🌎💧 tiredearth.com/interviews/i...

Protesters force their way into Cop30 climate summit – video #Climate

My post:

COP30: Only highest possible ambition can cut global damage from accelerating ice loss Given the heated times we live in, (in all the senses of the word) it was highly unlikely that this year's State of the Cryosphere Report would bring good news about the impacts of climate warming on our frozen…

#COP30 "Success will be measured by the courage govs have demonstrated: 1️⃣Transitioning away from fossil fuels, 2️⃣ Hurrying investment in adaptation & climate action that will otherwise result insurmountable in impacts & costs”- @jenimiller.bsky.social climateandhealthalliance.org/press-releas...

Talked to Tired Earth about #COP30 tiredearth.com/interviews/i...

“The only way to secure a stable and peaceful century is to phase out the burning of fossil fuels and replace them with clean, renewable and equitable sources of energy.” observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...

Depressing?

The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."

My post on @eyeonthearctic.bsky.social www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...

“Current policies risk triggering long-term sea-level rise and loss of coastlines on a massive global scale." #COP30 #Arctic #Antarctic #cryosphere www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-a...

Today the 2025 State of the Cryosphere report was published by over 50 leading cryosphere scientists. An urgent warning about the global consequences of the meltdown of ice, including the risk of shutdown of the Atlantic Ocean current system #AMOC. 🌊 iccinet.org/statecryo25/

There is hope: iceblog.org/2025/11/04/c...

And see: iceblog.org/2025/11/04/c...

“It is a meeting of voices. Here, we are really speaking and listening to each other and that is making us stronger … I wish we could feel the same about the Cop.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

My new blog post as we head into COP30. Yes, it's that time again. iceblog.org/2025/11/04/c...