🧵Cutting the #UKaidbudget is likely to harm the UK’s security in the face of cascading climate risks – chain reactions across borders which can feed hard security threats ⛓️. UK aid supports UK security by building resilience in vulnerable countries . (1/2)

What now for climate action😟? Who better to discuss on the pod 🎙️ than former US Climate Envoy 🗽@tdsdc.bsky.social & @chathamhouse.bsky.social ESC Director Ana Yang? We talk turbulent times, US withdrawral from Paris & Brazil's prospects as COP30 & BRICS president. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

🚨🎙️NEW PODCAST ALERT!🎙️🚨 The @chathamhouse.bsky.social Environment team discuss the #COP29 outcome and implications for climate finance, climate plans, and multilateralism. Join me, @rking.uk, @chrisaylett.bsky.social and Ben Horton to see how the dust settled. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Such a pleasure to speak with delegates at the @mybisa.bsky.social #climatesim 2025 this morning. Loving the energy & ingenuity in finding solutions, and shout out to Russia's delegation lead - your method acting is 👨‍🍳👌. I had to miss lunch but hope you stayed in character for the sandwiches.

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How does #COP29 fit into the wider picture of climate action? COPs 28-30 are meant to 'reset' global climate action after a poor report on Paris progress in the 'global stocktake'. If one link in the chain is weak or fails, this reset is at risk. From www.chathamhouse.org/2024/10/azer...

Really clear explanation of the crucial role of #COP29 in the chain of multilateral climate action from Hindustan Times: “Without adequate finance commitments in Baku, countries may be unable or unwilling to enhance their climate pledges next year in Belem.” www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/c...

Podcast🎙️| Has COP29 made a difference on climate change? Roger Harrabin, Maria Netto and @ruthtownend.bsky.social join the podcast this week to discuss COP29 and how Donald Trump’s re-election could impact climate action. Apple: apple.co/3AGBJdW Spotify: spoti.fi/3CGFSPs

NEW TEXTS DROPPED AT #COP29 * NCQG: Draft finance target of $250bn * UAE dialogue: clear ref to GST para 28 * UAE dialogue: Options on taking GST fwd * MWP: GST remains absent www.carbonbrief.org/...#COP291/3

Waiting for new texts at #COP29 and asking myself 'why is this so hard?' For a lot of reasons, but boiled down to one word: incentives. This finance COP and its #NCQG on climate finance could still change the game, by changing the stakes for parties in the negotiations. COP, heal thyself.

All eyes are on the #NCQG climate finance prize at #COP29. New research from e-axes shows a $2.8 tn climate mitigation investment by developed countries would delivers them a net economic benefit of $5.1–$40 tn over 2025–2035, an economic return of 180%–1457% e-axes.org/research/cop... 🧵 (1/3)

I was pleased to be guesting on this episode and opining down the line from #COP29 in Baku

Looking for a weekend #podcast while you fold relentless washing, tidy the kitchen, or pick up tiny, brutally sharp pieces of Lego out of the rug before stepping on them YET AGAIN? @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Climate Briefing from has you. Listen on #COP29, vibes & Azerbaijan as climate leader.

In response to the @clubofrome.bsky.social letter today, the world must work with the #ParisAgreement process compromised as it certainly is & broken as it may be. There is no time to begin again. Read our report on Azerbaijan's #COP29 presidency here chathamhouse.org/2024/10/azer... (1/3)

* 🎙 NEW PODCAST ALERT 🎙 * As #COP29 kicks off in Baku, the team talk Azerbaijan's climate leadership, COP vibes, prospects, and why working on climate change makes you a terrible dinner party guest. With dispatches from @chathamhouse.bsky.social in Baku: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

What is all this #COP29 Climate Conference malarkey anyway? This @chathamhouse.bsky.social video explainer covers what the COP is, who goes, what they hope to achieve, and prospects for this year's summit. Sort your NDCs from your NCQG from your UNFCCC here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZe2...

Yesterday, President Ilham Aliyev again called oil and gas 'a gift from god' 'just like the sun, wind and minerals'. Unlike the sun and wind, fossil fuels are destabilising our planet and threatening its liveability. Read our report on Azerbaijan's climate leadership at #COP29 and beyond.

At COP29, avoiding backsliding on existing commitments will be vital, and progress on new measures will be difficult to achieve, writes @ruthtownend.bsky.social.

Trump’s election comes days before the start of the crucial COP29 climate summit, framed as a vital financial staging post in a three year ‘reset’ for global climate action. Trump has promised to withdraw the USA from Paris Agreement. What does his victory mean for our planet?🧵1/11

Welsh farmers protests have me thinking. Failure to meaningfully engage citizens on behaviour, I think, unfairly positions farmers as vanguards of change ahead of better off citizens and business owners. Fairness was key to acceptance for Climate Assembly UK. www.chathamhouse.org/2024/01/euro...

Join Gwynne Dyer author of Climate Wars & @chathamhouse.bsky.social's Dr Daniel Quiggin on this week's Climate Briefing pod. We pit climate unicorns 🦄against climate workhorses🐴, and discuss the moral hazard of relying on unproven tech to tackle climate change 🤖🌎🌡️. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...