The #NZ Government just announced it will bar tort claims arising from climate change damage, for both current & future cases. That's not just bad climate policy. It's a rule-of-law problem. New piece w/ Graeme Austin in @aunz.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/changing-cli... #ClimateLaw

250+ legal experts worldwide: Phasing out fossil fuels is not a political choice—it’s a legal obligation. As leaders gather in SantaMarta, a new open letter calls on governments to act—ending expansion, subsidies, and delay. 👉 Read: bit.ly/41UFypF

New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope. According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

If you're a @drilledmedia.bsky.social listener you know I think social scientists are key sources if we want to understand why governments haven't acted on climate. So imagine my nerd delight to get my hands on an incredible new batch of research on climate obstruction. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

Long (Inspiring) Read. An “optional extracurricular activity” in a University of the South Pacific environmental law class went all the way to the International Court of Justice (IJC) and transformed global climate law. By @brookejarvis.bsky.social for The NYT Magazine… buff.ly/XYow5FH

New: The International Court of Justice’s finding that granting fossil fuel exploration licences could breach international law casts a shadow over the New Zealand Government’s oil and gas plans. newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/25/w...

⚡️ ⚖️ Precedent-setting #climatelitigation victory this morning in #SaulvsRWE 🙌 🎉 A victory for #climatejustice and corporate accountability 🧵🧑‍⚖️ A short thread to unpack the key legal principles reaffirmed by the judges of the Higher Court of Hamm 🇩🇪 ⬇️ 1/8

🔥 ⚖️ #ClimateLitigation history happening right now at Higher Court of Hamm🇩🇪: follow with us this precedent-setting ruling in #SaulvsRWE. 🗣️ Today's decision cld be a turning point in efforts to make polluters pay for climate harms. 🧵 thread with context, insights from the Court & legal arguments👇

Jumping on line and going on again about Adaptation Futures 2025 as it’s the biggest climate adaptation event- held in both virtual & in person formats because we can’t keep flying to save the planet but come and stay longer - first time NZ & Pacific has hosted this

New Zealand has argued states shouldn’t be bound by international human rights law to reduce their climate pollution, in its submission to a landmark climate case being heard by the International Court of Justice. newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/16/n...

Using the opportunity to tell you about a new paper that I wrote together with Akiho Shibata about the underrated geopolitical dimension of glacial #geoengineering proposals in #Antarctica. It’s #openaccess & available online at International Affairs here: academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...

Really unusual move by @nzgeo.bsky.social to open the books & show how our changing world is affecting the viability of critical magazines like NZ Geo. www.nzgeo.com/stories/our-... If you've enjoyed my work, please subscribe-it's very affordable-& help keep this shoestring powerhouse on the road🇳🇿

The same set of documents show the fossil fuel industry heaping praise on the Government's draft Emissions Reduction Plan, the final version of which is due this month.

Here my commentary on #COP29 with former colleagues from the Wuppertal Institute. This year, for obvious reasons, it is called "Not a Gift from God". It is high time to look for complementary initiatives like the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative! #FFNPT wupperinst.org/fa/edaktion/...

🚨🔥In 2 weeks, we will enter a historic moment as Advisory Proceedings on #ClimateJustice enter public phase at ⚖️ 🇺🇳International Court of Justice 🫵📢 Now: it’s your turn to step up & show solidarity with Pacific Islanders 🧵See in thread some concrete steps YOU can take👇👇👇

All the quotes in this are some version of experts asking, with a heavy, tired irony: "WHO COULD HAVE POSSIBLY KNOWN?" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As of next week, the oceans will have set a rather preposterous heat record every day for a year.

A HUGE win for the climate in Smith vs Fonterra Supreme Court ruling

Climate activist wins chance to sue Fonterra, Z Energy | www.stuff.co.nz/environment/... by @oliviawannan.bsky.social

There was no press release about it, but Transport Minister Simeon Brown has quietly told officials to stop work on policies that would provide transport alternatives to private cars. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/17/g...

Surprise, surprise - big oil unfazed by ‘historic’ COP28 agreement

Good overview of COP28 outcome by @dpcarrington.bsky.social

"This agreement delivers on making it clear to all financial institutions, businesses and societies that we are now finally at the true "beginning of the end" of the fossil-fuel driven world economy”, PIK Director Johan Rockström on #COP28 closing:  www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Not even the bare minimum…

At the centre of the surreality of the situation is this: the Climate Commission report was written for a government with a distinct vision of what the climate response will look like, but it has been received by a Government with no clear picture of the future. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/13/c...

Better text in sight. Better in the short term but leaves huge backdoor for fossils in the long term.

OPEC’s letter. #COP28

#COP28 initiatives will only reduce emissions if followed through. Our quick climate action tracker analysis. climateactiontracker.org/publications...

Awesome initiative!

Some people say that because we're still emitting a lot of CO₂, we must deploy CO₂ removal (CDR) ASAP. This is wrong. CDR will be useless as long as we're still emitting tens of billions of tonnes of CO₂. We need to decarbonize ASAP so that CDR can be effective.

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Paywall now lifted: My interview with the new Climate Change Minister Simon Watts on the Government's plan to restart offshore oil and gas exploration is now free to read. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/06/c...