Two cruise ships tower over a sleepy port in the Brazilian Amazon where some 50,000 people are gathering for a UN climate conference. With capacity for 6,000 people, the vessels are here to provide extra room for foreign delegates. u.afp.com/Sn38

China's formal submission of its new climate targets leaves out the commitment made in 2021 to gradually reduce coal consumption in 2026-30. It does reiterate the commitment to reduce carbon intensity, which is currently badly off track, but doesn't provide any progress update.

Most kids don’t really want another iPad. They want to play outside as carefree as they do it in a virtual world (and cross the road without getting ran over).

Lahore was ranked the world's most polluted major city, according to Swiss monitoring group IQAir, as thick smog engulfed Pakistan’s second-largest city.

We have a team of great people at Argus looking at #climate through the energy and commodities lens, and all climate-summit-news. It’s busy and a “side hustle” 😉 for many who are also reporting daily on markets. Here is the link if you want to check it out : www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

Journalists, elevate your coverage by joining our Talking Shop webinars! This week, we'll be talking with 3 Brazilian reporters about how they are gearing up to cover the upcoming UN climate summit, #COP30, in Belem. buff.ly/BCFgjiB

Le dessin du jour, par Salch

Gaza : une commission de l'ONU accuse Israël de "génocide"

At 3.47%, French borrowing costs are above those of longtime Eurozone troubled borrower Greece at 3.37%, and closing in on Italy at 3.51% — two of the borrowers long deemed riskier by global investors. on.ft.com/45VOu0T

🤔 Tube strike forcing you to rethink the commute? 🚴 Don't put yourself through the painfully slow bus or the painfully overpacked train - make the most of the September sun and ride into work! You never know, you might actually enjoy it... 👀

Honduras & Brazil shelving new coal plants shows how Latin America & the Caribbean are already driving the clean energy transition. Our briefing explores how these lessons can help the Brazilian #COP30 Presidency lead global progress on #ClimateAction. www.e3g.org/publications...

Maybe we should introduce goats on #Edinburgh roads as an effective speed calming measures @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social? Few examples in mind, including in newly built areas where the council had prioritised motorists over other transports. Goats could get those pavement weeds under control too 😇.

"We at UNEP will continue, undeterred, to support Member States taking this most critical mandate forward." - UNEP Executive Director @ingerandersen.bsky.social as #INC5 talks for a #PlasticsTreaty adjourned without consensus. Closing remarks: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

📊 Greenpeace just tested the air in Geneva (where current Global #PlasticsTreaty talks are happening) & found microplastics floating around in all of it. Report: act.gp/41xtlYc ✍️ Let’s be louder than oil/plastic lobbyists >> act.gp/45MlvfM 🎨 Alvin J. Post

All eyes on the EU with two months left to come up with an ambitious 2035 target to make the deadline for the UN synthesis report, key for #Cop30 talks. "If Europe is not able to manage that, nobody will," German climate action minister Carsten Schneider said. www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

"By 2050, about half of the European population may be exposed to high or very high risk of heat stress during summer, particularly in Southern Europe and increasingly in Eastern Europe and Western and Central Europe," the World Meteorological Organization said today. wmo.int/media/news/e...

The biggest beneficiary of Pontevedra’s pioneering vision has been children, with 80% of kids aged 6 to 12 now walking alone to school each morning. The thriving city has attracted 15,000 new inhabitants, mostly young families from northwest Spain, with the population of kids under 14 growing by 8%.

#Edinburgh/#Lothians community/microbusiness? 🙋 Can we help U buy a #cargobike? -> spokes.org.uk/documents/advice/cargo-bikes @edi.bike @edfoc.bsky.social @sw20.info @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @edinburghminute.bsky.social @portyenergy.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social @thecockburn.bsky.social

Former (shortest-serving) French minister Michel Barnier resurfaced in Brussels. #naturalhabitat

We'll be participating in the celebrations by sharing some helpful blogs with a focus on cycling, starting with this one, the benefits of cycling for children and adults 👇 buff.ly/cPXDy0O

#G7 Finance Ministers’ & Central Bank Governors meetings concluded in Banff today and, for the first time since 2019, there was no set of actions on #ClimateChange. Here’s a quick look at the energy & environment headlines: 🧵1/5

Un soupir de soulagement pour les équipes de Koh Lanta 🤣

Did you know that pinecones, snail shells, fern fronds, and even Romanesco broccoli all follow the same mathematical pattern? It’s called the Fibonacci sequence, and it shows up in nature more often than one might think. What are your favourite examples? 🌿🐌🥦🌲

@wrirosscities.bsky.social study shows focusing solely on changing individual behaviors, and not the entire system, only achieves about one-tenth of the emissions-cut potential. Link: www.wri.org/webform/down... More likely to cycle with your 5yo if safe cycle lanes take you to your destination?

🚨 NEW RECORD | Fossil fuels fell below 50% of US electricity for the first month on record This was driven by solar and wind reaching a record high 📈 In March 2025, solar increased by 37% (+8.3 TWh) and wind by 12% (+5.7 TWh) compared to the year before ↗️ ember-energy.org/dat...

« Hey there, Mr. Blue We're so pleased to be with you Look around, see what you do Everybody smiles at you » #cargobike #cargobikelife

Two million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean each year. These risks are life-threatening for small island developing states, which rely heavily on marine resources. Their per capita ocean-related exports topped $2,600 in 2023 – nearly ten times the global average. More: ow.ly/ZPMe50VbKuH

In Edinburgh!

Public transport should be for the people, not for profit. It's time to make rail travel cheaper for all; scrap peak rail fares and stop the unfair fare hikes. 🚅

In a UNFCCC submission Colombia, Kenya detailed how to get to a #climate finance “Baku to Belem roadmap”. Finance a major Cop 30 focus with the two countries concluding that having a deal on roadmap to reach $1.3 trillion would allow nations to say they can strengthen insufficient climate plans.

Great news for Camden—removing traffic will improve air quality, make streets safer, and support local businesses. Backed by £500,000 from the London Air Quality Fund, this is a strong step towards a Low Emission Neighbourhood and a fairer, greener city for all.

Electricity use is set to grow strongly to run air conditioners, EVs & data centres But geothermal offers clean power around-the-clock ⚡️ Geothermal could meet 15% of global electricity demand growth through 2050 if project costs continue to decline ➡️ https://iea.li/3PZH2Jg

Very appropriate for @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @stephenjenkinson.bsky.social

Thank you, thank you @cargobikemovement.bsky.social. Like @agordonsalive.bsky.social you gave us our first ever go on a cargo bike and we got hooked. And the cargo bike event you organised with us at the school converted many more. We are grateful. Well done for your hard effort!

A look at where we are in terms of Paris Agreement countries #climate plans submissions ahead of the UN 10 Feb deadline for NDCs. #climatesky www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

#BREAKING Deportation from occupied territory 'strictly prohibited': UN says after Trump's Gaza proposal

Starting now: a discussion in the EU Parliament on an EU ban on new fossil fuel projects, hosted by @lenaats.bsky.social and @lnbdublin.bsky.social Livestream here: europarl.webex.com/europarl/j.p...

Une figure du grand banditisme Marseillais rangé des voitures tué par un homme en trottinette. Si c’est pas un pied de nez au lobby des voitures ça. Ok, je sors.

Yay Parsons Green’

#Climate change over private interest in Jackdaw, Rosebank oil and gas fields ruling

“Scotland's supreme civil court has ruled that approval for the UK's North Sea Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields was unlawful, and has quashed consent for their development.” www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

Spain splashing the cash on hydrogen. Prime minister Sanchez says the country will 'green, baby, green'. www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-...

Switzerland submitted its 2035 climate plan (NDC) to UNFCCC today. “Switzerland has set a new greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target, aiming to cut emissions by at least 65pc by 2035 across all sectors, compared with 1990 levels.” www.argusmedia.com/en/news-and-... #climate #cop30

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | @nesrinemalik.bsky.social “In them we see the children in our own lives, all similar in their mischief and exuberance and blooming individuality.” We do 🖤.

VIDEO: The last Nazi death camp survivors fight to keep memory alive Eighty years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, survivors from around the world share their memories and their hopes, perhaps for the last time. ▶️ https://u.afp.com/SZ4W

80 ans de la libération d’Auschwitz : «Nous ne sommes plus qu’une poignée, nous comptons sur vous» C'est la une de Libération lundi.