In the middle of a conflict with oil at its heart, countries meet for the first time to move away from fossil energy.

Wonderful piece on the final days of a colossus!

Beirne and Crowley immense as Munster rock Leinster at Croker (✍️@rugby_ie) #Munster #Leinster #Rugby

Will the record Pacific “warm blob” impact the UK and Europe?

UK hit by first ‘mega fire’ in worst year on record for wildfires www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

'US will struggle to generate the energy it needs to power growth in its tech industry without including wind and solar'

Thorough reporting on the scale of the loss of Switzerland’s glaciers

Is nuacht an-bhrónach domsa í seo Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis www.rte.ie/news/2025/10...

Pope Leo condemns climate change critics - "Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor" Story by @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social HT @carbonbrief.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It is very unfortunate that no agremeent on a Global Plastics Treaty could be found. The Financial Times is at least very clear on what happened there. “UN plastics treaty talks fail after oil producers block production limits”https://on.ft.com/3ZuMf1j

ICYMI: #GlobalNewsPod from V early Sunday www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social at #Cop29; @frankgardner.bsky.social on reports Israeli hostage killed in IDF strike in Gaza; Hugo Bachega in Lebanon; plus Sudan, and the power of a photo. Sound @radiowilfan.bsky.social

Trouble at COP29

For folks new to BlueSky, @davidosmond.bsky.social has been running a near real time simulation of a near 100% RE grid for Australia using data lagged by 1 wk. The current scaling factors are 4.5x Wind, 2.7x grid PV and 2.1x rooftop PV. Storage is 5 hrs of demand. That gets 98% RE. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

#BBCNews - Trump victory 'major setback' to climate action www.bbc.com/news/article... By @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social

New UNEP emissions gap report highlights a "massive gap between rhetoric and reality" and calls for a "quantum leap" in ambition to deliver Paris goals, as the world is way off-track today. I cover the details over at @CarbonBrief: www.carbonbrief.org/...

@rafagarc.bsky.social hey Rafa! Welcome to life under the blue sky! Will I see you in Baku?

Burning rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power Burning household rubbish in giant incinerators to make electricity is now the dirtiest way the UK generates power. Esme Stallard, @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social, Patrick Clahane and Paul Lynch, BBC News https://buff.ly/3A08Clc

Men will invent a tank full of algae before g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ t̶h̶e̶r̶a̶p̶y̶ planting trees.

Who, as a child, used to go to bed when the shipping forecast came on? The BBC has combined it with soothing music to help you sleep. 8 hours of it! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This Wendy Cope poem is new to me. It’s quietly magnificent.

Ooh look, there might have been another sighting of a North Atlantic Right Whale off the Donegal coast this month! iwdg.ie/1st-irish-re...

Climate change: Polar bears face starvation threat as ice melts www.bbc.co.uk/news/science...