Trump hints US also wants to 'help' Cuba too now Venezuela has been sorted. Rubio: 'if I was in the government in Havana I'd be concerned'

'Oil is very dangerous... it's dangerous to take out of the ground... it can kill a lot of people' - President Donald J Trump on the money

“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!” Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves. My latest for Zeteo:

'Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, last month raised the prospect that change in Venezuela, along with a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, could boost oil supplies and drive down prices to benefit US consumers'

Pls don't call fossil fuels 'fossil fuels' + def don't say they are from dino bones. A real oped from head of OPEC. Feliz Navidad. www.opec.org/sgcorner-det...

Odd and not a little unsettling to see so many avowed British 'patriots' celebrating Trump suing BBC for billions + US putting tech deal on ice to compel London to cut digital tax / food standards... maybe trashing the UK is part of a wider plan.

EU move to relax car emission rules will be seen in short term as a win for car companies... in long term going slow on the future - electrification - could accelerate their decline in 2030s...

My latest on substack -- the future is already here for militaries across south and southeast Asia. Unprecedented deployments in the face of climate-driven extreme weather...(1/x)

Fossil-fuel extraction massively outweighs critical mineral mining needs (quite literally) – We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas – Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero 1/2

GCC oil breakeven prices... one to watch as the 2026 oil / gas glut develops www.efginternational....

'Fifa accused of breaching own rules with Trump award' 😆😆😆

Brazil govt has 60 days to work out a plan for a 'roadmap' off fossil fuels Ask is for 'guidelines for the development of a roadmap for a just and planned energy transition, with a view to gradually reducing the country's dependence on fossil fuels'

Searched for #climate in the new US security 'strategy' --> We reject the disastrous “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States www.whitehouse.gov/w...

UK energy bills rising to fund £28bn investment in the UK's energy network... £17.8bn of which is to repair the gas network!

Latest UK @LibDems on #climate.... *No to new solar *Tackle flooding by clearing ditches

Why UK farmers don’t agree with Reform UK’s climate-science denial. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'India’s #climate diplomacy is no longer just about emissions targets but shaping the geopolitics of decarbonisation in a fractious world' Useful insights here www.isas.nus.edu.sg/...

Climate Diplomacy Briefing - December 2025 Bad maths, bad impacts, big oil: What’s next post #COP30? climatediplobrief.su...#COP30?

'Sports will change forever as the planet gets too hot' - grim reading here via @Telegraph

India, solar - accelerating (via @ember_energy)

Xinhua / China: 'Official projections suggest that by 2030, fossil fuels will account for less than 75% of total energy consumption.' 'Coal consumption is expected to peak around 2027... overall oil consumption will likely reach its peak around 2026'

China, Tonga to collab on 'climate' & build a China-Pacific Island countries community

Headline working hard here. Copy inside is hard to decipher.

Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries. US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.

South Africa G20 website has already been wiped - but the good news is 'the best is yet to come'

'The U.S. cattle market is currently facing its smallest herd size in decades due to drought and high feed costs'

‘We have not ruled out contributing to investing in the TFFF in future. It is, as the Prime Minister said, something that we will keep under review’ UK may yet back Brazil's TFFF, says Ed Miliband...

Useful pointer via @CarbonBrief on how demanding the main 'Mutirao' text at #COP30 really was. V low number of 'active verbs' means it's good at observing issues, less at doing stuff about them. www.carbonbrief.org/...

Curious - @guardian reports the Africa Group chair Richard Muyungi blocked a fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at #COP30 - apparently 'all its 54 members aligned with the 22-member Arab Group on the issue' (?)

Geoengineering rules: probably a good thing www.politico.com/new...

'Climate change may not be an existential threat in the sense that it will kill us all, but it is existential for the cultural fabric of communities' - @JustinWorland on the money here...

'For Mr. Trump... energy isn’t ultimately about oil or gas or even his “beautiful coal.” It’s about muscle. It enables the president to act as he pleases on the world stage'

'Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago' - must be a coincidence...

Alberta getting 'special exemptions from federal environmental laws' political support for a new oil pipeline - Carney's own transition continues apace... www.cbc.ca/news/poli...

A 'horrendous diplomatic blunder or sabotage by the Brazilian foreign ministry' - @jonathanwatts on why a forests 'roadmap' was not a core agreement in Belem is worth a read

A key outcome of COP28 was that countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. This was and continues to be a binding agreement regardless of whether future COPs mention the same/ similar language again

Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 12 **ENDGAME - MAKE IT END** The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people

EU boss using Saudi messaging on #climate. Curious.

'The clock is ticking down on #COP30 and the level of ambition is heading down the drain. Brazil have been fantastic hosts in Belem but at this late hour the Presidency is throttling this process'

'Brazil has begun the overdue job of redrawing how the world deals with a defining challenge of our age. It may not be the final answer but it is a start.' This @pilitaclark analysis could be the key #COP30 take, whatever the final text delivers...

'Qatar distinguishes itself as a leading exporter of LNG – a key source of lower-carbon energy, meeting growing energy demand and supporting the transition to lower-emitting, cleaner fuels.' Doha's #3 NDC... stretching credibility unfccc.int/sites/def...

A take on the #COP30 endgame via @mohadow

Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 11 The endgame is here: Will 194 countries send a global signal or descend into chaos?

'Nations change' (Photo: © UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth)

Major push to get clarity on adaptation $$$ here at #COP30... hearing Japan is the main holdout with under 48 hours to go. If there's not progress on this the broader deal in Belem is on edge. Adaptation $$$ explainer here via @WorldResources

Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 10 As Lula makes a final call for a fossil roadmap, signs his team are flagging

Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 9 Pressure mounts on hosts as 80+ countries back fossil roadmap

Japan's #COP30 pavilion is hawking gas turbines, ammonia / coal tech and chocolate...

Merz memes at #COP30 are a cracker..

Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 8 As Do Lago cranks up the heat, signs of rebellion within the ranks