Jens Spahn, chairman of the CDU/CSU in German parliament on a possible US invasion of Greenland: “When you look at Greenland's location on the globe, the questions raised by the US are understandable.” Utter madness.

The weekly fix of #goodnews is in. This week on decline of #coal-fired power generation in #China and #India, unexpected stability in Iraq, and more fixthenews.com/p/323-iraq-c...

Denmark's December car sales data just released. Battery-electrics reached an incredible 81% in December to make up 68% for the year.

This thread is spot on

NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.

I wrote this in April 2024, about why people were refusing to leave X as it became undeniably a pro-white-supremacist site But holy hell could I not have predicted that by 2026, it would be a child abuse material production site and THAT TOO is not enough to get people to leave the fucking place

A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

Trump just said what it is all about. The sooner the world sheds its addiction to fossil fuels, the better. The alternatives are available, plentiful and cheaper.

I fear we are going to have to say this a lot again: Int law prohibits bombing countries for the sake of democracy. FOR VERY GOOD REASON. It tends not to work. Attacking a country because its leader lacks legitimacy - whether as pretext or sincerely held rationale - is still just an aggression.

No one in academia is surprised by this

Murder on the Brussels Express, Poirot is on the case www.euractiv.com/news/who-kil...

🧵 1/3 ☀️ A big story from #India: The Indian state Rajasthan just rejected a 3,200 MW #coal power plant because #renewables are cheaper. www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rerc-...

Tech Bro's Sense of Smell: A Short Story in Three Acts Act I A woman posts a photo holding her English PhD thesis on the politics of smell (or the relationship between smell and power). Tech bros left, right, and center troll her, trash her. Thousands of hateful, sexist comments.

2/3 💥 #Brazil is one of the world's biggest oil expanders - so this is both a challenging and significant step. 💥 #Lula stated we "must face our contradictions" (of what the science demands and our fossil fuel production plans). Our @350.org response: 350.org/press-releas...

One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault. Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts. This is inequality, and it is evil.

The weaponisation of the "freedom of expression" concept in the infosphere is part of a larger authoritarian project designed to suppress any forms of counter-powers (NGOs, academic research, media) So, for me, this decision is unsurprising, and I do expect things to get even worse quickly.

Interesting-looking new study on how #EastAfrica - Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda - is emerging as a pioneer of #electricmobility thanks to ambitious national policies www.agora-verkehrswende.org/news/towards...

Very much looking forward to discussing the #COP30 #Belém outcomes and potential ways forward tomorrow with @annaperezcatala.bsky.social, @aygoswami.bsky.social, Bernhard Pötter, Max Schulze-Steinen. To register, visit us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Kenya is one of Africa's clean energy leaders: In 2000 60% of electricity came from fossil fuels. Today: - 8% is from fossil fuels - 43% is from geothermal - 28% from hydro - 14% from wind and - 4% from solar.

Our assessment of the Hashtag#BelémCOP is now available (wupperinst.org/fa/redaktion...): "The Bitter (COP of) Truth - Belém 2025 climate conference not up to the challenge". Some key #mitigation messages (for more see our report):

Our annual Wuppertal report on the #COP in #Belém is out. The conference once again illustrated that mitigating climate change is more of a distribution and transformation problem rather than a collective action problem wupperinst.org/en/a/wi/a/s/...

This is a BIG deal and a hopeful message: countries can cooperate to avoid a race to the bottom.

“With this declaration, Colombia protects more than 483,000 km² of the Amazon biome, which corresponds to 42% of its national territory & 7% of the total South American Amazon. The Colombian govt has emphasized that “the magnitude of the gesture reaffirms its environmental & climate leadership...”

In case you missed this it, we published our in-depth summary of COP30 yesterday

Happy to see that the SI on "Locating the ‘Global South’ in Earth System Governance" is available: lnkd.in/esACVWfA I contributed a paper on "Exporting norm interpretations from the Global South: Explaining India's reasons for contesting and reshaping international climate norms" lnkd.in/eUQAUhNd.

It’s very hard to see what the opposition is to a roadmap beyond ‘we just want to burn lots more fossil fuels’. It’s just a promise to discuss a roadmap and it’s for a ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, not a full phase out. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kudos to @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and the whole @carbonbrief.org team. So a very weak draft decision. But so was the second to last draft of the Dubai GST outcome decision

While the outcome remains to be seen, #COP30 will probably once again demonstrate that the COP Presidency is the key make-or-break factor. The Club of Rome was thus right to demand that future COP presidencies should only be given to countries that are actually committed to fighting #climatechange

I agree that the signal sent by the Paris Agreement to pursue low-emission development has had an impact. And one of the main things #COP can do is to further reinforce this signal, as in the #COP28 GST outcome, and hopefully now in #Bélem

I really like Stefan's take on what's happening in #Bélem. "Roadmaps shift attention away from aggregated, quantified targets and gaps towards the messy, grounded questions of implementation... This is also why we see new forms of #obstruction in the negotiations"

Belém News #7 — From Gaps to Roadmaps www.linkedin.com/posts/stefan...

Practice so you're ready.

I think the most important issue at stake at #COP30 in #Bélem on mitigation is whether the #UNFCCC continues addressing the transitions needed to achieve the mitigation objectives of the #ParisAgreement - or gets forced back into discussing the global emissions gap only in abstract terms

Reasons for climate optimism – part 9 A broad variety of actors support clean energy technologies because of their cost advantages, their potential to create innovation and employment, and their contribution to energy security.

🌍 ACCLIMATE at #COP30 happening today! For those attending #COP30, join us at the side event “𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧"! 🗓 16:45–18:15 | Side Event Room 6 More details ▶️ wupperinst.org/en/a/wi/a/s/...

History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes, a #climatefinance story: After the $100bn climate finance goal was agreed in 2009, the UN Secretary General created a High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) to study potential sources of revenue to meet the new goal, led by the PMs of 🇪🇹&🇳🇴

“After the ICJ advisory opinion and the well-document six-decade playbook of climate obstruction, states at Cop should recognize the irreconcilable conflict of interest of the fossil fuel industry – which is similar to the tobacco industry,” -- Elisa Morgera

I think this article by Michael Jacobs is a very good summary of the achievements and limitations of the #UNFCCC #COP process

🌍 ACCLIMATE at #COP30 On Monday, during the side event 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, our colleague from @wuppertalinstitut.bsky.social will present insights from ACCLIMATE’s work on 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 🕓 17 Nov, 16:45–18:15

A fascinating glimpse into how Pakistan's solar miracle is happening on the ground. Solar power is like water: It will flow into every crack the legacy energy system in emerging economies has. And the cracks are growing. #Solarization is inevitable

Much-needed correction to some of the news coverage of the new #WorldEnergyOutlook

prepare for a fight at #COP30. Sitting on the floor of a UN negotiation room, after 20,000 steps, the first real test is coming mid-week, when countries take stock in plenary. Three crunch issues are already shaping the tone of this COP a thread 🧵1/X

A decade ago, solar power barely registered in Hungary’s electricity mix — just 0.2% of generation. Back then, nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid. Fast forward ten years and solar power now supplies around 1/4 of Hungary’s electricity — a remarkable transformation.

Last night at #COP30 the presidency consulted on four crucial topics: response to NDCs, transparency (BTRs), article 9.1 (provision of finance by developed countries), and unilateral trade measures. These four elements will be key to the outcome, despite being dropped from the official agendas.

This is a mining magnate speaking. Andrew Forrest says #realzero is already the “winning business case” in three key #fossil fuel guzzling industries reneweconomy.com.au/andrew-forre...

This sets the tone for the next two weeks. A roadmap for the just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels is rising to the fore as a key expectation from the COP.

The dominant narrative is that the world is rolling back climate policy. But what does the data say? The latest Oxford Climate Policy Monitor Annual Review from the Oxford Climate Policy Hub tells three key stories. bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/climate...