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Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time More than half of the EU’s electricity in the second quarter of 2025 came from renewable energy

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Solar becomes main source of electricity in the EU for first time | The Independent

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Interesting

So beautiful!

This is shocking:

Breaking: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17.3 billion of public funds poured into carbon capture in Europe since 2001.

The result of letting fossil fuel lobbyists set the agenda via the annual #ICMForum, coming up 8-9 Dec

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Thank you--great piece!

Along with phasing out fossil fuels, Johan Rockström mentions the protection of nature as a requirement to bend the global curve of emissions downward.

For the most part that implies phasing out meat and dairy production. Few dare to mention that.

2026: Reform the UN COPs but look beyond for rapid climate action COP30 in Brazil ended without a mention of the need to phase out fossil fuels, in spite of growing damage from climate warming impacts. These UN negotiations have to be reshaped, the influence of t…

Thanks! With you entirely!

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Comparative photographs of the same animal colonies in Daini Tenryu Knoll and Ryuyo Canyon seen in 1995–2005 versus in 2025. (A) Daini Tenryu Knoll, Lamellibrachia tubeworm bouquet photographed in 2005 and (B) the same bouquet in 2025. (C) Daini Tenryu Knoll, field of Archivesica kawamurai shells with occasional patches of live individuals in 2005 and (D) the same shell field in 2025. (E) Ryuyo Canyon, dense vesicomyid clam assemblage photographed in 1995 and (F) the same location in 2025. Photo credits: Chong Chen (A–D), James F. Fleming (E, F).

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"In light of growing interest in methane hydrate exploitation in this region, our findings provide essential biodiversity baselines and highlight the need for site-specific conservation measures to protect...from anthropogenic disturbance."

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2026: Reform the UN COPs but look beyond for rapid climate action COP30 in Brazil ended without a mention of the need to phase out fossil fuels, in spite of growing damage from climate warming impacts. These UN negotiations have to be reshaped, the influence of t…

Thanks. Made good use of your work:

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2026: Reform the UN COPs but look beyond for rapid climate action COP30 in Brazil ended without a mention of the need to phase out fossil fuels, in spite of growing damage from climate warming impacts. These UN negotiations have to be reshaped, the influence of the fossil fuel industry reduced while the transition to a low-carbon world speeds on elsewhere.

Don't mention fossil fuels? Time to reform the UN climate negotiations, reduce the influence of the fossil fuel industry and petrostates and push ahead with climate action elsewhere.

This is the more relevant chart, and yes--we should be concerned about the steady, longer-term decline in Arctic sea ice minimum extent, even though 2025 wasn't a record low: nsidc.org/sea-ice-toda...

Floods across Southeast Asia kill at least 250 as rescuers step up recovery operations The death toll from floods across large swathes of Southeast Asia rose to at least 250 on Friday.

" #Climate scientists have already warned that extreme weather events ... will continue to worsen as temperatures increase," said Renard Siew, climate change advisor to the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Malaysia.

"That is exactly what we have been seeing."

Interesting read. He is not completely writing off the COPs here:
„One reason is these annual events provides a mechanism whereby those nations most vulnerable to climate change can exert some sort of power on much wealthier nations. by joining together to produce a louder collective voice.“

California’s coastal waters are transforming at a surprising rate. Here’s what the future could look like Waters off the California coast, part of one of Earth’s richest marine ecosystems, have acidified faster than most of the rest of the world’s oceans over the past century, according to a new...

Excess Carbon dioxide is not just the driver of climate change - ut acidifies the oceans. California coastal waters are acidifying at a rate 40% above that of the ocean at large. Acidic waters kill shell fish, coral and other organisms.

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And we didn’t get anywhere near it.

YouTube video by International Cryosphere Climate Initiative After COP30 Fire and Floods: AMOC Shutdown

🎞️ After COP30 fire and floods: AMOC shutdown 🔥🌊

Our event on #AMOC shutdown was interrupted by the fire at #COP30 yesterday – but this is an important message so we wanted to make sure you heard it.

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“Science is crystal clear here. Our only chance to recover back to a stable and safe climate is to accelerate the phase-out of fossil-fuels, remove carbon and invest in nature (on land and in the ocean), and do that without trading off between them.”

End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff Wealthy countries should triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal

“This is an empty deal. Cop30 provides a stark reminder that the answers to the climate crisis do not lie inside the climate talks – they lie with the people and movements leading the way toward a just, equitable, fossil-free future.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
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Bad COP | Michael E. Mann The COP30 global climate summit in Brazil may have been the last opportunity for the nations of the world to reach an agreement that limits planetary […]

"Bad COP" | My new commentary on #COP30:
michaelmann.net/bad-cop/

Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.

Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change.

Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states

“A growing group won’t leave Belém without an ambitious package deal built on four cornerstones: money for adaptation, better quality and accountability for climate finance, a clear focus on tackling …– fossil fuels and deforestation
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