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Ok thanks. Didn’t know that. But doesn’t seem likely that they’ll actually do that

The EU doesn't buy any energy and no intention to. Private companies based in EU countries do.

So a European Commission promise to buy US energy isn't worth much, is it?

But it allows Trump to tell his voters and fossil fuel financial backers that he got the EU to buy US gas.

@claudioangelo.bsky.social is one of the authors and I suspect the one responsible for the Coldplay lyrics!

Well-connected Brazilian climate campaigners here blaming Lula's chief of staff - Rui Costa - for the government's pro-oil stance. With finance minister Haddad and environment minister Silva on the side of the climate.
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New climate plans must supercharge energy transition, says UN's Guterres UN secretary-general urges governments to send a clear signal in their NDCs about the 'inevitable' shift away from fossil fuels

In a major speech making the case for the “unstoppable” shift from fossil fuels towards renewables, Guterres urged policymakers around the world to supercharge the new “clean energy era” despite geopolitical turmoil.

This is very sad news👇

World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system

The world’s top court has just opened the door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/23/w...

Back in 2022 - when the idea of drawing up this oil standard was new - @tzeporah.bsky.social said that oil industries “are not going to design their own demise" and accused them of "delay tactics". Looks like she was right!

www.climatechangenews.com/2022/03/18/s...

‘Net zero’ emissions standard paused as Shell quits Energy group experts left after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’

Oil companies end their involvement with the Science-Based Targets Initiative's oil standard as - in Shell's words - it "did not reflect the industry view".

I would argue it should reflect the science rather than the industry view!

Story from @kenzabryan.ft.com

www.ft.com/content/21c8...

‘A family of traitors’: Trump’s Brazil tariffs ultimatum backfires on Bolsonaro US president’s attempt to help his rightwing ally avoid jail has sparked wave of anger and given boost to rival Lula

"The move has reinvigorated Bolsonaro’s leftwing rivals, given Lula a bounce in the polls and prompted a wave of public anger, largely focused on the Bolsonaro clan who have spent years portraying themselves as flag-loving nationalists."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The I’s text is much better. “Enduring” is a suitable verb. But still use a fun in the sun style picture. And no mention of climate change

Scientists hail rapid estimate of climate change's role in heat deaths Researchers pinpoint the death toll from last month's heatwave in Europe, linking two-thirds of the deaths to climate change

And they haven’t even mentioned the hundreds of likely deaths - at least on front page. Just vague “health alert”. A few weeks ago, a heatwave killed an estimated 263 people in London www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/09/s...

This is an unhinged front page from the UK’s Daily Mirror. Giving the hundreds of deaths and the boost to beach economies equal prominence

🌎 Four months before the climate conference in Belém, I interviewed the #COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago for @climatechangenews.com

The story, worked with @meganrowling.bsky.social and @joeloclimate.bsky.social: climatechangenews.com/2025/07/09/c...

Some highlights 🧵

I remember certain #GCF board members warning of this exact issue – twelve years ago. Good to see it’s being addressed.

@joeloclimate.bsky.social #climatefinance

Don’t think so. Rybnik is shutting down five years early. Plus the coal is running out at Belchatow

Plans to turn Europe's biggest coal mine into a leisure lake prove divisive A report warns that turning Europe’s biggest coal mine into a lake might not create jobs, tax revenue or electricity of renewables

But that plant is going to shut down in the next 10 years or so www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/01/p...

Renewable energy reached 44% of Poland's electricity production in June

Big milestone in Poland, where renewables overtake coal
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.

Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

Also “exclusive” generally doesn’t mean “something that was screened live on the BBC”

But don’t care enough about the words to actually get them right on the front page. He chanted “death to the IDF” not “death to Israelis”

The BBC pretending Kneecap aren’t playing at 4pm on the West Holts Stage #Glastonbury

London Zoo highlighting a huge problem (top) and a completely inadequate solution (bottom).

To keep plastic from the ocean, we need to stop making so much of it - not just cleaning up beaches.

Could the Amazon rainforest turn into a desert?

Spoke to many people about finding accomodation for #COP30 and found three ways to get it:

1. Know someone with an aunt in Belem

2. Be a huge Christian NGO with links to the Anglican Church in Belem

3. Be part of the Brazilian government and get the military to let you sleep in their houses

Spoke to many people about finding accomodation for #COP30 and found three ways to get it:

1. Know someone with an aunt in Belem

2. Be a huge Christian NGO with links to the Anglican Church in Belem

3. Be part of the Brazilian government and get the military to let you sleep in their houses

I have resisted pressing the button and speaking on their behalf. Outstanding levels of maturity 👏 👏

The US has been entirely absent from these climate talks in Bonn

Yesterdays update from the Bonn climate talks:

- Turkiye makes pitch for COP31

- What happened to fossil fuel transition?

- Saudi Arabia opposes budget increase for UN’s climate arm

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/25/b...

How can we get the minerals we need for the energy transition in a way that’s fair to the people mining them and their communities? Find out at this #LCAW event now: www.youtube.com/live/3NjfKqs...