Gareth Redmond-King

Day 4 at #COP30. Flotillas, continuing consultations on contentious issues, new climate finance assessment, and tackling climate misinformation.

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Day three at #COP30 - protest, defence of sub-state action and multilateralism, and the second biggest COP (which despite some reporting, not only has a delegation from China, but they are the second biggest!)

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Day two at #COP30. Agenda fight averted - adaptation and adaptation finance emerging as key to progress in Belém - and new NDCs show progress delivered by Paris (though still way off for 1.5). Read it here: mailchi.mp/6406a42a6db7...

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Day one at #COP30 in Belém, on the edge of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. Read about what's happening and what lies ahead in the first of our daily updates: mailchi.mp/7f416b040259...

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Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs

A group of five everyday staples is responsible for much of the UK’s food inflation, with climate change rather than government policy the key driver of rising grocery bills:

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Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish? Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

This is a great explainer of the enshittification of Amazon - as an example of how it happens all over the internet. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

"Milei’s true value lies in his demonstration of how the attention economy can propel the hard right into power. Like Farage and Trump, he is no creature of the party system but had come from economics and TV punditry."

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Commenting on comparisons of energy prices with other EU and G7 countries published by DESNZ today, Dr Simon Cran-McGreehin, @eciu.net said:

“Homegrown renewables offer a path to greater energy independence and price stability."
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PM urged to go to UN climate talks amid faltering response to dangerous warming Campaigners say the PM must attend Cop30, highlighting the importance of his presence to reaffirm Britain’s commitment to climate action.

This is the most important #climate conference since COP26.

With food prices soaring and energy costs biting, leaders must show up and lead.

We agree with what Keir Starmer himself said in 2022:
The PM should be on the world stage solving these problems.

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Local election:  majority of Reform voters back climate targets More than half voters who planned to vote for Reform UK in local elections on 1st May support policies to stop climate change and put in place targets accordingly to keep the UK on track. 

Majority of Reform voters back climate targets

More than half voters who planned to vote for Reform UK in local elections on 1st May support policies to stop climate change and put in place targets accordingly to keep the UK on track.
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Opinion | China Is the Adult in the Room on Climate Now

"China’s announced climate targets may seem tepid. But beneath them is a bold wager: that steady action, powered by industrial strength and vision shielded from political volatility, will ultimately do more to contribute to the global climate effort than lofty, fickle promises ever could."

At Global Climate Summit This Week, U.S. Isolation Was on Full Display

On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/c...

statistic of the day

'Talk of a 'net zero recession' is overblown': Study shows over three quarters of global economy still covered by climate goals National and corporate targets to reach net zero emissions remain largely intact, despite high-profile attacks on climate action from the US government

'Talk of a 'net zero recession' is overblown': Net Zero Tracker study shows over 3/4 of global economy still covered by climate goals, despite high-profile attacks on climate action from the US government
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It would be good if the only political pushback against Nigel Farage's plans to mass deport hundreds of thousands of our neighbours, friends, family and colleagues didn't just come from a handful of backbench MPs and one regional mayor

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US ‘bullying’ countries to drop climate goals, warns Al Gore Trump officials putting pressure on countries though trade negotiations, former vice-president says

'Gore said some countries were responding to US pressure with “greenhushing” ... However, he said trade threats as an “effective bullying tactic is going to be a diminishing asset for [Trump], because the rest of the world is just on to the fact that it’s nuts”.'

Charlie Kirk’s killing was a tragedy. But we must not rewrite his life | Moira Donegan In the wake of horror, honest accountings of his life have not only become rare – they have also become dangerous

The first of the two best pieces I’ve read on the Kirk murder so far. @moiradonegan.bsky.social in The Guardian.

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One of the two best pieces I’ve read on the Kirk murder so far.

Cost of climate change: Extreme weather cost Europe €43BN this summer This summer was the warmest and sunniest on record. But while you might have enjoyed the record-breaking weather, experts have warned it comes at a cost.

"Staggering financial losses like this will only grow until we can stabilise the climate by reaching net zero emissions ... Across 2022 and 2023 climate change amounted to an extra £360 on the average UK household food bill."

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Strong Kyle Rittenhouse energy here

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.

This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.

Refugee charities install safe rooms and relocate amid rise in far-right threats Exclusive: One NGO placed on an online hitlist had to temporarily close its office owing to harassing phone calls

This is the environment politicians have created: hostile not just to people seeking protection, but also to those who support these most vulnerable people. The far right have always done it; politicians who pander to their demands just give them what they want and make life worse for everyone else.

Tory MPs complain party attack ad on asylum hotels ‘makes us look silly’ Backbenchers say party leadership is criticising Labour government for policies introduced by Conservatives

There are no 'perks' to being in an asylum hotel - vulnerable people shoved into over-crowded places with little-to-nothing by way of basic services or support. They're certainly not experiencing anything like what paying guests might expect in a hotel.
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Love in a cold climate: Putin romances Trump in Alaska with talk of rigged elections and a trip to Moscow For those who feared the summit on Ukraine might resemble Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler in 1938, the reality was worse

Trump “literally rolled out the red carpet for a Russian dictator indicted for alleged war crimes over the abduction and transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children … In more than 100 countries, [he] would have been arrested the moment he set foot on the tarmac.”

I mean, who doubted it? But it takes the dedication and hard work of the amazing Carbon Brief team to pull it all together and provide us with the receipts!