Rachel Kennerley

📣 BREAKING: One out of every 25 attendees at the #COP30 climate talks is a fossil fuel lobbyist.

The arsonists aren’t just in the building — they’re throwing fuel on the fire.

We need to #KickOutTheSuits NOW!

READ: kickbigpollutersout.org/Release-Kick...

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

📣 BREAKING: Over 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists are at #COP30.

🛢️1 in 25 attendees still represent crisis-driving corporations, and lobbyists outnumber delegates from the ten most climate-vulnerable nations

We need to #KickOutTheSuits and #KickBigPollutersOut NOW!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today, CIEL & Climate Action Network joined 5 thousand people from 60 countries sailing on the rivers surrounding the #COP30 host city.

The #AmazonFlotilla is not just a protest or a journey. It's an #IndigenousPeoples-led act of resistance, hope & empowerment: amazonflotilla.quipa.org

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The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

"Many oil and gas companies advocating for #CCS in UK have simultaneously raised issues with the technical feasibility and commercial viability of CCS in other countries when faced with regulation"

Report by @influencemap.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
influencemap.org/report/The-U...

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

🚨 New report from @influencemap.bsky.social reveals Oil & Gas giants are driving the push for costly Carbon Capture & Storage.
It’s not a climate solution—it’s a lifeline for fossil fuels. #CCS risks locking in emissions and delaying real action.

bit.ly/3IZXf1e

Are Carbon Offsets Fixable? This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p...

You can't fix offsets, because they're not really broken

They are designed from the ground up as a way for polluters to falsify climate action, and for disgustingly rich bankers to divert funds away from frontline communities

As long as fossil fuels exist, offsets will exist

Good paper! -->>>

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

#BlocchiamoTutto. Against governments’ silence, against genocide, against impunity.

As workers across Italy call for a #GeneralStrike, CIEL UNITE shows its unwavering solidarity with the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, striking workers in Italy, and all those resisting genocide.

THREAD: 1/5 Another consultation, on proposed changes to the EU #ClimateLaw, closes tomorrow. These changes will:
🙈 open the door to international carbon offsets
🙉 endorse so-called ‘permanent removals’ in the EU carbon market.
Read on to find out what this means 😱
ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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CIEL is proud to stand with the #KickBigPollutersOut coalition as the #UNFCCC takes a critical step: forcing all COP30 participants to publicly disclose their funders and affirm alignment with the Paris Agreement.

KBPO Press Release 👇

bit.ly/4gnv097

Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...

Today the Commission closes its consultation on ‘CO2 infrastructure & markets’ – a fossil fuel industry stitch up full of deregulation that seeks to entrench carbon capture by building costly and dangerous CO2 pipelines.

Read more on Deregulation Watch:
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulation-watch

Thanks to @aleddilwyn.bsky.social for the analysis of the DNV report used above.

Finally, that headline: 4x #CCS growth in next 5 years.

Unbelievable growth for a proven to fail technology.

The DNV report shows
❌In the 10 years between 2012 & 2022 CCS capacity didn't even double
❌CCS failure rates are growing, not falling
❌Capture rates only reach c. 60%

Oxy is proposing to use the majority of the CO2 captured from Stratos for oil extraction. You can read more on DAC and Stratos in this briefing from @ciel.org

www.ciel.org/wp-content/u...

Away from DNV's report, WEF mention the oil company OXY-owned Stratos Direct Air Capture project. OXY's CEO makes it very clear DAC is a way to keep oil flowing, saying in Mar 2023: "[DAC] gives our industry a license to continue to operate for the [next] 60, 70, 80 years.”

The article states "CCS is critical to the energy transition."

With the vast majority (85% according to
DNV) of current #CCS capacity being used for Enhanced Oil Recovery (ie producing more oil) the emphasis is clearly on prolonging the current fossil fuel energy.

WEF highlight #CCS for decarbonising cement, steel & chemical sectors. But fossil fuel production/use makes up 2/3s of CCS capacity by 2030 in the DNV predictions. CCS in gas processing doubles

“hydrocarbon production drives uptake” not decarbonising hard to abate industry

Carbon capture and storage is at a turning point. Here's why Carbon capture and storage is forecast to grow fourfold to 2030, and technological advances and government approval will be key to scaling it further.

This piece by the World Economic Forum repeats wildly optimistic headlines about #CCS from a DNV Group report... but underplays the failings of #CCS (many of which are also in the report) and its use to prolong fossil fuels. I’ll unpack below 👇

www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

🌍 African Leadership Rejects Solar Geoengineering at #AMCEN20
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies
handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️

Mozambique LNG is a known site of environmental and human rights violations – and the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) approved billions of tax dollars to fund this project without proper environmental review, economic assessments, or public input.

We're taking them to court.

The runaway cost of UK carbon capture and storage subsidies Despite reduced carbon capture and storage (CCS) targets in the UK’s most recent Carbon Budget, the reliance on this unproven and expensive technology remains a high-risk strategy

🇬🇧 New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social report: #UK #CCS plans could cost £408 bn by 2050, with £50+ bn in subsidies already pledged for just 8% of the 2050 CCS target.

Read the Report here: ieefa.org/resources/ru...

This isn’t #ClimateAction: it’s a bottomless pit for public money.

A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 2 - Matrix Chambers A Common Concern: The Climate Justice Podcast – Smoke and Mirrors: Geoengineering and International Law Part 2

In part 2 of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’, CIEL’s Mary Church @mmchch.bsky.social & @MatrixChambers’ @matrixlaw.bsky.social Kate Cook unpack existing international restrictions on geoengineering, like the CBD moratorium & London Protocol 🌍⚖️

🎧 Listen to the podcast: bit.ly/4lV8PZj

New report: UK taxpayer backing for Mozambique gas project would be ‘Total Disaster’ - Oil Change International As the UK government imminently prepares to make a decision on supporting the controversial Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) with $1.15 billion of taxpayer finance, a new briefing from Oil…

🚨NEW BRIEFING🚨

As the UK prepares to decide on supporting the controversial Mozambique #LNG with $1.15 billion of taxpayer money, our new report shows 🚫 disastrous consequences of funding the project.

Read the full PR oilchange.org/news/new-rep...

1/2 What does the EU's #2040 climate target loophole mean in reality?

The @oekoinstitut.bsky.social shows that using international carbon offsets for 3% of its emissions cuts means "the EU’s 2040 net emissions would be 30% higher" than if it made the cuts domestically

www.oeko.de/publikation/...

Wasting time & public 💰 on risky, expensive technical fixes such as #CCS and #CDR delays just transition + gives the industry cover to keep up emissions, says Oil Change International senior campaigner Myriam Douo, commenting on the EU's updated climate law.

➡️ www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/pr...

phone weather forecast showing 24 degrees at 8 in the morning in Brussels, with temperatures as high as 35 degrees announced for the rest of the day in Brussels, Belgium

phone weather forecast showing a warning for extreme weather and temperatures 15 degrees above average in Brussels, Belgium

my phone yesterday, 8:20 in the morning

15 degrees above average, Brussels, Northern Europe

now, the fact that I'm Mediterranean and used to high(er) temperatures didn't make me blind to the fact that we were stepping into a furnace

it'll keep happening if we don't start taking serious action NOW

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🚨CIEL sounds the alarm: New #EUClimateLaw’s 90% target is climate action in name only. It leans on #FalseSolutions including international offsets, which lets polluters evade responsibility.

You can’t offset your way to a livable future!

🔴 OUT NOW

📢 69 NGOs call on the EU to deliver a Climate Law that rejects international carbon offsetting & Carbon Dioxide Removals (#CDR), commits to a full fossil fuel phase-out, and reflects Europe’s fair share of climate responsibility!

Read the statement👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/st...

🚨 The #UK is projected to spend up to £264 BILLION on Carbon Capture and Storage (#CCS) by 2050 🚨

Of that, £136 BILLION is for #FossilFuel infrastructure (gas power plants and blue hydrogen) all under the false flag of #ClimateAction

🔗 bylinetimes.com/2025/06/11/r...