Jonathan Watts

Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and… |... Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and or...

Hugely encouraging news from Brazil today. President Lula has instructed four ministries to draw up a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, and asked his government to formulate an energy transition fund using income from petroleum revenues.

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‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow Cop30 Exclusive: Brazil’s environment minister talks about climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves and the planet

‘The dinosaurs didn’t know what was coming, but we do’: Marina Silva on what needs to follow #COP30

- Brazil’s environment minister on climate inaction and the course we have to plot to save ourselves

#climatecrisis
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Thank you Genevieve!

Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30 Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in

Trump, war, attention deficit: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30

Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield in which they took place

Jonathan Watts in Belém

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As I write my last column, the facts on climate crisis speak for themselves Since 1995, when the first Cop was held, carbon levels have increased from 360.67 parts per million to 426.68 parts now

‘News editors told me not to be too downbeat, but the facts speak for themselves’

Last post by the inestimable, much admired and even more loved Paul Brown

The climate, he observes sadly, has changed much more than politics since the first UN COP in 1995.

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Amid all the doom and gloom over negotiations at Cop30, one man was doing his damndest to dance away the blues. Rex Manjuria from Nigeria said his goal was to shift climate awareness through music and drama. “We need to use art to drive action,” he said.

Amazing work by Eli Block and the Today in Focus podcast team at The Guardian.

Cop ahoy! Sailing up the Amazon to the climate summit – podcast Jonathan Watts sets off on a three-day boat trip down the Amazon – with indigenous leaders, scientists, artists and more – to report on Cop30, the climate summit taking place this year in Brazil

Cop ahoy! Sailing up the Amazon to the climate summit – podcast

Asking my Indigenous and scientist shipmates what they expect from the first climate conference in the South American rainforest.

#Sumauma
#SaudeeAlegria

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Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells Cop30 summit UN secretary general António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

Missing 1.5C climate target is a moral failure, UN chief tells #COP30 summit

- António Guterres urges opening session in Brazil to bring about a ‘fundamental paradigm shift’

#climatecrisis
Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social and @fionaharvey.bsky.social
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How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle climate change? Scheme aims to disrupt deforestation by raising $125bn, investing it in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical forest nations for good behaviour

How could the Tropical Forest Forever Fund proposed at #COP30 tackle climate change?

- Scheme aims to raise $125bn, invest it in bonds, then use the returns to reward tropical forest nations that keep forests standing

Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault

‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid
Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault

Monstrous slaughter. Local politicians must have approved this.

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America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%

America's super-rich are running down the planet's safe climate spaces, says Oxfam - @jonathan-watts.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

Story by @dpcarrington.bsky.social

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Thank you Chris. Encouragement much appreciated.

I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen? A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence and an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30

"As an Indigenous man, I know very well the pain of the forest, because its body is an extension of ours." Why don't we all listen to those like Wajã Xipai who are still connected with this incredibly unique #Earth? Thank you @jonathan-watts.bsky.social #COP30
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres before Cop30

Story by me and Wajã Xipai.

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Indigenous voices ‘indispensable” to avoid climate catastrophe, UN secretary-general tells Sumaúma in world exclusive.

António Guterres says humanity must change course because 1.5C overshoot is now “inevitable”. And with that comes “devastating consequences.”

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Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner | Simon Tisdall Beijing has realised that reckless America First policies are alienating old and new friends alike, creating a vacuum it can fill, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Xi Jinping is preparing to go toe to toe with Donald Trump – and there will only be one winner | Simon Tisdall

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World’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study finds Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide

“Yet another threat to humanity”

World’s oceans losing their greenness, study finds. Researchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb CO2.

Dire implications for climate, food chain & oxygen levels.

Story by me

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Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation Critics say referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution is president’s latest pro-extractivist move

Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador are facing state intimidation

Next month’s referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution seen as president Daniel Noboa’s latest pro-extractivist move

Story by me.

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‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns

- Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

Story by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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Which one is which?

No contest! Look at that jawline

🙈

Tried but I am not seeing it. I think it must have been a vibes thing.

Thoroughly decent. One of the heroes of our age.

Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall – podcast The renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died aged 91. She will be remembered for her observations that revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees, as well as her tireless environmental advoca...

“The power of empathy”

Remembering Jane Goodall and assessing her legacy.

I am interviewed by Ian Sample for the Guardian’s Science Weekly podcast.

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Remembering primatologist Jane Goodall – podcast The renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died aged 91. She will be remembered for her observations that revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees, as well as her tireless environmental advoca...

The wonderful, brilliant Jane Goodall.

Global environment editor @jonathan-watts.bsky.social tells @iansample.bsky.social about Jane's revolutionary work, her tireless activism, and the powerful legacy she leaves us all.

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