Stephen Cornelius

🌴WWF and @greenpeace.org have called for talk to turn to action at COP30.

🌳In a joint press conference today, they called for COP30 to adopt a Forest Roadmap to halt and end deforestation by 2030.

Read more here: ow.ly/Cgc250XtG4v #ClimateAction

#COP30 #ClimateCrisis

70 responses to biodiversity loss: the IPBES Nexus Assessment - UNEP-WCMC A landmark new report was launched today by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). The Assessment Report on the Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health – known as the Nexus Report - offers decision-makers around the world the most comprehensiv…

🌍 Did you know? Biodiversity loss, climate change, health, water & food security are linked! IPBES #NexusAssessment explores 70+ solutions for a sustainable future.🏡🧪



Discover how interconnected challenges need interconnected actions with UNEP-WCMC https://ow.ly/BXLH50Xpb9C

Proud to be part of the People’s #Climate March with friends from WWF and tens of thousands of others in social movements and communities committed to building a fairer and more sustainable future

#COP30

Insidious misinformation and disinformation around #ClimateChange sow confusion and delay #ClimateAction.

This is an important development. See also Cranky Uncle to understand how science denial works... app.crankyuncle.info/home

#COP30

CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...

What will define our decade? Will we:
🌿 Halt deforestation?
💡 Phase out fossil fuels?
💸 Fund climate resilience?

WWF's Climate Manifesto shows how we can get there.

👉 panda.org/cop30

#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #CloseTheGaps

In Belém - a little lizard on an big old rope in foreground with river and boat/jetty in background

In Belém - a large black ant on a tropical fruit surrounded by green leaves

As #COP30 kicks off in Belém’s heat and downpours, the world must #CloseTheGap on climate action - more mitigation, adaptation and finance

We also need a Nature Package to safeguard forests and biodiversity - because the Amazon COP should deliver for people and planet.

#ClimateAction

This is worth a read - factchecking claims (myths) about solar power

#ClimateChange

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

🔋António Guterres says renewable energy is the greatest economic opportunity of the 21st century.

🌏@manupulgarvidal.bsky.social of #WWF comments:

#ClimateAction

🌍 On 23 July, 3:00 PM CEST, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the @CIJ_ICJ, will deliver the Court's historic decision on the obligations of states' with regard to #ClimateChange. This decision may be a pivotal moment that leads us to a better future. Read more here: ow.ly/emUz50WrspZ

A good start to the Climate Innovation Forum as part of #LondonClimateActionWeek including telling people that #ClimateAction is happening

#LCAW25 #CIF25
#ClimateChange

In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up, say London mayor Sadiq Khan and Paris mayor Anne Hid...

I'm looking forward to meeting people at #LondonClimateActionWeek

Before then, read this op-ed by the mayors of London and Paris on disinformation and misinformation and the backlash to #ClimateAction

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#ClimateChange

Today, the #UNFCCC #JuneClimateMeetings #SB62 in #Bonn kick off & #WWF has published a number of papers calling for urgent progress on key issues in the lead up to @cop30nobrasil.bsky.social. There is no time to lose! More here: panda.org/cop30

.@WWF has published its annual Climate & Energy Manifesto 2025. We need political will and bold decisions from leaders more than ever. Read the manifesto here: bit.ly/4kBPa0f #ClimateCrisis #ActOnClimate

The village of Blatten in Switzerland is partly buried by the collapse of a glacier which melted because our greenhouse gas emissions warmed the climate.

Another reminder that choosing to not invest enough today to reduce emissions means far greater costs for society in the long term.

Weatherwatch: The Met Office fights back against climate misinformation The most impressive part of the Office’s misinformation ‘toolkit’ is its set of answers to climate deniers’ questions

Weatherwatch: The Met Office fights back against climate misinformation

The most impressive part of the Office’s misinformation ‘toolkit’ is its set of answers to climate deniers’ questions

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

#ClimateChange
‪@metoffice.bsky.social‬

Here it is, finally. The truth.

In a landmark #greenwashing legal case brought by @parentsforclimate.bsky.social, #EnergyAustralia has publicly acknowledged that offsets do not undo the harms of burning fossil fuels & apologised to more than 400,000 customers of its carbon #offsetting product

A seadragon and flushing worms: Environmental Photography award winners – in pictures Winning images from the 2025 of Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography award, selected from 10,000 images submitted globally

Some amazing nature photos here (and some awfully sad ones in the 'Humanity vs Nature' category)
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Line chart – China's CO2 emissions are now 1% below their March 2024 peak: China’s emissions from fossil fuels and cement, million tonnes of CO2, rolling 12-month totals. Source: Emissions are estimated from National Bureau of Statistics data on production of different fuels and cement, China Customs data on imports and exports and WIND Information data on changes in inventories, applying emissions factors from China’s latest national greenhouse gas emissions inventory and annual emissions factors per tonne of cement production until 2024. Sector breakdown of coal consumption is estimated using coal consumption data from WIND Information and electricity data from the National Energy Administration.

NEW – Analysis: Clean energy just put China’s CO2 emissions into reverse for first time | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/6eAcjRU

Kinshasa - Congo Basin (c) Berclaire for The Walk Productions

As the #climate crisis intensifies, its effects are becoming impossible to ignore - for both people and nature.

That’s why #TheHerds, led by a team of puppeteers, are on the move; so far visiting DRC, Nigeria, Senegal & Morocco!

Join #TheHerds to follow the journey.

European firms ramping up lobbying for climate action, report finds Research shows companies ‘aligned’ with strategies to meet climate goals have risen from 3% in 2019 to 23% in 2025

Unexpected - EU companies increasingly aligned with climate action

“Those vocally organising to oppose the energy transition achieve outsized importance across public debate. However, there is a larger, quieter majority that are supportive of decarbonisation”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Solar energy has consistently been underestimated.

Today, it adds more capacity/yr to global grid than any other source in history.

If trend continues, solar will deliver more electricity generation/yr than any technology before it.

Graph from @nathanielbullard.com - great newsletter

How are #heatwaves changing in #Europe?

According to the European #Climate Report, 2024 saw:

🌡️ Record-breaking ‘strong heat stress’ days and tropical nights in southeastern Europe during summer

🥵 In recent decades, heat has been the leading cause of reported deaths due to extreme weather
🌍🧪⚒️🌡️🌊

Achieving energy security for all means one crucial step: ending the world’s dependence on #FossilFuels and scaling up #RenewableEnergy. WWF calls on countries to include phasing out fossil fuels in their new national climate plans. Here’s our guidance on how: ow.ly/Gof750VGtyB

Pope Francis uses first US TV interview to slam climate change deniers Pope Francis spoke out against climate change deniers, calling them 'fools' in his first ever interview on American television.

Pope Francis last year on those who deny climate science:

"There are people who are foolish, and even foolish if they show you them research. They don't believe it…They don't understand the situation or because of their interest, but climate change exists."

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Climate risks are escalating at record levels, affecting people and nature in unprecedented ways. Read @WWF & @practicalaction.bsky.social’s new report on how countries can anchor Loss and Damage into their climate plans and help accelerate national climate action shorturl.at/aA5eI

Bar chart "Solar added more than twice as much generation in 2024 as any other source" Carbon Brief graphic using Ember data

Power-sector CO2 hits ‘all-time high’ in 2024 despite record growth for clean energy

www.carbonbrief.org/power-sector...

“Solar power has become the engine of the global energy transition..."

@carbonbrief.org

The 2024 state of the climate report: a report by leading international scientists on recent trends in planetary vital signs.
(Ignore at your peril.)

academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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