Rebecca Carman

A yellow background with a black-and-white image of firefighters in protective gear battling a wildfire at the bottom. White and black text reads: “Myth #7 Climate models are unreliable.” Below, bold white text labeled Fact: states, “The IPCC, the world’s leading scientific authority on climate change, says that over decades of development, models have consistently provided ‘a robust and unambiguous picture’ of planetary warming.” The UN Environment Programme logo is in the top right corner.

“Models are unreliable.”
→ They’ve been right for decades.

While Friday was its last scheduled day, #IPCC-62 ran for 38 hours straight, with huddles and plenary discussions running throughout the night and all day Saturday

Working Group sessions wrapped up on Saturday morning, and the plenary was later gaveled at 22:35

@ipcc.bsky.social #ipcc

The IPCC in the hybrid public sphere: divergent responses to climate mitigation solutions in mainstream and social media - Climatic Change In April 2022 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its report on the mitigation of climate change, which included detailed discussion of the wide range of solutions at the pe...

📊New research shows journalists covering a recent IPCC Report shifted from doom-laden messaging to solutions-based reporting.

This mirrors our approach: engaging people with practical solutions and tools creates more action than just highlighting threats. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Bookkeepers of catastrophes: The overlooked role of reinsurers in climate change debates Global warming had long been discussed as an abstract matter of physics and chemistry. Only in the 1990s did the more tangible costs caused by natural…

"In part due to this statistics-driven view, reinsurers asserted that evermore frequent and damaging natural catastrophes are likely a consequence of man-made #climate change at an earlier stage than, for example, the IPCC, making them important translators of climate change knowledge"

Curious. Do you think Climate News is one of those argumentative bots that I've read about?

Trump just withdrew the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

The US now joins Iran, Libya, and Yemen as the only countries in the world not in the agreement.

Cover of new UNDP-FAO handbook

With escalating climate risks to agriculture, #UNDP
and #FAO launched a new Tool and Handbook at #COP29 to help countries turn policy into on-the-ground adaptation actions. Learn how it supports sustainable and resilient agriculture: www.adaptation-undp.org/scala/car-tool

Breakthrough in Baku delivers $1.3tn “Baku Finance Goal”

cop29.az/en/media-hub...

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a chart showing operational ccs being very low persisently, while scenarios show high expectations

a chart showing operational ccs being very low persisently, while scenarios show high expectations

a chart showing operational ccs being very low persisently, while scenarios show high expectations

Renewables are exceeding expectations - but so are emissions. Why?

Part of the fossil economy's staying power comes from false promises of techno-neutralisation. CCS is the OG machine saviour. A new blog for you, on why its second coming hasn't come.

ketanjoshi.co/2024/11/24/2...

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Smiling African woman preparing foot next to solar-powered light.

Solar minigrids hold the key to delivering clean, reliable #energy to 265 million people across Africa.

Learn how #UNDP's Africa Minigrids Program is driving private investment and empowering communities with solar-battery minigrids. More: go.undp.org/AMP

Clean energy boosts climate resilience for farmers in Sri Lanka by UNDP Climate In Sri Lanka’s countryside, rural communities embrace a lifestyle closely connected to nature. More than half of the population relies on farming for their income and livelihoods, which makes agricult...

In Sri Lanka, a country known for its agricultural richness, farmers have faced declining crop yields due to climate change. But renewable energy is transforming their livelihoods and restoring hope.

Find out how: go.undp.org/okj

Clean energy boosts climate resilience for farmers in Sri Lanka by UNDP Climate In Sri Lanka’s countryside, rural communities embrace a lifestyle closely connected to nature. More than half of the population relies on farming for their income and livelihoods, which makes agricult...

In Sri Lanka, a country known for its agricultural richness, farmers have faced declining crop yields due to climate change. But renewable energy is transforming their livelihoods and restoring hope.

Find out how: go.undp.org/okj

a cartoon with two panels panel one is a stick figure saying "oh! a fossil fuel!!" standing above a crudely drawn black lump under a brown ground Panel two is them walking away and saying "I'll just leave it there" The head of the person is not a drawn circle but the letter O, because the random software I used to draw it did that for unexplained reasons

Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology

child holds thermometer

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collage of Indigenous Peoples and biodiversity

collage of people from small island developing states

with my team we work on a monthly newsletter on all things climate change. every issue starts with an explainer on a topical issue, followed by headlines from around the world + updates on progress.

40 issues and counting! view past issues & subscribe here: climatepromise.undp.org/what-we-do/n...

Mapping the impact of climate change on global displacement As COP29 concludes, Al Jazeera examines the 359 million weather-related displacements recorded worldwide since 2008.

Useful work by al-Jazeera.

"Out of the 359 million weather-related global displacements recorded since 2008, nearly 80 percent were from the Asia and Asia Pacific regions, accounting for about 106 and 171 million respectively."

www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11...

Deforestation-Free Coffee | UNDP Climate Promise UNDP has teamed up with Lavazza, initiating a partnership focused on transforming global coffee production towards sustainability.

If, like me, you can't imagine a world without ☕, be sure to check out UNDP's work in the Ecuadorian Amazon alongside #Lavazza to support the world's first certified deforestation-free #coffee, as well as a commitment to sustainability & community empowerment. 🤎

Find out how here: go.undp.org/4hv

No complaints from my side! Loving it here <3

Smiling African woman preparing foot next to solar-powered light.

Solar minigrids hold the key to delivering clean, reliable #energy to 265 million people across Africa.

Learn how #UNDP's Africa Minigrids Program is driving private investment and empowering communities with solar-battery minigrids. More: go.undp.org/AMP

At #COP29, the six hours long "single-setting" meeting has ended. The Presidency will hold bilateral consultations with groups to refine the texts, and appointed ministerial pairs will be asked to “unlock specific questions.”

Revised Presidency texts are announced for “late Friday.”

Also trying to find your climate colleagues from UN on BlueSky?

See a starter pack here:

go.bsky.app/STG9JQP

While you're there, also check out the excellent starter packs from @erinsikorsky.bsky.social on #ClimateSecurity and @kayly.bsky.social #ClimateMigration.

Hi Sean!! Good to see you over here!

Ah, yes. That was lovely. I'm not very good at cross-posting yet, though. Will try!

Regenerative agriculture: A way of farming that nurtures and restores soil health, reduces water use, prevents land degradation and promotes biodiversity.

Check out 20 key climate and nature terms in our new #ClimateDictionary:Nature Edition ➡️

go.undp.org/oxv

I love this. Also, @rcarman.bsky.social you have to post that cow here.

I am blanking on the cow... :(

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as figures in the new U.S. National Climate Assessment report, a thread