Pilita Clark

Climate journalism: Celebrating the 2025 Climate Change Communication Award winners Damian Carrington of The Guardian and Pilita Clark of the Financial Times are the winners of the 2025 edition of

So honoured to be chosen for the 2025 CMCC climate change communication award, along with the wonderful @dpcarrington.bsky.social

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey

I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but I am. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/b...

UN plastics treaty talks in disarray after petrostates block progress [FREE TO READ] Consumer companies say draft agreement lacks the regulatory certainty required to tackle global plastic waste problems

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UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics [FREE TO READ] Conflicting interests are coming to a head as countries attempt to end the scourge of pollution

Negotiators in Geneva have two days left to produce the world’s first legally binding plastics pollution treaty. They’re facing problems that look familiar to anyone who has been to a climate COP: on.ft.com/4mH9tds

Business backs away from UN climate talks on edge of the Amazon [FREE TO READ] Officials resort to ‘love hotel’ bookings for COP30 accommodation

Logistical headaches have plagued lots of UN climate COPs but none have been quite like this year’s meeting in Brazil

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Excellent news: FT Edit has arrived at Bluesky

Am waiting with unabated breath!

Liebreich: The Pragmatic Climate Reset - Part I | BloombergNEF As the tide on clean energy turns, Michael Liebreich makes a strong case for a pragmatic climate reset.

An enjoyably punchy read here from the ever excellent @mliebreich.bsky.social

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Dutch pension giant pledges $650mn to Octopus Australia [FREE TO READ] Commitment by APG towards solar and battery projects will boost Canberra’s efforts to move away from fossil fuels

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Here comes the sun (power) [FREE TO READ] Goldman Sachs ❤️ ☀️

"..the rise in solar energy generation is the fastest in the history of electricity"...
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Desalination: the costly solution for a thirsty world [FREE TO READ] As water scarcity spreads governments are ploughing billions into a technology that comes with its own environmental costs

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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

Even when expected, it still shocks www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Tehran declares public holiday to tackle water shortage [FREE TO READ] Iranian authorities warn capital could become uninhabitable without drastic measures to cut water consumption

Tehran has had to effectively shut down for a day to deal with water shortages that could make the capital uninhabitable. on.ft.com/4m2fQHO

"On paper it looks great"...
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'Positive review only': Researchers hide AI prompts in papers Instructions in preprints from 14 universities highlight controversy on AI in peer review

Extraordinary. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

Hard to over-estimate the potential significance of this - if the trend continues

Are we on the brink of a nuclear revival? New @financialtimes.com film made with @pilitaclark.bsky.social featuring @dalevince.com, Marco Visscher & MV Ramana. Watch in full for free on YouTube or FT www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXhk...

US to retaliate against international carbon levies on ships [FREE TO READ] Trump administration warns other members of UN’s maritime body against measure negotiated this week

After years of painstaking negotiations on a global scheme to decarbonise shipping....
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It's summer in the southern hemisphere, and solar is surging...

Chile remains in front, with 29% of its electricity from solar panels in January👏

The great climate disconnect [FREE TO READ] New attempts to prolong the fossil fuel era have come at precisely the wrong time

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Surreal prices for COP30 in Brazil's Amazon leave attendees scrambling for a place to stay Nine months ahead of the 2025 U.N. climate conference known as COP30, prices for lodging are alarming those who want to attend the event in Belem, Brazil’s Amazonian host city.

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Hottest January on record shocks scientists [FREE TO READ] Data adds to fears that climate change is accelerating, as La Niña phenomenon fails to cool global temperatures

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Top financial watchdog warns climate change set to trigger market panics [FREE TO READ] Basel-based FSB says damage caused by floods, droughts and fires threatens broader pullback in lending

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The truth about green business [FREE TO READ] Expecting companies to put climate change concerns ahead of profits is foolish

I wish the arguments Jens Beckert makes about the powerful political and financial impediments to climate action were wrong, but a lot of the evidence so far suggests otherwise.

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BlackRock quits climate change group in latest green climbdown [FREE TO READ] World’s largest money manager had staked out position as sustainable investment leader

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Biggest shipping nations back flat tax on emissions [FREE TO READ] World’s two most important countries for registrations join efforts to impose flat levy on pollution

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China’s EV sales set to overtake traditional cars years ahead of west [FREE TO READ] Volumes forecast to rise 20% next year, smashing international projections and Beijing’s official targets

Predictable but still striking

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My awkward brush with green shaming [FREE TO READ] In an ideal world we would not need to be prodded into greener behaviour

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