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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 19

NEW ANIMATION: China’s cumulative emissions have overtaken the EU for the first time…

…but under future projections, China’s emissions may *never* eclipse the US (despite having just a fraction of the population)

buff.ly/4hQ131z with @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 6d

DeBriefed | Renewables power past coal; Legacy of UK’s Climate Change Act; Fukushima’s solar future

✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 6d

💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief examines how Fukushima helped to recover from nuclear disaster by building solar farms on contaminated farmland.

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View of Shinchi town, Fukushima in 2011 (top) and 2016 (bottom). Credit: Newscom/Alamy Stock Photo

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Daisy Dunne @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · 22d

Today's @carbonbrief.org Daily Briefing factchecks the false climate claims in Donald Trump's tirade to the UN

www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 2

Looking to stay updated on the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy?

Follow Carbon Brief's team who are active on BlueSky.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jun 6

💡 Spotlight | Lessons from 20 years of Japanese ‘Cool Biz’

This week, Carbon Brief examines a “casual dress” policy that has been “surprisingly effective” at driving emissions savings in Japan.

Read more here ➡️ buff.ly/z6APGnc

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jun 6

DeBriefed | Nigeria’s deadly flash floods; UK’s record spring drives solar surge; Lessons from Japan’s ‘Cool Biz’

✍️ Written by @jjgoodman.bsky.social‬
📝 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org

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Daisy Dunne @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · May 19

NEW: When I first went to the Arctic in 2019, what I witnessed forever changed me and my outlook on life

When I went back in 2024, I was keen to speak to scientists who spend much longer there on how it has changed them

They had some eye-opening stories

interactive.carbonbrief.org/arctic-svalb...

Svalbard: How it feels to be a climate scientist in the fastest-warming place on Earth

In the Arctic Ocean – around 400 miles from the North Pole – lies the island of Svalbard.

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · May 19

NEW – Svalbard: Can scientists salvage climate data from rapidly melting glaciers?

✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org‬ w/ comment from @heartmeltingice.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

🎨 Kerry Cleaver @jjgoodman.bsky.social‬

Read here: buff.ly/3AVGuPt

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · May 19

NEW – Svalbard: How it feels to be a climate scientist in the fastest-warming place on Earth

✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org‬ w/ comment from @heartmeltingice.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

🎨 Kerry Cleaver @jjgoodman.bsky.social‬

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Apr 30

Every COP logo since 1995 – which is your favourite?

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · Apr 3

The list of US food items that the UK says might now see retaliatory tariffs seriously makes you wonder what the HELL is going on with our global food system?!

"edible flours and meals of whales, dolphin and porpoises"

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Apr 2

Run don’t walk to see Kyoto at Soho place!

Can’t express just how impressive this play was. (See: a very happy row of Carbon Brief journos and my “Telegraph” press pass)

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Apr 1

UPDATE – Q&A: What does deep-sea mining mean for climate change and biodiversity loss? | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org

🎨 @jjgoodman.bsky.social Kerry Cleaver

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Feb 24

UPDATE – The Carbon Brief Profile: Germany | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Feb 18

NEW – The Carbon Brief Profile: Germany | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Jennie King @jkingy.bsky.social · Nov 18

I've thrown together a Starter Pack for the climate crisis-info crisis overlap. Lots of members from @caadcoalition.bsky.social, so do give them a follow.

It's a work in progress, @ me if you'd like to be included!

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(@davidrvetter.bsky.social ask and ye shall receive...)

go.bsky.app/J3783tF

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Dec 3

“They don’t make statues of critics”

Roger Egbert:

Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 30

Full statement: defendourjuries.org/16-political...

16 POLITICAL PRISONERS SERVING COMBINED 41 YEARS GIVEN JOINT APPEAL HEARING - Defend Our Juries

Press release: 30 November 2024 16 POLITICAL PRISONERS SERVING COMBINED 41 YEARS GIVEN JOINT APPEAL HEARING For further info: Howard 07459055152; Tim 07795316164; Paddy 07958275270 Today it was announ...

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 30

Points of appeal will include: “whether a conscientious motivation should be treated as mitigation, and whether throwing soup on glass should be sentenced as an act of violence, if it caused some damage to the frame,” according to Defend our Juries.

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 30

BREAKING: The Court of Appeal will conduct a hearing of 16 Just Stop Oil protestors, arising from four separate cases, including JSO leader Roger Hallam and Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland who threw soup on glass protecting Van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 27

My heart goes out to the original Bluesky (aerial survey and height data services)

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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · Nov 26

After tense #COP29 talks, parties agreed on a new climate finance goal... but many argued the USD 300 billion/year was an “insult”

While parties took decisions on carbon markets, on many other issues they remained deadlocked

ENB Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...

#climatechange #climate

Summary report 11–22 November 2024

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Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 26

Countries are required to submit their new emission targets for 2035 by next February.

Joe Goodman @jjgoodman.bsky.social · Nov 26

Japan is considering a new target of 60% emissions cuts by 2035, up from a previous target of 42% reductions, according to this report by Japan's public broadcaster NHK www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Japan govt. proposes new emissions cut target of 60% by FY2035 | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

Japan's government has suggested a new target to reduce the county's greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent in fiscal 2035 from fiscal 2013 levels.

www3.nhk.or.jp

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Nov 25

Five charts: Why a UN plastics treaty matters for climate change | @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from Daniela Durán González

🎨 @jjgoodman.bsky.social Kerry Cleaver @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org

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Plastics currently cause triple the emissions of aviation. Greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, in billion tonnes of CO2e. Source: Carbon Brief analysis of Karali et al (2024), the OECD and the UNEP Emissions Gap Report (2024).

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