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Orla Dwyer
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 7d
Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* #methane metric means for farming emissions

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#climatecrisis
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Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions - Carbon Brief
A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · 9d
Thanks Róisín!
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Róisín Moriarty @roisinmoriarty.com · 9d
Missed this, as I was travelling, but an excellent explainer all about GWP* (read GWP-star) from @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @carbonbrief.org

#methane #metrics #climateaction
Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions - Carbon Brief
A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 12d
NEW – Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org

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Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions - Carbon Brief
A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · 12d
I’ve spent months looking into GWP* - a way of measuring methane that has been labelled an 'accounting trick' by some and a fairer way to assess methane by others

This Q&A gets into all the science and spats about GWP* and the current situation in places like NZ and Ireland 🐮

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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · 22d
Congrats Caroline, delighted to hear!
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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · Aug 12
It has been a decade since the Paris Agreement.

And with COP30 in Brazil on the horizon, there have been calls for major reform at the UN climate talks.

We asked 16 experts - including former negotiators and COP veterans - what they think should change at these events.

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Aug 8
NEW ANALYSIS: Wildfires have already scorched a UK-record land area in 2025, double the previous high – and 4x above average

By Orla Dwyer, Ho Woo Nam + Tom Prater

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 6
NEW – Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @sivathambisetty.bsky.social

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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Aug 6
The Cali Fund agreed at COP16 talks last year is still empty 5 months after its launch - despite expectations of first pledges in spring

FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund

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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Jul 21
UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are among the foods that became more expensive after weather extremes fuelled by climate change in recent years

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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Jun 24
Amid ongoing Bonn talks and London climate week, Brazil and the UN today began a “global ethical stocktake” to hear from civil society before COP30

Mary Robinson, co-organiser for the Europe discussions, says they talked about climate justice, accountability and the “need to rebuild community”
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Apr 14
NEW – Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 24 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

🎨 Kerry Ann Cleaver and Tom Pearson

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Mar 3
Today at 3pm (GMT), Carbon Brief is hosting a free webinar on the key outcomes of the resumed COP16 biodiversity talks 🎙️

Featuring our specialist team of food, land and nature journalists who are on the ground in Rome 🇮🇹 or following remotely

Register here ➡️ buff.ly/3D9PH98
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 28
What happened at round 2 of COP16 nature talks? 🇮🇹

In the early hours of this morn countries signed off on:

Strategy to raise more money to help conserve biodiversity

Plans to set up a “permanent arrangement” for nature finance

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COP16: Key outcomes agreed at the resumed UN biodiversity conference in Rome - Carbon Brief
Countries have agreed at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome to a strategy for “mobilising”...
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · Feb 28
Not a new nature fund just yet, but developing countries get something much bigger, 3 decades in the making: a permanent mechanism for biodiversity finance.

Esp significant in today's geopolitical climate that has cast a cloud over cooperation and hopes for more funding for nature and climate.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · Feb 27
AND IT IS ADOPTED. #COP16 www.cbd.int/doc/c/1680/7...
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · Feb 27
We're in what should be the final hours of COP16.

And there's new informal text out on 🌱 finance, key to its success.

With inputs from bloc reps, it seems way more coherent than the last draft.

L: 26 Feb draft. www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d...
R: Tonight's non-paper. www.cbd.int/doc/c/214f/6...
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 27
Talks winding to a close tonight at #COP16 round 2

Next round of draft texts are due in an hour, followed by a plenary at 9pm Rome-time that’s supposedly ending at 11pm 🤷‍♀️

Lots still left to discuss
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
EU says the new text is a "workable solution" and a "good text to start with"

Russia says it is happy to work with others on this, but it will be difficult to accept some terms given context has changed

Adds that there are many "small, interesting details" in the text where the "devil is sitting"
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
Amid all of this jargon, "rivers are in agony and animals are disappearing", says Bolivia

Says a nature fund is needed and that this text risks diluting past work and leading to never-ending discussions on financial mechanisms
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
UK said the text is "carefully balanced" and a "helpful next step" in this "long process"

Says it will mean having some "difficult conversations" with higher ups about some of the lines, which probably means it's "moving in the right direction"
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
**quick reminder that tomorrow is the last day of talks** 🫠
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
All countries are thankful to the presidency and all the rest, but still some real divisions on both specific aspects of the text and the broad terms

Brazil describes it as "quite a different text" to previous drafts
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
Haiti concerned that some aspects of the text would take too long

"2030 is tomorrow"
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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Feb 26
Egypt, Japan, Panama, Saudi Arabia and others saying they need more time to properly look over this new text

Panama worried by a "lack of ambition" and has "great concern" about the amount of time before a new nature fund would be operating, based on this latest text
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