Wolfgang Blau
@wblau.bsky.social
Corporate climate strategies, climate communications.
Co-Founder Oxford Climate Journalism Network / Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian
Co-Founder Oxford Climate Journalism Network / Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian
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Be the ancestor you wish you had if you lived in 2100.
Stellar reporting by @carbonbrief.org on what really happened with that 'roadmap' away from fossil fuels at COP30:
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
Revealed: Leak casts doubt on COP30’s ‘informal list’ of fossil-fuel roadmap opponents - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief has obtained a leaked copy of the “informal list” of countries that were characterised as “blocking” the fossil-fuel roadmap’sat COP30.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Stellar reporting by @carbonbrief.org on what really happened with that 'roadmap' away from fossil fuels at COP30:
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...
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NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
NEW | A single carbon removal project at a biomass power station In the UK could cost £30 BILLION in government subsidies.
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
This would cost more than the UK government plans on spending for carbon capture programmes over 25 years.
https://loom.ly/XibxT4k
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The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Times and Daily Telegraph are ALL carrying this two-page advert prominently within their news pages today.
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The Daily Mail, Daily Express, Times and Daily Telegraph are ALL carrying this two-page advert prominently within their news pages today.
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
That tells you a LOT about these newspapers - and the £££ available to Farage
thearabweekly.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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This is both a genius and mad compromise that makes Turkey the COP31 figurehead host, but gives the substantive negotiation and outcome decisions to Australia
Indeed, the issue will be how/if Turkey sabotages Australia and how disputes are resolved
bsky.app/profile/wbla...
Indeed, the issue will be how/if Turkey sabotages Australia and how disputes are resolved
bsky.app/profile/wbla...
In case you wondered about next year's Australian-Turkish COP31, this is the agreement. HT: @carbonbrief.org
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is both a genius and mad compromise that makes Turkey the COP31 figurehead host, but gives the substantive negotiation and outcome decisions to Australia
Indeed, the issue will be how/if Turkey sabotages Australia and how disputes are resolved
bsky.app/profile/wbla...
Indeed, the issue will be how/if Turkey sabotages Australia and how disputes are resolved
bsky.app/profile/wbla...
In case you wondered about next year's Australian-Turkish COP31, this is the agreement. HT: @carbonbrief.org
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In case you wondered about next year's Australian-Turkish COP31, this is the agreement. HT: @carbonbrief.org
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
The very trick detail: "If there is a difference in views between Turkey and Australia, consultations will take place until the difference is resolved to mutual satisfaction"
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It’s hard not to see COP30 as a failure, writes Michael Jacobs. Indeed, there is now a powerful and organised bloc resisting deeper action on climate change.
Not so good COP
The latest UN climate summit was buffeted by geopolitical headwinds
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It’s hard not to see COP30 as a failure, writes Michael Jacobs. Indeed, there is now a powerful and organised bloc resisting deeper action on climate change.
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Jede US-Sicherheitsgarantie für die Ukraine ist durch das aktuelle amerikanische Verhalten unglaubwürdig geworden. Es gibt nur eine einzige verlässliche Sicherheitsgarantie, und das ist die umfassende Aufrüstung der Ukraine zum abschreckenden "Stachelschwein".
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Norbert Röttgen: "Das ist jetzt die zweite Zeitenwende"
Norbert Röttgen ist einer der wichtigsten Transatlantiker in der CDU. Der 28-Punkte-Plan der USA erschüttert ihn. Deutschland müsse seine Außenpolitik nun neu ausrichten.
www.zeit.de
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Jede US-Sicherheitsgarantie für die Ukraine ist durch das aktuelle amerikanische Verhalten unglaubwürdig geworden. Es gibt nur eine einzige verlässliche Sicherheitsgarantie, und das ist die umfassende Aufrüstung der Ukraine zum abschreckenden "Stachelschwein".
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
www.zeit.de/politik/deut...
Many interesting COP30 summaries by some dear friends and collaborators in this collection.
„Judged in isolation, COP30 felt bleak. Judged within the larger process, it represents small but real steps forward“
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
„Judged in isolation, COP30 felt bleak. Judged within the larger process, it represents small but real steps forward“
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
Reflections from COP30 - Perry World House
The lack of significant actionable items from the end of COP30 shows that the world remains divided on how to address the critical issue of climate change. Experts from across the University of Pennsy...
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Many interesting COP30 summaries by some dear friends and collaborators in this collection.
„Judged in isolation, COP30 felt bleak. Judged within the larger process, it represents small but real steps forward“
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
„Judged in isolation, COP30 felt bleak. Judged within the larger process, it represents small but real steps forward“
perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/news-and-ins...
Increasingly, I am becoming much more interested in the unnecessary emissions that a data centre enables than in its own operational and energy emissions.
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Increasingly, I am becoming much more interested in the unnecessary emissions that a data centre enables than in its own operational and energy emissions.
Needed: a friendly tracker of all multi-country, multi-business pledges, alliances and initiatives announced at a COP - just to keep an eye what happened with them once the COP caravan has moved on.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Needed: a friendly tracker of all multi-country, multi-business pledges, alliances and initiatives announced at a COP - just to keep an eye what happened with them once the COP caravan has moved on.
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"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Very good #COP30 summary by the @financialtimes.com.
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action
‘Axis of obstruction’ stalls progress with poor and middle-income countries reluctant to quit fossil fuels despite peril
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Very good #COP30 summary by the @financialtimes.com.
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
Most balanced take on #COP30 I have seen thus far:
Quick post on how COP30 was a mix of success and failure, but the narrative battle is starting to see it as a failure and that’s really bad news. As ever the onus is now on governments and businesses that want climate action to step up.
Free link: www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Free link: www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
COP30 delivered mix of success and failure, but that is no success at all
Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action t...
www.businessgreen.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Most balanced take on #COP30 I have seen thus far:
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
www.vox.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
It’s ok to be real and intellectually honest about COP30.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It’s ok to be real and intellectually honest about COP30.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
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As harrowing as this, it felt like a relief to read it. The commentariat's refusal to grapple with what climate change will do to us, if we don't phase out fossil fuels, has been driving me insane.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As harrowing as this, it felt like a relief to read it. The commentariat's refusal to grapple with what climate change will do to us, if we don't phase out fossil fuels, has been driving me insane.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren Bundesländern mit Bauschaum beschädigt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die Grünen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
www.n-tv.de
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Quite the quote on #COP30, by Professor Michael Jacobs of the think tank ODI Global and the University of Sheffield. Source: ‚Backchannel‘
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Quite the quote on #COP30, by Professor Michael Jacobs of the think tank ODI Global and the University of Sheffield. Source: ‚Backchannel‘
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Europe wins or loses with Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Europe wins or loses with Ukraine.
Asked about von der Leyen’s comments just as he was walking into a United Nations plenary, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said: “The problem is caused by emissions, and the reality is that the dirtier the fossil fuel, the more damage they are doing.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Asked about von der Leyen’s comments just as he was walking into a United Nations plenary, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said: “The problem is caused by emissions, and the reality is that the dirtier the fossil fuel, the more damage they are doing.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Oregon Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social "on Wednesday issued an executive order directing state agencies to speed up energy project permitting and processes to connect renewable energy to the state’s electric grid for the long haul." www.opb.org/article/2025... via @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social 🔌💡
Gov. Kotek orders state agencies to move faster on clean energy projects, electrification
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027.
www.opb.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Oregon Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social "on Wednesday issued an executive order directing state agencies to speed up energy project permitting and processes to connect renewable energy to the state’s electric grid for the long haul." www.opb.org/article/2025... via @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social 🔌💡