Portfolio: https://authory.com/ChloeFarand
tinyurl.com/392badee
The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before.
I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇
As Melissa Marengo of @nrginstitute.bsky.social put it: "Minerals may not have made it into the text, but they are now firmly on the COP agenda – and the debate will only grow louder."
This is what happened 🧵
In South Africa, communities that have borne the brunt of decades of mining want a stake in the new operations as compensation for past harms.
@climatechangenews.com
tinyurl.com/yn9k7vf8/
In South Africa, communities that have borne the brunt of decades of mining want a stake in the new operations as compensation for past harms.
@climatechangenews.com
tinyurl.com/yn9k7vf8/
buff.ly/iYthzI0
buff.ly/iYthzI0
As Melissa Marengo of @nrginstitute.bsky.social put it: "Minerals may not have made it into the text, but they are now firmly on the COP agenda – and the debate will only grow louder."
This is what happened 🧵
tinyurl.com/392badee
The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before.
I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇
As Melissa Marengo of @nrginstitute.bsky.social put it: "Minerals may not have made it into the text, but they are now firmly on the COP agenda – and the debate will only grow louder."
This is what happened 🧵
I cover the latest developments in @climatechangenews.com
Read it here👇
tinyurl.com/232w45e5
I cover the latest developments in @climatechangenews.com
Read it here👇
tinyurl.com/232w45e5
Minerals making their first appearance in draft UN climate text at #COP30
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/14/c...
Minerals making their first appearance in draft UN climate text at #COP30
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/14/c...
Over 3pp, it has 14 "options" & 50 sq brackets, indicating disputed areas of text
In short, there is a lot of disagreement 🧵
unfccc.int/sites/def...
1/6
Over 3pp, it has 14 "options" & 50 sq brackets, indicating disputed areas of text
In short, there is a lot of disagreement 🧵
unfccc.int/sites/def...
1/6
- Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
Story by @chloefarand.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
Story by @chloefarand.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is mostly happening under negotiations to ensure that the shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is fair, sustainable and doesn't foster new social injustices.
🧵
tinyurl.com/392badee
The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before.
I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇
This is mostly happening under negotiations to ensure that the shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is fair, sustainable and doesn't foster new social injustices.
🧵
That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)
That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)
#COP30
tinyurl.com/392badee
The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before.
I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇
#COP30
tinyurl.com/392badee
The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before.
I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇
tinyurl.com/392badee
The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before.
I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇
The latest for @climatechangenews.com's Clean Energy Frontier series.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/s...
The latest for @climatechangenews.com's Clean Energy Frontier series.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/s...
Journalists will get tips on how to cover the Belém climate talks in Brazil and from afar
🤝In collaboration with @n-ost.bsky.social
Speakers:
🇧🇷 Daniela Chiaretti
🇹🇯 Timur Idrisov
🇬🇧 @chloefarand.bsky.social
Sign up: www.cleanenergywire.org/webinars/cli...
Journalists will get tips on how to cover the Belém climate talks in Brazil and from afar
🤝In collaboration with @n-ost.bsky.social
Speakers:
🇧🇷 Daniela Chiaretti
🇹🇯 Timur Idrisov
🇬🇧 @chloefarand.bsky.social
Sign up: www.cleanenergywire.org/webinars/cli...
In @climatechangenews.com, NRGI’s Juliana Peña Niño explains why UNEA7 must give Colombia’s minerals proposal real ambition and a binding path forward.
Reporting by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👉 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/03/c...
In @climatechangenews.com, NRGI’s Juliana Peña Niño explains why UNEA7 must give Colombia’s minerals proposal real ambition and a binding path forward.
Reporting by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👉 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/03/c...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/10/d...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/10/d...
Read the full story, written by @chloefarand.bsky.social, and learn what attribution science means for the courts and climate justice.
👉 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
Read the full story, written by @chloefarand.bsky.social, and learn what attribution science means for the courts and climate justice.
👉 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/02/v...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/02/v...
Lenders are plans to develop one of the world's largest unexploited copper deposits in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and poorest province which is blighted by conflict and human rights violations.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/22/a...
Lenders are plans to develop one of the world's largest unexploited copper deposits in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and poorest province which is blighted by conflict and human rights violations.
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/22/a...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/c...
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/c...
🎁 link
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 link
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Lots of caveats,
there seem to be better tech in pipeline or already available
The race is on to discover the first commercially viable natural hydrogen reservoir. But many experts warn that the reality may not live up to the hype.
My latest for BBC 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Lots of caveats,
there seem to be better tech in pipeline or already available
The race is on to discover the first commercially viable natural hydrogen reservoir. But many experts warn that the reality may not live up to the hype.
My latest for BBC 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
The race is on to discover the first commercially viable natural hydrogen reservoir. But many experts warn that the reality may not live up to the hype.
My latest for BBC 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Great new piece on @granthamicl.bsky.social's climate litigation work by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇
Thanks to attribution science, courts now have the tools to link climate impacts, such as floods, wildfires and extreme heat to major polluters — and assign legal responsibility. 🧵
📒 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial
Great new piece on @granthamicl.bsky.social's climate litigation work by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇
👀 We will be watching closely the vote of the 47 States members
📺 live webcast (3 PM CEST): webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16...
👀 We will be watching closely the vote of the 47 States members
📺 live webcast (3 PM CEST): webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16...
But in Nigeria, early efforts to refine lithium are facing challenges as mining remains dominated by mostly unregulated informal miners.
@vivianchime.bsky.social reports
bit.ly/3I9RFZw
But in Nigeria, early efforts to refine lithium are facing challenges as mining remains dominated by mostly unregulated informal miners.
@vivianchime.bsky.social reports
bit.ly/3I9RFZw