Damian Carrington
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Environment editor at The Guardian
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
- An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation by Luke Kemp argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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- An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation by Luke Kemp argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
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“We already know what happens when a government guts insulation and clean energy programmes (“green crap”). It cost households billions in higher bills”
By Camilla Born
#ukbudget
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By Camilla Born
#ukbudget
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November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“We already know what happens when a government guts insulation and clean energy programmes (“green crap”). It cost households billions in higher bills”
By Camilla Born
#ukbudget
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By Camilla Born
#ukbudget
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Reposted by Damian Carrington
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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The #climatecrisis is already wreaking harm on people and places
Latest - human-caused global heating increased the direct economic damage caused in the Philippines by Super Typhoon Fung-wong by about 40%
#COP30
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Latest - human-caused global heating increased the direct economic damage caused in the Philippines by Super Typhoon Fung-wong by about 40%
#COP30
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Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
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November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The #climatecrisis is already wreaking harm on people and places
Latest - human-caused global heating increased the direct economic damage caused in the Philippines by Super Typhoon Fung-wong by about 40%
#COP30
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Latest - human-caused global heating increased the direct economic damage caused in the Philippines by Super Typhoon Fung-wong by about 40%
#COP30
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Droughts, floods and pests have cost the world more than $3 trillion in losses to agriculture over the past three decades, much of it worsened by the #climatecrisis, says @fao.org
#COP30
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#COP30
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Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
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November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Droughts, floods and pests have cost the world more than $3 trillion in losses to agriculture over the past three decades, much of it worsened by the #climatecrisis, says @fao.org
#COP30
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#COP30
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Tough #COP30 negotiations taking place on four thorny issues: finance, 'unilateral trade measures', emissions reporting and how to deal with the fact that the world is way off track on temperature targets
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Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tough #COP30 negotiations taking place on four thorny issues: finance, 'unilateral trade measures', emissions reporting and how to deal with the fact that the world is way off track on temperature targets
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“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice” -striking message from @iccinet.bsky.social report
Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
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Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
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Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
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November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“We cannot negotiate with the melting point of ice” -striking message from @iccinet.bsky.social report
Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
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Ice melt leads to the most profound long-term impact of the #climatecrisis - sea level rise
#climatecrisis
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Norway and the UAE - both significant fossil fuel producers - are among the ministerial pairings announced by the #COP30 Presidency, to consult with countries and help negotiations progress
#climatecrisis
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#climatecrisis
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Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
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November 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Norway and the UAE - both significant fossil fuel producers - are among the ministerial pairings announced by the #COP30 Presidency, to consult with countries and help negotiations progress
#climatecrisis
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#climatecrisis
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#COP30 live blog: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre
- ‘Munduruku indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect’
#climatecrisis
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- ‘Munduruku indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues
As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre
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November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
#COP30 live blog: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre
- ‘Munduruku indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect’
#climatecrisis
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- ‘Munduruku indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect’
#climatecrisis
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Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District #sewage protest
- Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
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- Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
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Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District sewage protest
Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
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November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Not so Golden Brown: DJ plays 24-hours of No 2s in Lake District #sewage protest
- Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
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- Radio host uses chart songs that didn’t quite make top spot to highlight issue of Windermere pollution
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China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
- Investigation by Guardian and @carbonbrief.org finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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- Investigation by Guardian and @carbonbrief.org finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
- Investigation by Guardian and @carbonbrief.org finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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- Investigation by Guardian and @carbonbrief.org finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all #COP30 delegations except Brazil, report says
- One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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- One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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November 14, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all #COP30 delegations except Brazil, report says
- One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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- One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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“Either we decide to change by choice, together, or change will be imposed by tragedy. We can change. But we must do it together”
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
“Either we decide to change by choice, together, or change will be imposed by tragedy. We can change. But we must do it together”
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
— Andre Correa do Lago, #COP30 president, in a letter to negotiators at the start of the UN meeting
HT @coveringclimatenow.org
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over #COP30 plans to support women
- Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
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- Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
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Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
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November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over #COP30 plans to support women
- 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
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- 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
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Liliam Chagas, climate director at Brazil’s foreign ministry, is *very* optimistic on when #COP30 will conclude: "On time, or with a very short delay, maybe five or 10 minutes"
- Cops usually go way over as decisions on hard issues are pushed to the brink
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- Cops usually go way over as decisions on hard issues are pushed to the brink
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Cop30 live: calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Liliam Chagas, climate director at Brazil’s foreign ministry, is *very* optimistic on when #COP30 will conclude: "On time, or with a very short delay, maybe five or 10 minutes"
- Cops usually go way over as decisions on hard issues are pushed to the brink
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- Cops usually go way over as decisions on hard issues are pushed to the brink
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Flying is the most carbon polluting way to travel but on the eve of #COP30, the UN’s aviation body said it expected passenger flight numbers to *triple* by 2050, to 12.4 billion a year
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Cop30 live: calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Flying is the most carbon polluting way to travel but on the eve of #COP30, the UN’s aviation body said it expected passenger flight numbers to *triple* by 2050, to 12.4 billion a year
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#COP30 live blog - Calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
#climatecrisis
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#climatecrisis
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Cop30 live: calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
#COP30 live blog - Calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
#climatecrisis
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#climatecrisis
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UK won the unwanted “fossil of the day” award from climate activists for dismissing the need for an international just transition mechanism, insisting it should remain a domestic issue
#COP30
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#COP30
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Cop30 live: calls for ‘just transition’ plan grow as report warns world on track for 2.6C of heating
Climate Action Tracker report finds pledges made in past year have not cut the forecast for global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
UK won the unwanted “fossil of the day” award from climate activists for dismissing the need for an international just transition mechanism, insisting it should remain a domestic issue
#COP30
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#COP30
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Reposted by Damian Carrington
An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
"Disinformation is one of the major obstacles stalling climate progress"
- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
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- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
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Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil here
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November 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"Disinformation is one of the major obstacles stalling climate progress"
- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
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- Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change was launched at #COP30, backed by 12 nations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"There is an entirely feasible path to mobilising $1.3 trillion by 2035 for climate action in developing countries"
- Report by Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance
#COP30
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- Report by Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance
#COP30
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New report lays out feasible path to mobilising external finance of US$1.3 trillion annually by 2035 for climate investments in developing countries - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and...
There is an “entirely feasible path” to mobilising US$1.3 trillion by 2035 from external sources of public and private finance to boost economic development and climate action in developing countries ...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"There is an entirely feasible path to mobilising $1.3 trillion by 2035 for climate action in developing countries"
- Report by Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance
#COP30
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- Report by Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance
#COP30
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Reposted by Damian Carrington
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
- Gore also calls Trump “the most corrupt president in American history”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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- Gore also calls Trump “the most corrupt president in American history”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit
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November 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
- Gore also calls Trump “the most corrupt president in American history”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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- Gore also calls Trump “the most corrupt president in American history”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
- Fossil fuel emissions to hit a record high in 2025
- Analyses also show worrying weakening of the planet’s natural carbon sinks
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman & me
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- Fossil fuel emissions to hit a record high in 2025
- Analyses also show worrying weakening of the planet’s natural carbon sinks
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman & me
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
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November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
- Fossil fuel emissions to hit a record high in 2025
- Analyses also show worrying weakening of the planet’s natural carbon sinks
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman & me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fossil fuel emissions to hit a record high in 2025
- Analyses also show worrying weakening of the planet’s natural carbon sinks
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by Oliver Milman & me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Damian Carrington
CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
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The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
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Live blog - US looms over #COP30 talks despite absence as protests at venue continue
- Day three at the Belém summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnest
#climatecrisis
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- Day three at the Belém summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnest
#climatecrisis
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Cop30 live: US looms over talks despite absence as protests at venue continue
Day three at the Belem summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnest
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November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Live blog - US looms over #COP30 talks despite absence as protests at venue continue
- Day three at the Belém summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnest
#climatecrisis
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- Day three at the Belém summit is expected to see more protests as crucial climate negotiations begin in earnest
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...