Damian Carrington
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
Environment editor at The Guardian
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“Deliberate delay inside the UN climate talks is as bad as continuing to pump emissions into the atmosphere. Doing both - as Saudi Arabia does - is even worse,” say Dr Joanna Depledge and colleagues
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
6/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
6/7
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“Deliberate delay inside the UN climate talks is as bad as continuing to pump emissions into the atmosphere. Doing both - as Saudi Arabia does - is even worse,” say Dr Joanna Depledge and colleagues
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
6/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
6/7
Yet Saudi Arabia is also making a whirlwind switch to renewable power at home.
In another contradiction, slowing climate action worsens the impacts on a desert kingdom where its 36m people already contend with conditions “at the verge of livability”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
5/7
In another contradiction, slowing climate action worsens the impacts on a desert kingdom where its 36m people already contend with conditions “at the verge of livability”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
5/7
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Yet Saudi Arabia is also making a whirlwind switch to renewable power at home.
In another contradiction, slowing climate action worsens the impacts on a desert kingdom where its 36m people already contend with conditions “at the verge of livability”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
5/7
In another contradiction, slowing climate action worsens the impacts on a desert kingdom where its 36m people already contend with conditions “at the verge of livability”
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
5/7
For decades Saudi Arabia has fought harder than any other country to block and delay international climate action - a diplomatic “wrecking ball” saying that abandoning fossil fuels is a “fantasy”.
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
4/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
4/7
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For decades Saudi Arabia has fought harder than any other country to block and delay international climate action - a diplomatic “wrecking ball” saying that abandoning fossil fuels is a “fantasy”.
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
4/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
4/7
But climate action, principally getting the world off fossil fuels, is seen as an existential threat to Saudi Arabia: its economy and even its ruling royal family
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
3/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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3/7
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
But climate action, principally getting the world off fossil fuels, is seen as an existential threat to Saudi Arabia: its economy and even its ruling royal family
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
3/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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3/7
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco, the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas last year, is a colossal cash machine. It keeps the authoritarian kingdom afloat
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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2/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
2/7
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Saudi Arabia’s state oil company Aramco, the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas last year, is a colossal cash machine. It keeps the authoritarian kingdom afloat
#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
2/7
#COP30 #climatecrisis
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2/7
“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
btw now I have 30,000 followers ...
many thanks to you all, and for your interesting and useful posts and replies
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as thanks I give you a perfect Cornish wave, painted by Andrew Giddens
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many thanks to you all, and for your interesting and useful posts and replies
I'm not sorry I dumped Xitter
as thanks I give you a perfect Cornish wave, painted by Andrew Giddens
andrewgiddens.co.uk/product/gree...
October 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
btw now I have 30,000 followers ...
many thanks to you all, and for your interesting and useful posts and replies
I'm not sorry I dumped Xitter
as thanks I give you a perfect Cornish wave, painted by Andrew Giddens
andrewgiddens.co.uk/product/gree...
many thanks to you all, and for your interesting and useful posts and replies
I'm not sorry I dumped Xitter
as thanks I give you a perfect Cornish wave, painted by Andrew Giddens
andrewgiddens.co.uk/product/gree...
Lead pollution persists in the 21st Century and could get worse - review paper
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Lead pollution persists in the 21st Century and could get worse - review paper
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
ICYM - @thomaspiketty.bsky.social on why the #climatecrisis cannot be ended without reducing inequality 👇
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
September 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
ICYM - @thomaspiketty.bsky.social on why the #climatecrisis cannot be ended without reducing inequality 👇
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
August 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hey insect lovers
Can anyone tell me what this little beauty is?
It’s about 2cm wide
Can anyone tell me what this little beauty is?
It’s about 2cm wide
August 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Hey insect lovers
Can anyone tell me what this little beauty is?
It’s about 2cm wide
Can anyone tell me what this little beauty is?
It’s about 2cm wide
"Solar power is transforming the world — and at record speed"
@ember-energy.org
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
@ember-energy.org
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
August 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"Solar power is transforming the world — and at record speed"
@ember-energy.org
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
@ember-energy.org
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
lol
They don’t seem to realise vegetarians/vegans exist
They don’t seem to realise vegetarians/vegans exist
June 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
lol
They don’t seem to realise vegetarians/vegans exist
They don’t seem to realise vegetarians/vegans exist
May 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Visualizing daily global temperature - part 2
By @hausfath.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...
By @hausfath.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...
May 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Visualizing daily global temperature - part 2
By @hausfath.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...
By @hausfath.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...
Blair's new climate report is “muddled and misleading"
So says Prof Nicholas Stern, at LSE and author of the ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’ published by Tony Blair’s Government in October 2006
#climatecrisis
So says Prof Nicholas Stern, at LSE and author of the ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’ published by Tony Blair’s Government in October 2006
#climatecrisis
April 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Blair's new climate report is “muddled and misleading"
So says Prof Nicholas Stern, at LSE and author of the ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’ published by Tony Blair’s Government in October 2006
#climatecrisis
So says Prof Nicholas Stern, at LSE and author of the ‘The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review’ published by Tony Blair’s Government in October 2006
#climatecrisis
April 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hundreds of climate workers fired (again) by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after court clears way for dismissals
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
April 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hundreds of climate workers fired (again) by US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after court clears way for dismissals
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite
- Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
#teamcuttlefish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
#teamcuttlefish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
April 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Invertebrate of the year 2025: vote for your favourite
- Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
#teamcuttlefish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Since February we’ve gone in search of the invertebrate of the year. Now it’s your chance to choose
#teamcuttlefish
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Which is the world's finest invertebrate? We're asking Guardian readers to nominate their favourite spineless wonders and vote for the global winner ...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
March 31, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Which is the world's finest invertebrate? We're asking Guardian readers to nominate their favourite spineless wonders and vote for the global winner ...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy — it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision can challenge entrenched norms globally"
Comment in Nature Climate Change that finds public in Europe back such bans
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Comment in Nature Climate Change that finds public in Europe back such bans
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy — it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision can challenge entrenched norms globally"
Comment in Nature Climate Change that finds public in Europe back such bans
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Comment in Nature Climate Change that finds public in Europe back such bans
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Some important fact checking of this nonsense from @carbonbrief.org
March 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Some important fact checking of this nonsense from @carbonbrief.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"This is a reset BP, with an unwavering focus on growing long-term shareholder value.”
BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year and slash green ambitions
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year and slash green ambitions
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
February 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"This is a reset BP, with an unwavering focus on growing long-term shareholder value.”
BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year and slash green ambitions
👇
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP to raise oil and gas spending to $10bn a year and slash green ambitions
👇
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
January 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM