Nina Lakhani
@ninalakhani.bsky.social
Senior climate justice reporter @GuardianUS
Before: México, Centroamérica & London
Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet
Contributor: Gaza. The story of a genocide
Ex-mental health nurse.
Before: México, Centroamérica & London
Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet
Contributor: Gaza. The story of a genocide
Ex-mental health nurse.
Reposted by Nina Lakhani
It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Starting in earnest around 1997, during the early years of UN-led efforts to forge a global climate pact, Atlas Network and its partners created and executed a playbook to sabotage support for international treaties across the Global South, according to hundreds of documents obtained by @desmog.com
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Starting in earnest around 1997, during the early years of UN-led efforts to forge a global climate pact, Atlas Network and its partners created and executed a playbook to sabotage support for international treaties across the Global South, according to hundreds of documents obtained by @desmog.com
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Cop30: a new sculpture titled 'The Orange Plague' depicts Trump as a self-proclaimed king of justice, sitting atop a frail man armed with a golf club next to an Earth-shaped golf ball.
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cop30: a new sculpture titled 'The Orange Plague' depicts Trump as a self-proclaimed king of justice, sitting atop a frail man armed with a golf club next to an Earth-shaped golf ball.
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
Cop30: a new sculpture titled 'The Orange Plague' depicts Trump as a self-proclaimed king of justice, sitting atop a frail man armed with a golf club next to an Earth-shaped golf ball.
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cop30: a new sculpture titled 'The Orange Plague' depicts Trump as a self-proclaimed king of justice, sitting atop a frail man armed with a golf club next to an Earth-shaped golf ball.
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
Danish artist/activist Jens Galschiøt "highlights America’s failure to share responsibility for Earth’s future.”
The two extraordinary young activists making me feel optimistic at Cop30 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The two extraordinary young activists making me feel optimistic at Cop30
In today’s newsletter: Despite valid criticisms, the summits are filled with smart, passionate people dedicating their lives to fighting the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The two extraordinary young activists making me feel optimistic at Cop30 by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Mother Jones has been on fire on the John Roberts beat and, man, I'd love to see our national press pick up this ball.
"It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Mother Jones has been on fire on the John Roberts beat and, man, I'd love to see our national press pick up this ball.
"It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
There is no climate justice without human rights - read more from @srenvironment.bsky.social in the blog, and also how Europe is backing Ukraine's $43bn claim for climate reparations from Russia but is silent on Israel's accountability for destroying Gaza
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: Brazil aims for early agreement on ‘big four’ issues
In an unorthodox move, the Brazilian organisers have hatched a plan to wrap up the trickiest topics at the climate summit by this evening, two days earlier than normal
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There is no climate justice without human rights - read more from @srenvironment.bsky.social in the blog, and also how Europe is backing Ukraine's $43bn claim for climate reparations from Russia but is silent on Israel's accountability for destroying Gaza
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay: 'We are taking care of our people, our economy is growing, and at the same time we take care of our environment. If such small developing countries can do it, there’s no excuse that larger countries cannot play bigger roles. After all, they are the leaders of the world..
My exclusive interview with Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay on leading the first carbon-negative nation and why the West must do more: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must step up ‘for the happiness of your people’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay: 'We are taking care of our people, our economy is growing, and at the same time we take care of our environment. If such small developing countries can do it, there’s no excuse that larger countries cannot play bigger roles. After all, they are the leaders of the world..
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The stakes: Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The stakes: Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
War crimes: Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
@willchristou.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@willchristou.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
War crimes: Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
@willchristou.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@willchristou.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay: 'We are taking care of our people, our economy is growing, and at the same time we take care of our environment. If such small developing countries can do it, there’s no excuse that larger countries cannot play bigger roles. After all, they are the leaders of the world..
My exclusive interview with Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay on leading the first carbon-negative nation and why the West must do more: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must step up ‘for the happiness of your people’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay: 'We are taking care of our people, our economy is growing, and at the same time we take care of our environment. If such small developing countries can do it, there’s no excuse that larger countries cannot play bigger roles. After all, they are the leaders of the world..
Reposted by Nina Lakhani
My exclusive interview with Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay on leading the first carbon-negative nation and why the West must do more: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must step up ‘for the happiness of your people’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My exclusive interview with Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay on leading the first carbon-negative nation and why the West must do more: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A group of UN experts has issued a strongly worded statement expressing “deep concern” about the UN climate chief’s "unwarranted" request to beef up state security forces at the Cop30 venue - in response to peaceful protests by Indigenous protesters. Read more:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: Ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels
Representatives from Germany, the UK, the Marshall Islands and a number of other countries came together to issue a call for a fossil fuel roadmap
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A group of UN experts has issued a strongly worded statement expressing “deep concern” about the UN climate chief’s "unwarranted" request to beef up state security forces at the Cop30 venue - in response to peaceful protests by Indigenous protesters. Read more:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
A group of UN experts has issued a strongly worded statement expressing “deep concern” about the UN climate chief’s "unwarranted" request to beef up state security forces at the Cop30 venue - in response to peaceful protests by Indigenous protesters. Read more:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: Ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels
Representatives from Germany, the UK, the Marshall Islands and a number of other countries came together to issue a call for a fossil fuel roadmap
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
A group of UN experts has issued a strongly worded statement expressing “deep concern” about the UN climate chief’s "unwarranted" request to beef up state security forces at the Cop30 venue - in response to peaceful protests by Indigenous protesters. Read more:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My exclusive interview with Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay on leading the first carbon-negative nation and why the West must do more: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing ‘a lot more than our fair share’ on climate and west must step up ‘for the happiness of your people’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My exclusive interview with Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay on leading the first carbon-negative nation and why the West must do more: ‘The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds
Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🔴 NEW 🔴
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m...
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m...
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🔴 NEW 🔴
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m...
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m...
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇
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Amazing research by @natlash.bsky.social on how the wind helped spread the bird flu virus around Ohio and beyond. Scary — and terrifically nerdy www.propublica.org/article/bird...
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Amazing research by @natlash.bsky.social on how the wind helped spread the bird flu virus around Ohio and beyond. Scary — and terrifically nerdy www.propublica.org/article/bird...
Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds
Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am covering the @theguardian.com Cop30 blog, follow along here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: calls for new urgency to talks as studies show global warming may reach 2.5C – latest updates
As the summit goes into its second week, complex issues remain with anxiety growing over conference outcomes
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I am covering the @theguardian.com Cop30 blog, follow along here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵