Kathryn Harrison
@profkharrison.bsky.social
Climate policy researcher, UBC Professor, chemical engineer, political scientist, feminist, cyclist. Persistently hopeful, but losing patience!
Art with an unmistakeable message outside the conference venue yesterday.
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Art with an unmistakeable message outside the conference venue yesterday.
As delegates depart COP30 the path is lined with police standing beside fire extinguishers. I don’t think there’s another fire! Seems unlikely it’s performance art. ??
November 22, 2025 at 10:07 PM
As delegates depart COP30 the path is lined with police standing beside fire extinguishers. I don’t think there’s another fire! Seems unlikely it’s performance art. ??
The gang's all here awaiting COP leadership for final(?) plenary. Still no text for Mutirão/cover decision. Will there be consensus on a Roadmap to "transition away from fossil fuels"? While an adaptation finance for Roadmap compromise is plausible for dev'g countries, petrostates could block.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The gang's all here awaiting COP leadership for final(?) plenary. Still no text for Mutirão/cover decision. Will there be consensus on a Roadmap to "transition away from fossil fuels"? While an adaptation finance for Roadmap compromise is plausible for dev'g countries, petrostates could block.
10:30 pm on the (nominal) last night of #cop30. No new texts since 3 am, no plenary since 1 pm, no announcements. A crowd is gathered outside the COP Presidency office waiting for … something.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
10:30 pm on the (nominal) last night of #cop30. No new texts since 3 am, no plenary since 1 pm, no announcements. A crowd is gathered outside the COP Presidency office waiting for … something.
Here is the text of the Belém Declaration.
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Here is the text of the Belém Declaration.
Pic from conclusion of press conference. Many countries spoke. There's a deep divide on fossil fuel transition here at #COP30; fundamentally a divide on climate action.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Pic from conclusion of press conference. Many countries spoke. There's a deep divide on fossil fuel transition here at #COP30; fundamentally a divide on climate action.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
Panama: “our elementary school students are reading text books that are more in line with reality than the text” at COP30.
Colombia, Netherlands + others holding a Press Conf to announce Belém Declaration on phase out of fossil fuels, press for a road map in COP30 text, announce conference of the willing to phase out FFs in April in Colombia. Vanuatu Minister: "eventually you will all be facing what we are facing now”
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Colombia, Netherlands + others holding a Press Conf to announce Belém Declaration on phase out of fossil fuels, press for a road map in COP30 text, announce conference of the willing to phase out FFs in April in Colombia. Vanuatu Minister: "eventually you will all be facing what we are facing now”
In response, the 29 countries that sent the letter to the Presidency last night have sent a new letter rejecting the text and calling "firmly" for a revised proposal.
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In response, the 29 countries that sent the letter to the Presidency last night have sent a new letter rejecting the text and calling "firmly" for a revised proposal.
Took an uber to the waterfront while waiting for the #COP30 venue to re-open post-fire. This was hanging on the back of the driver’s seat. Hope next passenger is a fossil fuel lobbyist.
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Took an uber to the waterfront while waiting for the #COP30 venue to re-open post-fire. This was hanging on the back of the driver’s seat. Hope next passenger is a fossil fuel lobbyist.
Ouch! Last time Canada received the fossil of the day award from CAN-international at COP was 2014, when Stephen Harper was PM.
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ouch! Last time Canada received the fossil of the day award from CAN-international at COP was 2014, when Stephen Harper was PM.
COP30 Pavilion of pacific Island states. It did rain really hard here in Belém…
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
COP30 Pavilion of pacific Island states. It did rain really hard here in Belém…
This is not the grand bargain of pipeline for GHG emissions reductions we’ve been hearing about. Rather, the deal I’m seeing (p 107) is a chance to collaborate on a post-2030 price trajectory, extension of CCUS tax credits to 2040 (at lower level), no oil/gas emissions cap in exchange for ... \5
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is not the grand bargain of pipeline for GHG emissions reductions we’ve been hearing about. Rather, the deal I’m seeing (p 107) is a chance to collaborate on a post-2030 price trajectory, extension of CCUS tax credits to 2040 (at lower level), no oil/gas emissions cap in exchange for ... \5
Promising specifics: recommitment to methane regs, strengthening industrial carbon pricing by lowering benchmarks, creating a sustainable finance framework. But “Canada’s new government is committed to reduction GHG emissions” but no mention of meeting targets (2035?!) other than NZ in 2050. \3
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Promising specifics: recommitment to methane regs, strengthening industrial carbon pricing by lowering benchmarks, creating a sustainable finance framework. But “Canada’s new government is committed to reduction GHG emissions” but no mention of meeting targets (2035?!) other than NZ in 2050. \3
In a budget that *really* emphasizes infrastructure investments, I’m struck by what’s in the excerpt below, a clean power grid and critical minerals, and what's not: an oil pipeline. \2
November 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In a budget that *really* emphasizes infrastructure investments, I’m struck by what’s in the excerpt below, a clean power grid and critical minerals, and what's not: an oil pipeline. \2
Producer countries are not only planning for way more production than needed to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, they're even planning to produce more than would be needed under current policies. They are banking on failure, in doing so increasing chances of that. /2
September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Producer countries are not only planning for way more production than needed to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, they're even planning to produce more than would be needed under current policies. They are banking on failure, in doing so increasing chances of that. /2
This LNG *terminal* may have relatively low emissions, but it's exporting a fossil fuel that causes climate change. Cdn govts are providing $400M in fossil fuel subsidies to Cedar LNG. See below for a relevant statement from the International Court of Justice decision last week.
July 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This LNG *terminal* may have relatively low emissions, but it's exporting a fossil fuel that causes climate change. Cdn govts are providing $400M in fossil fuel subsidies to Cedar LNG. See below for a relevant statement from the International Court of Justice decision last week.
A passage of note for Canada from the International Court of Justice climate change decision. Canada tends to focus selectively on consumption, disregarding responsibility for the emissions from fossil fuels we export released in other countries. We also deem many projection subsidies acceptable.
July 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A passage of note for Canada from the International Court of Justice climate change decision. Canada tends to focus selectively on consumption, disregarding responsibility for the emissions from fossil fuels we export released in other countries. We also deem many projection subsidies acceptable.
Signage for the Kettle River Recreation area describes wildfire as a “natural process” with zero mention of the human-caused climate change that is amplifying wildfires. Maybe an old sign, but the message is misleading. Do better BC Parks! @tamaradavison.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Signage for the Kettle River Recreation area describes wildfire as a “natural process” with zero mention of the human-caused climate change that is amplifying wildfires. Maybe an old sign, but the message is misleading. Do better BC Parks! @tamaradavison.bsky.social
We’ve been camping between Nelson and Vancouver this week. BC is glorious, but heartbreaking evidence of climate change is all too clear, eg driving west side of Lake Okanagan through burnt forests.
A symbol of our time that access to a lovely campground on the Kettle R was through this landscape.
A symbol of our time that access to a lovely campground on the Kettle R was through this landscape.
July 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
We’ve been camping between Nelson and Vancouver this week. BC is glorious, but heartbreaking evidence of climate change is all too clear, eg driving west side of Lake Okanagan through burnt forests.
A symbol of our time that access to a lovely campground on the Kettle R was through this landscape.
A symbol of our time that access to a lovely campground on the Kettle R was through this landscape.
Wandering through Toronto last night, I came across a delightful park that features statues of dogs frolicking in a fountain. Big dogs spitting out water, pugs doing their bit to help, puppies playing at the top. Whimsy makes cities better! Thank you #Toronto! #BerczyPark
June 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wandering through Toronto last night, I came across a delightful park that features statues of dogs frolicking in a fountain. Big dogs spitting out water, pugs doing their bit to help, puppies playing at the top. Whimsy makes cities better! Thank you #Toronto! #BerczyPark
Key appendix. The grey wedge above is big, suggesting missing policies for oil/gas and existing trucks + cars are much needed. Policies so for only defined include EV mandate for new trucks, bldg heating equipment stds, new building code. GHG cap for gas utilities seems to have disappeared! /8
April 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Key appendix. The grey wedge above is big, suggesting missing policies for oil/gas and existing trucks + cars are much needed. Policies so for only defined include EV mandate for new trucks, bldg heating equipment stds, new building code. GHG cap for gas utilities seems to have disappeared! /8
I'd also hope for more transparency. e.g., How does the impact of implemented policies compare with the Roadmap commitment? How big is the shortfall for individual defined policies? How big are specific missing pieces of the Roadmap in that grey section?
April 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I'd also hope for more transparency. e.g., How does the impact of implemented policies compare with the Roadmap commitment? How big is the shortfall for individual defined policies? How big are specific missing pieces of the Roadmap in that grey section?
We compare the CPC, LPC and NDP because one of the first two will form government and in a minority scenario the NDP is most credible to sign a confidence agreement. Here's a summary. More details below. /2
April 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We compare the CPC, LPC and NDP because one of the first two will form government and in a minority scenario the NDP is most credible to sign a confidence agreement. Here's a summary. More details below. /2
What a great day — Two of my favourite things: chocolate eggs and VOTING!
April 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
What a great day — Two of my favourite things: chocolate eggs and VOTING!
First game of the NSL. We Rise!!
April 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
First game of the NSL. We Rise!!