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Simon Lewis
@simonlewis.bsky.social
They say I’m outspoken. Professor of Global Change Science at UCL and University of Leeds. Author, The Human Planet. Trying to understand the world and change it too.
COP30 final plenary starting very soon, but still no new cover text release
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
COP30 President calls plenary. Gives pep talk. Mic drop. Leaves. Now in the centre of this media scrum.
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Belem call to action for congo basin forests announced $2.5 billion in funding to protect central Africa’s tropical forests between now and 2030. Brokered by the the Congo Basin Forest Partnership. Funding from World Bank, Germany, Norway, Global Environment Facility, African Dev. Bank and others.
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bringing your pet on a demo Amazon-style. #COP30
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I’m at COP30 in Belem Brazil, on the huge climate demonstration. Big indigenous presence, so heartening to see.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#TakedownTesla demo in London. Important to stand up to the xenophobic anti-science class war Musk and Trump are waging.
March 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM