In 2009, the Maldives held the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting - a moment that pushed island nations into the global climate spotlight.
I revisited it with @MohamedNasheed & @anuahsa
Exciting trip to London this week.
Supporting the team behind The Climate Question podcast as it moves into a visual format on BBC World Service YouTube very soon.
Launching from our brand new visualised studio which I helped design.
Recommended listen: In the BBC’s The Climate Question podcast, host @GraihaghJackson asked how more frequent extreme temperatures will transform the travel industry.
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I had the opportunity to speak to two brilliant women about the role of literature in the fight against climate change - @abidare_author & @MBunting_. Abi has just won Climate Fiction Prize for her book, And So I Roar. Do Listen!
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We talk a lot about President Trump's tariffs, deportations and job cuts, but the most overlooked part of his second term is climate policy.
I joined @GraihaghJackson to breakdown the sweeping changes to America's environmental policies.
Listen to The Climate Question 🌍 here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct70…
Unclear what the status of the text on the new finance goal is, but parties at #COP29 just adopted their guidance to the @theGCF, @theGEF, and the new Loss and Damage Fund
A veritable whos-who of the scientists behind our physical climate understanding of net-zero have a new paper in Nature, making the case for "Geological Net Zero" where fossil CO2 can only credibly counterbalanced by permanent removal: nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
SWEEPSTAKE: When will #COP29 end?
It's Monday of week 2, but the state of talks and recent precedent point to a late finish
Enter the Carbon Brief sweepstake here:
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+++NEW ANALYSIS: China’s CO2 emissions have now caused more global warming than EU+++
Our new analysis comes as the "principle of historical responsibility" is being cited in #COP29 talks on a new climate finance goal
THREAD with details, caveats + bonus chart
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