Manuel Carmona Yebra
@carmonayebra.bsky.social
Climate Diplomacy / Africa European Commission / Directorate - General for Climate Action
Geopolitics meet seismology meet water-energy nexus and climate: China is building the world’s biggest dam near its border with India. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/c...
China’s Super-Dam Is Becoming an Upstream Water Bomb
Brahma Chellaney urges greater transparency and international oversight for a project that could affect two billion people.
project-syndicate.org
Famed oceanographer lived 7 months underwater. She has a warning for the world. Humans have done our best to take life out of the ocean and market it. the value of a fish alive greatly exceeds the value of a fish dead, now when half are gone. www.the-independent.com/climate-chan...
Famed oceanographer lived 7 months underwater. She has a warning for the world
Famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle warns that humanity is ‘perilously close to tipping in the wrong direction’ when it comes to our seascape but, she tells Julia Musto, we can still save the deep ocean ...
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“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.
Hoy es el Día Internacional del Lobo. Forma parte de una naturaleza salvaje que los humanos hemos maltratado y esquilmado En su defensa y frente a quienes quieren acabar con él, aviso claro: su protección es vital para mantener equilibrio e integridad de ecosistemas de los que dependemos #LoboVivo
Terrible air quality as huge swathes of Europe are (again) hit by extreme heat. Climate change and poor air quality go together. Breathing is not an option: but dumping toxic gases in our atmosphere is. We can do better. We must.
Climate is a pattern, and the pattern has changed. = Climate Change
Images from another planet. A hostile planet. Let’s fix this now. www.theguardian.com/world/galler...
Europe’s dry riverbeds and scorched earth – in pictures
Much of the continent is battling wildfires and drought during a summer of extreme heat
theguardian.com
Breaking News! Code: y-Axis Alert! As of August 5th, global sea-surface temperatures just set a new preliminary record high of 21.20°C. This breaks the previous record high of 21.17°C set on April 24, 2024. And yes, I had to extend the y-axis to plot this.
3,400 people die on a single extremely hot day in India. 30,000 in 5 days. Most of the poor aren't even counted. The study calls that a conservative estimate. Mass death is here. My heart is breaking. www.euronews.com/2026/06/10/h...
Extreme heat causes 3,400 excess deaths per day in India - study
Experts warn that official heatwave death figures are grossly underestimated.
euronews.com
Climate change means not enough water. Thus no cooling. No energy. No AI. No economy. No life.
Climate Tracker@climate.skyfleet.blue · 4w agoHungary comes ‘within millimetres’ of shutting down nuclear power plant amid drought crisis – Europe live #Climate
NEW: Big new feature from me about offshore wind farms as anchors for wildlife! For example: seals swimming *into* turbine towers to, apparently, hunt fish - and scour protection at the base of turbines used by sea creatures as a dwelling place. atmos.earth/science-and-...
The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | Atmos
Offshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit.
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We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit #Climate
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Major works at the Natural Park of Cabo de Gata, Spain, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, and Natura2000 site. 323 lodgings. An area equal to 17 football pitches. Work has started to replace protected ecosystems by this massive amount of brick, cement and asphalt. www.elsaltodiario.com/almeria/cons...
Appalling. The cost of non action grows by the day. My thoughts are with all climate change victims in Europe and beyond. There have always been wildfires. But not like these. apnews.com/article/euro...
Wildfires in France drive 250,000 people from their homes and creep toward wine city of Bordeaux
A raging wildfire in southwest France has forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday. This brings the total to 220,000 in one region alone, as flames have crept closer to Bordeaux.
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Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.
Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto
A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.
nowtoronto.com
Few environmental issues portray cruelty as painfully as this. @ejfoundation.org uncovers evidence of illegal shark finning by tuna vessels operating through the port of Dakar. Sharks are mutilated then thrown back to the sea to suffer a slow death. www.worldfishing.net/fisheries/wa...
WATCH: EJF exposes illegal shark finning
A new investigation by the EJF alleges illegal shark finning persists through Dakar despite international controls
worldfishing.net
I wonder, if you polled people, how much extra they would pay each year to have their city *not* be covered in thick, choking wildfire smoke for days at a time. I wonder if that might give you more insight into "willingness to pay" vis a vis climate change than asking in the abstract.
Triple Benefits Dual-use solar methods like ecovoltaics and agrivoltaics show solar "can generate renewable energy while simultaneously boosting biodiversity, conserving water, and securing steady income for landowners." pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/07/14/w... #energysky
Where solar meets the soil: The multi-benefit potential of ecovoltaics and agrivoltaics - pv magazine USA
As global energy demands rise, emerging dual-use solar methods like ecovoltaics and agrivoltaics are proving that integrating photovoltaic panels with native habitats and agricultural land can generat...
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@irena-official.bsky.social released good news for those countries deploying renewables: in 2025 alone, even before the Iran war (!), renewables helped to avoid an estimated USD 480 billion in fossil fuel costs and around 8.4 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
Today we remember the victims of climate change. Because climate change kills people and things may be worsening at a high speed. We owe them better preparedness, lower risks, better understanding, hope for the future.
Copernicus ECMWF@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 2mo agoA new study published in @natclimate.nature.com, authored by scientists from #CopernicusClimate, shows global heat stress is not only intensifying, but also persisting for longer & affecting previously untouched regions. 🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-study... @ecmwf.int
Spell it out: It’s CLIMATE CHANGE. And we are unprepared. Tropical nights, extreme heat & raging wildfires. We’d better invest more to address its root causes & build resilience. HTTPS://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/107cfae7-5c29-4ab4-ab59-eb758d75703d
Tropical nights come to Europe
The biggest rise in extreme temperatures is not in the daytime
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As heatwaves hit and hundreds of EU citizens die as a result, air conditioning is becoming a must - and consuming huge amounts of energy. In EU households, energy for cooling has doubled in only 6 years. Let that sink in. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/...
Energy use for cooling in EU households doubled in 6 years
As the days grow hotter, air conditioning is playing a larger role in how people cope with the heat. In EU households, energy consumption for cooling has steadily increased, reaching 80.4 thousand ter...
ec.europa.eu
This never gets old. In fact it gains relevance as communities around the world confront monstruous wildfires, killer heatwaves and sea level rise.
Our new @350.org analysis in @euronews.com: Electricity bills soar 700 million during the #heatwave - these #climate heatwaves are not only dreadful, at times tragic and deadly but also immensely costly for people and businesses already strained by an ongoing #fossilfuel crisis.
Germany and France energy bills soared by €700 million during heatwave
Exclusive: Heatwaves are showing up on Europe’s energy bills – should fossil fuels face a windfall tax?
euronews.com
More and more people are forced to leave everything behind because of the climate crisis. Extreme weather displaced almost 14 million people in 2025 alone, a sharp rise. See below study commissioned by Greenpeace and conducted by the University of Hamburg. www.yahoo.com/news/weather...
Greenpeace study: Extreme weather displaced 13.6 million in 2025
The number of people displaced within their own countries by natural disasters and extreme weather events rose sharply last year, according to a study commissioned by Greenpeace and conducted by the U...
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