Clare Shakya
@clareshakya.bsky.social
GMD, Tackle Climate at TNC Tackling the finance and delivery challenges for action on climate, nature & people. Innovation & compelling stories to drive climate ambition. Ex IIED. Ex DFID. Mum, wife & hiker of wilderness.
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George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15h agoMy column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
😡😡Thames Water CEO: public ownership means water investment would compete with health and defence. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. The truth is that every penny of Thames Water's planned investment will come directly from our water bills. Take 2 mins to complain to Ofcom and the BBC: vist.ly/5d5xb
Ofcom and BBC, correct the record: Thames Water CEO misled the public about public ownership
Thames Water CEO lied about public ownership on the BBC. It is time Ofcom and the BBC corrected the record
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Grid-scale batteries are going in an absolutely wild pace. Every whingey objection to renewables you've ever heard is basically solved by batteries. This is happening whether any of the hopeless dipshits running the US want it or not.
The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering pace
A total of 112 gigawatts of batteries were deployed around the world in 2025 — 10 times the amount added just four years prior.
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1/ Interesting that with the Netherlands as co-host of the Santa Marta conference, Investor State Dispute Settlement #ISDS mechanisms "was explicitly on the agenda yet was reduced to one wishy-washy sentence in the final key takeaways" Read @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social 👇
An Historic Step and a Long Road Ahead: the Santa Marta Climate Conference
The first ever international conference focused on transitioning off of fossil fuels took place in Santa Marta, Colombia in April 2026. It was a historic step, but also revealed just how difficult it ...
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Rishika Pardikar@rishpardikar.bsky.social · 3mo agoNew paper on the influence Shell had in creating investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms #ISDS academic.oup.com/ejil/advance...
Renewables beat coal in our global energy mix for the first time. 💪🏼⚡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.
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Today we unveiled a tool that changes the game. You can now find exactly what level of investment is needed in blue carbon projects, where the most impactful locations are and the expected financial returns. Don’t take our word for it. See for yourself: nature.org/en-us/newsro...
The Price Isn’t Right: Financing Our Blue Carbon Future
The Nature Conservancy launches first-of-its-kind blue carbon cost tool, realizing a new era of effective market investment.
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This ICJ ruling is one of those magic moments when i am reminded there are still sane grown ups around. @theelders.bsky.social response confirms it. "The big emitters are on notice". They are liable to litigation if they are not investing in the transition.
The Elders@theelders.bsky.social · last yr.Today, the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, puts big emitters on notice. Countries are bound by international law to protect people from the impacts of climate change, and governments must ramp up their efforts to transition away from fossil fuels.
New paper out! Using over 20 years of #satellite data, we show that restored #peatlands start to resemble intact peatlands. Their #albedo and land surface #temperature (LST) gradually align with those of natural peatlands. 👉 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Satellite data archives reveal positive effects of peatland restoration: albedo and temperature begin to resemble those of intact peatlands - IOPscience
Satellite data archives reveal positive effects of peatland restoration: albedo and temperature begin to resemble those of intact peatlands, Burdun, Iuliia, Myllymäki, Mari, Artz, Rebekka R.E., Guêné-Nanchen, Mélina, Jarašius, Leonas, Kull, Ain, Lilleskov, Erik A., McCullough, Kevin, Pakalne, Mara, Pu, Jiabin, Sendzikaite, Jurate, Strazdina, Liga, Rautiainen, Miina
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New study of where forest restoration delivers greatest climate benefits w few trade-offs ⬇️92% than other estimates, but positive 4 people & nature 🌱 A tool for smart, strategic climate action 🧭 Prioritizes resources for biggest impact 🤝 Considers people, land rights & livelihoods lnkd.in/eGhcB_Wq
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A valuable "how to" guide to investors for adaptation in agricultural value chains The growing investment opportunity in agriculture www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-growing-...
The growing investment opportunity in agriculture - Climate and Capital Media
Why a financing model for climate adaptation offers meaningful gains
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The Amazon rainforest is the largest remaining tropical forest on our planet—yet this critical ecosystem is at risk, and its stewards are often left out of equitable funding models. Communities protecting the Amazon need innovative, equitable funding #AmazonWeek #TFFF www.nature.org/en-us/what-w...
Valuing Standing Forests and Rewarding Nature Stewards in the Amazon
Despite the immense global importance of forests and those who inhabit them, the amount of funding channelled to these areas is limited.
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Europe and North Africa need to prepare for a scorching summer and extreme weather. The 1991-2020 climate doesn't exist any more.
If political parties act on climate they could attract more young women to vote for them… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
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Exciting innovation underway to tackle the market failure of reducing methane from cattle that the ranchers do not benefit from but we do. Part of a wider push on tackling methane emissions by TNC with our partners marketshaping.uchicago.edu/news/the-pro...
The Promise of an Advance Market Commitment to Tackle Methane from Livestock - Market Shaping Accelerator at UChicago
Grazing livestock—especially cattle—are responsible for about 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, measured by their warming effect over 100 years. Methane may only linger in the atmosphere f...
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Good news Friday - China’s emissions declined over more than a year. Is this them passing peak emissions? Exciting stuff @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Lauri Myllyvirta@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · last yr.NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.
The EV Benefit on Road Trips You Really Can't Talk About - CleanTechnica cleantechnica.com/2025/05/13/t...
The EV Benefit on Road Trips You Really Can't Talk About - CleanTechnica
Sign up for CleanTechnica's Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott's in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! When I wrote about the #...
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Polluters pay for climate action? Just imagine if this bill in the uk could get the support it needs! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MP to launch bill to target superyachts, private jets and fossil fuel producers
Bill would force major polluters to pay into fund for flood defences and home insulation – but has little chance of becoming law
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Pity the poor oil and gas industry. They bet big on electing Trump, and now they are being crushed by his tariffs, his moves to strong- arm OPEC to lower prices, and the chaos. Did someone say something about leopards and faces? 1/ @washingtonpost.com @evanhalper.bsky.social
Trump promised U.S. dominance. Instead, energy companies are faltering.
Oil and gas firms are reeling, and major renewables projects are getting shelved as Trump’s policies rattle energy investors and executives.
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Spoiler: It is mainly natural gas that drives up electricity prices. www.pressherald.com/2025/05/10/t...
The real driver of Maine’s rising electricity rates | Letter
Natural gas, not renewable energy, is the true culprit.
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3. In the absence of human intervention, much of the high ground on Dartmoor would likely be covered by temperate rainforest, to judge by hygrothermal mapping, conducted here by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social’s excellent initiative, The Lost Rainforests of Britain. map.lostrainforestsofbritain.org
The fight to maintain UK’s net zero ambition is still very live www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
After Blair’s bombshell, will Labour stick with or abandon net zero?
Under pressure from Reform and under fire from Tony Blair, Keir Starmer is facing a series of tests of his resolve on green policy
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Marginal wells make up only 5% of US oil & gas output but <60% of methane leaks. And yet the government subsidizes them with tax credits, so 1 in 10 Americans live in a county with 1,000+ marginal wells. @sejorg.bsky.social @rockymtninst.bsky.social rmi.org/marginal-wel...
Marginal Wells 101: What are they, where are they, and why do we need to assess them? - RMI
Low-producing oil and gas wells need targeted measurement, greater transparency, and stricter oversight.
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Any laws - or interpretation of laws - that lead society to require genital police for bathrooms or anywhere else does seem weird. Good point well made.
"The possible elimination of the lab, called GFDL, in concert with potential cuts to other NOAA operations, threatens irreparable harm not only to global understanding of climate change and long-range scenarios for the planet but to the country’s safety, competitiveness and national security."
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
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Silver linings - UK & EUR remain committed to RE as a route to energy security www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain will accelerate push to net zero, Starmer tells energy summit
Speech made clear prime minister sees renewable energy as core to UK’s future prosperity and national security
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and in Texas it is becoming very costly to insure your home bc of climate change 'Texas was once affordable. After hail and hurricanes, not anymore.' www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Texas was once affordable. After hail and hurricanes, not anymore.
Worsening storms fueled by climate change, coupled with inflation, are driving some of the highest home insurance costs in the country.
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Justin Mikulka@justinmikulka.bsky.social · last yr.A WSJ article on the downward spiral of Florida condo prices. They mention a few issues including higher insurance rates and risks of hurricanes. What they do not mention is climate change. Happy Earth Day!
