👏 The world's highest court has ruled that states have legal duties to act on climate change and that inaction violates human rights. A huge victory for the planet, for the future, and led by the Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. #ClimateICJAO #ClimateJustice

"Who pays the price for climate destruction around the globe? Not the fossil fuel industry pocketing profits and taxpayer subsidies as their products wreak havoc. Everyday people suffer, with their lives and livelihoods," says UN SG Antonio Guterres 1/3

careers.unu.edu/o/policy-res... @unu-iigh.bsky.social . Policy Research Associate Programme is geared towards individuals in early part of their career and designed to provide an opportunity for experience in applied policy research and international policy-making, Deadline applications 19 January.

A lesson we never seem to learn: you can't cut emissions just by building out renewables. You also have to stop burning fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/c...

U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged

After staying flat for nearly two decades, electricity use is starting to rise again, and the boom in wind and solar power hasn’t kept pace.

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🧵1/ X #Botswana submitted its updated 2030 #NDC: ▶️ Kudos 👏 for updating the 2030 climate target! NDCs collectively fall dramatically short for this decade ▶️ The NDC clearly shows the central role of climate #finance and in particular more #energy finance unfccc.int/sites/defaul...

"A betrayal" "A shameful, moral failure" Just some of the reflections on #COP29. But how do we move forward? How do we protect public and planetary health? @jessbeagley.bsky.social, Policy Lead at @gchalliance.bsky.social, explains:

We often conflate “addressing false information” with “arguing with dismissives.” But as I often say, even an angel from God with brand new stone tablets saying “global warming is real” wouldn’t sway the 10% who are dismissive. For the other 90%, though, debunking myths is key to unlocking action!

John Cook@johnfocook.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just coauthored a paper that says something which may seem obvious to many but still needs to be argued: why misinformation must not be ignored. Specifically we argue that 1) misinformation is prominent & 2) has a negative impact on people psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

The Lancet Countdown's first assessment of climate change and health in SIDS is now out! Showing the disproportionate impact of climate change in small island states, who have contributed minimally to this crisis. Read below

The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change@lancetcountdown.bsky.social · 2y ago

⚡ OUT NOW ⚡ 1️⃣st comprehensive study on health and climate change in small island developing states shows lack of climate action is endangering lives and livelihoods - despite island states spearheading international attention on climate and health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Global plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel - BBC News

Global plastic talks collapse as oil states rebel

Two years of negotiations to reduce global plastic production have collapsed amid a split between countries.

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Stemming plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions require a plastics treaty that limits plastic production; fossil fuel and other interests were opposed and talks collapsed for now. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Nations fail to deliver U.N. treaty on cleaning up plastic pollution

Delegates from close to 200 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.

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"The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter." www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Exclusive: Exxon lobbyist investigated over hack-and-leak of environmentalist emails, sources say

The FBI has been investigating a longtime Exxon Mobil consultant over the contractor's alleged role in a hack-and-leak operation that targeted hundreds of the oil company’s biggest critics, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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‘India Could See An Epidemic Of Lung Cancer From Air Pollution’ www.indiaspend.com/indiaspend-i... @gchalliance.bsky.social @jessbeagley.bsky.social

‘India Could See An Epidemic Of Lung Cancer From Air Pollution’

No organ system is spared from the effects of air pollution, and more Indians are getting lung cancer because of it, thoracic surgeon Arvind Kumar tells us in this interview

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It’s exhausting to hear reporters lazily referencing the “unpopular carbon tax” while giving up on informing us that the reason it’s “unpopular” is the successful conservative misinformation campaign ignoring that it’s better than price neutral for people & is a bare minimum tool for climate action.

First post and three emotions, off the back of COP29: Betrayal at the failure of developed countries to deliver finance for humankind, rage at the influence of the fossil fuel industry in climate decision-making, and determination to continue as part of our movement for people + planet over profit.