Emanuela Paoletti
@manupaoletti.bsky.social
Interested in climate change, refugee protection, North Africa, and the Middle East. Formerly at the LSE, Oxford University, and the Potsdam Istitute for Climate Impact Research.
We're not going to stop climate change unless we phase out fossil fuels.
Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
The "strong" three-month results come amid "one of the most disrupted periods in the global energy market".
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New Oxfam analysis: emissions from only five fossil fuel corporations were enough to cause roughly 25% of all heatwaves between 2000 and 2023. Many of the extreme heat events would have been virtually impossible without climate change: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel... www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
Big Oil set to double profits as their emissions fuel deadly heatwaves | Oxfam International
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The choice is simple: energy from heaven, not from hell. ☀️ @billmckibben.bsky.social explains why renewable energy may be our last, best chance to cool the Earth: www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the Earth
We're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...
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Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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A friend sent me this from near Bordeaux. The world will soon be united under a smoky sky.
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
"If you don't like what's happening to our institutions, if you don't like what's happening to the media, if you don't like the corruption of government, [...] the only lasting solution is to reduce the amount of wealth at the top." @pkrugman.bsky.social on open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Oligarchy and the Media
Can the takeover be stopped?
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As long expected. It’s climate science 101. The vapor thirst of the atmosphere increases exponentially with temperature. A law of physics known since the early 19th C (Clausius–Clapeyron law). It causes more drought even if rainfall doesn’t decline. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis-driven heat ‘sucking soils dry’ as extreme drought hits Europe
Analysis shows how heatwaves are making atmosphere thirstier, damaging water supplies, food production and power generation
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“What is unfolding is what climate and forest scientists have been predicting for 30 years. That as the world gets hotter and drier, we are exposing forests to more and more risk, and the old strategies of fire suppression are simply being overwhelmed.”
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn
Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.
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“It’s up to the pro-democracy movement to respond.” As institutions falter, strategic organizing and broad coalitions matter more than ever. Excellent and timely piece by @danielaltshuler.bsky.social and Javier Corrales on @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to plan for an election that leaders are trying to subvert | Daniel Altschuler and Javier Corrales
The White House is working to change electoral rules in its favor. Protectors of democracy must have a counterplan
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Climate change is front and center in the affordability crisis — and Democrats ought to talk about it.
This is NOT just a #heatwave. It’s a fossil fuel warning. The corporations driving the climate crisis must be held to account. #MakePollutersPay 👉 act.gp/4usPymE
"Yet urgent calls to cut emissions continue to be brushed off as centrist governments across Europe weaken climate policy." It’s absolutely staggering that even record-breaking heatwaves fail to trigger a real call to action. @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A sad inevitability’: after decades of climate warnings, why is Europe so unprepared for rising heat?
Scorching summer of 2003 triggered first efforts to deal with the problem but heatwaves still have devastating impact
theguardian.com
Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...
It’s all very clear: this heatwave is part of a trend. Climate change is making extreme weather events more frequent. We know the science. We have the solutions. What we lack is the political will—undermined by the fossil fuel industry.
Defiant and hopeful outgoing Colombian environment minister Irene Vélez Torres, co-chair of the Santa Marta TAFF Fossil Fuel Phaseout conference, delivering their report at #LondonClimateActionWeek. Watch 1/2
Clean electrification is the way forward yet this industry lacks political clout: a very compelling account of just how urgent it is to act. David Roberts @volts.wtf speaking to Steve McBee: open.spotify.com/episode/6tMD...
Giving clean electricity a political voice of its own
Volts · Episode
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"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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"There's no democracy without journalism." Scott Pelley is the best of us. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...
Read every word of this, twice. 🎁🔗
Opinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance
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"Taking RCP8.5 off the table is a sign of progress – we’ve avoided the worst-case scenario. But we have also missed the best case future. [...] We must double down on our efforts to create the best future possible." @andrewkingclimate.bsky.social on @theconversation.com
Scientists have scrapped the worst-case climate scenario – because action is making a difference
Removing the worst-case climate future for Earth isn’t failed science, as climate sceptic Donald Trump claims. It’s a sign climate action has made a difference.
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Even if climate change wasn't happening Even if burning fossil fuels didn't kill millions It would still make sense to invest in the green economy because these are the technologies of the future, and fossil fuels are the technologies of the past You don't sit out an industrial revolution
UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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#Trump is not noted for admitting mistakes, but the Iran War should be an exception. He’d be better off admitting he screwed up, and so would the country. Latest FP column here: foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/28/t...
Trump Should Just Admit He Screwed Up
The Iran war was obviously a mistake. Why not say so?
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The UN Secretary General's report listing the Israeli and Russian armies, along with Hamas, Sudan's RSF, a number of Libyan militias and others, as "parties credibly suspected of committing or being responsible for patterns of rape or other forms of sexual violence in situations of armed conflict":
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I'm hearing reports that the NY State Assembly just passed the plug-in solar vote by a wide margin, joining the State Senate. Assuming the governor signs it, that will be the 8th state making it legal (and the biggest). A groundswell across the country, and so many thanks to great organizers!
It shouldn’t need repeating, but clearly it does: "This latest heat wave in Europe is a brutal reminder of the spiraling impacts of the climate crisis, both human and economic.” on @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Extreme heat in Europe ‘a brutal reminder’ of climate crisis, UN chief says
Simon Stiell said burning fossil fuels was driving intense heatwaves as UK and France broke temperature records on consecutive days
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As miserable as everything is, the excellent Volts podcast had some experts on to talk about the big trends in electrification, and they are deeply heartening. The US is faltering, but the world races on. open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
The big stories from the last year in electricity
The biggest stories from the global power sector in 2025, from India's new path to a possible plateau in fossil generation.
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"Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is more likely to collapse than previously thought. [...] So why is this not all over the news? Why is it not the top priority for the governments?" @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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