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A Fossil Fuel Phaseout? This past spring, 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia to begin planning a global phaseout of fossil fuels. What are their chances? See fpif.org/a-fossil-fue...

A Fossil Fuel Phaseout? - FPIF

This past spring, 57 countries met in Santa Marta, Colombia to begin planning a global phaseout of fossil fuels. What are their chances?

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Here's a link to the full report -- transitionawayconference.com/report

Report — First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels

Colombia and the Netherlands will host the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. The Conference is designed as a space for countries, subnational governments and other stakeholders...

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The full report of the 1st International Conference to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels was just released. Here's a summary by Alex Rafalowicz of the Fossil Treaty Initiative. www.linkedin.com/posts/alex-r...

Today marked a milestone in the struggle to phase out fossil fuels. The full report of the 1st International Conference to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels was released. It's an incredible… | A...

Today marked a milestone in the struggle to phase out fossil fuels. The full report of the 1st International Conference to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels was released. It's an incredible resource...

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Finally, after all these years, a good piece on AI. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?

Separating out the myths and facts of AI.

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Very nice piece by Harjeet Singh of the Fossil Fuel Treat Initiative on Santa Marta. I agree with almost all of it. Would love to hear others' thoughts. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/05/08/d...

Developing countries must hold the pen to script the fossil fuel transition

While the Santa Marta summit has broken the UNFCCC deadlock on phasing out fossil fuels, the new process must not be taken over by Global North nations and their institutions

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Blood fantastic piece -- Progressive Funders Need to Reassess the Breakthrough Institute. cleantechnica.com/2026/03/29/p... Worth reading on SO many levels.

Progressive Funders Need to Reassess the Breakthrough Institute - CleanTechnica

Funders should reassess Breakthrough Institute after its Trump-aligned climate lawsuit intervention and drift away from constructive climate analysis.

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Must read on the 1.5C debate. Joeri Rogelj and Lavanya Rajamani -- A straightforward, well argued case for the continued (even increasing) relevance of “1.5°C” as a goal even if temperatures start to exceed 1.5°C www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The pursuit of 1.5°C endures as a legal and ethical imperative in a changing world

As the world nears 1.5°C of global warming, near-term emissions reductions and adequate adaptation become ever more important to ensure a safe and livable planet for present and future generations

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Got a minute?

Ted Nordhaus says its time to Defund the COPs. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/defund-the.... I've tried to take him seriously, to pretend that he's worth reading, even though he's delirious with self regard. But I give up. The man is just straight up a creature of the right

John Fetter of the Institute for Policy Studies recently asked me for my views on Climate Debt. This video, in which I tried to diplomatically suggest that there might be better frames, is the result. I seem to be getting old, but this is still pretty coherent. www.ecoequity.org/2025/12/clim...

Time for my annual masochistic review of COP post morta. First one I "liked" is by Dyke and Rockstrom. theconversation.com/the-world-lo... Note: "The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years."

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.

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Check out Inequity, Inequality, Inaction, the new report fm the Civil Society Equity Review, just released in Belem. State of the debate work on global climate justice, and quantitative fair shares work to boot. Here's a good summary: www.ecoequity.org/2025/11/ten-... #FairShares #ClimateJustice

Tech along will of course not save us. We also need real and robust international cooperation. Not bloody likely at this level of extreme inequality. So interesting to see this amazing *international* study of support of various redistributionist strategies. See www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax? In California? No climate angle yet, but who cares. We'll get to that soon. For now, see prospect.org/2025/10/23/u...

Unveiled Today: The First Politically Viable Wealth Tax - The American Prospect

A proposed 2026 California ballot measure would tax billionaires’ fortunes to fund imperiled health access for 15 million state Medicaid recipients. The spillover effects of its presence on the midter...

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This looks to me like a *definitive* critique of, not just offsets, but any market-based scheme that is not based on the rock solid verification of credit quality. Am I wrong? www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/carbon-...

Carbon offsets have failed for 25 years, and most should be phased out - research

Academics at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have conducted the most comprehensive review of evidence on the effectiveness on carbon offsetting to date and concluded the pr...

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Dave Roberts is right (again). Also, this is USEFUL work. There are so many details to keep straight. Best to keep our eyes on the BIG ones

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 10mo ago

A new Nature study on the four horsemen of the climate-tipping-points apocalypse: "the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the South American monsoon system and the Amazon rainforest."

Let's be clear: billionaires are driving the climate crisis. Despite contributing the least to climate change, it's people living in poverty who are disproportionately affected. The richest 1% emit as much carbon pollution as the poorest 5 BILLION people. PollutingElite.earth #PollutingElite

The Drawdown Solutions Explorer is pure Awesome. Seriously, look at it. Even you cynical bastards

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Project Drawdown has always been the world’s leading guide to science-based climate solutions 🌏. With the new Drawdown Explorer, we’re moving beyond describing solutions → to spotlighting breakthrough strategies for accelerating climate action.

🚨New research🚨Rich countries can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action by ending fossil fuels handouts, making polluters pay, defunding wars, taxing the super rich. There’s no shortage of $$ for action. It’s just in the wrong hands. #FixtheFinance ➡️ Read more: oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/

We Can Pay For It - Oil Change International

We Can Pay for It factsheet shows rich counties can unlock $6.6 trillion for climate action

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I know Adam Tooze writes too fucking much. But I'm very glad I read this. The funny thing is that it makes me feel better to know that the US is not, alone, going to write the story of the future. Which -- admit it -- we sometimes fall into thinking. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

Chartbook 402 Dual-circulation: travels through China in the summer of 2025.

Looking back, the first few months of this summer feel to me like a slow escape from the terrible vortex of US politics.

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💰 Taxing the super-rich could solve many of our climate and inequality problems. But there are many myths around a tax on the millionaires and billionaires. 💡 Test your knowledge and share your score with us! #TaxTheSuperRich ‪

What do you know about taxing the super-rich?

Are you ready for a challenge? Test your knowledge about taxing the super-rich and see your score! #TaxTheSuperRich

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See Jonathon Porritt: "The IPCC: Can it regain its credibility?" My read is that we can still achieve 2C if all goes well, but of course it's not. I'm not a fatalist -- far from it -- but check out his list of the likely impacts of 2C of warming. www.meer.com/en/91051-the...

The IPCC: Can it regain its credibility?

A critical examination of climate science risk assessments and the growing challenge from global actuaries

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On another front, climate law, a huge event just finally went down. The International Court of Justice just released its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect to Climate Change, It was a somber event, and quite affecting to watch. webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

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Read Wen Stephenson’s (‪@learning2live.bsky.social‬) Learning to Live in the Dark. Lots of us have intermittently ruminated on the climate catastrophe, and its meaning, but Wen has done so with sustained attention, and fruitfully. His thoughts are useful, and sometimes even consoling.

Here's a timely reminder. #TaxTheRich

Killer opinion piece: On a Dying Multilateralism by Walden Bello, in Foreign Policy in Focus. "Is it possible to move towards a new, more participatory system of multilateralism without bringing forth a post-capitalist system of economic, social, and political relations?" fpif.org/requiem-for-...

On a Dying Multilateralism - FPIF

What can replace the global order?

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