You know you're at a petrostate COP when Exxon gets to speak at a High Level Mitigation Ambition mtg held by the COP President. Exxon actually complains the world's not going fast enough on climate. Then they get a hug fm the World Bank President #COP29Baku #COP29Azerbaijan

I think it’s quite outrageous that a firm like Exxon gets to speak at a crisis meeting on the failure of the world to move fast enough on emission reductions when it’s been one of the main forces behind the slow action. And continues to expand oil and gas globally.

With developed & developing countries divided in negotiations over climate finance, it's interesting to see what the High Ambition Coalition is saying on the topic. It includes big donors 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇨🇦 plus many island states and mid-sized global south nations such as 🇰🇪🇬🇹🇳🇵🇿🇲 🇨🇱

Yes. @ExxonMobil's own scientists DID predict how much the planet would warm given continued fossil fuel burning. And they DID warn us about the "potentially catastrophic events" that would result from that warming in their 1982 internal memo. #NewClimateWar #CaliforniaFires

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"It doesn't matter whether people believe in #climate change or not. What matters is insurance companies know that their payouts have gone through the roof & the insurance companies are going to increase people's premiums. That's just the way it works." - @RDNS_TAI #auspol

Close to 40 Gw of #RenewableEnergy projects tendered in 2023-24 have failed to find takers. More than a year later, central agencies haven't been able to sign power sale agreements with state govts for these projects. Meanwhile more tenders keep rolling.. business-standard.com/industry/news/…

January 2025 was the 18th month in a 19-month period in which the global-average temperature was more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial level. 🧵

We've released the Berkeley Earth temperature update for January 2025. It was the warmest January on record at 1.64C above preindustrial levels, and 0.09°C above the prior record set in 2024.

The two-year running mean for global surface temperature anomaly is approaching 1.6°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline. The planet has not been this hot in over 120,000 years.

New WMO report on near-term climate projections finds that global temperatures are likely to remain at highly elevated levels for the next five years. Barring a large volcanic eruption, it is very unlikely that we see a year as cool as 2022 again.

The gas industry has had higher profit margins than ANY other sector in Australia over the last few years. That's unsurprising when you know how little tax they pay. 🧵 (1/5)

As gas exports have soared, Petroleum Resource Rent Tax paid has shrunk ever smaller, to just $1.5 billion in 2024-25. Beer excise is a bigger revenue raiser than the PRRT! (2/5)

We tried to show the PRRT compared to Australia's total tax. It's so small you can barely see it on the graph.

85 years ago Chaplin decided to speak in one of his films for the first time in his career. It was to deliver this message that rings true today. #NoKingsDay

What a remarkable--and pointless--loss for NOAA and for the United States.

American Dissident Karen Piper No--the entire climate.gov team was fired and they will no longer be able to generate the products that used to be housed there. There may be a historical archive available, but no new/continuing information.

New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to extra icebergs, it's bad news we must hear. Ed Doddridge University of Tasmania theconversation.com/antarctic-summ…

1⃣ Like a heartbeat driving one of the largest seasonal cycles on Earth, Antarctic sea ice is central to the global climate system and vital for unique ecosystems. Animation: Pat Wongpan

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The planet's albedo (reflectivity) hit yet another new record low as of the latest data from CERES from April, 2025, now at 28.714%. Darker days ahead!