The EU's great #GreenDeal retreat benefits the far right. For the rest of us it's a looming disaster. Opinion by me: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Geologists reject declaration of #Anthropocene epoch

- Critics say it is a missed chance to recognise that the planet irrevocably left its natural state in the mid-20th century

Story by me theguardian.com/science/2024/m…

MEGA FACTCHECK

Heat pumps are the “central technology in the global transition to secure and sustainable heating” says International Energy Agency.

But heat pumps still face relentless hostile media coverage.

I comprehensively debunked 18 heat pump myths in Carbon Brief👇

carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-m…

By ⁦Damien Gayle⁩ HSBC and NatWest accused of financing North Sea oil extraction despite pledge. How long will big banks continue this hypocrisy of claiming to be acting on climate while funding fossil fuel extraction? theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Its a weird bit of whiplash going from arguing with folks claiming models are warming too fast a year ago (no warming since 2016!) to folks arguing that models are warming too slow today. One year does not a trend make, and models are by and large doing ok:

150 civil society organisations want Rovshan Najaf, president of Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR removed from the #COP29 organising committee

#climatecrisis 350 dot org
350.org/stop-big-oil-a…

Heatwave in cocoa heartlands of West Africa supercharged by climate crisis

- The heatwave harmed millions of people and put further pressure on soaring chocolate prices

World Weather Attribution #ClimateCrisis
Story by me
theguardian.com/environment/20…

The Zombies of the U.S. Tax Code: Why Fossil Fuels Subsidies Seem Impossible to Kill

#fossilfuels
By Lisa Friedman
nytimes.com/2024/03/15/cli…

Despite corporate messaging touting a low-carbon future, many of the world's top #oilandgas companies are failing to meet global climate goals. And they're making plans to expand dw.com/en/fossil-fuel…

💥Big case win💥 KLM’s #greenwashing has been found illegal.

This is a huge victory against polluters pretending to be tackling the climate crisis while actually wrecking the planet. Congrats to our partners Fossielvrij NL🔥 & Reclame Fossielvrij. brnw.ch/21wI2L6

Restoring reefs killed by climate change may simply put corals ‘back out to die’ – here’s how we can improve their chances

- One option - nurture new reefs in areas where they have not previously been, but where future conditions may be favourable

theconversation.com/restoring-reef…

The visual effect of wind turbines on property values is small and diminishing in space and time - new US study

pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

I like Gavin's comment and agree with a lot of it aside from the title. A oddly hot 2023-24 does not mean climate models are wrong - it just means there is detective work to do. The article only refers to unreferenced statistical models - not process models.

I have a commentary in Nature about our disquieting inability to explain why 2023 was so warm. nature.com/articles/d4158…

‘Hoovered’ up from the deep: 33,000 hours of seabed trawling revealed in protected UK waters

- Oceana UK analysis shows alarming prevalence of harmful fishing methods thought to ‘destroy whole ecosystems’

Story by Karen McVeigh
theguardian.com/environment/20…

NEW: World Bank has launched a dedicated page on the #LossAndDamage Fund, including a timeline for finalising the hosting and trustee arrangements.

It also offers FAQs on Financial Intermediary Funds (FIFs) and the role of the World Bank.

worldbank.org/en/programs/fu…

Fossil fuel industry should help pay for fighting climate change in poorer countries, EU foreign ministers say

#ClimateEmergency
reuters.com/sustainability…

... Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi @Aramco, received applause from the audience after saying that “we should abandon the fantasy of phasing out oil and gas, and instead invest in them adequately”

what #ClimateCrisis ?

reuters.com/business/energ…

UK court ruling erodes climate activists’ ability to defend themselves – as the planet heats up

Analysis by Sandra Laville
theguardian.com/environment/20…