When fact and narrative collide

After years and years of media reports that coal is having a comeback in the UK the last coal plant will go offline in just 2 weeks. Coal in the UK is no more. Credit for graph to I'm @Ketanjoshi.co on Bluesky

Very refreshing to hear this language in a significant speech from a Foreign Secretary

UK foreign secretary David Lammy says climate change will be at centre of everything the foreign office does

Brazil is facing an alarming surge in carbon emissions, driven by rampant wildfires across the Amazon and Pantanal regions. According to data released today by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, the European Union’s climate tracking agency. brazilian.report/liveblog/polit…

A brilliant appointment

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🚨 SCOOP: Two years after Colombia halted new oil and gas licenses, it will announce a $40 billion plan to transition away from fossil fuels. New kind of Just Energy Transition Partnership plan, with as much as $10 billion coming from donors and MDBs. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This might be my favourite chart of the year: the UK's coal power phaseout interactive.carbonbrief.org/coal-phaseout-…

A genuinely historic day for Britain and the world. The crucible of the Industrial Revolution halting the use of coal power once and for all, and proving it is possible for an advanced economy to end its reliance on coal inside a decade or so. businessgreen.com/news/4364612/e…

We're going to do a special edition of the #GlobalNewsPod- putting your questions to correspondents who've been covering the #MiddleEast for the past year. Please send questions, preferably a voice note, to [email protected] Thank you and please share. #October7th

In a competitive field this is one of the worst things I have ever read on climate change and net zero. A complete failure to understand either the pace of the clean tech revolution or the severity of the climate crisis. It is tacit climate denial and defeatism in equal measure.

Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing? theguardian.com/environment/20…

As a former reporter for ⁦BBC News (World)⁩, I can testify to the global importance of its radio service. Essential information for millions worldwide. theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…

THREAD: 1. PERSONAL NEWS: Today BBC News has announced plans to close BBC HARDtalk after 3 decades holding the world’s politicians and powerbrokers to account. This is sad news for me personally, but much more important, I think it’s depressing news for the BBC🧵

This is a great shame. I don’t understand how the BBC can rightly talk up the importance of the BBC World Service as a means to fight back against misinformation- and then shut down BBC Worlds flagship current affairs programme

One of BBC News (World)'s true legends, Mohanad Hashim, returns to his home in Omdurman to witness, and to grieve over, the devastation of #Sudan's unfolding civil war. Stunningly filmed by Hassan Lali, produced by Ed Habershon bbc.com/news/videos/cl…

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NOT requiring solar on new homes would be totally bizarre There's overwhelming support for higher new build standards & lots are annoyed solar isn't already required MHCLG allowing housebuilders to water down / delay standards would be v short sighted theguardian.com/environment/20…

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