Nice to see the FT take on the potential "emissions gaming" from Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) by big tech firms. "The basic fact is you can be solar powered all night long with today’s accounting, and that’s absurd." ft.com/content/2d6fc3…

Who should pay for climate finance will be one of the big questions of COP29? Switzerland is the first nation to propose proper criteria, which would add nations like 🇶🇦🇸🇬🇮🇱🇵🇱🇸🇦 and (most controversially and importantly) 🇨🇳 and 🇷🇺 climatechangenews.com/2024/08/16/as-…

Just to pick up on one: Literally nobody is saying we should stop using fossil fuels over night.

“The President went out and planted trees but will he go out and water it afterwards?” p.dw.com/p/4ixf5?maca=e…

While talking about a "COP of Peace", Azerbaijan has been one of the main fuellers of Israel's fighter jets, Oil Change International analysis finds theguardian.com/world/article/…

What is AI's real carbon footprint? You won't find it in the sustainability reports of tech giants. That's because they claim it's mostly or entirely powered by renewables. Natasha White & I dug deeper to find reality to be otherwise. Thanks to use of dodgy credits.

In the UK, politicians have to pretend they don’t know they’re going to win even when miles ahead in polls. To avoid “taking voters for granted”. But in the US, it’s all “next President”. Guess American voters don’t see the confidence as arrogance like Brits do?

Grenada is the first country to trigger a post-hurricane #debt payment suspension clause on a government bond - a tool that is backed by the World Bank but a drop in the ocean of what's needed for debt-stressed nations to cope with climate #lossanddamage climatechangenews.com/2024/08/21/in-…

Of all major policy initiatives so far, Labour's green energy initiatives are among the only ones to combine high 'cut through' with high approval. They're joined by public sector pay deals. WFA change only one with high awareness & disapproval, tho less so with Lab voters.

A Nepali official claims the Chinese government has repeatedly failed to honour promises to provide information on glacial lakes, hampering efforts to guard against floods climatechangenews.com/2024/08/22/nep…

Especially challenging (some would say delusional) as it envisions a 52% increase in passenger numbers in that time

Does anyone know a 'species champion' who is passionate about one species of mammal in particular, and who has a non-white background? I'd love to include some diversity in a forthcoming Positive News feature. Tips asap please

Shell's rice carbon offsets in China have been axed today by Verra due to serious quality issues. I previously wrote about the glaring problems with those projects and Shell's "shameful" decision to use the credits despite a pending probe. climatechangenews.com/2023/03/28/rev….

BREAKING: The UK gov't has rightly recognised that approving the Rosebank oil field without taking into account the full extent of its climate impacts was unlawful. It has conceded that argument in our & Greenpeace's legal challenge against the field. So what does that mean? 🧵

How Japan ignored climate critics and built a global natural gas empire 🇯🇵❤️🚢 Every six hours, somewhere in the world, an LNG shipment controlled by a Japanese company leaves a port. However, these tankers are only the tip of the iceberg A thread 🧵 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Kamala 2019: “I will ban fracking day one as president” Kamala 2024: “I will not ban fracking”

Can we reuse extensive natural gas pipeline networks to transport hydrogen in the future? A new study says 'Nope.' At least not without "significant retrofits and replacement" and even then, "serious safety and environmental risks remain." Open access: scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/es…

Belém's public transport faces criticism as 870 buses serve 470,000 passengers daily in sweltering heat, but most lack air conditioning and are outdated. As COP30 approaches, a plan for new buses has sparked political tensions and delays. buff.ly/3ZdtgJ0