Excellent exchange COP29 Azerbaijan between David Lammy & Mia Amor Mottley Tom Rivett-Carnac with the PM Mottley calling for Keir Starmer & Pope Leo XIV Pope Francis to lead a new drop the debt debt #Jubilee2025 drive to finance The Global Goals & climate goals …BUT….

Recorded live at the #COP29 UK Pavilion today's episode gets real on the #BridgetownInitiative with Mia Amor Mottley & David Lammy, moderated by Tom Rivett-Carnac bit.ly/3O4bOjp or wherever you get your podcasts. Stay tuned this week for more COP29 news direct from Azerbaijan.

COP29 is a chance for Britain to show climate leadership on the global stage. This government believes that climate security is national security. Behind the scenes earlier this week 👇

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I’ve been interviewed several times by Mishal Husain on BBC Radio 4 Today and always found her to be deeply insightful. Always able to ask penetrating questions without being needlessly confrontational. A big loss to the BBC to see her go

Has your MP pledged to vote for the groundbreaking Climate & Nature Bill this Friday? Click on your MP's name in this list to find out action.zerohour.uk/mps Enough empty words. It’s time for legally-binding science-led action. #CANBill

🌍 "This is the greatest turning point in history." 2025 is halfway through the decisive decade for emissions, the 1.5C limit is on the line and fires rage in LA. 🎧 Join us weekly for breakthroughs in tech, AI, and global climate solutions bit.ly/4jy5uiH

In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights —ie causes that threatened Putins dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want.

The best clip of Christiana Figueres - this is how you get things done! Things like negotiating the first ever global agreement on addressing climate change, for example 😉 An absolute force of nature, then as now.

🔥 Big Oil is keeping the world hooked on fossil fuels. The Global South was ready for renewables. Then, fossil fuel lobbyists flooded in -pushing gas over clean energy. This week on Outrage + Optimism: 🌍 Is Big Oil sabotaging the energy transition? 👇 bit.ly/4jy5uiH

Soviet legacy is a real thing. Even in the Westernmost West.

Angers me to write this letter again. Following previous cuts, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation managed to plug some gaps with peers, but hole created by #UK & #US #aid #cuts is enormous. Countries need more time to plan aid exit. #Debt #crisis makes this nigh impossible. People suffer greatly.

💸 Is private money taking over? 🚨 With governments pulling back on aid funding, billionaire philanthropists increasingly decide what gets funded Does this mean more innovation, or more unaccountable decision-making? 🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3X0uaX8

How I wish Britain were still in the EU. The Brexit folly just keeps immaturing with age.

🚨 "Where are the women?" 👀 Rooms full of men are making decisions about our future. And history shows… that’s not working. 💬 What’s stopping us from changing that? 🎧 This #IWD2025 episode dives in. Listen now bit.ly/3X0uaX8 #WomenInLeadership #GenderEquality

In this new Outrage + Optimism podcast episode Laura Clarke speaks about how we're using the law to protect people & planet 🎧 From stopping corporate greenwashing to holding governments accountable, find out how the power of the law can drive change ⚖️ outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/how-c…

Living in Devon I have some sympathy for the task facing Dartington Trust but they are in danger of making a huge mistake. Reversing this decision would show that the Trust still values climate action, innovation and the views of local people theguardian.com/environment/20…