a scientist and lead author of the latest report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change being taken into a police van after blocking a swiss motorway in protest against government inaction on climate change x.com/Renovate_CH/st…

Climate litigation is on the rise, it is reshaping our definition of human rights and generating new stories of agency & empowerment across the globe. Find out more in this month's edition of The Zeroist. thezeroist.substack.com/p/can-we-litig…

Wonderful resource of over 600 top notch female China experts. No excuse for anyone to say "we tried so hard but could only find men."

A brief Googling suggests Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Olof Scholz, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky are all 5'7, it's an unprecedented consolidation of European power in the hands of short kings

Great analysis by Denise Young, a.k.a. Denise Young 楊 玲 玲 THEZEROIST.SUBSTACK.COM, on why it would be incorrect to just dismiss this #COP27 climate summit in one go. thezeroist.substack.com/p/why-cop27-ch…

#7 Women are leading forces. Women’s acts to cook for children dead in fire on Weibo sustained grieving and fueled emotions. In the first protest in Shanghai, a pregnant lady stood up and distracted the police. Young women are leading the charge in and outside China at rallies.

#9 Would government change covid policy in response? No. But the space for local negotiation is widening. Many apartment complexes in Beijing have reversed the lockdown.

Amazing, moving, inspiring account of the man who became a one-person newsroom to bring the story of the protests in China to the world.

There is more to Chengdu than just hotpot. Wedged between Tibet, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu, the city is a melting pot of cultures, all reflected in the local music scene: youtube.com/watch?v=T7cUGK…

Unlocking the trillions is a big buzzword for climate & nature negotiations: but Sony Kapoor warns this distracts from the real challenge of the North-South impasse on how to finance the energy transition without sacrificing economic growth apple.co/3hqwhC5 #climatefinance

ahead of the discussion like always !

It's done: #COP15 has adopted a global deal for nature including 23 targets to halt and reverse the decline of wildlife and ecosystems.

🇳🇦: "That colonial injustice that is amplified by what happened in the Congo is the origin of all of the problems that we have encountered in this Convention and in the relationship between humanity and biodiversity."

The #WEF23 Global Risk Report came out this week. What’s the role of #water in the document? A quick 🧵 TLDR: The closer we get to 2030, the more water will take center stage. #GRR23

3 things to look out for in 2023, how the ECB was 'converted' on climate, & a sneak preview of an upcoming podcast on a world 1st climate lawsuit against a gas company for flimsy net zero claims. All in the Jan edition of The Zeroist. thezeroist.substack.com/p/2023-everyth…

Why does Australia have a kick-ass record on climate lawsuits? Facing brutal climate impacts and a pro-fossil media environment Australian lawyers are changing the way we exit fossil fuels, one innovative legal case at a time. Get the scoop from @ElaineEDO apple.co/3ZZckUq

2023 has heralded new challenges for decarbonizing in de-globalization. In our latest, a new study on why rich countries need to decarbonize harder, what’s causing friction on the net zero debate and debunking a mining myth. Read and subscribe 👇 thezeroist.substack.com/p/decarbonizin…

(3)International norm setting: The PRC aims to play a decisive role in formulating international rules in the following “key strategic fields”: The high seas, Polar regions, Cyberspace, Outer space, Nuclear security, Anti-corruption, Climate change.

France gets a new weather-meets-climate nightly broadcast, with audience Q & A feature to interrogate climate experts with what's up on never-ending weird weather.

Why we urgently need a new economics of water as a common good, argue Johan Rockström, Mariana Mazzucato and colleagues #UNWaterConference nature.com/articles/d4158…