Chris Cummins
@christianccummins.bsky.social
Presenter, Journalist, nature lover, music fan. dad.
I've been speaking to @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social of the @ipcc.bsky.social on whether the 1.5 degrees target is dead (spoiler:he says no, & explains why), the importance of #biodiversity to climate protection; and why positive engagement will defeat despair. Interview on @fm4.orf.at soon:
#COP30
#COP30
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I've been speaking to @jimskeaclimate.bsky.social of the @ipcc.bsky.social on whether the 1.5 degrees target is dead (spoiler:he says no, & explains why), the importance of #biodiversity to climate protection; and why positive engagement will defeat despair. Interview on @fm4.orf.at soon:
#COP30
#COP30
It's #RemembranceDay. I've been to the battlefields of #Flanders a few times, but nowadays it is hard to go there & think of shattered towns & absent fathers and not think of what Ukrainians are going through today.
So remember, yes, but focus too.
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-war-fo...
So remember, yes, but focus too.
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-war-fo...
The War Fought To End All Wars
Young men suffering and dying to protect comrades. Destroyed towns, fatherless children. A visit to the historic tragedy of Flanders focuses your mind on the plight of present day Ukrainians.
christiancummins1.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
It's #RemembranceDay. I've been to the battlefields of #Flanders a few times, but nowadays it is hard to go there & think of shattered towns & absent fathers and not think of what Ukrainians are going through today.
So remember, yes, but focus too.
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-war-fo...
So remember, yes, but focus too.
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-war-fo...
One of the best ways to protect the #climate is to protect #forests. Not just iconic giant forests like the #Amazon, but all forests, including those close to you. Forests are carbon sinks, but #biodiversity is vital to our survival beyond that:
#COP30
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#COP30
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-gesaus...
The Gesäuse: One of the last havens of biodiversity
Nature is in dramatic retreat across Europe in the „great die off“. The variety of species is in steep decline and habitat is being destroyed. The Gesäuse National Park is a beacon on light in the dar
christiancummins1.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One of the best ways to protect the #climate is to protect #forests. Not just iconic giant forests like the #Amazon, but all forests, including those close to you. Forests are carbon sinks, but #biodiversity is vital to our survival beyond that:
#COP30
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-gesaus...
#COP30
christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-gesaus...
"Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis", says #COP30 chief André Corrêa do Lago.
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis", says #COP30 chief André Corrêa do Lago.
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
It's hard to explain that lethargy to people such Betlydia Kariuki without feeling shame. She's from Kenya, a low-emission country on the #climatecrisis front line
fm4.orf.at/player/20251...
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This.
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This.
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Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
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When you’ve successfully persuaded people that being anti-racist is a Bad Thing called “woke”, you can go about your day being openly racist, doing racist things, spreading racist ideas, quite happily.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
When you’ve successfully persuaded people that being anti-racist is a Bad Thing called “woke”, you can go about your day being openly racist, doing racist things, spreading racist ideas, quite happily.
It's going to be a joyful @fm4.orf.at #sunnyside up as we explore Brazilian funk carioca, dance to boogaloo in the Bronx, and party with Italian hell-raiser Loredana Mongardini. Plus Turaeg heart-ache from Imarhan & Danish soul & a new track from Harry Dean Lewis 10am CET
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It's going to be a joyful @fm4.orf.at #sunnyside up as we explore Brazilian funk carioca, dance to boogaloo in the Bronx, and party with Italian hell-raiser Loredana Mongardini. Plus Turaeg heart-ache from Imarhan & Danish soul & a new track from Harry Dean Lewis 10am CET
fm4.orf.at/player/live
fm4.orf.at/player/live
As we approach #COP30 and the 10th anniversary of the #ParisAgreement, I have been thinking a lot about my time in Paris in 2015 and what we hoped and imagined would happen next:
The world needs to rekindle that "yes we can spirit"
youtu.be/5gDR-ILLs3U
The world needs to rekindle that "yes we can spirit"
youtu.be/5gDR-ILLs3U
Tim Flannery on COP21 "We can get to where we need to be 2050"
YouTube video by Christian Cummins
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As we approach #COP30 and the 10th anniversary of the #ParisAgreement, I have been thinking a lot about my time in Paris in 2015 and what we hoped and imagined would happen next:
The world needs to rekindle that "yes we can spirit"
youtu.be/5gDR-ILLs3U
The world needs to rekindle that "yes we can spirit"
youtu.be/5gDR-ILLs3U
My idea of @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup is music that touches year heart beyond all cultural and geographical boundaries. This is an astoundingly beautiful new song from southern Algeria - heartache - in the Tamasheq language but we all understand. On tomorrow's show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tO...
Imarhan - Derhan N'Oulhine (Official Video)
YouTube video by Imarhan
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My idea of @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup is music that touches year heart beyond all cultural and geographical boundaries. This is an astoundingly beautiful new song from southern Algeria - heartache - in the Tamasheq language but we all understand. On tomorrow's show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8tO...
The European Union is downgrading its #climate ambition as if the #climatecrisis is a luxury concern. In #Kenya it's already causing death and despair. Betlydia Kariuki has been telling me why it's also a #humanitarian crisis and why #climatejustice is vital:
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... @fm4.orf.at
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... @fm4.orf.at
Warum es beim Weltklimagipfel für Kenia auch um Menschenrechte geht
fm4.orf.at
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The European Union is downgrading its #climate ambition as if the #climatecrisis is a luxury concern. In #Kenya it's already causing death and despair. Betlydia Kariuki has been telling me why it's also a #humanitarian crisis and why #climatejustice is vital:
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... @fm4.orf.at
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... @fm4.orf.at
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Hörtipp | Ein See verschwindet – na und?
Die Wasserrutsche am Zicksee im Burgenland führt ins Nichts. Seit dem Austrocknen des Sees ringen Landwirtschaft, Tourismus, Naturschutz und Wasserwirtschaft um die Zukunft des Gewässers. Doch müssen wir ihn wirklich „retten“? Und wenn ja, um welchen Preis?
Die Wasserrutsche am Zicksee im Burgenland führt ins Nichts. Seit dem Austrocknen des Sees ringen Landwirtschaft, Tourismus, Naturschutz und Wasserwirtschaft um die Zukunft des Gewässers. Doch müssen wir ihn wirklich „retten“? Und wenn ja, um welchen Preis?
Naturpodcast: Ein See verschwindet – na und?
Vor drei Jahren wurde der trockene Sankt Andräer Zicksee zum Sinnbild für die Klimakrise. Wie geht es ihm heute?
www.falter.at
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hörtipp | Ein See verschwindet – na und?
Die Wasserrutsche am Zicksee im Burgenland führt ins Nichts. Seit dem Austrocknen des Sees ringen Landwirtschaft, Tourismus, Naturschutz und Wasserwirtschaft um die Zukunft des Gewässers. Doch müssen wir ihn wirklich „retten“? Und wenn ja, um welchen Preis?
Die Wasserrutsche am Zicksee im Burgenland führt ins Nichts. Seit dem Austrocknen des Sees ringen Landwirtschaft, Tourismus, Naturschutz und Wasserwirtschaft um die Zukunft des Gewässers. Doch müssen wir ihn wirklich „retten“? Und wenn ja, um welchen Preis?
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Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
It is the #Erdgespraeche, the Earth Talks from @neongreennetwork.bsky.social in Vienna today. One guest is Harald Dunnink the co-founder of the School of Moral Ambition - which urges us to put our talents to good use:
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... via @fm4.orf.at
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... via @fm4.orf.at
The School of Moral Ambition
fm4.orf.at
November 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
It is the #Erdgespraeche, the Earth Talks from @neongreennetwork.bsky.social in Vienna today. One guest is Harald Dunnink the co-founder of the School of Moral Ambition - which urges us to put our talents to good use:
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... via @fm4.orf.at
fm4.orf.at/player/20251... via @fm4.orf.at
In a public park?
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
In a public park?
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file under: fossil-based electricity is more expensive
FT Exclusive: Jensen Huang has warned that China will beat the US in the artificial intelligence race, thanks to lower energy costs and looser regulations.
Read more from his interview with the Financial Times: on.ft.com/4oQbYuP
Read more from his interview with the Financial Times: on.ft.com/4oQbYuP
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
file under: fossil-based electricity is more expensive
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Now official - the EU has weakened its planned 2040 emissions reduction target at the insistence of national governments.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
EU countries agree weakened 2040 climate goal and target for COP30
The deal avoids the EU going empty handed to the COP30 climate summit starting on Nov. 10.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Now official - the EU has weakened its planned 2040 emissions reduction target at the insistence of national governments.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
It is part of the overall story of Europe backtracking on its goals to fight climate change - party because of Trump pressure, partly because of changing public attitudes.
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REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.
To be honest, I find Louvre quite hard to spell
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
To be honest, I find Louvre quite hard to spell
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OMG!! This makes me feel like a tech guru!
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
OMG!! This makes me feel like a tech guru!
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This chimes with what I've been hearing.
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This chimes with what I've been hearing.
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas."
I've noticed a big trend for #cycling videos starring very beautiful women in very sunny locations.
So this will buck the trend, and older guy with a new scar rides slowly through the foggy forests of a mysterious northern Austrian landscape
#Granittrail
#Waldviertel
youtu.be/hkMZuFZe0Q4
So this will buck the trend, and older guy with a new scar rides slowly through the foggy forests of a mysterious northern Austrian landscape
#Granittrail
#Waldviertel
youtu.be/hkMZuFZe0Q4
Mountainbiking on the "Granite Trail" of Northern Austria
YouTube video by Christian Cummins
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've noticed a big trend for #cycling videos starring very beautiful women in very sunny locations.
So this will buck the trend, and older guy with a new scar rides slowly through the foggy forests of a mysterious northern Austrian landscape
#Granittrail
#Waldviertel
youtu.be/hkMZuFZe0Q4
So this will buck the trend, and older guy with a new scar rides slowly through the foggy forests of a mysterious northern Austrian landscape
#Granittrail
#Waldviertel
youtu.be/hkMZuFZe0Q4
It's #AllSoulsDay - that's obviously a BIG day for @fm4.orf.at's #SunnySideUp which will be 100% soulful today. We have French soul, Italian soul, Afro-soul, we've got brilliant new music from Sladek, Sharktank, BON JOUR, Mr.Käfer and Thundercat singing falsetto. 10am here: fm4.orf.at/player/live
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It's #AllSoulsDay - that's obviously a BIG day for @fm4.orf.at's #SunnySideUp which will be 100% soulful today. We have French soul, Italian soul, Afro-soul, we've got brilliant new music from Sladek, Sharktank, BON JOUR, Mr.Käfer and Thundercat singing falsetto. 10am here: fm4.orf.at/player/live
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30x Return on Investment, pretty good economic sense...
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
30x Return on Investment, pretty good economic sense...
Happy Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Happy Halloween