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Damian Carrington
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Environment editor at The Guardian
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$170,000 a minute: Why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action

The desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?

#COP30 #climatecrisis
Story by me
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
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Environmental reporting is under pressure — just as biodiversity loss and climate impacts accelerate.

Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellowship supports early-career journalists from tropical countries with paid mentorship & publishing support.

Apply Dec. 15–Feb. 1: buff.ly/oARaICG.
January 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
We can safely experiment with reflecting sunlight away from Earth. Here’s how, write @dakotagruener.bsky.social and @danvisioni.bsky.social

- The real danger isn’t asking the question. It’s waiting too long to learn the answer

#geoengineering #climatecrisis
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We can safely experiment on reflecting sunlight away from Earth. Here’s how | Dakota Gruener and Daniele Visioni
Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experiment
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

- Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children (8-14, in the UK), about their winter encounters with nature

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their winter encounters with nature
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 AM
New car sales in UK grew by 3.5% last year fuelled by surge in demand for EVs

HT @carbonbrief.org
uk.news.yahoo.com/car-sales-gr...
New car sales grew by 3.5% last year fuelled by surge in demand for EVs
Registrations of pure battery EVs were up 23.9% year-on-year, achieving a market share of 23.4%.
uk.news.yahoo.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Reposted by Damian Carrington
As we've been saying for a while: the "backlash" against climate policies has been wildly, absurdly overstated. This new survey shows how UK MPs badly understate support for climate policies

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
‘A silent majority’: Politicians strongly underestimate support for green policies, study reveals

- From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al
Story by me
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
EU’s new ‘green tariff’ rules on high-carbon imports came into force on 1 January

- ‘border adjustment mechanism’ aims to create a level playing field while also encouraging decarbonisation

Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EU’s new ‘green tariff’ rules on high-carbon goods come into force
The ‘border adjustment mechanism’ aims to create a level playing field while also encouraging decarbonisation
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
UK regulator Ofcom urged to investigate Trump on GB News interview over inaccuracy claims

- US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
Ofcom urged to investigate GB News Trump interview over inaccuracy claims
US president’s assertions climate change is ‘a hoax’ and London has police no-go areas left unchallenged, say critics
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Analysis: UK renewables enjoyed record year in 2025 – but gas power still rose

By @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and Ho Woo Nam
@carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
Analysis: UK renewables enjoy record year in 2025 – but gas power still rises - Carbon Brief
UK’s fleet of wind, solar and biomass power plants set records in 2025, Carbon Brief analysis shows, but electricity from gas still went up.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Reposted by Damian Carrington
Fossil-fuel extraction massively outweighs critical mineral mining needs (quite literally)

– We dig up tens of billions of tonnes of stuff every year to produce coal, oil & gas
– Raw-material extraction for critical minerals would be a fraction of that, even under net-zero

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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope, writes @ninalakhani.bsky.social

- The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani
I’ve spent six years writing about environmental justice. The uncomfortable truth is that we’re not all in it together – but people power is reshaping the fight
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December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’

- Follows a backlash from multinationals, producer countries, rightwing parties and EU logging states

Story by Arthur Neslen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’
Law’s original author points to removal of obligations for downstream traders to verify origin of commodities
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Mercedes to pay $150m in #dieselgate settlement with US states

Kathy Jennings, Delaware AG: “It was a deliberate effort to gain unearned competitive advantage while leaving the public to foot the bill for the health and environmental impacts of their pollution”

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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Mercedes to Pay $150 Million Over Claims It Cheated on Emissions Tests
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded

#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded
Meteorological office reports high temperatures across country and record measured at Seyðisfjörður in east
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Mini #nuclear reactors are already losing their glow, writes Lex column in @financialtimes.com

- Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants

www.ft.com/content/567a...
Mini nuclear reactors are already losing their glow
Several studies suggest SMRs will produce higher levels of nuclear waste than traditional plants
www.ft.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reposted by Damian Carrington
Powerful Guardian editorial on urgent need for #climate adaptation & for “real plans, real finance, real justice”. And good to see shout out to work of @climatemajority.bsky.social & GlacierTrust showing adaptation as both essential in itself & as a spur to greater decarbonisation👇
The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial
Editorial: Over the holiday period, the Guardian leader column is looking ahead at the themes of 2026. Today we look at how the struggle to adapt to a dangerously warming world has become a test of gl...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist, write @michaelemann.bsky.social & Bob Ward

- It is latest move in relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by fossil fuel industry

@ncar-ucar.bsky.social
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Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist | Michael Mann and Bob Ward
This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by #climatecrisis

- Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable

Story by me
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‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🤣 - Saudi Arabia's Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir says the kingdom is an active participant in international efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change

- it's been the biggest blocker of international climate action

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www.arabnews.com/node/2626707...
Saudi Arabia advances circular carbon economy, green hydrogen through technology: state minister
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is making steady progress in advancing the circular carbon economy and green hydrogen production as part of broader efforts to address climate challenges through technology and in...
www.arabnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by Damian Carrington
📢 56 academics warn corporate lawsuits threaten UK climate action

As the UK is sued over the blocked West Cumbria coal mine, academics warn that ISDS lets investors challenge climate action in private tribunals.

📄 Read the open letter 👇
December 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Good news: "The #climatecrisis is over today"

Well, according to Czechia’s new interim environment minister, Petr Macinka, who also says the department needs to be “de-ideologized"

Macinka is leader of the right-wing Motorists for Themselves party

www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Czech climate policy gutted by minister who vowed ‘green blood will run’
The new government plans to rewrite Czechia’s green rules.
www.politico.eu
December 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Global temperature projected to hit 1.7C in 2027, according to @drjamesehansen.bsky.social et al, boosted by a return of El Niño

#climatecrisis
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December 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reposted by Damian Carrington
“The UK has been planning without the tools to test against worst-case scenarios. We’ve now given decision-makers what they need to prepare for climate outcomes they hope never happen, but can’t afford to ignore.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case #climatecrisis scenarios revealed by scientists

- Scientists say government must be prepared for unlikely but ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels

Story by me
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‘Massive disruption’: UK’s worst-case climate crisis scenarios revealed by scientists
Scientists say government must prepare for ‘plausible’ 4C rise in temperature and a 2-metre rise in sea levels
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM