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Fiona Harvey
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Environment editor at the Guardian newspaper, full-time environment writer since 2004
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Experts call for new taxes on worst polluters to help poorer nations with climate crisis - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Experts call for new taxes on worst polluters to help poorer nations with climate crisis
Report to be discussed at Cop30 says global agreements should target carbon intensive activities and ‘ultra high net worth individuals’
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November 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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jeromeollier.bsky.social
Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Still a chance to return to 1.5C climate goal, researchers say
Report calls for scaling-up of renewable energy and electrification of key sectors to limit peak of global heating
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November 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Who are the major players at #COP30 and what do they want? - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Who are the major players at Cop30 and what do they want?
Delegates from global giants and smaller nations expected to clash at Brazilian summit over how to tackle the climate crisis and who should pay
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November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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jeromeollier.bsky.social
'Giving up would be a betrayal': MILIBAND says 1.5C target still alive before #COP30 - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @jonathan-watts.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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‘Giving up would be a betrayal’: Miliband says 1.5C target still alive before Cop30
Exclusive: Environment secretary says global tipping points are possible as he rejects far-right climate ‘defeatism’
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November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
- by @fionaharvey.bsky.social

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Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
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November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
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#cop30 #Belem #Brazil #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #LeadershipMatters

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Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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andyscollick.bsky.social
@fionaharvey.bsky.social, environment editor at @theguardian.com, nails it:

"At the heart of #COP30 will be two key questions: what can the world do to stop global heating accelerating further and faster? And can it be done in time to prevent unstoppable catastrophe?"
Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
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November 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Great read from @fionaharvey.bsky.social setting the scene for COP30 and analysing what’s at stake.
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Amid squabbles, bombast and competing interests, what can Cop30 achieve?
Climate summit in Brazil needs to find way to stop global heating accelerating amid stark divisions
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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jeromeollier.bsky.social
From net zero to NDCs: your comprehensive #COP30 jargon buster - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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From net zero to NDCs: your comprehensive Cop30 jargon buster
Brief explanations of 19 key terms likely to be heard at the Cop30 summit in Brazil
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November 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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jeromeollier.bsky.social
Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says #COP30 chief - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Rich countries have lost enthusiasm for tackling climate crisis, says Cop30 chief
Brazil’s André Corrêa do Lago says countries should follow China’s lead on clean energy as conference begins
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November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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jeromeollier.bsky.social
'It will never be forgiven': UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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‘It will never be forgiven’: UN climate chief warns world to act or face disaster
Faltering governments will be blamed for famine and conflict abroad, and face stagnation and inflation at home, says climate chief at start of Cop30
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November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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“COPs will not solve the climate crisis by themselves, but it looks unlikely that the problem can be solved without COPs” @fionaharvey.bsky.social writes. COP is still the one decision-making arena where all the players in climate politics are present and activated. legal-planet.org/2025/11/12/g...
Good COP, Bad COP in Belém, Brazil  - Legal Planet
The United Nations mega-conference focused on climate change known as COP (“Conference of the Parties”) is well underway in Belém, Brazil with 193 countries plus the EU, 57 heads of state, 39 minister...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Al GORE wonders if 'bullying' TRUMP prompted @billgates.bsky.social to backtrack on climate - @fionaharvey.bsky.social @olliemilman.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate
Exclusive interview with ex-US vice-president at Cop30 also reveals his hope around much-maligned climate summit
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November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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jeromeollier.bsky.social
China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals - @c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social Ajit NIRANJAN @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Pamela DUNCAN, @fionaharvey.bsky.social @theguardian.com

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China and Saudi Arabia among nations receiving climate loans, analysis reveals
Investigation by Guardian and Carbon Brief finds just a fifth of funds to fight global heating went to poorest 44 countries
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November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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andyscollick.bsky.social
Important article on greenhouse gas methane emissions by @fionaharvey.bsky.social. #COP30
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
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November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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By me: climate groups condemn 18-month jail term for non-violent art museum protester Timothy Martin
‘It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists.
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US climate activists condemn 18-month jail term for non-violent art museum protester
‘It’s hard to fathom how a peaceful protester can receive more prison time than many of the insurrectionists’ said one researcher, of Timothy Martin’s sentence
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October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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mjamurphy.bsky.social
Saying we need to focus more on economics and less on climate change is just saying you don't understand either.
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Global use of coal reached record levels in 2024, according to the annual State of Climate Action report, “imperilling the world’s attempts to rein in global heating.” By @fionaharvey.bsky.social for @theguardian.com
Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables
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October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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The #ClimateEmergency and increasing #AMR - disturbing further evidence of a direct link

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Warming is Associated With More Encoded Antimicrobial Resistance Genes and Transcriptions Within Five Drug Classes in Soil Bacteria: A Case Study and Synthesis
The effect of warming on anti‐microbial resistance (AMR) genes in the environment has critical implications for public health but is little studied. We collected published soil bacterial genomes from the BV‐BRC database and tested the correlation ...
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October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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aarnegranlund.bsky.social
Burning wood indoors is not a good idea unless you are in a sauna or visiting a remote hut in cold conditions. Poor combustion worsens air quality in built areas.

#WoodBurning
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Also linked to deaths in Australia. See this in @mja.com.au www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
October 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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mael.kont.me
Les cheminées et les poêles à bois sont une catastrophe sanitaire.
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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psheth.bsky.social
This is also true in NZ, where woodburners and gas stoves/heat are extremely common, even in urban areas.

Any kind of residential combustion generates horrible pollution for surrounding communities, and open fireplaces and gas stoves inside houses are worst of all.
October 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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nigelwitham.bsky.social
Wood burning nearly killed me. I’d like to see it banned.
October 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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jgkoomey.bsky.social
Stop burning stuff, folks. It's bad for everyone.
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM