Guy Edwards
@guywhedwards.bsky.social
PhD candidate @Sussex & scholar @CSSN. Co-founder & former co-dir of the Climate Dev Lab @Brown & sr consultant @IDB. #Climate #LatAm #Colombia #EnergyTransitions.
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¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍
Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.
@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.
@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
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🚨Colombia just supported in #COP30 plenary the fossil fuel roadmap idea.
That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)
That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨Colombia just supported in #COP30 plenary the fossil fuel roadmap idea.
That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)
That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)
¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍
Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.
@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.
@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍
Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.
@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.
@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
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Stunning @desmog.com story from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social - showing how oil major ExxonMobil bankrolled climate science denial in the global south prior to crucial global summits...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stunning @desmog.com story from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social - showing how oil major ExxonMobil bankrolled climate science denial in the global south prior to crucial global summits...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: Exxon funded efforts to spread climate denial across Latin America, @geoffdembicki.bsky.social reports, "according to hundreds of previously unpublished documents that reveal a coordinated campaign to make the global south 'less inclined' to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
Many thanks to the author of this piece, Fermín Koop, published by @dialogueearth.bsky.social , for the opportunity to share some comments on the participation of Latin American countries in the COPs and the impact of their regional groups, such as AILAC.
dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
Can Latin America finally present a united front for COP30?
As the UN climate summit returns to the region, we look back at decades of leadership from its nations at the talks – and also fragmentation
dialogue.earth
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Many thanks to the author of this piece, Fermín Koop, published by @dialogueearth.bsky.social , for the opportunity to share some comments on the participation of Latin American countries in the COPs and the impact of their regional groups, such as AILAC.
dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
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Finally, a primer on obstruction tactics in the #UNFCCC negotiations. Just in time for #COP30.
Now this is enough to fill a bingo card.
#COP30 delegates and attendees: Know what you're watching!
Way to go @cssn.org colleagues.
Now this is enough to fill a bingo card.
#COP30 delegates and attendees: Know what you're watching!
Way to go @cssn.org colleagues.
The Climate Obstruction in the IPCC and UNFCCC working group has published a briefing which can be found on our website here: cssn.org/cssn-primer-.... The brief introduces a typology of 14 obstruction tactics which we will watch for as the negotiations proceed through COP30.
CSSN Primer: Climate Obstruction in the UNFCCC
Obstruction has become a defining feature of the UNFCCC process, shaping both the pace and substance of global climate agreements. It is often subtle and context-specific, making it difficult for […]
cssn.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
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🔴 NEW 🔴
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though food drives a third of global warming.
www.desmog.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
Must read on the Trump supremacy. The president's belligerence will cast a dark shadow over the EU-CELAC Summit to be hosted by Colombia in Nov. Huge pressure on Colombia & EU leaders to secure a political declaration reflecting so called shared priorities on intl law, climate, free trade etc.
October 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Must read on the Trump supremacy. The president's belligerence will cast a dark shadow over the EU-CELAC Summit to be hosted by Colombia in Nov. Huge pressure on Colombia & EU leaders to secure a political declaration reflecting so called shared priorities on intl law, climate, free trade etc.
Astonishing FT report that "nearly everyone” in Downing St. had thought PM shouldn't go to COP30, despite the climate crisis posing a huge global & domestic threat to the UK & one of his ministers having recently promised to create 400K extra jobs by 2030 in clean energy.
www.ft.com/content/d80d...
www.ft.com/content/d80d...
Keir Starmer makes last-minute decision to attend COP30 climate talks in Brazil
PM ends weeks of prevarication and rejects advice to stay in UK ahead of autumn Budget
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Astonishing FT report that "nearly everyone” in Downing St. had thought PM shouldn't go to COP30, despite the climate crisis posing a huge global & domestic threat to the UK & one of his ministers having recently promised to create 400K extra jobs by 2030 in clean energy.
www.ft.com/content/d80d...
www.ft.com/content/d80d...
Brazilian government sabotages COP30 and licenses oil in Amazon waters
Como o Brasil vai convencer o mundo sobre a urgência climática na #COP30 enquanto abre uma nova fronteira de exploração de petróleo na Foz do Amazonas? A credibilidade internacional do país como líder climático foi gravemente ferida por essa decisão desastrosa. www.oc.eco.br/governo-sabo...
October 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Brazilian government sabotages COP30 and licenses oil in Amazon waters
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This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc...
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
October 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc...
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
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Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🎉Congrats to the editors @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, Carlos R. S. Milani, Jennifer Jacquet and Christian Downie for pulling together this monumental volume on climate obstruction.
Delighted to have been able to contribute to ch. 8 on climate obstruction in the Global South.
See the link below!
Delighted to have been able to contribute to ch. 8 on climate obstruction in the Global South.
See the link below!
October 14, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🎉Congrats to the editors @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, Carlos R. S. Milani, Jennifer Jacquet and Christian Downie for pulling together this monumental volume on climate obstruction.
Delighted to have been able to contribute to ch. 8 on climate obstruction in the Global South.
See the link below!
Delighted to have been able to contribute to ch. 8 on climate obstruction in the Global South.
See the link below!
Writing in @theguardian.com, Prof. Michael Jacobs is right to argue that the UK's PM Starmer should attend the crucial leaders' climate summit in Brazil for COP30.
Here's a couple of other reasons the PM must attend... 🧵
Here's a couple of other reasons the PM must attend... 🧵
Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him | Michael Jacobs
Starmer can help shape the future of the world at Cop30. He can’t let fear of Farage stop him | Michael Jacobs
The battle inside No 10 about whether the PM should attend an absolutely crucial climate summit in Brazil is ludicrous. He must assert himself – and go, says economist Michael Jacobs
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Writing in @theguardian.com, Prof. Michael Jacobs is right to argue that the UK's PM Starmer should attend the crucial leaders' climate summit in Brazil for COP30.
Here's a couple of other reasons the PM must attend... 🧵
Here's a couple of other reasons the PM must attend... 🧵
Big news from #UNGA: The Colombian government has just announced its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026!
🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:
🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026
Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference
#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026
Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference
#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA
Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative
During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...
fossilfueltreaty.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Big news from #UNGA: The Colombian government has just announced its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026!
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So 10yrs after @arusbridger.bsky.social launched the #KeepItInTheGround campaign & 6yrs after @katharineviner.bsky.social's #climate pledge
The @theguardian.com finance editor @nilspratley.bsky.social is still writing apologetics for the fossil fuel industry!!!
Here's a short 🧵on how dumb this is!
The @theguardian.com finance editor @nilspratley.bsky.social is still writing apologetics for the fossil fuel industry!!!
Here's a short 🧵on how dumb this is!
Oil and gas imports are a problem. Labour should rethink its North Sea stance | Nils Pratley
Rachel Reeves could make geopolitical, economic and environmental case for limited boost in production
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
So 10yrs after @arusbridger.bsky.social launched the #KeepItInTheGround campaign & 6yrs after @katharineviner.bsky.social's #climate pledge
The @theguardian.com finance editor @nilspratley.bsky.social is still writing apologetics for the fossil fuel industry!!!
Here's a short 🧵on how dumb this is!
The @theguardian.com finance editor @nilspratley.bsky.social is still writing apologetics for the fossil fuel industry!!!
Here's a short 🧵on how dumb this is!
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❗TRUMP NOT WELCOME ❗
Join Cut The Ties and the Stop Trump Coalition as we march and rally against his state visit.
⏰ Wednesday 17th September @2pm
📍London Portland Place W1B
✊ STOP TRUMP! STOP FASCISM!
#StopTrump
#RefugeesWelcome
#EatTheRich
#CutTheTies
#CutTheTiesToFossilFuels
Join Cut The Ties and the Stop Trump Coalition as we march and rally against his state visit.
⏰ Wednesday 17th September @2pm
📍London Portland Place W1B
✊ STOP TRUMP! STOP FASCISM!
#StopTrump
#RefugeesWelcome
#EatTheRich
#CutTheTies
#CutTheTiesToFossilFuels
September 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
❗TRUMP NOT WELCOME ❗
Join Cut The Ties and the Stop Trump Coalition as we march and rally against his state visit.
⏰ Wednesday 17th September @2pm
📍London Portland Place W1B
✊ STOP TRUMP! STOP FASCISM!
#StopTrump
#RefugeesWelcome
#EatTheRich
#CutTheTies
#CutTheTiesToFossilFuels
Join Cut The Ties and the Stop Trump Coalition as we march and rally against his state visit.
⏰ Wednesday 17th September @2pm
📍London Portland Place W1B
✊ STOP TRUMP! STOP FASCISM!
#StopTrump
#RefugeesWelcome
#EatTheRich
#CutTheTies
#CutTheTiesToFossilFuels
George Monbiot nails it again. @zackpolanski.bsky.social victory yesterday to lead the UK Green Party is indeed a very exciting moment.
Those who can channel our anger at 15 years of misrule, who can speak the language of outrage and hope, are the politicians of the moment. They will contribute to what could be, in 2029, the greatest electoral reset in our modern history.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour has succeeded only in strengthening Farage. The way is now open for Zack Polanski’s Greens | George Monbiot
By caving to the hard right and corporate greed, Labour has left a gaping hole the new Green party leader is best placed to fill, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
George Monbiot nails it again. @zackpolanski.bsky.social victory yesterday to lead the UK Green Party is indeed a very exciting moment.
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Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Un gusto compartir una parte de mi proyecto de doctorado sobre los discursos de demora en el debate de la transición energética en Colombia.
Gracias a Esteban Tavera y Santiago Aldana por la invitación en el marco de la Escuela de Admin. y Gestión del Estado para las Transiciones Justas!
Gracias a Esteban Tavera y Santiago Aldana por la invitación en el marco de la Escuela de Admin. y Gestión del Estado para las Transiciones Justas!
September 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Un gusto compartir una parte de mi proyecto de doctorado sobre los discursos de demora en el debate de la transición energética en Colombia.
Gracias a Esteban Tavera y Santiago Aldana por la invitación en el marco de la Escuela de Admin. y Gestión del Estado para las Transiciones Justas!
Gracias a Esteban Tavera y Santiago Aldana por la invitación en el marco de la Escuela de Admin. y Gestión del Estado para las Transiciones Justas!
Happening Now!
As part of the Rio Climate Action Week, the Brazilian Center for Intl. Relations (CEBRI) is hosting an event with the editors of the forthcoming book, “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” put together by @cssn.org with 100+ authors.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfIL...
As part of the Rio Climate Action Week, the Brazilian Center for Intl. Relations (CEBRI) is hosting an event with the editors of the forthcoming book, “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” put together by @cssn.org with 100+ authors.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfIL...
Obstrução Climática: Uma Avaliação Global
YouTube video by CEBRI
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Happening Now!
As part of the Rio Climate Action Week, the Brazilian Center for Intl. Relations (CEBRI) is hosting an event with the editors of the forthcoming book, “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” put together by @cssn.org with 100+ authors.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfIL...
As part of the Rio Climate Action Week, the Brazilian Center for Intl. Relations (CEBRI) is hosting an event with the editors of the forthcoming book, “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” put together by @cssn.org with 100+ authors.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfIL...
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
🎙️Here’s a podcast episode I did w/ @landclimate.bsky.social on President Petro's bold pledge to end the granting of new hydrocarbon contracts in 🇨🇴. We looked at the motivations behind the pledge, the fierce opposition to it and whether it might last beyond 2026.
www.landclimate.org/colombia-ver...
www.landclimate.org/colombia-ver...
Colombia versus oil and gas: what’s the truth behind the transition? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair speaks with third-year doctoral student Guy Edwards about the impact of President Gustavo Petro’s pledge on Colombia’s energy transition.
www.landclimate.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🎙️Here’s a podcast episode I did w/ @landclimate.bsky.social on President Petro's bold pledge to end the granting of new hydrocarbon contracts in 🇨🇴. We looked at the motivations behind the pledge, the fierce opposition to it and whether it might last beyond 2026.
www.landclimate.org/colombia-ver...
www.landclimate.org/colombia-ver...
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📣NEW Global Campaign Launched: #FillTheFund!
The establishment of the Fund for responding to #LossandDamage was a breakthrough, but it remains critically underfunded—little more than an empty promise.
Rich nations are now shirking their historical responsibility.
1/5
The establishment of the Fund for responding to #LossandDamage was a breakthrough, but it remains critically underfunded—little more than an empty promise.
Rich nations are now shirking their historical responsibility.
1/5
July 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📣NEW Global Campaign Launched: #FillTheFund!
The establishment of the Fund for responding to #LossandDamage was a breakthrough, but it remains critically underfunded—little more than an empty promise.
Rich nations are now shirking their historical responsibility.
1/5
The establishment of the Fund for responding to #LossandDamage was a breakthrough, but it remains critically underfunded—little more than an empty promise.
Rich nations are now shirking their historical responsibility.
1/5