Jonas M. Helseth
@jonashelseth.bsky.social
Director #ClimateAction NGO 🌍@Bellona_EU 🇪🇺 European 🇳🇴 Brusseleir 🇧🇪
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 #LeaveALightOn🕯🇬🇧 #WeLoveGoodMove💕
#StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 #LeaveALightOn🕯🇬🇧 #WeLoveGoodMove💕
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Our team is gearing up for #COP30noBrasil in Belém! 🌍
For 30 years, we’ve been where change happens working with thinkers, doers & decision-makers to turn climate ambition into credible action. Explore our past engagement at #COP: eu.bellona.org/events/bello...
Stay tuned for more updates!
For 30 years, we’ve been where change happens working with thinkers, doers & decision-makers to turn climate ambition into credible action. Explore our past engagement at #COP: eu.bellona.org/events/bello...
Stay tuned for more updates!
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our team is gearing up for #COP30noBrasil in Belém! 🌍
For 30 years, we’ve been where change happens working with thinkers, doers & decision-makers to turn climate ambition into credible action. Explore our past engagement at #COP: eu.bellona.org/events/bello...
Stay tuned for more updates!
For 30 years, we’ve been where change happens working with thinkers, doers & decision-makers to turn climate ambition into credible action. Explore our past engagement at #COP: eu.bellona.org/events/bello...
Stay tuned for more updates!
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🗣️Meet the speakers of our panel “From Policy to Implementation: Scaling up CO₂ Transport & Storage Infrastructure” at the Bellona Climate Action Conference #BCAC!
Haven't registered yet?
Registration & agenda here 👉 eu.bellona.org/event/bellon... #climateaction #BellonaClimateActionConference
Haven't registered yet?
Registration & agenda here 👉 eu.bellona.org/event/bellon... #climateaction #BellonaClimateActionConference
September 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🗣️Meet the speakers of our panel “From Policy to Implementation: Scaling up CO₂ Transport & Storage Infrastructure” at the Bellona Climate Action Conference #BCAC!
Haven't registered yet?
Registration & agenda here 👉 eu.bellona.org/event/bellon... #climateaction #BellonaClimateActionConference
Haven't registered yet?
Registration & agenda here 👉 eu.bellona.org/event/bellon... #climateaction #BellonaClimateActionConference
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🤩
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
Paris to make another 500 streets car-free
Paris to make another 500 streets car-free
www.brusselstimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
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🌍🔧 Will the @ec.europa.eu's Steel & Metals Action Plan #SMAP make the EU fit for a net-zero future?
To stay competitive & decarbonise, we need CO2 & energy infrastructure investments, a stronger #CBAM, green lead markets & a clean #grid.
Read our full reaction: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/26/r...
To stay competitive & decarbonise, we need CO2 & energy infrastructure investments, a stronger #CBAM, green lead markets & a clean #grid.
Read our full reaction: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/26/r...
March 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🌍🔧 Will the @ec.europa.eu's Steel & Metals Action Plan #SMAP make the EU fit for a net-zero future?
To stay competitive & decarbonise, we need CO2 & energy infrastructure investments, a stronger #CBAM, green lead markets & a clean #grid.
Read our full reaction: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/26/r...
To stay competitive & decarbonise, we need CO2 & energy infrastructure investments, a stronger #CBAM, green lead markets & a clean #grid.
Read our full reaction: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/26/r...
🤩
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
Paris to make another 500 streets car-free
Paris to make another 500 streets car-free
www.brusselstimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
🤩
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
Meanwhile in Brussels... 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
@elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social
@anspersoons.bsky.social
@philippeclose.bsky.social
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🚨Together with @cleanaircatf.bsky.social & Carbon Balance Initiative, we’re launching a project to hold accountable #EU oil & gas producers to develop CO₂ injection capacity under Article 23 of the Net Zero Industry Act! #NZIA
Read more here & stay tuned for updates: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/20/p...
Read more here & stay tuned for updates: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/20/p...
March 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨Together with @cleanaircatf.bsky.social & Carbon Balance Initiative, we’re launching a project to hold accountable #EU oil & gas producers to develop CO₂ injection capacity under Article 23 of the Net Zero Industry Act! #NZIA
Read more here & stay tuned for updates: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/20/p...
Read more here & stay tuned for updates: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/20/p...
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🆕 Bellona has joined the new City #CDR Initiative, a multi-year nonprofit effort to embed carbon removal in city planning (More on LinkedIn!)
We will initially contribute by providing guidance to cities on how they should design their climate targets & what role CDR might play. Stay tuned for more!
We will initially contribute by providing guidance to cities on how they should design their climate targets & what role CDR might play. Stay tuned for more!
March 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
🆕 Bellona has joined the new City #CDR Initiative, a multi-year nonprofit effort to embed carbon removal in city planning (More on LinkedIn!)
We will initially contribute by providing guidance to cities on how they should design their climate targets & what role CDR might play. Stay tuned for more!
We will initially contribute by providing guidance to cities on how they should design their climate targets & what role CDR might play. Stay tuned for more!
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🔎 100 days into @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ’s second term, the EU is balancing #competitiveness & #decarbonisation. But ambition must lead the way to meet #climatetargets!
The EU's next steps & implementation will be key.
🔗Read our full take here: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/10/t...
The EU's next steps & implementation will be key.
🔗Read our full take here: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/10/t...
The first 100 Days: What's at stake for net-zero industry - Bellona EU
March 10, 2025 – 100 days into Ursula von der Leyen’s second mandate – let’s take stock. Following the publication of the Draghi report in September 2024, retaining and regaining European competitiv...
eu.bellona.org
March 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🔎 100 days into @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu ’s second term, the EU is balancing #competitiveness & #decarbonisation. But ambition must lead the way to meet #climatetargets!
The EU's next steps & implementation will be key.
🔗Read our full take here: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/10/t...
The EU's next steps & implementation will be key.
🔗Read our full take here: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/10/t...
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The EU firm holding €183bn of frozen Russian assets has hired bodyguards for its top executives, according to a joint EUobserver investigation with Belgian daily De Morgen, Belgian weekly Humo, French daily Le Monde, and RFE/RL in Prague.
Euroclear CEO hired French bodyguards over Russia fears
The EU firm holding €183bn of frozen Russian assets has hired bodyguards for its top executives, according to a joint EUobserver investigation with Belgian daily De Morgen, Belgian weekly Humo, French daily Le Monde, and RFE/RL in Prague.
euobserver.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The EU firm holding €183bn of frozen Russian assets has hired bodyguards for its top executives, according to a joint EUobserver investigation with Belgian daily De Morgen, Belgian weekly Humo, French daily Le Monde, and RFE/RL in Prague.
This
is why 🇪🇺 Europe's politicians must act
to urgently reduce & ultimately end
our security reliance on the US 🇺🇲
If Mr Trump doesn't like you,
he'll seek to work with your opponents
& stab you in the back.
#StandWithZelenskyy 🇺🇦
is why 🇪🇺 Europe's politicians must act
to urgently reduce & ultimately end
our security reliance on the US 🇺🇲
If Mr Trump doesn't like you,
he'll seek to work with your opponents
& stab you in the back.
#StandWithZelenskyy 🇺🇦
Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.
Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents
As Washington ramps up its pressure on Zelenskyy to step aside, his rivals are talking to Trump’s team.
ow.ly
March 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This
is why 🇪🇺 Europe's politicians must act
to urgently reduce & ultimately end
our security reliance on the US 🇺🇲
If Mr Trump doesn't like you,
he'll seek to work with your opponents
& stab you in the back.
#StandWithZelenskyy 🇺🇦
is why 🇪🇺 Europe's politicians must act
to urgently reduce & ultimately end
our security reliance on the US 🇺🇲
If Mr Trump doesn't like you,
he'll seek to work with your opponents
& stab you in the back.
#StandWithZelenskyy 🇺🇦
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We are living in dangerous times.
Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way.
Today I present ReArm Europe.
A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe ↓
europa.eu/!MFPVMC
Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way.
Today I present ReArm Europe.
A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe ↓
europa.eu/!MFPVMC
March 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are living in dangerous times.
Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way.
Today I present ReArm Europe.
A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe ↓
europa.eu/!MFPVMC
Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way.
Today I present ReArm Europe.
A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe ↓
europa.eu/!MFPVMC
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Europe must act decisively. Europe must unlock putin’s assets, predominantly held in Belgium, and use them to fund new Euro-led weapons and munitions production establishing new international strategic (logistics) partnerships (eg Jordan) solely for Ukraine’s War Effort.
Reconstruction? Win👏🏻First.
Reconstruction? Win👏🏻First.
The Trump betrayal of Ukraine & of America’s standing in the world continues
- combined with stopping investigations into Russian cyber crime & hacking against US targets (a known problem)
It’s hard not to conclude he’s betraying America
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
- combined with stopping investigations into Russian cyber crime & hacking against US targets (a known problem)
It’s hard not to conclude he’s betraying America
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...
Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup
The directive, which takes effect immediately, affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipelines and on order.
www.nytimes.com
March 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Europe must act decisively. Europe must unlock putin’s assets, predominantly held in Belgium, and use them to fund new Euro-led weapons and munitions production establishing new international strategic (logistics) partnerships (eg Jordan) solely for Ukraine’s War Effort.
Reconstruction? Win👏🏻First.
Reconstruction? Win👏🏻First.
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🚨 We’re #hiring!
Bellona Europa is looking for a Policy Manager on Sustainable Markets to join our Brussels team.
Do you have 3-6 years experience in #climate policy and expertise in sustainable #markets, competition & #decarbonisation?
⬇️ Apply by March 28th: eu.bellona.org/join-our-tea...
Bellona Europa is looking for a Policy Manager on Sustainable Markets to join our Brussels team.
Do you have 3-6 years experience in #climate policy and expertise in sustainable #markets, competition & #decarbonisation?
⬇️ Apply by March 28th: eu.bellona.org/join-our-tea...
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🚨 We’re #hiring!
Bellona Europa is looking for a Policy Manager on Sustainable Markets to join our Brussels team.
Do you have 3-6 years experience in #climate policy and expertise in sustainable #markets, competition & #decarbonisation?
⬇️ Apply by March 28th: eu.bellona.org/join-our-tea...
Bellona Europa is looking for a Policy Manager on Sustainable Markets to join our Brussels team.
Do you have 3-6 years experience in #climate policy and expertise in sustainable #markets, competition & #decarbonisation?
⬇️ Apply by March 28th: eu.bellona.org/join-our-tea...
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Europe’s disarmed state is …
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
a tank is driving down a snowy road in the woods
ALT: a tank is driving down a snowy road in the woods
media.tenor.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Europe’s disarmed state is …
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
(also) an advantage
✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way
❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one.
🧵
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Why are pro-Kremlin voices so keen to vilify President Zelenskyy? Because he embodies Ukrainian dignity and real commitment to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. #DontBeDeceived, and #StandWithUkraine
euvsdisinfo.eu/why-is-the-k...
euvsdisinfo.eu/why-is-the-k...
Why is the Kremlin so hung up on smearing Zelenskyy? - EUvsDisinfo
Russia try to delegitimise President Zelenskyy to delegitimising Ukraine’s fight for survival and avoid Russian concessions in peace talks.
euvsdisinfo.eu
March 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Why are pro-Kremlin voices so keen to vilify President Zelenskyy? Because he embodies Ukrainian dignity and real commitment to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. #DontBeDeceived, and #StandWithUkraine
euvsdisinfo.eu/why-is-the-k...
euvsdisinfo.eu/why-is-the-k...
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Dersom noen er i tvil: MDG blir gjerne med å få fart på denne saken. Erna og Jonas må legge bort frykten for polarisering. De må innse at det faktisk er helt nødvendig å ta neste steg for å sikre nordmenns trygghet og sikkerhet. Det brenner under føttene våre. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/8q...
Meninger: Norge må inn i EU
Den frie verden er truet. Norske politikere må handle deretter: Nå er tiden for å søke medlemskap i EU.
www.vg.no
March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Dersom noen er i tvil: MDG blir gjerne med å få fart på denne saken. Erna og Jonas må legge bort frykten for polarisering. De må innse at det faktisk er helt nødvendig å ta neste steg for å sikre nordmenns trygghet og sikkerhet. Det brenner under føttene våre. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/8q...
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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Of course, we don't have a crystal ball🔮, but we do know Moscow's dirty tricks. As the dust settles in Ukraine, the Kremlin will likely:
📡 try to control the peace narrative
🧹smear Ukraine's leadership
🗳target post-war election
#DontBeDeceived, read
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins...
📡 try to control the peace narrative
🧹smear Ukraine's leadership
🗳target post-war election
#DontBeDeceived, read
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins...
The Kremlin's playbook for undermining post-war Ukraine - EUvsDisinfo
While peace talks may eventually silence the guns, the Kremlin disinformation apparatus is already crafting narratives to fracture post-war Ukraine.
euvsdisinfo.eu
February 28, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Of course, we don't have a crystal ball🔮, but we do know Moscow's dirty tricks. As the dust settles in Ukraine, the Kremlin will likely:
📡 try to control the peace narrative
🧹smear Ukraine's leadership
🗳target post-war election
#DontBeDeceived, read
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins...
📡 try to control the peace narrative
🧹smear Ukraine's leadership
🗳target post-war election
#DontBeDeceived, read
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-kremlins...
🇪🇺 #LeaveALightOn 🕯️🇬🇧
We are gradually inching towards the EU. Here’s a round up of all the incremental steps we heard about in February plus the major shift in geopolitics that might speed things up ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Our place in Europe: what happened in February?
Brexit continues to bite, and the public mood is beginning to shift. Can the UK navigate the tsunami of world affairs from outside the EU?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
🇪🇺 #LeaveALightOn 🕯️🇬🇧
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🔗Read our full reaction here: eu.bellona.org/2025/02/26/a...
Press Release - Affordable Energy Action Plan: Positive measures, lots of work ahead - Bellona EU
Today the Commission has published an Action Plan for Affordable Energy with the purpose of containing energy prices and ensuring the competitiveness of the EU’s economy. The Action Plan comes out alo...
eu.bellona.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🔗Read our full reaction here: eu.bellona.org/2025/02/26/a...
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🚨 BREAKING: Austria’s conservative Peoples’ Party (ÖVP), center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and liberal Neos have reached a coalition agreement.
The deal would prevent the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from taking power.
Full story: ow.ly/hiFg50V7q89
The deal would prevent the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from taking power.
Full story: ow.ly/hiFg50V7q89
February 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Austria’s conservative Peoples’ Party (ÖVP), center-left Social Democrats (SPÖ) and liberal Neos have reached a coalition agreement.
The deal would prevent the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from taking power.
Full story: ow.ly/hiFg50V7q89
The deal would prevent the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) from taking power.
Full story: ow.ly/hiFg50V7q89
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The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the Trump administration’s policy changes has researchers shocked.
https://go.nature.com/4iboVwb
https://go.nature.com/4iboVwb
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
Nature - The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has researchers shocked.
go.nature.com
February 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the Trump administration’s policy changes has researchers shocked.
https://go.nature.com/4iboVwb
https://go.nature.com/4iboVwb
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🔹Safeguard & strengthen the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank
🔹 Ensure consistent use of #ICM terminologies & understanding of their #climate impacts
🔹 Make non-price environmental criteria mandatory, not optional
Read our full reaction here: eu.bellona.org/2025/02/26/c...
🔹 Ensure consistent use of #ICM terminologies & understanding of their #climate impacts
🔹 Make non-price environmental criteria mandatory, not optional
Read our full reaction here: eu.bellona.org/2025/02/26/c...
Clean Industrial D-Day: EU stays on course with the Green Deal objectives - Bellona EU
Today, the European Commission unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal (CID), setting out Europe’s shared roadmap for competitiveness and industrial decarbonisation. Bellona Europa welcomes this important ...
eu.bellona.org
February 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🔹Safeguard & strengthen the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank
🔹 Ensure consistent use of #ICM terminologies & understanding of their #climate impacts
🔹 Make non-price environmental criteria mandatory, not optional
Read our full reaction here: eu.bellona.org/2025/02/26/c...
🔹 Ensure consistent use of #ICM terminologies & understanding of their #climate impacts
🔹 Make non-price environmental criteria mandatory, not optional
Read our full reaction here: eu.bellona.org/2025/02/26/c...
Reposted by Jonas M. Helseth
🚨 Bellona’s take on the draft @ec.europa.eu communications!
With Brussels gearing up for February 26, we’re sharing our initial reactions to the draft Clean Industrial Deal #CID, Clean Industry State Aid Framework, and Action Plan for Affordable Energy.
⬇️ eu.bellona.org/2025/02/24/b... #climate
With Brussels gearing up for February 26, we’re sharing our initial reactions to the draft Clean Industrial Deal #CID, Clean Industry State Aid Framework, and Action Plan for Affordable Energy.
⬇️ eu.bellona.org/2025/02/24/b... #climate
February 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨 Bellona’s take on the draft @ec.europa.eu communications!
With Brussels gearing up for February 26, we’re sharing our initial reactions to the draft Clean Industrial Deal #CID, Clean Industry State Aid Framework, and Action Plan for Affordable Energy.
⬇️ eu.bellona.org/2025/02/24/b... #climate
With Brussels gearing up for February 26, we’re sharing our initial reactions to the draft Clean Industrial Deal #CID, Clean Industry State Aid Framework, and Action Plan for Affordable Energy.
⬇️ eu.bellona.org/2025/02/24/b... #climate