Josephine Moulds
@josephinemoulds.bsky.social
Climate and finance reporter at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
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Check out Episode 2 of the Underreported Earth: “Tree Tales” Series!
In this episode, @josephinemoulds.bsky.social explains how the Congo Basin rainforest is threatened by fossil fuel projects.
This series is produced in partnership with @earthdayorg.bsky.social & @theguardian.com.
👉 bit.ly/47Yh7u1
In this episode, @josephinemoulds.bsky.social explains how the Congo Basin rainforest is threatened by fossil fuel projects.
This series is produced in partnership with @earthdayorg.bsky.social & @theguardian.com.
👉 bit.ly/47Yh7u1
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Check out Episode 2 of the Underreported Earth: “Tree Tales” Series!
In this episode, @josephinemoulds.bsky.social explains how the Congo Basin rainforest is threatened by fossil fuel projects.
This series is produced in partnership with @earthdayorg.bsky.social & @theguardian.com.
👉 bit.ly/47Yh7u1
In this episode, @josephinemoulds.bsky.social explains how the Congo Basin rainforest is threatened by fossil fuel projects.
This series is produced in partnership with @earthdayorg.bsky.social & @theguardian.com.
👉 bit.ly/47Yh7u1
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Le parc national est menacé par les activités de trafiquants, de multinationales, et par une plantation de Joseph Kabila. Ceux qui dénoncent ces abus sont victimes de terribles violences.
Enquête de @soniarolley.bsky.social (@pplaaf.bsky.social) et @josephinemoulds.bsky.social (@tbij.bsky.social)
Enquête de @soniarolley.bsky.social (@pplaaf.bsky.social) et @josephinemoulds.bsky.social (@tbij.bsky.social)
Violences, pollution, terres « spoliées » : en RDC, la tragédie du parc marin des mangroves
l.mediapart.fr
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Le parc national est menacé par les activités de trafiquants, de multinationales, et par une plantation de Joseph Kabila. Ceux qui dénoncent ces abus sont victimes de terribles violences.
Enquête de @soniarolley.bsky.social (@pplaaf.bsky.social) et @josephinemoulds.bsky.social (@tbij.bsky.social)
Enquête de @soniarolley.bsky.social (@pplaaf.bsky.social) et @josephinemoulds.bsky.social (@tbij.bsky.social)
Holding Cop next to the rainforest is symbolic. But emissions from forest fires in the Amazon are greater than its capacity to absorb CO2
It is now the Congo Basin that offers the world’s best hope against climate change
But it too is under threat
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It is now the Congo Basin that offers the world’s best hope against climate change
But it too is under threat
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November 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Holding Cop next to the rainforest is symbolic. But emissions from forest fires in the Amazon are greater than its capacity to absorb CO2
It is now the Congo Basin that offers the world’s best hope against climate change
But it too is under threat
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It is now the Congo Basin that offers the world’s best hope against climate change
But it too is under threat
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NEW from me: CO2 emissions in China have now been flat or falling for 18 months, the first time that energy demand growth at or above historical averages doesn't drive emissions up, thanks to the clean energy boom. 🧵👇
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NEW from me: CO2 emissions in China have now been flat or falling for 18 months, the first time that energy demand growth at or above historical averages doesn't drive emissions up, thanks to the clean energy boom. 🧵👇
Indonesia is a test case for the energy transition
Its coal consumption more than doubled over the past 10 years and it ranks 8th in the world for carbon emissions
So it was a big moment when it launched a $20bn plan to shift from coal to clean energy
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Its coal consumption more than doubled over the past 10 years and it ranks 8th in the world for carbon emissions
So it was a big moment when it launched a $20bn plan to shift from coal to clean energy
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November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Indonesia is a test case for the energy transition
Its coal consumption more than doubled over the past 10 years and it ranks 8th in the world for carbon emissions
So it was a big moment when it launched a $20bn plan to shift from coal to clean energy
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Its coal consumption more than doubled over the past 10 years and it ranks 8th in the world for carbon emissions
So it was a big moment when it launched a $20bn plan to shift from coal to clean energy
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Indonesia committed to phasing out coal in 2022, with $20bn of help from wealthy nations and banks
But, since then, these very same big banks have also been funding companies driving the expansion of coal in the country
📸 Garry Andrew Lotulung / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
But, since then, these very same big banks have also been funding companies driving the expansion of coal in the country
📸 Garry Andrew Lotulung / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Indonesia committed to phasing out coal in 2022, with $20bn of help from wealthy nations and banks
But, since then, these very same big banks have also been funding companies driving the expansion of coal in the country
📸 Garry Andrew Lotulung / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
But, since then, these very same big banks have also been funding companies driving the expansion of coal in the country
📸 Garry Andrew Lotulung / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
#COP30 will discuss international climate finance – aid we give developing countries to deal with the climate crisis
The UK is increasingly relying on one organisation to deliver its climate finance – British International Investment. So I looked at what it called climate finance
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The UK is increasingly relying on one organisation to deliver its climate finance – British International Investment. So I looked at what it called climate finance
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November 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
#COP30 will discuss international climate finance – aid we give developing countries to deal with the climate crisis
The UK is increasingly relying on one organisation to deliver its climate finance – British International Investment. So I looked at what it called climate finance
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The UK is increasingly relying on one organisation to deliver its climate finance – British International Investment. So I looked at what it called climate finance
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Revealed❗Money meant to help poor countries tackle the climate crisis is lining the pockets of billionaires. Luxury carmakers, telecoms giants & a firm building gas-fired power are getting UK climate aid via @britishintinv.bsky.social
➡️ Full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
➡️ Full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
UK climate aid is lining the pockets of billionaires
Company trusted with doling out government’s climate finance has invested it in luxury car makers and fossil fuel companies
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Revealed❗Money meant to help poor countries tackle the climate crisis is lining the pockets of billionaires. Luxury carmakers, telecoms giants & a firm building gas-fired power are getting UK climate aid via @britishintinv.bsky.social
➡️ Full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
➡️ Full story: www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Taxpayer-funded @britishintinv.bsky.social - tasked with investing money to support poor & marginalised people in society - is instead boosting the profits of huge corporations.
@josephinemoulds.bsky.social's story shows there’s a need to define climate finance and who should benefit from it.
@josephinemoulds.bsky.social's story shows there’s a need to define climate finance and who should benefit from it.
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Taxpayer-funded @britishintinv.bsky.social - tasked with investing money to support poor & marginalised people in society - is instead boosting the profits of huge corporations.
@josephinemoulds.bsky.social's story shows there’s a need to define climate finance and who should benefit from it.
@josephinemoulds.bsky.social's story shows there’s a need to define climate finance and who should benefit from it.
Insurers saw the climate crisis coming and reassessed what they would insure. Many pulled cover from homes with wildfire risk – including Chubb.
They also looked at the causes of the climate crisis and many pulled cover from coal projects – including Chubb.
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They also looked at the causes of the climate crisis and many pulled cover from coal projects – including Chubb.
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July 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Insurers saw the climate crisis coming and reassessed what they would insure. Many pulled cover from homes with wildfire risk – including Chubb.
They also looked at the causes of the climate crisis and many pulled cover from coal projects – including Chubb.
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They also looked at the causes of the climate crisis and many pulled cover from coal projects – including Chubb.
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HSBC helped raise billions last year for companies expanding the production of coal in deals that seem to violate its coal phase-out policy
The bank was ranked the UK’s second largest funder of fossil fuel companies in a recent report by @ran.org
The bank was ranked the UK’s second largest funder of fossil fuel companies in a recent report by @ran.org
June 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
HSBC helped raise billions last year for companies expanding the production of coal in deals that seem to violate its coal phase-out policy
The bank was ranked the UK’s second largest funder of fossil fuel companies in a recent report by @ran.org
The bank was ranked the UK’s second largest funder of fossil fuel companies in a recent report by @ran.org
HSBC was slammed at its AGM when we revealed it appeared to have breached its coal policy by funding coal expanders.
Today we reveal that it appears to have broken its coal policy for the second year running. Investors are rightly furious.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Today we reveal that it appears to have broken its coal policy for the second year running. Investors are rightly furious.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
HSBC breaks pledge to phase out coal for second year running
Shareholders voice anger at bank’s $900m deal with controversial steel giant
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
HSBC was slammed at its AGM when we revealed it appeared to have breached its coal policy by funding coal expanders.
Today we reveal that it appears to have broken its coal policy for the second year running. Investors are rightly furious.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Today we reveal that it appears to have broken its coal policy for the second year running. Investors are rightly furious.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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my friend played this, built only renewables and his result was "your city is in DANGER, your MONEY is very low!"
I didn't think I could still be shocked by fossil fuel companies' lobbying tactics but this story, first revealed by Malene Emilie Rustad at the Norwegian publication E24, is amazing.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Oil giant funds computer game that promotes fossil fuels to…
An online game used in UK schools portrays oil, gas and coal as part of a green transition.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
my friend played this, built only renewables and his result was "your city is in DANGER, your MONEY is very low!"
I didn't think I could still be shocked by fossil fuel companies' lobbying tactics but this story, first revealed by Malene Emilie Rustad at the Norwegian publication E24, is amazing.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Oil giant funds computer game that promotes fossil fuels to…
An online game used in UK schools portrays oil, gas and coal as part of a green transition.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I didn't think I could still be shocked by fossil fuel companies' lobbying tactics but this story, first revealed by Malene Emilie Rustad at the Norwegian publication E24, is amazing.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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Revealed: European ‘green’ investments hold billions in fossil fuel majors
- Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters
Story by me, Giorgio Michalopoulos, Stefano Valentino
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters
Story by me, Giorgio Michalopoulos, Stefano Valentino
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: European ‘green’ investments hold billions in fossil fuel majors
Exclusive: Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Revealed: European ‘green’ investments hold billions in fossil fuel majors
- Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters
Story by me, Giorgio Michalopoulos, Stefano Valentino
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Funds with names such as ‘Sustainable Global Stars’ have stakes in some of the world’s biggest polluters
Story by me, Giorgio Michalopoulos, Stefano Valentino
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Opinion: Migrant workers prop up the UK’s social care system. Now…
Labour’s crackdown will break a promise made to workers like me – and leave the system in disrepair
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
everyone's said pretty much all there is to be said on the 'island of strangers'/'incalculable damage' stuff, so just sharing this by a migrant care worker on how it feels to hear yourself discussed like this while looking after people's loved ones www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
Ahead of HSBC's agm tomorrow we reveal that it appears to have broken its climate pledge by helping raise $1bn for Glencore
Coal is the single biggest cause of global temperature rise
Nowhere are its harmful effects more obvious than at the notorious Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia, which is almost six times the size of Manchester 👇
Nowhere are its harmful effects more obvious than at the notorious Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia, which is almost six times the size of Manchester 👇
May 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Ahead of HSBC's agm tomorrow we reveal that it appears to have broken its climate pledge by helping raise $1bn for Glencore
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The world’s biggest companies are pouring money into climate destruction
But *you* can help us expose climate crimes – click the link to donate to our Big Give campaign, and your donation will be doubled 🔗 bit.ly/bureaubiggive
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #climatechange #COP30
But *you* can help us expose climate crimes – click the link to donate to our Big Give campaign, and your donation will be doubled 🔗 bit.ly/bureaubiggive
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #climatechange #COP30
April 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The world’s biggest companies are pouring money into climate destruction
But *you* can help us expose climate crimes – click the link to donate to our Big Give campaign, and your donation will be doubled 🔗 bit.ly/bureaubiggive
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #climatechange #COP30
But *you* can help us expose climate crimes – click the link to donate to our Big Give campaign, and your donation will be doubled 🔗 bit.ly/bureaubiggive
#EarthDay #EarthDay2025 #climatechange #COP30
If you owe the bank $100, it’s your problem. If you owe it $100m, it’s the bank’s problem. The same could be said for bank regulation.
April 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If you owe the bank $100, it’s your problem. If you owe it $100m, it’s the bank’s problem. The same could be said for bank regulation.
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Read our green finance reporter’s take on the situation 👇
Allianz’s board says it’s time to save the planet. They can start…
The financial giant refuses to insure new oil and gas projects, but its asset management firms are still investing in fossil fuels
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Read our green finance reporter’s take on the situation 👇
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An Allianz board member recently stressed the urgency of stopping climate change before it destroys society
As someone making decisions at one of the world’s largest insurance groups, he can do more than most to achieve that – starting with Allianz’s fossil fuel investments
As someone making decisions at one of the world’s largest insurance groups, he can do more than most to achieve that – starting with Allianz’s fossil fuel investments
March 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An Allianz board member recently stressed the urgency of stopping climate change before it destroys society
As someone making decisions at one of the world’s largest insurance groups, he can do more than most to achieve that – starting with Allianz’s fossil fuel investments
As someone making decisions at one of the world’s largest insurance groups, he can do more than most to achieve that – starting with Allianz’s fossil fuel investments
An Allianz board member gave a clear-eyed view of the climate crisis
“This is about saving the conditions under which civilization itself can continue to operate”
Allianz has stopped insuring new oil and gas
But it held $26bn of assets in fossil fuel companies in 2024
bit.ly/3QXcw3q
“This is about saving the conditions under which civilization itself can continue to operate”
Allianz has stopped insuring new oil and gas
But it held $26bn of assets in fossil fuel companies in 2024
bit.ly/3QXcw3q
Allianz’s board says it’s time to save the planet. They can start…
The financial giant refuses to insure new oil and gas projects, but its asset management firms are still investing in fossil fuels
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
An Allianz board member gave a clear-eyed view of the climate crisis
“This is about saving the conditions under which civilization itself can continue to operate”
Allianz has stopped insuring new oil and gas
But it held $26bn of assets in fossil fuel companies in 2024
bit.ly/3QXcw3q
“This is about saving the conditions under which civilization itself can continue to operate”
Allianz has stopped insuring new oil and gas
But it held $26bn of assets in fossil fuel companies in 2024
bit.ly/3QXcw3q
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🚨 Have you ever tried to take your employer to court or helped somebody who has? We want to hear from you!
March 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🚨 Have you ever tried to take your employer to court or helped somebody who has? We want to hear from you!
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Trump's government has said it will halt enforcement of a federal law that requires certain companies to declare their owners’ identities
Not only does this encourage fraudsters to do business on US turf – it also sends a message of apathy towards financial crime around the world
Not only does this encourage fraudsters to do business on US turf – it also sends a message of apathy towards financial crime around the world
Trump’s scrapping of corporate transparency will strengthen dictators
The White House’s latest move doesn’t just encourage financial crime in the US – it encourages the acceptance of it everywhere else
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump's government has said it will halt enforcement of a federal law that requires certain companies to declare their owners’ identities
Not only does this encourage fraudsters to do business on US turf – it also sends a message of apathy towards financial crime around the world
Not only does this encourage fraudsters to do business on US turf – it also sends a message of apathy towards financial crime around the world
Here's a shocking example of JPMorgan's supposedly sustainable investment funds, where only 51% of investments need to promote environmental characteristics – meaning 49% of investments have no such restrictions
Thanks to Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos at Voxeurop
Thanks to Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos at Voxeurop
The world’s biggest bank, JPMorgan, has used its ‘sustainable’ funds to support a mining company causing devastation in South Africa
@dailymaverick.co.za ✍️
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
@dailymaverick.co.za ✍️
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
JPMorgan investing ‘sustainable’ funds in mining giant Glencore
World’s biggest bank has used ESG funds to funnel quarter of a billion dollars to company causing devastation in South Africa
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Here's a shocking example of JPMorgan's supposedly sustainable investment funds, where only 51% of investments need to promote environmental characteristics – meaning 49% of investments have no such restrictions
Thanks to Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos at Voxeurop
Thanks to Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos at Voxeurop