Kevin Li เควินลี
@kevinysli.bsky.social
Research on Climate Policy and Biz & HR Issues, with Exp in Grant-making & Online Media | #ClimatePolicy #BHR #BRI #OBOR #EnergyTransition #Mekong | Own views
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Ani Dasgupta recaps week 1 at #COP30🌎 Watch here▶️ youtube.com/shorts/SSCJy...
Get the latest updates from the WRI COP30 Resource Hub👉 go.wri.org/cop30
Get the latest updates from the WRI COP30 Resource Hub👉 go.wri.org/cop30
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ani Dasgupta recaps week 1 at #COP30🌎 Watch here▶️ youtube.com/shorts/SSCJy...
Get the latest updates from the WRI COP30 Resource Hub👉 go.wri.org/cop30
Get the latest updates from the WRI COP30 Resource Hub👉 go.wri.org/cop30
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The #UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies reached agreement on issues such as non-market approaches for the cooperative implementation of the #ParisAgreement and matters relating to the least developed countries
On many other issues, negotiations will continue during the second week of #COP30
On many other issues, negotiations will continue during the second week of #COP30
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The #UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies reached agreement on issues such as non-market approaches for the cooperative implementation of the #ParisAgreement and matters relating to the least developed countries
On many other issues, negotiations will continue during the second week of #COP30
On many other issues, negotiations will continue during the second week of #COP30
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COP30 PLENARY: COP pres André do Lago opens meeting
"I am encouraged by the productive wk we have had, and it is heartening to see your readiness for the step change needed as we prepare to enter the 2nd wk of our conf, moving towards a strong and successful conclusion of our work here in Belém"
"I am encouraged by the productive wk we have had, and it is heartening to see your readiness for the step change needed as we prepare to enter the 2nd wk of our conf, moving towards a strong and successful conclusion of our work here in Belém"
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
COP30 PLENARY: COP pres André do Lago opens meeting
"I am encouraged by the productive wk we have had, and it is heartening to see your readiness for the step change needed as we prepare to enter the 2nd wk of our conf, moving towards a strong and successful conclusion of our work here in Belém"
"I am encouraged by the productive wk we have had, and it is heartening to see your readiness for the step change needed as we prepare to enter the 2nd wk of our conf, moving towards a strong and successful conclusion of our work here in Belém"
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Today there was a "high level" event featuring COP29 & COP30 presidents and other senior figures talking about the next steps for the "Baku to Belem roadmap" to $1.3tn
It also saw the major climate finance donors – EU🇪🇺 Japan🇯🇵 UK🇬🇧 – as well as China 🇨🇳 Kenya 🇰🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 offer their thoughts.
It also saw the major climate finance donors – EU🇪🇺 Japan🇯🇵 UK🇬🇧 – as well as China 🇨🇳 Kenya 🇰🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 offer their thoughts.
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Today there was a "high level" event featuring COP29 & COP30 presidents and other senior figures talking about the next steps for the "Baku to Belem roadmap" to $1.3tn
It also saw the major climate finance donors – EU🇪🇺 Japan🇯🇵 UK🇬🇧 – as well as China 🇨🇳 Kenya 🇰🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 offer their thoughts.
It also saw the major climate finance donors – EU🇪🇺 Japan🇯🇵 UK🇬🇧 – as well as China 🇨🇳 Kenya 🇰🇪 and Colombia 🇨🇴 offer their thoughts.
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NEW COP30 TEXT: COP reform is on the official agenda in Belém as "arrangements for intergovernmental meetings" (AIM)
But…here's the 1st draft text on AIM.
"Agreed to continue consideration…" 🥱🥱🥱
unfccc.int/sites/def...
But…here's the 1st draft text on AIM.
"Agreed to continue consideration…" 🥱🥱🥱
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
NEW COP30 TEXT: COP reform is on the official agenda in Belém as "arrangements for intergovernmental meetings" (AIM)
But…here's the 1st draft text on AIM.
"Agreed to continue consideration…" 🥱🥱🥱
unfccc.int/sites/def...
But…here's the 1st draft text on AIM.
"Agreed to continue consideration…" 🥱🥱🥱
unfccc.int/sites/def...
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🌏 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐎₂ 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑)!
Cities are central to China’s carbon goals. But most research misses Scope 3 emissions.
Our new work includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 giving a full view of city carbon footprints.
Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📩 eu-china-bridge.eu
Cities are central to China’s carbon goals. But most research misses Scope 3 emissions.
Our new work includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 giving a full view of city carbon footprints.
Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📩 eu-china-bridge.eu
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🌏 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐂𝐎₂ 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑)!
Cities are central to China’s carbon goals. But most research misses Scope 3 emissions.
Our new work includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 giving a full view of city carbon footprints.
Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📩 eu-china-bridge.eu
Cities are central to China’s carbon goals. But most research misses Scope 3 emissions.
Our new work includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 giving a full view of city carbon footprints.
Read more 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📩 eu-china-bridge.eu
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I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
COP 30 pavilions
docs.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
An influential team called the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance has laid out what it calls an "entirely feasible path" to mobilising $1.3tn by 2035.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
This was the aspirational goal agreed at last year's COP.
Half of the finance in their pathway comes from the private sector.
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COP30 TEXT: One issue shaping up to be a key area of disagreement is adaptation finance
* Developing countries call for $$tripling (opt 2)
* Developed countries don't want to go there (opt 1)
* Some want $120bn by 2030 (sq brackets)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
* Developing countries call for $$tripling (opt 2)
* Developed countries don't want to go there (opt 1)
* Some want $120bn by 2030 (sq brackets)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
COP30 TEXT: One issue shaping up to be a key area of disagreement is adaptation finance
* Developing countries call for $$tripling (opt 2)
* Developed countries don't want to go there (opt 1)
* Some want $120bn by 2030 (sq brackets)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
* Developing countries call for $$tripling (opt 2)
* Developed countries don't want to go there (opt 1)
* Some want $120bn by 2030 (sq brackets)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
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‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‼️ NEW opinion piece by CIEL's Rebecca Brown and
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
@lienvandamme.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com ‼️
The world doesn’t just need stronger climate targets. It needs a fairer, faster, and more accountable multilateral system to deliver #ClimateAction.
👉 ciel.org/we-must-rewr... 👈
A 🧵
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Launched at #COP30, the Global Cooling Watch 2025 shows how smarter, fairer, sustainable cooling can save lives, cut pollution, and help billions stay safe from extreme heat. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/amid-rising-heat-sustainable-cooling-can-slash-emissions-and-save
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Launched at #COP30, the Global Cooling Watch 2025 shows how smarter, fairer, sustainable cooling can save lives, cut pollution, and help billions stay safe from extreme heat. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/amid-rising-heat-sustainable-cooling-can-slash-emissions-and-save
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After four years of monitoring disinformation around the annual UN COP negotiations, CAAD’s pre-COP30 report represents a turning point in the struggle to confront climate disinformation. Read the report and sign up for regular disinformation bulletins during #COP30 here: act.ucsusa.org/4ozdxOj
Climate Action Against Disinformation |
Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified
act.ucsusa.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
After four years of monitoring disinformation around the annual UN COP negotiations, CAAD’s pre-COP30 report represents a turning point in the struggle to confront climate disinformation. Read the report and sign up for regular disinformation bulletins during #COP30 here: act.ucsusa.org/4ozdxOj
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Parties at #COP30 managed to launch substantive negotiations
Presidency consultations to convene on the items proposed by specific groups and parties, incl. on developed countries’ finance provision, trade-restrictive measures, nationally determined contributions, & biennial transparency reports
Presidency consultations to convene on the items proposed by specific groups and parties, incl. on developed countries’ finance provision, trade-restrictive measures, nationally determined contributions, & biennial transparency reports
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Parties at #COP30 managed to launch substantive negotiations
Presidency consultations to convene on the items proposed by specific groups and parties, incl. on developed countries’ finance provision, trade-restrictive measures, nationally determined contributions, & biennial transparency reports
Presidency consultations to convene on the items proposed by specific groups and parties, incl. on developed countries’ finance provision, trade-restrictive measures, nationally determined contributions, & biennial transparency reports
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In 2022, least developed countries received just 18% of total climate finance, and small island developing states only 2.8%.
Fragmented funding channels and complex rules make access slow, unpredictable and unfair.
▶️ New UNCTAD report: https://ow.ly/HbMO50Xmt9I
#COP30 #ClimateFinance
Fragmented funding channels and complex rules make access slow, unpredictable and unfair.
▶️ New UNCTAD report: https://ow.ly/HbMO50Xmt9I
#COP30 #ClimateFinance
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In 2022, least developed countries received just 18% of total climate finance, and small island developing states only 2.8%.
Fragmented funding channels and complex rules make access slow, unpredictable and unfair.
▶️ New UNCTAD report: https://ow.ly/HbMO50Xmt9I
#COP30 #ClimateFinance
Fragmented funding channels and complex rules make access slow, unpredictable and unfair.
▶️ New UNCTAD report: https://ow.ly/HbMO50Xmt9I
#COP30 #ClimateFinance
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#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
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Satellite data reveal 513 rare earth mining sites across rivers feeding into the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy in Myanmar, including 40 new ones in 2025 — far more than previously estimated.
More Thai rivers and downstream communities at risk from Myanmar’s rare earth mines
BANGKOK — New satellite data identified 513 sites of rare-earth mining that have cropped up across at least six key tributaries of the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy rivers in Myanmar over the past 10…
news.mongabay.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Satellite data reveal 513 rare earth mining sites across rivers feeding into the Mekong, Salween and Irrawaddy in Myanmar, including 40 new ones in 2025 — far more than previously estimated.
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A Pré-COP30 em Brasília terminou, e a pergunta que fica é: estamos mais perto de uma "COP da Implementação" ou apenas ajustamos o discurso? #COP30
www.linkedin.com/posts/gabrie...
www.linkedin.com/posts/gabrie...
#dadospeloclima #cop30 #precop30 #sustentabilidade #mudançasclimáticas #jornalismo #justiçaclimática #jornalismodedados #amazônia | Gabriel Siqueira
A Pré-COP30 em Brasília terminou, e a pergunta que fica é: estamos mais perto de uma "COP da Implementação" ou apenas ajustamos o discurso?
Do lado oficial, o governo brasileiro celebrou a participa...
www.linkedin.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A Pré-COP30 em Brasília terminou, e a pergunta que fica é: estamos mais perto de uma "COP da Implementação" ou apenas ajustamos o discurso? #COP30
www.linkedin.com/posts/gabrie...
www.linkedin.com/posts/gabrie...
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Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
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
Levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere soared by a record amount in 2024 to hit another high, UN data shows, deepening the climate crisis that is already taking lives and livelihoods across the world.
Scientists are worried that the natural land and ocean “sinks” that remove CO2 from the air are weakening as a result of global heating, which could form a vicious circle and drive temperatures up even faster. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
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Ahead of #COP30, a team of climate policy experts including PIK director Johan Rockström warn in a commentary in Nature that low-quality carbon offsets are undermining global decarbonisation efforts, calling for stronger standards, real removals and fewer excuses: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
How offsets are hampering decarbonisation and undermining carbon markets
15.10.2025 - Ahead of COP30 in Brasil, an international team of leading climate policy experts including Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research Director Johan Rockström, warn in a commentary in ...
www.pik-potsdam.de
October 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Ahead of #COP30, a team of climate policy experts including PIK director Johan Rockström warn in a commentary in Nature that low-quality carbon offsets are undermining global decarbonisation efforts, calling for stronger standards, real removals and fewer excuses: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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1/3. 📢Following the delivery of the Advisory Opinion (#ICJAO) on #ClimateChange by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️, the Pacific Islands Students Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) have released a brief. 📜
🔗Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KLQg...
🔗Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KLQg...
July 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
1/3. 📢Following the delivery of the Advisory Opinion (#ICJAO) on #ClimateChange by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️, the Pacific Islands Students Students Fighting Climate Change (PISFCC) have released a brief. 📜
🔗Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KLQg...
🔗Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KLQg...
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In a major speech making the case for the “unstoppable” shift from fossil fuels towards renewables, Guterres urged policymakers around the world to supercharge the new “clean energy era” despite geopolitical turmoil.
New climate plans must supercharge energy transition, says UN's Guterres
UN secretary-general urges governments to send a clear signal in their NDCs about the 'inevitable' shift away from fossil fuels
buff.ly
July 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
In a major speech making the case for the “unstoppable” shift from fossil fuels towards renewables, Guterres urged policymakers around the world to supercharge the new “clean energy era” despite geopolitical turmoil.
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NEW: World’s top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
buff.ly
July 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NEW: World’s top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
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📺 WATCH NOW: high-level panel unpacking key learnings from #CIJ_ICJ historic judicial ruling on Climate Change and what lays ahead!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UH...
A Verdict for the Planet: Legal and Political Reflections on the ICJ Climate Ruling
YouTube video by Center for International Environmental Law
www.youtube.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📺 WATCH NOW: high-level panel unpacking key learnings from #CIJ_ICJ historic judicial ruling on Climate Change and what lays ahead!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4UH...