Nina Lakhani
@ninalakhani.bsky.social
Senior climate justice reporter @GuardianUS
Before: México, Centroamérica & London
Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet
Contributor: Gaza. The story of a genocide
Ex-mental health nurse.
Before: México, Centroamérica & London
Author: Who killed Berta Cáceres? Dams, Death Squads & an Indigenous Defender’s Battle for the Planet
Contributor: Gaza. The story of a genocide
Ex-mental health nurse.
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Wealthy polluting states want Cop30 to be business as usual… read my explainer on the landmark ICJ climate ruling on why this would be a violation of international law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wealthy polluting states want Cop30 to be business as usual… read my explainer on the landmark ICJ climate ruling on why this would be a violation of international law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📡 press release & statement by 30 UN #HumanRights Experts is now out on #COP30 & ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdf6hys8
👀 We are watching & supporting #HumanRights protection in #ClimateActionNow in #Brazil
🙏 @theguardian.com @ninalakhani.bsky.social coverage: tinyurl.com/y7tsv3hy
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdf6hys8
👀 We are watching & supporting #HumanRights protection in #ClimateActionNow in #Brazil
🙏 @theguardian.com @ninalakhani.bsky.social coverage: tinyurl.com/y7tsv3hy
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
📡 press release & statement by 30 UN #HumanRights Experts is now out on #COP30 & ICJ #AdvisoryOpinion
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdf6hys8
👀 We are watching & supporting #HumanRights protection in #ClimateActionNow in #Brazil
🙏 @theguardian.com @ninalakhani.bsky.social coverage: tinyurl.com/y7tsv3hy
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdf6hys8
👀 We are watching & supporting #HumanRights protection in #ClimateActionNow in #Brazil
🙏 @theguardian.com @ninalakhani.bsky.social coverage: tinyurl.com/y7tsv3hy
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Fabulous article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social about my Semitic brother, Del @samrasoul.bsky.social, who won reelection last week in a 70-30 landslide. He did so despite false and disgusting attacks from his opponent, who was joined by “leaders” in Sam’s own party. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Palestinian American hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
Democrat Sam Rasoul, a Muslim, won re-election to the state legislature despite accusations of antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Fabulous article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social about my Semitic brother, Del @samrasoul.bsky.social, who won reelection last week in a 70-30 landslide. He did so despite false and disgusting attacks from his opponent, who was joined by “leaders” in Sam’s own party. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wealthy polluting states want Cop30 to be business as usual… read my explainer on the landmark ICJ climate ruling on why this would be a violation of international law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wealthy polluting states want Cop30 to be business as usual… read my explainer on the landmark ICJ climate ruling on why this would be a violation of international law
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate related disasters have forcibily displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, the equivalent of 70,000 every dingle day, according to a new report by @unhcr.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Climate related disasters have forcibily displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, the equivalent of 70,000 every dingle day, according to a new report by @unhcr.org www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Meta is now running pro-data-center ads in regions with intense development
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November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Meta is now running pro-data-center ads in regions with intense development
about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
about.fb.com/news/2025/11...
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By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
US states must stop the power shutoffs during the shutdown
by Edward J Markey and Mark Wolfe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
by Edward J Markey and Mark Wolfe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
US states must stop the power shutoffs during the shutdown | Edward J Markey and Mark Wolfe
Americans are choosing between heating their homes and putting food on the table. Officials and utilities can prevent this
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
US states must stop the power shutoffs during the shutdown
by Edward J Markey and Mark Wolfe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
by Edward J Markey and Mark Wolfe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you want to understand why the climate regime has been unsuccessful, this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social is a great place to start! It's so important to shine a light on the ways that the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated the COPs and shifted the outcomes of the efforts of the regime!
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you want to understand why the climate regime has been unsuccessful, this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social is a great place to start! It's so important to shine a light on the ways that the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated the COPs and shifted the outcomes of the efforts of the regime!
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#COP30
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
#COP30
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
>5000 "lobbyists mingling with world leaders & climate negotiators [..] worked for at least 859 fossil fuel organizations including trade groups, foundations & 180 oil, gas & coal companies involved in every part of the supply chain from exploration & production to distribution & equipment"
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By me: Palestinian American Sam Rasoul hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Palestinian American hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
Democrat Sam Rasoul, a Muslim, won re-election to the state legislature despite accusations of antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
By me: Palestinian American Sam Rasoul hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A racist authoritarian state apparatus in action
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A racist authoritarian state apparatus in action
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A rallying cry for my fellow journalists to put their boots on and grow a backbone.
drilled.media/news/media-b...
drilled.media/news/media-b...
Make Media Brave Again
The only way to protect what’s left of journalism is to do the job right.
drilled.media
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A rallying cry for my fellow journalists to put their boots on and grow a backbone.
drilled.media/news/media-b...
drilled.media/news/media-b...
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On the BBC News front page, you can find out how two prisoners were accidentally released last year, about a TV celebrity's cancer surgery, and about how to make veggie meatball soup
But no mention AT ALL of the COP30 climate summit
I am lost for words
www.bbc.co.uk/news
But no mention AT ALL of the COP30 climate summit
I am lost for words
www.bbc.co.uk/news
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November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
On the BBC News front page, you can find out how two prisoners were accidentally released last year, about a TV celebrity's cancer surgery, and about how to make veggie meatball soup
But no mention AT ALL of the COP30 climate summit
I am lost for words
www.bbc.co.uk/news
But no mention AT ALL of the COP30 climate summit
I am lost for words
www.bbc.co.uk/news
By me: Palestinian American Sam Rasoul hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Palestinian American hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
Democrat Sam Rasoul, a Muslim, won re-election to the state legislature despite accusations of antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
By me: Palestinian American Sam Rasoul hails Virginia win: ‘You can be bold on the Gaza genocide and still be victorious’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"We need to take down the ‘for sale’ sign on Mother Earth and bar entry to Cop for oil and gas lobbyists," Brenna Yellowthunder of @ienearth.bsky.social says.
See @ninalakhani.bsky.social's piece in @theguardian.com on how oil and gas are #CapturingTheCOP with lobbying access. bit.ly/Guardian117
See @ninalakhani.bsky.social's piece in @theguardian.com on how oil and gas are #CapturingTheCOP with lobbying access. bit.ly/Guardian117
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"We need to take down the ‘for sale’ sign on Mother Earth and bar entry to Cop for oil and gas lobbyists," Brenna Yellowthunder of @ienearth.bsky.social says.
See @ninalakhani.bsky.social's piece in @theguardian.com on how oil and gas are #CapturingTheCOP with lobbying access. bit.ly/Guardian117
See @ninalakhani.bsky.social's piece in @theguardian.com on how oil and gas are #CapturingTheCOP with lobbying access. bit.ly/Guardian117
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Also at COP? THOUSANDS of fossil fuel lobbyists.
An exclusive from @ninalakhani.bsky.social at the @environment.theguardian.com
An exclusive from @ninalakhani.bsky.social at the @environment.theguardian.com
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Also at COP? THOUSANDS of fossil fuel lobbyists.
An exclusive from @ninalakhani.bsky.social at the @environment.theguardian.com
An exclusive from @ninalakhani.bsky.social at the @environment.theguardian.com
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Astoria is lit tonight, every watch party is at capacity for the hometown candidate #ZohranMamdani
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Astoria is lit tonight, every watch party is at capacity for the hometown candidate #ZohranMamdani
Please read: Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
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@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
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Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik
The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Please read: Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@nesrinemalik.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover