Sarah Sax
@sarahlsax.bsky.social
Current researcher @climaterights.bsky.social investigating the human rights impact of climate change. Award-winning journalist and video producer. Past @vice @highcountrynews. Follow me for climate/environment news (and rants). Opinions + typos all mine
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The Forest Keepers
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
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Proud of this short video I produced about one of Brazil's most important tools for tackling climate change: Traditional and local forest-dependent communities. Important watching ahead of COP30 to understand the challenges they still face in doing what they do best: conserving the forest.
#COP30
#COP30
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Please watch this short and important video by my Climate Rights International colleague, Sarah Sax 👇
Proud of this short video I produced about one of Brazil's most important tools for tackling climate change: Traditional and local forest-dependent communities. Important watching ahead of COP30 to understand the challenges they still face in doing what they do best: conserving the forest.
#COP30
#COP30
The Forest Keepers
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Please watch this short and important video by my Climate Rights International colleague, Sarah Sax 👇
Reposted by Sarah Sax
Proud of this short video I produced about one of Brazil's most important tools for tackling climate change: Traditional and local forest-dependent communities. Important watching ahead of COP30 to understand the challenges they still face in doing what they do best: conserving the forest.
#COP30
#COP30
The Forest Keepers
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Proud of this short video I produced about one of Brazil's most important tools for tackling climate change: Traditional and local forest-dependent communities. Important watching ahead of COP30 to understand the challenges they still face in doing what they do best: conserving the forest.
#COP30
#COP30
Proud of this short video I produced about one of Brazil's most important tools for tackling climate change: Traditional and local forest-dependent communities. Important watching ahead of COP30 to understand the challenges they still face in doing what they do best: conserving the forest.
#COP30
#COP30
The Forest Keepers
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Proud of this short video I produced about one of Brazil's most important tools for tackling climate change: Traditional and local forest-dependent communities. Important watching ahead of COP30 to understand the challenges they still face in doing what they do best: conserving the forest.
#COP30
#COP30
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The new UNEP Emissions Gap Report points out that "no NDCs set targets to reduce oil and gas production or trim inefficient fossil fuel subsidies".
That countries are not addressing fossil fuels - at the heart of the climate crisis - is deeply worrying.
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
That countries are not addressing fossil fuels - at the heart of the climate crisis - is deeply worrying.
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
wedocs.unep.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The new UNEP Emissions Gap Report points out that "no NDCs set targets to reduce oil and gas production or trim inefficient fossil fuel subsidies".
That countries are not addressing fossil fuels - at the heart of the climate crisis - is deeply worrying.
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
That countries are not addressing fossil fuels - at the heart of the climate crisis - is deeply worrying.
wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/ha...
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
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 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Truly a sad day - the politics desk at Teen Vogue redefined what fearless political coverage could and should look like for a whole younger generation in the US. Can't help but feel like it's the end of an era
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 9:22 PM
Truly a sad day - the politics desk at Teen Vogue redefined what fearless political coverage could and should look like for a whole younger generation in the US. Can't help but feel like it's the end of an era
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These ‘positive tipping points’ will help save the world.
Yes, catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to accelerate the clean energy revolution and improve lives.
grist.org/cities/good-...
#Climate #Environment #Nature
Yes, catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to accelerate the clean energy revolution and improve lives.
grist.org/cities/good-...
#Climate #Environment #Nature
Good news! These ‘positive tipping points’ will help save the world.
Catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to mitigate climate change
grist.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
These ‘positive tipping points’ will help save the world.
Yes, catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to accelerate the clean energy revolution and improve lives.
grist.org/cities/good-...
#Climate #Environment #Nature
Yes, catastrophic tipping points are unfolding in nature. But humanity can exploit their beneficial counterparts to accelerate the clean energy revolution and improve lives.
grist.org/cities/good-...
#Climate #Environment #Nature
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🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
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"To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12."
If you haven't already read it, this visual scroll-through summary of the Lancet's Countdown on health and climate change is worth 10 minutes of your time lancetcountdown.org/2025-report-...
2025 Report Visual Summary - Lancet Countdown
lancetcountdown.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you haven't already read it, this visual scroll-through summary of the Lancet's Countdown on health and climate change is worth 10 minutes of your time lancetcountdown.org/2025-report-...
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“We are protecting this territory so that you in the world can have life.”
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
The Forest Keepers
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“We are protecting this territory so that you in the world can have life.”
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
“We are protecting this territory so that you in the world can have life.”
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
The Forest Keepers
YouTube video by Climate Rights International
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“We are protecting this territory so that you in the world can have life.”
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
Frontline communities are keeping the Amazon standing — and paying the price for Brazil’s neglect of community conservation areas. Check out the video to our recent report here --> www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_5D...
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New CRI investigation out now: “Chainsaws, Smoke, and Silence: How #Brazil’s Neglect of Community Conservation Models Fuels Deforestation and Violence in the #Amazon.” A must-read ahead of #COP30 in Pará: cri.org/reports/chai...
#Deforestation #HumanRights #ClimateAction #Pará #COP30
#Deforestation #HumanRights #ClimateAction #Pará #COP30
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
New CRI investigation out now: “Chainsaws, Smoke, and Silence: How #Brazil’s Neglect of Community Conservation Models Fuels Deforestation and Violence in the #Amazon.” A must-read ahead of #COP30 in Pará: cri.org/reports/chai...
#Deforestation #HumanRights #ClimateAction #Pará #COP30
#Deforestation #HumanRights #ClimateAction #Pará #COP30
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3/5 Yet many of these areas are now under attack, as neglect, impunity, and weak land rights leave residents exposed to illegal loggers, ranchers, and land grabbers.
📖 Our new report shows how this unravelling threatens both people and forests cri.org/brazil-defor...
📖 Our new report shows how this unravelling threatens both people and forests cri.org/brazil-defor...
Brazil: Deforestation, Violence in Amazon Conservation Areas
The Brazilian government, which will host the COP30 global climate summit in a little over a week in Pará state, should act urgently and decisively to uphold unmet commitments to frontline Amazon comm...
cri.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
3/5 Yet many of these areas are now under attack, as neglect, impunity, and weak land rights leave residents exposed to illegal loggers, ranchers, and land grabbers.
📖 Our new report shows how this unravelling threatens both people and forests cri.org/brazil-defor...
📖 Our new report shows how this unravelling threatens both people and forests cri.org/brazil-defor...
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🧵 1/5 Chico Mendes, Dorothy Stang, and the da Silva's are some of the best known environmental activists killed for defending the Amazon.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🧵 1/5 Chico Mendes, Dorothy Stang, and the da Silva's are some of the best known environmental activists killed for defending the Amazon.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
🧵 1/5 Chico Mendes, Dorothy Stang, and the da Silva's are some of the best known environmental activists killed for defending the Amazon.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🧵 1/5 Chico Mendes, Dorothy Stang, and the da Silva's are some of the best known environmental activists killed for defending the Amazon.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
But they weren’t just protecting trees — they were defending land-use models that tied community livelihoods to forest protection.
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A lot of records set, along with this one:
“First hurricane to force two hurricane hunter missions to abort (one by NOAA on Oct. 27, one by the Air Force on Oct. 28).”
“First hurricane to force two hurricane hunter missions to abort (one by NOAA on Oct. 27, one by the Air Force on Oct. 28).”
Today's #Melissa post covers the slew of remarkable records the hurricane set. And look at the calendar when thinking about these records: Melissa hit on October 28, seven weeks past the traditional peak of hurricane season, at a time when less than 10% of an average season’s activity occurs!
Cat 3 Hurricane Melissa hits Cuba, speeds through the Bahamas » Yale Climate Connections
Melissa is expected to impact the Bahamas and Bermuda as a Cat 2 hurricane, then become extratropical near Newfoundland, Canada, on Friday.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A lot of records set, along with this one:
“First hurricane to force two hurricane hunter missions to abort (one by NOAA on Oct. 27, one by the Air Force on Oct. 28).”
“First hurricane to force two hurricane hunter missions to abort (one by NOAA on Oct. 27, one by the Air Force on Oct. 28).”
Reposted by Sarah Sax
Drone shows damage left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaican fishing village – video: Drone footage captured damage caused by Hurricane Melissa in Alligator Pond, a fishing village in Jamaica, on Wednesday. Buildings, boats, and homes close to the coast were impacted after the storm made...
Drone shows damage left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaican fishing village – video
Drone shows damage left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaican fishing village – video: Drone footage captured damage caused by Hurricane Melissa in Alligator Pond, a fishing village in Jamaica, on Wednesday. Buildings, boats, and homes close to the coast were impacted after the storm made...
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Drone shows damage left by Hurricane Melissa in Jamaican fishing village – video: Drone footage captured damage caused by Hurricane Melissa in Alligator Pond, a fishing village in Jamaica, on Wednesday. Buildings, boats, and homes close to the coast were impacted after the storm made...
What the actual F*!
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
What the actual F*!
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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we were all wrong, climate change is good for the economy
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
we were all wrong, climate change is good for the economy
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AI will have all types of effects on skilled work, some bad some perhaps good, but everyone who cares about climate disruption needs to explicitly confront that ramping data centers *in the current economic model* (with the current people in charge) will only accelerate greenhouse gas emissions.
OpenAI *really* isn't hiding its intention to power the AI boom with fossil fuels.
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
New from me @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/10/13/o...
OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist
The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.
www.desmog.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
AI will have all types of effects on skilled work, some bad some perhaps good, but everyone who cares about climate disruption needs to explicitly confront that ramping data centers *in the current economic model* (with the current people in charge) will only accelerate greenhouse gas emissions.
Reposted by Sarah Sax
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...