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Aruna Chandrasekhar
@arunacsekhar.bsky.social
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Climate journalist, Carbon Brief. Interested in energy, climate, land, food, politics, rights, critters, culture. Recovering Twitter junkie. “Sekhar” as in “shaker”.📍Mumbai, India. Views, jokes = own.
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Hola folks. I'm not in Belém for #COP30, but as ever, I'm keeping receipts. If you're following remotely like me and aren't sure where the fights are:

- Who Wants What www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-...

- Text tracker with the latest docs to track changes www.carbonbrief.org/interactive-...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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NEW – Webinar: Carbon Brief’s first ‘ask us anything’ at COP30 | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org

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Webinar: Carbon Brief’s first ‘ask us anything’ at COP30 - Carbon Brief
As COP30 began in the Brazilian city of Belém, Carbon Brief hosted the first of three webinars to exclusively answer questions submitted by holders of the Insider Pass.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
COP30 agenda fight averted: Yesterday, COP pres André Corrêa do Lago used opening plenary to explain how a truce was reached

Presidency will consult on 4 key issues:

* Finance
* Trade
* 1.5C ambition
* Emissions reporting

He will update in plenary on Wed
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
#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 🧵

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November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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ianhall.bsky.social
Latest attribution study: climate change made Hurricane Melissa’s 5‑day rainfall 30–50% heavier and maximum winds ~7% stronger in Jamaica and eastern Cuba.

Extreme events now 2–9× more likely, testing adaptation limits.

www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
Climate change enhanced intensity of Hurricane Melissa, testing limits of adaptation in Jamaica and eastern Cuba – World Weather Attribution
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November 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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adamvaughan.bsky.social
The EU NDC dropped about an hour ago on the UN website
unfccc.int/NDCREG?field...

Just in time for the COP30 leaders' summit tomorrow, to save the bloc's blushes...
unfccc.int
November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
arunacsekhar.bsky.social
Brazil’s $125bn forest fund – framed as the “biggest thing to come out of COP30” – goes live tomorrow.

Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”.

@yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽‍♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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NEW – COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

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COP30: Could Brazil’s ‘Tropical Forest Forever’ fund help tackle climate change? - Carbon Brief
Billed as the “Amazon COP”, the UN climate talks will see the debut of Brazil’s...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
arunacsekhar.bsky.social
It’s that time of the year. @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and I trawled through hundreds of govt submissions to bring you the COP30 edition of @carbonbrief.org’s Who Wants What.
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org

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Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit - Carbon Brief
In order to track parties’ positions on negotiating points at COP30, Carbon Brief has analysed nearly 100 submissions to the UN and captured them in a table
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November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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In this issue:

🇧🇷 Bloomberg reported that Brazil’s forest fund is behind schedule.
🌎 An area of green space the size of Cyprus was lost in Europe over 2018-23.
🇨🇺 Cuba announced a new agroecology law and fund.
Cropped 8 October 2025: US government shutdown; EU loses green space; Migratory species extinction threat - Carbon Brief
Cropped explains the most important stories at the intersection of climate, land, food and nature over the past fortnight.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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This story from @rishpardikar.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social on how Modi's oil & coal cronies are pulling all the strings in India is *wild* not least for the story of the oil baron's son who is going around the world poaching endangered species 🤯 drilled.media/news/modi-ad...
75,000 Endangered and Exotic Animals, SLAPP Suits, and Zero Oversight
How oil and coal billionaires with close ties to the Modi government escape judicial and media scrutiny in India.
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October 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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carbonbrief.org
NEW – Q&A: How countries are using biofuels to meet their climate targets | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social

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Q&A: How countries are using biofuels to meet their climate targets - Carbon Brief
From canola farmers in Canada to car owners in India, biofuels have become the subject...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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From Indian car owners to Canadian canola farmers, biofuels have been in the news for all kinds of reasons.

Here’s everything you wanted to know about biofuels & climate: www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-count...

By me for @carbonbrief.org

🖼️📈 @kerryanncleaver.bsky.social @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org
Q&A: How countries are using biofuels to meet their climate targets - Carbon Brief
From canola farmers in Canada to car owners in India, biofuels have become the subject...
www.carbonbrief.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
arunacsekhar.bsky.social
Wooop! With the last ratifications in last night 🇲🇦🇸🇱, a landmark treaty to protect nature in 2/3rds of the world’s oceans can now enter into force.

If you need a refresh on what it means and took to get here, @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and I have you covered. www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-does...
Q&A: What does the ‘High Seas Treaty’ mean for climate change and biodiversity? - Carbon Brief
Nations around the world have agreed to a new global treaty for governing the sustainable...
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September 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽

Cropped | Flooded ‘food baskets’; Brazil eyes forest finance; Resilient rice

✍️ @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social

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September 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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NEW – COP experts: How could the UN climate talks be reformed? | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @arunacsekhar.bsky.social

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August 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽

Cropped | US public lands under attack; How India’s gig workers are suffering under climate change; Bonn to Belém

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@giulianaviglione.bsky.social @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org

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July 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief explores gender-related language disputes at Bonn.

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DeBriefed 27 June 2025: Heat domes; Bonn comes to a close; Gender clash in climate talks - Carbon Brief
This week, Carbon Brief explores gender-related language disputes at Bonn
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June 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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NEW – Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2025 UN climate conference | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Delegates huddle during informal consultations on the GGA. Credit: IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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About 15 to 20 workers at a labour colony near the Indira Priyadarshini Hydroelectric project site at Khaniyara near Dharamshala were feared to have been swept away after a surge in the water level of the Manuni river.

Read more: scroll.in/latest/10838...

#HimachalPradesh #cloudburst
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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The World Meteorological Organisation's State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report is out

👉 library.wmo.int/records/item...

(h/t @micefearboggis.bsky.social 🙏 ; why doesn't @wmo-global.bsky.social post more often on bluesky?)
A set of 10 Key Messages from the World Meteorological Organisation's State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report The 10 key messages are as follows: In 2024, Asia's average temperature was about 1.04 °C above the 1991-2020 average, ranking as the warmest or second warmest year on record, depending on the dataset. Asia is currently warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, with the 1991-2024 trend almost double that of 1961-1990. Reduced winter snowfall and extreme summer heat accelerated glacier mass loss in the central Himalayas and Tian Shan. Sea-surface temperatures were the highest on record, and Asia's sea-surface decadal warming rate is currently nearly double the global average. Sea-level rise on the Pacific and Indian Ocean sides of the continent exceeded the global average, heightening risks for low-lying coastal areas. Prolonged heatwaves affected much of Asia, and marine heatwave coverage hit a record high. Tropical Cyclone Yagi, the strongest storm of the year, caused widespread damage and casualties across Viet Nam, the Philippines, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar and China. Record-breaking floods in Central Asia - the worst in over 70 vears - and extreme rainfall in the United Arab Emirates, where 259.5 mm fell in 24 hours, marked some of the most severe precipitation-related events since records began in 1949. By September, drought in China affected 4.76 million people, damaged 335 200 ha of crops, and led to an estimated 2.89 billion yuan in direct losses. In late September, record-breaking rainfall in Nepal triggered severe floods, killing at least 246 people. Damages exceeded 12.85 billion Nepalese rupees, but coordinated anticipatory action enabled life-saving support to over 130 000 people, reducing health risks and casualties.
June 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Hey everyone! I just discovered that @sominisengupta.bsky.social is here! She's the excellent @nytimes.com global climate reporter whose stories you don't want to miss.

You can also follow other climate, energy, and environmental journalists here.
June 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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"In India’s financial capital – where 73% of all offices & commercial establishments are within 500m of a flood hotspot & 69% of all employees experience “hindered access” [..] trying to get to or leave work – forecasting the monsoon is fraught, essential & getting trickier with climate change."
arunacsekhar.bsky.social Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · Jun 20
If extreme weather had a capital, it would be Mumbai. We’ve got it all: floods, sea-level rise, cyclones, heat islands.

Mumbaikars are sick of being called resilient and being caught off-guard.

But forecasting the monsoon is fraught, more so with climate change. My dispatch for @carbonbrief.org👇🏽
carbonbrief.org Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jun 20
💡 Spotlight | This week, Carbon Brief visits Mumbai’s official monsoon monitoring centre and “war room” to examine how the city is responding to its earliest downpour on record.

Read spotlight here: buff.ly/MXgAwGC
June 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Recommended watch: BBC World Service’s Life at 50C had a new documentary following Indigenous Queenslander Adrian Burragubba’s “battle against Adani[‘s]” coal mine in Australia’s Galilee Basin.
Life at 50°C
Documentary series exploring one of the most deadly results of the climate crisis: extreme heat. It shows the far reaching consequences and the struggle to adapt and survive.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM