Brendan Jones
@brewenjon.bsky.social
A good life for all within planetary boundaries. Climate, energy, post-growth, ecology, biodiversity and co-ops.
- Mastodon: @Brendanjones@fosstodon.org
- Twitter: @brewenjon
- Mastodon: @Brendanjones@fosstodon.org
- Twitter: @brewenjon
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Global average temperature update through October.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Global average temperature update through October.
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Climate change is the world's most pressing issue because it makes everything else worse. It enables dictators, it drives inflation, it makes survival harder for the poorest people in the world.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Climate change is the world's most pressing issue because it makes everything else worse. It enables dictators, it drives inflation, it makes survival harder for the poorest people in the world.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
And the new data are clear: the rate of climate change is accelerating.
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First frogs died then people got sick wapo.st/47Slsij the story of amphibian declines in Panama by @dinograndoni.bsky.social covering some of our release trials.
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 AM
First frogs died then people got sick wapo.st/47Slsij the story of amphibian declines in Panama by @dinograndoni.bsky.social covering some of our release trials.
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The RATE of CO₂ increase keeps increasing.
It's not exponential (like the @clubofrome.org 1972 'Limit's to growth' projection), but there is little indication of the growth rate stabilizing (let alone decreasing) any time soon either.
It's not exponential (like the @clubofrome.org 1972 'Limit's to growth' projection), but there is little indication of the growth rate stabilizing (let alone decreasing) any time soon either.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The RATE of CO₂ increase keeps increasing.
It's not exponential (like the @clubofrome.org 1972 'Limit's to growth' projection), but there is little indication of the growth rate stabilizing (let alone decreasing) any time soon either.
It's not exponential (like the @clubofrome.org 1972 'Limit's to growth' projection), but there is little indication of the growth rate stabilizing (let alone decreasing) any time soon either.
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Just the hugest congrats to @greenpeace.no - who've had their historic win against three massive oil fields confirmed in a court of appeal y'day
100,000 will die early if the fossil fuels in these fields are dug up and burned -->>
www.greenpeace.org/norway/nyhet...
100,000 will die early if the fossil fuels in these fields are dug up and burned -->>
www.greenpeace.org/norway/nyhet...
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Just the hugest congrats to @greenpeace.no - who've had their historic win against three massive oil fields confirmed in a court of appeal y'day
100,000 will die early if the fossil fuels in these fields are dug up and burned -->>
www.greenpeace.org/norway/nyhet...
100,000 will die early if the fossil fuels in these fields are dug up and burned -->>
www.greenpeace.org/norway/nyhet...
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More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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It's day 5 of #COP30 and here's what I'm watching today:
1️⃣ Partnerships for a Just Transition: Accelerating Action on Methane Reduction and Planning for the Transition Away from Oil and Gas - 10:30am in the Nigeria Pavilion
Interested to see if there are any announcements to be made at this event.
1️⃣ Partnerships for a Just Transition: Accelerating Action on Methane Reduction and Planning for the Transition Away from Oil and Gas - 10:30am in the Nigeria Pavilion
Interested to see if there are any announcements to be made at this event.
It's day 4 of #COP30 and here's what I'm watching today:
1️⃣ The third contact group on Article 2.1(c) (Paris Agreement overarching finance goal) begins now. After the Arab Group blocked production of text last night, what will happen next?
1️⃣ The third contact group on Article 2.1(c) (Paris Agreement overarching finance goal) begins now. After the Arab Group blocked production of text last night, what will happen next?
It's day 3 of #COP30 and as an experienced COP-watcher, here's what I'm watching today:
1️⃣ First up, right now informal consultations begin on Article 2.1(c) -- the goal of the Paris Agreement that's about aligning financial flows with low-carbon, climate-resilient development.
1️⃣ First up, right now informal consultations begin on Article 2.1(c) -- the goal of the Paris Agreement that's about aligning financial flows with low-carbon, climate-resilient development.
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's day 5 of #COP30 and here's what I'm watching today:
1️⃣ Partnerships for a Just Transition: Accelerating Action on Methane Reduction and Planning for the Transition Away from Oil and Gas - 10:30am in the Nigeria Pavilion
Interested to see if there are any announcements to be made at this event.
1️⃣ Partnerships for a Just Transition: Accelerating Action on Methane Reduction and Planning for the Transition Away from Oil and Gas - 10:30am in the Nigeria Pavilion
Interested to see if there are any announcements to be made at this event.
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Assessments of government action on climate change—and public desire for climate action—should always explicitly consider how much cajoling and lobbying and pressure from oil and gas there is to do nothing.
This is a fight; not (just) a technological transition.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a fight; not (just) a technological transition.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Assessments of government action on climate change—and public desire for climate action—should always explicitly consider how much cajoling and lobbying and pressure from oil and gas there is to do nothing.
This is a fight; not (just) a technological transition.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is a fight; not (just) a technological transition.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I post this and then five minutes later I read this, then EU throwing away its own economic advantage
“while China accelerates its efforts, Europe risks slowing down, seemingly forgetting that climate principles and economic prosperity are intertwined.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“while China accelerates its efforts, Europe risks slowing down, seemingly forgetting that climate principles and economic prosperity are intertwined.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I post this and then five minutes later I read this, then EU throwing away its own economic advantage
“while China accelerates its efforts, Europe risks slowing down, seemingly forgetting that climate principles and economic prosperity are intertwined.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“while China accelerates its efforts, Europe risks slowing down, seemingly forgetting that climate principles and economic prosperity are intertwined.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Can anytime explain to me why all countries don’t enforce a carbon price, including on all imports for all products (if it hasn’t already been paid), and especially countries with lower emissions relative to others?
#climate
#climate
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Can anytime explain to me why all countries don’t enforce a carbon price, including on all imports for all products (if it hasn’t already been paid), and especially countries with lower emissions relative to others?
#climate
#climate
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And here is the second, 'Mr. Hyde' part of today's votes - where the EPP sides with the far-right, ranging from the ECR, to Orban & Le Pen's 'Patriots for Europe' and the AfD's 'Europe of Sovereign Nations' for a centre-right to far-right majority on the Omnibus 'deregulation':
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
And here is the second, 'Mr. Hyde' part of today's votes - where the EPP sides with the far-right, ranging from the ECR, to Orban & Le Pen's 'Patriots for Europe' and the AfD's 'Europe of Sovereign Nations' for a centre-right to far-right majority on the Omnibus 'deregulation':
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🚨For the first time, @europarl.europa.eu has adopted a legislative mandate thanks to an alliance between conservatives & the far right
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
PRESS RELEASE European Parliament’s far-right alliance adopts position on Omnibus I: Corporate capture on full display, written for the few not for people or planet - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚨For the first time, @europarl.europa.eu has adopted a legislative mandate thanks to an alliance between conservatives & the far right
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
This vote marks a dangerous turning point for EU democracy. When anti-EU forces & lobbies write the rules, accountability dies
corporatejustice.org/news/press-r...
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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Bullshit. Or, in Rubio's case, reptile shit.
In the first half of 2025 there was a surge in US imports of Russian commodities, including fertilisers, certain radioactive materials, precious metals, aircraft engine parts, plywood and soya beans. (see below)
In the first half of 2025 there was a surge in US imports of Russian commodities, including fertilisers, certain radioactive materials, precious metals, aircraft engine parts, plywood and soya beans. (see below)
Rubio: We’re running out of things to sanction in Russia
What else do you guys want, sighs top U.S. diplomat.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Bullshit. Or, in Rubio's case, reptile shit.
In the first half of 2025 there was a surge in US imports of Russian commodities, including fertilisers, certain radioactive materials, precious metals, aircraft engine parts, plywood and soya beans. (see below)
In the first half of 2025 there was a surge in US imports of Russian commodities, including fertilisers, certain radioactive materials, precious metals, aircraft engine parts, plywood and soya beans. (see below)
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"certain forces in the West are less concerned with the global climate future than with protecting their own interests in the emerging green competition" - punchy editorial from China's Global Times www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
www.globaltimes.cn
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"certain forces in the West are less concerned with the global climate future than with protecting their own interests in the emerging green competition" - punchy editorial from China's Global Times www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
Say thanks to @eppgroup.bsky.social for throwing away EU leadership on sustainability. We were going to embed transparency on company impacts into the entire EU economy and its supply chains, but now it’ll probably only apply to companies making €450m/yr.
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
Far right cheers as von der Leyen’s party abandons centrist coalition over green rules
It marks a dramatic departure from previous EU norms, where centrist groups refused to collaborate with the far right.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Say thanks to @eppgroup.bsky.social for throwing away EU leadership on sustainability. We were going to embed transparency on company impacts into the entire EU economy and its supply chains, but now it’ll probably only apply to companies making €450m/yr.
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
www.politico.eu/article/far-...
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@eppgroup.bsky.social should be deeply ashamed. Working with the extreme right to disband green policies which will likely lead to a worsening of the climate crisis. www.politico.eu/article/far-...
Far right cheers as von der Leyen’s party abandons centrist coalition over green rules
It marks a dramatic departure from previous EU norms, where centrist groups refused to collaborate with the far right.
www.politico.eu
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
@eppgroup.bsky.social should be deeply ashamed. Working with the extreme right to disband green policies which will likely lead to a worsening of the climate crisis. www.politico.eu/article/far-...
This is why people who don’t vote infuriate me. I simply don’t understand deciding to give no input on how society should work.
It’s also extremely privileged. If you don’t vote, IMO you void all rights to complain how anything in society works.
It’s also extremely privileged. If you don’t vote, IMO you void all rights to complain how anything in society works.
Or entire lives are governed by politics. Literally every action we take is or isn’t permissible, decided through the collective decision making of politics.
Politics decides who gets what, when and how (much). It also defines the boundaries of what *may* happen, where, when, how and by/to who.
Politics decides who gets what, when and how (much). It also defines the boundaries of what *may* happen, where, when, how and by/to who.
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This is why people who don’t vote infuriate me. I simply don’t understand deciding to give no input on how society should work.
It’s also extremely privileged. If you don’t vote, IMO you void all rights to complain how anything in society works.
It’s also extremely privileged. If you don’t vote, IMO you void all rights to complain how anything in society works.
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The @albomp.bsky.social govt's lack of preparedness & reluctance to provide material support in the face of a devastating, climate-induced algal bloom disaster stands in ugly contrast to their unceasing approvals of Coal & Gas projects & accommodation of industry-friendly conditions #NorthWestShelf
The federal government only wanted to help South Australia with the algal bloom if it did not require new funding despite being briefed that an estimated 250k marine animals had been killed, new documents obtained through FOI reveal.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
New from me in @thepointau.bsky.social.
‘Not an eligible disaster’: FOI reveals Commonwealth resisted new aid for SA after algal bloom killed 250,000 marine animals
The documents, obtained under Freedom of Information, show Australia’s lack of preparedness for unexpected and extreme events driven by climate change and the limits of existing support programs.
thepoint.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The @albomp.bsky.social govt's lack of preparedness & reluctance to provide material support in the face of a devastating, climate-induced algal bloom disaster stands in ugly contrast to their unceasing approvals of Coal & Gas projects & accommodation of industry-friendly conditions #NorthWestShelf
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Impossible to pick just one picture from tonight’s northern lights show, but this one stood out as it got so bright that the snow was glowing pink🤩
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Impossible to pick just one picture from tonight’s northern lights show, but this one stood out as it got so bright that the snow was glowing pink🤩
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I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I really need to get to bed, but I just poked my head out the back door again. This is the view from my deck. All of this is looking south. When the geomagnetic storms are like this, the oval overshoots me and stretches into the US, which is why so many are seeing it tonight. #aurora
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
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Just here to remind you that, with “net zero”, we’re having a meaningless argument about a meaningless frame in order to distract from the single most important and meaningful issue confronting us.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
Net zero reality and the extinction of politics-as-usual
On words without meaning, meaning without worlds
The sheer inanity, the ecocidal banality of our current political discourse was encapsulated perfectly this morning on the floor of the House of Repre...
in-between-days.ghost.io
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Just here to remind you that, with “net zero”, we’re having a meaningless argument about a meaningless frame in order to distract from the single most important and meaningful issue confronting us.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
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The new IEA data confirm the Emissions Gap Report 2025 message:
Global efforts remain far short of what’s required.
To stay near 2°C, emissions must still fall roughly 5 – 6 % each year this decade, far faster than the trajectory reflected in current national plans.
www.iea.org/reports/...
Global efforts remain far short of what’s required.
To stay near 2°C, emissions must still fall roughly 5 – 6 % each year this decade, far faster than the trajectory reflected in current national plans.
www.iea.org/reports/...
World Energy Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA
World Energy Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The new IEA data confirm the Emissions Gap Report 2025 message:
Global efforts remain far short of what’s required.
To stay near 2°C, emissions must still fall roughly 5 – 6 % each year this decade, far faster than the trajectory reflected in current national plans.
www.iea.org/reports/...
Global efforts remain far short of what’s required.
To stay near 2°C, emissions must still fall roughly 5 – 6 % each year this decade, far faster than the trajectory reflected in current national plans.
www.iea.org/reports/...