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🎙️ COP30: A New Hope?

As COP30 continues in Brazil, Anna Åberg joins Rare Earth on BBC Radio 4 to explore fresh strategies for accelerating climate action and building a unified international response to the climate crisis.

🎧 Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Rare Earth - COP30: A New Hope? - BBC Sounds
World leaders are gathering in Brazil, but can they prevent runaway climate change?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⚙️ Clean steel needs more than carbon pricing.

Targeted subsidies and trade-friendly rules could unlock near-zero-emission production, say Chris Aylett & the Breakthrough Agenda Policy Network.

🔗 Read the full report: www.scurveeconomics.org/publications...
Making Clean Steel Competitive in International Trade: A Positive-Sum Agenda for Policy and Diplomacy | S-Curve Economics
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November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
⚡On #COP30’s Energy & Industry Day, we’re revisiting our paper on how UK-China cooperation can accelerate clean energy deployment and industrial decarbonisation, essential to the global transition.

Read more: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/01/agen...
An agenda for UK–China climate cooperation
Why joint action can and should transcend political challenges
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November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🔄 In the Financial Times, Ana Yang argues that pitting growth against climate action is a false choice.

For countries like Brazil, success at COP30 depends on partnerships, investment, and technology transfer to enable fair, low-carbon growth.

📖 Read here: www.ft.com/content/566e...
Letter: Latin America needs help to wean itself off oil and gas
From Ana Yang, Director of Chatham House’s Environment and Society Centre, London SW1, UK
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November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
⛽ Greece’s LNG expansion may secure Europe’s energy today, but at what cost tomorrow?

In his new expert comment, Zissis Marmarelis warns long-term reliance on US LNG could stall the clean transition…

💡 Read more here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/gree...
Greece’s LNG energy hub ambitions will help EU needs now – but should not shape long-term policy
Relying on imports of US LNG carries economic and environmental risk. In the long term, Greece should invest in its considerable clean energy infrastructure.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🗺️Reporting from #COP30 in Belém…

Yesterday, Ana Yang joined a panel on ‘Climate Disasters: How to Adapt?’, sharing her insights on global adaptation and resilience.

💭 What role do you think financial systems should play in building climate-ready societies?
November 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
♻️ Continuing COP30’s Circular Economy Day, we're revisiting our research on how a just, inclusive circular transition can rewire trade, boost cooperation, and embed equity at its core.

🔁 Read here for a blueprint for action: www.chathamhouse.org/2024/09/how-...
How the circular economy can revive the Sustainable Development Goals
Priorities for immediate global action, and a policy blueprint for the transition to 2050
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November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🌎 On COP30’s Bioeconomy Day, revisit this paper on how countries can work together to unlock sustainable bio-based innovation, which is key to both climate and nature goals.

📗Read more: www.chathamhouse.org/2024/10/how-...
How strategic collaboration on the bioeconomy can boost climate and nature action
This paper examines the potential for international coordination on bio-based innovations.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
📻 New podcast episode alert! 📻

🚨 Cop30: Key issues to watch 🚨

COP30 is about to begin. Where do we stand ahead of the conference? What are the key issues to watch, and how might the complex geopolitical context influence the discussions in Belém?

🎙Find out: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
COP30: Key issues to watch
Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 05/11/2025 · 55m
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November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🌍 With the US quitting the Paris Agreement and few new climate plans, expectations for COP30 are low…

Anna Åberg, Bernice Lee & Eleanor Macmillan-Fox say the summit can still show global commitment and shift focus from negotiation to delivery.

Read here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/what...
What can COP30 achieve, following US withdrawal and underwhelming climate plans?
November’s UN climate summit in Brazil won’t put the world on track for 1.5 °C. But it can demonstrate sustained commitment to tackling climate change and support the implementation of pledges made at...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
📢 New podcast alert! 📢

As COP30 nears, Anna and Bhargabi speak to Dan Ioschpe, Climate High-Level Champion for COP30,on shifting from negotiation to action, and how Brazil aims to lead global climate collaboration.

🎧 Tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
What is Brazil's vision for the 'Action Agenda'?
Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 29/10/2025 · 48m
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October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🌋 BBC News quotes Patrick Schroeder on the high costs and complex challenges of building rare earth supply chains outside China, insights drawn from his foreign policy article

Read the article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Read the full foreign policy analysis: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/27/r...
China controls the rare earths the world buys - can Trump's new deals change that?
The agreements are a clear bid to reduce dependence on China, ahead of a key meeting with Xi Jinping.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
⛏️ Rare earths are about to cost a lot more...

In a new Foreign Policy analysis, Patrick Schroeder explains how these critical minerals power clean energy and high-tech, and why prices are set to surge as export controls tighten and tensions rise.

👉 Read more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/27/r...
Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More
Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.
foreignpolicy.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
⚖️ How should the world confront climate diplomacy in a multipolar world: a new beginning?

Join us on 30 October, 12:00–13:30 (GMT), for an online panel exploring how shifting global power can shape stronger climate cooperation in the 2020s.

📖 Sign up here:
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
October 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
⚠️ How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

Read more in this article by Matt Harris ahead of our 28 October launch panel:
👉 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

🎟️ Be part of the launch at Chatham House:
👉 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
How should the world confront climate derailment risks?
In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🌱 New Sustainability Accelerator article!

Ketaki Zodgekar reflects on this year’s UnConference, where changemakers came together to explore how to build sustainable futures in a world in flux.

✨ A hopeful glimpse into what’s next.

👉 Read more: : accelerator.chathamhouse.org/article/seed...
Seeds of the future – insights from this year’s UnConference by Ketaki Zodgekar
accelerator.chathamhouse.org
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
📢 New podcast alert! 📢

💰How can the AIIB help deliver on the new climate and finance goal?

Anna and Bhargabi speak to Kim-See Lim and Hans Peter Lankes to find out.

📻Tune in here: open.spotify.com/episode/66ci...
How can the AIIB help deliver on the new climate finance goal?
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October 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🧊 In this expert comment, Phesheya Nxumalo and Patrick Schröder argue that the UK should work with Europe to build sustainable supply chains, protect the Arctic, and respect Indigenous rights.

🔗Read more here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/race...
The race for Greenland’s rare earth minerals is heating up. The UK should work with Europe for a sustainable strategy
The UK should coordinate with European partners and local communities to prioritize environmental safeguards while pursuing its strategic supply chain goals.
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October 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🚨 UPCOMING EVENT 🚨

📉How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

Join us on the 28th October, 17:00–18:00 GMT, for a hybrid panel exploring how to keep climate action on track amid rising derailment risks.

📖 Sign up here: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
October 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
⛏️ Imagine a green transition powered by minerals without fragile supply chains.

In this Politico article, Pattrick Schroeder highlights how the UK–Greenland minerals deal is about building resilience, not just access.

🔗Read here: www.politico.eu/article/uk-g...
UK closes in on critical minerals deal with Greenland
The self-ruling Danish territory, coveted by Donald Trump, has vast caches of rare earth elements.
www.politico.eu
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
📢 New podcast alert 📢

🎙️How can COP30 help tackle deforestation?
Anna and Bhargabi speak to Mauricio Voivodic and Edward Davey to find out.

🎧Streaming here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-63-how-can-cop30-help-tackle-deforestation/id1500769861?i=1000729523025
Episode 63: How can COP30 help tackle deforestation?
Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 01/10/2025 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🏛️ A new world order is forming. The big question: will China make it green?

Anna Åberg and Chris Aylett explore Beijing’s role in shaping the global transition, in their new expert comment.

🔗Read it here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/new-...
A new international order is forming. Will China make it ‘green’?
China’s new climate plan announced at the UN General Assembly has a disappointing headline target – but Beijing is likely to over-deliver, and it’s in its interest to place low-carbon development at t...
www.chathamhouse.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🌍 “A serious lack of effective early warning systems is leaving countries vulnerable to climate-induced hunger.”

Nick Ferris at The Independent highlights Chatham House research by Bhargabi Bharadwaj and Richard King

🔗 Read here: www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Poor climate crisis warnings put countries at increasing risk of acute hunger
Exclusive: National early warning systems are expected to play an ever more important role as the climate crisis intensifies – but researchers at Chatham House warn there is a major blind spot around ...
www.independent.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🌍 Climate shocks are colliding with fragile food systems. Are today’s warning systems ready for tomorrow’s risks?

In their latest paper, Bhargabi Bharadwaj and Richard King explore how to bolster food security through stronger early-warning systems.

🔗Read: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/how-...
How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems
Countering cascading risks with enhanced monitoring and response preparedness
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September 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🎙Trump 2.0 poses a huge challenge for the renewable energy industry in the US.

To find out, Bhargabi Bharadwaj speaks to Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council.

🎧https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-62-how-is-trump-2-0-affecting-the-renewable/id1500769861?i=1000727186999
Episode 62: How is Trump 2.0 affecting the renewable energy industry?
Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 17/09/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM