Christopher Nial
@chrisnial.bsky.social
Watching How Climate will Change Health @FINNPartners | Rotarian | dog dad | whack-a-mole expert | keen listener | defiant optimist despite evidence to the contrary | Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Hello Bluesky followers. Here's day three of the ten-day' Talking to Camera' course I created for myself. You are keeping me accountable. Comments and feedback are welcome. Here's a video of me talking about my three dogs:
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10-Day Talking to Camera - Day Three
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January 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Hello Bluesky followers. Here's day three of the ten-day' Talking to Camera' course I created for myself. You are keeping me accountable. Comments and feedback are welcome. Here's a video of me talking about my three dogs:
vimeo.com/1154025341?s...
vimeo.com/1154025341?s...
Hello Bluesky followers. Here's day two of the ten-day' Talking to Camera' course I created for myself. You are keeping me accountable. Comments and feedback are welcome. I just discovered that Bluesky doesn't allow files bigger than 100Mb, so here's a link instead:
vimeo.com/1153715087
vimeo.com/1153715087
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January 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Hello Bluesky followers. Here's day two of the ten-day' Talking to Camera' course I created for myself. You are keeping me accountable. Comments and feedback are welcome. I just discovered that Bluesky doesn't allow files bigger than 100Mb, so here's a link instead:
vimeo.com/1153715087
vimeo.com/1153715087
Hello Bluesky followers. I am starting a ten-day talking-to-camera challenge to overcome my fear of speaking confidently to a camera, without using 'ums', 'ers', and 'likes'. Here's day one for you. You'll be my accountability by the way!!!!
January 11, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Hello Bluesky followers. I am starting a ten-day talking-to-camera challenge to overcome my fear of speaking confidently to a camera, without using 'ums', 'ers', and 'likes'. Here's day one for you. You'll be my accountability by the way!!!!
COP30 closed with a gavel, a gasp and a diplomatic sugar crash. The fossil-fuel phase-out disappeared, Russia took a swing at Latin America, and Argentina hit back hard.
My final dispatch from Belém sheds light on what really happened in the room.
Read it before the dust settles. buff.ly/xtVx325
My final dispatch from Belém sheds light on what really happened in the room.
Read it before the dust settles. buff.ly/xtVx325
Daily Dispatch — COP30, Belém — 22 November 2025 — The Gavel Fell, the Drama Didn’t
COP30: The Gavel Drop and the Sugar Crash
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November 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
COP30 closed with a gavel, a gasp and a diplomatic sugar crash. The fossil-fuel phase-out disappeared, Russia took a swing at Latin America, and Argentina hit back hard.
My final dispatch from Belém sheds light on what really happened in the room.
Read it before the dust settles. buff.ly/xtVx325
My final dispatch from Belém sheds light on what really happened in the room.
Read it before the dust settles. buff.ly/xtVx325
#COP30 called itself the “People’s COP” — and the real momentum came from women, Indigenous leaders and frontline communities who made the negotiations impossible to ignore.
buff.ly/NFtpBYw
#COP30 #ClimateComms #Belém #ClimateJustice
buff.ly/NFtpBYw
#COP30 #ClimateComms #Belém #ClimateJustice
Daily Dispatch — COP30, Belém — 21 November 2025 — So Much for “The Final Day”
The Camaraderie’s Gone, the Clock’s Ticking, and Everyone’s Sweating
chrisnial.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#COP30 called itself the “People’s COP” — and the real momentum came from women, Indigenous leaders and frontline communities who made the negotiations impossible to ignore.
buff.ly/NFtpBYw
#COP30 #ClimateComms #Belém #ClimateJustice
buff.ly/NFtpBYw
#COP30 #ClimateComms #Belém #ClimateJustice
COP30 took a dramatic turn yesterday when a Blue Zone pavilion caught fire, prompting an evacuation that nobody had planned for.
The official line says “contained quickly”. The unofficial version? I wrote the inside recap of the day COP30 went off-script.
buff.ly/oUBv9Y0
#COP30 #Belém #UNFCCC
The official line says “contained quickly”. The unofficial version? I wrote the inside recap of the day COP30 went off-script.
buff.ly/oUBv9Y0
#COP30 #Belém #UNFCCC
Daily Dispatch — COP30, Belém — 20 November 2025
COP30 got spicy, and not in the culinary sense.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
COP30 took a dramatic turn yesterday when a Blue Zone pavilion caught fire, prompting an evacuation that nobody had planned for.
The official line says “contained quickly”. The unofficial version? I wrote the inside recap of the day COP30 went off-script.
buff.ly/oUBv9Y0
#COP30 #Belém #UNFCCC
The official line says “contained quickly”. The unofficial version? I wrote the inside recap of the day COP30 went off-script.
buff.ly/oUBv9Y0
#COP30 #Belém #UNFCCC
Day 9 at COP30 blurred the line between the official agenda and the real one. Lula made his big return, negotiators stalled on the usual sticking points, and outside, protesters delivered a far more direct message. Belém feels like a summit being written in two languages at once.
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buff.ly/bQk5UvC
Daily Dispatch — COP30, Belém — 19 November 2025
As leaders’ postures and pledges stall, the streets of Belém are writing a bolder script.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Day 9 at COP30 blurred the line between the official agenda and the real one. Lula made his big return, negotiators stalled on the usual sticking points, and outside, protesters delivered a far more direct message. Belém feels like a summit being written in two languages at once.
buff.ly/bQk5UvC
buff.ly/bQk5UvC
COP30 in Belém went off-script today. Midnight sessions that solved nothing, a Blue Zone breach that said everything, and a city making it very clear who actually lives with the consequences. The Amazon isn’t waiting for diplomats to catch up.
#COP30 #BelémCOP#ClimateAction #ClimateChange
#COP30 #BelémCOP#ClimateAction #ClimateChange
Daily Dispatch — COP30, Belém — 18 November 2025
Belém Turns Up the Pressure and Down the Patience.
medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
COP30 in Belém went off-script today. Midnight sessions that solved nothing, a Blue Zone breach that said everything, and a city making it very clear who actually lives with the consequences. The Amazon isn’t waiting for diplomats to catch up.
#COP30 #BelémCOP#ClimateAction #ClimateChange
#COP30 #BelémCOP#ClimateAction #ClimateChange