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At #COP30, #ClimateAction was overwhelmed by the irresistible lure of soybeans. 🫘

As China shifts from US to South American soy, deforestation is accelerating in the Amazon and Gran Chaco. 🪵🪚

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China’s surging soybean imports from Brazil and Argentina accelerate Amazon deforestation
Loosened regulations and expanded exports threaten irreplaceable ecosystems
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November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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The UK Nature’s Rights Bill is a “radical proposal to change the legal status of Nature,” by recognising Nature as a legal subject with rights & integrating them into all law, finance & governance, says Mumta Ito. 🌿⚖️

Read more 👇

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How the UK Nature’s Rights Bill seeks to reshape environmental and financial governance
With mounting nature-related damage, the bill is a blueprint for hardwiring environmental stability in law and accelerating nature-based investments
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November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Reporting from #COP30 in Belém, @hlovins.bsky.social of NOW Partners Foundation is promoting mainstream regenerative agriculture & agroforestry

Read the latest updates 👇
Dispatch from COP: We turn up the heat in Belém - Climate and Capital Media
UN’s COP30: Greater impact from conversations than COP itself
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November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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🔥 @hlovins.bsky.social reports from #COP30 in Belém, where heat, riot police & monkeys are shaping the week.🐒

Lovins quotes @ed-king.bsky.social, one of the best commentators on all things COP:
“As the world heated, the minds of 194 countries melted.”

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/dispatch-fro...
Dispatch from COP: Heat, riot police, and… monkeys
Running the gauntlet at the Blue Zone
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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Citicore Renewable Energy Corp of the Philippines has secured a $55M loan to launch 11 utility-scale solar + battery projects

The deal marks the real launch of FAST-P, a blended-finance initiative of Monetary Authority of Singapore.💰

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#ClimateFinance
Here comes the sun: Philippines project lands first Singapore-backed FAST-P green loan
Inaugural deal in blended-finance scheme backs major solar push
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November 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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🏭 Steel makes up to 7% of global emissions.

A new @scurveeconomics.bsky.social report says, “Instead of pressuring old tech, governments should start by supporting the new.”

#CleanSteel subsidies + tariff exemptions could make the transition real. 

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The transition to clean steel will be easier if governments stop looking at it back-to-front
Policy and diplomacy should focus more on growing the markets for clean steel, and less on incremental emissions reductions
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November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The UK Nature’s Rights Bill is a “radical proposal to change the legal status of Nature,” by recognising Nature as a legal subject with rights & integrating them into all law, finance & governance, says Mumta Ito. 🌿⚖️

Read more 👇

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/how-the-uk-n...
How the UK Nature’s Rights Bill seeks to reshape environmental and financial governance
With mounting nature-related damage, the bill is a blueprint for hardwiring environmental stability in law and accelerating nature-based investments
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Reporting from #COP30 in Belém, @hlovins.bsky.social of NOW Partners Foundation is promoting mainstream regenerative agriculture & agroforestry

Read the latest updates 👇
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/dispatch-fro...
Dispatch from COP: We turn up the heat in Belém
UN’s COP30: Greater impact from conversations than COP itself
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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The #AI energy arms race is testing the limits of our infrastructure — and making us rethink how we can power progress.

Wendy Chen of @yunimpact.bsky.social shares why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race 👇

Why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race - Climate and Capital Media
Who would have thought private equity would suddenly be so excited about solar?
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November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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The @globalsolarcouncil.bsky.social is at #COP30 with a bold new target: 300 Million Solar Homes by 2030—to deliver clean, reliable, affordable power

@petermckillop.bsky.social: solar power is on its way to being as cheap & ubiquitous as the internet.

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Australia offers free solar power, one roof at a time
Home solar is a node in a vast, decentralized clean power network
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November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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🔥 @hlovins.bsky.social reports from #COP30 in Belém, where heat, riot police & monkeys are shaping the week.🐒

Lovins quotes @ed-king.bsky.social, one of the best commentators on all things COP:
“As the world heated, the minds of 194 countries melted.”

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/dispatch-fro...
Dispatch from COP: Heat, riot police, and… monkeys
Running the gauntlet at the Blue Zone
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Read Climate and Capital Media contributing editor, @hlovins.bsky.social’ first on-the-ground report from #COP30 in Belém in the Brazilian Amazon.

Dispatch from COP: Hunter Lovins arrives at COP30 in sweltering ‘Belhell’ Belém - Climate and Capital Media
‘30 Years of climate talks, emissions doubled, but I’m still fighting’
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November 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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The Global North builds power through clubs. The Global South needs them too.🌍 

“Green clubs” that aggregate purchasing, production or investment power could transform how the Global South navigates the #GreenTransition says @nicogrimblatt.bsky.social

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Beyond COP: The Global South needs strategic ‘clubs’ to leverage economic power and accelerate its Green Transition
The Global North gains power through political and economic associations. The Global South needs collective bargaining power, too.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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The #AI energy arms race is testing the limits of our infrastructure— making us rethink how we can power progress.

Wendy Chen of @yunimpact.bsky.social shares why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race 👇

https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/why-solar-is-key-to-ais-energy-arms-race/

#SolarEnergy
Why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race - Climate and Capital Media
Who would have thought private equity would suddenly be so excited about solar?
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Citicore Renewable Energy Corp of the Philippines has secured a $55M loan to launch 11 utility-scale solar + battery projects.

The deal marks the real launch of FAST-P, a blended-finance initiative of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. 💰

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/here-comes-t...
Here comes the sun: Philippines project lands first Singapore-backed FAST-P green loan
Inaugural deal in blended-finance scheme backs major solar push
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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📖 Read @hlovins.bsky.social' latest dispatch from #COP30 in Belém:
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/dispatch-fro...

Hundreds of Indigenous activists stormed the venue, a powerful moment captured by activist singer #CatPower.
“They are desperately trying to protect the river,” a witness said.
Dispatch from COP: Indigenous activists storm COP30 in Belém
On the ground: Hunter Lovins, Johan Rockstrom, Tim Lenton, Kim Stanley Robinson, Sandrene Dixon Declève talk solutions
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November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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The #AI energy arms race is testing the limits of our infrastructure— making us rethink how we can power progress.

Wendy Chen of @yunimpact.bsky.social shares why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race 👇

https://www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/why-solar-is-key-to-ais-energy-arms-race/

#SolarEnergy
Why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race - Climate and Capital Media
Who would have thought private equity would suddenly be so excited about solar?
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Read Climate and Capital Media contributing editor, @hlovins.bsky.social’ first on-the-ground report from #COP30 in Belém in the Brazilian Amazon.

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/dispatch-fro...
Dispatch from COP: Hunter Lovins arrives at COP30 in sweltering ‘Belhell’ Belém
‘30 Years of climate talks, emissions doubled, but I’m still fighting’
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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The Global North builds power through clubs. The Global South needs them too.🌍 

“Green clubs” that aggregate purchasing, production or investment power could transform how the Global South navigates the #GreenTransition says @nicogrimblatt.bsky.social

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/beyond-cop-t...
Beyond COP: The Global South needs strategic ‘clubs’ to leverage economic power and accelerate its Green Transition
The Global North gains power through political and economic associations. The Global South needs collective bargaining power, too.
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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The @globalsolarcouncil.bsky.social is at #COP30 with a bold new target: 300 Million Solar Homes by 2030—to deliver clean, reliable, affordable power.

@petermckillop.bsky.social: Solar power is on its way to being as cheap & ubiquitous as the internet.
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/australia-of...
Australia offers free solar power, one roof at a time
Home solar is a node in a vast, decentralized clean power network
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Empowering women is one of the most effective ways to make real change writes @cathmckenna.bsky.social in her book #RunLikeAGirl

From pushing Paris goals to launching @wloc.bsky.social, she highlights why women's leadership matters now more than ever.

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Women are taking the lead on climate action
As many countries are backtracking on climate commitments, women’s leadership is more crucial than ever
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Renewables have toppled coal as the world’s top power source.

While the US & EU stall, countries like 🇧🇹 Bhutan, 🇳🇵Nepal, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka & 🇲🇻 Maldives are accelerating toward clean energy for economics, self‑reliance & resilience.

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Bhutan and beyond: Surprising smaller countries accelerating into renewables and EVs
Where economics and self-reliance are reason enough to pivot
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November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🇦🇺 Australia’s rooftop solar rise is nothing short of transformational, writes @petermckillop.bsky.social.

Homeowners have installed so many panels that some states will offer three hours of “free electricity” every day, even if you don’t have solar.⚡️

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/australia-of...
Australia offers free solar power, one roof at a time
Home solar is a node in a vast, decentralized clean power network
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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As #COP30 kicks off -

1️⃣ Standard Chartered signs $150 million carbon credit deal with Brazil’s Acre State

2️⃣ European governments & IDB invest $60 million in zero-deforestation soy fund in Brazil

Read Tony Lent of Capital for Climate’s top 5 deals

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Tony Lent's Top 5 Deals: Standard Chartered signs $150 million carbon credit deal with Brazil’s Acre State
Standard Chartered has signed a five‑year exclusive agreement with the Brazilian State of Acre to bring up to 5 million jurisdictional forest carbon credits to market, starting in 2026, potentially un...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Thousands of delegates are heading to Belém for a COP unlike any before.

With the US absent, 🇧🇷 Brazil is steering a new multilateral moment. But the clock is ticking on the world’s rainforest, writes C&C’s @petermckillop.bsky.social.

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#COP30
COP 30: Where the Amazon finds its voice
Can COP delegates find magic in the “lungs of the world”?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM