Produced by the award-winning team behind the BBC's 'Buried' series and published by @endsreport.com & @groene.nl

With incredible reporting from Adnan Khan, hosted by
@danielashby.bsky.social & @lucytaylorpro.bsky.social, & UK probing by me & @pippaneill.bsky.social.

The first 3 eps could have filled 5-6 EPs easily. I rarely hear pods that I say should be longer, but this is one. Brilliant. I truly hope there's some justice at the end of this story though, as it feels (as billed) ...v dark.

It's like nothing else on radio at the moment. Kinda 90s in style, packed with access, and investigative revelations. A British answer to one of my all-time favourite podcasts "Hunting Warhead".

6. A stunning investigation by Global Witness has supercharged the debate about whether COP29 is fit for purpose, and there are now high-level calls for it to be reformed, coming from former world leaders.

5. China has been commended by some for being highly engaged at COP29, and serious about change, albeit still with an enormous fossil fuel industry. We cannot win this without them.

4. UK will be first country in the world to pledge carbon reductions in line with 1.5C, though it needs to make more progress on action + financial help to others. It was also one of 3 countries that submitted new pledges. Some are talking about London as a world leader on climate.

3. I spoke at length to @niklashoehne.bsky.social, IPCC author. He told me that all the signs suggest President Trump can't completely derail this progress. If he enacts anti-climate policies within the US, it would put temperatures up by 0.04C by end of century, far less than I imagined.

2. The world got a deal. Yes, according to developing nations, it's an awful deal. But at least, in this polarised world, democratic and authoritarian regimes did make a multi-lateral agreement. The direction of travel continues.

1. The predictions for where we will 'land' on global warming has dropped significantly in last 10 years, down from 3.5C to around 2.7C - 2.9C (ish). It's possible it could end up at 1.9C, if action is accelerated. That's not great, but it could be far worse.