Ed King
@ed-king.bsky.social
Tracking international climate diplomacy since 2010 - sign up to monthly / COP briefings here: https://tinyurl.com/48drcph2
Searched for #climate in the new US security 'strategy'
--> We reject the disastrous “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States
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--> We reject the disastrous “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States
www.whitehouse.gov/w...
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Searched for #climate in the new US security 'strategy'
--> We reject the disastrous “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States
www.whitehouse.gov/w...
--> We reject the disastrous “climate change” and “Net Zero” ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States
www.whitehouse.gov/w...
UK energy bills rising to fund £28bn investment in the UK's energy network... £17.8bn of which is to repair the gas network!
Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
UK energy bills rising to fund £28bn investment in the UK's energy network... £17.8bn of which is to repair the gas network!
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Reposted by Ed King
Why UK farmers don’t agree with Reform UK’s climate-science denial.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Why UK farmers don’t agree with Reform UK’s climate-science denial.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'India’s #climate diplomacy is no longer just about emissions targets but shaping the geopolitics of decarbonisation in a fractious world'
Useful insights here
www.isas.nus.edu.sg/...
Useful insights here
www.isas.nus.edu.sg/...
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'India’s #climate diplomacy is no longer just about emissions targets but shaping the geopolitics of decarbonisation in a fractious world'
Useful insights here
www.isas.nus.edu.sg/...
Useful insights here
www.isas.nus.edu.sg/...
Climate Diplomacy Briefing - December 2025
Bad maths, bad impacts, big oil: What’s next post #COP30?
climatediplobrief.su...
Bad maths, bad impacts, big oil: What’s next post #COP30?
climatediplobrief.su...
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Climate Diplomacy Briefing - December 2025
Bad maths, bad impacts, big oil: What’s next post #COP30?
climatediplobrief.su...
Bad maths, bad impacts, big oil: What’s next post #COP30?
climatediplobrief.su...
'Sports will change forever as the planet gets too hot' - grim reading here via @Telegraph
Sports will change forever as the planet gets too hot
Calendar may need to be ripped up for major rescheduling of some of world’s biggest tournaments
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
'Sports will change forever as the planet gets too hot' - grim reading here via @Telegraph
India, solar - accelerating (via @ember_energy)
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
India, solar - accelerating (via @ember_energy)
Xinhua / China: 'Official projections suggest that by 2030, fossil fuels will account for less than 75% of total energy consumption.'
'Coal consumption is expected to peak around 2027... overall oil consumption will likely reach its peak around 2026'
'Coal consumption is expected to peak around 2027... overall oil consumption will likely reach its peak around 2026'
Explainer: How will China peak coal, oil use in its climate push-Xinhua
Explainer: How will China peak coal, oil use in its climate push-
english.news.cn
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Xinhua / China: 'Official projections suggest that by 2030, fossil fuels will account for less than 75% of total energy consumption.'
'Coal consumption is expected to peak around 2027... overall oil consumption will likely reach its peak around 2026'
'Coal consumption is expected to peak around 2027... overall oil consumption will likely reach its peak around 2026'
China, Tonga to collab on 'climate' & build a China-Pacific Island countries community
Xi meets Tonga's king, urging better alignment of development strategies
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with visiting King Tupou VI of the Kingdom of Tonga here on Tuesday.
english.www.gov.cn
December 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
China, Tonga to collab on 'climate' & build a China-Pacific Island countries community
Headline working hard here. Copy inside is hard to decipher.
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Headline working hard here. Copy inside is hard to decipher.
Reposted by Ed King
Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
The Indian state of Rajasthan produces more solar than any other. It has rejected a 3.2 GW coal power plant, because the bids to build it were more expensive than bundling renewables with batteries.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
India’s Desert State Reignites Coal-Fired Power Debate
The competitive cost of batteries is making clean energy a viable alternative to coal in parts of the country.
www.bloomberg.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Indian state govt: We don't want to build new coal power plants, because they are more expensive than renewables plus batteries.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
US federal govt: Take my money and keep those expensive, polluting coal plants running.
South Africa G20 website has already been wiped - but the good news is 'the best is yet to come'
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
South Africa G20 website has already been wiped - but the good news is 'the best is yet to come'
'The U.S. cattle market is currently facing its smallest herd size in decades due to drought and high feed costs'
Australia expands grain-fed beef exports as US production falters
Six thousand Black Angus cattle chew on rolled barley, silage, cottonseed and molasses, fattening up in three rows of shaded pens under the hot Australian sun.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
'The U.S. cattle market is currently facing its smallest herd size in decades due to drought and high feed costs'
‘We have not ruled out contributing to investing in the TFFF in future. It is, as the Prime Minister said, something that we will keep under review’
UK may yet back Brazil's TFFF, says Ed Miliband...
UK may yet back Brazil's TFFF, says Ed Miliband...
Cop30: 25 Nov 2025: House of Commons debates - TheyWorkForYou
– in the House of Commons at 2:08 pm 25 November 2025
www.theyworkforyou.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘We have not ruled out contributing to investing in the TFFF in future. It is, as the Prime Minister said, something that we will keep under review’
UK may yet back Brazil's TFFF, says Ed Miliband...
UK may yet back Brazil's TFFF, says Ed Miliband...
Useful pointer via @CarbonBrief on how demanding the main 'Mutirao' text at #COP30 really was. V low number of 'active verbs' means it's good at observing issues, less at doing stuff about them.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Useful pointer via @CarbonBrief on how demanding the main 'Mutirao' text at #COP30 really was. V low number of 'active verbs' means it's good at observing issues, less at doing stuff about them.
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Curious - @guardian reports the Africa Group chair Richard Muyungi blocked a fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at #COP30 - apparently 'all its 54 members aligned with the 22-member Arab Group on the issue' (?)
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
'Climate change may not be an existential threat in the sense that it will kill us all, but it is existential for the cultural fabric of communities' - @JustinWorland on the money here...
Amid the Ashes
Watching my hometown rebuild after the L.A. fires revealed a bleak truth about America's climate future
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
'Climate change may not be an existential threat in the sense that it will kill us all, but it is existential for the cultural fabric of communities' - @JustinWorland on the money here...
'For Mr. Trump... energy isn’t ultimately about oil or gas or even his “beautiful coal.” It’s about muscle. It enables the president to act as he pleases on the world stage'
Opinion | The Real Reason Trump Is Fawning Over Saudi Arabia’s Ruler
The story begins in the 1970s.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
'For Mr. Trump... energy isn’t ultimately about oil or gas or even his “beautiful coal.” It’s about muscle. It enables the president to act as he pleases on the world stage'
'Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago' - must be a coincidence...
Images From Vietnam’s Year of Deadly Wet Weather
Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
'Vietnam has been hit by 14 typhoons this year. Five was the average a few decades ago' - must be a coincidence...
Alberta getting 'special exemptions from federal environmental laws' political support for a new oil pipeline - Carney's own transition continues apace... www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Alberta getting 'special exemptions from federal environmental laws' political support for a new oil pipeline - Carney's own transition continues apace... www.cbc.ca/news/poli...
A 'horrendous diplomatic blunder or sabotage by the Brazilian foreign ministry' - @jonathanwatts on why a forests 'roadmap' was not a core agreement in Belem is worth a read
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November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A 'horrendous diplomatic blunder or sabotage by the Brazilian foreign ministry' - @jonathanwatts on why a forests 'roadmap' was not a core agreement in Belem is worth a read
Reposted by Ed King
A key outcome of COP28 was that countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. This was and continues to be a binding agreement regardless of whether future COPs mention the same/ similar language again
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A key outcome of COP28 was that countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels. This was and continues to be a binding agreement regardless of whether future COPs mention the same/ similar language again
Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 12
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
Climate Diplomacy Brief - COP30 day 12
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
climatediplobrief.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Climate Diplomacy Brief - #COP30 day 12
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people
**ENDGAME - MAKE IT END**
The COP30 negotiations have been a mess, but we’ll always remember Belém and its wonderful people