Ivan Couronne
@ivancouronne.bsky.social
AFP, Future of the planet, global editor
This is a great story from my @afp.com colleague @issamahmed.bsky.social in Georgia, near the "Carpet Capital of the World" where water is full of PFAS www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Toxic threat from 'forever chemicals' sparks resistance in Georgia towns
Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder out of working-class struggle, and a gift for their children and grandchildren.
www.france24.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is a great story from my @afp.com colleague @issamahmed.bsky.social in Georgia, near the "Carpet Capital of the World" where water is full of PFAS www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Salle comble au tribunal de Paris pour le procès de TotalEnergies pour greenwashing, pour des pubs et messages qui mentionnaient notamment la neutralité carbone. Exciting pour la jurisprudence sur le greenwashing 🍿
June 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Salle comble au tribunal de Paris pour le procès de TotalEnergies pour greenwashing, pour des pubs et messages qui mentionnaient notamment la neutralité carbone. Exciting pour la jurisprudence sur le greenwashing 🍿
Ce peuple civilisé est très touchant ❤️ "Ca nous a montré à quel point nous sommes vulnérables, ça nous a fait du bien quelque part", dit María Jesús Cobos, une avocate de 50 ans rencontrée mardi matin à bord d'un bus. Beau reportage AFP par Marie Giffard
www.france24.com/fr/info-en-c...
www.france24.com/fr/info-en-c...
Transistor, bougies, réchaud...: en reprenant une vie normale, les Madrilènes tirent les leçons de la coupure géante
Les Madrilènes ont repris le chemin du travail mardi en tirant des leçons de la coupure d'électricité qui a frappé la péninsule ibérique et en dressant la liste des fournitures nécessaires pour l'affr...
www.france24.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Ce peuple civilisé est très touchant ❤️ "Ca nous a montré à quel point nous sommes vulnérables, ça nous a fait du bien quelque part", dit María Jesús Cobos, une avocate de 50 ans rencontrée mardi matin à bord d'un bus. Beau reportage AFP par Marie Giffard
www.france24.com/fr/info-en-c...
www.france24.com/fr/info-en-c...
Well, Ana Toni told us, about the Americans: “They haven't come to the meetings”, in particular to COP meetings of heads of delegations in Japan and in Germany (Petersberg dialogue).
www.barrons.com/news/trump-s...
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Trump Scraps US Office On Climate Diplomacy
President Donald Trump's administration has abolished the office that runs US climate diplomacy, potentially meaning the world's largest economy will be a no-show at November's COP30 summit in Brazil.
www.barrons.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Well, Ana Toni told us, about the Americans: “They haven't come to the meetings”, in particular to COP meetings of heads of delegations in Japan and in Germany (Petersberg dialogue).
www.barrons.com/news/trump-s...
www.barrons.com/news/trump-s...
The CEO of #COP30, Ana Toni, is in Paris. She invited AFP to the Brazilian embassy. The European Union was on her mind! "It would be extremely disappointing" if the EU retreated on its climate goals, she told @legendreafp.bsky.social and me...
www.barrons.com/news/don-t-m...
www.barrons.com/news/don-t-m...
April 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The CEO of #COP30, Ana Toni, is in Paris. She invited AFP to the Brazilian embassy. The European Union was on her mind! "It would be extremely disappointing" if the EU retreated on its climate goals, she told @legendreafp.bsky.social and me...
www.barrons.com/news/don-t-m...
www.barrons.com/news/don-t-m...
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels. The assessment singled out Brazil and Australia,
Story by @kellymacnamara.bsky.social @afpnews.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-04...
Story by @kellymacnamara.bsky.social @afpnews.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-04...
Countries could use forests to 'mask' needed emission cuts: Report
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels, new research said Thursday.
phys.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Major economies are overstating how much carbon their forests can absorb in a climate accounting fudge that could allow them to use even more fossil fuels. The assessment singled out Brazil and Australia,
Story by @kellymacnamara.bsky.social @afpnews.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-04...
Story by @kellymacnamara.bsky.social @afpnews.bsky.social
phys.org/news/2025-04...
Reposted by Ivan Couronne
The ‘spiral of silence’ blocking climate action and how to end it
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?
Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The ‘spiral of silence’ blocking climate action and how to end it
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Globally, people are hugely supportive of climate action but wrongly believe their fellow citizens are not - revealing the truth could spark a social tipping point
#The89Percent
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US agency that invested billions in African infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China. It will immediately exit projects (AFP)
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Trump kills US agency funding Africa infrastructure
President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ordered the closure of a US agency that invested billions in African and other developing countries' infrastructure in return for good governance, ...
www.yahoo.com
April 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The Trump administration ordered the closure of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US agency that invested billions in African infrastructure in return for good governance, effectively ceding ground to China. It will immediately exit projects (AFP)
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-k...
www.yahoo.com/news/trump-k...
You may have heard of @coveringclimatenow.org 89 Percent Project 89percent.org. Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. @afpnews.bsky.social decided to show what we mean by climate action in 4 different locations, on 3 continents
The 89 Percent Project
Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. Let’s tell their stories.
89percent.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You may have heard of @coveringclimatenow.org 89 Percent Project 89percent.org. Between 80 and 89% of the world’s people want their governments to be doing more to address climate change. @afpnews.bsky.social decided to show what we mean by climate action in 4 different locations, on 3 continents
The news is too hard to understand! The data from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #IJF25
April 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The news is too hard to understand! The data from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social at #IJF25
This is the recording of our panel on *climate training* at the Perugia Journalism Festival #IJF25 with @hannahhoag.bsky.social @audreycerdan.bsky.social and @coveringclimatenow.org
www.youtube.com/live/P6os9zG...
www.youtube.com/live/P6os9zG...
How can we make climate training effective and engaging for a sceptical newsroom?
YouTube video by International Journalism Festival
www.youtube.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is the recording of our panel on *climate training* at the Perugia Journalism Festival #IJF25 with @hannahhoag.bsky.social @audreycerdan.bsky.social and @coveringclimatenow.org
www.youtube.com/live/P6os9zG...
www.youtube.com/live/P6os9zG...
In Perugia, @mariaressa.bsky.social says she won 8 of her 10 court cases in the Philippines. “Many Filippinos today believe I am a criminal - and I am, since I was convicted. This is how the law is weaponized” #IJF25 (btw Maria Ressa says she has to request permission to travel to the Supreme Court)
April 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
In Perugia, @mariaressa.bsky.social says she won 8 of her 10 court cases in the Philippines. “Many Filippinos today believe I am a criminal - and I am, since I was convicted. This is how the law is weaponized” #IJF25 (btw Maria Ressa says she has to request permission to travel to the Supreme Court)
At a panel on investigating “corporate killers” (big food, tobacco, fossil fuels, alcohol) at #IJF25: “There’s not enough health journalists in the world… Business reporters too often don’t report on health” - @bhallman.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
At a panel on investigating “corporate killers” (big food, tobacco, fossil fuels, alcohol) at #IJF25: “There’s not enough health journalists in the world… Business reporters too often don’t report on health” - @bhallman.bsky.social
One of my favorite quotes by @leakorsgaard.bsky.social at #IJF25: Climate change stories “shouldn’t feel like homework” for readers/listeners
April 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
One of my favorite quotes by @leakorsgaard.bsky.social at #IJF25: Climate change stories “shouldn’t feel like homework” for readers/listeners
For climate training nerds, watch our panel at #IJF25 in Perugia today at 16:00 CET, with @audreycerdan.bsky.social Mark Hertsgaard of @coveringclimatenow.org and @hannahhoag.bsky.social
www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
How can we make climate training effective and engaging for a sceptical newsroom?
As AI-fueled disinformation and news avoidance rises in Europe and elsewhere, newsrooms need to stand strong against climate and science deniers populating top levels of government, as well as learn h...
www.journalismfestival.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:15 AM
For climate training nerds, watch our panel at #IJF25 in Perugia today at 16:00 CET, with @audreycerdan.bsky.social Mark Hertsgaard of @coveringclimatenow.org and @hannahhoag.bsky.social
www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...
Reposted by Ivan Couronne
Climate-change deniers use Grok AI to write a climate-change denier article, and published that in a climate-change denial journal.
They even had to 'steer' Grok a couple of times, because its text was not climate-change denier enough.
They even had to 'steer' Grok a couple of times, because its text was not climate-change denier enough.
🌎 Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and scrupulously logical. My latest with AFP: www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Experts warn 'AI-written' paper is latest spin on climate change denial
Climate change deniers are pushing an AI-generated paper questioning human-induced warming, leading experts to warn against the rise of research that is inherently flawed but marketed as neutral and…
www.france24.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Climate-change deniers use Grok AI to write a climate-change denier article, and published that in a climate-change denial journal.
They even had to 'steer' Grok a couple of times, because its text was not climate-change denier enough.
They even had to 'steer' Grok a couple of times, because its text was not climate-change denier enough.
"Ice cubes": here's pretty much what's left of Mount Kenya's glaciers. Our @afpnews.bsky.social photographer, VJ and text reporter hiked up Africa's second highest mountain. The photos by Luis Tato are 😮
www.bangkokpost.com/world/298402...
www.bangkokpost.com/world/298402...
'It was beautiful': Mount Kenya's glaciers melting away
MERU (KENYA) - Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting the huge ice blocks off of...
www.bangkokpost.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Ice cubes": here's pretty much what's left of Mount Kenya's glaciers. Our @afpnews.bsky.social photographer, VJ and text reporter hiked up Africa's second highest mountain. The photos by Luis Tato are 😮
www.bangkokpost.com/world/298402...
www.bangkokpost.com/world/298402...
Too much water in some places, too little in others: fantastic reporting by @afpnews.bsky.social journalists from two locations in South America facing extreme water challenges, in Bolivia and Peru. Photos and videos are shocking uk.news.yahoo.com/poor-areas-p...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Too much water: Gold rush, climate change submerge Bolivian village
Navigating a makeshift raft between drifting furniture and submerged cars, Rafael Quispe steers through his village in western Bolivia, where the streets were turned into rivers two months ago.
www.france24.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Too much water in some places, too little in others: fantastic reporting by @afpnews.bsky.social journalists from two locations in South America facing extreme water challenges, in Bolivia and Peru. Photos and videos are shocking uk.news.yahoo.com/poor-areas-p...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump. @afpnews.bsky.social story by Sara Hussein currently at the World Ocean Summit in Tokyo www.yahoo.com/news/snorkel...
Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump
The leader of climate-vulnerable Palau wants US President Donald Trump to come snorkelling with him to understand the "slow death" caused by climate change, he told AFP in an interview on Wednesday.Cl...
www.yahoo.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Snorkel with me to understand climate change, Palau president tells Trump. @afpnews.bsky.social story by Sara Hussein currently at the World Ocean Summit in Tokyo www.yahoo.com/news/snorkel...
Reposted by Ivan Couronne
Today @AFP and @Source_Mat are publishing an investigation that reveals how the burgeoning plastic credit sector relies heavily on the polluting cement industry to burn plastic waste [1/4]
February 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today @AFP and @Source_Mat are publishing an investigation that reveals how the burgeoning plastic credit sector relies heavily on the polluting cement industry to burn plastic waste [1/4]
An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, scientists told AFP @afpnews.bsky.social on Friday, by Nick Perry
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www.yahoo.com/news/first-m...
First major chunk breaks off world's biggest iceberg
An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told AFP on Friday."This is definitely the first sign...
www.yahoo.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:08 PM
An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, scientists told AFP @afpnews.bsky.social on Friday, by Nick Perry
www.yahoo.com/news/first-m...
www.yahoo.com/news/first-m...
Applications open for jobs in *Antarctica*. They're looking for "carpenters, chefs, electricians, plumbers, boating officers, plant operators and more"
"Salaries start at £29,273 per annum"
Fun fact: "There are no external costs whilst living on station"
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
"Salaries start at £29,273 per annum"
Fun fact: "There are no external costs whilst living on station"
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
Seriously remote working – applications open for jobs in Antarctica - British Antarctic Survey
This Blue Monday (20 January), escape the ordinary and apply for the job of a lifetime in Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey.
www.bas.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Applications open for jobs in *Antarctica*. They're looking for "carpenters, chefs, electricians, plumbers, boating officers, plant operators and more"
"Salaries start at £29,273 per annum"
Fun fact: "There are no external costs whilst living on station"
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...
"Salaries start at £29,273 per annum"
Fun fact: "There are no external costs whilst living on station"
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...