joannadepledge.bsky.social
@joannadepledge.bsky.social
👍Great to hear strong defence of the energy transition by @ed-miliband.bsky.social on BBC Today Radio 4 (8:10 interview).

💡Key point: “in 10-15 years time, people will not look back and say why were they going on about climate, they will say why didn’t they talk about it more”

Listen on catch up
February 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Surely this should be a red line. New oil and gas for a rich OECD country in 2025 is unconscionable.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
PM faces growing internal backlash over potential approval of Rosebank oilfield
Labour MPs describe ‘breaking point’ in relations, calling for Keir Starmer to stand by party’s manifesto commitments
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Totally encapsulates how I feel right now 😞
January 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This excellent analysis speaks for itself. It's incomprehensible that @ukgovernment.bsky.social is planning to expand airport capacity in the midst of a #climatecrisis

Expanding Heathrow is incompatible with net zero – here’s the evidence theconversation.com/expanding-he...
Expanding Heathrow is incompatible with net zero – here’s the evidence
The UK’s environmental commitments leave no room for extra runways.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Amazing discussion this morning on #climateaction, truth & (dis)agreement, from UN climate treaties, to Shetland wind farms.

🌍 Framed around the brilliant West End play Kyoto

@mikebernerslee.bsky.social
@adamrutherford.bsky.social
@bbcradio4.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Start the Week - Climate Crisis: truth, lies and compromise - BBC Sounds
Adam Rutherford with Mike Berners-Lee, Joe Murphy and Marianne Brown
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Reposted
New analysis: If four UK airport expansions including Heathrow are allowed to go ahead, they will cancel out the carbon savings of this government’s clean power plan IN JUST FIVE YEARS. This government must cancel these planned expansions.

neweconomics.org/2025/01/airp...
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Trump has pulled the US out of the #ParisAgreement as expected.
🌎But let's be relieved he has not announced any intention to withdraw from the #UNFCCC That would have been much more serious.
January 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
About to speak at a @cambridgeuni.bsky.social Cambridge Zero event on implications of Trump presidency for international #climatechange action

😐Hard to be positive!!
🤞But maybe we can find some crumbs of comfort

www.tickettailor.com/events/cambr...
Select tickets – What Does a Trump Presidency Mean for Climate Action and Policy? – Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School, St John’s college
We are excited to present a panel of experts from psychology, data science, and economics to consider the future of climate pol...
www.tickettailor.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Delighted to be taking part in FOGGS consultation on future of international climate change cooperation, led by the excellent Richard Kinley
with top experts eg
@niklashoehne.bsky.social @jenirisallan.bsky.social
@oberthuerseb.bsky.social
@michaeljgrubb.bsky.social

www.foggs.org
foggs.org
www.foggs.org
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Excited to join international climate politics debate @bsky.app

Reposting my recent commentary on COP reform. Key points:

🌎 Organisational tweaks not enough
🌏 Smart voting rules would enable stronger decisions
🌍 Amending UNFCCC to do this not impossible

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/01/13/t...
How can we fix climate COPs? Let's start with the voting rules
We can't fix climate COPs with organisational reforms - we need to address the obstruction from blanket consensus decision-making
www.climatechangenews.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🌎 Some follow-up to my @climatenews.bsky.social commentary:
- Mexico & PNG tabled a proposal to amend UNFCCC to introduce voting rule in 2017.
digitallibrary.un.org/record/71962...
- See a legal response to it here
legalresponse.org/legaladvice/...
- Still on COP agenda, but not discussed
Proposal by Mexico and PNG to amend the COP’s voting rules
Lawyers Responding to Climate Change
legalresponse.org
January 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Reposted
Amid all the suggestions for reforms to make
COPs more effective, one has flown under the radar: a shift from consensus decisions to majority voting.
@joannadepledge.bsky.social
writes for
@climatehome.bsky.social
on how this could be a game-changer www.climatechangenews.com/2025/01/13/t...
How can we fix climate COPs? Let's start with the voting rules
We can't fix climate COPs with organisational reforms - we need to address the obstruction from blanket consensus decision-making
www.climatechangenews.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM