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Mattias Söderberg
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Global Climate Lead of DanChurchAid, co-chair of the ACT alliance Climate Justice Group and member of the Danish Council for Development Policy. Post about the nexus between climate and development
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Mattias Söderberg @matsod.bsky.social · Nov 10
I am happy to work in an NGO, where we take historic #climate responsibility. We will now plant 280.000 trees and invest in adaptation and #LossAndDamage to #TurnThePastIntoAction

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Turning the past into action
YouTube video by Mattias Söderberg
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I am happy #Spain back a solidarity levy on premium flyers, and I do hope other countries will follow! Who is next?
#COP30

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Private Jet, Business Class Tax Backed by Spain at Climate Talks
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost ...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Hope most be kept alive amid deep divisions at the UN #Climate Talks in Belem #COP30

Read our opening Press release

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COP30: Hope must be kept alive amid deep divisions at UN climate talks  - DanChurchAid
In spite of fossil fuels being low on the agenda, missing national climate targets, and gap reports spelling dark times ahead, we must stay hopeful.
www.danchurchaid.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Can #COP30 raise the ambition on #Adaptation finance? Read our ODI blog

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How could COP30 raise ambition on adaptation finance?
With just one week left before COP30 kicks off in Belém, the much-anticipated 'Baku to Belém Roadmap' has finally been published. It recognises that adaptation finance should be dramatically scaled - ...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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The coming weeks I will attend #COP30

I hope my posts on Blue Sky will be positive, and that we will see progress. We can manage the #ClimateCrisis but only if we scale up the ambition now!
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Solidarity levies on premium flyers can generate funding for #Adaptation and #LossAndDamage
Read my comment in @climatechangenews.com

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/07/l...
Tax luxury air travel to fund adaptation and loss and damage
Taxes on private jets and first and business class would be fair and popular and bring in tens of billions of dollars each year to help countries cope with climate change
www.climatechangenews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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There are big expectations for #adaptation at the upcoming UN #climate summit #COP30
I hope it will deliver results
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November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Hvor er Danmark? En række lande vil introducere afgifter på flyv, for at mobilisere penge til at løse klimakrisen. Læs min klumme i @altingetdk.bsky.social
#dkaid #dkgreen

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Klimarådgiver: Danmark sætter sin troværdighed som international aktør på spil ved sit fravær i globalt initiativ  - Altinget
Danmark forholdt sig tavs, da lande som Frankrig, Spanien og Kenya sidste år annoncerede nationale afgifter på fly, hvis indtægter skal hjælpe lande, der er værst ramt af klimaforandringerne. Det selv...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
matsod.bsky.social
Skal du i universitets #praktik til foråret? Og har du en interesse for #dkpol #Dkaid og #dkgreen ?
Så er det her en spændende mulighed!
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I Folkekirkens Nødhjælps generalsekretariat søger to praktikanter til politik, presse og klima  I Folkekirkens Nødhjælp
Hvordan omsætter vi håb til handling i en verden, hvor global bistand er under pres og geopolitiske forandringer gør verden mere usikker?   Folkekirkens Nødhjælp søger vi 2 praktikanter, der kan styrk
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October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Happy to work in an NGO where #climatechange is such a strong cross-cutting focus. Read our new publication, and learn how we address the climate crisis through programs, advocacy, internal policies and civil society engagement
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October 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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"(At COP30) We need to move from a negotiation process to an implementation process. That’s what Mutirão at this COP is meant for." - Alice de Moraes Amorim Vogas

#adaptationforlife #UNGA #cop30
September 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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"Those who did not contribute the most to this current (climate) catastrophe are not the ones paying for it. This is an abject failure. And it’s not justice." - Tiffany van Ravenswaay, Climate Change Advisor at AOSIS

#UNGA #Adaptationforlife #cop30
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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"For the next 5-15 years the trajectory of the effects of climate change are effectively inevitable. You have a better grasp of what climate change will do in these years, than interest rates, politics, tariffs etc." - Jay Koh, The Lightsmith Group

#Adaptationforlife #UNGA80
September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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"We need to be very sincere about what is not working in climate adaptation apart from just finance, or the private/public side of things. We need to look further into the issue." - @heikehenn.bsky.social

From our Adaptation is life event this afternoon

#UNGA80 #Adaptationforlife #cop30
September 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Looking forward to co-hosting our event, "Adaptation is Life" tomorrow, on behalf of DCA, along with UN Foundation & the Talanoa Institute, where we will be hosting some amazing speakers!

To find out more, visit our page: danchurchaid.org/adaptation-i... #Adaptationforlife

#Adaptationforlife
Adaptation is life - DanChurchAid
A side event at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Join us at our high level #UNGA event about finance for #Adaptation and #LossAndDamage. You can join both online and in person. Just register here
adaptationislife-scalingupfinancingforadaptationontheroadtocop.splashthat.com
#AdaptationIsLife
Adaptation is Life: Scaling up Financing for Adaptation on the Road to COP-30
Register to join the clean cooking ecosystem's flagship event TODAY!
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September 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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We need to ensure better access for #lossAndDamage funding for communities. Important message from Tracy Kajumba at #AfricaClimateSummit
September 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Denmark want to continue its commitments about climate finance, including the goal to allocate 60% adaptation. Sebastian from Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
#AfricaClimateSummit
September 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Looking forward to the coming days at the #AfricaClimateSummit I expect strong calls for #ClimateAction
#ACS2
September 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Are you attending the #AfricaClimateSummit ? In that case I hope you want to join our event Tuesday 9/9, 12:00. We will learn more about finance for #adaptation and #lossAndDamage
#ACS
September 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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It is time for a number of developed countries to renew their commitments to mobilise #adaptation finance

Thanks Ben Abraham and Natalie Unterstell for an important article
#AdaptationForLife

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Finance, Adaptation and COP30: who owes what?
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden & the UK are among those who need to deliver.
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September 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Do you want to learn more about Adaptation? Or do you want to help to push the adaptation agenda forward?
Check out this initiative new.express.adobe.com/webpage/iHSM...

#AdaptationForLife
Adaptation Campaign Hub
See the story
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August 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Klima-dommen fra den internationale domstol skal følges, og må få effekt også i Danmark. Læs min klumme i
@altingetdk.bsky.social

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Folkekirkens Nødhjælp: Ny international klimadom skal have effekt – også i Danmark - Altinget
Den Internationale Domstol har nu slået fast, at stater har et juridisk ansvar for klimaforandringer. Det skal få Danmark til at løfte blikket og styrke sit globale klimaansvar, skriver Mattias Söderb...
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August 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Mattias Söderberg
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Denmark now has the EU presidency, and there is a busy climate agenda ahead. Read more in this comment piece by @matsod.bsky.social & Grace Mbungu from @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social
Europe and Africa must push the boundaries on adaptation
With the EU presidency, Denmark can help make clear progress on supporting climate resilience in Africa at upcoming summits
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July 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Denmark has now the EU presidency. They should take this opportunity to scale up the focus on adaptation in collaboration with Africa. Read comment in @climatechangenews.com by me and Grace Mbungu from @africaeuropefdn.bsky.social ‪

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/28/e...
Europe and Africa must push the boundaries on adaptation
With the EU presidency, Denmark can help make clear progress on supporting climate resilience in Africa at upcoming summits
www.climatechangenews.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Mattias Söderberg
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🥳NEW BLOG: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ⚖️ will deliver its much-anticipated advisory opinion (#ICJAO) on the obligations of states in respect to the #ClimateCrisis 🔥 tomorrow! ⏰

🤓📢Find out what is at stake on #LossAndDamage ⛈️ here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/th...
July 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM