Orla Dwyer
@orladwyer.carbonbrief.org
Food, land and nature journalist at Carbon Brief
The Cali Fund agreed at COP16 talks last year is still empty 5 months after its launch - despite expectations of first pledges in spring
FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cal...
FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cal...
August 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Cali Fund agreed at COP16 talks last year is still empty 5 months after its launch - despite expectations of first pledges in spring
FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cal...
FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund
www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cal...
UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are among the foods that became more expensive after weather extremes fuelled by climate change in recent years
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July 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are among the foods that became more expensive after weather extremes fuelled by climate change in recent years
www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-16-ti...
www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-16-ti...
Amid ongoing Bonn talks and London climate week, Brazil and the UN today began a “global ethical stocktake” to hear from civil society before COP30
Mary Robinson, co-organiser for the Europe discussions, says they talked about climate justice, accountability and the “need to rebuild community”
Mary Robinson, co-organiser for the Europe discussions, says they talked about climate justice, accountability and the “need to rebuild community”
June 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Amid ongoing Bonn talks and London climate week, Brazil and the UN today began a “global ethical stocktake” to hear from civil society before COP30
Mary Robinson, co-organiser for the Europe discussions, says they talked about climate justice, accountability and the “need to rebuild community”
Mary Robinson, co-organiser for the Europe discussions, says they talked about climate justice, accountability and the “need to rebuild community”
NEW resource mobilisation draft has arrived at #COP16
More details added to paragraphs 19-25 where the main contentions lie
Countries will go through this revised draft in a plenary meeting starting shortly 🍿
www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d...
More details added to paragraphs 19-25 where the main contentions lie
Countries will go through this revised draft in a plenary meeting starting shortly 🍿
www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d...
February 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW resource mobilisation draft has arrived at #COP16
More details added to paragraphs 19-25 where the main contentions lie
Countries will go through this revised draft in a plenary meeting starting shortly 🍿
www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d...
More details added to paragraphs 19-25 where the main contentions lie
Countries will go through this revised draft in a plenary meeting starting shortly 🍿
www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d...
New resource mobilisation draft is due later today at COP16.2 in Rome
A 🧊 metaphor from Susana Muhamad to start out day 2...
Country positions are the "tip of the iceberg", she says, and the reason behind positions is the mass under the surface
Informal chats revealed these reasons last night
A 🧊 metaphor from Susana Muhamad to start out day 2...
Country positions are the "tip of the iceberg", she says, and the reason behind positions is the mass under the surface
Informal chats revealed these reasons last night
February 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
New resource mobilisation draft is due later today at COP16.2 in Rome
A 🧊 metaphor from Susana Muhamad to start out day 2...
Country positions are the "tip of the iceberg", she says, and the reason behind positions is the mass under the surface
Informal chats revealed these reasons last night
A 🧊 metaphor from Susana Muhamad to start out day 2...
Country positions are the "tip of the iceberg", she says, and the reason behind positions is the mass under the surface
Informal chats revealed these reasons last night
🧬 The Cali fund - where companies who use genetic data from nature in their products can send cash - has been officially launched
(This fund was one of the main outcomes of the COP16 talks in Cali)
(This fund was one of the main outcomes of the COP16 talks in Cali)
February 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🧬 The Cali fund - where companies who use genetic data from nature in their products can send cash - has been officially launched
(This fund was one of the main outcomes of the COP16 talks in Cali)
(This fund was one of the main outcomes of the COP16 talks in Cali)
Former CBD chief and assistant UN sec gen Elizabeth Maruma Mrema: With the world approaching dangerous tipping points, it is “imperative” to reach agreement on biodiversity finance issues and the monitoring framework in Rome
Success requires accountability and action demands finance, she says
Success requires accountability and action demands finance, she says
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Former CBD chief and assistant UN sec gen Elizabeth Maruma Mrema: With the world approaching dangerous tipping points, it is “imperative” to reach agreement on biodiversity finance issues and the monitoring framework in Rome
Success requires accountability and action demands finance, she says
Success requires accountability and action demands finance, she says
COP16.2 officially opens 🇮🇹
Susana Muhamad: “We have an important responsibility here in Rome. In 2025, we can send a light globally and be able to say even with our differences, even with our tensions…we are able to collaboratively work together for something that transcends our own interests.”
Susana Muhamad: “We have an important responsibility here in Rome. In 2025, we can send a light globally and be able to say even with our differences, even with our tensions…we are able to collaboratively work together for something that transcends our own interests.”
February 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
COP16.2 officially opens 🇮🇹
Susana Muhamad: “We have an important responsibility here in Rome. In 2025, we can send a light globally and be able to say even with our differences, even with our tensions…we are able to collaboratively work together for something that transcends our own interests.”
Susana Muhamad: “We have an important responsibility here in Rome. In 2025, we can send a light globally and be able to say even with our differences, even with our tensions…we are able to collaboratively work together for something that transcends our own interests.”
There is “no alternative to succeeding” at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome, convention on biological diversity chief Astrid Schomaker says
COP16 pres Susana Muhamad also confirms she still has full capacity as Colombia’s environment minister and will preside over the talks
COP16 pres Susana Muhamad also confirms she still has full capacity as Colombia’s environment minister and will preside over the talks
February 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There is “no alternative to succeeding” at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome, convention on biological diversity chief Astrid Schomaker says
COP16 pres Susana Muhamad also confirms she still has full capacity as Colombia’s environment minister and will preside over the talks
COP16 pres Susana Muhamad also confirms she still has full capacity as Colombia’s environment minister and will preside over the talks
New doc from COP16 pres Susana Muhamad feat. suggestions to ease finance sticking points ahead of the biodiversity talks picking up again next week in Rome
Left shows one part of most recent draft text around a new nature fund proposal, right is Muhamad's suggestion
www.cbd.int/doc/c/7d83/4...
Left shows one part of most recent draft text around a new nature fund proposal, right is Muhamad's suggestion
www.cbd.int/doc/c/7d83/4...
February 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
New doc from COP16 pres Susana Muhamad feat. suggestions to ease finance sticking points ahead of the biodiversity talks picking up again next week in Rome
Left shows one part of most recent draft text around a new nature fund proposal, right is Muhamad's suggestion
www.cbd.int/doc/c/7d83/4...
Left shows one part of most recent draft text around a new nature fund proposal, right is Muhamad's suggestion
www.cbd.int/doc/c/7d83/4...
February 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In the past two years, floods ruined soybeans growing in Brazil, a hurricane destroyed millions of $$ worth of crops in Jamaica and drought hit Sri Lankan rice
This new interactive map gives a snapshot of how extreme weather is damaging crops, feat. 100 news stories from 2023-24
buff.ly/42Rqf2D
This new interactive map gives a snapshot of how extreme weather is damaging crops, feat. 100 news stories from 2023-24
buff.ly/42Rqf2D
February 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In the past two years, floods ruined soybeans growing in Brazil, a hurricane destroyed millions of $$ worth of crops in Jamaica and drought hit Sri Lankan rice
This new interactive map gives a snapshot of how extreme weather is damaging crops, feat. 100 news stories from 2023-24
buff.ly/42Rqf2D
This new interactive map gives a snapshot of how extreme weather is damaging crops, feat. 100 news stories from 2023-24
buff.ly/42Rqf2D
I've broken down the manifesto plans into these categories listing how each party stands 🍿
November 27, 2024 at 1:59 PM
I've broken down the manifesto plans into these categories listing how each party stands 🍿