Expect stories, snapshots, and interviews from inside and around COP. If you’re here in Belém, tracking COP remotely, or have tips, thoughts, or stories to share, I’d love to hear from you.

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💡 The gap left behind as the US recedes from climate commitments
💡 Prospects for the $300 billion NCQG
💡 Politics, power and BRICS presence in negotiations

Tune in for his seasoned analysis on these topics:

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#COP30

Do tune into the first episode featuring @cop30brazil.bsky.social CEO Ana Toni.

Second episode drops tomorrow!

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Here, we bring experts from #climate, #energy and #finance spaces to shed light on the challenges, politics, hopes and realities before nations convene at #COP30 in Brazil.

I've been busy researching, tracking down people, editing transcripts, and listening to recordings on loop.

- Balancing out mitigation and adaptation
- Delivering on the Global Ethical Stocktake (#GES)
- How the non-submission of #NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions) will affect negotiations

Tune in:
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2sSN...

💡 Ruling affirmed that sea-level rise cannot invalidate existing maritime baselines and entitlements, in a relief for island nations

The ruling: icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

Read CarbonCopy's coverage here: carboncopy.info/icj-ruling-r...

💡 Paves way for future climate litigation
💡 States are obliged to cut their emissions and compensate vulnerable nations for the harm they have caused
💡 1.5°C obligation is legally binding, based on the Paris Agreement

At FRLD's 6th Board Meeting held in Cebu, Philippines, developing nations and civil society came together to demand rich nations to pay up, and disburse climate finance as grants, not loans.

Read my piece: carboncopy.info/developing-n...

#climatefinance #fillthefund #loss&damage #climatecrisis

💰 Only $788 million has been pledged
💰 In reality, only $361 million has been deposited into the fund, but not disbursed

Essentially, no country has received any climate finance yet, even as global temperatures breached the 1.5°C threshold in 2024.

💡 Brazilian President criticized the IMF, World Bank for ensuring that “emerging and developing economies finance the more developed world”
💡 BRICS bloc also supported India’s candidacy to host COP33 in 2028

Read my report on the #BRICS2025 to find out more: carboncopy.info/brics-bloc-p...

💡 Called for Western countries to pay for global mitigation efforts
💡 Possible emergence of a new world through more multilateralism
💡 Criticized the rise of tariffs and its adverse economic impact on global trade

💡 There are less permanent jobs available in the coal sector, leading workers to contractual employment, with less wages and no benefits

So what happens to the 21 million people dependent on the coal economy?

Read my report from India's coal belt to find out: carboncopy.info/indias-coal-...