Zia Weise
@ziaweise.bsky.social
Senior EU climate reporter at POLITICO.
Recovering news editor, former Istanbul correspondent. Brussels-based. She/her. DM for Signal. ✉️ zweise@politico.eu
Recovering news editor, former Istanbul correspondent. Brussels-based. She/her. DM for Signal. ✉️ zweise@politico.eu
you can't make this stuff up
September 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
you can't make this stuff up
NEW: Latest 2040 target draft deal this way: pro.politico.eu/news/204359 (€)
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW: Latest 2040 target draft deal this way: pro.politico.eu/news/204359 (€)
Turns out the children do, actually, yearn for the mines www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
August 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Turns out the children do, actually, yearn for the mines www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is mostly due to Spain having had a horrific week (Spain-only data below)
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is mostly due to Spain having had a horrific week (Spain-only data below)
EU fire data was updated this morning. Here's the total area burnt across the bloc this year so far. A record for this time of year. forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu/apps/effis.s...
August 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
EU fire data was updated this morning. Here's the total area burnt across the bloc this year so far. A record for this time of year. forest-fire.emergency.copernicus.eu/apps/effis.s...
Why are Brussels-based media so obsessed with leaks?
A massive issue (democratically speaking) that many Europeans aren't aware of is that EU governments negotiate EU laws in secret.
Access requests for documents laying out country positions are inevitably met with this kind of excuse:
A massive issue (democratically speaking) that many Europeans aren't aware of is that EU governments negotiate EU laws in secret.
Access requests for documents laying out country positions are inevitably met with this kind of excuse:
August 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Why are Brussels-based media so obsessed with leaks?
A massive issue (democratically speaking) that many Europeans aren't aware of is that EU governments negotiate EU laws in secret.
Access requests for documents laying out country positions are inevitably met with this kind of excuse:
A massive issue (democratically speaking) that many Europeans aren't aware of is that EU governments negotiate EU laws in secret.
Access requests for documents laying out country positions are inevitably met with this kind of excuse:
🚨 New Danish attempt at finding a compromise on the EU's 2040 climate target just landed.
Subscribers can find the doc + details here: pro.politico.eu/news/202788
Subscribers can find the doc + details here: pro.politico.eu/news/202788
July 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🚨 New Danish attempt at finding a compromise on the EU's 2040 climate target just landed.
Subscribers can find the doc + details here: pro.politico.eu/news/202788
Subscribers can find the doc + details here: pro.politico.eu/news/202788
“beautiful coal” 🥴 www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
July 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
“beautiful coal” 🥴 www.politico.com/news/2025/07...
Interesting — French AI company Mistral yesterday released its first estimates for emissions and water use of its LLMs: mistral.ai/news/our-con...
July 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Interesting — French AI company Mistral yesterday released its first estimates for emissions and water use of its LLMs: mistral.ai/news/our-con...
July 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
After Germany's driest spring on record, wildfires erupted in many parts of the country last week — including a massive (2,100 hectares destroyed) fire still raging in Saxony.
It's only July and Germany has already far, far exceeded its previous record for area burnt, per EFFIS.
It's only July and Germany has already far, far exceeded its previous record for area burnt, per EFFIS.
July 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
After Germany's driest spring on record, wildfires erupted in many parts of the country last week — including a massive (2,100 hectares destroyed) fire still raging in Saxony.
It's only July and Germany has already far, far exceeded its previous record for area burnt, per EFFIS.
It's only July and Germany has already far, far exceeded its previous record for area burnt, per EFFIS.
And here's the share of renewables in power generation across the EU for 2025 to date. All from the excellent www.energy-charts.info
July 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
And here's the share of renewables in power generation across the EU for 2025 to date. All from the excellent www.energy-charts.info
Germany has become one of the EU's top solar producers — below map showing % of solar in generation this year so far.
July 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Germany has become one of the EU's top solar producers — below map showing % of solar in generation this year so far.
After French officials insisted to us France wasn't trying to decouple the 2035 and 2040 targets, Pres. Macron himself confirmed our reporting.
From our morning newsletter: pro.politico.eu/news/euco-cl... (€)
Story from Weds that explains why decoupling matters: www.politico.eu/article/fran...
From our morning newsletter: pro.politico.eu/news/euco-cl... (€)
Story from Weds that explains why decoupling matters: www.politico.eu/article/fran...
June 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
After French officials insisted to us France wasn't trying to decouple the 2035 and 2040 targets, Pres. Macron himself confirmed our reporting.
From our morning newsletter: pro.politico.eu/news/euco-cl... (€)
Story from Weds that explains why decoupling matters: www.politico.eu/article/fran...
From our morning newsletter: pro.politico.eu/news/euco-cl... (€)
Story from Weds that explains why decoupling matters: www.politico.eu/article/fran...
Thrilled to read that our investigation into how EU funding is helping Turkey forcibly deport Syrians and Afghans is a finalist for @gijn.org's Shining Light Award: gijn.org/stories/2025...
May 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Thrilled to read that our investigation into how EU funding is helping Turkey forcibly deport Syrians and Afghans is a finalist for @gijn.org's Shining Light Award: gijn.org/stories/2025...
Drought conditions in Europe in the first half of April. Getting worse
[Source: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/european-and...
[Source: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/european-and...
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Drought conditions in Europe in the first half of April. Getting worse
[Source: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/european-and...
[Source: joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/european-and...
Small but loud protest against UK Supreme Court gender ruling in front of Brussels UK embassy just now
April 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Small but loud protest against UK Supreme Court gender ruling in front of Brussels UK embassy just now
In our climate newsletter this a.m.: Renew MEP @emmawiesner.bsky.social with a passionate plea to quit considering international offsets in the EU's 2040 target:
Full interview, a 🔥 @laukaya.bsky.social scoop on defense firms asking for climate carveouts + more: pro.politico.eu/news/197319 (€)
Full interview, a 🔥 @laukaya.bsky.social scoop on defense firms asking for climate carveouts + more: pro.politico.eu/news/197319 (€)
April 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
In our climate newsletter this a.m.: Renew MEP @emmawiesner.bsky.social with a passionate plea to quit considering international offsets in the EU's 2040 target:
Full interview, a 🔥 @laukaya.bsky.social scoop on defense firms asking for climate carveouts + more: pro.politico.eu/news/197319 (€)
Full interview, a 🔥 @laukaya.bsky.social scoop on defense firms asking for climate carveouts + more: pro.politico.eu/news/197319 (€)
Meanwhile the European Drought Observatory just updated its map to show the situation as of late March joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/european-and...
April 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Meanwhile the European Drought Observatory just updated its map to show the situation as of late March joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/european-and...
Here's their map for Europe, showing the precipitation deficit in Feb and March compared to the 1951-2000 average
April 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Here's their map for Europe, showing the precipitation deficit in Feb and March compared to the 1951-2000 average
don't @ me, google translate
February 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
don't @ me, google translate
European Court of Auditors over on LinkedIn reminding the Commission that alternative fuels aren't the solution for cars:
January 31, 2025 at 8:48 AM
European Court of Auditors over on LinkedIn reminding the Commission that alternative fuels aren't the solution for cars:
Bavaria is banning a climate activist from becoming a (trainee) teacher, a civil service job in the state, because of protests against the Munich automotive trade fair (IAA) and coal mining projects that the regional government deems 'communist'
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/lehr...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/lehr...
January 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Bavaria is banning a climate activist from becoming a (trainee) teacher, a civil service job in the state, because of protests against the Munich automotive trade fair (IAA) and coal mining projects that the regional government deems 'communist'
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/lehr...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/lehr...
A headline for the ages, from @table.media table.media/en/china/int...
January 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A headline for the ages, from @table.media table.media/en/china/int...