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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 New T20 policy brief out now!

Thrilled to co-author this with amazing colleagues. It tackles how the G20 can deliver just & inclusive energy transitions—especially for the Global South. 🌍⚡️📌

Read here: t20southafrica.org/publications...

From Principles to Action: Strengthening the G20 Approach to Just and Inclusive Energy Transitions

The energy sector accounts for nearly three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions, making it the primary driver of climate change.

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Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 14d

I wrote for @climatechangenews.com why #COP30 needs a #coverdecision to succeed

COP30’s credibility rests on how it confronts this ambition gap. If #COP30 must respond to this ambition gap, a cover decision emerges as the most credible path forward.

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/25/w...

Why COP30 needs a cover decision to succeed

Amid entrenched divisions in formal negotiations, a cover decision is the most credible way to confront the ambition gap head-on

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · 15d

A retrospective since the Paris Agreement that it is really worth a read: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.

www.nytimes.com

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Karl Mathiesen @karlmathiesen.bsky.social · 16d

“Many in China now characterize the EU as a middle power."

How Europe sabotaged it's place at the head of the climate pack.

With @ziaweise.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Europe’s climate clout melts away

China stands ready to fill the gap as EU infighting leaves a vacuum in global climate talks.

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Emilio Santiago Muíño @esantiago.bsky.social · 21d

TODOS los minerales que debemos extraer para la transición energética los próximos 25 AÑOS implican menos extractivismo minero que 1 SOLO AÑO de economía fósil. Un dato clave que aún no tiene relato ecologista que lo abandere. ¿Queremos decrecer en minería en términos absolutos? ¡Descarbonicemos!

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 24d

Comment: As the NYC Climate Week begins, many of the voices most needed in this moment won’t be in the room.

Visa barriers block important voices at New York Climate Week

How can climate justice be achieved when so many people are shut out of the New York Climate Week by Trump's visa ban?

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · Sep 5

New paper out for the African Climate Summit 🌍✍️

5 key elements for fairer, more effective international cooperation from an African lens:

🤝 Equitable partnerships
💰 Development-aligned finance
🔧 Tech engagement
🏛️ Integrated governance
🌐 Regional cooperation

🔗 www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

Enhancing international cooperation for climate action in Africa: A grounded theory analysis

PresentationThis analysis identifies five core components that constitute enhanced cooperation for climate action from an African perspective: equitable partnership structures; development-aligned fin...

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · Aug 30

Et voila! Case proven.
#solar

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Laura Huerga @laurahuerga.bsky.social · Sep 4

Demostren que la crisi climàtica va alimentar i fer més intensos els incendis de la Península
www.3cat.cat/324/demostre...

Demostren que la crisi climàtica va alimentar i fer més intensos els incendis de la Península

L'estudi científic de World Weather Attribution demostra que la probabilitat d'incendis tan extrems s'ha multiplicat per 40 a causa de l'escalfament global, provocat per l'acció humana

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Aug 26

#COP30 hotel fiasco - 129 countries have still not booked due to insane prices in Belem, most are developing countries

- "we cannot host a COP under conditions that exclude participation" says Panama's delegate

via @climatechangenews.com
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/22/c...

COP bureau meeting ends in stalemate as Brazil insists Belém logistics can work

A UN survey showed a majority of nations had not yet booked hotels in Belém due to high costs, raising concerns about lower participation

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Marta Montojo @martamontojo.bsky.social · Aug 1

La inmensa mayoría de tuvaluanos —el 82% de la población de Tuvalu— ha pedido el visado climático que acaba de inaugurar Australia.

Es el primer acuerdo bilateral en facilitar las migraciones climáticas. Lo estrena este microestado insular del Pacífico, amenazado por la subida del nivel del mar.

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · Jul 30

NEW: PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract

As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...

PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract

As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep foss...

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Álex Tena @alxtena.bsky.social · Jul 28

Este acuerdo tiene una variante climática que innegable. Vamos a comprar gas y petróleo a EEUU, sí o sí, por valor de 750.000 millones de dólares.

Oponerse de manera maximalista y sin argumentos a las renovables también tiene consecuencias, como aceptar la dependencia fósil de potencias como EEUU.

La UE se resigna a un arancel del 15% a sus exportaciones para cerrar un pacto comercial con Estados Unidos

El acuerdo alcanzado prevé que Europa compre energía a Washington por valor de unos 640.000 millones de euros durante tres años

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Harald Winkler @haraldwinkler.bsky.social · Jul 25

1. 📖 Discover how two dynamic dialogues, "Reflections on global enablers of just transitions to net zero emissions" provides timely insights into advancing equitable climate action amidst global uncertainty. www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

Reflections on global enablers of just transitions to net zero emissions

PresentationDrawing on two dynamic dialogues, this Note provides timely insights into advancing equitable climate action amidst global uncertainty. Discussions tackled critical areas, including naviga...

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Héctor Tejero @htejero.bsky.social · Jul 24

Desde hace años @esantiago.bsky.social venimos charlando de crisis climática y politica. De ahí salió un libro y ahora nos pasamos al podcast.

En el primer episodio contamos una historia más personal:

¿Por qué estamos obsesionados con la crisis climática?

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¿Qué hacer en caso de incendio? ¿Por qué estamos obsesionados con la CRISIS CLIMÁTICA?

YouTube video by Estudio K

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · Jul 24

Super interesting analysis by Brazilian experts on the current state of the country, the dawn of multilateralism and the role #COP30 can play. A great read:

piaui.folha.uol.com.br/cop30-andre-...

E agora, André? - revista piauí

“Ninguém disse que era fácil. Ninguém nunca falou que seria tão difícil.” Os versos da canção The Scientist, da banda britânica Coldplay, resumem bem o drama da COP30, a conferência do clima de Belém....

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Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · Jul 24

Countries most historically responsible for climate change (UK, US) will have a bill to settle at the end of all this that, at the very least, ought to incentivise a rapidly accelerated fossil fuel phaseout www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Nations who fail to curb fossil fuels could be ordered to pay reparations, top UN court rules

Landmark opinion says those that fail to prevent climate harm could be liable for compensation and restitution

www.theguardian.com

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Climática @climatica.coop · Jul 24

La Corte Internacional de Justicia atribuye responsabilidad legal a los países que no frenen el uso de combustibles fósiles

La Corte Internacional de Justicia atribuye responsabilidad legal a los países que no protejan el sistema climático - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad

El principal órgano judicial de Naciones Unidas ha emitido una opinión consultiva impulsada por pequeños Estados insulares. Si bien no es vinculante, supone un gran respaldo para otros litigios climáticos.

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · Jul 16

Barcelona 😱

Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · Jul 14

Scientists for the first time have attributed a number of deaths due to #climate change to the recent heatwave in #Europe.

Heatwaves kill. But climate change increases death toll by making heatwaves even hotter & more frequent.

These are literally thousands of people who would still live.

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · Jul 10

COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago says countries don’t need more negotiations—they need to act.

COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start

In an exclusive interview, André Corrêa do Lago says that negotiators can work out rules or a timeline for the energy transition

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · Jul 3

Since arriving in Brussels in December to run the EU’s green and competition policy, Teresa Ribera has fought a battle — largely in secret — against opponents who fret that the EU’s efforts to tackle climate change are unaffordable, or that they hand populists an easy win.

‘She’s pretty much alone’: The EU’s greenest leader fights the tide

The European Commission’s second-most powerful politician is isolated, beleaguered and under attack — just like the green policy she has vowed to protect.

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · Jul 7

Perquè es vegi que realment tot és una qüestió de voluntat política...

Manel Riu @manelripu.bsky.social · Jul 7

Fa unes setmanes, Salvador Illa va anunciar l’acord amb AENA per dedicar 3.200 milions d’euros a ampliar l’aeroport del Prat.

Què es podria fer amb aquests diners si es dediquessin a ampliar les línies de tren i tramvia a Catalunya?

FIL:
www.elcritic.cat/dades/trens-...

Trens o avions? Tot el que es podria fer amb els 3.200 milions d’euros de l’ampliació de l’aeroport

Consulta aquí a quins municipis arribarien les noves línies ferroviàries a les Terres de l’Ebre, a l’Empordà, al Camp de Tarragona, al Pirineu i al Bages, segons la Fundació Mobilitat Sostenible i Seg...

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌍 As the road to #COP30 tightens, here's what the second half of 2025 needs:

✅ Consolidate technical progress
💰 Put finance at the centre
🏙️ Empower non-state actors
🌐 Leverage South Africa’s G20 presidency
🧩 Ease trade tensions
🔧 Push for process reform

www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

What COP30 needs after the June milestone: a to-do list for the second half of 2025

The climate calendar has never looked as crowded—or as fragmented—as it did last month. June closed with the UNFCCC intersessional meetings in Bonn, the Climate Action Week in London and a city leader...

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Anna Pérez Català @annaperezcatala.bsky.social · Jul 2

Orgull de germana 😍

www.3cat.cat/3cat/julia-p...

Més 324 - Júlia Pérez: "Portem deu anys de repressió de llibertats i de repressió de drets" - 3Cat

L'advocada i responsable de Relacions Institucionals d'Amnistia Internacional fa un balanç molt negatiu del desè aniversari de l'aplicació de l'anomenada llei mordassa a l'Estat.

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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · Jul 1

NEW: Coalition set sights on taxing luxury air travel to fund climate action

A group of eight countries is pledging to tax premium flying in a bid to find new money for resilience building
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/01/c...

Coalition set sights on taxing luxury air travel to fund climate action

A group of eight countries is pledging to taxing premium air flying in a bid to find new money for climate action and resilience building

www.climatechangenews.com

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