Bob Ramsak
@bobramsak.bsky.social
Head of Sustainability for World Athletics, reporter & photographer with a lust for travel, art & justice. And birds. Opinions mine.
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Our 20k word explainer breaks down:
🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push?
💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance?
🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader?
Find out here ⬇️
COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Reposted by Bob Ramsak
“Mayors across the globe are good examples of leaders, politicians, actually taking action.” @london.gov.uk’s fellow city leaders aren’t just tinkering at the edges, but seeking to turn the tide…”
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
“Mayors across the globe are good examples of leaders, politicians, actually taking action.” @london.gov.uk’s fellow city leaders aren’t just tinkering at the edges, but seeking to turn the tide…”
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
Cities are TAKING ACTION but MUST be enabled by nations. #ActionStartsHere @mayors4climate.bsky.social
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Mr&Mrs, here are a couple of Mister Mallards chasing a Mrs last night at the Embouchure du Var near Nice. Hope you all had a great weekend.
#NaturePhotography
#NaturePhotography
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Mr&Mrs, here are a couple of Mister Mallards chasing a Mrs last night at the Embouchure du Var near Nice. Hope you all had a great weekend.
#NaturePhotography
#NaturePhotography
Reposted by Bob Ramsak
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
End of fossil fuel era inches closer as Cop30 deal agreed after bitter standoff
Wealthy countries agree to triple funds for countries to tackle climate impacts, but deforestation and critical minerals blocked from final deal
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
After two weeks of #COP30 negotiations, countries agreed to BEGIN DISCUSSIONS on fossil fuel phase out. And as the article says, "they achieved this incremental progress only in the teeth of implacable opposition from oil-producing countries."
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
THIS is the problem with requiring unanimous decisions.
Photos from tonight's #Palestine vigil in #Nice.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Photos from tonight's #Palestine vigil in #Nice.
Reposted by Bob Ramsak
Counting down the final hours at COP30. Follow along here:
Cop30 live: summit president says ‘everybody will lose’ as fears rise that conference will end without a deal
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Counting down the final hours at COP30. Follow along here:
Good piece about the gap of reliable data about impacts of climate change on deaths related heat. @frediotto.bsky.social addresses some of these gaps and underreporting in her recent book Climate Injustice.
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Researching this week's column, I stumbled across something that amazed me:
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
the near-absence of reliable data about climate impacts over most of the
world. Due to the rich world's failure to fund research. We don't know
because our governments don't care. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a catastrophic black hole in our climate data – and it’s a gift to deniers | George Monbiot
Climate sceptics tell us that more people die of extreme cold than extreme heat. What’s the truth? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good piece about the gap of reliable data about impacts of climate change on deaths related heat. @frediotto.bsky.social addresses some of these gaps and underreporting in her recent book Climate Injustice.
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Reposted by Bob Ramsak
I might have failed at my assignment from @fisherdanar.bsky.social to say what makes me hopeful about climate, but I think @frediotto.bsky.social and her team's work that would enable us to hold polluters responsible should be a source of hope.
Tune in to Episode 4 of the #COPOut Podcast tomorrow!
Tune in to Episode 4 of the #COPOut Podcast tomorrow!
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I might have failed at my assignment from @fisherdanar.bsky.social to say what makes me hopeful about climate, but I think @frediotto.bsky.social and her team's work that would enable us to hold polluters responsible should be a source of hope.
Tune in to Episode 4 of the #COPOut Podcast tomorrow!
Tune in to Episode 4 of the #COPOut Podcast tomorrow!
Half a decade ago Indonesia made the decision to move its capital because Jakarta is sinking. Tehran, a city of 10 million, is moving becaust it is running out of water. (And sinking, too.)
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Half a decade ago Indonesia made the decision to move its capital because Jakarta is sinking. Tehran, a city of 10 million, is moving becaust it is running out of water. (And sinking, too.)
For today's #BirdoftheDay theme #GroundedGulls, a Kelp Gull grounded on a boat on Lago Nahuel Huapi in Patagonia and a Laughing Gull in Emerald Isle, North Carolina that's not cracking a smile.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
For today's #BirdoftheDay theme #GroundedGulls, a Kelp Gull grounded on a boat on Lago Nahuel Huapi in Patagonia and a Laughing Gull in Emerald Isle, North Carolina that's not cracking a smile.
And marginally related to yesterday's bird is today's #BirdOfTheDay, on the theme #mottled, a Blue-footed Booby. Isla de la Plata, Ecuador, May 2013.
Many thanks again to @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#NaturePhotography
Many thanks again to @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#NaturePhotography
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And marginally related to yesterday's bird is today's #BirdOfTheDay, on the theme #mottled, a Blue-footed Booby. Isla de la Plata, Ecuador, May 2013.
Many thanks again to @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#NaturePhotography
Many thanks again to @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#NaturePhotography
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #StareDown, a juvenile Nazca Booby who was clearly confused by the person who was staring at him. And who can blame him, really.
On Ecaudor's Isla de la Plata, May 2013. I hope he's doing well.
#BirdPhotography
On Ecaudor's Isla de la Plata, May 2013. I hope he's doing well.
#BirdPhotography
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #StareDown, a juvenile Nazca Booby who was clearly confused by the person who was staring at him. And who can blame him, really.
On Ecaudor's Isla de la Plata, May 2013. I hope he's doing well.
#BirdPhotography
On Ecaudor's Isla de la Plata, May 2013. I hope he's doing well.
#BirdPhotography
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A #BirdOfTheDay option for today is birds perching on a pole. Here's a female Red-Backed Shrike doing just that. Image from August this year near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
Many thanks @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#Birds
#NaturePhotography
Many thanks @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#Birds
#NaturePhotography
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A #BirdOfTheDay option for today is birds perching on a pole. Here's a female Red-Backed Shrike doing just that. Image from August this year near Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
Many thanks @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#Birds
#NaturePhotography
Many thanks @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#Birds
#NaturePhotography
WHO and Brazilian Ministry of Health: Climate change is already driving a global health emergency, with over 540 000 people dying from extreme heat each year and 1 in 12 hospitals worldwide at risk of climate-related shutdowns
www.france24.com/en/video/202...
www.france24.com/en/video/202...
Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO chief says
www.france24.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
WHO and Brazilian Ministry of Health: Climate change is already driving a global health emergency, with over 540 000 people dying from extreme heat each year and 1 in 12 hospitals worldwide at risk of climate-related shutdowns
www.france24.com/en/video/202...
www.france24.com/en/video/202...
"A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, potentially threatening the health of more than 2 billion people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme paddling or standing or walking in shallow water, a pair of Dunlins playing in the mud along the Digue de la Mer trail near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, in mid October. Many thanks @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#BirdPhotography
#BirdPhotography
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme paddling or standing or walking in shallow water, a pair of Dunlins playing in the mud along the Digue de la Mer trail near Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, in mid October. Many thanks @alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social for organising.
#BirdPhotography
#BirdPhotography
Reposted by Bob Ramsak
#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
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Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
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November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
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Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
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Reposted by Bob Ramsak
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn't stayed on it
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago. Scientists say Earth's warming has outpaced efforts to reduce fossil fuel pollution that came out of the 2015 accord.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.
Reposted by Bob Ramsak
Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports
The report shows that the company was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta....
sherwood.news
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Over the years I have read A LOT of damning stories about what Meta executives were saying internally about serious harms on their platforms (most of them written by Reuters’ @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social ). His new story is a blockbuster:
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
sherwood.news/tech/meta-pr...
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Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #CloseUps, a Greater Flamingo from the Camargue in France (because everyone loves flamingos) and a Magnificent Frigatebird near Puerto Pizarro, Peru.
Good day to all!
#NaturePhotography
#birds
Good day to all!
#NaturePhotography
#birds
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #CloseUps, a Greater Flamingo from the Camargue in France (because everyone loves flamingos) and a Magnificent Frigatebird near Puerto Pizarro, Peru.
Good day to all!
#NaturePhotography
#birds
Good day to all!
#NaturePhotography
#birds
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #longbeak. Here's an Eurasian Curlew at the Parc Ornithologique Pont de Gau in the Camargue. That's a very long beak (dripping with mud).
A great day to you all!
#naturephotography
A great day to you all!
#naturephotography
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, #longbeak. Here's an Eurasian Curlew at the Parc Ornithologique Pont de Gau in the Camargue. That's a very long beak (dripping with mud).
A great day to you all!
#naturephotography
A great day to you all!
#naturephotography
The sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks was let go last month and wasn't replaced. There are 93 orphaned wells on park lands - 70 are leaking methane and benzene.
Gift article below. 👇🏼👇🏼
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...
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He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks was let go last month and wasn't replaced. There are 93 orphaned wells on park lands - 70 are leaking methane and benzene.
Gift article below. 👇🏼👇🏼
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...
Gift article below. 👇🏼👇🏼
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...