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What can COP30 achieve, following US withdrawal and underwhelming climate plans?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 6d

🌍 With the US quitting the Paris Agreement and few new climate plans, expectations for COP30 are low…

Anna Åberg, Bernice Lee & Eleanor Macmillan-Fox say the summit can still show global commitment and shift focus from negotiation to delivery.

Read here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/what...

November’s UN climate summit in Brazil won’t put the world on track for 1.5 °C. But it can demonstrate sustained commitment to tackling climate change and support the implementation of pledges made at...

What is Brazil's vision for the 'Action Agenda'?

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Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 7d

📢 New podcast alert! 📢

As COP30 nears, Anna and Bhargabi speak to Dan Ioschpe, Climate High-Level Champion for COP30,on shifting from negotiation to action, and how Brazil aims to lead global climate collaboration.

🎧 Tune in here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 29/10/2025 · 48m

China controls the rare earths the world buys - can Trump's new deals change that?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 7d

🌋 BBC News quotes Patrick Schroeder on the high costs and complex challenges of building rare earth supply chains outside China, insights drawn from his foreign policy article

Read the article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Read the full foreign policy analysis: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/27/r...

The agreements are a clear bid to reduce dependence on China, ahead of a key meeting with Xi Jinping.

www.bbc.co.uk

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 10d

⛏️ Rare earths are about to cost a lot more...

In a new Foreign Policy analysis, Patrick Schroeder explains how these critical minerals power clean energy and high-tech, and why prices are set to surge as export controls tighten and tensions rise.

👉 Read more: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/27/r...

Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More

Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.

foreignpolicy.com

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 10d

⚖️ How should the world confront climate diplomacy in a multipolar world: a new beginning?

Join us on 30 October, 12:00–13:30 (GMT), for an online panel exploring how shifting global power can shape stronger climate cooperation in the 2020s.

📖 Sign up here:
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 13d

⚠️ How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

Read more in this article by Matt Harris ahead of our 28 October launch panel:
👉 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

🎟️ Be part of the launch at Chatham House:
👉 www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

In this event, expert panellists discuss climate derailment risks, and how these risks can be tackled.

Seeds of the future – insights from this year’s UnConference by Ketaki Zodgekar

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 20d

🌱 New Sustainability Accelerator article!

Ketaki Zodgekar reflects on this year’s UnConference, where changemakers came together to explore how to build sustainable futures in a world in flux.

✨ A hopeful glimpse into what’s next.

👉 Read more: : accelerator.chathamhouse.org/article/seed...

accelerator.chathamhouse.org

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 20d

📢 New podcast alert! 📢

💰How can the AIIB help deliver on the new climate and finance goal?

Anna and Bhargabi speak to Kim-See Lim and Hans Peter Lankes to find out.

📻Tune in here: open.spotify.com/episode/66ci...

How can the AIIB help deliver on the new climate finance goal?

open.spotify.com

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · 24d

🧊 In this expert comment, Phesheya Nxumalo and Patrick Schröder argue that the UK should work with Europe to build sustainable supply chains, protect the Arctic, and respect Indigenous rights.

🔗Read more here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/10/race...

The race for Greenland’s rare earth minerals is heating up. The UK should work with Europe for a sustainable strategy

The UK should coordinate with European partners and local communities to prioritize environmental safeguards while pursuing its strategic supply chain goals.

UK closes in on critical minerals deal with Greenland

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Oct 6

🚨 UPCOMING EVENT 🚨

📉How should the world confront climate derailment risks?

Join us on the 28th October, 17:00–18:00 GMT, for a hybrid panel exploring how to keep climate action on track amid rising derailment risks.

📖 Sign up here: www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Oct 6

⛏️ Imagine a green transition powered by minerals without fragile supply chains.

In this Politico article, Pattrick Schroeder highlights how the UK–Greenland minerals deal is about building resilience, not just access.

🔗Read here: www.politico.eu/article/uk-g...

The self-ruling Danish territory, coveted by Donald Trump, has vast caches of rare earth elements.

www.politico.eu

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Oct 2

📢 New podcast alert 📢

🎙️How can COP30 help tackle deforestation?
Anna and Bhargabi speak to Mauricio Voivodic and Edward Davey to find out.

🎧Streaming here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-63-how-can-cop30-help-tackle-deforestation/id1500769861?i=1000729523025

Episode 63: How can COP30 help tackle deforestation?

Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 01/10/2025 · 51m

A new international order is forming. Will China make it ‘green’?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 26

🏛️ A new world order is forming. The big question: will China make it green?

Anna Åberg and Chris Aylett explore Beijing’s role in shaping the global transition, in their new expert comment.

🔗Read it here: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/new-...

China’s new climate plan announced at the UN General Assembly has a disappointing headline target – but Beijing is likely to over-deliver, and it’s in its interest to place low-carbon development at t...

Poor climate crisis warnings put countries at increasing risk of acute hunger

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 26

🌍 “A serious lack of effective early warning systems is leaving countries vulnerable to climate-induced hunger.”

Nick Ferris at The Independent highlights Chatham House research by Bhargabi Bharadwaj and Richard King

🔗 Read here: www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Exclusive: National early warning systems are expected to play an ever more important role as the climate crisis intensifies – but researchers at Chatham House warn there is a major blind spot around ...

www.independent.co.uk

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 26

🌍 Climate shocks are colliding with fragile food systems. Are today’s warning systems ready for tomorrow’s risks?

In their latest paper, Bhargabi Bharadwaj and Richard King explore how to bolster food security through stronger early-warning systems.

🔗Read: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/how-...

How to bolster food security through global early-warning systems

Countering cascading risks with enhanced monitoring and response preparedness

Episode 62: How is Trump 2.0 affecting the renewable energy industry?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 17

🎙Trump 2.0 poses a huge challenge for the renewable energy industry in the US.

To find out, Bhargabi Bharadwaj speaks to Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council.

🎧https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-62-how-is-trump-2-0-affecting-the-renewable/id1500769861?i=1000727186999

Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 17/09/2025 · 46m

The UN climate process remains indispensable

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 10

"The paradox of multilateral climate diplomacy is that it only works when countries fear failure enough to stretch themselves."

Read more from Bernice Lee on the future of climate diplomacy in this expert comment.

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/un-climate-process-remains-indispensable

But it must evolve to account for an absent US, and to move from pledge-making to delivery.

The future of negotiations under the climate change COP (Conference of the Parties): Implementation is not enough - Joanna Depledge, 2024

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 5

And to find out more about the proposal to introduce a voting rule at COP, see this piece by Dr Joanna Depledge: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Ever since the adoption of the Paris Agreement's rulebook, the United Nations (UN) climate regime has been in an implementation phase. Patchy and weak impl...

journals.sagepub.com

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 5

To find out more about the plastics treaty negotiations, see this piece in Foreign Policy by Patrick Schröder: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/02/p...

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week's Climate Briefing also includes a chat with Dr Patrick Schröder, who explains why the negotiations on a global plastics treaty are important and why the recent round of talks, once again, ended with no deal.

Episode 30: How could an advisory opinion from the ICJ accelerate climate action?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 New podcast alert 📢

Anna and Bhargabi are joined by Dr Joanna Depledge to explore what lessons that can be drawn from the history of the climate negotiations and how this can inform the future of climate diplomacy.

sites.libsyn.com/250970/the-f...

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Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Aug 20

Or listen to this previous episode of Climate Briefing with Ralph Regenvanu, who at the time of the interview served as Vanuatu’s Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology and Geo-Hazards, Energy, Environment and Disaster Risk Management: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 13/03/2023 · 19m

The ICJ’s climate ruling: Is inaction on climate change now a legal liability?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Aug 20

To learn more about the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion, you can also read this Chatham House expert comment: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/08/icjs...

The Court’s advisory opinion affirms that inadequate action on climate change may violate international law. Its findings could shape the contours of debate at COP30.

Episode 60: What impact could the ICJ’s advisory opinion have on international climate diplomacy and action?

Chatham House Environment and Society Centre @chesc.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎙 What impact could the ICJ’s advisory opinion have on international climate diplomacy and action?

Anna and Bhargabi speak to Dr Margaretha Wiwerinke-Singh and Dr. Maria Antonia Tigre to find out.

🎧 Streaming here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Podcast Episode · The Climate Briefing · 20/08/2025 · 37m