Damien Meadows
@damienmeadows.bsky.social
Advisor on EU climate action at the European Commission, and lawyer drafting, negotiating and working to implement strong and effective climate policies since 2000
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““The EU has been and can remain a laboratory for an efficient and fair implementation of climate policy,” writes Jos Delbeke, the bloc’s erstwhile top climate bureaucrat, in a new must-read book co-written with climate colleagues.” (with link: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...)
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Today, we adopted the 2026 #EuropeanSemester Autumn Package.
A recommendation on human capital calls on EU countries to:
💻 Reverse the negative trend in basic skills
🔬 Provide stronger science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes
& more
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
A recommendation on human capital calls on EU countries to:
💻 Reverse the negative trend in basic skills
🔬 Provide stronger science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes
& more
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today, we adopted the 2026 #EuropeanSemester Autumn Package.
A recommendation on human capital calls on EU countries to:
💻 Reverse the negative trend in basic skills
🔬 Provide stronger science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes
& more
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
A recommendation on human capital calls on EU countries to:
💻 Reverse the negative trend in basic skills
🔬 Provide stronger science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programmes
& more
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
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🔎 30%
How much cow's milk production can drop due to climate-exacerbated heat and humidity stress.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/...
How much cow's milk production can drop due to climate-exacerbated heat and humidity stress.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/...
The Climate Is Changing, Cows Are Stressed and Italy’s Cheesemakers Are Worried
Extreme heat causes cows to produce less milk. This poses problems in cheese-obsessed Italy, especially as it tries to meet growing demand for favorites like burrata.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔎 30%
How much cow's milk production can drop due to climate-exacerbated heat and humidity stress.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/...
How much cow's milk production can drop due to climate-exacerbated heat and humidity stress.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/...
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Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Reuters has confirmed that President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and his special envoy Steve Witkoff held a private meeting in Miami with a sanctioned Kremlin proxy to help shape the new "peace plan" for Ukraine. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Under no circumstances are we going to accept this text. Nothing that is remotely close to what is now on the table.
Yes, we do have a few more hours left.
You can count on us to do our absolute utmost to deliver #COP30
See my remarks this morning 👉🏻 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Yes, we do have a few more hours left.
You can count on us to do our absolute utmost to deliver #COP30
See my remarks this morning 👉🏻 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Under no circumstances are we going to accept this text. Nothing that is remotely close to what is now on the table.
Yes, we do have a few more hours left.
You can count on us to do our absolute utmost to deliver #COP30
See my remarks this morning 👉🏻 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Yes, we do have a few more hours left.
You can count on us to do our absolute utmost to deliver #COP30
See my remarks this morning 👉🏻 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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60% of the world’s best solar resources are in Africa. Sadly, 600 million Africans still live without electricity.💡
Today in Johannesburg, President von der Leyen announced mobilising €15.5 billion for clean energy in Africa.
Together, we’ll unlock a sustainable future.
🔗 link.europa.eu/4drdcc
Today in Johannesburg, President von der Leyen announced mobilising €15.5 billion for clean energy in Africa.
Together, we’ll unlock a sustainable future.
🔗 link.europa.eu/4drdcc
November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
60% of the world’s best solar resources are in Africa. Sadly, 600 million Africans still live without electricity.💡
Today in Johannesburg, President von der Leyen announced mobilising €15.5 billion for clean energy in Africa.
Together, we’ll unlock a sustainable future.
🔗 link.europa.eu/4drdcc
Today in Johannesburg, President von der Leyen announced mobilising €15.5 billion for clean energy in Africa.
Together, we’ll unlock a sustainable future.
🔗 link.europa.eu/4drdcc
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NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK’s former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches
Police say Nathan Gill received at least £40,000 while he was an MEP from Oleg Voloshyn, an alleged Russian asset
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
NEW: Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 10 and a half years for taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia when he was an MEP. Full story 👇
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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My husband @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
My husband @captmarkkelly.bsky.social is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
The President called him a traitor and demanded he be executed. It is dangerous and wrong. Americans need to stand up and say so.
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Settling with MAGA plaintiffs in frivolous cases for crazy amounts of money is quite the grift.
NEW: DOJ has been in settlement talks with Michael Flynn -- Trump's first national security adviser seeking $50M for his prosecution by ex-special counsel Robert Mueller -- and Stefan Passantino, a Trump I White House lawyer who accused the House Jan. 6 committee of privacy violations
bit.ly/4hWdolc
bit.ly/4hWdolc
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Settling with MAGA plaintiffs in frivolous cases for crazy amounts of money is quite the grift.
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Tonight I had a good call with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during which we discussed progress made and reiterated our commitment to our renewed agenda.
We have agreed to start negotiations on both the SPS and ETS agreements next week.
We have agreed to start negotiations on both the SPS and ETS agreements next week.
November 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Tonight I had a good call with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during which we discussed progress made and reiterated our commitment to our renewed agenda.
We have agreed to start negotiations on both the SPS and ETS agreements next week.
We have agreed to start negotiations on both the SPS and ETS agreements next week.
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EU Parliament backs new 2040 climate target reut.rs/4hZ0Slc
EU Parliament backs new 2040 climate target
The European Parliament on Thursday approved the EU's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 and outsource 5% of that target to countries outside the bloc via carbon credits, paving the way for it to be passed into EU law.
reut.rs
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
EU Parliament backs new 2040 climate target reut.rs/4hZ0Slc
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as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market
Climate Tech Pivots to Europe
With policy chaos and disappearing subsidies in the U.S., suddenly the continent is looking like a great place to build.
heatmap.news
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market
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"electrification is also the key to a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, potentially reducing global final energy demand by 24% over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles"
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
Electrification is the key to energy efficiency
Productivity gains could cut final energy demand by nearly a quarter over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"electrification is also the key to a dramatic improvement in energy efficiency, potentially reducing global final energy demand by 24% over the next 25 years, even as global GDP doubles"
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
A truly stunning point.
This is why I write about energy efficiency so much!
www.ft.com/content/7258...
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Electrotech is making its way around the world, as China’s clean technology exports hit a RECORD $20bn in August ⚡
This new high was due to rapid growth in:
🚗 EVs
🔋 Batteries
And over HALF of this growth occurred in countries outside of the OECD #COP30
https://loom.ly/upwIj00
This new high was due to rapid growth in:
🚗 EVs
🔋 Batteries
And over HALF of this growth occurred in countries outside of the OECD #COP30
https://loom.ly/upwIj00
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Electrotech is making its way around the world, as China’s clean technology exports hit a RECORD $20bn in August ⚡
This new high was due to rapid growth in:
🚗 EVs
🔋 Batteries
And over HALF of this growth occurred in countries outside of the OECD #COP30
https://loom.ly/upwIj00
This new high was due to rapid growth in:
🚗 EVs
🔋 Batteries
And over HALF of this growth occurred in countries outside of the OECD #COP30
https://loom.ly/upwIj00
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🍇🫒 España exporta más tecnología renovable que otros productos como vino o aceite.
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🍇🫒 España exporta más tecnología renovable que otros productos como vino o aceite.
What´s more, the updated NDC of the EU and its Member States is already published: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
What´s more, the updated NDC of the EU and its Member States is already published: www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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¡Tenemos acuerdo! 🍃
Hemos pactado una ley del clima con objetivo vinculante del 90% de reducción de emisiones para 2040
España llegaba al Consejo de Medioambiente con la máxima ambición y estamos satisfechos tras una larga noche de negociaciones
Hoy gana Europa: el multilateralismo es el camino
Hemos pactado una ley del clima con objetivo vinculante del 90% de reducción de emisiones para 2040
España llegaba al Consejo de Medioambiente con la máxima ambición y estamos satisfechos tras una larga noche de negociaciones
Hoy gana Europa: el multilateralismo es el camino
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
¡Tenemos acuerdo! 🍃
Hemos pactado una ley del clima con objetivo vinculante del 90% de reducción de emisiones para 2040
España llegaba al Consejo de Medioambiente con la máxima ambición y estamos satisfechos tras una larga noche de negociaciones
Hoy gana Europa: el multilateralismo es el camino
Hemos pactado una ley del clima con objetivo vinculante del 90% de reducción de emisiones para 2040
España llegaba al Consejo de Medioambiente con la máxima ambición y estamos satisfechos tras una larga noche de negociaciones
Hoy gana Europa: el multilateralismo es el camino
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Nach intensiven Verhandlungen im EU-Umweltrat ist es heute Nacht gelungen, eine Einigung über ein neues EU #Klimaschutzziel für 2040 herbeizuführen: 90 % Treibhausgasminderung müssen es bis dann sein. Und mit einem einstimmig beschlossenen #NDC für 2035 (66,25 - 72,5%) starten wir nach Belem. #COP30
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Nach intensiven Verhandlungen im EU-Umweltrat ist es heute Nacht gelungen, eine Einigung über ein neues EU #Klimaschutzziel für 2040 herbeizuführen: 90 % Treibhausgasminderung müssen es bis dann sein. Und mit einem einstimmig beschlossenen #NDC für 2035 (66,25 - 72,5%) starten wir nach Belem. #COP30
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#ENVI: EU Environment Ministers adopt a 2040 emissions reduction target of -90%, with the possibility of using international carbon credits, and an NDC for 2035.
Press release 👇
tinyurl.com/3crz7ahe
Press release 👇
tinyurl.com/3crz7ahe
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
#ENVI: EU Environment Ministers adopt a 2040 emissions reduction target of -90%, with the possibility of using international carbon credits, and an NDC for 2035.
Press release 👇
tinyurl.com/3crz7ahe
Press release 👇
tinyurl.com/3crz7ahe
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60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/11/04/6...
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More support from the #EUETS for decarbonisation and clean tech, including for production of electric motors for aircraft and for retrofitting existing aircraft
Europe’s clean industrial transition is scaling up ⚙️
The Commission has selected 61 new projects to receive €2.9 billion in support under #InnovationFund 2024 Call.
Check the results ⬇️
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
#EUETS #IF24Call
The Commission has selected 61 new projects to receive €2.9 billion in support under #InnovationFund 2024 Call.
Check the results ⬇️
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
#EUETS #IF24Call
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
More support from the #EUETS for decarbonisation and clean tech, including for production of electric motors for aircraft and for retrofitting existing aircraft
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“70.6% of all newly registered cars in October were electric cars, and among private car buyers, the figure was even higher: a full 88.9% chose electric cars. Aka: electric cars have become the standard choice in Denmark.” 🇩🇰
“VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10”
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
“VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10”
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“70.6% of all newly registered cars in October were electric cars, and among private car buyers, the figure was even higher: a full 88.9% chose electric cars. Aka: electric cars have become the standard choice in Denmark.” 🇩🇰
“VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10”
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
“VW Group strong, taking 8 out of 10 in the top 10”
⚡️⚡️⚡️
#alwaysbecharging
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November 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM