Simon Evans
@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Press Gazette energy & envt journalist of the year 2022
Press Awards envt journalist of the year 2025 (shortlisted)
Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor Carbon Brief
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Press Awards envt journalist of the year 2025 (shortlisted)
Deputy Editor + Senior Policy Editor Carbon Brief
https://bsky.app/profile/carbonbrief.org
carbonbrief.org
[email protected]
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
In case you missed this it, we published our in-depth summary of COP30 yesterday
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In case you missed this it, we published our in-depth summary of COP30 yesterday
Reposted by Simon Evans
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
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 ⬇️
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...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org
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 ⬇️
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 ⬇️
Reposted by Simon Evans
Carbon Brief has published its 20,000-word summary of everything that happened at #COP30, incl:
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
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...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Carbon Brief has published its 20,000-word summary of everything that happened at #COP30, incl:
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
🇧🇷 Brazil's leadership and around the COP
🤝 The ‘Global mutirão’ text
💰 A new tripling adaptation finance goal
💥 The JTWP's Belem Action Mechanism
⌨️ And so much more
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Reposted by Simon Evans
✨Carbon Brief's mega summary of all of COP30's key outcomes, texts and dramas has just been published✨
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
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...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
✨Carbon Brief's mega summary of all of COP30's key outcomes, texts and dramas has just been published✨
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Always a pleasure to work alongside a team of such talented and dedicated people to bring you this piece!
We hope you enjoy and let us know what you think
www.carbonbrief.org/cop30-key-ou...
Reposted by Simon Evans
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3isyGpX
#COP30
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
G20 DECLARATION: Fascinating to see this doc explicitly "welcome" the "global stocktake" from COP28, which included the call to "transition away from fossil fuels"…
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
G20 DECLARATION: Fascinating to see this doc explicitly "welcome" the "global stocktake" from COP28, which included the call to "transition away from fossil fuels"…
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
This comes after it proved impossible to secure similar language at COP30, which was also chaired by Brazil
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
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MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason.
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs.
1/4
Reposted by Simon Evans
COP30's key text, the global mutirão, just adopted here in Belém 🇧🇷
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
COP30's key text, the global mutirão, just adopted here in Belém 🇧🇷
Reposted by Simon Evans
Shots fired #COP30 plenary
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
November 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Shots fired #COP30 plenary
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
PANAMA: "Mr. President, Panama is extremely disappointed. We were promised a transparent process. That is not what we're seeing. I raise my flag and you ignore it. I raise a point of order, and you ignore it. I sustain it, and it can be ignored."
Reposted by Simon Evans
++CLIMATE FINANCE! IN THE MUTIRÃO++
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
++CLIMATE FINANCE! IN THE MUTIRÃO++
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
Article 9.1 – referring to finance provided by developed countries
Key issue for LMDCs, Arab Group, who initially called for a 3-year work programme.
Text has a 2-year programme on all climate finance from developed countries, including e.g. private finance.
COP30 BREAKING NEWS: The likely final text of the "global mutirão" has been published, ahead of the closing plenary
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
COP30 BREAKING NEWS: The likely final text of the "global mutirão" has been published, ahead of the closing plenary
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Here's the snap analysis from the CB team…see last line
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Reposted by Simon Evans
#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required.
#LDCs #ClimateAction
#LDCs #ClimateAction
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
#COP30 in extra day - Adaptation finance is nowhere near what vulnerable nations need. This is the red line for LDCs. We need strong LDC Fund replenishment & a commitment to triple adaptation finance by 2030. Immediate 1.5 °C action required.
#LDCs #ClimateAction
#LDCs #ClimateAction
COP31: It's now officially, officially going to Turkey / Australia
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 21, 2025 at 11:31 PM
COP31: It's now officially, officially going to Turkey / Australia
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
This 2-page doc sets out the division of labour:
Turkey = host and "COP31 president"
Australia = "president of negotiations"
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Reposted by Simon Evans
With all eyes on the big COP30 agenda items, WIM review talks have stalled.
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
With all eyes on the big COP30 agenda items, WIM review talks have stalled.
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
Negotiators and civil society observers say it has come down to Kenya blocking the decision.
This goes back to Kenya wanting to host the Santiago Network secretariat in Nairobi. It says current host Geneva is too expensive
Reposted by Simon Evans
+KEY FINANCE ISSUES IN THE NEW COP30 TEXTS+
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
+KEY FINANCE ISSUES IN THE NEW COP30 TEXTS+
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
There's a 2-year work programme on ALL climate finance, including Article 9.1 finance provided by developed countries.
Some developing countries (LMDCs etc) had called for a 3-year work programme on JUST Article 9.1.
Reposted by Simon Evans
This text would launch a "Belem Mission to 1.5C" that would essentially replicate the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T but for mitigation and adaptation, not finance.
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This text would launch a "Belem Mission to 1.5C" that would essentially replicate the Baku to Belem Roadmap to 1.3T but for mitigation and adaptation, not finance.
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
Since the experience of the BBR went so well...?!
COP30: "Best available science" = IPCC is back
The second draft "mutirão" text "recognises the centrality of equity and the best available science…as provided by the IPCC"
The second draft "mutirão" text "recognises the centrality of equity and the best available science…as provided by the IPCC"
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
COP30: "Best available science" = IPCC is back
The second draft "mutirão" text "recognises the centrality of equity and the best available science…as provided by the IPCC"
The second draft "mutirão" text "recognises the centrality of equity and the best available science…as provided by the IPCC"
COP30 "overshoot": The latest draft "mutirão" text makes what would be a first-ever COP reference to limiting "overshoot" of 1.5C
"reiterates its resolve to pursue efforts to limit [warming] to 1.5C [and] to limit both the magnitude and the duration of any temperature overshoot"
"reiterates its resolve to pursue efforts to limit [warming] to 1.5C [and] to limit both the magnitude and the duration of any temperature overshoot"
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
COP30 "overshoot": The latest draft "mutirão" text makes what would be a first-ever COP reference to limiting "overshoot" of 1.5C
"reiterates its resolve to pursue efforts to limit [warming] to 1.5C [and] to limit both the magnitude and the duration of any temperature overshoot"
"reiterates its resolve to pursue efforts to limit [warming] to 1.5C [and] to limit both the magnitude and the duration of any temperature overshoot"
Reposted by Simon Evans
Kudos to @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and the whole @carbonbrief.org team. So a very weak draft decision. But so was the second to last draft of the Dubai GST outcome decision
COP30 BREAKING NEWS
The presidency has just dropped a new package of texts including the "global mutirão" cover, which makes no mention of fossil fuels or roadmaps
Here's my snap analysis (pic)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
The presidency has just dropped a new package of texts including the "global mutirão" cover, which makes no mention of fossil fuels or roadmaps
Here's my snap analysis (pic)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Kudos to @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org and the whole @carbonbrief.org team. So a very weak draft decision. But so was the second to last draft of the Dubai GST outcome decision
COP30 BREAKING NEWS
The presidency has just dropped a new package of texts including the "global mutirão" cover, which makes no mention of fossil fuels or roadmaps
Here's my snap analysis (pic)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
The presidency has just dropped a new package of texts including the "global mutirão" cover, which makes no mention of fossil fuels or roadmaps
Here's my snap analysis (pic)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
COP30 BREAKING NEWS
The presidency has just dropped a new package of texts including the "global mutirão" cover, which makes no mention of fossil fuels or roadmaps
Here's my snap analysis (pic)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
The presidency has just dropped a new package of texts including the "global mutirão" cover, which makes no mention of fossil fuels or roadmaps
Here's my snap analysis (pic)
unfccc.int/sites/def...
Reposted by Simon Evans
Guterres called on parties to engage in good faith, and argued that “1.5C must be the only red line”
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Guterres called on parties to engage in good faith, and argued that “1.5C must be the only red line”
Reposted by Simon Evans
The fire at #COP30 has been contained
Delegates are advised that the venue will not reopen before 8:00pm, with further updates to be communicated in due time
Delegates are advised that the venue will not reopen before 8:00pm, with further updates to be communicated in due time
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The fire at #COP30 has been contained
Delegates are advised that the venue will not reopen before 8:00pm, with further updates to be communicated in due time
Delegates are advised that the venue will not reopen before 8:00pm, with further updates to be communicated in due time
COP30: As the talks edge towards their scheduled end, publicly visible signs of progress seem to have stalled
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
COP30: As the talks edge towards their scheduled end, publicly visible signs of progress seem to have stalled