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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 14d

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · 27d

"This is what the Global Gateway is about". www.ftm.eu/articles/bit...

EU funds bitcoin mine in Congo jungle with development aid

Over more than a decade, the EU spent millions on largely unsuccessful projects in a nature reserve in eastern Congo, led by a Belgian prince. These include a safari lodge in a war zone and a hydroele...

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 24

If there were any doubts about the Patriots for Europe group's intentions for the EU's 2040 emissions target after they grabbed control of the file, they're buried now. @barbarabm.bsky.social and @anetazach.bsky.social‬ have the details. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...

Far-right Patriots for Europe move to kill EU's 2040 climate bill - Euractiv

“It’s obvious that after having two legally binding targets for 2030 and 2050 this new target is not needed,” Knotek told Euractiv

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 23

An incomparably more informed and expert take can be found here: bsky.app/profile/duyc...

🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑‍⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 23

So there we have it: the UN Court holds that failure to implement the Paris Agreement (i.e. strive to arrest global heating at 1.5 degrees) can be construed as a violation of human rights.

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 23

“States must therefore take their obligations under international human rights law into account when implementing their obligations under the climate change treaties and other relevant environmental treaties.”

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 23

"[T]he adverse effects of climate change may significantly impair...such human rights as the right to health, the right to an adequate standard of living, which...encompasses access to food, water and housing...privacy, and the rights of women, children and indigenous people.”

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Rather than being entirely discretionary, as some participants argue, NDCs must satisfy certain standards under the Paris Agreement."

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 23

#ICJ is delivering its 'Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change': parties to the #ParisAgreement must pledge "highest possible ambition" in emissions cut pledges (NDCs). webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 16

"Mounted on poles above homes, solar panels have become a common sight across the country of 240 million people, with the installation cost typically recovered within two to five years."

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · Jul 16

Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power.

But the move is spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt

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Jack Schickler @jackschickler.bsky.social · Jul 16

The von der Leyen method: an update

guy tapping head, saying, 'can't leak the MFF, if there is no MFF to leak'

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jul 16

#MFF EU budget anticipation at fever pitch in Brussels; presentation in parliament's BUDG committee already delayed 1.5 hrs (now 2pm, link below); hacks more choleric than usual over lack of communication from Berlaymont; @euractiv.com is your best bet. multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/webstream...

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Jun 19

"A glimmer of hope."
Several research programs are trying to find out whether the #AMOC is heading for a tipping point.
Chief scientist Kjetil Våge on the norwegian icebreaker Kronprins Haakon: "We need to do what we can to try to prevent that.”
Good Nature feature! 🌊
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is a monster web of ocean currents headed for collapse? The race is on to find out

Research ships rarely brave the Greenland Sea in winter. Early this year, scientists ventured into the ice-covered waters to capture crucial data about the planet’s future.

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PermRep of Lithuania to the EU @lithuaniaineu.bsky.social · Jun 16

🇱🇹, 🇱🇻, 🇪🇪 & 🇵🇱 are further strengthening their cooperation in the field of energy security. Today, during the #EU Energy Council #TTE meeting in #Luxembourg, the four countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation on the protection and resilience of critical energy infrastructure.

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Dr. Raphael Weyland @raphaelweyland.bsky.social · Jun 5

💦 The EU #Water Resilience Strategy has a good focus, including on implementation & enforcement of EU's #WFD. We like this dear @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu + @jessikaroswall.ec.europa.eu. And we're here to help, by providing data etc. CC @nabu.de @bund.net @bundwasser.bsky.social @eeb.org #EUGreenDeal

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Jun 4

2 July is a big day for energy, environment and transport policy fans: @ec.europa.eu plans to table the 2040 GHG reduction target proposal, an Action Plan for the EU chemicals industry, and a Master Plan (no less) for the high-speed rail network. ec.europa.eu/transparency...

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · May 15

It should be up to at least 282 now.

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Apr 29

Spain / blackout. Would any power grid/market specialists like to suggest what might be going on behind this chart..?

Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Apr 28

This one's trending on the Euronews website, I'm told. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Europe prepares for attacks on power grid while battling soaring costs

The EU has identified building up its power grid as an essential, and somewhat neglected, element in its efforts to move away from fossil fuels and cut energy bills – but it is also waking up to the n...

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Ariel Brunner @arielbrunner.bsky.social · Mar 27

I've been talking to ENDS Europe podcast about deregulation, the ongoing attack on NGOs and dangerous times for European democracy.

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen:

"To all the people of Greenland – and of Denmark as a whole – I want to be very clear that Europe will always stand for sovereignty and territorial integrity."

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · Mar 12

The critical minerals consensus—i.e. that some raw materials are so essential that all tactics, including war, are justified to obtain them—is hegemonic. The results could be deadly.

This consensus shuts down debate: Critical for whom, obtained at whose expense? My latest in @financialtimes.com

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · Mar 12

Read here www.ft.com/content/b370...

The ‘critical minerals’ rush could result in a resource war

Labelling justifies a preference for strong-arm tactics over co-operation

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Robert Hodgson @hodgson.bsky.social · Feb 4

Trump may have just put rare earth elements on the radar with his ultimatum to Ukraine, but the geopolitical chess game has been going on for years. www.euronews.com/green/2024/0...

Critical raw materials: how the EU hopes to secure supplies

If Russia's war on Ukraine shocked Europe into realising the folly of its dependence on Moscow for gas suppplies, growing geopolitical uncertainty has forced the EU to consider where it sources the ra...

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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · Jan 30

The UK's full climate plan is now out (NDC), all 74 pages of it:
www.gov.uk/government/p...

UK's 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement

Submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to provide clarity, transparency and understanding on the UK's NDC target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by at ...

www.gov.uk

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