Wolfgang Blau
@wblau.bsky.social
Corporate climate strategies, climate communications.
Co-Founder Oxford Climate Journalism Network / Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian
Co-Founder Oxford Climate Journalism Network / Global Managing Partner Sustainable Business Practice, Brunswick Group / Advisor UNFCCC / Prior: Global COO Condé Nast / Guardian
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Be the ancestor you wish you had if you lived in 2100.
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"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Cost of direct air carbon capture to remain higher than hoped
The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped. This is the conclusion reached by ETH researchers on the basis of new calcu...
ethz.ch
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"The cost of removing large quantities of CO2 from the air will fall in the medium term, but not as much as previously hoped.
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
This is the conclusion reached by @ethz.ch researchers on the basis of new calculations. Efforts to reduce carbon emissions should therefore continue at pace"
Very good #COP30 summary by the @financialtimes.com.
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action
‘Axis of obstruction’ stalls progress with poor and middle-income countries reluctant to quit fossil fuels despite peril
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Very good #COP30 summary by the @financialtimes.com.
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
The “Axis of Obstruction” term seems to stick.
on.ft.com/44qbbcc “EU leads isolated group of countries pushing for global climate action.”
Most balanced take on #COP30 I have seen thus far:
Quick post on how COP30 was a mix of success and failure, but the narrative battle is starting to see it as a failure and that’s really bad news. As ever the onus is now on governments and businesses that want climate action to step up.
Free link: www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
Free link: www.businessgreen.com/blog-post/45...
COP30 delivered mix of success and failure, but that is no success at all
Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action t...
www.businessgreen.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Most balanced take on #COP30 I have seen thus far:
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
www.vox.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
It’s ok to be real and intellectually honest about COP30.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
It’s ok to be real and intellectually honest about COP30.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
One can be honest without being a cynic. We don’t have to oversell the outcomes just to not lose momentum. So many COP30 summaries I have read sound more like auto-hypnosis than analysis. That can’t be helpful.
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As harrowing as this, it felt like a relief to read it. The commentariat's refusal to grapple with what climate change will do to us, if we don't phase out fossil fuels, has been driving me insane.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As harrowing as this, it felt like a relief to read it. The commentariat's refusal to grapple with what climate change will do to us, if we don't phase out fossil fuels, has been driving me insane.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
This should help break the collective amnesia.
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren Bundesländern mit Bauschaum beschädigt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die Grünen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
www.n-tv.de
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Quite the quote on #COP30, by Professor Michael Jacobs of the think tank ODI Global and the University of Sheffield. Source: ‚Backchannel‘
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Quite the quote on #COP30, by Professor Michael Jacobs of the think tank ODI Global and the University of Sheffield. Source: ‚Backchannel‘
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Europe wins or loses with Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Europe wins or loses with Ukraine.
Asked about von der Leyen’s comments just as he was walking into a United Nations plenary, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said: “The problem is caused by emissions, and the reality is that the dirtier the fossil fuel, the more damage they are doing.”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Asked about von der Leyen’s comments just as he was walking into a United Nations plenary, EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra said: “The problem is caused by emissions, and the reality is that the dirtier the fossil fuel, the more damage they are doing.”
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Oregon Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social "on Wednesday issued an executive order directing state agencies to speed up energy project permitting and processes to connect renewable energy to the state’s electric grid for the long haul." www.opb.org/article/2025... via @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social 🔌💡
Gov. Kotek orders state agencies to move faster on clean energy projects, electrification
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek issued an executive order meant to get agencies to identify barriers to clean energy projects and transmission and find solutions by 2027.
www.opb.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Oregon Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social "on Wednesday issued an executive order directing state agencies to speed up energy project permitting and processes to connect renewable energy to the state’s electric grid for the long haul." www.opb.org/article/2025... via @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social 🔌💡
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Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
from one of the better #COP30 newsletters this morning:
“Perhaps as a gesture of goodwill following Merz’s thoughts on Belém, Germany announced its commitment of EUR 1 billion over the next 10 years towards Lula’s forest fund.”
“Perhaps as a gesture of goodwill following Merz’s thoughts on Belém, Germany announced its commitment of EUR 1 billion over the next 10 years towards Lula’s forest fund.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
from one of the better #COP30 newsletters this morning:
“Perhaps as a gesture of goodwill following Merz’s thoughts on Belém, Germany announced its commitment of EUR 1 billion over the next 10 years towards Lula’s forest fund.”
“Perhaps as a gesture of goodwill following Merz’s thoughts on Belém, Germany announced its commitment of EUR 1 billion over the next 10 years towards Lula’s forest fund.”
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A big 'thank you' to Germany's @table.media for including me in this ranking of Top 10 advisors on climate.
November 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
A big 'thank you' to Germany's @table.media for including me in this ranking of Top 10 advisors on climate.
Mein Lieblingssatz in der ZEIT zu COP30:
“Auch Abrüstungsverhandlungen fanden zeitweise parallel
zur Aufrüstung statt - und niemand würde sie deshalb als sinnlos abtun”
Gold, von @pinzler.bsky.social
“Auch Abrüstungsverhandlungen fanden zeitweise parallel
zur Aufrüstung statt - und niemand würde sie deshalb als sinnlos abtun”
Gold, von @pinzler.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Mein Lieblingssatz in der ZEIT zu COP30:
“Auch Abrüstungsverhandlungen fanden zeitweise parallel
zur Aufrüstung statt - und niemand würde sie deshalb als sinnlos abtun”
Gold, von @pinzler.bsky.social
“Auch Abrüstungsverhandlungen fanden zeitweise parallel
zur Aufrüstung statt - und niemand würde sie deshalb als sinnlos abtun”
Gold, von @pinzler.bsky.social
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Finde es immer sehr lustig, wenn E-Auto-Gegner entdecken, dass es Probleme auf der Welt gibt: Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeiten bei seltenen Erden! Rohstoffgewinnung unter sozial problematischen Bedingungen!
Ja, zum Glück wachsen Erdöl und Rohstoffe für Verbrenner im gemeinschaftlichen Biogarten.
Ja, zum Glück wachsen Erdöl und Rohstoffe für Verbrenner im gemeinschaftlichen Biogarten.
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Finde es immer sehr lustig, wenn E-Auto-Gegner entdecken, dass es Probleme auf der Welt gibt: Wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeiten bei seltenen Erden! Rohstoffgewinnung unter sozial problematischen Bedingungen!
Ja, zum Glück wachsen Erdöl und Rohstoffe für Verbrenner im gemeinschaftlichen Biogarten.
Ja, zum Glück wachsen Erdöl und Rohstoffe für Verbrenner im gemeinschaftlichen Biogarten.
Context that is so sorely missing in much of the reporting:
Yes, and Venezuela has the biggest oil reserves in the world.
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Context that is so sorely missing in much of the reporting:
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"Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only become better and cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and prosperity for decades to come" - @gwagner.com
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m...
How to Measure Climate Progress
Gernot Wagner thinks tackling the problem is justified on social and economic grounds, not existential ones.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"Ending reliance on oil, coal, and gas, and embracing technologies that will only become better and cheaper over time, is not just smart climate policy. It is the best way to improve economic competitiveness and prosperity for decades to come" - @gwagner.com
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/m...
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80 ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels
#COP30
#climatechange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30
#climatechange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: Ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels
Representatives from Germany, the UK, the Marshall Islands and a number of other countries came together to issue a call for a fossil fuel roadmap
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
80 ministers from global north and south unite in call for a roadmap away from fossil fuels
#COP30
#climatechange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COP30
#climatechange
www.theguardian.com/environment/...