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Robert McSweeney @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org · 7m

Last week, @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and I attended the first-ever conference on climate "overshoot" in Vienna.

Here's our summary of the wide-ranging discussions. (Bearing in mind we were two journalists covering 8 conference themes...!)

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1h

NEW – Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

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Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ - Carbon Brief

The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 5d

DeBriefed | UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns

✍️ Written by @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · 7d

Jimmy Fletcher - former St Lucia minister and Paris Agreement architect- is speaking at the @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference about how breaching climate targets will impact small island states

Describes overshoot of 1.5C as "pathway of harm, loss and inequity that no small island state can accept"

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · 15d

Brilliant to work with @wellcometrust.bsky.social on this article
which looks at how fungi are learning to adapt to rising temperatures — with serious implications for human health

www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-f...

Guest post: Fungal infections are adapting to climate change – and threatening public health - Carbon Brief

Fungi - known for their ability to adjust to – and thrive in – new and changing environments, are learning to adapt to climate change

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Sep 5

FACTCHECK: No, North Sea gas is not "four times cleaner" than LNG imports

After Kemi Badenoch pledged to extract every last drop from the North Sea, we've been engulfed by waves of long-dead zombie factoids.

"Four times cleaner" is one of the silliest.

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-no...

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Sep 3

Opinion piece can be read in full here: www.businessgreen.com/opinion/4020...

We want to build back not only better, but sustainably

Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Kemi Badenoch, stresses that the net zero transition remains central to the government's long term strategy for the UK

www.businessgreen.com

Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Sep 3

It seems like an age ago now, but back in 2020 I worked on an op-ed for @businessgreen.bsky.social from @kemibadenochmp.bsky.social where she explicitly backed net zero

It states she is "proud" the UK is the "first major economy... to legislate to end its contribution to global warming by 2050"

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Sep 2

That's a *chef's kiss* of a community note, though.

Kendall Dix @kendalldix.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is the secretary of energy and also why climate advocates almost universally feel like jumping into a volcano.

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Josh Gabbatiss @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social · Aug 28

Are you or your loved ones worried about solar farms?

Have you heard scary things about solar panels turning the countryside into an industrial hellscape?

Fear not! We at Carbon Brief have just published the definitive article debunking solar myths ⬇️

interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...

Factcheck: 16 misleading myths about solar

Carbon Brief factchecks 16 of the most common myths about solar power

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Aug 26

The UK has seen widespread drought this summer.

But to what extent are UK droughts being impacted by climate change?

In a timely piece up on @carbonbrief.org today, @ukceh.bsky.social hydrologists look at whether global warming is making UK droughts worse

www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-i...

Guest post: Is climate change making UK droughts worse? - Carbon Brief

The year 2025 has seen exceptionally dry conditions in many parts of the UK. At...

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · Aug 22

Second, via @carbonbrief.org:
interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Aug 22

🚨 We’ve just updated @carbonbrief.org's factcheck of Trump’s ‘critical’ climate report. 🚨

Huge thanks to all the dozens of climate scientists who have helped us pull together this rebuttal — including the authors of our brand new additions.

interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Aug 20

Since #Brexit, UK now has lower standards than EU in:

* protecting nature
* water quality
* air pollution
* methane control
* pesticides
* chemicals
* deforestation supply chains
* waste reduction

Only on marine protection does UK have a better story to tell

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

From clean air to pesticides: how UK has lagged behind EU on the environment

Labour has continued to diverge from bloc’s laws, meaning most of UK’s protections are weaker than pre-Brexit

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 18

So many of these pics are in front of land that has been absolutely razed by farming activities

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Aug 17

If BBC local news gave even a fraction of the attention it gives to nimbyism to the dual climate and biodiversity crises, it's just possible there'd be less nimbyism.

Hundreds sign petition against Cornwall solar farm plans

Residents say the plan, equivalent to 69 football pitches, is inappropriate for the Lanreath area.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 14

Truly devastating for Trump's climate report. It just shows once again: if you task a group of "climate skeptics" with a climate report, you get a mass of easily refuted falsehoods, as they simply do not have honest arguments on their side.
interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 14

NEW – Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @leohickman.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Jul 31

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

In an Age of Climate Change, How Do We Cope with Floods?

The deaths in the Texas Hill Country are a tragic testament to the force of a raging river. Flood-stricken Vermont has a radical plan to counter the threat it faces.

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jul 29

The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Jul 29

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I was a Samaritan – I love Samaritans. But for the sake of all who take those calls, it must change course | Peter Ormerod

Branches to close, volunteers in ‘regional hubs’, some working from home. It will be bad for them and for the desperate people seeking help, says journalist Peter Ormerod

www.theguardian.com

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · Jul 17

NEW: A former Microsoft AI engineer says the company's "AI for sustainability" claims are BS, a distraction from their hyper-polluting AI contracts with oil companies.

“From what I saw," he said, "I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today."

He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.

A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · Jul 14

*small voice* Brontë country is just farmland though

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 14

Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost? | Simon Jenkins

Of course the climate crisis must be confronted, but history, tranquility and beauty must also count for something, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 10

NEW – Media reaction: The 2025 Texas floods and the role of climate change

✍️ @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

Read here ⬇️
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Media reaction: The 2025 Texas floods and the role of climate change - Carbon Brief

At least 120 people have died after a devastating flash flood swept through homes and...

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Jul 10

In a another piece, we asked experts which of the Earth system tipping points concerns them most.

Feat: @kateraworth.bsky.social, @davidobura.bsky.social, Carlos Nobre and conference convenors Tim Lenton, Johan Rockström and Ricarda Winkelmann

www.carbonbrief.org/experts-whic...

Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning? - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief asked a wide range of experts at a University of Exeter which tipping point concerns them the most.

www.carbonbrief.org

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Jul 10

Last week, scientists, journalists, policy wonks and campaigners took part in a conference on climate tipping points - from collapsing ice sheets and coral die-off to thawing permafrost to Amazon dieback

@carbonbrief.org's full write-up of the event is now out -

www.carbonbrief.org/tipping-poin...

Tipping points: Window to avoid irreversible climate impacts is 'rapidly closing' - Carbon Brief

In the midst of a record-breaking heatwave in Europe, the UK city of Exeter recently...

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Cecilia Keating @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org · Jul 10

In a another piece, we asked experts which of the Earth system tipping points concerns them most.

Feat: @kateraworth.bsky.social, @davidobura.bsky.social and conference convenors Tim Lenton, Johan Rockström and Ricarda Winkelmann

www.carbonbrief.org/experts-whic...

Experts: Which climate tipping point is the most concerning? - Carbon Brief

Carbon Brief asked a wide range of experts at a University of Exeter which tipping point concerns them the most.

www.carbonbrief.org

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