Peter Newell
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New analysis from @climateanalytics.org reveals: Carbon Capture & Storage - #CCS - is a high-risk gamble for Asia.
Japan, Korea & Australia are pouring subsidies into CCS to prolong fossil fuel use — potentially locking in 25 billion tonnes of emissions by 2050.

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The global climate risks of Asia’s expansive carbon capture and…
This report looks at the climate and economic implications of Asia’s promotion of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to reduce fossil fuel emissions.
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Amazing contribution from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at the @fossiltreaty.bsky.social virtual summit. Grateful for her conviction that ‘the fossil fuel treaty is making the future liveable for humans & more than humans alike’. @suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social
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Delighted to join the opening panel of the @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social for the virtual summit with inspiring leaders such as Susana Muhamad @tzeporah.bsky.social @nikkireisch.bsky.social @martaschaaf.bsky.social Tasneem Essop & Lily Nacpil. Join us over the next week to explore ways forward
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CO2 storage is a “scarce resource” rather than “an unlimited solution” say Grantham Institute, owing to inaccessibility, earthquakes, population centres

It should not be “wasted on offsetting ongoing and avoidable CO₂ pollution” from fossil fuels that can be substituted

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Carbon capture set to be less useful in tackling climate change, scientists warn
CO₂ stored underground will be at risk of leaking back into the atmosphere, study finds
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📣 NEW BLOG 📣

Are “phase-out clubs” the new frontier in global climate governance? 🌍

Florentine Koppenborg analyzed 6 major coalitions like the Global Methane Pledge and Powering Past Coal Alliance.

Here’s what she found out 🧵
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suspol.bsky.social
⚠️Who should phase out fossil fuels first?⚠️

As countries confront the need to ditch oil, gas, and coal to meet climate goals, one question looms:

Which nations should move first and fastest?

@lslothuus.bsky.social offers a geopolitical approach to answering this question

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Scotland could soon make history as the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide aka severe, reckless harm to nature.

In our latest blog, @jodiebettis.bsky.social a Grand Union Scholar at the #OpenUniversity discusses how this bold legal move could set a global precedent:
Will Scotland become the first UK nation to criminalise ecocide?
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New @risjnl.bsky.social‬ editors selection w/ Poppy Winanti 🌟

'Global Environmental Issues' inc/
'The political economy of global environmental governance' by @peternewell.bsky.social
& ‪journals by @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social@mattkranke.bsky.social‬ & more 🌎🌳

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The increasing normalisation of nuclear weapons is deeply dangerous & sends message to all other countries that security depends on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Oh & the bombs are owned & use controlled by US alone. What could possibly go wrong?
UK to purchase nuclear-carrying fighter jets
Downing Street says the move is "the biggest strengthening of the UK's nuclear posture in a generation".
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NEW from @eroston.bsky.social:

The US is already spending nearly $1 trillion every year on climate damages — we're not even officially at 1.5C of heating yet — according to a @bloomberglp.bsky.social analysis.

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US Spending on Climate Damage
Nears $1 Trillion Per Year The bill for impacts from rising temperatures exceeded 3% of US GDP, according to
a new analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence.