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Yanine Quiroz

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Food, land and nature reporter for Carbon Brief. Periodista especializada en ambiente y cambio climático. Integrante de la Red de Periodismo del Mar y la Red Mexicana de Periodismo de Ciencia. [email protected]

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · Apr 14

Our Carbon Brief glossary of 24 'climate-friendly' farming methods is out today! 🍓🐑👩‍🌾

Check out what terms such as agroecology, agroforestry and regenerative agriculture mean. 🔽

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Apr 14

NEW – Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 24 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

🎨 Kerry Ann Cleaver and Tom Pearson

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 4d

The latest EAT Lancet report finds that a global shift towards a "planetary health diet” 🥕🐟 could cut agri emissions by 15% by 2050

It proposes:

- A plant-based diet, limited intake of meat and dairy, and other foods

- Access to just food systems

- Inclusion of dietary cultural differences

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 5d

NEW – EAT-Lancet report: Three key takeaways on climate and diet change | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social

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Fruit and vegetable market in Rajasthan, India. Credit: Gavin Hellier / Alamy Stock Photo

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 5d

NEW – Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org

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Q&A: What the ‘controversial’ GWP* methane metric means for farming emissions - Carbon Brief

A controversial way of measuring how much methane warms the planet has stirred debate in recent years – particularly around assessing the climate impact of livestock farming.

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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · 5d

I’ve spent months looking into GWP* - a way of measuring methane that has been labelled an 'accounting trick' by some and a fairer way to assess methane by others

This Q&A gets into all the science and spats about GWP* and the current situation in places like NZ and Ireland 🐮

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 6d

Climate news from Latin America in our newsletter:

Brazil’s forest fund delayed ahead of COP30

COP30 will have 1,240 volunteers

Cuba’s capital, affected by floods after an intense drought

13 Argentinian provinces oppose a potential withdrawal of Argentina from the Paris Agreement

read more 🔽

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 6d

Daily Briefing: UK to ‘speed up’ fracking ban | Pope hits out at deniers | Forest fund delay

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 12d

NEW – Analysis: Half of global emissions covered by 2035 climate pledges after UN summit in New York | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org Ho Woo Nam

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Global map showing that one-third of nations – covering half of global emissions – have submitted or announced 2035 climate pledges. Countries that submitted their 2035 pledges by the UN deadline (dark blue), after the deadline (blue) and that have announced their pledge, but not yet formally submitted it (pale blue). Analysis and visual by Carbon Brief.

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Daisy Dunne @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · 14d

Today's @carbonbrief.org Daily Briefing factchecks the false climate claims in Donald Trump's tirade to the UN

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13d

NEW – Revealed: Use of heat ‘emergencies’ for rough sleepers hits record in England and Wales | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social

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Bar chart showing that this year has seen councils declare a record number of heat-related emergencies for rough sleepers. Total annual number of SWEP activations by select councils in England and Wales with significant rough-sleeper populations. The data for 2025 only includes dates up to 17 July, whereas the other years cover the whole of June-September. Source: FOI responses.

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 13d

Latin American climate news in our newsletter 🌎:

Mexico proposes to cut its budget for climate mitigation and adaptation

Construction workers ended their strike in Belém

Colombia’s government launched a programme to substitute energy subsidies for solar panels in certain households

and more 🔽

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13d

Daily Briefing: China’s new climate pledge | Newsom ‘blasts Trump’ | Starmer ‘no plans’ for COP30

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 13d

In today's edition:

- The High Seas Treaty will take effect next January

- The WTO agreement on fisheries subsidies entered into force after adoption by 112 countries

- I reported from Belém on an initiative that will serve food from family farmers at COP30

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 14d

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽

Cropped | High Seas Treaty milestone; ‘Erratic’ water cycle; Family food at COP30

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 18d

In today's DeBriefed edition.

Reporting from the Amazonian state of Pará, Brazil, which will host COP30, we explore how cattle producers are implementing beef traceability to prevent deforestation 🐄🌴

EU “failed to agree” on its 2035 climate target

Australia announced new NDC

Read more 🔽

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 19d

What’s happened this week in climate change? 🌎

DeBriefed | EU ducks UN climate target; Australia delivers; Tracing beef’s impact on the Amazon

✍️ Written by @yaninequiroz.bsky.social
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 18d

Growing tall trees providing shade to cocoa plantations 🍫, like banana, palm and timber trees, could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon in west Africa, without reducing production, a new study found.

This is due to additional carbon stored in shade trees.

Read more in our piece 🔽

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 19d

NEW – Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions | @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

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Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions - Carbon Brief

Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · 20d

Latin American climate news 🌎 in our Daily Briefing:

Brazil’s Amazon emits “more carbon than 186 UN member states”

Mexico’s budget bill for 2026 will cut climate spending by 1.2%

Argentina’s environmental budget bill will drop by 21% compared to the current year

read more 🔽

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 20d

Daily Briefing: Australia’s 2035 climate target | UK’s new nuclear ‘golden age’ | Climate danger ‘beyond dispute’

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 27

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽

Cropped | ‘Frustrating’ Amazon summit; Workplace heat hazards; Record European wildfires

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · Aug 21

Latin America today:

The COP30 presidency urged countries to update their NDCs since 80% of 197 parties have not yet done so.

Lula will travel to the ACTO summit this week to seek support to create a forest fund

Chile expects a “possible return” of La Niña for the rest of 2025

and more

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 21

Daily Briefing: UK ‘green power surge’ | ‘Alarming’ fire record | Chikunguya goes global

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 15

DeBriefed | Raging wildfires; Xi’s priorities; Factchecking the Trump climate report

✍️ Written by @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 18

Daily Briefing: Plastic talks ‘collapse’ | Spain battles blazes | ‘Hellish’ heatwave

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · Aug 14

Climate news from Latin America:

- NGOs warned that COP30 “risks being the most exclusive in history"

- Bolivia’s reserves of lithium are used in political campaigns for the country's general elections

- The Amazon could transform into a dry savannah in “less than a century”

and more

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 14

Daily Briefing: Europe’s fast-moving fires | Alaska glacial flood fears | ‘Exclusionary’ COP30

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · Aug 14

Huge thanks to the dozens of climate scientists who sent us their rebuttals to the catalogue of outright falsehoods and misleading claims in Trump's new 'critical' climate report.

This factcheck is the longest article CB has ever published - 27,500 words already and likely to keep growing...

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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Daisy Dunne @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org · Aug 7

What is the word to describe the feeling you get when you write about how young(ish) women who are regularly exposed to climate information are more likely to feel climate anxiety...

Really enjoyed speaking to researchers for this @carbonbrief.org explainer

www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-wh...

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · Aug 7

Latin America's climate news in our newsletter:

COP30 president-elect André Correa do Lago acknowledges that the high price of hotels in Belém may undermine the negotiations

He says “there’s no B plan” for COP30

Lena Estrada has resigned as Colombia’s environment minister

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Aug 7

Daily Briefing: Trump vs Idaho wind | France’s ‘catastrophe’ | COP30 ‘legitimacy’ questioned

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Orla Dwyer @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org · Aug 6

The Cali Fund agreed at COP16 talks last year is still empty 5 months after its launch - despite expectations of first pledges in spring

FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund

www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cal...

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · Jul 31

Latin America today:

Brazil’s decision to host COP30 in Belém “one of the poorest cities” is not an “accident”

PR firm Edelman, linked to Shell, won a contract to craft a media strategy for COP30

Bolivia's presidential candidates “sidelined” the Amazon and support extractive activities

and more

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 31

Daily Briefing: Scientists push back | World off course on renewables | Heat-stressed students

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 30

🌽 New Cropped just dropped 🌽

Cropped | ‘Unprecedented’ ocean heatwaves; ‘Uneven’ hunger progress; Brazil’s ‘devastation bill’

✍️ @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org Svetlana Onye @giulianaviglione.bsky.social

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Yanine Quiroz @yaninequiroz.bsky.social · Jul 28

We picked up 5 charts explaining the latest UN report on food insecurity. 📈

Interestingly, the report finds that the average # of undernourished people fell worldwide by 15 million people in 2024, compared to the previous year. However, progress has been uneven. In Africa, hunger continues to rise.

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Jul 28

NEW – UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity | @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social

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Number of undernourished people, globally, from 2005-24 (left) and the prevalence of undernourishment (right) for the world (red), Africa (dark blue), Asia (blue), Latin America and the Caribbean (light blue) and Oceania (cyan) over the same time period. Credit: Carbon Brief, based on the UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report (2025)

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NPR @npr.org · Jul 28

Congress eliminated public media funding, and the president signed it into law. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq

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