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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 21/09/2026

Just look at that chart?! This is shaping up to be the strongest El Niño of all time - by quite some margin... "Remarkable, in part, because of how early in the calendar year it is occurring. El Niño typically peaks in the winter months, most commonly in November or December."

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The world's biggest economies are racing to securing supplies of critical minerals. But the cutthroat scramble risks pushing up prices of materials, driving up the costs of the energy transition and delaying the roll out of cleantech, researchers warn. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/06/05/t...

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The scramble to stockpile minerals could drive up energy transition costs

Researchers warn that uncoordinated stockpiling could push up prices of minerals needed for clean energy technologies and delay their roll out

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

🔋 Some inspiring reporting I've done closer to home about @lowcarbonhub.bsky.social's crowdfunding campaign to install battery storage at one of the UK's largest community-owned renewable energy projects. We need more of these to power the energy transition! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘A share in the delight’: the people investing in the UK’s first community-owned solar battery

Oxfordshire’s Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demand

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Pakistan’s rooftop solar boom has significantly reduced demand for gas and has helped to - somewhat - insulate the country against the worst of the energy crisis. Yet, there is a way to go. In 2024, Pakistan spent more than 10% of its GDP on fossil fuel imports. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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How Pakistan’s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis

Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Minerals were discussed at COP30 but didn't make it into the final outcome. Now, calls for greater governance and higher standards ruling the supply chains of the resources we need for the clean energy transition are being discussed at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi. tinyurl.com/yu4wmjmu

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Proposal for global minerals deal meets opposition as China looks away

Saudi Arabia, Iran and Russia oppose a UN resolution for nations to start discussing options for a global minerals agreement

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Miners are increasingly looking at huge piles of what was once considered waste as a new mineral source. In South Africa, communities that have borne the brunt of decades of mining want a stake in the new operations as compensation for past harms. @climatechangenews.com tinyurl.com/yn9k7vf8/

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South Africa’s platinum mine dumps get a second look as clean energy lifts demand

Companies say mining minerals from tailings is a sustainable way to boost supplies, but communities close to mines say they must benefit

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

I tracked references to minerals (that are needed for the energy transition) at #COP30. As Melissa Marengo of @nrginstitute.bsky.social put it: "Minerals may not have made it into the text, but they are now firmly on the COP agenda – and the debate will only grow louder." This is what happened 🧵

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

#COP30 ended without any mention of minerals in the text. Yet the issue is now firmly on the COP agenda and it's hard to imagine future climate summits not discussing the risks and opportunities this new era of extraction bring. Next stop for mineral governance, #UNEA7 next month. Stay tuned!

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

“Minerals are the backbone of the shift away from fossil fuels – leaving their governance out of just transition planning will undermine efforts to accelerate renewable energies by 2030 – a key target the COP has already set,” @antonio-hill.bsky.social advisor at @nrginstitute.bsky.social tells me.

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

On the last (formal) day of #COP30, references to energy-transition minerals have been removed from draft text proposed by the Brazilian presidency on just transition. This comes after strong pushback from China, which dominates global mineral processing. unfccc.int/sites/defaul...

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

“For the first time, minerals are on the main stage of COP negotiations – no longer a side show,” says Melissa Marengo, a senior policy officer at the @nrginstitute.bsky.social Minerals making their first appearance in draft UN climate text at #COP30 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/14/c...

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COP30 draft text includes energy transition minerals in UN climate first

A draft negotiating text on defining principles for a just transition to clean energy systems recognises the social and environmental risks associated with mining critical minerals

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Language around transitioning away from fossil fuels is only included in some options of the text -- expect this to turn into a flashpoint.

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The draft text also includes an option for a just transition mechanism demanded by the G77 + China. Alternatives includes "improving existing modalities", "developing a policy tool box" and "developing guidance" to deliver just energy transitions. About the mechanism: tinyurl.com/272dasnx

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COP30 Bulletin: "Constructive" consultations continue over COP30 thorny issues

Brazil is trying to craft a compromise package on several contentious issues and has dismissed the idea of a roadmap away from fossil fuels

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The draft note also recalls "the principles and recommendations outlined in the report of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals" which called for putting human rights at the core of mineral supply chains: www.climatechangenews.com/2024/09/12/h...

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UN: Human rights must be "at the core" of mining for transition minerals

A panel of UN experts has called on governments and industry to defend human rights in mining for transition minerals

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The draft (officially an informal note all in brackets so nothing agreed yet!) "recognises... the social and environmental risks associated with scaling up supply chains for clean energy technologies, including risks arising from the extraction and processing of critical minerals".

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Breaking: #COP30 draft Just Transition Work Programme text has landed and minerals is in the document for the first time. tinyurl.com/vtme5ra6

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A growing coalition of countries gathered at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, agrees that minerals for clean energy systems can no longer be left out of negotiations concerned with making the transition just. Watch out for the first mention of minerals in COP draft text expected to land over the next 36h.

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Mining is the most direct experience of the energy transition for many communities around the world. In Argentina, the balance between people and nature is breaking under a development model that promises progress at the cost of survival, writes NGO FARN. tinyurl.com/mr9ua5ku

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"Water is worth more than lithium," Indigenous Argentine community tells COP30

Rich in lithium but poor in water, traditional Andean communities want the world to recognise the pitfalls of surging demand for minerals vital to the global energy transition

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 13/11/2025

COP30 TEXT: Belém has 1st negotiating text on "UAE dialogue" on "global stocktake" (that mentioned fossil-fuel transition) Over 3pp, it has 14 "options" & 50 sq brackets, indicating disputed areas of text In short, there is a lot of disagreement 🧵 unfccc.int/sites/def... 1/6

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over #COP30 plans to support women - Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN Story by @chloefarand.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women

Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

I'm tracking how minerals needed for the energy transition are finally making it into the UN climate talks at #COP30 in Belém. This is mostly happening under negotiations to ensure that the shift from fossil fuels to clean energy is fair, sustainable and doesn't foster new social injustices. 🧵

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

A summary of a pre-COP dialogue on the Just Transition Work Programme show countries had broad discussions on the role of minerals. Countries called for greater governance & international cooperation to avoid exacerbating inequalities when mining for the energy transition. tinyurl.com/4rpankkc

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Day3 #COP30: the UK, backed by Australia & the EU, proposed language on diversifying and ensuring traceable & sustainable mineral supply chains in talks on delivering a just energy transition - the first time that rich countries have formally supported text on minerals. More 👉 tinyurl.com/272dasnx

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COP30 Bulletin: "Constructive" consultations continue over COP30 thorny issues

Brazil is trying to craft a compromise package on several contentious issues and has dismissed the idea of a roadmap away from fossil fuels

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🚨Colombia just supported in #COP30 plenary the fossil fuel roadmap idea. That brings the number of countries supporting it out loud in negotiations to 8 (that I have heard)

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

On day 1 #COP30 Indigenous Peoples call for the Just Transition Work Programme to address the impacts of mining. Bryan Bixcul of #SIRGE says: "This is an important moment for us, for Brazil to take a stance and say energy security needs to respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples & key ecosystems".

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Göran Eklöf @geklof.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

A crucial dimension to address in efforts to secure a just transition away from fossil fuels. #COP30

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🇧🇷 has been supportive of discussing minerals in Belém. Pres Lula said Friday "it is impossible to discuss the energy transition without talking about critical minerals. To generate jobs, income and energy security, developing countries must participate in every stage of that global supply chain."

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Developing countries want to discuss energy-transition minerals in negotiations on the implications of climate action (or "response measures" in UN jargon) and on ensuring a just energy transition (in the Just Transition Work Programme). Catch up on who wants what here 👇 tinyurl.com/392badee

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

⛏️ COP30 could be the first to discuss the impacts and opportunities of mining the minerals needed for the energy transition. tinyurl.com/392badee The UN climate talks have never addressed the material dimension of the energy transition before. I'm going to be tracking those discussions here👇

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COP30 could confront "glaring gap" in clean energy agenda: mining

Resource-rich developing countries want the impacts and benefits of mineral extraction to be part of climate talks

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Jordan has seen the number of EVs on its roads boom in recent years. To deal with a growing wave of end-of-life EV batteries, mechanics in Amman are coming up with innovation solutions. The latest for @climatechangenews.com's Clean Energy Frontier series. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/s...

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Self-taught mechanics give second life to Jordan’s glut of spent EV batteries

As EV sales boom in Jordan, a lack of formal infrastructure for dealing with end-of-life batteries is leading to some innovative solutions

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Clean Energy Wire Network @clewnetwork.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🔜Next Tuesday: our webinar on #COP30 Journalists will get tips on how to cover the Belém climate talks in Brazil and from afar 🤝In collaboration with @n-ost.bsky.social Speakers: 🇧🇷 Daniela Chiaretti 🇹🇯 Timur Idrisov 🇬🇧 @chloefarand.bsky.social Sign up: www.cleanenergywire.org/webinars/cli...

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Climate talks in the Amazon – Reporting on COP30

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Natural Resource Governance Institute @nrginstitute.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

“Voluntary initiatives won’t cut it.” In @climatechangenews.com, NRGI’s Juliana Peña Niño explains why UNEA7 must give Colombia’s minerals proposal real ambition and a binding path forward. Reporting by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👉 www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/03/c...

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Colombia proposes expert group to advance talks on minerals agreement

A draft resolution aimed at identifying options for a global minerals agreement will be discussed at a major UN environment meeting later this year

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Saudi Arabia, which has built its place in the world based on huge oil exports, is now seeking to secure a role in the clean energy economy by becoming a hub for energy transition minerals, while continuing to sell the world its oil. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/10/d...

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Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment @granthamicl.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

It now seems inevitable that a major emitter will be held responsible for their contribution to the climate crisis. Read the full story, written by @chloefarand.bsky.social, and learn what attribution science means for the courts and climate justice. 👉 imperial.ac.uk/stories/polluters-on-trial

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Polluters on trial: How climate science is rocking the courtroom

Attribution science is enabling climate victims to sue the world’s top polluters for damages and the first successful case may not be very far away, writes Chloé Farand.

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Meanwhile, a new assessment of the policies of financial institutions on their mining clients out today found that none of 30 major banks and investors had requirements for mining companies to manage the risks associated with storing mining waste. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/03/m...

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Major banks neglect energy transition risks from mining as demand booms

Financial institutions are lacking safeguards to prevent harms caused by mining the resources needed for the energy transition, analysis of the sector's financing finds

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The Zambian government is being accused of whitewashing the scale of a massive toxic mining waste spill at a copper mine earlier this year. Experts warn of serious health risks for decades. The US and Finland have told their citizens to evacuate the area. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/02/v...

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Victims of Zambian copper mine spill threaten to sue Chinese firm

Dozens of families are demanding Sino-Metals Leach Zambia pay billions in compensation to clean up devastating spill or face legal challenges

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

A path to development or a recipe for disaster? Lenders are plans to develop one of the world's largest unexploited copper deposits in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and poorest province which is blighted by conflict and human rights violations. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/22/a...

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Banks back Pakistan copper mine despite human rights fears

Campaigners say the Reko Diq copper mine in Balochistan risks worsening the plight of human rights defenders in a region marred by conflict

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Read our previous reporting about doctors in Chile's copper mining region raising the alarm over soaring numbers of children being born with severe autism and neurodivergent conditions in the area. They blame years of continuous air pollution from mining www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/17/d...

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‘The state doesn’t want to know’: Doctors raise alarm on children’s health crisis in Chile’s copper heartland

Autism and cancer cases are soaring in Chile linked to pollution from copper mining critical for the energy transition, doctors say

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

💥 After @climatechangenews.com 's reporting on rising concerns over the health impacts of copper mining in northern Chile, campaigners are taking the government to court for failing to address years of continuous air pollution. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/15/c...

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Campaigners sue Chilean government over copper mining pollution

They accuse the state of failing to remediate years of pollution by top copper producer Codelco at the expense of people’s health

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Iraq blackout: "Electricity demand jumped, triggering a failure in transmission, as temperatures in parts of the country soared to as high as 50C (122F), with millions of people joining the Arbaeen pilgrimage." 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Iraq Goes Dark After Searing Heat Wave Triggers Power Grid Failure

Iraq was plunged into darkness on Monday as searing heat pushed up power demand, triggering a failure in transmission lines that led to a near nationwide blackout.

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diaminedave.bsky.social @diaminedave.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Great little primer on natural Hydrogen Lots of caveats, there seem to be better tech in pipeline or already available

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

What if we could tap vast reserves of naturally occurring hydrogen lying beneath our feet? The race is on to discover the first commercially viable natural hydrogen reservoir. But many experts warn that the reality may not live up to the hype. My latest for BBC 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

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The precious 'white gold' fuel buried in the Earth

Naturally occurring "white hydrogen" lies in vast reservoirs beneath our feet – now the gold rush of the clean energy era is beginning.

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Conor McNally @conormcnally.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Good news is somewhat of a rarity in the climate space, so it's genuinely uplifting to see how advances in climate science are making it possible to hold big emitters to account in the courts. Great new piece on @granthamicl.bsky.social's climate litigation work by @chloefarand.bsky.social 👇

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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🚨 Upcoming vote this morning: 🇺🇳 UN #HumanRights Council will consider whether to call for an equitable transition of #FossilFuels to prevent climate harms. 📉 🛢️ 👀 We will be watching closely the vote of the 47 States members 📺 live webcast (3 PM CEST): webtv.un.org/en/asset/k16...

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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Nations rich in minerals want to add value to their resources to reap more benefits from the energy transition. But in Nigeria, early efforts to refine lithium are facing challenges as mining remains dominated by mostly unregulated informal miners. @vivianchime.bsky.social reports bit.ly/3I9RFZw

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Nigeria’s push to cash in on lithium rush gets off to a rocky start

Nigeria wants to supply refined lithium to the EV battery industry to diversify its economy away from oil but early processing efforts are facing challenges

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