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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
#Greenhushing won't work. 2026 candidates can win by showing how #climate change is driving #inflation in #energy, #insurance, #food etc, says @claravondrich.bsky.social of @publiccitizen.bsky.social. Show "how the impact and costs accelerate from here." @barclay2.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3uzjwhjz
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Care about affordability? Then care about climate change – cuz you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Fossil-fueled extreme weather is jacking up prices for everyone and everything. We need to start saying so.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Both major U.S. parties are betting on "affordability." They could win if they show how #climate change is jacking up prices of #energy, #food, #insurance etc, says @claravondrich.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social. "Climate pollution is driving the cost-of-living crisis." @barclay2.bsky.social
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Care about affordability? Then care about climate change – cuz you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
Fossil-fueled extreme weather is jacking up prices for everyone and everything. We need to start saying so.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A look back at #TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In May, Ma Jun spoke with C&C’s @petermckillop.bsky.social on how global climate progress can continue even if the US government steps back from #ClimateFinance.
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Moving forward on climate without America - Climate and Capital Media
China’s Ma Jun sees a new path to Net Zero
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In July, we reported that Musk’s xAI facility in Memphis installed 35 gas turbines without permits in 2024 — raising concerns over #AirPollution & unregulated emissions.
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35 gas turbines, no permits: Elon Musk’s dirty xAI secret - Climate and Capital Media
In Memphis, AI’s environmental impact is invisible, until you turn on the camera
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In February, @hlovins.bsky.social announced COPx, a new people‑powered climate network designed as an alternative to traditional #COP summits to mobilise grassroots #ClimateAction. Read more 👇
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Announcing COPx: the people’s climate network - Climate and Capital Media
See Hunter Lovins on a new people's climate network and its mission to help people confront the climate crisis and protect the planet
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Another look at the #TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In April we reported that Asia’s trajectory will shape global climate outcomes — making the region’s #GreenTransition central to solving the #ClimateCrisis.
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The climate crisis will be won or lost in Asia - Climate and Capital Media
Asia's trajectory will shape global climate outcomes
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#TopStories of #2025 from C&C In May, Danny Kennedy argued that Asia’s rooftop solar revolution is gaining momentum — with China leading a regional shift toward massive distributed solar and a #CleanEnergy future
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After America: Asia’s rooftop revolution cometh - Climate and Capital Media
Nations once dependent on fossil fuel imports are starting to trade in technologies that make them energy-independent
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In June, nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen explained why #SMRs won’t save nuclear — saying industry hype overlooks risks, costs & limits as a #ClimateSolution
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The nuclear mirage: why small modular reactors won’t save nuclear power - Climate and Capital Media
Don’t believe the hype, says a 50-year industry veteran
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In March, BlackRock played a key role in the Panama Canal ports deal with President Trump — a rare political win that raised questions about energy priorities.
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Larry Fink and Donald Trump: An unexpected partnership - Climate and Capital Media
The intriguing relationship between Larry Fink and Donald Trump and how Fink brokered a crucial deal for the administration.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
📚 Stellar by James Arbib & @tonyseba.bsky.social lays out a bold vision: a world powered by superabundant clean energy — enough to restore what fossil fuels destroyed. One of our top climate reads of 2025.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
#TopStories of #2025 from C&C. 🇮🇩 Also in September, coal-heavy Indonesia’s Bank Indonesia stood out in the region with a clear climate mandate, earning high marks in @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social & @greencb.bsky.social’s scorecard. Read more 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/central-bank...
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Central bank in coal-heavy Indonesia has clear marching orders on climate
The country’s transition is a zigzag, but this key institution gets high marks in the region
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
#CCMHolidayReading 📚Here Comes the Sun by @billmckibben.bsky.social — an optimistic read — traces the arrival renewables despite effort of the fossil fuel industry to hold this new power at bay. One of our top climate reads of 2025.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
We take a look back at the #TopStories of #2025 from C&C. In September, @positivemoneyuk.bsky.social's East & Southeast Asia Green Central Banking Scorecard ranked China first in the region for its climate & #GreenFinance policies. Read more 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/in-crucial-c...
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In crucial climate role, China’s central bank ranks first in Asia
Analysis of green financial regulation and monetary policy puts People’s Bank of China above ASEAN, Japan, and Korea
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
#CCMHolidayReading 📚 Stellar by James Arbib & @tonyseba.bsky.social lays out a bold vision: a world powered by superabundant #CleanEnergy — enough to restore what fossil fuels destroyed. One of our top climate reads of 2025.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🇨🇳China is the world's largest emitter but also a leader in the #CleanEnergy shift.💡 We examine how China is driving change & why it's where the fight against #ClimateChange will be won or lost 🧵👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-climate-...
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The climate crisis will be won or lost in Asia
Asia's trajectory will shape global climate outcomes
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🇨🇳 Will China’s 15th Five-Year Plan restore its 2030 climate trajectory? The plan must meet binding targets, tackle coal, prevent emissions rebounds, and shape #CleanEnergy growth, writes @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social of @creacleanair.bsky.social. 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/decoding-chi...
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Decoding China’s five-year plan for climate
The tensions and targets behind the renewables superpower’s roadmap
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
#CCMHolidayReading 📚 Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy — highlights the impossible choices we may be making to protect those we love as our world grows more perilous. One of our top climate reads for 2025.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
From 🇵🇰 Pakistan’s solar surge to 🇦🇺 Australia’s rejection of nuclear & 🇨🇳 China’s export momentum, 2025 was transformative — with batteries as the breakout star, even amid 1,891 U.S. power project cancellations. 🔋🌍👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/how-asia-bec...
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How Asia became the center of the 2025 energy transition
Pakistan’s surprise rise, Australia’s vote on the future, China’s momentum and… the really big deal
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New York is entering a moment when two political forces are hurtling toward each other.  With rising utility costs & 2026 elections looming, Gov Kathy Hochul will have to work to prove affordability and #ClimateAction go together. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/as-affordabi...
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
#CCMHolidayReading 📚 Saving Us by @katharinehayhoe.com — blends science, faith & personal stories into a hopeful, practical guide for climate conversations rooted in empathy.  One of our top picks for 2025.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 will burn enough gas to power nearly half of Memphis daily & pump 2,000+ tons of NOx into the air, according to @selc.bsky.social. Residents call it environmental injustice in real time👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/musk-mugs-me... #AI #EnvironmentalJustice
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Musk mugs Memphis again, with xAI’s Colossus 2 data center
World’s largest AI facilities give Boxtown headaches with tons of air pollution, huge water usage, and massive energy demand
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
This week in Climate & Capital: ⚡ AI data centres & backlash to xAI’s Colossus in Memphis 🏙️ Climate trade-offs facing New York’s leaders 📊 What Patagonia vs BlackRock tells us about sustainability choices ✉️ One signup. Two newsletters. Subscribe here:
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New York is entering a moment when two political forces are hurtling toward each other.  With rising utility costs & 2026 elections looming, Gov Kathy Hochul will have to work to prove affordability and #ClimateAction go together. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/as-affordabi...
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 will burn enough gas to power nearly half of Memphis daily & pump 2,000+ tons of NOx into the air, according to @selc.bsky.social. Residents call it environmental injustice in real time 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/musk-mugs-me... #AI #EnvironmentalJustice
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Musk mugs Memphis again, with xAI’s Colossus 2 data center
World’s largest AI facilities give Boxtown headaches with tons of air pollution, huge water usage, and massive energy demand
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social urges NYC pension funds to dump BlackRock for being “unable” to meet climate expectations, @patagonia.com is doubling down instead of stepping back — recently admitting, “Nothing we do is sustainable.”👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/on-the-two-e...
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On the two extremes of Patagonia and BlackRock — the brave and the craven
BlackRock’s hasty backflip on climate commitments, prompted by shifting political winds, exposes the fragility of corporate promises, and true climate leadership by the brave – like Patagonia.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
New York is entering a moment when two political forces are hurtling toward each other. With rising utility costs & 2026 elections looming, Gov Kathy Hochul will have to work to prove affordability and #ClimateAction go together. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/as-affordabi...
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus 2 will burn enough gas to power nearly half of Memphis daily & pump 2,000+ tons of NOx into the air, according to @selc.bsky.social. Residents call it environmental injustice in real time👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/musk-mugs-me... #AI #EnvironmentalJustice
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Musk mugs Memphis again, with xAI’s Colossus 2 data center
World’s largest AI facilities give Boxtown headaches with tons of air pollution, huge water usage, and massive energy demand
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social urges NYC pension funds to dump BlackRock for being “unable” to meet climate expectations, @patagonia.com is doubling down instead of stepping back — recently admitting, “Nothing we do is sustainable.”👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/on-the-two-e...
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On the two extremes of Patagonia and BlackRock – the brave and the craven
BlackRock’s hasty backflip on climate commitments, prompted by shifting political winds, exposes the fragility of corporate promises, and true climate leadership by the brave – like Patagonia.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
A new AIGCC & MSCI Institute report reveals a stark reality for Asia’s power sector: #ClimateChange is already costing utilities $6.3B annually and could hit 33% by 2050 without resilience — writes @karihuus.bsky.social 👇
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Asia’s $6.3 billion climate blind spot - Climate and Capital Media
Why utilities and Investors can’t afford to ignore physical risk
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
NYC Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social urges NYC pension funds to dump BlackRock for being “unable” to meet climate expectations, @patagonia.com is doubling down instead of stepping back — recently admitting, “Nothing we do is sustainable.”👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/on-the-two-e...
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On the two extremes of Patagonia and BlackRock – the brave and the craven
BlackRock’s hasty backflip on climate commitments, prompted by shifting political winds, exposes the fragility of corporate promises, and true climate leadership by the brave – like Patagonia.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
A new AIGCC & MSCI Institute report reveals a stark reality for Asia’s power sector: #ClimateChange is already costing utilities $6.3B annually and could hit 33% by 2050 without resilience — writes @karihuus.bsky.social 👇
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Asia’s $6.3 billion climate blind spot - Climate and Capital Media
Why utilities and Investors can’t afford to ignore physical risk
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
As energy demand surges, solar is stepping up — fast, cheap and scalable. ☀️🔋 Nexamp is scaling solar + storage & reinventing energy access with community solar — like SaaS, but for electricity. The #CleanEnergy future is accelerating. 📈 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/why-solar-is...
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Indonesia has pledged to hit 100% #RenewableEnergy by 2035. But its coal use is still growing—& fast. The reason? Captive coal. Read as @nithincoca.com breaks down what & who is behind the climbing coal use
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What, and who, is behind Indonesia’s climbing coal use? - Climate and Capital Media
How a renewables superpower, lack of transparency, and international financing have created a gaping fossil fuel loophole
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
As energy demand surges, solar is stepping up — fast, cheap and scalable. ☀️🔋 Nexamp is scaling solar + storage & reinventing energy access with community solar — like SaaS, but for electricity. The #CleanEnergy future is accelerating. 📈 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/why-solar-is...
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Why solar is key to AI’s energy arms race
Who would have thought private equity would suddenly be so excited about solar?
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This week in Climate & Capital Asia: ⚠️ Insurers are calling climate events a “structural risk driver” 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s rising coal use 🇨🇳 China’s opaque mining practices 💰 A $6.3B climate blind spot for utilities 🇻🇳 Vietnam’s adaptation needs Subscribe:
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A new AIGCC & MSCI Institute report reveals a stark reality for Asia’s power sector: #ClimateChange is already costing utilities $6.3B annually and could hit 33% by 2050 without resilience — writes @karihuus.bsky.social 👇
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Asia’s $6.3 billion climate blind spot - Climate and Capital Media
Why utilities and Investors can’t afford to ignore physical risk
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Transition minerals are vital to #CleanEnergy — but their extraction can be resource-intensive, polluting & ecologically destructive. ⚠️🌱 Chinese firms sit at the heart of the global transition mineral supply chain, writes Chen Yu of @globalwitness.org www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/china-needs-...
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China needs to clean up its clean energy supply chain
What mining companies are doing — and not — to ensure a just transition in overseas operations
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Here are the five most‑read Climate & Capital Media stories of November: 1️⃣ Governments are looking at clean steel the wrong way, argues Simon Sharpe. He calls for governments to prioritise clean-tech innovation over penalising legacy industries.

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The transition to clean steel will be easier if governments stop looking at it back-to-front
Policy and diplomacy should focus more on growing the markets for clean steel, and less on incremental emissions reductions
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
As energy demand surges, solar is stepping up — fast, cheap and scalable. ☀️🔋 Nexamp is scaling solar + storage & reinventing energy access with community solar — like SaaS, but for electricity. The #CleanEnergy future is accelerating. 📈 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/why-solar-is...
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Transition minerals are vital to #CleanEnergy — but their extraction can be resource-intensive, polluting & ecologically destructive. ⚠️🌱 Chinese firms sit at the heart of the global transition mineral supply chain, writes Chen Yu of @globalwitness.org www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/china-needs-...
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China needs to clean up its clean energy supply chain
What mining companies are doing — and not — to ensure a just transition in overseas operations
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Indonesia has pledged to hit 100% #RenewableEnergy by 2035. But its coal use is still growing & fast. The reason? Captive coal. Read as @nithincoca.com breaks down what & who is behind the climbing coal use
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What, and who, is behind Indonesia’s climbing coal use? - Climate and Capital Media
How a renewables superpower, lack of transparency, and international financing have created a gaping fossil fuel loophole
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
CCM’s @petermckillop.bsky.social looks at the failure of COP30, and contrasts the facts of the rapid energy transition with the fictions of fossil fuel industry insiders like Exxon CEO Darren Woods’ calls for “climate realism”.
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COP30: Fact and fiction - Climate and Capital Media
The fossil fuel industry’s tall tales have swept up more corporate giants than Epstein’s Lolita Express
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
As the dust settles on another less-than-satisfying #COP in Brazil, the C&C team with @blairpalese.bsky.social is back with our bi-annual list of the best climate books to give or to dive into over the holiday downtime. 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-best-cli...
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The best climate books to give and read over the holidays
Fiction and nonfiction picks (some quite uplifting) for closing out 2025
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Transition minerals are vital to #CleanEnergy — but their extraction can be resource-intensive, polluting & ecologically destructive. ⚠️🌱 Chinese firms sit at the heart of the global transition mineral supply chain, writes Chen Yu of @globalwitness.org www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/china-needs-...
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China needs to clean up its clean energy supply chain
What mining companies are doing — and not — to ensure a just transition in overseas operations
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The UK Nature’s Rights Bill is a “radical proposal to change the legal status of Nature,” by recognising Nature as a legal subject with rights & integrating them into all law, finance & governance, says Mumta Ito. 🌿⚖️ Read more 👇 www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/how-the-uk-n...
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How the UK Nature’s Rights Bill seeks to reshape environmental and financial governance
With mounting nature-related damage, the bill is a blueprint for hardwiring environmental stability in law and accelerating nature-based investments
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
🏭 Steel makes up to 7% of global emissions. A new @scurveeconomics.bsky.social report says, “Instead of pressuring old tech, governments should start by supporting the new.” #CleanSteel subsidies + tariff exemptions could make the transition real. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-transiti...
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The transition to clean steel will be easier if governments stop looking at it back-to-front
Policy and diplomacy should focus more on growing the markets for clean steel, and less on incremental emissions reductions
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
CCM’s @petermckillop.bsky.social looks at the failure of COP30, and contrasts the facts of the rapid energy transition with the fictions of fossil fuel industry insiders like Exxon CEO Darren Woods’ calls for “climate realism”.
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COP30: Fact and fiction - Climate and Capital Media
The fossil fuel industry’s tall tales have swept up more corporate giants than Epstein’s Lolita Express
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
💲 G20 countries should support efforts to reduce the dominance of the dollar in the global economy and promote the use of local currencies for trade and finance to reduce systemic risk, according to a group of thinktanks. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/g20-should-s...
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G20 should support de-dollarisation of global economy, say experts
G20 countries should support efforts to reduce the dominance of the dollar in the global economy and promote the use of local currencies for trade and finance to reduce systemic risk.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
CCM’s @petermckillop.bsky.social looks at the failure of COP30, and contrasts the facts of the rapid energy transition with the fictions of fossil fuel industry insiders like Exxon CEO Darren Woods’ calls for “climate realism”. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/cop30-fact-a...
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COP30: Fact and fiction
The fossil fuel industry’s tall tales have swept up more corporate giants than Epstein’s Lolita Express
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
#COP30 made abundantly clear that as long as petrostates can block any action the whole structure of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is no longer fit for purpose, writes @hlovins.bsky.social in her final report from Cop30 in Brazil. www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/dispatch-fro...
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Dispatch from COP: Leaving “Belhell” behind — but for what?
COP30 was a big loss; We have a better way
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