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Damien Meadows

@damienmeadows.bsky.social
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Advisor on EU climate action at the European Commission, and lawyer drafting, negotiating and working to implement strong and effective climate policies since 2000

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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 29/09/2026
Plug-in #EV share of new passenger-car sales/registrations around August 2026, counting BEVs + PHEVs/EREVs. The remarkable thing isn’t Norway approaching 100%. It’s who else is on the list. Different continents. Different incomes. Different grids. Different governments. Same technological S-curve.
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ECIU @eciu.net · 27/09/2026
🤯 Temp rise at heart of El Niño in Pacific Ocean has now reached 3.05°C 📍 higher than 3.02°C set in late Nov 2015 (which was higher than in the 150 years of modern records) 📍 most recent forecasts predict a peak of 4.0°C in Novand Dec
Graph shows daily sea surface temperatures for Niño 3.4, highlighting a significant rise, peaking near 30°C in late 2023.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Never before. We only have data back to 1870 ish
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Ross Macfarlane @rossmacfarlane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Cool (well, very hot to be exact). Thermal batteries are starting to be deployed at scale, allowing industries to take power from grid when it is cheap or free, while maintaining continuous operations. @janrosenow.bsky.social
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Thermal batteries aren’t coming. They’re already here.
Half of all operating thermal batteries came online since 2025. Policy, not technology, is now the main constraint.
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few weekends ago I went to Miami and attended 9 open houses in extremely high-risk flood areas to see what agents are telling prospective buyers about them. Here is my journey
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The open houses at the edge of disaster
What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 12/09/2026
Electricity now supplies about THREE-QUARTERS of final energy in China's light manufacturing sector⚡ Electricity share (%) 🔌 Electrical equipment and electronics: 78% 🏭 Machinery: 72% 👕 Textiles: 71% 🛻 Transport equipment: 71% ember-energy.org/lat...
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Ocean Acidification Research Center @uaf-oarc-alaska.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The ocean absorbs 27% of human caused carbon dioxide emissions. As the CO₂ reacts with seawater, ocean pH decreases causing #OceanAcidification. 🧪🌊🦑 📈📉 by NOAA and @soest.hawaii.edu
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Carbon Program at the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory leads a global ocean observing program to track seawater carbon dioxide and ocean acidification. 

In this graph from the Hawaii Carbon Dioxide Time-Series, the red data are observations from the Mauna Loa observatory monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide, the green data are observations from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa ocean station ALOHA monitoring seawater carbon dioxide, and the blue data are observations from ALOHA monitoring seawater pH. 

Find this graph at https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/file/Hawaii+Carbon+Dioxide+Time-Series
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 06/09/2026
Greenland’s stunning landscapes and natural beauty will stay with me for a long time. But so will the visible scars of climate change on the ice sheet. As the ice melts, a new reality is taking shape. New trade routes, new security risks, new environmental concerns.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/09/2026
As of the latest June data from CERES, the 12-month running average for Earth's albedo is continuing its run towards a new record low. Data source: ceres-tool.larc.nasa.gov/ord-tool/jsp...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thousands of people are now not just cutting bills with solar and batteries, they are making real money, sometimes $200 while they sleep and AI trades electricity buying low, selling high. Meet the new energy nerds. New feature with @oliviarudgard.bsky.social. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Almost Anyone Can Make Money Selling Electricity With AI and Batteries
More homeowners are taking advantage of volatile prices to buy power when rates are low, store it and sell excess energy back to their utility.
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Di Gilpin @digilpin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Maersk turns to wind sails to cut fuel for container ships - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT And scroll down to see our Demonstrator
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Maersk turns to wind sails to cut fuel for container ships
Maritime industry returns to age-old technology to reduce future fuel consumption
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Wopke Hoekstra @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu · 31/08/2026
To read the full speech: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Xan López @xanlopez.net · 28/08/2026
We can think of the cost of climate mitigation and adaptation as a discount on the inevitable price we’ll pay if we do nothing now.
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 27/08/2026
Protecting children online is not optional. Digital platforms have a responsibility for how their services are designed and the risks they may create. In EU, we have rules to protect people — including the youngest — and we enforce them. 🇪🇺Accountability matters. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...
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Meta to Pay Up to $17.1 Billion in Landmark Settlement Over Social Media Addiction Claims
The social media giant settled with 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and agreed to make major changes to its products over claims its platforms endangered children.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 25/08/2026
US tariffs do NOT include oil or gas, implying that even in escalating trade wars there's desire to keep the fossil fuels flowing. Meanwhile a record-breaking heat dome envelopes the lower 48 states and massive wildfires burn in TX, all exacerbated by a changing climate due to burning fossil fuels.
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Canada Fires Back in Trade War Against Trump With Up to 50% Tariffs
Canada said the higher levies, on items from aluminum foil to dishwashers to fish, would help protect workers, producers and manufacturers harmed by new Trump tariffs.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024. And it's only going to get worse.
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Earth’s oceans just hit their hottest temperature ever recorded
The world’s oceans hit 21.10 degrees Celsius last Saturday, breaking a record set in 2024
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
When will China's oil demand peak? Chinese government: Before 2030 Sinopec: By 2027 Reality: it may have happened last year! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China’s Oil Demand ‘Very Likely’ Peaked Last Year, Sinopec Says
China’s oil demand probably peaked last year, earlier than previous estimates, according to the head of the nation’s top refiner.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
70 straight days with above-average temperatures in France. Let that sink in.
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Prof Penny Endersby @pennyend.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti... I had an early brief on this and ordered a pallet of sandbags for my marginally flood-prone house. They’re easy to obtain in the middle of a drought! This is a good article by the BBC covering some of the global impacts to be expected from such a strong El Niño.
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El Niño set to be 'strongest in living memory', says Met Office
Scientists say the growing El Niño weather pattern is an "unprecedented event" and means 2027 is likely to be the world's hottest year on record.
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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Close to 1600 hectares touched in the largest wildfire ever in Belgium. www.rtbf.be/article/dire...
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Direct – Incendie dans les Fagnes : des évacuations en cours, 1600 hectares brûlés, 'le pire incendie de Belgique' - RTBF Actus
'Le pire incendie de l'histoire de la Belgique', ont commenté en début d'après-midi les bourgmestres de Waimes et...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
UK's political consensus on climate has fractured, as climate impacts are becoming not just ignorable but unbearable. I spoke to @carolinelucas.bsky.social about bringing climate action back up the political priority list. The Zero podcast interview: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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When Climate Change Threatens National Security
Nature collapse is one of the greatest national security challenges we face, according to Caroline Lucas, the former head of the UK's Green party.
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
A simple point that surprisingly few people understand: "The longer we wait to reach net zero, the higher the eventual peak temperature will be, and the worse the associated damage. Warming is now nearly 1.4C above pre-industrial levels. Imagine summers when it gets closer to 2C."
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How to stop global warming
The answer is obvious to all except the real climate change zealots: the anti-net zero movement
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Read it and weep. open.substack.com/pub/amerikan...
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They Saw it Coming
How American military planners anticipated failure in Iran
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Reuters @reuters.com · 10/08/2026
How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer reut.rs/4wPonnl
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How the hard reality of climate change hit Europe's economy this summer
For anyone in Europe who still thought climate change was a problem for future generations, this summer's sweltering heatwaves have brought home the reality that its costly and life-altering economic impacts have already arrived.
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Ashis Basu @ashis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk. @stephanienolen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
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An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities (Gift Article)
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/08/2026
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Good morning with good news: France's EV sales set an all-time high in July 2026, with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) at 35% of all new car registrations. That is the highest monthly BEV share ever recorded in a major European automotive market! www.techtimes.com/articles/322... #energysky
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France Hits Record 35% EV Share in July as Social Leasing Scheme Relaunches
France electric vehicle social leasing drove a record 35% BEV market share in July 2026, with 44,378 battery-electric cars registered — the highest monthly share ever in any major European market — as...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 03/08/2026
Europe’s fire costs this year mount to beyond €3bn, FT analysis shows ft.trib.al/5pEUUH1
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Europe’s fire costs this year mount to beyond €3bn, FT analysis shows
FT analysis shows economic toll in worst-hit countries exceeds official estimate of costs to bloc in average year
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 02/08/2026
Global heating made hot, dry and windy weather at least 20 times more likely in Spain and twice as likely in France, according to the World Weather Attribution consortium. Blame on the heating caused by the burning of oil, gas and coal. Climate change threats. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather
Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/08/2026
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
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‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 01/08/2026
97 out of every 100 new cars sold to private individuals were electric vehicles in July 🚗🔌 Only 304 gasoline, diesel, or plug-in hybrid cars were registered to private individuals in July 2026. This trend is not due to any single factor.” ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Ilyas reporting from 🇩🇰 #alwaysbecharging The New Norway
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Xavi Cugat - Energía @revenergetica.com · 01/08/2026
El sector azulejero apuesta por el horno eléctrico para descarbonizar su actividad El 16,67% de la producción de Equipe Cerámicas ya está electrificada. cincodias.elpais.com/extras/entor...
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El sector azulejero apuesta por el horno eléctrico para descarbonizar su actividad
El 16,67% de la producción de Equipe Cerámicas ya está electrificada. El Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica calcula que el 40% de los equipos de cocción estarán libre de CO2 en 2040
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 01/08/2026
ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
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ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage, Frank Elderson says more work needed to assess risk from collapse of ecosystem services A senior policymaker at the European Central Bank has said the climate emergency and the breakdown of nature poses a dramatically growing risk to the global economy. Frank Elderson, a member of the ECB’s executive board, said the eurozone lender of last resort was stepping up its monitoring of the financial risks linked to the destruction of “ecosystem services”, which are nature-related processes or assets that support human activity. Continue reading...
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Japanese officials have coined an entirely new word to signify the dangerous heat of #ClimateChange. It's "kokushobi," which means "cruel heat day." This coinage is but a drop of the coming shower of cultural changes that climate change will force upon us. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/w...
The term got its first use on Tuesday, when three cities in central Japan recorded 40-degree temperatures, a first for the country this year. Officials urged people to stay indoors, use air-conditioning
and drink water. There were signs that many people had heeded the warnings, as popular sites such as Osaka Castle and Kyoto's Kiyomizu Temple
saw smaller crowds than usual on Tuesday. "Numbers are difficult to understand because people perceive them differently. By giving it the name 'cruel heat day,' people will understand it better just by hearing it, and they'll feel that today is dangerous," said Taro Kawasato, the assistant director of the Japan
Meteorological Agency's climate prediction division.
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Prime Minister of Spain: “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about.” This is the realistic climate discourse the world needs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...
"These are difficult hours," Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said
Monday afternoon during a news conference in Castellón, on Spain's eastern coast, where a new fire raged and forced thousands of new evacuations.
In the face of what his government has called the largest fires in the country's history, and after a summer of record-breaking heat waves, he called for a national pact with all Spain's political parties to work together to prevent blazes that he attributed to climate change.
"This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about," he said.
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James Dinneen @jamesdinneen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Wowza. Look at this chart on wildfires in France from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social EFFIS. Red line is cumulative area burned this year; blue line is average since 2006...
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 25/07/2026
China exports electrification. Ethiopia deployed 50 electric trucks at Bishoftu Airport (42 more soon) cutting fuel imports, costs, emissions. Heavy transport electrifies in emerging economies. This model ~ spreading across Africa, LATAM, & Global South. The energy transition is already being built.
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ECIU @eciu.net · 25/07/2026
Europe’s EV sales rose 40.5% in first half of 2026 - A total of 1,220,890 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) were registered in the first half of 2026, which now make up 20.7% of the EU market. This is up from a 15.6% market share the year prior. Edie.
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EV sales in the EU increased 40.5% in H1 2026
Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are now 20.7% of the EU market, with sales increasing by 40.% in the first half of 2026.
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Ben Barclay @benbarclay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is a week ahead, so details will change, but right across Western/Central/Southern Europe we're going to have a pretty severe heatwave next week. In some cases it could be record-breaking, e.g. 42 C in Netherlands would be a new national record. Source: climatereanalyzer.org/wx/fcst_outl...
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
As a regenerative farmer puts it: "with temperatures exceeding 38C for weeks on end, everything is breaking down. I’m expecting yield losses of at least 50%, or even 70%, for certain crops, such as soya. We’re no longer heading for a crash — we’re already there" www.ft.com/content/c528...
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European heatwave wiped €2bn from value of grain crop, analysis estimates
France and Hungary worst hit by lost production of maize and wheat
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 19/07/2026
So happy!! So proud!! 🇪🇸🗽❤️ Enhorabuena, campeones!! #WorldCup2026
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Wopke Hoekstra @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu · 17/07/2026
Today’s proposal on the ETS review brings together three key objectives: climate action, competitiveness, and independence. It advances climate action, by also transforming the ETS into a genuine engine for innovation and investment. My speech 👉🏻 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 17/07/2026
Today we are taking key steps to stay on course for climate neutrality by 2050: 🔹 A reviewed ETS after 20 years to keep financing industrial innovation 🔹 An Electrification Action Plan to move beyond the 23% rate where Europe has been stuck for a decade 1/2 #ETS #Electrification #Decarbonisation
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 14/07/2026
Liberté, égalité, fraternité. Good to think about today. The International Criminal Court in The Hague, a key piece in a rule-based order that backs human rights and dignity.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“The Mediterranean marine heat wave has intensified with 78.6% of the basin now experiencing marine heat wave conditions. Anomalies up to 5°C. Climate change is driving nearly all of the event: 97.9% of the marine heat wave area would not have occurred without human-caused warming.” ClimateCentral
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Belgian Red Devils @belreddevils.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Overturn this! 😎
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
'Hotter and hotter and hotter' - Europe's new climate in seven charts If this feels unusual, that is because it is… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Keeling Curve @keelingcurve.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
430.07 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 02-Jul-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
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The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 02/07/2026
Solidarity is at the heart of the EU Emissions Trading System. Today, together with the European Investment Bank, we announced €2.5 billion from the Modernisation Fund to support 51 energy projects across 11 EU countries. ↓
Wind turbines in a green landscape under a clear blue sky. Overlaid text reads: "Modernisation Fund. €2.5 billion of EU ETS revenues invested in cleaner energy systems." The European Commission logo appears in the bottom right corner.
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