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Sebastián Rodríguez

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Oceans Editor at Climate Home News

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Monica Dean @monicadean.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Sunday starts the Pacific Islands Forum and it with it the race towards #COP31 One item to watch at the PIF will be the call for pledges to the new Pacific Resilience Facility, as expertly laid out by @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social bit.ly/4cfmkAP
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Pacific islands seek backing for new regional fund ahead of COP31
Pacific leaders will launch the first call for proposals next week for a new regional fund designed to swiftly channel climate finance to local communities
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 28/04/2026
@climatechangenews.com editor @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social shared his thoughts on the 1st Conference on Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels going on in Colombia this week. "It's a very much more inclusive process than we've seen at COPs.”
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Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
One month until the first conference on transitioning away from #fossilfuels 👀. Some in depth overview by @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social 👇 Shared some thoughts how necessary this is & that we expect progress in two tiers: Phase out champions + countries who move slower but in the right direction.
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New summit in Colombia seeks to revive stalled UN talks on fossil fuel transition
Colombia will host the first conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, after more than 80 countries pushed at COP30 for an end to coal, oil and gas
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
China has announced a new emissions target of 7-10% cuts by 2035 from "peak levels". While it was deemed "insufficient" compared to the 30% cuts needed to align with 1.5C, it's much better than its previous targets (which it met 6 years early) www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/24/c...
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China unveils underwhelming emissions-cutting target for 2035
Experts say China's new 2035 goal to cut emissions by 7-10% from "peak levels" does not fully reflect its expansion of clean energy on the ground
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The US president’s outspoken speech was littered with a string of misleading or false statements – many about efforts to fight climate change. @climatechangenews.com team is here with a fact check: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/24/f...
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Fact-checked: Trump's UN tirade against climate action
The US president's outspoken speech was littered with a string of misleading or false statements - many about efforts to fight climate change
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Brazil has pledged $1bn to the TFFF - a proposed new fund to protect the world’s rainforests. It’s been called “innovative”, “promising” and “the right answer” to close the forest finance gap. But how does it work? Here’s our breakdown of the TFFF: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/23/e...
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Explainer: what is the TFFF, Brazil's COP30 rainforest fund?
The Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a rainforest fund proposed by Brazil, is expected to be launched at COP30.
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 21/08/2025
As countries were tasked with negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution, the divide between 100 ambitious countries and oil- and gas- producing nations was too wide to bridge, writes Swiss lead negotiator Felix Wertli. Read below his full acount of why the talks failed:
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Why we couldn’t agree on a plastics treaty in Geneva - and what might happen next
Switzerland's lead negotiator at INC-5.2 reflects on why the talks didn't succeed - and the options now for getting an effective agreement
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
What is going on with COP30? Brazil insists in holding the UN climate talks in the Amazon city of Belém. More than 120 countries have not yet booked hotels due to sky-high prices. @mcivillini.bsky.social and @meganrowling.bsky.social bring the full story: www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/22/c...
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COP bureau meeting ends in stalemate as Brazil insists Belém logistics can work
A UN survey showed a majority of nations had not yet booked hotels in Belém due to high costs, raising concerns about lower participation
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Brazil’s environment minister told @mcivillini.bsky.social she has advocated for a roadmap to end fossil fuels to be agreed at COP30: “The worst possible thing would be for us to not plan for this transition.”
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Brazil's environment minister suggests roadmap to end fossil fuels at COP30
Brazil's environment minister Marina Silva suggests this year's COP30 climate summit could result in a roadmap to guide a "planned and just transition"
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
While it is easy to feel despair over Brazil’s auction of oil and gas blocks in the Amazon (19 blocks sold), it’s encouraging to see so many different sectors willing to put up a fight (prosecutors, activists, unions). It will be very hard for any drilling to happen soon
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Brazilian activists vow to fight Amazon oil auction in court
Months before hosting COP30, Brazil auctioned 47 oil and gas blocks in the Amazon. Activitsts have vowed to challenge the process in court.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
New investigation out: Has aviation's green dream hit turbulence? Our team mapped the supply chain of sustainable aviation fuel coming into Europe. We found an industry plagued by fraud risks, an opaque supply and a limited capacity for traceability.
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Is the world’s big idea for greener air travel a flight of fancy?
Suspicions of fraud, ‘ridiculous’ data and a dearth of supplies - our investigation exposes the flaws in the airline industry’s big green hope: sustainable aviation fuel Our investigation exposes the ...
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Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made used cooking oil is key for world's green aviation plans. A team of journalists from three continents reveals high fraud risks to it: Virgin palm oil – not permitted under EU law because of its links to rainforest loss – is being passed off as UCO. t.ly/Zd9-W
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
-Colombia is drumming up support for a legally binding minerals agreement -An alliance of NGOs wants to get the issue onto the agenda of this year’s COP30 climate talks -experts are calling for a new materials data hub
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Does the world need a global treaty on energy transition minerals?
As governments rush to secure supplies of the transition minerals needed, activists want a treaty with stronger governance rules
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
First signs from Brazil's COP30 presidency at Climate Week in Panama: they want an "early harvest" on just transition talks and might take on the fossil fuel fight early on. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/23/b...
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Brazil seeks early deals on contentious issues at Bonn climate talks
Brazil is seeking advances on the Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) and recommendations from the 2023 GST during the Bonn climate talks
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New from our Clean Energy Frontier series: Chinese solar companies turned Thailand into a solar module assembly hub. Now thousands of Thai workers are caught in a trade war between Washington and Beijing
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US tariffs threaten solar panel production and jobs in Thailand
Chinese firms turned Thailand into a solar module assembly hub. Now thousands of workers are caught in a trade war between the US and China
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Kate Abnett @kateabnett.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Exclusive: The U.S. is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal UN document showed👇 Story with Simon Jessop on the UN development finance negotiations #FfD4 www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Exclusive: US seeks to weaken global development finance efforts, UN document shows
The United States is seeking to weaken a global deal aimed at helping developing countries struggling with the impacts of climate change and other issues, an internal United Nations document seen by Reuters showed.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
100 days of Trump: we compiled a few examples of how the US has made climate action more difficult at the global stage www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/29/t...
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Trump's first 100 days: US walks away from global climate action
Trump's climate action decisions have pulled the plug on the UN climate process and its financial contributions, while backing fossil fuels
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
It's difficult to overstate how important this is, especially in the context of the US going rogue
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“When this company started extracting gas in our territory and I started negotiating for them to stop, they offered me apartments, cars, houses. But my people would remain suffering, so I refused,” said indigenous leader Jonas Mura. “That’s why they wanted to kill me.”
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Amazon indigenous people call for oil drilling ban at COP30
Dozens of indigenous nations from different countries are calling for an oil drilling ban in the world's largest rainforest at COP30
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Andreas Sieber @andreassieber.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
1/3 #Trump has such a passion for tariffs he even imposed them on Antarctic islands – home only to #penguins 🐧, who presumably pose a grave threat to American industry. ✍️ In this oped for @climatechangenews.com I detail why other than penguins, the #energytransition is safe from Trump’s #tariffs.
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Trump's tariff tantrum won't stop the global energy transition
The US's share of the cleantech trade is too small to dictate the terms of the energy transition, but Trump's tariff decisions will do harm
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
While it contains many good news, one of the most unsettling facts in the new @iea.org report is that climate change is itself making the energy transition more difficult. If weather in 2024 would’ve been slightly less extreme, emissions rise would’ve been cut in half
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 25/03/2025
NEW: Carbon credit auditors suspended for failures in sham rice-farming offsets Verra has taken unprecedented action against four certification bodies that failed to spot integrity issues with the projects. But worthless credits still need to be compensated.
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Carbon credit auditors suspended in sham rice-farming offsets
Verra suspended four carbon credit certification bodies that failed to spot integrity issues with rice-farming offset projects
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 25/03/2025
In a break from routine at the UN’s annual climate conference, Brazilian organizers for COP30 are scheduling key world leaders’ speeches — normally headline events — for the days prior to the conference’s official kick-off. By @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social for @climatechangenews.com…
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Global leaders will speak before COP30, easing logistics crunch
Authorities say that the global leaders talking before the COP30 summit will enable climate negotiators to reflect on their speeches
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Tais Gadea Lara @taisgadealara.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
🌎 Ayer fue el 1er webinario en español de @coveringclimatenow.org Junto a Ana Bueno, @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social y Elena González conversamos sobre cómo cubrir el cambio climático desde América Latina y para audiencias hispanohablantes Pueden ver la charla grabada aquí: youtu.be/jKvkgFBsmog?...
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Charla CCNow: Cómo cubrir el cambio climático en América Latina y para audiencias hispanohablantes
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 03/03/2025
Argentina is considering leaving the Paris Agreement, following the US exit in January. President Milei, a climate skeptic, says he doesn’t “adhere to the environmentalist agenda”—but analysts warn withdrawal could harm trade and climate finance.
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Risk of financial fallout may deter Argentina from leaving Paris Agreement
Mile has expressed his will to take Argentina out of the Paris Agreement, but key trade partners and foreign aid may stand in the way
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Despite corporate promises to control methane emissions, Mexico’s state oil company Pemex has increased gas flaring and venting in the past decade, which could threaten the country’s net zero by 2050 goal and impact local communities New @climatehome.bsky.social investigation in Mexico
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Oil giant Pemex emissions threaten Mexico's net zero goal
Pemex, Mexico's state oil company, has failed to control its methane emissions despite corporate promises - threatening the country's goals
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Negotiators at biodiversity COP16.2 agreed on a 5-year finance roadmap, at a time when consensus seemed difficult. Still, as one Bolivian delegate said, "biodiversity cannot wait for a bureaucratic process that lasts forever". Check out @climatehome.bsky.social wrap up of the meeting in Rome
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What was agreed at biodiversity COP16.2 in Rome?
The resumed session of the COP16.2 UN biodiversity talks ended in Rome with an agreement on finance, a critical issue for nature.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
At COP16 plenary, the Argentinian delegate asks to eliminate references to the SDGs from the finance text, in line with Milei's attack on the 2030 goals. COP presidency reminds them most of the text was already agreed after discussions in Cali. Asks to focus on finance for "best use of our time"
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Biodiversity COP16.2 opened with the same divisions seen in Cali. Countries are fighting over where to house the biodiversity fund. BRICS and Africa want it out of the GEF. EU wants to keep it in the GEF. Parties were clear that other decisions would depend on a positive deal on finance
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
UN biodiversity reports that just 13 ministers will attend the COP16 resumed session in Rome kicking off tomorrow. Some observers worry that discussions on biodiversity finance might need ministerial-level negotiations to unravel.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
After three UN climate summits being hosted by major fossil fuel producers, hopes were that Brazil would host a COP without the shadow of oil and gas. While COP30 might still leave room for a discussion on the fossil fuels transition, its host country is sending mixed signals.
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Ahead of COP30, Brazil's Lula pushes for oil drilling in the Amazon
Months before COP30, Brazil's president Lula da Silva seeks the expedited approval of a controversial oil drilling project in the Amazon.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Japan received some 3,000 comments on its draft NDC, almost all of which called for an increase in the ambition of its weak target of a 60% reduction by 2035. No changes were made. Environment minister Keiichiro Asao said the arguments made had already been considered when formulating the policy.
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 18/02/2025
Zambia is one of the world’s top exporters of raw copper, yet nearly two-thirds of its population lives in extreme poverty. Can large-scale foreign mining investments change that?
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Ending poverty and gangs: How Zambia seeks to cash in on the global drive for EVs
Zambia is wooing international investors to develop its copper resources but communities dependent on illegal mining want a better deal
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Not exactly ideal that COP16 president Susana Muhamad resigned a couple of weeks before UN nature talks on finance, all while the US cuts finance for nature www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/10/c...
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Colombia's COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns
Observers told Climate Home that Susana Muhamad's resignation while she holds Colombia's COP16 presidency could affect UN nature talks
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Justine Calma @justcalma.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Musk/Trump’s anti-diversity crusade has even led to resources for reporting sexual harassment being taken down at NOAA. Workers hang on despite “demoralizing” conditions cuz of how important the work is — but are worried ppl may lose access to free weather forecasts www.theverge.com/news/607224/...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE storms federal weather forecasters’ headquarters
“It seems like a hostile corporate takeover.“
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 06/02/2025
The Trump administration’s decision to freeze USAID funding has put nearly $500 million a year in global climate aid at risk. Critical projects that support clean energy, conservation, and climate resilience in developing countries now face an uncertain future.
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Climate projects face existential threat after Trump halts aid
The Trump administration's attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500 million a year in aid for climate projects in developing countries
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Arctic geoengineering experiment shuts down over environmental risks, reports @climatehome.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Arctic geoengineering experiment shut due to environmental impact
A team of US researchers shut down a geoengineering experiment meant to cool down the Alaskan Arctic over environmental risks.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The Arctic Ice Project shut down geoengineering experiments citing environmental concerns and “potential risks to the Arctic food chain”. Some countries want to regulate geoengineering as more rogue initiatives arise. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Arctic geoengineering experiment shut due to environmental impact
A team of US researchers end a geoengineering experiment meant to cool down the Alaskan Arctic over environmental risks.
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 29/01/2025
Climate change is making Los Angeles more flammable. A new study from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group has found that climate change has made the dry conditions fueling LA’s fires 35% more likely. As global temperatures continue to rise, these conditions will become even more frequent.
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How did climate change affect LA fires? What the scientists say
The unusually dry winter weather for LA, caused by climate change, meant fires had lots of fuel to burn through
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New biodiversity plans (NBSAPs) have landed since COP16 lost quorum in Cali, among them the Philippines: ort.cbd.int/es/nbsaps/my... 46 countries have NBSAPs. Most of Africa has national targets but needs finance to draft full NBSAPs. Key countries DRC and Brazil still have none
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Shell sold “carbon neutral” LNG using in part rice offsets from China. But farmers and local authorities in the project areas say no activities took place. By @mcivillini.bsky.social with @dialogueearth.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2024/12/19/s...
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Shell greenwashed gas using "phantom" carbon credits
Shell delivered "carbon neutral" gas using "phantom" carbon offsets from Chinese rice paddies, questioned for not carrying out any activities
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Chloé Farand @chloefarand.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"We are the sacrificed." In the copper-mining region of Antofagasta in Chile, the world's top copper producer, doctors are blaming mining pollution for soaring numbers of children being diagnosed with autism. cleanenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/doctors-rais...
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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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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
El cobre es crítico para la electrificación y la transición energética. En Chile, el mayor productor del mundo, su minería está ligada a cada vez más casos de cancer y autismo en zonas de sacrificio.
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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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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 17/12/2024
“We are the sacrificed.” As demand for copper for the energy transition soars, doctors warn of an environmental and health crisis in Chile’s copper mining region, polluted with toxic mining dust. cleanenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/doctors-rais...
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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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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 05/12/2024
The US, Saudi Arabia and others have pushed back against a global bid to clarify states’ legal obligations to tackle climate change The landmark legal hearing in The Hague will see 98 states giving oral submissions to the court
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Big emitters accused of hiding behind climate treaties in international hearing
The US, Saudi Arabia and others have pushed back against a global bid to clarify states' legal obligations to tackle climate change At International Court of Justice, big emitters hide behind climate ...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Saudi Arabia statement at ICJ after just blocking talks in Baku and Busan: “The treaty regime reflects the good-faith efforts of all participating states to reach pragmatic and effective agreement on what are immensely complicated policy matters for every state”
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Sebastián Rodríguez @sebastianrodvar.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
#COP29 has just ended but @mcivillini.bsky.social is already in Busan covering UN talks on a new plastics treaty, where Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran have already picked up a fight to prevent tackling production of plastics (mostly from fossil fuels) www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/25/u...
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UN plastic pollution treaty talks kick off talks in Busan
Delegates from 175 countries will finalise a new UN treaty aimed at tackling plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea.
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Climate Home News @climatechangenews.com · 24/11/2024
After fiery talks, a new post-2025 goal was adopted but some developing nations dismissed it as too small to meet their needs amid growing climate stress www.climatechangenews.com/2024/11/23/f...
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Fractious COP29 lands $300bn climate finance goal, dashing hopes of the poorest
After fiery talks, a new post-2025 goal was adopted but some developing nations dismissed it as too small to meet their needs amid growing climate stress
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