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Zia Weise

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Senior EU climate reporter at POLITICO. Recovering news editor, former Istanbul correspondent. Brussels-based. She/her. DM for Signal. ✉️ zweise@politico.eu

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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 5h
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. Just out — my long read on European governments waking up to the threat of a possible collapse of the AMOC, the ocean currents that keep our continent's climate mild: www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 5h
A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. Just out — my long read on European governments waking up to the threat of a possible collapse of the AMOC, the ocean currents that keep our continent's climate mild: www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: The EU's effort to shield itself against multiplying climate disasters is running into a major problem: No one's at the wheel. Brussels wants to fix that and make sure countries assign responsibility for managing climate risks. A story about risk ownership: www.politico.eu/article/how-...
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How Brussels wants to stop the climate disaster blame game
New Commission proposal will seek to clarify who’s in charge of managing fires and floods.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: The EU's effort to shield itself against multiplying climate disasters is running into a major problem: No one's at the wheel. Brussels wants to fix that and make sure countries assign responsibility for managing climate risks. A story about risk ownership: www.politico.eu/article/how-...
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How Brussels wants to stop the climate disaster blame game
New Commission proposal will seek to clarify who’s in charge of managing fires and floods.
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Politico @politico.com · 21/09/2026
News outlets Trump banned from White House announce lawsuit
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News outlets Trump banned from White House announce lawsuit
POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW to seek restraining order to restore reporters’ access.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*taps sign*
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Marianne Gros @mariannegros.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Von der Leyen's SOTEU speech made it clear that climate change is accelerating and addressing it is urgent. But as much as she zeroed in the problems, she avoided offering solutions to their underlying causes. Read on: www.politico.eu/article/von-... Written w/ the talented @ziaweise.bsky.social
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Von der Leyen offers diagnosis but no cure on EU’s ecological malaise
The Commission president’s State of the Union speech went big on energy and climate problems without proposing fixes.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 16/09/2026
Europe’s firefighters don’t want your applause.
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Give us resources, not praise, say European firefighters after hellish summer
Emergency services plead with Brussels and national governments for more staff, better equipment and investment in fire prevention.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Turkish journalist @tugbatekerek.bsky.social, a fantastic reporter who I was lucky to work with a bunch of times while in Istanbul, has been detained over a 2024 interview with an LGBTQ activist amid a spate of raids targeting the queer community. Madness. Release her now. bianet.org/haber/journa...
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Journalist Tuğba Tekerek detained over interview with Georgian LGBTI+ activist
Tekerek's interview was published by Kaos GL, executives of which were taken into custody on "obscenity" charges during the sweeping anti-LGBTI+ raids on Sep 13.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The trade wars are going electric. The planet could pay the price. Story w/ @zcolman.bsky.social on how trade barriers are ensnaring electrification efforts: www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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‘Slowing things down’: Trade wars hit global electrification shift
Tariffs on everything from EVs to grid components could slow the energy transition.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW: Read a draft of the European Parliament rapporteur's draft report of the carbon market reform here: pro.politico.eu/news/224157 (€)
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POLITICO Pro
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: The EU should force Big Tech to invest in clean energy supply to meet the rising power needs of their data centers, Teresa Ribera told us. www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
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Ribera says EU data centers should build their own clean energy generators
Rising power demand for AI risks creating fierce competition for energy and driving up bills, the Commission’s green transition chief said.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: The EU should force Big Tech to invest in clean energy supply to meet the rising power needs of their data centers, Teresa Ribera told us. www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...
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Ribera says EU data centers should build their own clean energy generators
Rising power demand for AI risks creating fierce competition for energy and driving up bills, the Commission’s green transition chief said.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Me and @framiche.bsky.social sat down with @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu for 90 minutes this week:
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ahead of NYC climate week, I once again beg PR firms to look up whether the climate journalist they keep "following up" with about their panel/press release/interview proposals are among the dozens of people in the world not living in America
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 03/09/2026
The EU must start considering “audacious” proposals to afford the steep costs of coping with climate change, the European Commission's competition and green transition chief told POLITICO.
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Teresa Ribera floats oil tax, joint debt or bigger budget to climate-proof Europe
The EU green transition chief says the bloc must start thinking about how to afford the challenges of a warmer world.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New newsletter alert! 🚨 We just launched Surge, a daily, free-to-read newsletter covering electrification, the global energy transition and rising power demand. I wrote about the backlash against power-hungry data centers coming to Europe in our 2nd edition yday: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
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Data center wars cross the Atlantic
Welcome to the U.S.-style data center backlash, Austria.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
European governments are planning to fight climate change with a major expansion of nuclear power. Global warming, however, is fighting back. On Europe's hot nuclear summer, w/ @nicolascamut.bsky.social & @elenagiordano.bsky.social: www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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How climate change threatens Europe’s nuclear renaissance
Europe’s nuclear fleet feels the heat from rising temperatures.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I went on a drive around a massive data center construction site in rural Austria:
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 25/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: This summer’s extremes show that governments must spend more on beefing up defenses against global warming or face an even steeper bill in the years to come, the EU’s climate chief told POLITICO.
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Europe must spend billions now or face mounting climate disaster costs, EU warns
A nightmare summer of fires, droughts and heatwaves should force governments to invest in climate proofing, says EU climate chief Wopke Hoekstra.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/08/2026
The EU would prefer its wildfires served with a side of competitiveness. Climate change has other plans.
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The economic toll of Europe’s infernal summer
Global warming, not climate policy, is bad for business, experts warn.
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Matthias Deutsch @matthiasdeutsch.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🔥Update: More than 24,000 heat-related deaths in a selection of European countries by early August New: Spain now with > 3000 deaths (May-early Aug) We need more estimates from the remaining countries to get the full picture. 👉 Online map with data sources: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/yJcqo/13/
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 31/07/2026
Climate change is rendering Europe more flammable, vastly increasing the odds of the tinderbox conditions that fueled this week’s megafires in France and Spain, researchers say.
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Climate change made Spanish wildfires 20 times more likely
Global warming also doubled the likelihood of this year’s tinderbox conditions in France, says snap scientific analysis.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you're wondering WTF is the ETS, look no further: Here's your cheat sheet to the next EU policy fight. www.politico.eu/article/eu-e...
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The 3 letters Brussels won’t be able to shut up about
POLITICO’s guide to the core elements of the Emissions Trading System reform.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/07/2026
The European Commission earlier this week mourned the victims of climate change. A slate of high-profile announcements today will show whether those solemn words were more than just lip service.
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The European Commission’s moment of climate truth 
Two policy announcements on Friday will show whether the Commission can keep its emissions-cutting promises.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you're wondering WTF is the ETS, look no further: Here's your cheat sheet to the next EU policy fight. www.politico.eu/article/eu-e...
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The 3 letters Brussels won’t be able to shut up about
POLITICO’s guide to the core elements of the Emissions Trading System reform.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Why don't most Europeans have air conditioning? Dumb? Woke? No - WE DID NOT NEED IT UNTIL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING CAUSED THE CLIMATE CRISIS More info 👇 www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...
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Eight facts about air conditioning amid an overheated global debate - Carbon Brief
Carbon Brief explains why AC rates in parts of Europe are relatively low and clarifies some of the misleading claims about the technology.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 14/07/2026
Last month's record-breaking heat wave killed thousands across Western Europe, making it one of the continent's deadliest climate disasters.
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Brutal June heat wave killed as many as 14,000 Europeans
POLITICO calculations show thousands of excess deaths across six worst-hit countries.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Wondering why you can't keep cool this week? It's down to a lack of sufficient... — mitigation (climate-speak for reducing planet-warming emission) — adaptation (= making our infrastructure and economy fit for a warmer world) — political will (self-explanatory) www.politico.eu/article/3-re...
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3 reasons why Europe can’t stop sweating this week
Climate change, poor infrastructure and distracted politicians all play a role.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
An early estimate for excess deaths in this heat wave - 1,000 people died in France in just a few days.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Hospitals in Cologne are so overloaded due to the extreme heat that the city has set up a field hospital for lesser emergencies...
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Once the heat dissipates, Europe will start counting its dead. Story: www.politico.eu/article/why-...
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Why Europe’s heat waves are still so deadly
An ageing population, overheating homes and climatic change are fast outstripping preparations and driving up the death toll.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Europe's extreme heat dominating POLITICO's front page today.
Homepage of POLITICO Europe with the three main stories all related to the heat wave.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Once the heat dissipates, Europe will start counting its dead. Story: www.politico.eu/article/why-...
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Why Europe’s heat waves are still so deadly
An ageing population, overheating homes and climatic change are fast outstripping preparations and driving up the death toll.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 26/06/2026
This week’s extraordinary heat wave is the worst to ever hit Western Europe and could not have occurred without humans heating the planet by burning fossil fuels, scientists say.
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‘This is climate change’: European heat wave impossible without warming, scientists say
Man-made warming made this heat wave far more likely and hotter than it would have been even a few decades ago, research finds.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Heat EUCO, anyone? www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greens call for emergency EU leaders’ summit over extreme heat
The European Green Party says heads of state and government should meet to strengthen the Green Deal.
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Marianne Gros @mariannegros.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🥵 It's hot in here. Europe is sweating through a record-breaking heatwave that's killing people, trees, and destroying crops. Meanwhile in Brussels: EU governments push to divert green investment funds towards fossil fuel expansion. Read the full story 👇 www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...
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EU countries want oil exploration to be classed as a green investment
The proposed changes could see oil giants like TotalEnergies showing up in sustainable investment funds.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It took a long, long time, but POLITICO's Brussels newsroom is officially unionized as of today. ✊
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How hard can it be to have sufficient AC to at least not make the metro hotter than outside? Question for Brussels.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Hot, innit. www.politico.eu/article/3-re...
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3 reasons why Europe can’t stop sweating this week
Climate change, poor infrastructure and distracted politicians all play a role.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The entire (!) rail network across Germany has stopped running for the time being due to comms tech failing. And I thought my 2-hr delay on the way back to Brussels yesterday was bad. www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/bah...
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Bahnverkehr wegen Funkstörung bundesweit eingestellt
Grund ist eine Störung der „internen Kommunikationskanäle“, heißt es von dem Konzern.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I guess climate change has a sense of humour
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Tried to capture the vibe at this year's Bonn climate talks:
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 17/06/2026
The European Union did not manage to reduce its planet-warming emissions last year, with preliminary data showing a slight increase in pollution levels compared to 2024.
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EU greenhouse gas emissions rose in 2025, data shows
The bloc’s pollution-slashing efforts have been stagnating in recent years.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/05/2026
Enemies could exploit Europe’s fossil fuel dependence to “choke” the bloc in the event of a war, the EU’s defense and climate chiefs warn.
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Europe’s fossil fuel reliance could be weaponized in war, EU chiefs warn
The bloc’s dependence on foreign oil and gas is a defense liability, Wopke Hoekstra and Andrius Kubilius say.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Turkish hosts of this year’s COP31 UN climate conference have blocked Cyprus from preparatory briefings and are refusing bilateral meeting requests sent by Nicosia on behalf of the European Union, five diplomats and officials told us. Story: www.politico.eu/article/turk...
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Turkey freezes Cyprus out of COP31 climate summit preparations
The refusal of the COP31 host country to recognize Cyprus has made things awkward for the EU.
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
In climate resilience terms alone, the decision to turn Schuman into yet another concrete circle of hell that has even less greenery than before is baffling. Heats up the area, and unless there's drainage I can't see, a flood risk (as the area has flooded with severe rainfall before).
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Zia Weise @ziaweise.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Update: The Polish government yesterday announced defensive nature restoration efforts, including a ban on clear-cutting of border forests, and millions in cash for restoring bogs and other wetlands: www.gov.pl/web/klimat/k...
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Komponent przyrodniczy Tarczy Wschód - Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska - Portal Gov.pl
Zmiana gospodarki leśnej na terenach przygranicznych, odbudowa ekosystemów i renaturyzacja zasobów wodnych - Polska wykorzystuje naturalny potencjał do tworzenia unikalnej na skalę europejską bariery,...
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