We're all in for a treat! Climate and India policy expert Aruna Chandrasekhar has been through all of the parties' manifestos ahead of the election beginning on Friday

Read on to see where India’s major national political parties stand on climate change🌏🇮🇳

Without our continued burning of fossil fuels, extreme heat in Sahel that killed hundreds ay the end of Ramadan would not have happened. New World Weather Attribution study worldweatherattribution.org/extreme-sahel-…

Climate finance experts tell me the UK's decision to 'double count' money as humanitarian aid and climate finance is “problematic” and a “clear deviation from the path to climate justice”.

What has gone wrong with UK climate finance?

A quick🧵...

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NEW: Climate-driven migration mini-series 👣

After 2+ years of research and writing, I am SO excited to share this work!

1️⃣In-depth Q&A:
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2️⃣Climate-driven migration in rural Thailand:

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Video youtu.be/SQ2NytrueUQ?si…

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Carbon Brief's Solomon Elusoji speaks to doctors, a meteorologist and farmers about how ongoing extreme heat is affecting Nigeria

It comes amid a lack of comprehensive record-keeping about the impacts of extreme heat on African nations, both on a national and international level

NEW: You've heard the controversies around net-zero, but what about net-negative?

I explore the moral & scientific arguments for countries turning into net-hoovers of CO2, as Germany becomes 1st major econ to consider it

Ft Joeri Rogelj & David Reiner
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MEGA FACTCHECK

Heat pumps are the “central technology in the global transition to secure and sustainable heating” says International Energy Agency.

But heat pumps still face relentless hostile media coverage.

I comprehensively debunked 18 heat pump myths in Carbon Brief👇

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NEW – ‘Drill, baby, drill’: The surprising history of Donald Trump’s fossil-fuel slogan | Josh Gabbatiss w/comment from Michael Steele

Read here: buff.ly/3TEO20R

🚨BREAKING🚨

Election victory for Trump could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030 – new Carbon Brief analysis

🎯US would blow past climate goals
😳would wipe out impact – twice over – from 5yrs of global clean energy growth
🥵would likely end 1.5C hopes

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Many climate groups in developing nations are funded by the German government, a political ally of Israel, and feel unable to criticise Israel’s military action in Gaza
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Really enjoyed writing DeBriefed, Carbon Brief's weekly newsletter on all things climate

Click for summary of key events + interview w/ authors of paper showing global support for climate action is 'systematically underestimated'

Edits by Daisy Dunne

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Our new study in NatureEcoEvo looks at how assemblages of birds, butterflies and plants have changed across Great Britain in the last 50 or so years.

🔗nature.com/articles/s4155…
🧵Some key results

NEW: Ever wondered what life is like for UK scientists doing fieldwork in the Arctic?

I went to British Antarctic Survey 🐧 on Wednesday to find out

Was also v cool to hear from a diverse range of scientists about their research, from algae to AI to invisible ecosystems!

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NEW – Q&A: What progress has been made on protecting nature a year on from COP15? | Aruna Chandrasekhar Daisy Dunne Orla Dwyer Yanine Quiroz Giuliana A. Viglione, PhD

Read here ➡️bit.ly/3vRs4hA

Biden has announced a surprise “pause” on new LNG export terminals

Josh Gabbatiss and I explore what it could mean for

🔥global emissions
🔥global LNG supplies and use
🔥Biden’s climate credibility in the run up to the election and on the global stage

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NEW: I interviewed Chris Skidmore for Carbon Brief

We cover
🔥his resignation
🔥PM’s “pivot towards trying to create a culture war on the back of net-zero”
🔥Govt’s “consistent pattern of favouritism” for oil and gas sector

& much more!

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