Megan Darby
Deputy editor at award-winning @ClimateHome. Interrogating the international politics of climate change. Born at 350ppm CO2. Available to break up man panels
Last synced from Twitter 34d ago
Philippines declares moratorium on new coal power plants
The move could scrap 8GW of planned coal projects which haven't been fully approved, sending a strong signal to investors in the region coal is out of favour
Muhammad Iqbal
"As a representative of the residents of village Chak 6-B.C. (Bahawal Canal) in the local government I can say that we’ve benefited much from the project. Not only have the prices of our lands increased manifold, we are also enjoying better security...
Megan Darby
powerful storytelling initiative - people in five Asian countries share their experience of China's belt and road - positive and negative
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Niluka Roshani
"My village is good, and the people are good. But the villagers don’t have jobs because they are fishermen. The sea was good, years ago. The fishermen had a good catch and earned well.
Niluka Roshani
Kapugoda in Western Province
Writer:...
Megan Darby
powerful storytelling initiative - people in five Asian countries share their experience of China's belt and road - positive and negative
brivillage.asia/pakistan/muham…
brivillage.asia/sri-lanka/nilu…
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Who will build the world's last coal plant?
Banks, companies and governments are axing support for coal, driven by climate concerns and competition from renewables, but hundreds of plants are still in planning
Exports of Used Cars Are a Pollution Problem, U.N. Warns
Rich countries are sending millions of older, dirtier vehicles abroad, in a trade that’s largely unregulated, even as they mandate cleaner cars at home.
Climate news Trump can use
HEATED analyzed 30 news articles about Biden's climate policy, and found that 25 adopted Trump's preferred framing.
Mayan communities are suing the Mexican government over a million solar panel megaproject
Indigenous communities say they did not give consent for a Total-backed solar megaproject on their land
Megan Darby
“The contracts only benefit… the Americans who designed the project. The villagers are only left with the crumbs”
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Megan Darby
Great reporting by @ChloeFarand and @JuanPMayorga on why indigenous communities in Mexico are fighting a @total @SunPower million solar panel project in the courts. Pics by @CanulRobin
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Carbon offsets make a comeback - Climate Weekly
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Megan Darby
never mind #Debates2020, i'm leading this week's newsletter with the carbon offsetting content you all crave #clickbait
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Why America Must Lead Again
As president, Joe Biden plans to take immediate steps to renew U.S. democracy and alliances, protect the United States’ economic future, and have America lead the world.
World Bank branch indirectly backs coal megaproject despite green pledge
International Finance Corporation piloted its green equity policy with an Indonesian bank, which went on to fund a coal complex with emissions the size of Spain
Megan Darby
Embarrassing for World Bank private lending arm @IFC_org, they didn't seem to know the bank that piloted their new green policy went on to back a massive coal plant in Indonesia
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French government blocks U.S. LNG deal as too dirty
The French trading firm Engie had been poised to sign the $7 billion, 20-year contract.
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Megan Darby
Great initiative by @future_climate to mobilise a more diverse range of contributors to fill the climate gaps in Wikipedia climatechangenews.com/2020/10/21/web… cc @chriskeating
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Peru and Switzerland sign 'world first' carbon offset deal under Paris Agreement
In an agreement that took two years to negotiate, Peru will get finance for sustainable development projects while Switzerland takes credit for the emissions cuts
Natural gas viewed more positively than other fossil fuels across 20 global publics
A median of 69% of adults across 20 global publics we surveyed are in favor of expanding the use of natural gas.
Megan Darby
69% of people in an international survey support increased use of fossil gas. (Pew research) pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020…
The lobbyists really scored a big win getting everyone to call it "natural"
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Japan to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero by 2050
Suga to make pledge in first general policy speech as industry faces pressure
Poland's largest utility announces pivot from coal to renewables
PGE has announced a strategy to go 100% renewable by 2050, but it depends on passing responsibility for coal mines to another Polish state-owned entity
This radiant model wants you to stop worrying and love nuclear energy
The world’s first nuclear influencer is not a shill.
Megan Darby
This radiant model wants you to stop worrying and love nuclear energy grist.org/energy/this-ra… via @grist 👀
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Oxfam: Rich countries are not delivering on $100bn climate finance promise
Nearly 80% of climate finance is in the form of loans that must be repaid, adding to the debt burden of the poorest countries, anti-poverty campaigners found
The Leader the WTO Needs | by Mo Ibrahim, Kevin Watkins and Mary Robinson - Project Syndicate
With the world teetering on the brink of historic reversals of hard-won progress on reducing extreme poverty and malnutrition, combating child mortality, and extending educational opportunity, we need a trading system that works for the poor. And...