Gibson Climate Justice Lab

New #BigOilRealityCheck report by @OilChangeUS shows how oil & gas companies cannot be trusted to put out the fire. 8 companies alone are on track to use 30% of our remaining 1.5°C carbon budget oilchange.org/borc

The time is now to #StopDeepSeaMining! World leaders have the power to ensure we don’t make the same mistakes. You have a voice too. Sign the petition ✍️ greenpeace.org/stop-deep-sea-…

good trouble...

Interesting analysis of how this move could impact future climate talks #COP29 - John Kerry to leave Biden administration, help campaign - Axios apple.news/AeTxHtspYQjK8T…

HAPPENING NOW! International activists and multiple environmental organisations join in protest in at the Norwegian Parliament to denounce the absurdity of mining the Arctic. Deep sea mining in the Arctic? There’s NO(R)WAY! #StopDeepSeaMining

The 2024 Storymakers fellowship is accepting applications! Running from June 23-29, 2024 at the Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island, the fellowship trains full-time, mid-career researchers in the art of environmental storytelling. Learn more ➡️bit.ly/wies-storymake…

Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA | @drsimevans @josh_gabbatiss #CBarchive bit.ly/3tsUk9y

While the decision on the global stocktake took most of the limelight especially in relation to mitigation, less attention was paid to the decision on the global goal on adaptation (GGA) where Parties struggled to find consensus on the GGA framework. ➡️ twn.my/title2/climate…

My letter in the Financial Times. "Carbon markets are not the solution to a very real finance problem. Developed countries need to stop looking for ways to dodge their responsibilities and instead actually deliver on their financing promises." ft.com/content/8f5cff…

Civil society is such a crucial part of the @UNFCCC climate negotiations. We were lucky to have Marine Biology PhD Eesha Ragnani attend #COP28 to document these important voices as they followed the talks on the ground. youtube.com/watch?v=1GdG-s…

The loudest statement at this #COP28 plenary is the absence of small island states when the gavel went down. Source described the stark contrast from the overflow room: while the plenary applauded, "here there is only anger or stunned silence." Here's the statement from AOSIS:

This is wild...and not the democracy and consensus we expect of the @UNFCCC or of #COP28UAE

And that's just clause #27, more to dig into here, but this not the "north star" we've been promised all year.

➡️ support for nuclear, removal technologies and carbon capture and storage and "low carbon hydrogen" ➡️focus on "inefficient fossil fuel subsidies" with not definition of what makes a fossil fuel subsidy efficient or inefficient

📢 New #globalstocktake #COP28 draft text! Still digging into changes but at first glance: An analysis 🧵: ➡️ we do see some strengthening of verbs through out - from "resolves, welcomes, notes" to "commits, underscores, underlines"

Our new video is now out on the #ClimateJustice importance and gaps in the current #LossAndDamage outcomes at #COP28UAE! youtu.be/-Z229R649sA