Gore praises China, criticizes US
5h
Al Gore welcomed China’s "unilateral leadership" on climate and warned about warming as he spoke today ahead of Climate Week, criticizing U.S. rollbacks of power-plant emissions limits.
"Alarming Global Temperature Rise" | My interview this week with the wonderful @stevecurwood.bsky.social for @prx.org @livingonearthradio.bsky.social: www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
Living on Earth: Alarming Global Temperature Rise
2026 was recorded as one of the hottest summers globally, with deadly heatwaves in Europe and catastrophic floods in Nepal. Ahead of a September meeting, the United Nations put out a report warning th...
www.loe.org
September 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"Alarming Global Temperature Rise" | My interview this week with the wonderful @stevecurwood.bsky.social for @prx.org @livingonearthradio.bsky.social: www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
by Katharine Hayhoe Reposted by Sonia I. Seneviratne
Climate policy expert @leahstokes.bsky.social wrote Talking Climate this week. She says, talking about climate change doesn't lose elections - it wins them. And, check out her Carbon Wave Calculator.
As Leah says, a footprint is what one person leaves behind. A wave is what we make together 💚
As Leah says, a footprint is what one person leaves behind. A wave is what we make together 💚
Climate action comes in waves | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Leah Stokes on voting for climate, where policy failed, and the Carbon Wave Calculator This week I’m excited to be handing this newsletter o
www.patreon.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Climate policy expert @leahstokes.bsky.social wrote Talking Climate this week. She says, talking about climate change doesn't lose elections - it wins them. And, check out her Carbon Wave Calculator.
As Leah says, a footprint is what one person leaves behind. A wave is what we make together 💚
As Leah says, a footprint is what one person leaves behind. A wave is what we make together 💚
We are not screwed.
We can still stop the worst impacts of climate change and build a better future – if we act soon and act at scale.
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
We can still stop the worst impacts of climate change and build a better future – if we act soon and act at scale.
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
We’re going to miss the 1.5 °C climate target. Now what?
The United Nations Environment Program released a report earlier this month saying the world – which is already experiencing roughly 1.3˚C of warming – will miss the 1.5˚C climate change target set by...
drawdown.org
September 18, 2026 at 1:53 AM
We are not screwed.
We can still stop the worst impacts of climate change and build a better future – if we act soon and act at scale.
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
We can still stop the worst impacts of climate change and build a better future – if we act soon and act at scale.
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
by Jonathan T. Overpeck Reposted by Jonathan A. Foley
We need to work harder..."This work shows us that all of the solutions we need are already here. We just need to scale them, as quickly and strategically as we can."
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
We’re going to miss the 1.5 °C climate target. Now what?
The United Nations Environment Program released a report earlier this month saying the world – which is already experiencing roughly 1.3˚C of warming – will miss the 1.5˚C climate change target set by...
drawdown.org
September 17, 2026 at 4:25 PM
We need to work harder..."This work shows us that all of the solutions we need are already here. We just need to scale them, as quickly and strategically as we can."
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
drawdown.org/insights/wer...
by Dana R. Fisher Reposted by Katharine Hayhoe
I'm looking forward to this conversation about our new Landscape Assessement of Climate Communication in the US and Canada. The study was conducted in partnership with the @tccollab.bsky.social and our Report goes live on Monday! @katharinehayhoe.com @swetac.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I'm looking forward to this conversation about our new Landscape Assessement of Climate Communication in the US and Canada. The study was conducted in partnership with the @tccollab.bsky.social and our Report goes live on Monday! @katharinehayhoe.com @swetac.bsky.social
Great quote, “Acknowledging climate change doesn’t make you liberal… it makes you literate.”
- Paul Douglas
- Paul Douglas
September 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Great quote, “Acknowledging climate change doesn’t make you liberal… it makes you literate.”
- Paul Douglas
- Paul Douglas
Reposted by Hisham Zerriffi
I agree with Al Gore on a whole lot of things but he's profoundly wrong on almost everything he says in this piece, and is adopting fossil-fuel industry style talking points that he's previously criticised
A short thread on why.............
www.ft.com/content/ba94...
A short thread on why.............
www.ft.com/content/ba94...
September 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I agree with Al Gore on a whole lot of things but he's profoundly wrong on almost everything he says in this piece, and is adopting fossil-fuel industry style talking points that he's previously criticised
A short thread on why.............
www.ft.com/content/ba94...
A short thread on why.............
www.ft.com/content/ba94...
Reposted by Roger A. Pielke
"One of the most brazen... propaganda campaigns... the concerted effort by climate advocates to create a belief that climate change causes bad weather and disasters, and that we can prevent those bad things from happening..." by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/09/18/c...
Climate Advocates Are Taking Us for Fools
One of the most brazen — and successful — propaganda campaigns sits out in plain sight. I am referring to the concerted effort by climate advocates to create a belief that “climate c
www.realclearscience.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"One of the most brazen... propaganda campaigns... the concerted effort by climate advocates to create a belief that climate change causes bad weather and disasters, and that we can prevent those bad things from happening..." by @thehonestbroker.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2026/09/18/c...
by Taryn Fransen Reposted by Juan Rocha
In a new paper with @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in Nature Communications (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), we provide the first empirical account of how countries use climate targets strategically.
Strategic objectives underpin national climate pledges - Nature Communications
Countries use international climate pledges not only to express domestic policy preferences, but to advance strategic goals like attracting finance, enhancing status, and setting standards for others....
www.nature.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
In a new paper with @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in Nature Communications (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), we provide the first empirical account of how countries use climate targets strategically.
And the companies want it that way - people who care about climate change pointing fingers at each other and judging each other for what they eat or how they travel.
@maryannaise.bsky.social said it so perfectly here. The “eco-non” line lives in my brain permanently rent free.
@maryannaise.bsky.social said it so perfectly here. The “eco-non” line lives in my brain permanently rent free.
“I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.”
Stop obsessing over your environmental “sins.” Fight the oil and gas industry instead.
www.vox.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
And the companies want it that way - people who care about climate change pointing fingers at each other and judging each other for what they eat or how they travel.
@maryannaise.bsky.social said it so perfectly here. The “eco-non” line lives in my brain permanently rent free.
@maryannaise.bsky.social said it so perfectly here. The “eco-non” line lives in my brain permanently rent free.
Lol, Trump is reducing global greenhouse gas emissions despite himself.
Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
www.carbonbrief.org
September 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Lol, Trump is reducing global greenhouse gas emissions despite himself.
Reposted by Jonathan A. Foley
On Sept 23, Jonathan Foley kicks off the Super Pollutant Action Summit alongside 150+ leaders from business, government, science, and civil society.
Register your interest: https://bit.ly/4Akd4Wv
#ClimateWeekNYC
Register your interest: https://bit.ly/4Akd4Wv
#ClimateWeekNYC
September 17, 2026 at 5:12 PM
On Sept 23, Jonathan Foley kicks off the Super Pollutant Action Summit alongside 150+ leaders from business, government, science, and civil society.
Register your interest: https://bit.ly/4Akd4Wv
#ClimateWeekNYC
Register your interest: https://bit.ly/4Akd4Wv
#ClimateWeekNYC
A lot of reasons, but I can tell you one.
Most people feel complicit in and responsible for climate change.
They have not been told about the companies that have enriched themselves through fossil fuels and invested in disinformation & misinformation.
They don’t see a clear target to blame.
Most people feel complicit in and responsible for climate change.
They have not been told about the companies that have enriched themselves through fossil fuels and invested in disinformation & misinformation.
They don’t see a clear target to blame.
September 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A lot of reasons, but I can tell you one.
Most people feel complicit in and responsible for climate change.
They have not been told about the companies that have enriched themselves through fossil fuels and invested in disinformation & misinformation.
They don’t see a clear target to blame.
Most people feel complicit in and responsible for climate change.
They have not been told about the companies that have enriched themselves through fossil fuels and invested in disinformation & misinformation.
They don’t see a clear target to blame.
But as @wriclimate.bsky.social and others seek to reimagine “climate diplomacy in a messy world” (www.wri.org/climate-dipl...), understanding how countries leverage climate politics to influence their negotiating partners is as critical as ever.
September 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
But as @wriclimate.bsky.social and others seek to reimagine “climate diplomacy in a messy world” (www.wri.org/climate-dipl...), understanding how countries leverage climate politics to influence their negotiating partners is as critical as ever.
Reposted by Gernot Wagner
Europe was the ‘most unusually hot place on the planet’ this summer. Can renewables cool us down?
“The human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time, and the urgency to shift away from them has never been clearer”...
www.euronews.com/2026/09/17/e...
“The human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time, and the urgency to shift away from them has never been clearer”...
www.euronews.com/2026/09/17/e...
Europe named most 'unusually hot place’ on Earth after sizzling summer
“These past three months are a warning sign we cannot afford to ignore – the human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time.”
www.euronews.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Europe was the ‘most unusually hot place on the planet’ this summer. Can renewables cool us down?
“The human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time, and the urgency to shift away from them has never been clearer”...
www.euronews.com/2026/09/17/e...
“The human and economic costs of fossil fuels are playing out in real time, and the urgency to shift away from them has never been clearer”...
www.euronews.com/2026/09/17/e...
Reposted by Chris R. Shepherd
@therevelator.org called it: Trump’s destruction of USAID would deepen the climate & extinction crises. Now come the receipts: rising deforestation, weakened protections, & conservation programs gutted. The damage was foreseeable. They did it anyway.
Read More: insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
Read More: insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
By Shutting Down USAID, Trump and Musk Will Worsen the Climate and Extinction Crises • The Revelator
The agency supports critical efforts to reduce wildlife trafficking, deforestation, land violence, and other threats around the world.
therevelator.org
September 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
@therevelator.org called it: Trump’s destruction of USAID would deepen the climate & extinction crises. Now come the receipts: rising deforestation, weakened protections, & conservation programs gutted. The damage was foreseeable. They did it anyway.
Read More: insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
Read More: insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...
When we conducted our interviews, the US was still in the Paris Agreement, and the world was between two of the oil supply shocks that have come to punctuate the 2020s. It’s fair to say the context for climate policy has shifted.
September 17, 2026 at 11:54 PM
When we conducted our interviews, the US was still in the Paris Agreement, and the world was between two of the oil supply shocks that have come to punctuate the 2020s. It’s fair to say the context for climate policy has shifted.
by Glenn Branch
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards!
Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
For release: September 17, 2026 Press contact: awards@coveringclimatenow.org Covering Climate Now Announces Winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards Today, the global journalism collaboration Cover...
coveringclimatenow.org
September 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards!
after the hottest summer on record, they had a credibility test right there. so long for “we will only do climate adaptation going forward”.
when people show you who they are, believe them.
when people show you who they are, believe them.
September 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
after the hottest summer on record, they had a credibility test right there. so long for “we will only do climate adaptation going forward”.
when people show you who they are, believe them.
when people show you who they are, believe them.
Reposted by Gary Sheffield
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says the UK must fully commit to reaching reach net zero by 2050
"The climate crisis is not a distant threat. It is here and with us now"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The climate crisis is not a distant threat. It is here and with us now"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
September 17, 2026 at 5:10 PM
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says the UK must fully commit to reaching reach net zero by 2050
"The climate crisis is not a distant threat. It is here and with us now"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"The climate crisis is not a distant threat. It is here and with us now"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...