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Ed King

@edking_i

Tracking international climate diplomacy since 2010 - sign up to monthly / COP briefings here: tinyurl.com/28u7etn3 | Also @sportandclimate

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'There is no single scenario for exactly how property insurance costs might lead to climate-fuelled financial upheaval.' ft.com/content/9e5df3…

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Haaretz just revealed, based on conversations with soldiers, that commanders instructed them to fire at crowds near the GHF aid distribution centers to drive them away β€” even when it was clear the crowds posed no danger. Here’s how the soldiers described the horrific scenes:

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We're increasingly going to be measuring #climate risk through FIFA World Cups (funded increasingly by aramco + oil states flush with dosh) reuters.com/sports/soccer/…

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"On a hot sunny day in 2035, Britain will face an unusual challenge: solar farms alone will produce more electricity in a single hour than the entire grid currently generates in 90 minutes." Let's use it to cool our homes. samdumitriu.com/p/legalise-ac

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New India 2035 #climate target paper out via TERI -potential to create 35m clean tech jobs by 2047 -40% major biz evaluating #climate risk -Clean power auctions exceeding targets -transport transition = 10m jobs by 2030 teriin.org/sites/default/…

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'Climate change has loaded the dice' - why Fifa should consider playing World Cup final at 9am in 2026. Good piece this on US Club World Cup heat by Dan Roan bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

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Viewed from afar, the Matterhorn looks compact but up close it's "like a croissant; on the surface everything is falling apart". A fascinating and concerning piece by giles whittell on how the Alps are melting. observer.co.uk/news/internati…

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1 July 2025. Entirely possible we will remember this date in decades to come as the day the US govt willingly gave up the electrification race - sealing the fate of millions of jobs this century. More in Bloomberg via Akshat Rathi bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Another week of BBC slagging from all fronts. Worth reading latest Reuters Institute on media trust levels in UK. 60% trust BBC 56% trust Channel 4 24% trust Daily Mail 17% trust the Sun reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/…

Another week of BBC slagging from all fronts. Worth reading latest <a href="/risj_oxford/">Reuters Institute</a> on media trust levels in UK.

60% trust BBC
56% trust Channel 4
24% trust Daily Mail
17% trust the Sun

reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/…
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'Talk of delay appeared to be at odds with the rapidly worsening conditions right outside. Experts are warning that thousands are likely to be killed either during the heat wave scorching wide parts of Europe, or from complications long after it passes.' politico.eu/article/europe…

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As a country we seem to enjoy trying to destroy smart people who we need to succeed: I had to turn away and not watch Rachel Reeves just now, poor woman; I also thought the personal attacks on Tim Davie were ridiculous, though he's a strong leader and will survive. There is

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Two narratives #1 China is dumping cheap solar panels on others by unfairly subsidizing its industry. #2 US, Russia, Saudi are dumping cheap oil and gas on others by unfairly subsidizing production and transport. Both can be defended with facts. Which do you hear more?