Chloé Farand
@ChloeFarand
Senior reporter & investigation lead • Tips and suggestions cf@climatehomenews.com • Franco-Britannique
Oxford, UKJoined March 2012
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The world needs to start paying serious attention to the biodiversity talks. Targets alone won't help reverse nature loss if there is no $$ on the table to implement them.
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An update: I understand that countries have not yet got to discussing the "30%" bit of 30x30
In fact, they haven't yet resolved any of the numbers in the agreement e.g. how much land to restore, what % of species to save from extinction etc
Lots of work for ministers to do! twitter.com/daisydunnesci/…
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Meanwhile, , one of the leaders of the so called "High Ambition Coalition" is using the little time he has available to travel and watch a football game, instead of coming here to help get a strong deal. That's why we're publishing ads saying: this is not a game.
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If you've ever wondered why carbon offsets or nature-based solutions are controversial, this sums it up:
Oil giant uses land taken from people in one of the world's poorest countries to grow trees, hoping to cancel out some of its fossil fuel emissions
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As talks move to week 2 #COP15, ministers need to get their hands dirty in negotiations once they arrive. Political attention on finance & 30*30 is key. China also needs to provide a clear roadmap & speed up the process early. Failing to do so might imply a protracted end game.
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I am so worried how the current MDB #ParisAgreement alignment checks allow them to justify almost ANYTHING as Paris aligned - such as this “Paris aligned” gas project in Bangladesh at climatechangenews.com/2022/12/09/aii
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Great news
🇨🇦 announced end of international fossil fuel financing!
Huge win for groups like , Indigenous Peoples, members of Parliament who worked tirelessly to get to this point ✊
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Chloe, we're going to miss you so much! Thanks for all your hard work and excellent reporting over the years. All the best with the next thing
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is one of the best climate and biodiversity reporters around. Commission her!
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While sad to be leaving the team, I'm very excited about the next chapter. I'll be based in Kenya for a few months next year.
You can now reach me on chloe.farand@outlook.com. Tips, ideas and commissions all welcome! And as long as Twitter survives, my DMs remain open.
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While sad to be leaving the team, I'm very excited about the next chapter. I'll be based in Kenya for a few months next year.
You can now reach me on chloe.farand@outlook.com. Tips, ideas and commissions all welcome! And as long as Twitter survives, my DMs remain open.
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It's been an absolute privilege to learn from some of the best in the business: thank you!
And if you don't already, make sure you follow the work of my brilliant colleagues
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📢 After three & half brilliant years at the fantastic I'm heading for new adventures. I'll still be writing about climate, environment and development issues but as a freelancer.
Read on...
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🌍 #COP15 is now underway in Montreal, where countries are working to agree on a global framework to halt the destruction of nature by the end of this decade.
🧵 We've pulled together some previous articles that shed some light on the state of affairs going into the conference🔽
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Brilliant thread explaining very clearly what the debt problem means for development and climate action.
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This week Ghana is almost certain to default on its debt.
Another canary in the coalmine for a much bigger debt problem that’s hurtling towards us.
A $2.5 trillion #debt shock
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on debt, why it matters, and why poor countries pay more to borrow money. 
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Here's data:
If you want to finance a solar farm in the US in 2020 you’d pay 1% interest.
The same farm in Nigeria would cost you 14%.
There are lots of reasons but it adds up to a simple truth.
You pay more for being poor.
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However, there's no room for complacency.
Even in an "accelerated" scenario with additional policies and finance, the IEA says the world will not be building enough renewables to stay on its net-zero by 2050 trajectory.
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After Egypt, it's the UAE's turn.
The Gulf petrostate has been preparing for Cop28 for months. And it wants it all: to become a major clean energy financier while continuing to sell the world its oil.
Here's a peek at what the UAE might have in store 👇
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The UAE was the first Gulf state to announce a net zero target but it is yet to explain how it will deliver.
Without a rollout at scale of carbon capture technologies, it “is predicated on the rest of the world failing to achieve net zero," says Jim Krane of Rice University.
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After Egypt, it's the UAE's turn.
The Gulf petrostate has been preparing for Cop28 for months. And it wants it all: to become a major clean energy financier while continuing to sell the world its oil.
Here's a peek at what the UAE might have in store 👇
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Some good news from the renewables report: Renewable roll out has accelerated. Wind & solar set to account for 90%+ of global electricity expansion over next five years, overtaking coal to become the largest source of global electricity by early 2025.
iea.org/data-and-stati
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China is the African continent’s biggest trading partner and bilateral trade hit a record high of $254 billion last year. The U.S. — sub-Saharan Africa’s fourth largest trading partner — recorded a more modest $64 billion in bilateral trade in 2021.
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Glencore to pay #DRCongo $180mn to cover #corruption claims, related to its #copper and #cobalt #mining business in #DRC #humanrights #ESG ft.com/content/be43a7
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They don't seem to have got the memo from the UN that using offsets and net zero targets to cover up fossil fuel expansion is "rank deception" 👇
climatechangenews.com/2022/11/08/tox
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Meanwhile, on the carbon market. Oil and gas producer Hess Corporation, which is part of the consortium drilling oil offshore in Guyana, is offsetting its emissions by spending $750m over 10 years to buy avoided deforestation (Redd+) credits in Guyana
businesswire.com/news/home/2022
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Meanwhile, on the carbon market. Oil and gas producer Hess Corporation, which is part of the consortium drilling oil offshore in Guyana, is offsetting its emissions by spending $750m over 10 years to buy avoided deforestation (Redd+) credits in Guyana🤦♀️
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As the Cop15 biodiversity summit opens in Montreal this week, 'biodiversity credits' are rising up the agenda.
So much so is launching 'Biodiversity Pulse'. Some backgrd to get stuck in via report on biodiversity offsets vs biocredits
iied.org/sites/default/
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Bit of good news to start the weekend! Looks like Brazil's going to scrap a load of gas plants and pipelines - saving the climate and $22bn.
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After the EU opened up the issue at #Cop27, I looked at the data on who should pay for loss and damage?
Answer: Qatar. Maybe South Korea. Not China. Definitely not India.
But the biggest deal would be if the US paid it’s fair share for once
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The EU published plans to eventually certify removals of CO2 from the atmosphere. This policy’s a slow burn, many decisive details were left out and will have to be worked out later - including how removals will count towards countries’ climate targets 3/5
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The US is paying out to help three tribal communities, at threat of rising water and land erosion, move to higher ground. This is only going to become more frequent as emissions keep rising.
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You have to love a 'tradition'
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UNESCO has just made the French baguette part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of humanity, and the French delegation is wildin out there
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Vanuatu says more than a 100 countries are backing its call to request an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on states' climate obligations.
That's above the threshold it needs to give the court a mandate to act.
Full story 👇
climatechangenews.com/2022/11/30/van
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Here it is: Vanuatu's draft resolution to the UN requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice about states' legal obligation for climate action and the legal consequences for causing harm.
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climatechangenews.com/2022/05/24/isl
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Here it is: Vanuatu's draft resolution to the UN requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice about states' legal obligation for climate action and the legal consequences for causing harm.
Context 👇climatechangenews.com/2022/05/24/isl
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Today, @VanuatuUN on behalf of a group of states, circulated to the broader @UN membership a draft #UNGA resolution to request an ICJ Advisory Opinion from the @CIJ_ICJ on climate change. Over the next few weeks consultation with member states will begin.
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Recommended read: Late-night fossil fuel fight leaves bitter taste after COP27 |
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Great read this on the late drama at COP27 from the brilliant team at
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Finally - a very well balanced article on the issue - Late-night fossil fuel fight leaves bitter taste after Cop27 climatechangenews.com/2022/11/24/lat via
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You may want to sit down for this sequence of events:
On Thursday: the US called for stronger fossil fuel phasedown text at #COP27.
24hrs later: the US approved a new gas terminal.
Monday: the US approved an oil terminal.
It's not a transition if you're expanding the problem.
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