What happened to middle powers, and Canada, taking the US hegemony- aligned sign out of their shop window?
28.02.2026 17:19
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What happened to middle powers, and Canada, taking the US hegemony- aligned sign out of their shop window?
Snapshots from Pernambuco.
the new world order in brazil -- Stellantis- created by merger of Italy's FIAT and France's PSA, is building a production line with China's Leapmotor to make an electric SUV in Brazil. Going head to head against China's BYD also sold in Brazil (and manufactured in Bahia)
Fireworks over Grand Army Plaza
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
Very much looking forward to discussing the #COP30 #Belém outcomes and potential ways forward tomorrow with @annaperezcatala.bsky.social, @aygoswami.bsky.social, Bernhard Pötter, Max Schulze-Steinen. To register, visit us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@bronwentucker.bsky.social and @aygoswami.bsky.social on latest draft decision text at #COP30. "What we would need to see for a roadmap [on fossil fuel phaseout] to be useful at all is ... rich countries going first and fastest and real public finance."
🎥 www.youtube.com/shorts/qFUJ1...
A critical remembrance of Jane Goodall for the latest issue of @thecontinent.org. Open to comments and feedback www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...
I am personally offended by this
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2⃣ In part 2 we open up the discussion to six Global South climate experts, Sunita Narain @ndubash.bsky.social Anumita Roychowdhury @harjeet11.bsky.social Diego Pacheco @rishirbhandary.bsky.social to weigh in
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
1⃣ In part 1 we ask a list of non-exhaustive questions around the framing: is the cycle of demanding ‘ambitious’ NDCs hinged on emission-cutting targets serving the purpose of climate or low-carbon development, particularly for the Global South?
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
🖊️New op-ed: The NDC Death Loop
As COP30 approaches, the current cycle of voluntary climate pledges is facing a crisis of relevance; climate governance needs to be reinvented, especially for the Global South
@trishant.bsky.social @cseindia.bsky.social
Some important perspectives about the context in which climate action ought to be framed in developing countries. By @aygoswami.bsky.social and @trishant.bsky.social
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
Forecast revisions from IEA Renewables 2025 report.
Optimism and pessimism. The IEA renewables 2025 update is fascinating. It ratchets down both US and China's renewable buildout from the 2024 report. US down more than 40% (!) and China down about 5%.
*Slightly* differently? It’s a clear signal of absolute Western decline, nothing less
Climate policy nerds uniting today around the shared struggle: 'But what is the peak date??"
If you know, you know etc....
Hyped for the next episode of Carbon Politics - @cseindia.bsky.social’s new video podcast - this time with @70sbachchan.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social of @thepolycrisis.bsky.social about BRICS and climate action
Out here on Sept 28: www.cseindia.org/page/carbon-...
"In the first half of 2025 China’s new additions were more than twice the new capacity installed by the entire rest of the world this year. The #2 on the list, India, installed 24GW. The US at #3 installed 21GW. There is an order of magnitude difference."
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
One benefit I can see is intentionality to actual examine the trade-climate nexus and such a space being designed to specifically do that - because the rigidities of existing spaces are creating loopholes for unwilling actors to block discussions (EU saying UNFCCC isn’t ‘equipped’ to discuss trade)
Savouring the best of Delhi at the end of summer and before winter - while AQI is in the 100s, before the airshed becomes hell - w/ the Smashing Pumpkins as a backdrop
Would be great to hear about your WTO experience. And yes details are scant on this forum, I’m skeptical especially if it’s driven by Brazil and EU solely, and doesn’t involve groups like South Africa and India who have a lot to say on trade and development
Brazil’s proposal to launch a new climate and trade forum at COP30 is a timely intervention - I outline 5 key dynamics in the climate-trade debate for any new forum to consider.
Above all it must be advanced with the buy-in of developing countries
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
Congratulations! It’s a great report and dataset!
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
New policy report just published with groundbreaking data showing that China's new global role in the green transition is investing in manufacturing, not financing infrastructure: "China’s Green Leap Outward"
www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
You can also read an abridged version of the discussion here: www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
🎙️ 33 Years Since Rio: What Have We Learned
In the latest Carbon Politics episode by @cseindia.bsky.social, I speak with Sunita Narain and Anumita Roychowdhury about the origins of the UNFCCC, the decades since, and how the Rio moment can guide the Global South through today’s competing crises
The first summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) convened in Belgrade, Yugoslavia on this day in 1961.
Polyalignment in action
"Xi and Modi say they are ‘partners not rivals’ in bid to repair China-India ties" - on.ft.com/4n6jHnH
Yes 100% we need more southern voices and content on here, I totally agree