Kerry's next act, in his own words: 'I’m going to sit down very quickly with the people I know and trust, and figure out what’s the best way for us to try to get the larger countries to move faster — because they’re the biggest polluters — and the other guys to move effectively.'

John Kerry is bowing out as Climate at State on Wednesday, leaving government to take his efforts to another arena. He spoke with me about what he's accomplished and what more is needed. eenews.net/articles/john-…

Aid for victims of climate change is in danger of being delayed as wealthy countries brawl over who gets to sit on the board of a new global fund.

Scoop w/ Sara Schonhardt on what's going on with the loss and damage fund: politico.com/news/2024/02/1…

Is Joe Biden a climate champion? Activists are divided and that matters. Nice story from my colleague Scott Waldman subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

An interesting tidbit from that piece: when its representatives (the far right, basically) take power, the immigration tribe calms down. That is NOT true of the climate tribe, which remains anxious no matter what.

It’s been a really shitty week for journalism. I don’t have anything smart or insightful to say about it so I’m just going to leave this here.

John Kerry might not be stepping down as Climate at State immediately, but Republicans have already been thinking about ways to try and block his replacement. Emma Dumain Timothy Cama and I look at what part of a new law could mean for US climate diplomacy: eenews.net/articles/how-a…

Good news in a rough week. Laid-off journos, come work at POLITICO! We at penguild just won a fabulous contract with good pay, solid benefits, 20+ days’ vacation and – best of all – strong job protections.

🚨🚨🚨 WE HAVE A DEAL! 🚨🚨🚨

Today at 3pm ET, I’ll join Dr. Lama Elhatow and Sara Schonhardt for National Academies’s #ClimateConversations webinar on the progress we made at #COP28 , and what that means for the near- and long-term future of global climate action. Join us! Register➡️ bit.ly/41TXXSz

John Kerry is planning to step down as climate envoy, sparking rumination on who might replace him (and when). Have a tip? Send it my way. politico.com/news/2024/01/1…

Real focus on Ohio here, a state that has opposed large-scale solar (and wind) and, as John Kerry points out, didn't vote for his presidential bid.

Carbon trading under the #ParisAgreement has officially started!

Carbon Pulse reports the first-ever transfer under #Article6 of the Paris Agreement between Thailand and the Article 6 trail-blazer Switzerland.

Many countries have already established agreements to trade under…

A thing I share in common with Taylor Swift. I'm also a lefty so let's unpack what that means...

From ‘depressed’ to a milestone: How the climate deal came together

Final dispatch from Dubai — and chapeau to Sara Schonhardt, Zia Weise, Zack Colman, Charlie Cooper and the sleepless Bob King, for a wonderful team effort.

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Climate talks in Dubai ended with a deal to curb the use of fossil fuels that was both historic and 30 years too late.

w/ Karl Mathiesen Zia Weise Sara Schonhardt

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Incredible reporting behind the scenes at #cop28 by the amazing POLITICO team of Karl Mathiesen Sara Schonhardt Zia Weise Zack Colman -- including the conversations we weren't supposed to hear

“I don’t know what will happen to my kids tomorrow if we stick to this text,' France's Agnès Pannier-Runacher told a closed-door meeting (that we listened in to) of senior negotiators at COP28 last night.

w/ Sara Schonhardt & Karl Mathiesen:
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The prospect of a deal to end fossil fuels faded today in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, when organizers of the COP28 UN climate summit released a draft proposal that merely suggested reducing them instead. bit.ly/48vdWcb

🚨🚨🚨THE story of Day 1 of #COP28 .

A deal between Germany and the UAE hosts to stump up $100m each for a new climate damage fund suddenly jammed China and made the US look stingy.

— Zia Weise and Sara Schonhardt report

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