Policy journalist @carbonbrief.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3m2c7no7ras2hI’ve spent months looking into GWP* - a way of measuring methane that has been labelled an 'accounting trick' by some and a fairer way to assess methane by others This Q&A gets into all the science and spats about GWP* and the current situation in places like NZ and Ireland 🐮 buff.ly/vmZWYtQ https://buff.ly/vmZWYtQ03 Oct 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2c7no7ras2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lvqcmfpssc2zThe Cali Fund agreed at COP16 talks last year is still empty 5 months after its launch - despite expectations of first pledges in spring FOI docs also show that AstraZeneca did not take up an offer to be a "frontrunner" in committing to donate to the fund https://www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-cali-fund-for-nature-still-empty-as-emails-show-industry-hesitation/06 Aug 2025 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvqcmfpssc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lui4mxxysk27UK potatoes, South Korean cabbage and west African cocoa are among the foods that became more expensive after weather extremes fuelled by climate change in recent years https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-16-times-extreme-weather-drove-higher-food-prices-since-2022/21 Jul 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lui4mxxysk27https://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lseddn7glc2zAmid ongoing Bonn talks and London climate week, Brazil and the UN today began a “global ethical stocktake” to hear from civil society before COP30 Mary Robinson, co-organiser for the Europe discussions, says they talked about climate justice, accountability and the “need to rebuild community”24 Jun 2025 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lseddn7glc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3ljasqemtws2cWhat happened at round 2 of COP16 nature talks? 🇮🇹 In the early hours of this morn countries signed off on: Strategy to raise more money to help conserve biodiversity Plans to set up a “permanent arrangement” for nature finance https://www.carbonbrief.org/cop16-key-outcomes-agreed-at-the-resumed-un-biodiversity-conference-in-rome/28 Feb 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljasqemtws2chttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lj6g3glpec2eTalks winding to a close tonight at #COP16 round 2 Next round of draft texts are due in an hour, followed by a plenary at 9pm Rome-time that’s supposedly ending at 11pm 🤷‍♀️ Lots still left to discuss27 Feb 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6g3glpec2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lj3wuyrvec23NEW resource mobilisation draft has arrived at #COP16 More details added to paragraphs 19-25 where the main contentions lie Countries will go through this revised draft in a plenary meeting starting shortly 🍿 https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/b198/d568/6753e51ed55172d3307202d3/cop-16-l-34-rev1-en.pdf26 Feb 2025 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj3wuyrvec23https://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lj32vd6pt22lNew resource mobilisation draft is due later today at COP16.2 in Rome A 🧊 metaphor from Susana Muhamad to start out day 2... Country positions are the "tip of the iceberg", she says, and the reason behind positions is the mass under the surface Informal chats revealed these reasons last night26 Feb 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj32vd6pt22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3liyvrj6tu225🧬 The Cali fund - where companies who use genetic data from nature in their products can send cash - has been officially launched (This fund was one of the main outcomes of the COP16 talks in Cali)25 Feb 2025 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyvrj6tu225https://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3liyk3acbxk2vCOP16.2 officially opens 🇮🇹 Susana Muhamad: “We have an important responsibility here in Rome. In 2025, we can send a light globally and be able to say even with our differences, even with our tensions…we are able to collaboratively work together for something that transcends our own interests.”25 Feb 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liyk3acbxk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3liwiyij7v22hThere is “no alternative to succeeding” at the resumed COP16 talks in Rome, convention on biological diversity chief Astrid Schomaker says COP16 pres Susana Muhamad also confirms she still has full capacity as Colombia’s environment minister and will preside over the talks24 Feb 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwiyij7v22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/orladwyer.carbonbrief.org/post/3lipbbd3fns2wNew doc from COP16 pres Susana Muhamad feat. suggestions to ease finance sticking points ahead of the biodiversity talks picking up again next week in Rome Left shows one part of most recent draft text around a new nature fund proposal, right is Muhamad's suggestion https://www.cbd.int/doc/c/7d83/4cc1/1674fb979fefc6f9351ab816/cop-16-inf-43-rev1-en.pdf21 Feb 2025 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:czqlwrbmewnmvbb6qaee7mfp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipbbd3fns2w