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The Verb is an environmental newswire telling the stories that matter. Join us: https://xitter.gq/t.co/5RV3U387YO Tips to [email protected]

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Linh Do@lmdo15 Nov 2017
Always gonna wanna hang with the @VerbWeb fam. #cop23
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Here’s my #MeToo story, in the hope that others speak out and that we can end abuse #COP23 climatechangenews.com/2017/1…

Me too: I was sexually harassed at UN climate negotiations

Farhana Yamin, a climate change lawyer with 30 years' experience, breaks her silence about the impact of unwanted sexual attention, urging others to speak out

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“If climate change is ‘real problem,’ God will ‘take care of it.‘”—@TimWalberg @wlawren90 thinks maybe he’s been worshipping false idols. 💰
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Replying to @AlexSteffen
.@AlexSteffen As a 31 year old, I agree. The @IYCM and young writers like the @ClimateTracking and @VerbWeb team are killing it. – at Auckland, New Zealand
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The benefits of professional experience often massively outweighed by sunk-cost expertise, out-dated assumptions, biased source networks. xitter.gq/AlexSteffen/status/846…
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@AlexSteffen26 Mar 2017
The world would likely be in much better shape if only people under 30 were allowed to cover climate, opine about realism of solutions.
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My writing on a new blog. Why #environment is central to all I do; how #life inspires; how #challenges drive #hope. perennisblog.wordpress.com/2…
Thoughts on the gift of life: how environmental work has become my challenge and my way forward

Thoughts on the gift of life: how environmental work has become my challenge and my way forward

I have a small mark on my hand. The spike of a perch fin once lay buried deep yet painless within my palm. For perhaps three years I carried it with me, this reminder of an emerald-striped fish pul…

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Today is #WorldWildlifeDay! The world has lost over half of its wildlife in 40 years. #ClimateAction is key for conservation @WildlifeDay
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Linh Do@lmdo3 Mar 2017
"Important to change the light bulbs, more important to change the laws. Be an engaged citizen." @algore on #LeadOnClimate – at Denver, CO
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Linh Do@lmdo3 Mar 2017
When a scientist reminds you that science doesn't always win the argument, and it's a tough language not all understand. #leadonclimate – at Denver, CO
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At #COP22 developed countries tried to use the rule-making process to subvert the law – the Paris Agreement. business-standard.com/articl…
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NEW - #COP22 Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Marrakech | @some_yeo j.mp/2fP0CFU
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#COP22 ends with inspiring action from vulnerable countries and the world uniting—but there's hard work ahead act.gp/2g7X3ep
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Where have the most tweets been coming from about the @UN Climate Conference #COP22? Check out this useful tool: bit.ly/2g6H8M4
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The Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech is really very special - #solar-powered, with a sign saying how much electricity it generates #COP22
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The road from Marrakech and #UNFCCC #COP22: #Fiji to host #COP23,#Poland (for 3rd time in a decade) #COP24 unfccc.int/files/meetings/ma…
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My final piece from evocative city of Marrakech. #Climate talks wind down with maze of ambition still ahead theguardian.com/environment/… #cop22

Marrakech climate talks wind down with maze of ambition still ahead

It’s easy to get lost in the old Moroccan medina – just as disorientating as the UN climate process, where emission-cutting goals are being bartered too

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It was not Paris, but the @COP22 has been rough. Negotiations keep ongoing, but a meagre outcome looms. Not surprised though. #ejn – at Hassan, Morocco
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Meeting adjourned for COP/CMA/CMP statements.
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Bolivia (on behalf of likeminded developing countries): We expected more from developed countries pre-2020. #COP22
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#COP22 Brazil finds the compromise that allows the CMA to conclude (postpone common timeframes from SBI46 to SBI47). COP over.
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