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A Look Back on 2025: A Year of Growth, Learning and Achievements
What a crazy ride 2025 has been! As the new year kicks in and 2026 comes onto the horizon, I’ve been looking back over the past year to explore my biggest achievements and highlight areas to focus on in the coming months. From my Master’s graduation to enrolling on a new course (more below!), my…
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COP30: What Happened, and What Can We Expect From COP31?
It’s that time of year again, and no, I don’t mean Christmas. Just a few weeks ago, 194 world nations and 56,000 people gathered in Belém, Brazil for the 30th annual United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP30). Despite not attending, I still found myself reading every update I could find on…
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Despite Trump Leaving The Paris Agreement, The US Climate Alliance Will Keep On Fighting
There are many words I could use to describe my reaction to President Donald Trump’s immediate withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Agreement (again). I think the one that comes to mind strongest is devastated – and annoyed. Very annoyed. But despite his best efforts to destroy all climate action in the United States, and overturn…
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2024 in review: reflections on lessons, opportunities and experiences
2024 has been a rollercoaster of a year, for various reasons. But as we draw the curtain on the year, and look towards 2025, I’ve been reflecting on some of my biggest achievements and milestones of the year – from kickstarting my radio and podcasting obsession and completing my Masters to spending time at BBC…
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COP29: A Waste of Time?
For the last few weeks, I’ve found myself sifting through the deluge of COP29-related news as I covered the climate talks on Environmental Optimism. While I was doing so, it did come to mind whether COPs truly serve a purpose in today’s world… COP29, or in full, the 29th Annual United Nations Conference of the…
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George Edwards MSc 