Tom Baxter 白睿

China, Belt & Road, Africa, energy & the politics tying it all together.
Editor, @DialogueEarth_ & Panda Paw Dragon Claw 🔗⬇️ Student, @SOASEconomics ☘️

[Tom Baxter 白睿 @TomBaxter17]

良药苦口利于病，忠言逆耳利于行

[Dialogue Earth @DialogueEarth_]

At the recent China-Africa Forum, #China committed to 30 clean-energy projects in #Africa, focusing on #renewableenergy like solar and wind. This is a big step for Africa’s energy security and climate goals. @TomBaxter17 #ChinaAfricaCooperation
https://t.co/snjXdl60Sa

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📢CALL FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS FROM AFRICAN JOURNALISTS
Introducing our FREE online climate reporting course for African journalists!

Step 1: Complete the course
https://t.co/GbvVSaNJDg
Step 2: Apply for one of ten reporting grants
https://t.co/cjn422QWgM
📅 Deadline: August 13th

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How might events in Europe, including elections & tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, affect climate diplomacy with China?

Read our roundtable with:
🗣️ @LutzWeischer, @Germanwatch
🗣️ Yao Zhe, @GreenpeaceEAsia
🗣️ @tamas_matura, @cepa

✍️ @TomBaxter17
https://t.co/VtINpZpKCg

[Micheál Martin @MichealMartinTD]

Positive call with the new UK Secretary of State for Northern Ireland @hilarybennmp this evening

We agreed on the importance of close cooperation between our Governments on a range of issues related to Northern Ireland & in our role as guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement

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🧵Kenya’s debt crisis and climate financing agenda

The recent nationwide protests in Kenya, which have claimed at least 23 lives, are rooted in a deep financial crisis.

In January alone, public debt consumed a staggering 98% of the country’s revenue:
https://t.co/gpV1kjvryH
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Happening now

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Join our X space in ONE HOUR for #LCAW2024!

What role can journalism play in supporting constructive climate discussions as we head to COP30?

📅 27 June, 13:00UK
👉 https://t.co/UqvgyAg6x5
@samgeall @tombaxter17 @ObaraBrian @cuiqiwen @satriastanti @flamilhorance @london_climate

[Danny Donnelly MLA @DannyDonnelly1]

I absolutely condemn this. This is an attack on our democratic institutions. Solidarity with Sammy Wilson and his staff at this time. https://t.co/lYOdmzXpKE Four gunshots fired at Sammy Wilson’s DUP constituency office: ‘I will not be intimidated’

[Tom Baxter 白睿 @TomBaxter17]

Learned so much from participants at these events in Santiago 🇨🇱 last week. Stay tuned for more coverage of China, Latin America, green transitions and environmental rights on @DialogueEarth_

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Last week we partnered with @RWallenbergInst, @Milenio_ICLAC & @Flacso_Chile to hold a series of discussions in Santiago, Chile, on the sidelines of COP3 of the Escazú Agreement to discuss China and Latin America in the context of green transitions and environmental rights.
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China Dialogue is now Dialogue Earth!

Our dedicated environmental reporting continues on our new global website, combining our regional reporting under one global hub. Same team, same mission, new identity!

Check out Dialogue Earth:
https://t.co/RuSnoRqhFk
#DialogueEarthLaunch

[Tom Baxter 白睿 @TomBaxter17]

I've recently been exposed to the horrors of IELTS English language exam questions. Examiner, improve your English!

[Nick Bernards @BernardsNick]

Reminder that sometimes the real debt crisis is when loans do get repaid...

[Kevin Scott @Kscott_94]

Summary of the "secret" DUP meeting.

- Location leaked
- Time leaked
- Media & protesters outside
- Meeting live tweeted by @JamieBrysonCPNI
- Police accused of leaking
- Same police asked to block signals
- Police asked to sweep the room

Utter chaos

https://t.co/EiQPjWitL0

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🌏📰 Reflecting on a year of impactful environmental reporting at China Dialogue!

Curious to know which stories stood out to our editors? Dive into their top picks for 2023! https://t.co/EwDbtqMRdI

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[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

New from me and @byfordt: Xi Jinping pledged in 2021 to "strictly control" new coal power projects until 2025. The exact opposite happened, with permits to new coal power projects more than doubling in the following two years, compared with two years prior.

China has a history, and a reputation, of meeting and often exceeding its climate commitments, even when they've required more effort than expected. The coal power spree badly undermines the country's credibility and other countries need to ask questions about it.

Chinese officials argue that the wave of new coal power capacity won't lead to a corresponding surge in emissions, as the plants will be used at low utilization rates. The country's rapid buildout of clean energy makes this a plausible outcome. But until Beijing halts the permitting spree or sets firmer commitments to peak emissions in the power sector, there are no guarantees.
https://t.co/EGICQDYOcF

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Check out our editors' key takeaways from the recent Third Belt and Road Forum:

✍️ @TomBaxter17, @jbwanzy, Patrick Moore, @regina_ltc

🔗: https://t.co/xRGGtppCV7

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#greenenergy #lowcarbon #africanleader #infrastructureprojects #infrastructure #albertofernández #beltandroad

[Calvin Quek @clearroads]

@MoritzRudolf Wishful thinking but I wish there was a commitment to tie BRI finance to net zero by 2050. Even more wishful thinking: tie BRI finance to supporting 30/2030 biodiversity goal.

[NUJ London Freelance @NUJ_LFB]

📅Lyra McKee Inaugural Lecture, Nov 1. On the eve of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists,  join NUJ colleagues, Lyra's friends & family to celebrate our respected and much-valued member who lost her life in such a tragic way. https://t.co/MexFHOlIs5

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Farewell, @MustaphaManneh4! 🌟 Your amazing work in The Gambia, especially your outstanding reporting on fishmeal factories, has left an indelible mark on our organisation. We will miss you greatly, and we wish you all the best in your future endeavours!

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🔋🌱 As the BRI enters its second decade, will it be able to fulfil the 2021 promise to “step up” support for green energy in developing countries? What opportunities and obstacles stand in its way?

✍️ Our Global China Editor @TomBaxter17 reports:
https://t.co/tO2SjeD1hg

[John Barry @ProfJohnBarry]

A crumbling ‘end of days’ feel in Northern Ireland as infrastructure totters - Andy Pollak
https://t.co/zU5HeNfSkF