Matt McGrath

Environment correspondent for BBC News - Cardiff based, covering all the green issues, interested in scicomm but also rugby, GAA, Munster & Ireland

[Andrew Clifford @newcastlejourno]

The Daily Telegraph reports on defiant Iran turning to the Ayatollah's son as the next leader. It also warns of a $100-a-barrel oil shock following Israeli attacks. #TomorrowsPapersToday

[ECIU @ECIU_UK]

Burning rubbish now UK’s dirtiest form of power

Burning household rubbish in giant incinerators to make electricity is now the dirtiest way the UK generates power, BBC analysis has found.

@EsmeStallard @MattMcGrathBBC @PatrickClahane @Paul_SDU
https://t.co/6CVzLcbjR0

[Georgina Rannard @GeorginaRannard]

A row over climate science has broken out at COP28 - now the head of the UN talks insists he backs the science behind phasing out fossil fuels to meet 1.5C Our story - with @BBCJustinR @EsmeStallard and @MattMcGrathBBC
https://t.co/YaeT7K79LZ

[Becky Dale @becky_dale]

Record-number of breaches of the key 1.5C threshold so far in 2023. And still several months of the year to go.

Latest from @MattMcGrathBBC @janatausch Mark Poynting and me
https://t.co/uu1jkdZkuW

[Matt McGrath @MattMcGrathBBC]

@archieyounguk Tremendous, hugely deserved - well done!

[Kate Vandy @kate_vandy]

🚨BBC unveils Bike Bureau for green broadcasting

Excited + proud that the passion project ⁦@annaholligan⁩ + I have been discussing/researching for years has finally launched

This is phase 1 of our pilot. We hope you’ll love it as much as we do💚🚴 https://t.co/9FZG1UdteA

[David Shukman @DavidShukman]

This is one of those ‘sit up and read very carefully’ moments: the #ocean is warming at a phenomenal rate and the consequences will be severe. Great reporting by ⁦@MattMcGrathBBC⁩ and ⁦@MarkPoynting⁩ https://t.co/7vnqlVD4La

[Cormac's Coast @cormac_mcginley]

Reflection Perfection!
A result of bright, still winter days, County Clare, Ireland.

[Ó Foghlú @rayofoghlu]

The Orderly Atlantic

[Justin Rowlatt @BBCJustinR]

Cover decision #COP27 echos language of Glasgow almost word for word but, say #COP experts, it introduces a new loophole - the addition of “low emission” energy sources as well as renewable power. https://t.co/0DDUeDyOkD

[Victoria Gill 💙💛 @Vic_Gill]

Coming to you live on ⁦@bbcworldservice⁩ crouched in a doorway at #COP27
This is the glamour of global broadcasting, people!

[Victoria Gill 💙💛 @Vic_Gill]

Definite last day vibes here at #COP27 but no sign of a deal yet

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

”Global Witness found more than 600 people at the talks in Egypt are linked to fossil fuels.
That's more than the combined delegations from the 10 most climate-impacted countries.”

"If you want to address malaria, you don't invite the mosquitoes”
#COP27
https://t.co/n8XUjyXBz3

[Global Center on Adaptation @GCAdaptation]

What goes on in Pakistan, does not stay in Pakistan! Developing countries were promised $40bn by 2025 to invest in #adaptation. Here’s @DavidShukman to explain why that matters if you live in London, Paris or New York #COP27 @COP27P @UNFCCC @PVV_GCA https://t.co/nwgKJwDlJi

[Matt McGrath @MattMcGrathBBC]

Excellent analysis ahead of #COP27 https://t.co/jzRxMEDMFt

[Matt McGrath @MattMcGrathBBC]

https://t.co/EnUhjsvopH

[Victoria Gill 💙💛 @Vic_Gill]

Such a lovely story that delves right in to the evolution of communicating with sound. We just haven’t been listening carefully enough, until now.
By ⁦@GeorginaRannard⁩ https://t.co/C9ZXmLpBJK

[Ed King @edking_I]

Sad to read #COP27 will be @marlowehood's last as a hack... but we've all benefitted hugely from his wisdom + wise words on #climate in the past 10+ years. This piece is no exception. https://t.co/Bxf09xQdU7

[Victoria Gill 💙💛 @Vic_Gill]

A century in the making. ⁦@JamesTGallagher⁩ on a potentially world-changing, life-saving #malaria vaccine https://t.co/vIg5xwbnfI

[David Shukman @DavidShukman]

Astonishing thread from @Ketil_Isaksen on scary record temperatures in the #Arctic - that climate thing, it’s really happening