Andrew Patrick
@andrewpatrick.bsky.social
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When the #ParisAgreement was signed, a huge global boom in coal was happening, threatening 4 degrees of warming.
10 years later, and coal's generation increased by the FOURTH most.
Solar #1, wind #2 💪💪💪
10 years later, and coal's generation increased by the FOURTH most.
Solar #1, wind #2 💪💪💪
NEW | The world has achieved nearly a tenfold increase in solar power in the ten years since the #ParisAgreement ☀️
Solar rose from providing 1% of global electricity in 2015 to 8.8% in the first half of 2025.
Emerging economies now lead this growth 📈
https://loom.ly/tlCvBso
Solar rose from providing 1% of global electricity in 2015 to 8.8% in the first half of 2025.
Emerging economies now lead this growth 📈
https://loom.ly/tlCvBso
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
When the #ParisAgreement was signed, a huge global boom in coal was happening, threatening 4 degrees of warming.
10 years later, and coal's generation increased by the FOURTH most.
Solar #1, wind #2 💪💪💪
10 years later, and coal's generation increased by the FOURTH most.
Solar #1, wind #2 💪💪💪
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Oh, Canada...
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Oh, Canada...
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How do Canada’s emissions reductions compare to its peers in the G7 and other major trading partners?
We took a closer look at the data 📉
440megatonnes.ca/insight/are-...
We took a closer look at the data 📉
440megatonnes.ca/insight/are-...
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
How do Canada’s emissions reductions compare to its peers in the G7 and other major trading partners?
We took a closer look at the data 📉
440megatonnes.ca/insight/are-...
We took a closer look at the data 📉
440megatonnes.ca/insight/are-...
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Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
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Our modelling shows industrial carbon pricing has essentially zero impact on households’ spending on food, adding less than $20 per year by 2030 to food prices compared to today.
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Our modelling shows industrial carbon pricing has essentially zero impact on households’ spending on food, adding less than $20 per year by 2030 to food prices compared to today.
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There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
FACT SHEET: Industrial carbon pricing in Canada
Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s most important policy for cutting carbon pollution and creating a competitive clean economy.
climateinstitute.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
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Yet another great primer on industrial carbon pricing from @climateinstitute.bsky.social.
It's Canada's potentially most impactful climate policy, but it's hanging by a thread as provinces have gamed and, increasingly, flaunted the federal carbon pricing benchmark.
Ball's in the feds' court.
It's Canada's potentially most impactful climate policy, but it's hanging by a thread as provinces have gamed and, increasingly, flaunted the federal carbon pricing benchmark.
Ball's in the feds' court.
Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems are meant to slash emissions and reward low-carbon innovation. But right now, they’re falling short due to poor design.
We took a closer look at what’s holding these systems back. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/five-choices...
We took a closer look at what’s holding these systems back. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/five-choices...
Five choices that are breaking industrial carbon pricing
In some provinces, industrial carbon pricing systems are increasingly dysfunctional. Governments must fix them.
climateinstitute.ca
October 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yet another great primer on industrial carbon pricing from @climateinstitute.bsky.social.
It's Canada's potentially most impactful climate policy, but it's hanging by a thread as provinces have gamed and, increasingly, flaunted the federal carbon pricing benchmark.
Ball's in the feds' court.
It's Canada's potentially most impactful climate policy, but it's hanging by a thread as provinces have gamed and, increasingly, flaunted the federal carbon pricing benchmark.
Ball's in the feds' court.
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NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
September 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NEW: China's president Xi Jinping unexpectedly joins the UN climate summit, by video, to offer his nation's 2035 climate pledge
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
* Cut GHGs to 7-10% below peak by 2035, "striving to do better"
* Raise non-fossil share of energy to at least 30%
* Boost wind/solar to 3,600GW
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It’s been five years since we woke up to apocalyptic orange skies and everyone stopped for a moment and stared at the sky. Five years since @barackobama.bsky.social shared my @sfchronicle.com photos of that day, a fun fact that will follow me forever.
September 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s been five years since we woke up to apocalyptic orange skies and everyone stopped for a moment and stared at the sky. Five years since @barackobama.bsky.social shared my @sfchronicle.com photos of that day, a fun fact that will follow me forever.
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Our latest early estimate of national emissions shows Canada’s progress flatlined in 2024, putting the 2030 target out of reach.
Canada is at a fork in the road: the country needs a policy reboot from all governments to get emissions back on track.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Canada is at a fork in the road: the country needs a policy reboot from all governments to get emissions back on track.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
In an unprecedented warning, leading climate think-tank says Canada won't meet 2030 climate target | CBC News
Years of progress on bringing Canada’s carbon emissions down have stalled, and future progress looks increasingly fragile, according to an early 2024 emissions estimate from the Canadian Climate Insti...
www.cbc.ca
September 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Our latest early estimate of national emissions shows Canada’s progress flatlined in 2024, putting the 2030 target out of reach.
Canada is at a fork in the road: the country needs a policy reboot from all governments to get emissions back on track.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Canada is at a fork in the road: the country needs a policy reboot from all governments to get emissions back on track.
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
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NEW: Our early estimate of Canada’s national emissions is out and shows progress stalled in 2024.
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
September 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW: Our early estimate of Canada’s national emissions is out and shows progress stalled in 2024.
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
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The 2025 BC fire season area burned (872k ha) has moved into 5th place with the recent fire activity. This means that the top 6 fire seasons have been since 2017 (records go back to 1950) Area burned-red bars (2017-2025 graph below) far exceeds the green bars (1950-2016). Climate change in action.
September 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The 2025 BC fire season area burned (872k ha) has moved into 5th place with the recent fire activity. This means that the top 6 fire seasons have been since 2017 (records go back to 1950) Area burned-red bars (2017-2025 graph below) far exceeds the green bars (1950-2016). Climate change in action.
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The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
September 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Embankment cycleway (CS3) in London was purposefully built to be wider than was usual in order to future proof it.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
Some said it would hardly be used.
Now there’s a decent case for widening it further.
Induced demand is real.
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Wildfire smoke is blanketing communities across Western Canada due to record heat and persistent drought conditions fuelling wildfires across the region.
That poses serious health risks for millions of people and is expected to increase with climate change.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
That poses serious health risks for millions of people and is expected to increase with climate change.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Western Canada shrouded in smoke as hot, dry weather fuels new wildfires
About 3.5 million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are advised to seek time in spaces with air filtration or air conditioning
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Wildfire smoke is blanketing communities across Western Canada due to record heat and persistent drought conditions fuelling wildfires across the region.
That poses serious health risks for millions of people and is expected to increase with climate change.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
That poses serious health risks for millions of people and is expected to increase with climate change.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Numerous large and active fires in central BC producing large smoke flumes. GOES- West geocolor below.
September 3, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Numerous large and active fires in central BC producing large smoke flumes. GOES- West geocolor below.
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What about China?
Big news: the country is strengthening and expanding its carbon market—which is already the biggest in the world—with absolute emissions caps in 2027. 👇📉
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Big news: the country is strengthening and expanding its carbon market—which is already the biggest in the world—with absolute emissions caps in 2027. 👇📉
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
China's carbon market to introduce absolute emissions caps from 2027
China will tighten its carbon trading market by introducing absolute emissions caps in some industries for the first time starting by 2027, China's cabinet said on Monday evening.
www.reuters.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
What about China?
Big news: the country is strengthening and expanding its carbon market—which is already the biggest in the world—with absolute emissions caps in 2027. 👇📉
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Big news: the country is strengthening and expanding its carbon market—which is already the biggest in the world—with absolute emissions caps in 2027. 👇📉
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Saskatchewan’s decision to invest nearly $1 billion in coal power is from an era that’s long gone. Not only will it accelerate the climate crisis in the middle of 🇨🇦’s second worst wildfire season on record, there are plenty of options to replace coal. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Saskatchewan budgets $900-million to refurbish coal plants, says no gas conversions
Province cites energy security for decision to refurbish coal-powered units to run past 2030 federal phase-out deadline
www.theglobeandmail.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Saskatchewan’s decision to invest nearly $1 billion in coal power is from an era that’s long gone. Not only will it accelerate the climate crisis in the middle of 🇨🇦’s second worst wildfire season on record, there are plenty of options to replace coal. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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#UPDATE: Emergency officials say they are conducting "tactical evacuations" of about 400 properties north of Peachland due to an out-of-control wildfire next to Highway 97.
globalnews.ca/news/1131246...
globalnews.ca/news/1131246...
Wildfire north of Peachland triggers ‘tactical evacuations’ | Globalnews.ca
The Central Okanagan Regional District has activated its emergency operations centre, and says municipal and BC Wildfire Service firefighters are responding.
globalnews.ca
July 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#UPDATE: Emergency officials say they are conducting "tactical evacuations" of about 400 properties north of Peachland due to an out-of-control wildfire next to Highway 97.
globalnews.ca/news/1131246...
globalnews.ca/news/1131246...
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It's official. 2025 is now the third worst wildfire year on record in Canada. A study from 2018 examining fire-regime changes in Canada over the prior 57 years showed the fire season had been starting approximately one week earlier and ending one week later. Probably longer now.
July 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's official. 2025 is now the third worst wildfire year on record in Canada. A study from 2018 examining fire-regime changes in Canada over the prior 57 years showed the fire season had been starting approximately one week earlier and ending one week later. Probably longer now.
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Jaysus. 2025 currently ranks as the FOURTH worst year for Wildfire Burn Area in Canada, but it's mid-July.
It will most likely end up as the SECOND worst season in the CIFFC's record.
It will most likely end up as the SECOND worst season in the CIFFC's record.
July 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Jaysus. 2025 currently ranks as the FOURTH worst year for Wildfire Burn Area in Canada, but it's mid-July.
It will most likely end up as the SECOND worst season in the CIFFC's record.
It will most likely end up as the SECOND worst season in the CIFFC's record.
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Coal produced just 6% of EU electricity in June 📉
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
July 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Coal produced just 6% of EU electricity in June 📉
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
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More noise around the 🇨🇦 Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate policy, for example www.politico.com/news/2025/07....
But opponents of this policy seem to be consistently misrepresenting how it will work. A short 🧵:
But opponents of this policy seem to be consistently misrepresenting how it will work. A short 🧵:
Elon Musk faces a new threat in Canada
Prime Minister Mark Carney is under pressure from Washington to make an EV U-turn.
www.politico.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
More noise around the 🇨🇦 Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate policy, for example www.politico.com/news/2025/07....
But opponents of this policy seem to be consistently misrepresenting how it will work. A short 🧵:
But opponents of this policy seem to be consistently misrepresenting how it will work. A short 🧵:
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6. The One Big "Beautiful" Bill increases U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 190 million metric tons per year in 2030 and 470 million tons in 2035—or about 2 percent of 2005 emissions in 2030 and 7 percent in 2035.
#OBBB 🔌💡
#OBBB 🔌💡
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
6. The One Big "Beautiful" Bill increases U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 190 million metric tons per year in 2030 and 470 million tons in 2035—or about 2 percent of 2005 emissions in 2030 and 7 percent in 2035.
#OBBB 🔌💡
#OBBB 🔌💡
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5. The One Big "Beautiful" Bill decreases clean electricity generation in 2035 by more than 820 terawatt-hours—more than the entire contribution of nuclear or coal to our electricity supply today.
#OBBB 🔌💡
#OBBB 🔌💡
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
5. The One Big "Beautiful" Bill decreases clean electricity generation in 2035 by more than 820 terawatt-hours—more than the entire contribution of nuclear or coal to our electricity supply today.
#OBBB 🔌💡
#OBBB 🔌💡
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The House just passed the One Big "Beautiful" Bill. Here's six key takeaways from REPEAT Project's rapid analysis of the bill on what passage means for U.S. energy costs, investment in new electricity supplies, and greenhouse gas emissions. #OBBB 🔌💡
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The House just passed the One Big "Beautiful" Bill. Here's six key takeaways from REPEAT Project's rapid analysis of the bill on what passage means for U.S. energy costs, investment in new electricity supplies, and greenhouse gas emissions. #OBBB 🔌💡