Emma Pinchbeck
@elpinchbeck.bsky.social
CEO of the UK’s Climate Change Committee. Former CEO of Energy UK. Also worked for small businesses, renewables companies, and an environment NGO. Fellow of the Energy Institute. Mum to 2 small humans.
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Grandparents may soon tell their grand children stories about climate as if they were talking about music tapes and times without mobile phones: Paper led by Alessandro Dosio from @ec.europa.eu JRC: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @wegenercenter.bsky.social
How fast is climate changing? One generation is sufficient for unfamiliar heatwave characteristics to emerge in Europe - Climatic Change
We analyze the observed (1950–2020) and expected (2021–2050) change in temperature extremes and heatwave characteristics over Europe across time, and the emergence of unfamiliar (Signal to Noise ratio...
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February 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Grandparents may soon tell their grand children stories about climate as if they were talking about music tapes and times without mobile phones: Paper led by Alessandro Dosio from @ec.europa.eu JRC: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @wegenercenter.bsky.social
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“They were up for change. They didn’t mind challenge. They wanted fairness. But they also really didn’t understand what the change meant for them, for their communities." @elpinchbeck.bsky.social on what the British public think about the transition to net zero
A pleasure to go for a stroll with CCC CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social to talk about the trade offs between nature and climate, what climate action means for the UK and the metropolitan fantasy of an unchanging English countryside. In the Sunday Times @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
UK’s net-zero guru: ‘Only Londoners say rural folk can’t adapt’
Emma Pinchbeck wants to dispel the myth that saving the planet will mean austere lifestyle changes and says the countryside is forever changing
www.thetimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“They were up for change. They didn’t mind challenge. They wanted fairness. But they also really didn’t understand what the change meant for them, for their communities." @elpinchbeck.bsky.social on what the British public think about the transition to net zero
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A pleasure to go for a stroll with CCC CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social to talk about the trade offs between nature and climate, what climate action means for the UK and the metropolitan fantasy of an unchanging English countryside. In the Sunday Times @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
UK’s net-zero guru: ‘Only Londoners say rural folk can’t adapt’
Emma Pinchbeck wants to dispel the myth that saving the planet will mean austere lifestyle changes and says the countryside is forever changing
www.thetimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A pleasure to go for a stroll with CCC CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social to talk about the trade offs between nature and climate, what climate action means for the UK and the metropolitan fantasy of an unchanging English countryside. In the Sunday Times @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
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This is so positive to see from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social and the CCC. Understanding, acknowledging & addressing the unavoidable distributional impacts on low income households properly, & from the start, will allow Govt to act faster & bolder. If not, you build hesitancy & caution into policy.
February 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is so positive to see from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social and the CCC. Understanding, acknowledging & addressing the unavoidable distributional impacts on low income households properly, & from the start, will allow Govt to act faster & bolder. If not, you build hesitancy & caution into policy.
Thanks Fiona Harvey @theguardian.com for this long-promised “starting at the ccc” interview, coming at an unintentionally interesting couple of weeks for decarbonisation in the UK!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Labour warned it risks losing support for net zero if costs not spread fairly
Exclusive: Chief climate adviser calls on Starmer to make ‘strong, confident’ case for green UK that public can buy into
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Thanks Fiona Harvey @theguardian.com for this long-promised “starting at the ccc” interview, coming at an unintentionally interesting couple of weeks for decarbonisation in the UK!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In @wwattribution.bsky.social report on the LA wildfires this January we show the frequency and intensity of the atmospheric circulation of the event has increased in winter, raising the risk of weather conditions that drive the spread of wildfire.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
January 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In @wwattribution.bsky.social report on the LA wildfires this January we show the frequency and intensity of the atmospheric circulation of the event has increased in winter, raising the risk of weather conditions that drive the spread of wildfire.
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
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It might seem like there's a net zero backlash, but:
The CCC finds that the public are more ambitious than the gov expects. They just want clarity about what they’re being asked to do.
My v. interesting chat with @elpinchbeck.bsky.social @ @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The CCC finds that the public are more ambitious than the gov expects. They just want clarity about what they’re being asked to do.
My v. interesting chat with @elpinchbeck.bsky.social @ @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
January 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It might seem like there's a net zero backlash, but:
The CCC finds that the public are more ambitious than the gov expects. They just want clarity about what they’re being asked to do.
My v. interesting chat with @elpinchbeck.bsky.social @ @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The CCC finds that the public are more ambitious than the gov expects. They just want clarity about what they’re being asked to do.
My v. interesting chat with @elpinchbeck.bsky.social @ @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Lots of "growth vs net-zero" media coverage today following comments by Rachel Reeves.
But if u read her comments she didn't say they were in direct opposition, she was simply listing her "priorities".
The UK (and others) have shown over recent decades that growth and emissions can be decoupled
But if u read her comments she didn't say they were in direct opposition, she was simply listing her "priorities".
The UK (and others) have shown over recent decades that growth and emissions can be decoupled
January 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Lots of "growth vs net-zero" media coverage today following comments by Rachel Reeves.
But if u read her comments she didn't say they were in direct opposition, she was simply listing her "priorities".
The UK (and others) have shown over recent decades that growth and emissions can be decoupled
But if u read her comments she didn't say they were in direct opposition, she was simply listing her "priorities".
The UK (and others) have shown over recent decades that growth and emissions can be decoupled
Gave evidence to the Scottish HoC Select Committee yesterday morning with CCC’s great power sector lead Owen Bellamy, plus reps from the Just Transition Commission (panel 1). Fraser is right - was an interesting discussion about where energy & climate policy meet industrial & social policy.
Had some fun this morning giving evidence to the UK Parliament Scottish Affairs Committee on GB Energy, just transition and community ownership, including getting the phrase “proud Forfar loon” onto parliamentary record. Have a swatch here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
January 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Gave evidence to the Scottish HoC Select Committee yesterday morning with CCC’s great power sector lead Owen Bellamy, plus reps from the Just Transition Commission (panel 1). Fraser is right - was an interesting discussion about where energy & climate policy meet industrial & social policy.
I’m in that stage of having a 2.5 yr old where it was easier to let him go to nursery dressed as the Very Hungry Caterpillar than to have an argument about sensible play clothes. GOOD MORNING.
January 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I’m in that stage of having a 2.5 yr old where it was easier to let him go to nursery dressed as the Very Hungry Caterpillar than to have an argument about sensible play clothes. GOOD MORNING.
“…protecting what is most important to us, supporting vulnerable communities across the globe, and ensuring a decent life for our kids can be possible and is worth working towards as best as we can. We can be both realistic and hopeful of finding a positive solution”
“My house is one of many that burned down. This event, for me, has destroyed any boundary between my work as a climate scientist and the rest of my life.”
Read more from NASA JPL scientist Ben Hamlington:
Read more from NASA JPL scientist Ben Hamlington:
Altadena Wildfires
My house in Altadena burned down in the wildfires on Wednesday. It all happened quickly.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“…protecting what is most important to us, supporting vulnerable communities across the globe, and ensuring a decent life for our kids can be possible and is worth working towards as best as we can. We can be both realistic and hopeful of finding a positive solution”
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Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future?
Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future?
Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future?
Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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NEW: In light of the LA wildfires, I've put together a special in-depth report about how climate change is increasing the risk of such fires escalating quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why wildfires are becoming faster and more furious
With the risk factors increasing, is it still safe to live in areas prone to these disasters - and can fireproofing ever work?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: In light of the LA wildfires, I've put together a special in-depth report about how climate change is increasing the risk of such fires escalating quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Interim Chair of the @thecccuk.bsky.social , world-class climate scientist @piersforster.bsky.social has new research out with colleagues, which suggests a temperature rise of around 1.37 (with uncertainty 1.25-1.49 degC).
As Piers & the Committee have said: bit of additional warming counts.
As Piers & the Committee have said: bit of additional warming counts.
Based on the excellent discussion with colleagues @rarohde.bsky.social, @timosbornclim.bsky.social, @richardabetts.bsky.social and others, which you can read in the comments, I’m updating the third line of this post to:
“We (not the planet: it’s a human choice) currently sit at 1.2-1.4C of warming”
“We (not the planet: it’s a human choice) currently sit at 1.2-1.4C of warming”
No, the world has not breached the 1.5C global warming target.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
January 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Interim Chair of the @thecccuk.bsky.social , world-class climate scientist @piersforster.bsky.social has new research out with colleagues, which suggests a temperature rise of around 1.37 (with uncertainty 1.25-1.49 degC).
As Piers & the Committee have said: bit of additional warming counts.
As Piers & the Committee have said: bit of additional warming counts.
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Essentially all inhabited places on the planet were warmer in 2024 than the recent baseline. Most of the ocean area too.
About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures.
We know why.
And we know how to fix it.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures.
We know why.
And we know how to fix it.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Essentially all inhabited places on the planet were warmer in 2024 than the recent baseline. Most of the ocean area too.
About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures.
We know why.
And we know how to fix it.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures.
We know why.
And we know how to fix it.
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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Climate inaction is way more expensive than climate action, and it’s not even close.
estimated economic losses from current los angeles wildfires: ~ $50 billion
the most expensive in california history
the most expensive in california history
January 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Climate inaction is way more expensive than climate action, and it’s not even close.
Good write up of a key theme of today’s DESNZ Select Committee evidence www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for 2035 climate goal, MPs told
Government climate advisers said the UK can ‘absolutely’ meet its targets for 2030 and 2035, but it currently remains off track.
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Good write up of a key theme of today’s DESNZ Select Committee evidence www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Emily Nurse of the UK Climate Change Committee says that Labour's responses so far on plans to make electricity cheaper have been a "little underwhelming".
She says cheaper elec is urgent. "It's so important for the whole [energy] transition," she says.
She says cheaper elec is urgent. "It's so important for the whole [energy] transition," she says.
January 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Emily Nurse of the UK Climate Change Committee says that Labour's responses so far on plans to make electricity cheaper have been a "little underwhelming".
She says cheaper elec is urgent. "It's so important for the whole [energy] transition," she says.
She says cheaper elec is urgent. "It's so important for the whole [energy] transition," she says.
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As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
January 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
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A clean energy system is a secure and cheap energy system, @elpinchbeck.bsky.social tells @evanhd.bsky.social.
@thecccuk.bsky.social
@thecccuk.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A clean energy system is a secure and cheap energy system, @elpinchbeck.bsky.social tells @evanhd.bsky.social.
@thecccuk.bsky.social
@thecccuk.bsky.social
A well-deserved award for Chris Stark, my predecessor at the CCC, for his outstanding leadership on climate change, including through the period where the Committee advised Government on the world’s first Net Zero target.
The Committee and secretariat congratulate @chrisstark.bsky.social on being awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours list. Chris oversaw the production of over 100 publications, including six UK progress reports. www.theccc.org.uk/2024/12/31/c...
Chris Stark awarded CBE in New Years Honours - Climate Change Committee
The Committee and secretariat congratulate Chris Stark on being awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours list.…
www.theccc.org.uk
December 31, 2024 at 10:08 AM
A well-deserved award for Chris Stark, my predecessor at the CCC, for his outstanding leadership on climate change, including through the period where the Committee advised Government on the world’s first Net Zero target.
A jay bird has decided to visit our garden, and now my two small humans know what a jay bird is, which is as good an end to 2024 as any other. Happy New Year, all. Switching off until 2025.
December 29, 2024 at 1:05 PM
A jay bird has decided to visit our garden, and now my two small humans know what a jay bird is, which is as good an end to 2024 as any other. Happy New Year, all. Switching off until 2025.
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The world is set to move rapidly into the Age of Electricity ⚡️
In recent years, electricity rose 2x as fast as total energy demand
But from now to 2035, it's set to grow 6x as fast, driven by EVs, air conditioners, AI & more
More in #WEO24 ➡️ https://iea.li/41zj0Me
In recent years, electricity rose 2x as fast as total energy demand
But from now to 2035, it's set to grow 6x as fast, driven by EVs, air conditioners, AI & more
More in #WEO24 ➡️ https://iea.li/41zj0Me
December 26, 2024 at 2:15 PM
The world is set to move rapidly into the Age of Electricity ⚡️
In recent years, electricity rose 2x as fast as total energy demand
But from now to 2035, it's set to grow 6x as fast, driven by EVs, air conditioners, AI & more
More in #WEO24 ➡️ https://iea.li/41zj0Me
In recent years, electricity rose 2x as fast as total energy demand
But from now to 2035, it's set to grow 6x as fast, driven by EVs, air conditioners, AI & more
More in #WEO24 ➡️ https://iea.li/41zj0Me
The National Trust is worried about UK seasonal homogenisation. The seasons in the our part of the countryside, which my husband and I know so well, is already changed from our childhoods. Fewer frosts, wildflowers blooming early, etc
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@nationaltrust.bsky.social
December 27, 2024 at 7:57 AM
The National Trust is worried about UK seasonal homogenisation. The seasons in the our part of the countryside, which my husband and I know so well, is already changed from our childhoods. Fewer frosts, wildflowers blooming early, etc
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@nationaltrust.bsky.social
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It is great to see the @metoffice.bsky.social Local Authority Climate Service highlighted in the UK government response to the CCC.
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
December 19, 2024 at 11:22 AM
It is great to see the @metoffice.bsky.social Local Authority Climate Service highlighted in the UK government response to the CCC.
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs