Pieter Boussemaere
@pboussemaere.bsky.social
Born at 333ppm CO2 concentration
Author (3 books) / lecturer at VIVES University College
http://pieterboussemaere.com
Author (3 books) / lecturer at VIVES University College
http://pieterboussemaere.com
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Since both Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg are back in the news (in the context of the Epstein Files):
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Since both Bill Gates and Bjorn Lomborg are back in the news (in the context of the Epstein Files):
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How much will it cost the UK to reach an 87% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040?
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
February 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
How much will it cost the UK to reach an 87% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040?
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
In China zijn ze nu ook het zware wegverkeer aan het elektrificeren. Weer n waterstofboompje dat geveld wordt.
📢Big surge in new-energy heavy truck sales in China in December to meet policy targets and rushing to get ahead of policy changes.
In December, only 31.2% of heavy trucks were diesel, and for the full year 46.4%.
In December, only 31.2% of heavy trucks were diesel, and for the full year 46.4%.
January 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
In China zijn ze nu ook het zware wegverkeer aan het elektrificeren. Weer n waterstofboompje dat geveld wordt.
'My retarded brother bilo (Borat)'... moet ik altijd aan denken bij Trump. O ja, nergens vinden je zoveel windturbines dan in China, met voorsprong zelfs.
Trump’s takes on windmills are of course lies. The last gasp of a backward-looking petro-state.
“The more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses [..] I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China [..] They sell them to stupid people but they don’t use them themselves”
“The more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses [..] I haven’t been able to find any wind farms in China [..] They sell them to stupid people but they don’t use them themselves”
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
'My retarded brother bilo (Borat)'... moet ik altijd aan denken bij Trump. O ja, nergens vinden je zoveel windturbines dan in China, met voorsprong zelfs.
Het leven in een dictatuur...
Russian soldier who lost arms and legs receives a laptop from Russian officials for his duties at the front.
January 20, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Het leven in een dictatuur...
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NEW RECORD: Africa imports 2GW of solar panels for the first time in a month.
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 AM
NEW RECORD: Africa imports 2GW of solar panels for the first time in a month.
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
And this is happening EVERYWHERE in Africa...
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Instead of expensive batteries, your city’s request from Santa might be as simple as a giant box of sand to help keep houses warm next winter.
Learn why bricks and sand are the next big thing in Europe's energy transition: 🔗https://eurac.tv/9YkP
Learn why bricks and sand are the next big thing in Europe's energy transition: 🔗https://eurac.tv/9YkP
December 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Instead of expensive batteries, your city’s request from Santa might be as simple as a giant box of sand to help keep houses warm next winter.
Learn why bricks and sand are the next big thing in Europe's energy transition: 🔗https://eurac.tv/9YkP
Learn why bricks and sand are the next big thing in Europe's energy transition: 🔗https://eurac.tv/9YkP
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Kernuitstap → meer gas → meer CO₂ → meer afhankelijkheid?
Nee. Gas draait vandaag minder dan tien jaar geleden, en import verdringt vooral gas. Het probleem zit niet in de kernuitstap, maar in hoe we over de elektriciteitsmarkt denken.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/record...
Nee. Gas draait vandaag minder dan tien jaar geleden, en import verdringt vooral gas. Het probleem zit niet in de kernuitstap, maar in hoe we over de elektriciteitsmarkt denken.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/record...
Recordimport van stroom: een mentaal probleem, geen economisch
Er is een bepaald soort grafiek dat altijd paniek veroorzaakt. Ze toont een land, pijlen die naar binnen wijzen, en een woord als recordimport.
www.linkedin.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Kernuitstap → meer gas → meer CO₂ → meer afhankelijkheid?
Nee. Gas draait vandaag minder dan tien jaar geleden, en import verdringt vooral gas. Het probleem zit niet in de kernuitstap, maar in hoe we over de elektriciteitsmarkt denken.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/record...
Nee. Gas draait vandaag minder dan tien jaar geleden, en import verdringt vooral gas. Het probleem zit niet in de kernuitstap, maar in hoe we over de elektriciteitsmarkt denken.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/record...
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"Hard-to-abate" is sometimes code for "we haven't looked closely yet." This great new report shows opportunities for clean heat (low/medium-temp industrial process heat) through electrification, which also has public health benefits.
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Hard-to-abate" is sometimes code for "we haven't looked closely yet." This great new report shows opportunities for clean heat (low/medium-temp industrial process heat) through electrification, which also has public health benefits.
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🧵 It's hard to believe but 10 years ago today the Paris Agreement was signed at COP21🌎
Where are we at in 2025? Projected warming this century has dropped from ~4°C in 2015 to 2.6°C today, if current emissions reduction pledges are implemented. But a lot more work is needed!
Where are we at in 2025? Projected warming this century has dropped from ~4°C in 2015 to 2.6°C today, if current emissions reduction pledges are implemented. But a lot more work is needed!
December 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🧵 It's hard to believe but 10 years ago today the Paris Agreement was signed at COP21🌎
Where are we at in 2025? Projected warming this century has dropped from ~4°C in 2015 to 2.6°C today, if current emissions reduction pledges are implemented. But a lot more work is needed!
Where are we at in 2025? Projected warming this century has dropped from ~4°C in 2015 to 2.6°C today, if current emissions reduction pledges are implemented. But a lot more work is needed!
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The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US National Security Strategy
Trump Says Openly That the US Wants to Dominate Europe and Make it MAGA
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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De opbrengst van RU export van olie, kolen en gas is in de loop van 2025 met 30% gedaald. Vooral door lagere marktprijzen.
Gecorrigeerd voor RU productiekosten is sprake van 50% daling van de exportbaten.
#grafiekvandedag
Gecorrigeerd voor RU productiekosten is sprake van 50% daling van de exportbaten.
#grafiekvandedag
November 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
De opbrengst van RU export van olie, kolen en gas is in de loop van 2025 met 30% gedaald. Vooral door lagere marktprijzen.
Gecorrigeerd voor RU productiekosten is sprake van 50% daling van de exportbaten.
#grafiekvandedag
Gecorrigeerd voor RU productiekosten is sprake van 50% daling van de exportbaten.
#grafiekvandedag
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#Ukraine plans to demand $44 billion from Russia for climate-related damages caused by the full-scale invasion. It’s the first time in history that a country seeks compensation specifically for emissions caused by war.
Russia's war is devastating for Ukrainian environment⤵️
Russia's war is devastating for Ukrainian environment⤵️
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
#Ukraine plans to demand $44 billion from Russia for climate-related damages caused by the full-scale invasion. It’s the first time in history that a country seeks compensation specifically for emissions caused by war.
Russia's war is devastating for Ukrainian environment⤵️
Russia's war is devastating for Ukrainian environment⤵️
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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Ja, we moeten zeker het koolstofgehalte (=organische stof) van onze landbouwbodems vergroten, of op z'n minst op peil houden.
Maar voor klimaatmitigatie kunnen we beter focussen op ons landgebruik.
Ik schreef er een stuk over op @klimaatveranda.bsky.social
klimaatveranda.nl/2025/11/24/k...
Maar voor klimaatmitigatie kunnen we beter focussen op ons landgebruik.
Ik schreef er een stuk over op @klimaatveranda.bsky.social
klimaatveranda.nl/2025/11/24/k...
Klimaatmitigatie door landbouwbodems? We moeten vooral kijken naar ons landgebruik.
Bodems staan in de spotlight op de klimaattop. En terecht, want bodems slaan meer koolstof op, in de vorm van bodemorganische stof, dan de atmosfeer en vegetatie samen (Fig. 1). Het beschermen, en …
klimaatveranda.nl
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Ja, we moeten zeker het koolstofgehalte (=organische stof) van onze landbouwbodems vergroten, of op z'n minst op peil houden.
Maar voor klimaatmitigatie kunnen we beter focussen op ons landgebruik.
Ik schreef er een stuk over op @klimaatveranda.bsky.social
klimaatveranda.nl/2025/11/24/k...
Maar voor klimaatmitigatie kunnen we beter focussen op ons landgebruik.
Ik schreef er een stuk over op @klimaatveranda.bsky.social
klimaatveranda.nl/2025/11/24/k...
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Waar gaat onze energiefactuur naartoe?
Een kort overzicht van waar we vandaag staan — en waar we tegen 2030 uitkomen op basis van besliste maatregelen.
Een kort overzicht van waar we vandaag staan — en waar we tegen 2030 uitkomen op basis van besliste maatregelen.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Waar gaat onze energiefactuur naartoe?
Een kort overzicht van waar we vandaag staan — en waar we tegen 2030 uitkomen op basis van besliste maatregelen.
Een kort overzicht van waar we vandaag staan — en waar we tegen 2030 uitkomen op basis van besliste maatregelen.
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An interesting snippet of information...
Electricity generation from coal in India has dropped in the first 10 months of 2025, with renewables covering for all the growth in electricity use.
Noting, growth in electricity use is rather low...
More figures: robbieandrew.github.io/india/
Electricity generation from coal in India has dropped in the first 10 months of 2025, with renewables covering for all the growth in electricity use.
Noting, growth in electricity use is rather low...
More figures: robbieandrew.github.io/india/
November 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
An interesting snippet of information...
Electricity generation from coal in India has dropped in the first 10 months of 2025, with renewables covering for all the growth in electricity use.
Noting, growth in electricity use is rather low...
More figures: robbieandrew.github.io/india/
Electricity generation from coal in India has dropped in the first 10 months of 2025, with renewables covering for all the growth in electricity use.
Noting, growth in electricity use is rather low...
More figures: robbieandrew.github.io/india/
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This is all so obvious, and yet needs to be constantly repeated. Russia is a tyrannical regime, guilty of mass murder and war crimes in Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is all so obvious, and yet needs to be constantly repeated. Russia is a tyrannical regime, guilty of mass murder and war crimes in Ukraine.
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Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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✍️ New article! What do a tonne of potatoes, gravel, coal, and copper have in common? Not much, except that they all weigh the same, and are treated exactly the same in a metric called the “material footprint”.
October 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
✍️ New article! What do a tonne of potatoes, gravel, coal, and copper have in common? Not much, except that they all weigh the same, and are treated exactly the same in a metric called the “material footprint”.
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President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE
YouTube video by WION
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...
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Two things can be true at the same time:
⚛️ With an LCOE of ~60-66€/MWh, Belgium's lifetime-extended nuclear power plants are among the cheapest sources of low-carbon energy
💸 With a guaranteed minimum price of 85-90€/MWh required for commercial operation, they are also among the most expensive 🧵
⚛️ With an LCOE of ~60-66€/MWh, Belgium's lifetime-extended nuclear power plants are among the cheapest sources of low-carbon energy
💸 With a guaranteed minimum price of 85-90€/MWh required for commercial operation, they are also among the most expensive 🧵
How much does nuclear power from Belgium's lifespan-extended nuclear power plants cost? €84.93/MWh, it now appears. With a target IRR of 7%, this is a production cost of around ~€64/MWh, comparable to French production costs as estimated by CRE.
www.standaard.be/economie/ove...
www.standaard.be/economie/ove...
Overheid moet Engie licht hogere prijsgarantie geven dan verwacht voor stroom van Doel 4 en Tihange 3
Minister van Energie Mathieu Bihet (MR) verwacht dat de overheid Engie een prijsgarantie van 90 euro per megawattuur zal moeten geven. De vraag is of de regering erin slaagt om de kostprijs daarvan nog te beperken.
www.standaard.be
October 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Two things can be true at the same time:
⚛️ With an LCOE of ~60-66€/MWh, Belgium's lifetime-extended nuclear power plants are among the cheapest sources of low-carbon energy
💸 With a guaranteed minimum price of 85-90€/MWh required for commercial operation, they are also among the most expensive 🧵
⚛️ With an LCOE of ~60-66€/MWh, Belgium's lifetime-extended nuclear power plants are among the cheapest sources of low-carbon energy
💸 With a guaranteed minimum price of 85-90€/MWh required for commercial operation, they are also among the most expensive 🧵
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1/ New @lut.fi study in collaboration with European partners finds prioritising nuclear power expansion over renewable energy (RE) leads to 71–84% higher annual system costs in Finland by 2050 compared to a cost-optimised RE system. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
September 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
1/ New @lut.fi study in collaboration with European partners finds prioritising nuclear power expansion over renewable energy (RE) leads to 71–84% higher annual system costs in Finland by 2050 compared to a cost-optimised RE system. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...