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Adrian Hiss
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Animal Cognition biologist - Cofounder of Klimadashboard.at - On the streets with Fridays For Future Vienna
Österreich hat mit der EU den Methan-Pledge unterschrieben: Zusammen die Methanemissionen um -30% bis 2030 vs 2020 zu senken

2020 lagen die Methan Emissionen in Österreich bei 7.1 Mio t CO2e, 2024 bei 6.8 Mio t. Das ist nur eine Reduktion von 4.2%. Was bedeutet andere EU Länder müssen mehr machen.
Four years ago a bunch of deals were made on the sidelines of the #COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

We already knew the deforestation one was off track

Today we've found out the methane one is too. The world is headed for an 8% cut in methane by 2030 versus promised 30% cut, @unep.org report says
Global Methane Status Report 2025
The 2025 Global Methane Status Report provides updates on global progress on methane mitigation and the remaining work needed to achieve the Global Methane Pledge, as well as the potential for further...
www.unep.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Global CO2 emissions are showing signs of levelling, thanks to a slight decline in net land-use change emissions offsetting continued growth in fossil emissions.

The trends are way off compared to the 1.5C scenarios with no or low overshoot assessed in the IPCC.

Details: bsky.app/profile/glen...
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Four years ago a bunch of deals were made on the sidelines of the #COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

We already knew the deforestation one was off track

Today we've found out the methane one is too. The world is headed for an 8% cut in methane by 2030 versus promised 30% cut, @unep.org report says
Global Methane Status Report 2025
The 2025 Global Methane Status Report provides updates on global progress on methane mitigation and the remaining work needed to achieve the Global Methane Pledge, as well as the potential for further...
www.unep.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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It's so much fun that they just admit this

www.eneos-xplora.com/english/news...
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.

CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.

Sigh.

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Wasserstoff-Autos: BMW erhält staatliche Förderung zur Entwicklung
Hat der Einsatz von Wasserstoff eine Zukunft bei der Autoentwicklung? BMW glaubt nach wie vor daran. Jetzt erhält der Konzern eine staatliche Förderung für die Weiterentwicklung der Technologie.
www.spiegel.de
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Nur noch wenige Stunden ⏰

Seid ihr dabei?

Jedes Mitglied, das heute noch dazustößt, zählt!

👉 www.kobuk.at/unterstuetzen
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The same for journalists. If a politician or business leader spits out 1.5C or net zero, ask them how fast emissions need to drop to reach net zero in 2050, and how fast they are dropping today. Point out the contradiction. Make them explain it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Söder begründet die Senkung der Luftverkehrsteuer in der Pressekonferenz folgendermaßen: „Ein klares Signal, dass Fliegen in Deutschland wettbewerbsfähig in, vor allem im Binnenbereich.“ Der Wettbewerb besteht im „Binnenbereich“ vor allem mit der Bahn.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Wenn man den IEA Energy Outlook verwendet, muss man diese Grafik kennen. Sie zeigt den Unterschied zwischen den verschiedenen Szenarien und wie viel Grad Erwärmung sie bewirken.
Every single company, government or individual celebrating the IEA's new fossil-explosion scenario is also celebrating the heating of earth by three bloody degrees:
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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This is even better: household electricity bills are lowest in the net zero scenario, basically everywhere.

Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Wow - this is a good one. In most regions, power grid system costs are the worst in the fossil-fuel-explosion scenario - in Europe and China, it's cheapest in the 'net zero' scenario

> grid costs are way lower than costs saved on fuel purchasing!!
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡

What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Praktisch alle Kraftwerke, die mühsam repariert und wieder aufgebaut wurden, mit einem Drohnensturm in einer Nacht zerstört. Der kommende Winter wird die Hölle - und genau das ist es, was Putin will: die Hölle für die Ukraine.
⚡️Ukraine's state-owned energy company says all of its power plants are down after Russia's 'largest-ever attack.'

The recent Russian attack destroyed all restored capacity, leaving the plants generating no power, the state-owned energy company Centrenergo said on Nov. 8.
Ukraine's state-owned energy company says all of its power plants are down after Russia's 'largest-ever attack'
The recent Russian attack destroyed all restored capacity, leaving the plants generating no power, the state-owned energy company Centrenergo said on Nov. 8.
kyivindependent.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost of business travel.
Private Jet, Business Class Tax Backed by Spain at Climate Talks
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Friday outlined plans to tax commercial flights and private jets, an initiative meant to combat planet-warming pollution from aviation that could hike the cost of business travel.
bloom.bg
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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The #COP30 world leaders summit is about to start, and on this thread I'll be tracking how world leaders address energy transition (specifically fossil fuels) in their speeches. Let's go!
November 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"To date, no NDCs have set targets to reduce oil and gas production or phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies."
- Emission Gap Report 2025 -
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Wien - Stockholm in 12:30h sind ungewohnt beeindruckend!
Oder Wien - Bukarest in 7.55h.

Gleichzeitig dauert Paris-Madrid und Bukarest-Sofia beides 6h?!
We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.

It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Interessant: Auch der Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA) kritisiert die Verschiebung des ETS 2 (der Benzin und Diesel deutlich verteuern wird) mit klaren Worten:
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ein paar weiterführende Gedanken zum interessanten Interview von @sigridstagl.bsky.social in der #ZIB2 mit @arminwolf.at

Spannend ist an der Stelle der Bericht des @esabcc.bsky.social, der die Kommission berät. Und auch die rechtlichen Aspekte der Advisory Opinion des Internationalen Gerichtshofs.
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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this is extremely important and there are so many serious voices in the climate world who have this completely wrong?
Please take some time to read about the origin of the 1.5C target. It didn't originate from naivety or stupidity. Those who put it forward certainly didn't see it as "pointless" then, and would probably still not.

@climatehome.bsky.social

www.climatechangenews.com/2015/12/10/a...
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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ACTUAL GOOD NEWS WARNING

65% of the planned coal capacity from 2015 ended up not existing, thanks almost entirely to climate policy and renewable energy construction

China is an outlier - but maybe not for long

@e3g.bsky.social

www.e3g.org/publications...
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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The average water level measured at Virginia Key (near #Miami) set a new monthly record high in October, which is also the new *all-time* record high month.
I also feel confident that it was the highest monthly water level there since the last interglacial period... ~120,000 years ago.
🤯🌊🧪
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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With ten feet of sea level rise, you can say goodbye to London and Miami and Bangkok and virtually every other coastal city in the world.

👇 A highly-respected polar ice scientist explains the latest research on the accelerated decline, and coming collapse, of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
🧪🧵 Future change to #ThwaitesGlacier, Antarctica constitutes the largest uncertainty in #sea-level rise forecasts. The Science Coordination Office of the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration recently issued a briefing document summarising some key findings - thwaitesglacier.org/findings
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Energietransformation beschleunigen und peak Oil anstreben.
Interessante Details.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party lays out the key directions and priorities for China for the next five years. It reaffirms the importance of clean energy for China's energy, economic and industrial policy, but raises concerns about commitment to 2030 climate targets.
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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"A group of Pakistani farmers whose livelihoods were devastated by floods three years ago has fired the starting shot in legal action against two of Germany’s most polluting companies."

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Pakistani farmers to sue German polluters over climate-linked flood damage
Claimants seek compensation from RWE and Heidelberg Materials after extreme flooding destroyed harvests
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM