Assaad Razzouk
@assaadrazzouk.bsky.social
Book: “Saving the Planet Without the Bullsh*t” https://amzn.asia/d/iRQboKh Podcast: The Angry Clean Energy Guy https://theangrycleanenergyguy.com/. Climate and Energy from the front lines
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
12 Canada: Pension fund sued in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice over climate risks
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Climate anxiety is widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Keep on clicking!
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Climate anxiety is widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Keep on clicking!
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
12 Canada: Pension fund sued in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice over climate risks
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Climate anxiety is widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Keep on clicking!
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Climate anxiety is widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Keep on clicking!
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Joe Heller)
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Joe Heller)
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Joe Heller)
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Joe Heller)
Past 10 Years Were 10 Hottest Years in Recorded History, and Likely 10 Coldest Years of the Future
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Past 10 Years Were 10 Hottest Years in Recorded History, and Likely 10 Coldest Years of the Future
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
Nine of the Top 10 countries in solar PV per capita are in Europe
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
October 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Nine of the Top 10 countries in solar PV per capita are in Europe
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
1 Australia: 1,521 Watt/ Capita
2 Netherlands 1,491
3 Germany 1,187
4 Estonia 973
4 Austria 973
6 Greece 964
7 Spain 962
8 Belgium 943
9 Hungary 933
10 Switzerland 908
...
NB:
China: 620
US: 519
India: 70
The US is censoring climate science, disaster defences are at risk and the scientists are leaving:
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
October 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The US is censoring climate science, disaster defences are at risk and the scientists are leaving:
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
A French university has a €15m initiative to fund US academics threatened or hindered in their research. It got 300 applications, and accepted 21 US scientists to date
www.ft.com/content/2df1...
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
October 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
Electricity bills are soaring. This is a direct consequence of attacking cheap, clean energy at the exact moment massive new data centers are driving up demand
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Electricity bills are soaring. This is a direct consequence of attacking cheap, clean energy at the exact moment massive new data centers are driving up demand
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Wholesale electricity prices: up 40% in 1st half of 2025
Residential: Up 9 to 20% y-on-y
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(cartoon by Cathy Wilcox)
(cartoon by Cathy Wilcox)
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 6+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(cartoon by Cathy Wilcox)
(cartoon by Cathy Wilcox)
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI alone have collectively announced $800b in commitments for new data centers in 2025. Meanwhile, US electricity prices are rising fast, up 35% since 2022
Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
1/3
Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
1/3
September 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI alone have collectively announced $800b in commitments for new data centers in 2025. Meanwhile, US electricity prices are rising fast, up 35% since 2022
Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
1/3
Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:
1/3
10 Global: 30-year-old solar panels still going strong
11 Litigation: 15 young climate advocates sue Wisconsin over pro-fossil fuel policies
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This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread
(Cartoon by Rohan Chakravarty)
11 Litigation: 15 young climate advocates sue Wisconsin over pro-fossil fuel policies
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This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread
(Cartoon by Rohan Chakravarty)
August 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
10 Global: 30-year-old solar panels still going strong
11 Litigation: 15 young climate advocates sue Wisconsin over pro-fossil fuel policies
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This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread
(Cartoon by Rohan Chakravarty)
11 Litigation: 15 young climate advocates sue Wisconsin over pro-fossil fuel policies
x.com/AssaadRazzou...
This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread
(Cartoon by Rohan Chakravarty)
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Tjeerd Royaards)
(Cartoon by Tjeerd Royaards)
August 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Tjeerd Royaards)
(Cartoon by Tjeerd Royaards)
Wind and solar combined were at 1% in 2005. They will hit 20% by 2026
The renewables revolution is unfolding live, fast and furiously: It's exponential, global, and this decade. Just look at the data and do the math
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
The renewables revolution is unfolding live, fast and furiously: It's exponential, global, and this decade. Just look at the data and do the math
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
August 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Wind and solar combined were at 1% in 2005. They will hit 20% by 2026
The renewables revolution is unfolding live, fast and furiously: It's exponential, global, and this decade. Just look at the data and do the math
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
The renewables revolution is unfolding live, fast and furiously: It's exponential, global, and this decade. Just look at the data and do the math
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Dan Wasserman)
(Cartoon by Dan Wasserman)
August 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Climate anxiety is real, widespread and intensifying. This 5+ years weekly thread⬆️ aggregates good climate news and shows that climate action is widespread and has momentum. Just keep on clicking for a big dose of good climate news!
(Cartoon by Dan Wasserman)
(Cartoon by Dan Wasserman)
What did we do when atmospheric CO2 levels were at their highest in 14 to 16 million years? We built arm factories and golf courses, that’s what
“Europe’s weapons factories are expanding at 3 times the rate of peacetime, stretching over 7mn sq metres”
on.ft.com/4mBbQhA
“Europe’s weapons factories are expanding at 3 times the rate of peacetime, stretching over 7mn sq metres”
on.ft.com/4mBbQhA
August 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What did we do when atmospheric CO2 levels were at their highest in 14 to 16 million years? We built arm factories and golf courses, that’s what
“Europe’s weapons factories are expanding at 3 times the rate of peacetime, stretching over 7mn sq metres”
on.ft.com/4mBbQhA
“Europe’s weapons factories are expanding at 3 times the rate of peacetime, stretching over 7mn sq metres”
on.ft.com/4mBbQhA
In Nepal, EVs accounted for 76% of all new passenger vehicles and 50% of the light commercial vehicles over the past year
5 years ago, that number was zero: EVs take over slowly, then suddenly
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
[Chart source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0aa47...
5 years ago, that number was zero: EVs take over slowly, then suddenly
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
[Chart source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0aa47...
August 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
In Nepal, EVs accounted for 76% of all new passenger vehicles and 50% of the light commercial vehicles over the past year
5 years ago, that number was zero: EVs take over slowly, then suddenly
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
[Chart source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0aa47...
5 years ago, that number was zero: EVs take over slowly, then suddenly
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
[Chart source: iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0aa47...
Solar's rise is the fastest in the history of electricity
It's not stopping - and can't be stopped - and will dominate electricity consumption by 2035, everywhere
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It's not stopping - and can't be stopped - and will dominate electricity consumption by 2035, everywhere
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July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Solar's rise is the fastest in the history of electricity
It's not stopping - and can't be stopped - and will dominate electricity consumption by 2035, everywhere
*save this post*
www.ft.com/content/5a97...
It's not stopping - and can't be stopped - and will dominate electricity consumption by 2035, everywhere
*save this post*
www.ft.com/content/5a97...
Heat domes tripled in strength and duration since 1950s - as June temperatures reach dangerous highs in the US and Europe, while persistent low pressure systems saw China, Pakistan and India hit by floods
"Typical” summer weather is a thing of the past
www.ft.com/content/5189...
"Typical” summer weather is a thing of the past
www.ft.com/content/5189...
June 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Heat domes tripled in strength and duration since 1950s - as June temperatures reach dangerous highs in the US and Europe, while persistent low pressure systems saw China, Pakistan and India hit by floods
"Typical” summer weather is a thing of the past
www.ft.com/content/5189...
"Typical” summer weather is a thing of the past
www.ft.com/content/5189...
We might actually make a great leap forward at the climate talks this year - and it’s even possible that we could begin to reverse the gradual hijacking of climate talks by Big Oil. For the first time in 30 years.
June 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We might actually make a great leap forward at the climate talks this year - and it’s even possible that we could begin to reverse the gradual hijacking of climate talks by Big Oil. For the first time in 30 years.
State of the Climate:
1 Our oceans are in an “alarming” 2-year streak of rapid warming
2 Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 hit their highest seasonal peak since records began
It really couldn’t be worse
We need more, so much more, climate action NOW
on.ft.com/3FPIv3u
1 Our oceans are in an “alarming” 2-year streak of rapid warming
2 Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 hit their highest seasonal peak since records began
It really couldn’t be worse
We need more, so much more, climate action NOW
on.ft.com/3FPIv3u
June 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
State of the Climate:
1 Our oceans are in an “alarming” 2-year streak of rapid warming
2 Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 hit their highest seasonal peak since records began
It really couldn’t be worse
We need more, so much more, climate action NOW
on.ft.com/3FPIv3u
1 Our oceans are in an “alarming” 2-year streak of rapid warming
2 Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 hit their highest seasonal peak since records began
It really couldn’t be worse
We need more, so much more, climate action NOW
on.ft.com/3FPIv3u