Megan Darby
@climatemegan.bsky.social
Heat pump appreciation account. Pro-human intelligence, especially when it comes with human kindness.
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
wtf
November 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
wtf
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November 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I actually think it's a big deal the Brazilian president, one of the most popular leaders in South America, of a country with substantial oil interests, is championing a roadmap away from fossil fuels. That probably wouldn't have emerged without #COP30
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I actually think it's a big deal the Brazilian president, one of the most popular leaders in South America, of a country with substantial oil interests, is championing a roadmap away from fossil fuels. That probably wouldn't have emerged without #COP30
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“We’re facing the reality of a no deal scenario,” said Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate commissioner. “How can anyone who is reading that across the world not be deeply disappointed?”
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate Summit Proposal Omits Plan for Exiting Fossil Fuels
The COP30 climate talks are set to run into overtime after a draft deal proposed by host nation Brazil caused widespread anger across the world for omitting any reference to winding down the use fossi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“We’re facing the reality of a no deal scenario,” said Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate commissioner. “How can anyone who is reading that across the world not be deeply disappointed?”
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story @bloomberg.com, sharing w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
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EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
EVERY SINGLE FOSSIL FUEL IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE TRUMP-PLEASING HIGH-FOSSIL-FUEL SCENARIO
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
I wish I'd had the time to read this whole report properly earlier this week: the scale of this rake-step / self-own is absolutely incredible
THANKYOU donald trump for pushing the IEA to include all of this
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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
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
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
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
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Elon Musk can't get humans to love him so he made a robot to love him instead and now all the humans are making fun of the robot. This is the smartest man in the world, a once-in-a-generation genius and clear member of the natural aristocracy
this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Elon Musk can't get humans to love him so he made a robot to love him instead and now all the humans are making fun of the robot. This is the smartest man in the world, a once-in-a-generation genius and clear member of the natural aristocracy
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Speaking at the @beyondoilgas.bsky.social press conference today, Colombia's acting environment minister, Irene Vélez, said: "Despite being a producer country of oil and coal, we have chosen not to grant any new oil exploration contracts nor any new coal mining titles.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Speaking at the @beyondoilgas.bsky.social press conference today, Colombia's acting environment minister, Irene Vélez, said: "Despite being a producer country of oil and coal, we have chosen not to grant any new oil exploration contracts nor any new coal mining titles.”
“We recognise that it is not easy, and we cannot sell false hopes. Raising the subject is courageous, and I hope [to see] this courage from all, from producers and consumers.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
“We recognise that it is not easy, and we cannot sell false hopes. Raising the subject is courageous, and I hope [to see] this courage from all, from producers and consumers.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
With the world heating up, why are more SUVs being sold?
Despite dire predictions of climate breakdown, more Sports Utility Vehicles are being spotted on, and off, the roads.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
With the world heating up [and more pedestrians being killed], why are more SUVs being sold?
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
“It’s the industry that has driven the demand through huge marketing & advertising campaigns in recent years. SUVs offered the industry a simple way of charging more for a vehicle that does the same thing.”
cool cool cool the gender culture wars have come to COP. trying to imagine a situation where it could possibly matter. oh no, a trans woman got some drought-resistant seeds? ridiculous www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
cool cool cool the gender culture wars have come to COP. trying to imagine a situation where it could possibly matter. oh no, a trans woman got some drought-resistant seeds? ridiculous www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
"certain forces in the West are less concerned with the global climate future than with protecting their own interests in the emerging green competition" - punchy editorial from China's Global Times www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
www.globaltimes.cn
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"certain forces in the West are less concerned with the global climate future than with protecting their own interests in the emerging green competition" - punchy editorial from China's Global Times www.globaltimes.cn/page/202511/...
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Really full house today at the #Brazil pavilion as 5 ministers and envoys join minister #Mariana Silva to call for a roadmap on transitioning away from #fossilfuels at #COP30
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Really full house today at the #Brazil pavilion as 5 ministers and envoys join minister #Mariana Silva to call for a roadmap on transitioning away from #fossilfuels at #COP30
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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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Listening to a good @ember-energy.org reaction to the @iea.org's new world energy outlook - sign up here
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Peak fossil – Dissecting the IEA's World Energy Outlook | Ember
Energy experts react to the fossil demand scenarios in the IEA's World Energy Outlook.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Our top takeaways from @iea.org’s latest #WorldEnergyOutlook:
⛰️Peak fossil fuel demand is coming, contrary to oil & gas producer narratives,
☀️Renewables are the fastest-growing source of energy,
💰Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
🔎 www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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⛰️Peak fossil fuel demand is coming, contrary to oil & gas producer narratives,
☀️Renewables are the fastest-growing source of energy,
💰Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
🔎 www.iea.org/reports/worl...
🧵1/10
World Energy Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA
World Energy Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Our top takeaways from @iea.org’s latest #WorldEnergyOutlook:
⛰️Peak fossil fuel demand is coming, contrary to oil & gas producer narratives,
☀️Renewables are the fastest-growing source of energy,
💰Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
🔎 www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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⛰️Peak fossil fuel demand is coming, contrary to oil & gas producer narratives,
☀️Renewables are the fastest-growing source of energy,
💰Net zero is cheaper than fossil fuel dependence.
🔎 www.iea.org/reports/worl...
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Renewables are the fastest growing energy source in *every* scenario, including Trump's preferred fossil-friendly one. No sign of the rest of the world following the US in throttling clean energy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Supply boom in cheaper renewables will seal end of fossil fuel era, says IEA
Watchdog’s flagship report says rise in low-carbon electricity will make transition ‘inevitable’, despite Trump’s calls to carry on drilling
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Renewables are the fastest growing energy source in *every* scenario, including Trump's preferred fossil-friendly one. No sign of the rest of the world following the US in throttling clean energy
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📢China's emissions are flatlining 📢https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📢China's emissions are flatlining 📢https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
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The idea *suppliers* of fossil fuels are neutral meeters-of-demand remains one of the worst lies
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The idea *suppliers* of fossil fuels are neutral meeters-of-demand remains one of the worst lies
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
Their job is not just digging up fossil fuels: their job is bullying, pushing, fighting, lying and lobbying to ensure fossil fuels get burned as much as possible
www.rigzone.com/news/wire/ch...
you'll be pleased to hear this did not turn out to be a representative snapshot. The clean energy portfolio grew 15% in the past 12 months vs 10% for the "balanced" portfolio
well this is depressing. my bank now gives the option of investing in specific sectors.
average annual return for crypto: 56.82%
clean energy: -2.6%
average annual return for crypto: 56.82%
clean energy: -2.6%
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
you'll be pleased to hear this did not turn out to be a representative snapshot. The clean energy portfolio grew 15% in the past 12 months vs 10% for the "balanced" portfolio
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Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.
My reporting today @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.
My reporting today @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
As world leaders prepared to descend on the small city of Belém in the Brazilian Amazon for the COP30 climate summit, artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturer Nvidia was instead peddling its ene...
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.
My reporting today @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.
My reporting today @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/n...
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What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What bothers me is that impartiality and balance are two different and incompatible things. Impartiality means that you don't intervene to put your thumb on the scales. Balance necessarily requires that you intervene to artificially make every issue look like a 50/50.