Dustin Benton
@dbenton.bsky.social
Sustainability MD Forefront Advisers. Prev:@GreenAllianceUK; Chief Analyst @food_strategy. Generic personal achievement. Folksy identifier. Humblebrag. #hashtag
Brughel calling for a delay to CBAM on electricity as it risks pushing prices power prices up for a couple of years with v little climate benefit.
Better to have accelerated ETS/elec market linking but we're 6 weeks away from CBAM's application...
www.bruegel.org/analysis/cas...
Better to have accelerated ETS/elec market linking but we're 6 weeks away from CBAM's application...
www.bruegel.org/analysis/cas...
The case for delaying the application of the EU’s carbon border levy to electricity
The inclusion of electricity in CBAM creates more problems than it solves; ways should be found to exempt it
www.bruegel.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Brughel calling for a delay to CBAM on electricity as it risks pushing prices power prices up for a couple of years with v little climate benefit.
Better to have accelerated ETS/elec market linking but we're 6 weeks away from CBAM's application...
www.bruegel.org/analysis/cas...
Better to have accelerated ETS/elec market linking but we're 6 weeks away from CBAM's application...
www.bruegel.org/analysis/cas...
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of thousands to lose heat pump subsidies in Reeves’s budget plan
Exclusive: chancellor plans to fund energy efficiency levies via warm homes plan as part of drive to lower energy bills
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This will kill the heat pump market.
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment.
And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Well, Alan Whitehead's appointment is good news for UK energy www.gov.uk/government/n...
Appointment: 11 November 2025
The King has been pleased to approve the following appointment.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Well, Alan Whitehead's appointment is good news for UK energy www.gov.uk/government/n...
£1.1bn for UK renewables this year (AR7) vs £1.5bn for renewables last year (AR6).
The message to developers is to not take the mick on pricing - but the reality is that this isn't the final number, and everyone knows that. 🔌💡
The message to developers is to not take the mick on pricing - but the reality is that this isn't the final number, and everyone knows that. 🔌💡
October 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
£1.1bn for UK renewables this year (AR7) vs £1.5bn for renewables last year (AR6).
The message to developers is to not take the mick on pricing - but the reality is that this isn't the final number, and everyone knows that. 🔌💡
The message to developers is to not take the mick on pricing - but the reality is that this isn't the final number, and everyone knows that. 🔌💡
This isn't going to happen. What car manufacturer is going to bet their market share on selling cars that go slow after the 100km PHEV battery dies?
Kurios. Die oberste Auto-Lobbyistin macht in der FAS den Vorschlag, Plug-In-Hybride könnten ihre Fahrer künftig technisch zwingen, die Ladefunktion zu nutzen.
Eine Äußerung im Bestreben höchst klimaschädliche Hybride auch über 2035 zu erlauben.
Eine Äußerung im Bestreben höchst klimaschädliche Hybride auch über 2035 zu erlauben.
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
This isn't going to happen. What car manufacturer is going to bet their market share on selling cars that go slow after the 100km PHEV battery dies?
Kudos to @faisalislam.bsky.social on drawing the link between climate and food prices in this piece www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A shame it took him til word 1,882 (or 1,963 words) to do so.
A shame it took him til word 1,882 (or 1,963 words) to do so.
Why supermarket prices really became sky high in the UK
Butter, chocolate, coffee and milk have all seen prices rocket. Tracing back through the story of one particular supermarket staple begins to explain why
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Kudos to @faisalislam.bsky.social on drawing the link between climate and food prices in this piece www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A shame it took him til word 1,882 (or 1,963 words) to do so.
A shame it took him til word 1,882 (or 1,963 words) to do so.
Pleased to be talking about the future of UK wind power in light of the loss of political consensus on climate - alongside Andrew Bowie, Conservative energy minister.
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Pleased to be talking about the future of UK wind power in light of the loss of political consensus on climate - alongside Andrew Bowie, Conservative energy minister.
"climate impacted products alone added almost two percentage points to the 5.1% rise in the food and drink basket — roughly 4x the inflationary impact of the rest."
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
Five staples fuelling UK food inflation as climate risks rise, study finds
Findings challenge narrative that food price growth is being driven by higher taxes and wage costs
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
"climate impacted products alone added almost two percentage points to the 5.1% rise in the food and drink basket — roughly 4x the inflationary impact of the rest."
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
www.ft.com/content/ced8...
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imo, the obliteration of of the IRA Waste Emissions Charge (the "methane rule") is an underdiscussed loss with global ripple effects.
the EPA had a solid framework for identifying & abating cheap, high-impact GHG emissions in up/midstream gas. it's all gone now. the EU methane reg stands alone.
the EPA had a solid framework for identifying & abating cheap, high-impact GHG emissions in up/midstream gas. it's all gone now. the EU methane reg stands alone.
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
imo, the obliteration of of the IRA Waste Emissions Charge (the "methane rule") is an underdiscussed loss with global ripple effects.
the EPA had a solid framework for identifying & abating cheap, high-impact GHG emissions in up/midstream gas. it's all gone now. the EU methane reg stands alone.
the EPA had a solid framework for identifying & abating cheap, high-impact GHG emissions in up/midstream gas. it's all gone now. the EU methane reg stands alone.
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This is the quiet, but slowly getting louder horror story taking place across the northern hemisphere
Netherlands Scientific Climate Council warns: under pressure from climate change, forests and soils are now taking up less CO2 from the atmosphere, accelerating climate change.
www.wkr.nl/adviezen/ove...
www.wkr.nl/adviezen/ove...
October 15, 2025 at 5:26 AM
This is the quiet, but slowly getting louder horror story taking place across the northern hemisphere
Nice bit of journalism here on a potential 5x rise in the farming inheritance tax threshold. I tend to agree that it buys no goodwill: news.sky.com/story/damage...
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Nice bit of journalism here on a potential 5x rise in the farming inheritance tax threshold. I tend to agree that it buys no goodwill: news.sky.com/story/damage...
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Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
PART 1: Uncharted Territory
open.spotify.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
If the world didn’t win, has it lost?
We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next
Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
Claire Coutinho would scrap carbon/renewables costs to save £126/y on bills. What might go?
- Carbon Price Support: £26/y (main loser is the taxpayer)
- Renewables Obligation: £86/y (retrospective change- v bad for investment)
- Small scale FiTs: £20/y (retrospective- bad for small solar investors)
- Carbon Price Support: £26/y (main loser is the taxpayer)
- Renewables Obligation: £86/y (retrospective change- v bad for investment)
- Small scale FiTs: £20/y (retrospective- bad for small solar investors)
October 6, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Claire Coutinho would scrap carbon/renewables costs to save £126/y on bills. What might go?
- Carbon Price Support: £26/y (main loser is the taxpayer)
- Renewables Obligation: £86/y (retrospective change- v bad for investment)
- Small scale FiTs: £20/y (retrospective- bad for small solar investors)
- Carbon Price Support: £26/y (main loser is the taxpayer)
- Renewables Obligation: £86/y (retrospective change- v bad for investment)
- Small scale FiTs: £20/y (retrospective- bad for small solar investors)
Another politician saying don't invest in Britain. 🤦♂️
October 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Another politician saying don't invest in Britain. 🤦♂️
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Grid battery prices fell by 40% last year.
Evidence is mounting they falling by around ANOTHER 40% THIS YEAR🤯🤯🤯
Evidence is mounting they falling by around ANOTHER 40% THIS YEAR🤯🤯🤯
September 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Grid battery prices fell by 40% last year.
Evidence is mounting they falling by around ANOTHER 40% THIS YEAR🤯🤯🤯
Evidence is mounting they falling by around ANOTHER 40% THIS YEAR🤯🤯🤯
I'm looking forward to tea production stats from English tea growers (shout out to www.dartmoorestatetea.com, tregothnan.co.uk, and peterstontea.com) that look like this chart...
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I'm looking forward to tea production stats from English tea growers (shout out to www.dartmoorestatetea.com, tregothnan.co.uk, and peterstontea.com) that look like this chart...
Why are food prices still on the up? Come on BBC - it’s global heating. Those droughts and heatwaves that raise food prices are 10x to 100x more likely because of the carbon emissions we’re putting into the atmosphere.
September 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Why are food prices still on the up? Come on BBC - it’s global heating. Those droughts and heatwaves that raise food prices are 10x to 100x more likely because of the carbon emissions we’re putting into the atmosphere.
Faithful reporting but I'm a bit sceptical that uranium is the key constraint for nuclear. The problem for the industry is still construction cost: www.ft.com/content/0d6c...
Uranium shortfall threatens nuclear energy renaissance, industry warned
Association predicts a ‘significant gap’ between supply and demand unless new sources are found
www.ft.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Faithful reporting but I'm a bit sceptical that uranium is the key constraint for nuclear. The problem for the industry is still construction cost: www.ft.com/content/0d6c...
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"In almost every area of the energy transition, one country dominates: China. Wind power, where the People’s Republic still has less than half the global market, is a rare exception. President Donald Trump is doing his best to change that." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
America’s Wind Crusade Hands an Industry to China
It’s the one energy transition corner the country isn’t already dominating. Trump is doing his best to change that.
www.bloomberg.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"In almost every area of the energy transition, one country dominates: China. Wind power, where the People’s Republic still has less than half the global market, is a rare exception. President Donald Trump is doing his best to change that." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Very interesting CCS study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The headline is a large reduction in potential storage, but there's still plenty of carbon storage to keep warming well below 2c.
It does pour a bit of cold water on European storage - only the UK and Norway are major players.
The headline is a large reduction in potential storage, but there's still plenty of carbon storage to keep warming well below 2c.
It does pour a bit of cold water on European storage - only the UK and Norway are major players.
www.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Very interesting CCS study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The headline is a large reduction in potential storage, but there's still plenty of carbon storage to keep warming well below 2c.
It does pour a bit of cold water on European storage - only the UK and Norway are major players.
The headline is a large reduction in potential storage, but there's still plenty of carbon storage to keep warming well below 2c.
It does pour a bit of cold water on European storage - only the UK and Norway are major players.
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Important article to read in advance of #COP30:
"We should prohibit deforestation in the Amazon because it is very close to the point of no return.”
#Brazil #Amazon #Survival
apnews.com/article/braz...
"We should prohibit deforestation in the Amazon because it is very close to the point of no return.”
#Brazil #Amazon #Survival
apnews.com/article/braz...
What Brazil’s soy moratorium fight means — and what happens next
Brazil’s soybean moratorium, credited with curbing Amazon deforestation since 2006, faces an uncertain future after the country’s competition regulator ordered its suspension while probing potential c...
apnews.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Important article to read in advance of #COP30:
"We should prohibit deforestation in the Amazon because it is very close to the point of no return.”
#Brazil #Amazon #Survival
apnews.com/article/braz...
"We should prohibit deforestation in the Amazon because it is very close to the point of no return.”
#Brazil #Amazon #Survival
apnews.com/article/braz...
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Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself .
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
The vast ice of Antarctica has long seemed impregnable. But sudden changes are arriving – from shrinking sea ice to melting ice sheets and slowing ocean currents.
theconversation.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself .
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/
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NEW: I wrote about engineered wood! Including a new, ultra strong version.
Using more timber in construction - rather than concrete and steel - could help reduce the carbon footprint on buildings.
(Am happy that my editor used my headline, at the top of the article!)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Using more timber in construction - rather than concrete and steel - could help reduce the carbon footprint on buildings.
(Am happy that my editor used my headline, at the top of the article!)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New types of engineered wood are ready for building sites
New ways are being found to make wood even stronger and more versatile in construction.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 7:39 AM
NEW: I wrote about engineered wood! Including a new, ultra strong version.
Using more timber in construction - rather than concrete and steel - could help reduce the carbon footprint on buildings.
(Am happy that my editor used my headline, at the top of the article!)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Using more timber in construction - rather than concrete and steel - could help reduce the carbon footprint on buildings.
(Am happy that my editor used my headline, at the top of the article!)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...