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@climeworks.bsky.social could be getting into CO2 removals in the UK
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has begun talks to set up the UK’s first commercial project to suck carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it in old gas fields under the Irish Sea
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has begun talks to set up the UK’s first commercial project to suck carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it in old gas fields under the Irish Sea
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
UK plans scheme to suck CO₂ from the air
Ministers are to start negotiations with the Swiss firm Climeworks as part of the government’s new zero strategy
www.thetimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
@climeworks.bsky.social could be getting into CO2 removals in the UK
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has begun talks to set up the UK’s first commercial project to suck carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it in old gas fields under the Irish Sea
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Energy secretary Ed Miliband has begun talks to set up the UK’s first commercial project to suck carbon dioxide directly from the air and store it in old gas fields under the Irish Sea
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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The Long Heat, the book by Andreas Malm and I on carbon removal and geoengineering, will be released by @versobooks.bsky.social in October. It's available now for pre-ordering:
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
The Long Heat
Warming is about to hit one and a half degrees, perhaps two degrees soon after. What do we do then? In the overshoot era, schemes abound for muscular adaptation or for turning the heat down at a later...
www.versobooks.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The Long Heat, the book by Andreas Malm and I on carbon removal and geoengineering, will be released by @versobooks.bsky.social in October. It's available now for pre-ordering:
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Trees are like people: they like food, get sick, struggle when it gets too hot or too wet, & die.
We need to be careful including trees in climate targets, particularly when we keep serving them food in a warming climate.
Yet, most countries include all trees!
cicero.oslo.no/no/artikler/...
We need to be careful including trees in climate targets, particularly when we keep serving them food in a warming climate.
Yet, most countries include all trees!
cicero.oslo.no/no/artikler/...
June 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Trees are like people: they like food, get sick, struggle when it gets too hot or too wet, & die.
We need to be careful including trees in climate targets, particularly when we keep serving them food in a warming climate.
Yet, most countries include all trees!
cicero.oslo.no/no/artikler/...
We need to be careful including trees in climate targets, particularly when we keep serving them food in a warming climate.
Yet, most countries include all trees!
cicero.oslo.no/no/artikler/...
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Bloomberg reports that EU emissions are up so far this year. I can confirm this.
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
June 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Bloomberg reports that EU emissions are up so far this year. I can confirm this.
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
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Just stunning at how quickly Greece has transformed it's energy mix.
In a decade, coal has been pretty much driven out from 50% to 6%
More to come as solar expands 👍
#energysky
In a decade, coal has been pretty much driven out from 50% to 6%
More to come as solar expands 👍
#energysky
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Just stunning at how quickly Greece has transformed it's energy mix.
In a decade, coal has been pretty much driven out from 50% to 6%
More to come as solar expands 👍
#energysky
In a decade, coal has been pretty much driven out from 50% to 6%
More to come as solar expands 👍
#energysky
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CO2 emissions from Land-Use Change (LUC) have been relatively flat for decades, but have declined in the last decade. Uncertainty is high!
The estimate is based on four "Bookkeeping Models", but have many shared input data.
Read more here: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
The estimate is based on four "Bookkeeping Models", but have many shared input data.
Read more here: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
June 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
CO2 emissions from Land-Use Change (LUC) have been relatively flat for decades, but have declined in the last decade. Uncertainty is high!
The estimate is based on four "Bookkeeping Models", but have many shared input data.
Read more here: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
The estimate is based on four "Bookkeeping Models", but have many shared input data.
Read more here: essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
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"They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it and giving away the future of manufacturing.” - @industriouslabs.bsky.social's @evangillespie.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/doe-c... via @emilypont.bsky.social 🔌💡
The Department of Energy Is ‘Giving Away the Future of Manufacturing’
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright canceled 24 decarbonization grants worth $3.7 billion.
heatmap.news
May 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it and giving away the future of manufacturing.” - @industriouslabs.bsky.social's @evangillespie.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/doe-c... via @emilypont.bsky.social 🔌💡
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Elon needs a bigger tax break so Trump is going to kill off tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, a couple dozen clean manufacturing facilities, and billions in private investment.
“This is how the Trump administration treats American industry and American workers. They’re not building an economy — they’re dismantling it, and giving away the future of manufacturing,” says @evangillespie.bsky.social, partner at Industrious Labs.
May 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Elon needs a bigger tax break so Trump is going to kill off tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, a couple dozen clean manufacturing facilities, and billions in private investment.
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It is over fifty years since Japan's "Sunshine Project" started governments pouring money into green hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels. How is it going? TLDR: not well.
open.substack.com/pub/mliebrei...
open.substack.com/pub/mliebrei...
Fifty years of green hydrogen in five charts
It is over fifty years since Japan's "Sunshine Project" started governments pouring money into green hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels. How is it going? TLDR: not well.
open.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It is over fifty years since Japan's "Sunshine Project" started governments pouring money into green hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels. How is it going? TLDR: not well.
open.substack.com/pub/mliebrei...
open.substack.com/pub/mliebrei...
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The EU is set to announce that it is on track to cut planet-warming emissions by 54% by 2030 (relative to 1990 levels).
The legislated target is 55%.
www.ft.com/content/4abd...
The legislated target is 55%.
www.ft.com/content/4abd...
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Bloc is within one percentage point of meeting greenhouse gas emissions reduction target by 2030
www.ft.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The EU is set to announce that it is on track to cut planet-warming emissions by 54% by 2030 (relative to 1990 levels).
The legislated target is 55%.
www.ft.com/content/4abd...
The legislated target is 55%.
www.ft.com/content/4abd...
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Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is an update of a classic. I'm very much looking forward to the launch of the BMW iX5 Hydrogen in 2028, and seeing whether it can manage a single pixel on the RH chart before being taken off the market.
May 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today's #HydrogenSoufflé is an update of a classic. I'm very much looking forward to the launch of the BMW iX5 Hydrogen in 2028, and seeing whether it can manage a single pixel on the RH chart before being taken off the market.
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Fires Drove Record-breaking Tropical Forest Loss in 2024
(But I had to redo the figure so that I could see how much was the baseline from other drivers, compared to the addition of fires)
Read the article: gfr.wri.org/latest-analy...
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(But I had to redo the figure so that I could see how much was the baseline from other drivers, compared to the addition of fires)
Read the article: gfr.wri.org/latest-analy...
1/
May 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Fires Drove Record-breaking Tropical Forest Loss in 2024
(But I had to redo the figure so that I could see how much was the baseline from other drivers, compared to the addition of fires)
Read the article: gfr.wri.org/latest-analy...
1/
(But I had to redo the figure so that I could see how much was the baseline from other drivers, compared to the addition of fires)
Read the article: gfr.wri.org/latest-analy...
1/
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I’ll says this once:
We’re spending a lot more on mitigation (e.g., renewables) than on CDR research. A lot more.
It could simultaneously be true that CDR research acts as mitigation deterrence and we need to do CDR research.
Trees will not be enough to reduce atmospheric CO₂.
We’re spending a lot more on mitigation (e.g., renewables) than on CDR research. A lot more.
It could simultaneously be true that CDR research acts as mitigation deterrence and we need to do CDR research.
Trees will not be enough to reduce atmospheric CO₂.
May 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’ll says this once:
We’re spending a lot more on mitigation (e.g., renewables) than on CDR research. A lot more.
It could simultaneously be true that CDR research acts as mitigation deterrence and we need to do CDR research.
Trees will not be enough to reduce atmospheric CO₂.
We’re spending a lot more on mitigation (e.g., renewables) than on CDR research. A lot more.
It could simultaneously be true that CDR research acts as mitigation deterrence and we need to do CDR research.
Trees will not be enough to reduce atmospheric CO₂.
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🏛️ Not all advice lands equally.
🗣️ New research shows short, clear and repeated climate advice = better uptake.
📖 Read all the findings from this landmark study in @climate-policy.bsky.social ➡️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/how-to-...
#ClimateChange #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ClimatePolicy
🗣️ New research shows short, clear and repeated climate advice = better uptake.
📖 Read all the findings from this landmark study in @climate-policy.bsky.social ➡️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/how-to-...
#ClimateChange #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ClimatePolicy
How to boost the policy impact of climate advisory bodies - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
A new study examines how advice from climate advisory bodies, such as the UK's Climate Change Committee, can better influence climate policy.
tyndall.ac.uk
May 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🏛️ Not all advice lands equally.
🗣️ New research shows short, clear and repeated climate advice = better uptake.
📖 Read all the findings from this landmark study in @climate-policy.bsky.social ➡️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/how-to-...
#ClimateChange #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ClimatePolicy
🗣️ New research shows short, clear and repeated climate advice = better uptake.
📖 Read all the findings from this landmark study in @climate-policy.bsky.social ➡️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/how-to-...
#ClimateChange #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ClimatePolicy
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Climate change is happening quickly. Solutions research needs to move at a speed that meets the challenge. We're launching @cdrxiv.org, a new preprint server for CDR research, because transparency and collaboration help move the field forward. Let’s make better CDR, together: cdrxiv.org
CDRXIV
CDRXIV is a new open access platform for sharing preprints and data related to carbon dioxide removal (CDR).
cdrxiv.org
May 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Climate change is happening quickly. Solutions research needs to move at a speed that meets the challenge. We're launching @cdrxiv.org, a new preprint server for CDR research, because transparency and collaboration help move the field forward. Let’s make better CDR, together: cdrxiv.org
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If you're in Lund on Thursday, I'll be giving a seminar on our upcoming book, The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It's Too Late.
11.00 - 12.00 at Biskopsgatan 5 (LUCSUS, Josephson building), room Maathai
www.lucsus.lu.se/seminars
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
11.00 - 12.00 at Biskopsgatan 5 (LUCSUS, Josephson building), room Maathai
www.lucsus.lu.se/seminars
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
LUCSUS seminars
Lund University. Spring programme 2025The programme is updated continously. 23 January 2025Social-ecological systems modeling and scenario planning in the context of China. Case studies from (costal z...
www.lucsus.lu.se
May 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you're in Lund on Thursday, I'll be giving a seminar on our upcoming book, The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It's Too Late.
11.00 - 12.00 at Biskopsgatan 5 (LUCSUS, Josephson building), room Maathai
www.lucsus.lu.se/seminars
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
11.00 - 12.00 at Biskopsgatan 5 (LUCSUS, Josephson building), room Maathai
www.lucsus.lu.se/seminars
www.versobooks.com/products/331...
Andrew Bowie MP, the Shadow Energy Minister, quoted in today's Guardian, claims:
1. 'There’s no scientific rationale for choosing 2050 as the point to which we should reach net zero', that Theresa May's 2019 net zero target was 'arbitrary', ❌
1. 'There’s no scientific rationale for choosing 2050 as the point to which we should reach net zero', that Theresa May's 2019 net zero target was 'arbitrary', ❌
May 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Andrew Bowie MP, the Shadow Energy Minister, quoted in today's Guardian, claims:
1. 'There’s no scientific rationale for choosing 2050 as the point to which we should reach net zero', that Theresa May's 2019 net zero target was 'arbitrary', ❌
1. 'There’s no scientific rationale for choosing 2050 as the point to which we should reach net zero', that Theresa May's 2019 net zero target was 'arbitrary', ❌
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.Since 2012, global direct anthropogenic CH4 emission trends have been tracking scenarios that assume no or minimal climate mitigation policies
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Global Methane Budget 2000–2020
Abstract. Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH4) budget is important for assessing realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. CH4 is the second most important human-influenced gree...
essd.copernicus.org
May 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
.Since 2012, global direct anthropogenic CH4 emission trends have been tracking scenarios that assume no or minimal climate mitigation policies
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
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The doubling of the rate of global heating in recent decades has surprised the scientific community so needs to be better understood yet our capability to measure Earth's energy imbalance is at risk: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The doubling of the rate of global heating in recent decades has surprised the scientific community so needs to be better understood yet our capability to measure Earth's energy imbalance is at risk: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Ever wondered why some charts are more effective and engaging than others?
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
May 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Ever wondered why some charts are more effective and engaging than others?
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
I’ll be going through all the theory, evidence and principles behind compelling data storytelling from this Wednesday.
Free to watch for anyone who is interested: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-fundam...
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Large volcanic eruptions have a major climate cooling effect. But the eruptions we've had in the past 170 years have been relatively mild compared to those in the more distant past.
Here are climate model simulations of major eruptions since 1750 using FaIR:
Here are climate model simulations of major eruptions since 1750 using FaIR:
May 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Large volcanic eruptions have a major climate cooling effect. But the eruptions we've had in the past 170 years have been relatively mild compared to those in the more distant past.
Here are climate model simulations of major eruptions since 1750 using FaIR:
Here are climate model simulations of major eruptions since 1750 using FaIR:
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The BBC spoke to locals near a big English solar farm and found the panels “do not really bother them” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What is life like living the shadow of Ashby's solar farms? - BBC News
Residents of Ashby-de-la-Zouch offer mixed views on the fields of solar panels surrounding the town.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The BBC spoke to locals near a big English solar farm and found the panels “do not really bother them” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Finland has a climate target to be net zero GHG emissions in 2035.
The target requires reductions in emissions, plus an enhancement in the sinks.
It was all looking good, until...
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
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The target requires reductions in emissions, plus an enhancement in the sinks.
It was all looking good, until...
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
May 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Finland has a climate target to be net zero GHG emissions in 2035.
The target requires reductions in emissions, plus an enhancement in the sinks.
It was all looking good, until...
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
The target requires reductions in emissions, plus an enhancement in the sinks.
It was all looking good, until...
www.treasuryfinland.fi/investor-rel...
1/
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There’s the rhetoric about the fracturing UK “elite” political consensus on net-zero (Farage requires quotes), but then there’s the reality of how successful they have been. It will get harder once the elec sector is mostly decarbonized & buildings & industry predominate. www.bbc.com/news/article...
May 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There’s the rhetoric about the fracturing UK “elite” political consensus on net-zero (Farage requires quotes), but then there’s the reality of how successful they have been. It will get harder once the elec sector is mostly decarbonized & buildings & industry predominate. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Next Tuesday evening, we are delighted to have one of the most remarkable and inspiring scientists as our guest. If you've never heard Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social (Harvard University) in person, this is your chance at ETH Zürich as part of the SPEED2ZERO Perspective series.
May 2, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Next Tuesday evening, we are delighted to have one of the most remarkable and inspiring scientists as our guest. If you've never heard Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social (Harvard University) in person, this is your chance at ETH Zürich as part of the SPEED2ZERO Perspective series.