Indra Overland
@indraoverland.bsky.social
Research Professor at NUPI | energy transition | ASEAN | FSU | squash player | foodie |
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With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
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Happy to be interviewed by Jack Board for this piece in @channelnewsasia.bsky.social. In good company with Christopher Len @iseas-singapore.bsky.social, Li Shuo @asiasociety.org, Sisilia Nurmala Dewi @350.org, and @rueannahaynes.bsky.social @climateanalytics.org.
Happy to be interviewed by Jack Board for this piece in @channelnewsasia.bsky.social. In good company with Christopher Len @iseas-singapore.bsky.social, Li Shuo @asiasociety.org, Sisilia Nurmala Dewi @350.org, and @rueannahaynes.bsky.social @climateanalytics.org.
COP30: Climate diplomacy at a crossroads, 10 years after Paris accord
As the COP30 UN-led talks kick off in Brazil, observers say climate diplomacy is increasingly fragmented by geopolitics, nationalism and economic rivalry. But they remain cautiously optimistic about p...
www.channelnewsasia.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Happy to be interviewed by Jack Board for this piece in @channelnewsasia.bsky.social. In good company with Christopher Len @iseas-singapore.bsky.social, Li Shuo @asiasociety.org, Sisilia Nurmala Dewi @350.org, and @rueannahaynes.bsky.social @climateanalytics.org.
Happy to be interviewed by Jack Board for this piece in @channelnewsasia.bsky.social. In good company with Christopher Len @iseas-singapore.bsky.social, Li Shuo @asiasociety.org, Sisilia Nurmala Dewi @350.org, and @rueannahaynes.bsky.social @climateanalytics.org.
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"Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the broader High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, which are vital water sources for nearly two billion people, could suffer catastrophic losses even under moderate global warming scenarios, according to a new global assessment by @iccinet.bsky.social"
At 2°C warming, only 25% of Hindu Kush–Himalayan glaciers will survive, warns report | Dehradun News - The Times of India
Dehradun: Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the broader High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, which are vital water sources for nearly two bill.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the broader High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, which are vital water sources for nearly two billion people, could suffer catastrophic losses even under moderate global warming scenarios, according to a new global assessment by @iccinet.bsky.social"
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Important new research published last month in Nature Sustainability shows that the oil and gas industry has only a 1.42% share of global renewable energy.
Only 20% of the 250 largest oil and gas companies operate any renewable energy projects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#COP30
Only 20% of the 250 largest oil and gas companies operate any renewable energy projects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#COP30
Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy - Nature Sustainability
The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the total energy production by t...
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Important new research published last month in Nature Sustainability shows that the oil and gas industry has only a 1.42% share of global renewable energy.
Only 20% of the 250 largest oil and gas companies operate any renewable energy projects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#COP30
Only 20% of the 250 largest oil and gas companies operate any renewable energy projects.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#COP30
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Just as a thought for the development types out there, the older term of "industrial(ized) economies" more aptly applies to China and the middle income countries now (as a portion of GDP), than to the higher income, highly developed countries. #Fridaythought cc @katemac.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just as a thought for the development types out there, the older term of "industrial(ized) economies" more aptly applies to China and the middle income countries now (as a portion of GDP), than to the higher income, highly developed countries. #Fridaythought cc @katemac.bsky.social
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are (Gift Article)
Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.
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Europe’s EV Market Grows 24%, But Tesla Registrations Plummet by 38% | WhichEV.Net share.google/eou9bxpDvS5w...
#TeslaTakedown
#TeslaTakedown
Europe’s EV Market Grows 24%, But Tesla Registrations Plummet by 38%
The UK market has outperformed the EU, passing 22% BEV share year-to-date, as plug-in hybrids see a major resurgence across
share.google
October 31, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Europe’s EV Market Grows 24%, But Tesla Registrations Plummet by 38% | WhichEV.Net share.google/eou9bxpDvS5w...
#TeslaTakedown
#TeslaTakedown
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Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
China Has Another Trade Weapon Waiting for America
It’s not just rare earths the US has to worry about. It’s pharmaceuticals, too.
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Today I learned that Equinor, Norway's state-owned fossil fuel company, had to buy the name from a horse vet when they rebranded from 'Statoil'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Today I learned that Equinor, Norway's state-owned fossil fuel company, had to buy the name from a horse vet when they rebranded from 'Statoil'
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NUPI rekrutterer fem masterstudenter! Dette er en mulighet til jobbe med Norges sterkeste miljø på internasjonale spørsmål og bygge et godt nettverk. Mange av de som har vært masterstudenter på NUPI har gått videre til store ting.
www.nupi.no/om-nupi/ledi...
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www.nupi.no
October 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NUPI rekrutterer fem masterstudenter! Dette er en mulighet til jobbe med Norges sterkeste miljø på internasjonale spørsmål og bygge et godt nettverk. Mange av de som har vært masterstudenter på NUPI har gått videre til store ting.
www.nupi.no/om-nupi/ledi...
www.nupi.no/om-nupi/ledi...
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Great NYT article China’s fast growing nucelar industry www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Great NYT article China’s fast growing nucelar industry www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🧵(1/2) Trump announces sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies. Whether this is just performative or will be withdrawn after next call from his handler in the Kremlin, remains to be seen. However, it may be useful to know more about these two behemoths which produce over half of Russian oil.
china.elgaronline.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🧵(1/2) Trump announces sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies. Whether this is just performative or will be withdrawn after next call from his handler in the Kremlin, remains to be seen. However, it may be useful to know more about these two behemoths which produce over half of Russian oil.
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This is the big one keeping solar and batteries from eating eveything - winter.
It's why decarb models even in the sunny US typically have more wind than solar, why Ontario, Sweden, and Finland are building more nuclear, and why we need to deploy what tools we can to blunt heat demand.
It's why decarb models even in the sunny US typically have more wind than solar, why Ontario, Sweden, and Finland are building more nuclear, and why we need to deploy what tools we can to blunt heat demand.
20. There is no way we can build a big enough battery to shift energy from summer to winter. The economics of battery storage are nearly impossible at one cycle a year.
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This is the big one keeping solar and batteries from eating eveything - winter.
It's why decarb models even in the sunny US typically have more wind than solar, why Ontario, Sweden, and Finland are building more nuclear, and why we need to deploy what tools we can to blunt heat demand.
It's why decarb models even in the sunny US typically have more wind than solar, why Ontario, Sweden, and Finland are building more nuclear, and why we need to deploy what tools we can to blunt heat demand.
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Per Capita Wine Consumption in France, Italy and Spain, 1835-2023
October 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Per Capita Wine Consumption in France, Italy and Spain, 1835-2023
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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ancient chinese curse
may your autistic special interest never become geopolitically relevant
October 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ancient chinese curse
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The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...
September 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The first steam-powered passenger rail trip was on 27th Sept 1825 (200th bday is nuanced - regular passenger steam slightly later). Here's transport carbon footprint today - Eurostar easily cleanest cos fully electrified. I hope the next 200 yrs has even more (electric) trains! With lower prices...
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Here is the first more in-depth article on the truly breathtaking discovery of a 6 kg silver hoard, containing thousands of late 1100s AD coins and ample Viking Age jewelry, found near Stockholm. Paywalled, but surely not the last you will hear of this. www.dn.se/sverige/hon-...
September 26, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Here is the first more in-depth article on the truly breathtaking discovery of a 6 kg silver hoard, containing thousands of late 1100s AD coins and ample Viking Age jewelry, found near Stockholm. Paywalled, but surely not the last you will hear of this. www.dn.se/sverige/hon-...
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Something important is that the Bitcoin debate also featured the same reactionary anti-environmentalist reflexives arguing that we can't argue against something because it's extremely energy intensive.
Fast forward four years: Bitcoin now consumes as much power as Pakistan
archive.ph/BZZbB
Fast forward four years: Bitcoin now consumes as much power as Pakistan
archive.ph/BZZbB
September 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Something important is that the Bitcoin debate also featured the same reactionary anti-environmentalist reflexives arguing that we can't argue against something because it's extremely energy intensive.
Fast forward four years: Bitcoin now consumes as much power as Pakistan
archive.ph/BZZbB
Fast forward four years: Bitcoin now consumes as much power as Pakistan
archive.ph/BZZbB
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Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post.
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post.
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
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Statistically insignificant results are at least as interesting as significant ones (but often end up in the file drawer because deemed less publishable). Results are interesting if they change what we believe. No reason that only non-zero findings should change our beliefs.
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Statistically insignificant results are at least as interesting as significant ones (but often end up in the file drawer because deemed less publishable). Results are interesting if they change what we believe. No reason that only non-zero findings should change our beliefs.