Piers Scholfield
@inglesi.bsky.social
Accelerating systemic change through communication - climate, nature, energy transition.
Before: globetrotting journalist - BBC, NBC & Sky.
Before: globetrotting journalist - BBC, NBC & Sky.
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
Clean industry is no longer a vision – it’s being built today
🌍 1,001 announced projects
💰 ~$2tr investment potential
⚙️ 19 FIDs in past year
🇨🇳 China leading
🌞 New industrial sunbelt rising
Explore @mppindustry.bsky.social's #GlobalProjectTracker: bit.ly/GPT4-Nov25-1
🌍 1,001 announced projects
💰 ~$2tr investment potential
⚙️ 19 FIDs in past year
🇨🇳 China leading
🌞 New industrial sunbelt rising
Explore @mppindustry.bsky.social's #GlobalProjectTracker: bit.ly/GPT4-Nov25-1
MPP Global Project Tracker
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November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Clean industry is no longer a vision – it’s being built today
🌍 1,001 announced projects
💰 ~$2tr investment potential
⚙️ 19 FIDs in past year
🇨🇳 China leading
🌞 New industrial sunbelt rising
Explore @mppindustry.bsky.social's #GlobalProjectTracker: bit.ly/GPT4-Nov25-1
🌍 1,001 announced projects
💰 ~$2tr investment potential
⚙️ 19 FIDs in past year
🇨🇳 China leading
🌞 New industrial sunbelt rising
Explore @mppindustry.bsky.social's #GlobalProjectTracker: bit.ly/GPT4-Nov25-1
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On why Trump is wrong on climate, renewable energy, the next economic growth cycle, on powering data centres cost-efficiently, and on geo-economics. Very good by the FT‘s Gillian Tett.
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
On why Trump is wrong on climate, renewable energy, the next economic growth cycle, on powering data centres cost-efficiently, and on geo-economics. Very good by the FT‘s Gillian Tett.
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
on.ft.com/3KkjVcU
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Clean industry = stronger economies, new jobs, energy security & resilient supply chains.
But <15 projects per year currently financed.
We’re launching #BuildCleanNow to fast-track 50 financed projects over 2025-2026 and accelerate progress, year-on-year.
Join us: bit.ly/BuildCleanNow1
But <15 projects per year currently financed.
We’re launching #BuildCleanNow to fast-track 50 financed projects over 2025-2026 and accelerate progress, year-on-year.
Join us: bit.ly/BuildCleanNow1
September 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Clean industry = stronger economies, new jobs, energy security & resilient supply chains.
But <15 projects per year currently financed.
We’re launching #BuildCleanNow to fast-track 50 financed projects over 2025-2026 and accelerate progress, year-on-year.
Join us: bit.ly/BuildCleanNow1
But <15 projects per year currently financed.
We’re launching #BuildCleanNow to fast-track 50 financed projects over 2025-2026 and accelerate progress, year-on-year.
Join us: bit.ly/BuildCleanNow1
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That phone alert that likely just scared you shitless was a test by the UK government in anticipation of ever worse floods, storms and heatwaves threatening our lives
This is because a small handful of fossil fuel firms need to create shareholder value www.ukclimateresilience.org/news-events/...
This is because a small handful of fossil fuel firms need to create shareholder value www.ukclimateresilience.org/news-events/...
Climate change shifting UK’s high-impact weather -
A new study has examined how high-impact weather in the UK, such as extremely hot days, heavy rainfall and very cold conditions, could be affected at different levels of global warming. The study, pub...
www.ukclimateresilience.org
September 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
That phone alert that likely just scared you shitless was a test by the UK government in anticipation of ever worse floods, storms and heatwaves threatening our lives
This is because a small handful of fossil fuel firms need to create shareholder value www.ukclimateresilience.org/news-events/...
This is because a small handful of fossil fuel firms need to create shareholder value www.ukclimateresilience.org/news-events/...
How do we translate all the (well-meaning) words from #LCAW into real action: policy change, or shifts in corporate behaviour?
Join us in discussion w/ @octopus.energy @theguardian.com and more on 26 June, to discuss how strategic comms can cut through the noise.
Sign up: lu.ma/blakeney-lcaw
Join us in discussion w/ @octopus.energy @theguardian.com and more on 26 June, to discuss how strategic comms can cut through the noise.
Sign up: lu.ma/blakeney-lcaw
The Power of Communications to Inspire and Drive Positive Change · Luma
How can media and strategic storytelling shape public discourse and influence decision-making at scale?
Join Blakeney in conversation with Octopus Energy, The…
lu.ma
June 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
How do we translate all the (well-meaning) words from #LCAW into real action: policy change, or shifts in corporate behaviour?
Join us in discussion w/ @octopus.energy @theguardian.com and more on 26 June, to discuss how strategic comms can cut through the noise.
Sign up: lu.ma/blakeney-lcaw
Join us in discussion w/ @octopus.energy @theguardian.com and more on 26 June, to discuss how strategic comms can cut through the noise.
Sign up: lu.ma/blakeney-lcaw
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LAST CHANCE: Applications for Carbon Brief’s PAID three-week summer journalism internship close on 02 June 9am BST.
If you have an interest in climate change and journalism, find out more and apply here ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/...
If you have an interest in climate change and journalism, find out more and apply here ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/...
May 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
LAST CHANCE: Applications for Carbon Brief’s PAID three-week summer journalism internship close on 02 June 9am BST.
If you have an interest in climate change and journalism, find out more and apply here ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/...
If you have an interest in climate change and journalism, find out more and apply here ⬇️
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Yet again, a government that doesn’t appear to understand the global influence of the BBC World Service www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
Ministers demand BBC World Service plan for cuts as aid budget slashed
Exclusive: David Lammy asks BBC bosses to draw up tightened budget amid criticism move could harm UK’s global influence
www.theguardian.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Yet again, a government that doesn’t appear to understand the global influence of the BBC World Service www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m...
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The one consistent organising principle of this Trump presidency is its relentless support for fossil fuels. For journalists, this means that without proper energy literacy they can no longer cover politics. Reading general news coverage that is energy-illiterate has become almost useless.
May 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The one consistent organising principle of this Trump presidency is its relentless support for fossil fuels. For journalists, this means that without proper energy literacy they can no longer cover politics. Reading general news coverage that is energy-illiterate has become almost useless.
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To be clear, the centre ground on net zero is that the public are broadly supportive - even if there is some conditionality to that support.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
May 2, 2025 at 9:58 PM
To be clear, the centre ground on net zero is that the public are broadly supportive - even if there is some conditionality to that support.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
100 days of the Trump admin isn't reason to celebrate for those who work in climate and sustainability.
But - is there a silver lining?
Climate terminology is impenetrable to most. Perhaps this is an opportunity to take a proper look at how we communicate:
theblakeneygroup.com/news-insight...
But - is there a silver lining?
Climate terminology is impenetrable to most. Perhaps this is an opportunity to take a proper look at how we communicate:
theblakeneygroup.com/news-insight...
100 days - a silver lining? - Blakeney
Looking back at the first 100 days of the new U.S. administration isn’t much fun for anyone involved in the world of climate, nature and sustainability.
theblakeneygroup.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
100 days of the Trump admin isn't reason to celebrate for those who work in climate and sustainability.
But - is there a silver lining?
Climate terminology is impenetrable to most. Perhaps this is an opportunity to take a proper look at how we communicate:
theblakeneygroup.com/news-insight...
But - is there a silver lining?
Climate terminology is impenetrable to most. Perhaps this is an opportunity to take a proper look at how we communicate:
theblakeneygroup.com/news-insight...
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This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Why the UK’s electricity costs are so high – and what can be done about it
From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is *really* important: the reason electricity prices are high is the high cost of gas & that market rate is set by gas prices. One of the loudest calls at Everything Electric last week was to decouple from gas prices, so we benefit from cheaper renewables.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The world's richest man stole food from the world's poorest children. Now they are beginning to die
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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The net zero economy grew 10% last year📈
so it's now worth over £80bn GVA and supports nearly 1 million jobs
would be madness to advocate against net zero when it means growth & energy security
according to a NEW report with analysis by CBI Economics: eciu.net/media/press-...
so it's now worth over £80bn GVA and supports nearly 1 million jobs
would be madness to advocate against net zero when it means growth & energy security
according to a NEW report with analysis by CBI Economics: eciu.net/media/press-...
February 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The net zero economy grew 10% last year📈
so it's now worth over £80bn GVA and supports nearly 1 million jobs
would be madness to advocate against net zero when it means growth & energy security
according to a NEW report with analysis by CBI Economics: eciu.net/media/press-...
so it's now worth over £80bn GVA and supports nearly 1 million jobs
would be madness to advocate against net zero when it means growth & energy security
according to a NEW report with analysis by CBI Economics: eciu.net/media/press-...
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Hello #Bluesky👋
We are #Regen10, a global initiative working to accelerate a transition to regenerative food systems that are resilient, sustainable, and inclusive for all.
🌱 We’re excited to share our journey in this critical decade and look forward to connecting with others along the way.
We are #Regen10, a global initiative working to accelerate a transition to regenerative food systems that are resilient, sustainable, and inclusive for all.
🌱 We’re excited to share our journey in this critical decade and look forward to connecting with others along the way.
December 5, 2024 at 1:28 PM
This is excellent journalism www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Capitalism incarnate’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels
Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:46 PM
This is excellent journalism www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is deeply worrying - who would follow?
Argentina considering pulling out of Paris Agreement - www.politico.eu/article/arge...
Argentina considering pulling out of Paris Agreement - www.politico.eu/article/arge...
Argentina mulls Paris climate agreement exit with Trump
President Javier Milei met with Trump overnight as both countries explore leaving the landmark 2015 accord.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2024 at 9:40 AM
This is deeply worrying - who would follow?
Argentina considering pulling out of Paris Agreement - www.politico.eu/article/arge...
Argentina considering pulling out of Paris Agreement - www.politico.eu/article/arge...
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Look what we got into USA Today.
November 14, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Look what we got into USA Today.
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Folks, the great @billmckibben.bsky.social has joined us here. You should follow him!
November 7, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Folks, the great @billmckibben.bsky.social has joined us here. You should follow him!
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If you want to get your head around the new climate finance goal that's supposed to be agreed at COP29, look no further than this definitive explainer by my colleague Josh
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 7, 2024 at 3:49 PM
If you want to get your head around the new climate finance goal that's supposed to be agreed at COP29, look no further than this definitive explainer by my colleague Josh
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...
COP29, Trump, and the communications challenge: www.linkedin.com/posts/pierss...
Piers Scholfield on LinkedIn: COP29, Trump, and the communications challenge.
It was a pleasure to…
COP29, Trump, and the communications challenge.
It was a pleasure to spend some of today at The Conduit’s excellent event - “Financing the Green Transition”…
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November 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
COP29, Trump, and the communications challenge: www.linkedin.com/posts/pierss...