First skim of the Global Mutirão text instantly brings back a Mandarin buzzword in my head, “坟头蹦迪”, literally dancing on a grave; dancing on the tombs of those who have already lost their lives, homes and homelands to climate impacts.
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"The UK’s net zero 2050 framing isn’t just delaying urgent action, it normalises ecological breakdown while maintaining the illusion of responsible stewardship."
Read this insightful and timely piece by @kevinclimate.bsky.social, Dr Chris Jones, Dr Gaurav Gharde.
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Starmer’s actions on Palestine were unforgivable www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07... I am stunned, shocked and appalled by the continuing support Starmer is offering Israel, because that is what he really did yesterday.

Pretty eye-opening for the PM’s words, apparently, a specific group of human beings’ right to live depends on whether another group feels like slowing down the killing or not. What a shame.

Our new article, in collaboration with Prof. Cathy Hollis @carbonatesuom.bsky.social and Dr Alejandro Gallego Schmid is now available. It discusses the implementation barriers of mine water heating in former coal mining towns in the UK.
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The CCC claims households will save £700 on annual energy bills by 2050 compared to 2025 levels as per the 'new pathway to a decarbonised UK' in CB7. But this "savings" narrative conceals a crucial reality: current price caps (£1,738) remain 47% higher than pre-crisis 2019 levels (£1,179).

Some reflections on geothermal energy after reading the latest IEA report. We are at the midpoint of the critical decade. Now rapid and large-scale transformation is the need of hour, every low carbon energy option must be on the table. Geothermal energy is one of them, but it remains overlooked.

A colleague told me about the USA’s new NDC. First read of 2025: “61-66% GHG reduction by 2035, net zero by 2050.” Why base it on 2005 levels? And they call this ambitious? Moving from 57% to 61% is ridiculous.

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I've been following ICJ climate hearings (not an expert on law, happy to learn), but I can't believe what I'm seeing from countries that call themselves climate leaders. Their arguments in court tell a different story from their calls like "we're all in this together".

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Today, I presented at a conference, and afterwards I saw a presentation claiming “no evidence of large-scale backtracking” in climate change interventions in Canada, Germany, UK, and Australia. But in the same presentation the charts told a different story.