William
@kiwiwanderer.bsky.social
Stay at home dad while we move our family around the world, now in Norway Formerly working in international development - now interested in the environment and a career transition into sustainability / environmental field.
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I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future.
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Is the Atlantic Ocean circulation close to tipping?
YouTube video by Earth System Analysis - Potsdam Institute
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wouldn't board an aircraft, a bus, a train, a ship or even get in a car that had a 5% chance of crashing. Now AMOC collapse is closing in on over 25% probability we are all being boarded to a mad future.
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
Excellent eye opener of a presentation. Educate yourself, watch it.
youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8
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Important to understand: our freshwater in lakes, and rivers, our groundwater, drinking water, rain, and the very air we breath is now becoming toxic thanks to forever chemicals and neurotoxic algae...
#Earth #climate
#Earth #climate
Drinking Water Inspectorate ordered action over ‘forever chemicals’ risk
Analysis finds regulator for England and Wales raised issues with untreated water at facilities serving millions
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Highly recommend reading this whole thing but if you take away one thing, I'd recommend it be this bit as this is at the heart of why things are changing so fast.
"Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."
"Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."
Russia’s Coal Collapse Marks The End Of Fossil Fuel Post-War Illusion
Russia’s Coal Collapse signals the end of the fossil era. From bankrupt mines to battery booms, the global energy transition is accelerating but facing political resistance.
www.forbes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Highly recommend reading this whole thing but if you take away one thing, I'd recommend it be this bit as this is at the heart of why things are changing so fast.
"Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."
"Batteries are doing for electricity what silos once did for grain: turning abundance into reliability."
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Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org
- including UK, Germany and Chile etc
Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
- including UK, Germany and Chile etc
Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries - Carbon Brief
More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables
www.carbonbrief.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org
- including UK, Germany and Chile etc
Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
- including UK, Germany and Chile etc
Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...
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the amount of Chinese investment in green tech around the developing world is simply mind boggling www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
www.netzeropolicylab.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
the amount of Chinese investment in green tech around the developing world is simply mind boggling www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
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NEW: Some cities used to be far better at shading windows and doors to keep buildings cool in summer... I spoke to one designer who has looked to the past for climate adaptation ideas.
www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-big-co...
www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-big-co...
The big cover-up: ‘We should bring back old habits of shading windows’
Shutters and awnings can cool properties down, and look good, too
www.thereengineer.pro
September 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
NEW: Some cities used to be far better at shading windows and doors to keep buildings cool in summer... I spoke to one designer who has looked to the past for climate adaptation ideas.
www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-big-co...
www.thereengineer.pro/p/the-big-co...
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bad news for countries still hitching their carts to expanding fossil fuel production
IEA says:
1. China's oil demand peaks in 2027 due to EVs.
2. Global demand for combustible petroleum fuels FALLS by 2028.
3. Global oil demand, including for petrochemical feedstocks, peaks and begins to fall by 2030.
See IEA Oil 2025 Analysis & Forecast iea.li/40auS5I
Petrostate politicos freak!
1. China's oil demand peaks in 2027 due to EVs.
2. Global demand for combustible petroleum fuels FALLS by 2028.
3. Global oil demand, including for petrochemical feedstocks, peaks and begins to fall by 2030.
See IEA Oil 2025 Analysis & Forecast iea.li/40auS5I
Petrostate politicos freak!
August 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
bad news for countries still hitching their carts to expanding fossil fuel production
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Most of the Earth's mass extinctions – including the very worst ever by far – were caused not by asteroids, but by volcanic eruptions that injected catastrophic amounts of CO2 into the air + oceans.
Those who ignore this physical reality are the REAL extremists.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Those who ignore this physical reality are the REAL extremists.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?
The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Most of the Earth's mass extinctions – including the very worst ever by far – were caused not by asteroids, but by volcanic eruptions that injected catastrophic amounts of CO2 into the air + oceans.
Those who ignore this physical reality are the REAL extremists.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Those who ignore this physical reality are the REAL extremists.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🇦🇺 Insurance in Australia is becoming increasingly unaffordable, which could affect the wider economy as climate change worsens, @sharanjit.bsky.social, an actuary at Finity, told Green Central Banking.
GreenCB.co/40O0JtA
#Insurance #Australia #ClimateRisk
GreenCB.co/40O0JtA
#Insurance #Australia #ClimateRisk
Australia's insurance gap is a risk to financial system, says actuary
Insurance in Australia is becoming increasingly unaffordable, which could affect the wider economy as climate change worsens, an Australian actuary told
GreenCB.co
August 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🇦🇺 Insurance in Australia is becoming increasingly unaffordable, which could affect the wider economy as climate change worsens, @sharanjit.bsky.social, an actuary at Finity, told Green Central Banking.
GreenCB.co/40O0JtA
#Insurance #Australia #ClimateRisk
GreenCB.co/40O0JtA
#Insurance #Australia #ClimateRisk
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My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Extreme weather is here to stay. The warnings are getting louder and louder. We need to do everything we can to prepare.
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Flooding #Awareness #Cartoon #EditorialCartoon #NewZealand
Extreme weather is here to stay. The warnings are getting louder and louder. We need to do everything we can to prepare.
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Flooding #Awareness #Cartoon #EditorialCartoon #NewZealand
June 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
My cartoon in today's www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
Extreme weather is here to stay. The warnings are getting louder and louder. We need to do everything we can to prepare.
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Flooding #Awareness #Cartoon #EditorialCartoon #NewZealand
Extreme weather is here to stay. The warnings are getting louder and louder. We need to do everything we can to prepare.
#ExtremeWeather #ClimateChange #Flooding #Awareness #Cartoon #EditorialCartoon #NewZealand
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Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
One of the biggest microplastic pollution sources isn’t straws or grocery bags – it’s your tires
Rain storms wash those tire shards into streams and ultimately into lakes and oceans. That’s bad news for fish and other aquatic life.
theconversation.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Seems bad:
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
"We identified more than 30,000 tire wear particles in 24 liters of stormwater runoff from roads and parking lots after two rainstorms. In heavy traffic areas, we believe the concentrations could be much higher."
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🇳🇴 Norway’s oil fund (NBIM), world’s biggest asset manager, warned US equity investments could lose 19% from disasters 🌪️🌊 if climate policies stay on current path & temperature rises avg. 3° by 2100.🌡️
🔗 Read more: GreenCB.co/3GFjKaI
#ClimateRisk
🔗 Read more: GreenCB.co/3GFjKaI
#ClimateRisk
Portfolio managers beware: climate risk to stocks to be bigger than expected
Call for better modelling to capture real climate risk for funds
GreenCB.co
July 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🇳🇴 Norway’s oil fund (NBIM), world’s biggest asset manager, warned US equity investments could lose 19% from disasters 🌪️🌊 if climate policies stay on current path & temperature rises avg. 3° by 2100.🌡️
🔗 Read more: GreenCB.co/3GFjKaI
#ClimateRisk
🔗 Read more: GreenCB.co/3GFjKaI
#ClimateRisk
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Great idea for #renters: i love the fact that I can take my #Tado heating control system with me if I sell my house. This type of #mobile #renewables can help those who want to be more energy self sufficient to do so without having to own their own home💡🧪🔌
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Britons could soon install balcony solar panels in flats and rental homes
Proposals would enable Britons to save on energy bills and join millions of people in Europe who use ‘plug-in’ panels
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Great idea for #renters: i love the fact that I can take my #Tado heating control system with me if I sell my house. This type of #mobile #renewables can help those who want to be more energy self sufficient to do so without having to own their own home💡🧪🔌
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The security reason to electrify transport is not about oil imports, it’s economic resilience. Oil powers 90% of US vehicles, so when the price of oil spikes because of a war, people & companies pay more for energy, which hurts the economy. The more transport is electrified, econ security goes up.
June 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The security reason to electrify transport is not about oil imports, it’s economic resilience. Oil powers 90% of US vehicles, so when the price of oil spikes because of a war, people & companies pay more for energy, which hurts the economy. The more transport is electrified, econ security goes up.
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🚨NEW from me: legal scholars, economists, businesses and NGOs are piling pressure on the European Commission to not dump key environmental and supply chain regulations in the face of Trump pressure. With comment from the excellent Thom Wetzer.
Legal experts and economists sound the alarm over the EU's sustainability rules rollback
Legal and economics scholars, environmental organizations and businesses, along with countries such as Sweden and Denmark, have united to defend the regulations.
fortune.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🚨NEW from me: legal scholars, economists, businesses and NGOs are piling pressure on the European Commission to not dump key environmental and supply chain regulations in the face of Trump pressure. With comment from the excellent Thom Wetzer.
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Rising seas will cause coastal groundwater to rise in some areas - mobilizing soil contamination near old factories, dry cleaners and military bases.
The really fun part is that it can enter your house. 🧪
#hydrology
#climate
essopenarchive.org/users/929678...
The really fun part is that it can enter your house. 🧪
#hydrology
#climate
essopenarchive.org/users/929678...
The impact of sea-level and groundwater rise on indoor exposure to volatile organic compounds near contaminated sites in the San Francisco Bay Area
AUTHORSE. Lasky1, L. Davar2, L. L. Dillon3, G. Griggs2, J. A. Jacobs2, C. Pickett4, S. Sacoolas5, K.Befus6, C. Reid7, K. Hill11University of California, Berkeley, Department of Landscape Architecture ...
essopenarchive.org
June 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Rising seas will cause coastal groundwater to rise in some areas - mobilizing soil contamination near old factories, dry cleaners and military bases.
The really fun part is that it can enter your house. 🧪
#hydrology
#climate
essopenarchive.org/users/929678...
The really fun part is that it can enter your house. 🧪
#hydrology
#climate
essopenarchive.org/users/929678...
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When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Norway's first 'EV only' gas station opened today. Not only are all the diesel and petrol pumps gone, but the 'Shell' branding will also disappear from Norway.
Similar conversions of forecourts into EV-only charging stations can be found in London 🇬🇧, Rotterdam 🇳🇱 and Paris 🇫🇷.
Similar conversions of forecourts into EV-only charging stations can be found in London 🇬🇧, Rotterdam 🇳🇱 and Paris 🇫🇷.
Her åpnes Norges første bensinfrie «bensinstasjon» | St1 Norge
I dag åpnet «pumpene» på St1 Marienlyst etter lengre tids ombygging. Stasjonen har eksistert i 65 år og blir Norges – og kanskje Nordens - første helombygde stasjon, hvor alle de tradisjonelle bensin-...
kommunikasjon.ntb.no
April 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Norway's first 'EV only' gas station opened today. Not only are all the diesel and petrol pumps gone, but the 'Shell' branding will also disappear from Norway.
Similar conversions of forecourts into EV-only charging stations can be found in London 🇬🇧, Rotterdam 🇳🇱 and Paris 🇫🇷.
Similar conversions of forecourts into EV-only charging stations can be found in London 🇬🇧, Rotterdam 🇳🇱 and Paris 🇫🇷.
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A shifting global order and the pressures of climate change may see land grabs become commonplace as pressure builds on territorial acquisition.
Michael Albertus, professor of political science, explains the melting pot causing this global change.
Full ep: www.planetcritical.com/p/the-age-of...
Michael Albertus, professor of political science, explains the melting pot causing this global change.
Full ep: www.planetcritical.com/p/the-age-of...
March 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A shifting global order and the pressures of climate change may see land grabs become commonplace as pressure builds on territorial acquisition.
Michael Albertus, professor of political science, explains the melting pot causing this global change.
Full ep: www.planetcritical.com/p/the-age-of...
Michael Albertus, professor of political science, explains the melting pot causing this global change.
Full ep: www.planetcritical.com/p/the-age-of...
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Fmr Senator Doug Cameron: fossils are only considered a 'cheap' energy source because they have never paid for their externalities - their waste, their environmental impacts or their social cost.
#auspol #climateintegrity #climate @dncameron.bsky.social
#auspol #climateintegrity #climate @dncameron.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Fmr Senator Doug Cameron: fossils are only considered a 'cheap' energy source because they have never paid for their externalities - their waste, their environmental impacts or their social cost.
#auspol #climateintegrity #climate @dncameron.bsky.social
#auspol #climateintegrity #climate @dncameron.bsky.social
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“Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream.”
Opinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American Homeownership (Gift Article)
A new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream.”
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It is morally repugnant that the world's richest man is working to de-fund programs that give aid to some of the neediest people on Earth.
Elon Musk's legacy will be that of a weak narcissist who, even with untold riches and power, was unhappy, unloved, unfulfilled, and unredeemable.
Elon Musk's legacy will be that of a weak narcissist who, even with untold riches and power, was unhappy, unloved, unfulfilled, and unredeemable.
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading US President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort, saying they are working to shut down the US foreign aid agency USAID reut.rs/3WLWnB7
Musk says shutting down USAID in government cost-cutting drive
Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the federal government, gave an update on the effort early Monday, saying they are working to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency USAID.
reut.rs
February 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It is morally repugnant that the world's richest man is working to de-fund programs that give aid to some of the neediest people on Earth.
Elon Musk's legacy will be that of a weak narcissist who, even with untold riches and power, was unhappy, unloved, unfulfilled, and unredeemable.
Elon Musk's legacy will be that of a weak narcissist who, even with untold riches and power, was unhappy, unloved, unfulfilled, and unredeemable.
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When climate scientists say that we’re headed towards 2.7°C of warming based on existing emissions scenarios, it’s important to note this doesn’t preclude the possibility of resulting in closer to 4°C of warming stemming from climate feedbacks and sensitivity uncertainty.
January 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When climate scientists say that we’re headed towards 2.7°C of warming based on existing emissions scenarios, it’s important to note this doesn’t preclude the possibility of resulting in closer to 4°C of warming stemming from climate feedbacks and sensitivity uncertainty.
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2024 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record, with global temperatures surpassing 1.5 °C of warming.
The latest 10 New Insights in Climate Science report, launched at COP29 last year, highlights the profound impacts of this warming.
Learn more: https://buff.ly/4jlCuKQ
The latest 10 New Insights in Climate Science report, launched at COP29 last year, highlights the profound impacts of this warming.
Learn more: https://buff.ly/4jlCuKQ
January 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
2024 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record, with global temperatures surpassing 1.5 °C of warming.
The latest 10 New Insights in Climate Science report, launched at COP29 last year, highlights the profound impacts of this warming.
Learn more: https://buff.ly/4jlCuKQ
The latest 10 New Insights in Climate Science report, launched at COP29 last year, highlights the profound impacts of this warming.
Learn more: https://buff.ly/4jlCuKQ