Neil Grant
@neilgrant.bsky.social
Climate and Energy Analyst @Climate Analytics. Energy transitions | Climate justice
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🚨🚨🚨 NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
🚨🚨🚨 NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🚨🚨🚨 NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨🚨🚨
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
@climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC...
▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable?
▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC?
▶️ If so, how?
If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...
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After years of political failure, the world can still rescue 1.5°C – if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition”, starting now.
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
Rescuing 1.5°C: new evidence on the highest possible ambition to…
This study shows that, even after years of insufficient action, the world can still return to well below 1.5°C of warming this century if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition” in climate ac...
climateanalytics.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
After years of political failure, the world can still rescue 1.5°C – if countries pursue the “highest possible ambition”, starting now.
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
New report from Climate Analytics and @pik-potsdam.bsky.social shows how it’s possible.
Read more: climateanalytics.org/publications...
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A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
October 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A bleak dystopia where Sharia law predominates, while economic and cultural divisions mean that the different communities live parallel, segregated lives.
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
Oh, wait, that’s Dubai …
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If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 8:56 AM
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit join @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social
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Yeah I dunno, maybe if I was creating a government document I might hide the fact I’d used ChatGPT to find the information.
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Yeah I dunno, maybe if I was creating a government document I might hide the fact I’d used ChatGPT to find the information.
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WATCH: #ProductionGap launch!
Find out if the production gap to 1.5°C has shifted since governments committed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28.
🎤 Keynote: Mary Robinson
📅 22 Sept | ⌚ 15:30 CEST / 09:30 EDT
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.se/e/production...
@neilgrant.bsky.social
Find out if the production gap to 1.5°C has shifted since governments committed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28.
🎤 Keynote: Mary Robinson
📅 22 Sept | ⌚ 15:30 CEST / 09:30 EDT
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.se/e/production...
@neilgrant.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
WATCH: #ProductionGap launch!
Find out if the production gap to 1.5°C has shifted since governments committed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28.
🎤 Keynote: Mary Robinson
📅 22 Sept | ⌚ 15:30 CEST / 09:30 EDT
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.se/e/production...
@neilgrant.bsky.social
Find out if the production gap to 1.5°C has shifted since governments committed to transition away from fossil fuels at COP28.
🎤 Keynote: Mary Robinson
📅 22 Sept | ⌚ 15:30 CEST / 09:30 EDT
🔗 Register: www.eventbrite.se/e/production...
@neilgrant.bsky.social
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When we shift to active travel, we don't just reduce the emissions from our trips: we're more likely to also change the frequency and duration (destination) of the trips...
Interesting-looking new study finding that "mode shift alone represents only 1/5th of the potential GHG benefits of increasing active transportation in a way that also reduces trip lengths through destination changes" doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
June 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When we shift to active travel, we don't just reduce the emissions from our trips: we're more likely to also change the frequency and duration (destination) of the trips...
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The Telegraph has become the paper of Correct the Record
The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
June 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The Telegraph has become the paper of Correct the Record
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I know this looks like climate nerd stuff but the stakes are actually massive for all of us:
accountability on fossil fuel elimination is being wrecked by dodgy math that allows the pretence that trees are re-absorbing the carbon we dig up from underground and move to the atmosphere
accountability on fossil fuel elimination is being wrecked by dodgy math that allows the pretence that trees are re-absorbing the carbon we dig up from underground and move to the atmosphere
Governments shouldn't rely forests to meet their emissions goals
Some countries rely on forests and their carbon storage to deliver on their climate targets, a risky approach that could see fossil fuel emissions rise
www.climatechangenews.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I know this looks like climate nerd stuff but the stakes are actually massive for all of us:
accountability on fossil fuel elimination is being wrecked by dodgy math that allows the pretence that trees are re-absorbing the carbon we dig up from underground and move to the atmosphere
accountability on fossil fuel elimination is being wrecked by dodgy math that allows the pretence that trees are re-absorbing the carbon we dig up from underground and move to the atmosphere
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Maybe there are a million things you can see and do this weekend. Yet there's only one place where you can experience The Museum of English Rural Life: The Museum of English Rural Life.
May 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Maybe there are a million things you can see and do this weekend. Yet there's only one place where you can experience The Museum of English Rural Life: The Museum of English Rural Life.
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The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers.
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege
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🌎⚖️🤝 We are thrilled to announce that @rueannahaynes.bsky.social has taken on the role of Head of Diplomacy at Climate Analytics! 🎉
A core part of our diplomacy team, Rueanna has been with us since 2016 as Senior Legal Adviser and Director of the Climate Analytics Caribbean office since 2021.
A core part of our diplomacy team, Rueanna has been with us since 2016 as Senior Legal Adviser and Director of the Climate Analytics Caribbean office since 2021.
April 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🌎⚖️🤝 We are thrilled to announce that @rueannahaynes.bsky.social has taken on the role of Head of Diplomacy at Climate Analytics! 🎉
A core part of our diplomacy team, Rueanna has been with us since 2016 as Senior Legal Adviser and Director of the Climate Analytics Caribbean office since 2021.
A core part of our diplomacy team, Rueanna has been with us since 2016 as Senior Legal Adviser and Director of the Climate Analytics Caribbean office since 2021.
Anyone know why the UK Clean Power Plan has UK generation estimated at ~270 TWh in 2023 (see image), whereas other sources (e.g. Energy Institute) have it up at ~290 TWh in 2023 (see Ember link).
maybe @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social? I find the UK generation in the NESO 2030 scenarios quite low
maybe @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social? I find the UK generation in the NESO 2030 scenarios quite low
April 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Anyone know why the UK Clean Power Plan has UK generation estimated at ~270 TWh in 2023 (see image), whereas other sources (e.g. Energy Institute) have it up at ~290 TWh in 2023 (see Ember link).
maybe @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social? I find the UK generation in the NESO 2030 scenarios quite low
maybe @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social? I find the UK generation in the NESO 2030 scenarios quite low
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Today is #WorldBookDay2025 so we've all come to work dressed as library staff while knowing that in 2023/2024 there were 14.5 million physical visits to Scottish libraries - nearly 4 times the number of people who attended Scottish Premiership football matches. #LoveLibraries ❤️
March 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today is #WorldBookDay2025 so we've all come to work dressed as library staff while knowing that in 2023/2024 there were 14.5 million physical visits to Scottish libraries - nearly 4 times the number of people who attended Scottish Premiership football matches. #LoveLibraries ❤️
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Times: "BP chief's big reset wipes nearly £1bn off the shares"
February 27, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Times: "BP chief's big reset wipes nearly £1bn off the shares"
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New from us: clean energy technologies contributed more than 10% of China’s GDP in 2024 for the first time ever, with sales and investments worth $1.9tn.
Clean energy sectors drove a quarter of the country’s GDP growth and have overtaken real estate sales in value.
Clean energy sectors drove a quarter of the country’s GDP growth and have overtaken real estate sales in value.
February 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
New from us: clean energy technologies contributed more than 10% of China’s GDP in 2024 for the first time ever, with sales and investments worth $1.9tn.
Clean energy sectors drove a quarter of the country’s GDP growth and have overtaken real estate sales in value.
Clean energy sectors drove a quarter of the country’s GDP growth and have overtaken real estate sales in value.
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Last week's IEA Electricity 2025 report confirms we are squarely on pace to conform to the Additive model of energy transition, in which clean energy forms a new layer on top of fossil fuels. Can the trajectory change? Of course. But that would require something close to radical action. 🔌💡
February 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Last week's IEA Electricity 2025 report confirms we are squarely on pace to conform to the Additive model of energy transition, in which clean energy forms a new layer on top of fossil fuels. Can the trajectory change? Of course. But that would require something close to radical action. 🔌💡
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It is really wild how the fossil fuel industry in Aus has managed to spread the false perception that the Aus economy relies on fossil fuel sector jobs + cash
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
australiainstitute.org.au/report/clima...
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
australiainstitute.org.au/report/clima...
January 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It is really wild how the fossil fuel industry in Aus has managed to spread the false perception that the Aus economy relies on fossil fuel sector jobs + cash
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
australiainstitute.org.au/report/clima...
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
australiainstitute.org.au/report/clima...
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Wind power is getting a lot of hate
Trump vows to ban new farms that "drive the whales crazy"
Germany's AFD want to "tear down all these windmills of shame"
Misinformation is running wild. So let's cut the crap and review the real barriers facing wind power
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Trump vows to ban new farms that "drive the whales crazy"
Germany's AFD want to "tear down all these windmills of shame"
Misinformation is running wild. So let's cut the crap and review the real barriers facing wind power
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
System impacts of wind energy developments: Key research challenges and opportunities
Wind power accounted for 8% of global electricity generation in 2023 and is one of the cheapest forms of low-carbon electricity. Although fully commer…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Wind power is getting a lot of hate
Trump vows to ban new farms that "drive the whales crazy"
Germany's AFD want to "tear down all these windmills of shame"
Misinformation is running wild. So let's cut the crap and review the real barriers facing wind power
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Trump vows to ban new farms that "drive the whales crazy"
Germany's AFD want to "tear down all these windmills of shame"
Misinformation is running wild. So let's cut the crap and review the real barriers facing wind power
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.
These teenagers and young men — 95% of whom are Black, Latinx, or Filipino — earn between $2.20 and $4 per hour, plus an additional $1 an hour when they’re actively fighting fires, according to the DJJ. ⤵️
In California, Incarcerated Teenagers Help Fight Wildfires
"You’re put in danger every time you’re on the fire line.”
www.teenvogue.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It's hard to imagine a more brutal illustration of climate injustice and a failed society than indentured teenage slaves being used to protect the homes of wealthy Americans.
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Now that more countries have submitted national GHG inventories in the latest format, I'm starting to write a bit of code to compile it all.
Initial impressions: these sheets are better organised, but there are still so many quality of life improvements to make...
unfccc.int/ghg-inventor...
Initial impressions: these sheets are better organised, but there are still so many quality of life improvements to make...
unfccc.int/ghg-inventor...
unfccc.int
November 12, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Now that more countries have submitted national GHG inventories in the latest format, I'm starting to write a bit of code to compile it all.
Initial impressions: these sheets are better organised, but there are still so many quality of life improvements to make...
unfccc.int/ghg-inventor...
Initial impressions: these sheets are better organised, but there are still so many quality of life improvements to make...
unfccc.int/ghg-inventor...
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This was a hard one to read. As a CFA vol, we are often tasked with protecting human assets over natural environments. Personally I find that one hard.
'We found that people valued one human life more than the extinction of an entire non-human species'.
theconversation.com/fascinating-...
'We found that people valued one human life more than the extinction of an entire non-human species'.
theconversation.com/fascinating-...
‘Fascinating and troubling’: Australians would rather save a single human life than prevent an entire species from becoming extinct
Survey respondents overwhelmingly prioritised saving a human life – even if that person had been repeatedly told to evacuate and even if, as a consequence, a snail or shrub species became extinct.
theconversation.com
December 27, 2024 at 6:52 AM
This was a hard one to read. As a CFA vol, we are often tasked with protecting human assets over natural environments. Personally I find that one hard.
'We found that people valued one human life more than the extinction of an entire non-human species'.
theconversation.com/fascinating-...
'We found that people valued one human life more than the extinction of an entire non-human species'.
theconversation.com/fascinating-...
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The IEA is now saying that global coal demand isn't expected to fall in the next three years, after predicting a fall last year.
What changed? THREAD
What changed? THREAD
December 19, 2024 at 6:16 AM
The IEA is now saying that global coal demand isn't expected to fall in the next three years, after predicting a fall last year.
What changed? THREAD
What changed? THREAD
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Big news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals.
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
Changes to the classification
julkaisufoorumi.fi
December 16, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Big news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals.
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
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At a global GDP of $150 trillion by that time, that'd be a transfer - partly loan - of 0.2% of global GDP by 2035.
WE HAVE A DEAL AT #COP29
Nearly 200 countries have signed off on a new climate finance target that should see developed countries pay developing ones $300 billion a year by 2035 (the so-called NCQG)
Nearly 200 countries have signed off on a new climate finance target that should see developed countries pay developing ones $300 billion a year by 2035 (the so-called NCQG)
November 23, 2024 at 10:56 PM
At a global GDP of $150 trillion by that time, that'd be a transfer - partly loan - of 0.2% of global GDP by 2035.