Noah Gordon
@noahjgordon.bsky.social
I research climate change at the Carnegie Endowment
If you liked this piece, check out @adamtooze.bsky.social on the “climate Kalecki” moment adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If you liked this piece, check out @adamtooze.bsky.social on the “climate Kalecki” moment adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
No oil peak until 2035, even under stated policies (pink line). No gas peak in sight. Grim stuff
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
No oil peak until 2035, even under stated policies (pink line). No gas peak in sight. Grim stuff
The seat in the British Museum where Karl Marx studied “productive forces”? It was G7.
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The seat in the British Museum where Karl Marx studied “productive forces”? It was G7.
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
The big story we're missing about AI is the opportunity cost of having all the electricians build data centers instead of constructing power plants or electrifying homes.
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The big story we're missing about AI is the opportunity cost of having all the electricians build data centers instead of constructing power plants or electrifying homes.
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
A quarter of the power added in the US this year will be batteries--four times as much batteries as gas. This is your fossil fuel king? www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A quarter of the power added in the US this year will be batteries--four times as much batteries as gas. This is your fossil fuel king? www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
We've made such progress on climate change that we've cleared the very high bar of "less bad than a extinction-level meteor"
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We've made such progress on climate change that we've cleared the very high bar of "less bad than a extinction-level meteor"
A great day for addressing symptoms and not causes
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A great day for addressing symptoms and not causes
The oceans and land mop up about half of the carbon that humans emit. Until they don't.
My new piece on the weakening of natural carbon sinks, and the fallacy that we humans have our hands on a global thermostat, is out now for
@carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
My new piece on the weakening of natural carbon sinks, and the fallacy that we humans have our hands on a global thermostat, is out now for
@carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
October 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The oceans and land mop up about half of the carbon that humans emit. Until they don't.
My new piece on the weakening of natural carbon sinks, and the fallacy that we humans have our hands on a global thermostat, is out now for
@carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
My new piece on the weakening of natural carbon sinks, and the fallacy that we humans have our hands on a global thermostat, is out now for
@carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Graphic of the day: Earth's drift towards climate tipping points.
Humans determine the fate of the energy transition, not the climate. The thermostat can easily slip out of our hands.
Humans determine the fate of the energy transition, not the climate. The thermostat can easily slip out of our hands.
October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Graphic of the day: Earth's drift towards climate tipping points.
Humans determine the fate of the energy transition, not the climate. The thermostat can easily slip out of our hands.
Humans determine the fate of the energy transition, not the climate. The thermostat can easily slip out of our hands.
‘Lord, limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but not yet.’”
IPCC chair Jim Skea dropping bars
IPCC chair Jim Skea dropping bars
October 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
‘Lord, limit warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, but not yet.’”
IPCC chair Jim Skea dropping bars
IPCC chair Jim Skea dropping bars
It's useful to compare the required speed of potential climate solutions to the fastest ever transformations driven by the profit motive.
Left is @bentleyallan.bsky.social (w/me), on minerals
Right is Turner et al in Nature, on BECCS
Left is @bentleyallan.bsky.social (w/me), on minerals
Right is Turner et al in Nature, on BECCS
October 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It's useful to compare the required speed of potential climate solutions to the fastest ever transformations driven by the profit motive.
Left is @bentleyallan.bsky.social (w/me), on minerals
Right is Turner et al in Nature, on BECCS
Left is @bentleyallan.bsky.social (w/me), on minerals
Right is Turner et al in Nature, on BECCS
www.nature.com/scitable/kno...
"One of the most surprising findings was that the shifts from cold stadials to the warm interstadial intervals occurred in a matter of decades, with air temperatures over Greenland rapidly warming 8 to 15°C (Huber et al. 2006). "
"One of the most surprising findings was that the shifts from cold stadials to the warm interstadial intervals occurred in a matter of decades, with air temperatures over Greenland rapidly warming 8 to 15°C (Huber et al. 2006). "
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
www.nature.com/scitable/kno...
"One of the most surprising findings was that the shifts from cold stadials to the warm interstadial intervals occurred in a matter of decades, with air temperatures over Greenland rapidly warming 8 to 15°C (Huber et al. 2006). "
"One of the most surprising findings was that the shifts from cold stadials to the warm interstadial intervals occurred in a matter of decades, with air temperatures over Greenland rapidly warming 8 to 15°C (Huber et al. 2006). "
Are you reading The Long Heat yet? Natura facit saltus...
@wimcarton.bsky.social
@wimcarton.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Are you reading The Long Heat yet? Natura facit saltus...
@wimcarton.bsky.social
@wimcarton.bsky.social
We talk about CO2 emissions, but we really care about CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
If the land & oceans no longer soak up half of the carbon humans emit--and the land sink disappeared in 2023--we are in a whole new ballgame.
2024 saw the biggest increase ever.
If the land & oceans no longer soak up half of the carbon humans emit--and the land sink disappeared in 2023--we are in a whole new ballgame.
2024 saw the biggest increase ever.
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We talk about CO2 emissions, but we really care about CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere.
If the land & oceans no longer soak up half of the carbon humans emit--and the land sink disappeared in 2023--we are in a whole new ballgame.
2024 saw the biggest increase ever.
If the land & oceans no longer soak up half of the carbon humans emit--and the land sink disappeared in 2023--we are in a whole new ballgame.
2024 saw the biggest increase ever.
The US is threatening all those who support the IMO carbon tax. This is rogue state behavior
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The US is threatening all those who support the IMO carbon tax. This is rogue state behavior
“The U.S. Empire’s boomerang is not confined to the 19th and 20th centuries… Today, local police forces cruise around small U.S. towns in bomb-proof quasi-tanks recycled from Iraq and Afghanistan.”
October 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“The U.S. Empire’s boomerang is not confined to the 19th and 20th centuries… Today, local police forces cruise around small U.S. towns in bomb-proof quasi-tanks recycled from Iraq and Afghanistan.”
I'm putting together a team
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'm putting together a team
Free speech is back in the USA 🦅🚀
September 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Free speech is back in the USA 🦅🚀
"Electrostate" is the energy buzzword of the year.
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?
My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?
My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Electrostate" is the energy buzzword of the year.
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?
My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?
My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org
"Greenlash"? There's a backlash against climate social movements, with citizens turning against regulations in Europe and carbon pricing in Canada & Australia.
Two new pieces today in our @carnegieendowment.org series on the future of climate activism.
carnegieendowment.org/programs/sus...
Two new pieces today in our @carnegieendowment.org series on the future of climate activism.
carnegieendowment.org/programs/sus...
September 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Greenlash"? There's a backlash against climate social movements, with citizens turning against regulations in Europe and carbon pricing in Canada & Australia.
Two new pieces today in our @carnegieendowment.org series on the future of climate activism.
carnegieendowment.org/programs/sus...
Two new pieces today in our @carnegieendowment.org series on the future of climate activism.
carnegieendowment.org/programs/sus...
China has overtaken the US and Europe, and trails only Brazil (hydropower), France (nuclear) and Japan (efficiency, trains, tech) among major economies.
June 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
China has overtaken the US and Europe, and trails only Brazil (hydropower), France (nuclear) and Japan (efficiency, trains, tech) among major economies.
Many global south countries are on track to overtake the global north in terms of electricity as a share of final energy consumption.
Call it the big leapfrog.
Call it the big leapfrog.
June 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Many global south countries are on track to overtake the global north in terms of electricity as a share of final energy consumption.
Call it the big leapfrog.
Call it the big leapfrog.
I think it's sort of like the gas turbine shortage. Power demand was stagnant for a while, so production declined, and now it can't scale up fast enough. Plus they use steel which is getting pricier.
@akshatrathi.bsky.social had a good piece on it www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
@akshatrathi.bsky.social had a good piece on it www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
June 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I think it's sort of like the gas turbine shortage. Power demand was stagnant for a while, so production declined, and now it can't scale up fast enough. Plus they use steel which is getting pricier.
@akshatrathi.bsky.social had a good piece on it www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
@akshatrathi.bsky.social had a good piece on it www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Also total energy investment including fossil fuels is DOWN in southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America since 2015. Brutal. One reason is that they're spending so much on servicing debt...
June 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Also total energy investment including fossil fuels is DOWN in southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America since 2015. Brutal. One reason is that they're spending so much on servicing debt...
Here's the price index for clean energy equipment (solar modules, wind turbines, EV and grid batteries) on the left and the minerals index on the right
June 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Here's the price index for clean energy equipment (solar modules, wind turbines, EV and grid batteries) on the left and the minerals index on the right