Sarah Walker
@sawalker.bsky.social
Transport Programme Manager, European Climate Foundation.
Posting mostly about European transport policies, the climate crisis & flightfree travel. Brit & Belgian. Views my own. She/Her
Posting mostly about European transport policies, the climate crisis & flightfree travel. Brit & Belgian. Views my own. She/Her
Wim explains to the audience at Autoworld how much he enjoys driving his electric truck and training other drivers. "With smooth gear shifts and no vibrations, they don't want to give it back!" Lovely to hear from happy EV drivers! #emobility #etrucks #2030
October 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wim explains to the audience at Autoworld how much he enjoys driving his electric truck and training other drivers. "With smooth gear shifts and no vibrations, they don't want to give it back!" Lovely to hear from happy EV drivers! #emobility #etrucks #2030
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Cut petrol cars in cities.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cut petrol cars in cities.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This short documentary is unmissable and profoundly moving. Thank you George and Todd for sharing your stories via #SafeLanding www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
Guilt Trip: the pilots torn between flight and the fight for the planet - documentary
Pilots-turned-environmentalists grapple with the reality of their dream jobs, torn between childhood ambitions and the impact of their industry on the world beneath them
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
This short documentary is unmissable and profoundly moving. Thank you George and Todd for sharing your stories via #SafeLanding www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
I don't think enough people are talking about the interrelationship between climate change and insurance - not just in the US, but in Europe too. If anyone has more resources on this, I'd gratefully receive them!
Insurance co's have been dropping coverage all over the Gulf Coast for the past several years and millions are either relying on scam companies, near bankrupt state gov. insurers or just forgoing coverage. There are wealthy people in FL that can eat the loss, but a hurricane will ruin LA, MS or AL.
In Florida, about 15-20% of homes are uninsured, due to the current impact of climate change.
And now the Trump administration has gutted the nation's ability to forecast hurricanes and put in charge of FEMA a man so clueless he didn't realize "hurricane season" is an actual thing.
Buckle up.
And now the Trump administration has gutted the nation's ability to forecast hurricanes and put in charge of FEMA a man so clueless he didn't realize "hurricane season" is an actual thing.
Buckle up.
June 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I don't think enough people are talking about the interrelationship between climate change and insurance - not just in the US, but in Europe too. If anyone has more resources on this, I'd gratefully receive them!
Best #Eurovision bit in a long while...
May 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Best #Eurovision bit in a long while...
Raised by a Dad who was a child in the Second World War, I feel strongly about the value of marking anniversaries such as #VEDay. It is a time for thanks but also for reflection. This article does the latter powerfully. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happened
www.theguardian.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Raised by a Dad who was a child in the Second World War, I feel strongly about the value of marking anniversaries such as #VEDay. It is a time for thanks but also for reflection. This article does the latter powerfully. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Renewable Energy = Energy Security. Ed Miliband gets it. Can he come to Brussels and explain it to some EU politicians please?
UK energy secretary Ed Miliband is opening the IEA / UK govt summit on energy security
"In an unstable world, there is no national security without energy security"
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"Low carbon energy can play a critical role in delivering energy security for many countries around the world"
"In an unstable world, there is no national security without energy security"
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"Low carbon energy can play a critical role in delivering energy security for many countries around the world"
April 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Renewable Energy = Energy Security. Ed Miliband gets it. Can he come to Brussels and explain it to some EU politicians please?
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97% of business leaders support the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- poll in 15 major economies by @e3g.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #the89Percent
www.e3g.org/publications...
- poll in 15 major economies by @e3g.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #the89Percent
www.e3g.org/publications...
Powering Up: Business leaders overwhelmingly back a rapid transition to renewable power
Business voices have expressed overwhelming support for the transition to renewable energy.
www.e3g.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
97% of business leaders support the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy
- poll in 15 major economies by @e3g.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #the89Percent
www.e3g.org/publications...
- poll in 15 major economies by @e3g.bsky.social
#climatecrisis #the89Percent
www.e3g.org/publications...
"In a volatile global economy, it is frankly insane to keep relying on imported fossil fuels—the main cause of climate change—when renewable energy offers a cheaper and cleaner alternative." Can't say clearer than that.
🚨NEW: Europe ‘Frankly Insane’ To Keep Importing Fossil Fuels, says @frediotto.bsky.social. There are dozens of stories about the new @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social climate report, so I thought I'd highlight something a little different.
Europe ‘Frankly Insane’ To Keep Importing Fossil Fuels, Scientist Says
Experts have blasted both the EU and U.S. governments in response to a new report confirming that Europe is the world's fastest warming continent.
www.forbes.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"In a volatile global economy, it is frankly insane to keep relying on imported fossil fuels—the main cause of climate change—when renewable energy offers a cheaper and cleaner alternative." Can't say clearer than that.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has “100% hatred” toward Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
April 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has “100% hatred” toward Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
“How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. https://cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
A great introduction from @jamesbwood.bsky.social to today's ECF & Fathom Consulting event on "Europe's flightpath to economic competitiveness", focussing our minds on the need to find solutions for this sector for our generation and, especially, the ones on the way!
April 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A great introduction from @jamesbwood.bsky.social to today's ECF & Fathom Consulting event on "Europe's flightpath to economic competitiveness", focussing our minds on the need to find solutions for this sector for our generation and, especially, the ones on the way!
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Sales of electric cars to rise 35% to 16m in China this year
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/01/...
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/01/...
NEV sales in China seen topping 16m this year
Sales of new energy vehicles in China are expected to exceed 16 million units in 2025, as the market enters a stable growth phase with annual growth rates moderating, experts said.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
April 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Sales of electric cars to rise 35% to 16m in China this year
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/01/...
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/01/...
Thanks to @jeppejuul.bsky.social @sorenhave.dk and many others for a fantastic inaugural #CopenhagenContrails conference. We can see a clear opportunity to reduce the heating impact of aviation - now we just need to get more companies & policymakers on board!
March 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thanks to @jeppejuul.bsky.social @sorenhave.dk and many others for a fantastic inaugural #CopenhagenContrails conference. We can see a clear opportunity to reduce the heating impact of aviation - now we just need to get more companies & policymakers on board!
In Copenhagen for a conference on the as yet unrealised potential of limiting global warming by addressing contrails - seen in the first photo I took of this lovely city. More info in this timely report from @transenv.bsky.social - www.transportenvironment.org/topics/plane...
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
In Copenhagen for a conference on the as yet unrealised potential of limiting global warming by addressing contrails - seen in the first photo I took of this lovely city. More info in this timely report from @transenv.bsky.social - www.transportenvironment.org/topics/plane...
MEP @tpellerincarlin.bsky.social calls out Automotive lobbyists who have not bothered to read the IPCC Report's executive summary. "It is not alarmist to state the scientific fact that this is an existential crisis" #emobility
March 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
MEP @tpellerincarlin.bsky.social calls out Automotive lobbyists who have not bothered to read the IPCC Report's executive summary. "It is not alarmist to state the scientific fact that this is an existential crisis" #emobility
Packed room for the Platform for Electro-Mobility's event "Clean or Dirty?" on the Clean Industrial Deal
March 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Packed room for the Platform for Electro-Mobility's event "Clean or Dirty?" on the Clean Industrial Deal
Inspiring speech at @smartfreightcentre.bsky.social by @mliebreich.bsky.social #SmartFreightWeek2025 in an old ship building factory in Amsterdam. "Nothing is inevitable... we have to make things happen we want to see happen"
March 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Inspiring speech at @smartfreightcentre.bsky.social by @mliebreich.bsky.social #SmartFreightWeek2025 in an old ship building factory in Amsterdam. "Nothing is inevitable... we have to make things happen we want to see happen"
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A reminder that climate change doesn't mean a new, hotter "normal" but instead greater uncertainty going forward.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A reminder that climate change doesn't mean a new, hotter "normal" but instead greater uncertainty going forward.
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
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Just to make a fun-sponge point:
if every Trump supporter bought an EV, even if the electricity grid was 100% fossil fuel powered, it would still reduce carbon emissions, because EVs are ~5 times more efficient than internal combustion engines.
if every Trump supporter bought an EV, even if the electricity grid was 100% fossil fuel powered, it would still reduce carbon emissions, because EVs are ~5 times more efficient than internal combustion engines.
"They have one for $35,000, which is pretty low" -- Trump during his Tesla promotional event with Elon Musk at the White House says he bought a cybertruck for his granddaughter Kai
March 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just to make a fun-sponge point:
if every Trump supporter bought an EV, even if the electricity grid was 100% fossil fuel powered, it would still reduce carbon emissions, because EVs are ~5 times more efficient than internal combustion engines.
if every Trump supporter bought an EV, even if the electricity grid was 100% fossil fuel powered, it would still reduce carbon emissions, because EVs are ~5 times more efficient than internal combustion engines.
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Indeed. Join the Copenhagen Contrails Conference to push on this actually happening: copenhagencontrails.org
March 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Indeed. Join the Copenhagen Contrails Conference to push on this actually happening: copenhagencontrails.org
"Lithuania has quietly gone about one of the fastest energy transitions on the planet. Wind and solar accounted for nearly two-thirds (65%) of the country’s power generation in 2024" - climate solutions = energy security
Free from Russia’s grid, Lithuania advances towards 100% renewable power by 2030
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/02/11/f...
theprogressplaybook.com/2025/02/11/f...
Free from Russia's grid, Lithuania advances towards 100% renewable power by 2030
Lithuania plans to procure at least 800MWh of energy storage to help it achieve its goal of reaching 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
theprogressplaybook.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Lithuania has quietly gone about one of the fastest energy transitions on the planet. Wind and solar accounted for nearly two-thirds (65%) of the country’s power generation in 2024" - climate solutions = energy security
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People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone #ULEZ
#airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone #ULEZ
#airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#airpollution
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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HOT OFF THE PRESS: Clean power in the UK by 2030 will halve gas imports for power generation. New Ember report.
But transport and home heating remain highly exposed to energy imports unless the transition to clean energy accelerates.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
But transport and home heating remain highly exposed to energy imports unless the transition to clean energy accelerates.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
March 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Clean power in the UK by 2030 will halve gas imports for power generation. New Ember report.
But transport and home heating remain highly exposed to energy imports unless the transition to clean energy accelerates.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
But transport and home heating remain highly exposed to energy imports unless the transition to clean energy accelerates.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Meanwhile, in countries that have clear targets for zero emission vehicles... you get more zero emission vehicles!
UK EV registrations just had their best ever start to the year! Up by 34% on January 2024, and just a few percentage points under where they need to be for ZEV mandate compliance already. Find out more and get the full market report at newautomotive.org/ecc
March 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Meanwhile, in countries that have clear targets for zero emission vehicles... you get more zero emission vehicles!
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The Commission has given more leeway to carmakers 🚗 who have been given 3 more years to comply with their 2025 CO2 targets. This will have strong consequences for consumers limiting their choice of small and affordable electric vehicles and the 🌍. More here 👇
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
Watering down of car CO2 targets will make electric cars more expensive and less accessible for consumers
Today, the European Commission buckled in the face of strong industry lobbying to water down 2025 CO2 targets, which will mean that electric cars will be less available and affordable for consumers in...
www.beuc.eu
March 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Commission has given more leeway to carmakers 🚗 who have been given 3 more years to comply with their 2025 CO2 targets. This will have strong consequences for consumers limiting their choice of small and affordable electric vehicles and the 🌍. More here 👇
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
www.beuc.eu/press-releas...