This graph from the @iea.org can be slightly misleading. Here's what it broadly shows:
1. Global coal consumption is rising. This is driven by the ASEAN, India and China's increasing use of coal.
2. The West (EU and the United States) are reducing their coal consumption.

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This was my dissertation title two weeks ago.
This is what the world looks like today.

Maybe I should reevaluate my case study selection strategy

Met a key deadline yesterday and finally had the time to go back to reading fiction.

Really enjoyed the short stories series by this year’s Nobel Prize winner Han Kang. Absolutely phenomenal how she comes up with these ideas.

Watched this documentary when commuting today. Thoroughly eye-opening and impressive.

While the message of the documentary is about corporations taking more responsibility for their waste, I think an equal argument can be made that we should be more conscious about unnecessary spending.

Procrastinating work to go boulder feels like a rite of passage into academia

I’m making a similar argument for my research but it is worrying that the narrative around green transition is one of “self-interest”.

It has severely affected how we view global climate financing, where we pursue self interested energy strategies instead of seeking regional integration.

The graph from Milanovic says a lot about global inequality. Asia’s growth, specifically China, closed a significant gap between the poorest and the richest.

However, our focus on global inequality can no longer be on China, but the new global poor - India, Brazil, Africa

Attended a fantastic event with Clover Hogan, @paulbehrens.bsky.social, @rachgarr.bsky.social, and Dr Belinda Bell on climate activism.

The space has a lot of potential to grow with many academics interested to engage, and we should be shifting away from “traditional” methods of activism.