It took 30 years for Poland’s share of electricity from coal to go from 96% in 1990 to 68% in 2020. But Poland will get to 0 coal by 2032 -and its 2nd largest utility just announced it’s exiting coal by 2030 Dumping fossil fuels slowly, then all at once bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#climatechange #EnergyTransition Diana Urge-Vorsatz ospite della John Cabot University Intervistata da Eurocomunicazione e dal #GiornaledellAmbiente ilgiornaledellambiente.it/cambiamenti-cl…

The new ipbes report has some jaw-dropping data everywhere, e.g: >The private sector spends $5.3 trillion/year directly damaging biodiversity >Government spend $1.7 trillion/year incentivizing destroying biodiversity We are a self-destructive species ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES11Media…

#natureIsBeautiful #WinterIsBeautiful In my childhood this beauty was normal. I can hardly show this to my children, it has become so rare. Will they be able to show this to their children at all...? #ClimateChange

The Elizabeth Line this year moved more people than the 18 lanes of the 401 freeway, the widest in North America. Traffic is simply a geometry problem, and adding one more lane won't fix it.

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2025: what a turning point in the #energytransition: "The International Energy Agency predicts that in 2025 the combination of #PV generation and #batteryStorage will be cheaper than coal-fired power in China, and new gas-fired plants in the US." economist.com/the-world-ahea… From The Economist

Some more food for thought on whether warming is accelerating, and if we can explain the record records of the past 2 years, on today's @nature. Bottom line: the jury is out there. Heat records in 2023 and 2024: is global warming speeding up? nature.com/articles/d4158…

"Hitzerekord mit plus 1,6 Grad: Beschleunigt sich die globale Erwärmung? Fachleuten zufolge haben wir die geologische Uhr um 125.000 Jahre zurückgedreht und 2024 ein neues Temperaturmaximum erreicht." Danke, DER STANDARD , für Interview derStandard.at/Web derstandard.at/story/30000002…

#congestionCharging in NY works so far The Economist

Shockcing figure from BBC 2024's coldest day was hotter than almost any day in the last millenium. Thr fig illustrates furthermore that #GenZ & #GenAlpha have no lobger experience of the #climate #civilisation has evolved in and flourished for 10k years.

Another soft limit to adaptation to a changing climate. Beyond a certain level of risk insurance may not be an option any more to hedge climate risks. "Uninsurable California?" The Economist economist.com/catch-up-ameri… From The Economist

Klimaforscherin: "Wir würden auch in kein Flugzeug mit zehnprozentigem Absturzrisiko steigen" derstandard.de/story/30000002…

#professor #job at Central European University in #environment al department! APPLICATIONS CLOSE TOMORROW! Please repost in academic cirlces. careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-Ass…

A bit more food for thought on the "over"population vs "over"consumption debate in the environment field. When shall we reach the consumption peak? ;-) (with continued improved well-being) #population #overpopulation

To cheer up, I laid out all IPCC #AR6 products It is an incredible honor to have contributed to the birth of this immense amount of #climatechange wisdom with the leading scientists of the world The ultimate science consensus on everything climate Looking forward to #AR7

could anyone recommend good resources (books, websites) on #climatechange for 11-year-old school #children, preferably in #German but English is also OK? Thanks! #klimawandel für #Kinder

Dear my followers, If you want to read about climate without the army of obstructive bots and obstruction campaigns, u may also want to join #bluesky I was persuaded by colleagues, but seeing what's going on here it was not a hard decision Fund me: bsky.app/profile/dianau…

Nice to see our review paper on #postGrowth is trending so popularly. With full credit to my co-authors, it is a really excellent paper ;-) Central European University will host a debate related to it on Tuesday morning CET, details to be posted thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…

‼️We are starting in 2.5 hours! 🌍 Can Economic #Growth Continue Indefinitely on a Finite Planet? 📅 Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 🕙 Time: 10:50 am – 12:30 pm 📍 Location: Room D-001, 💻 Online access& event details: events.ceu.edu/2025-02-11/can…