The Boris-is-a-winner narrative seems to overlook two things. The candidate he stood against in 2019 literally delivered the worst result his own party had seen since 1936. In other words , he could not have faced an easier opponent. Lab 2022 looks v different to Lab 2019.. 2/2

Thinking about how the UK's new Prime Minister helped engineer the 2008 financial crisis and got rich doing it.

Rishi's cabinet 🤝 Ryanair Random Seat Allocation

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People need to stop confusing the UK having higher taxes with it being a high-tax country – they’re not the same.

Cutting costs & expanding access: how solar powered mini-grids could improve infrastructure in refugee camps SSCP DTP's Hamish blogs on recent research 👉ow.ly/V1kV50NcUxm MeshPower Ltd @AjayGambhir11 #energyaccess #minigrids #solar #refugeecamps

Great to see this piece led by Hamish published in Nature Communications. I particularly like this figure mapping most cost-effective electricity technologies across levels of energy access (L to R), and how this changes with reliability incentives (middle), and carbon tax (bottom).

Here's a little bit of good news in case you needed it... Britain now gets more power from wind farms than any other source, knocking gas off #1. And yes, that's averaged over the past year, so it's factoring in all those times the wind doesn't blow 🌬️ thetimes.co.uk/article/wind-p…

A new paper by Hamish & @AjayGambhir11 explores the untapped potential of off-grid PV ☀️ as a low-cost 'leapfrog' option to provide energy access to 100s of millions of people across Africa 🌍 by considering carbon pricing & reliability policies. ow.ly/qbKN50RPj9A

📈Global warming is advancing at a quarter of a degree per decade - the highest rate since records began - finds a new report co-authored by Robin Lamboll & Joeri Rogelj 🧵 📰ow.ly/hVB250S9peo #WorldEnvironmentDay

Global warming close to 1.5°C begs the question what will happen to the #ParisAgreement 1.5°C goal. Some have declared it deader than a doornail. I suggest a contrasting view: 1.5°C will never die My opinion Project Syndicate Your reflections are very welcome project-syndicate.org/commentary/amb…

Very eye-opening to see who's leading the way on clean energy investment – and who's leading on fossil fuels China: Clean energy investment 3.7x fossil fuels Europe: 5.5x more in clean energy N America: Biggest investor in fossil fuels Middle East: 5.4x more on fossil fuels

NEW: More than 400 climate researchers have written to UK political leaders calling for stronger climate action Letter, organised by Emily Shuckburgh Bob Ward, says failure to do so "will place the prosperity and well-being of the British people at severe risk" Key asks:

NEW RESEARCH: What do we do with the gas grid when gas demand drops? A new regulatory approach is urgently needed to ensure costs for gas grid do not spiral out of control. RAP Richard Lowes Claudia Kemfert Free copy here 👇 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jJcf9C%7EIu… Key findings in 🧵.

Read Hamish's comments for The Guardian about the approval of three giant solar farms and new rules on solar panels by the UK goverment ☀️🔋 ow.ly/urRc50SBhUL

Well will you look at that Actual boss of actual farmers' union says solar farms not a threat to food security (which should have been obvious to anyone who understands that 0.1% of the UK is a small amount)

A remarkable transition: Kenya is Africa's leading country when it comes to renewables. In 2000 fossil fuels contributed 60% to electricity generation. Today it is 6%. In 2023 electricity was from almost 50% geothermal, 20% wind+solar and 22% hydro. @EmberClimate

This is a must-read challenge to the "batteries consume sooo many minerals". Will they? Will they really? Or will chemistry, energy density and recycling mean this concern is rather overblown? OUT TODAY from RMI rmi.org/insight/the-ba…

Incredible stat: A single container ship of solar panels can provide as much electricity as more than 50 large LNG tankers of gas – or 100 large coal ships There's many more insights in IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2024 – here's a selection 🧵 1/7