Fascinating chart from International Energy Agency this... see how control / power over energy supply chains could evolve as we shift from oil + gas. UK among those who could miss out unless govt steps up efforts to attract investment...

The obscure international law tying the biggest infrastructure projects in the courts, pushing up costs - and paid for by taxpayers Our investigation into the world of green legal challenges to hold ministers to promises - and how they are possible. Film by @TomLarkinSky

To reach Net Zero by 2050, the Climate Change Committee reckon Britain will need to remove 35 million tonnes of carbon emissions from the atmosphere. That's the equivalent of taking 17 million cars off the road. Here's what I don't like about the CCC's plan.🧵

We vastly overestimate the importance of this data, given A) these are mainly state-owned entities largely indistinguishable from the state itself. B) mainly scope 3 when it comes to fossil fuels. C) these states have legitimate 'atmospheric claims' under progressive proposals

I somehow missed this from The Economist last week. This might end up being the biggest socioeconomic stories of our time: the rise of the rentiers. In the UK, inheritance is twice as important as a determinant of your wealth than it was for our parent's generation.

📣 #IPCC is calling for nominations of experts to act as Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors or Review Editors for the Working Group contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report. 🧵1/3

NEW ANALYSIS: Current UK running costs of heat pumps on standard tariff reach cost parity with gas boilers with average efficiency (SCoP 2.9). BUT: Highly efficient heat pumps + smart tariffs can more than halve heating costs. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Policymakers want more analysis, and modelers crave policy-relevance, leading to ever-increasing use of modeling in policymaking. Climate policies are prone to modeling overuse. Our article explains how to use models judiciously in climate policymaking. rdcu.be/ecSMX

Did you know that social cost of carbon is not a single concept but four distinct concepts that most everyone conflates? This book by Paul Kelleher an absolute must read for any economist interested in climate change. global.oup.com/academic/produ… academic.oup.com/book/59438

Dear BBC News (UK) - none of these answers are correct. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It’s here! The draft Corporate Net-Zero Standard V2 is open for public consultation - and we encourage everyone to participate. Head over to our website to learn more about the draft standard and respond to the public consultation: brnw.ch/21wRp8z

FACTCHECK: Why Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is wrong about UK's net-zero goal In which I take a look at the evidence contradicting Badenoch's speech, from the science on the 2050 target to fact gas is causing high electricity prices + much much more carbonbrief.org/factcheck-why-…

Net zero by 2050 is challenging but achievable. It is supported by the scientific community and backed by the independent Climate Change Committee as being not just necessary but feasible and cost-effective. We are already seeing the impact of climate change. From extreme

🚨 Over 50% of 🇪🇺 steel still runs on #coal & 15 blast furnaces have no phase-out plan. It’s time to: 🔥 Stop investing in coal-based tech ⚙️ Upgrade steel plants for green & recycled steel 👷 Support workers in the transition 📖 Our & 28 CSOs new report: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/03/19/the…

🚨Together with Clean Air Task Force & Carbon Balance Initiative, we’re launching a project to hold accountable #EU oil & gas producers to develop CO₂ injection capacity under Article 23 of the Net Zero Industry Act! #NZIA 🔗Read more here: eu.bellona.org/2025/03/20/pre…

2/5 Instead, most of the carbon ends up in organic non-living reservoirs, both natural reservoirs (dead vegetation, soil organic carbon, sediments in lakes and wetlands) and human-made reservoirs (sediments in dams, landfills, and wood products).

3/5 One implication of the results is that the C stored from the current terrestrial sink (that removes over a quarter of all CO2 emissions from human activities) is more stable than we thought because it is less directly exposed to disturbances (wildfires, droughts, heatwaves).

This was a hard piece to write. China offers a hint of climate hope to many. But press conference rhetoric aside, a China coasting on its energy status quo remains, both quantitatively and in political economy terms, global decarbonization's big obstacle. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/20/chi…

desalination, vertical farming, and yes, even sustainable jet fuel are all technologies that literally exist *today*, the constraint is that they are extremely energy intensive, and the premise of the book is that we need to build an abundant supply of clean energy

Life satisfaction in Bhutan is comparable to other countries of similar income levels— In 2008, Bhutan started measuring the “Gross Happiness Index” as an official metric to track the well-being of its population. As a result, it’s often coined the “Land” or “Kingdom of