Grandparents may soon tell their grand children stories about climate as if they were talking about music tapes and times without mobile phones: Paper led by Alessandro Dosio from @ec.europa.eu JRC: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @wegenercenter.bsky.social

“They were up for change. They didn’t mind challenge. They wanted fairness. But they also really didn’t understand what the change meant for them, for their communities." @elpinchbeck.bsky.social on what the British public think about the transition to net zero

A pleasure to go for a stroll with CCC CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social to talk about the trade offs between nature and climate, what climate action means for the UK and the metropolitan fantasy of an unchanging English countryside. In the Sunday Times @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/b729...

This is so positive to see from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social and the CCC. Understanding, acknowledging & addressing the unavoidable distributional impacts on low income households properly, & from the start, will allow Govt to act faster & bolder. If not, you build hesitancy & caution into policy.

Thanks Fiona Harvey @theguardian.com for this long-promised “starting at the ccc” interview, coming at an unintentionally interesting couple of weeks for decarbonisation in the UK! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In @wwattribution.bsky.social report on the LA wildfires this January we show the frequency and intensity of the atmospheric circulation of the event has increased in winter, raising the risk of weather conditions that drive the spread of wildfire. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...

It might seem like there's a net zero backlash, but: The CCC finds that the public are more ambitious than the gov expects. They just want clarity about what they’re being asked to do. My v. interesting chat with @elpinchbeck.bsky.social @ @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Lots of "growth vs net-zero" media coverage today following comments by Rachel Reeves. But if u read her comments she didn't say they were in direct opposition, she was simply listing her "priorities". The UK (and others) have shown over recent decades that growth and emissions can be decoupled

Gave evidence to the Scottish HoC Select Committee yesterday morning with CCC’s great power sector lead Owen Bellamy, plus reps from the Just Transition Commission (panel 1). Fraser is right - was an interesting discussion about where energy & climate policy meet industrial & social policy.

I’m in that stage of having a 2.5 yr old where it was easier to let him go to nursery dressed as the Very Hungry Caterpillar than to have an argument about sensible play clothes. GOOD MORNING.

“…protecting what is most important to us, supporting vulnerable communities across the globe, and ensuring a decent life for our kids can be possible and is worth working towards as best as we can. We can be both realistic and hopeful of finding a positive solution”

Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future? Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: In light of the LA wildfires, I've put together a special in-depth report about how climate change is increasing the risk of such fires escalating quickly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Interim Chair of the @thecccuk.bsky.social , world-class climate scientist @piersforster.bsky.social has new research out with colleagues, which suggests a temperature rise of around 1.37 (with uncertainty 1.25-1.49 degC). As Piers & the Committee have said: bit of additional warming counts.

Essentially all inhabited places on the planet were warmer in 2024 than the recent baseline. Most of the ocean area too. About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures. We know why. And we know how to fix it. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Climate inaction is way more expensive than climate action, and it’s not even close.

Good write up of a key theme of today’s DESNZ Select Committee evidence www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Emily Nurse of the UK Climate Change Committee says that Labour's responses so far on plans to make electricity cheaper have been a "little underwhelming". She says cheaper elec is urgent. "It's so important for the whole [energy] transition," she says.

As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.

A clean energy system is a secure and cheap energy system, @elpinchbeck.bsky.social tells @evanhd.bsky.social. @thecccuk.bsky.social

A well-deserved award for Chris Stark, my predecessor at the CCC, for his outstanding leadership on climate change, including through the period where the Committee advised Government on the world’s first Net Zero target.

A jay bird has decided to visit our garden, and now my two small humans know what a jay bird is, which is as good an end to 2024 as any other. Happy New Year, all. Switching off until 2025.

The world is set to move rapidly into the Age of Electricity ⚡️ In recent years, electricity rose 2x as fast as total energy demand But from now to 2035, it's set to grow 6x as fast, driven by EVs, air conditioners, AI & more More in #WEO24 ➡️ https://iea.li/41zj0Me

The National Trust is worried about UK seasonal homogenisation. The seasons in the our part of the countryside, which my husband and I know so well, is already changed from our childhoods. Fewer frosts, wildflowers blooming early, etc ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @nationaltrust.bsky.social

It is great to see the @metoffice.bsky.social Local Authority Climate Service highlighted in the UK government response to the CCC. We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs

UK electricity price falls below zero on record windfarm output www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

GOOD MORNING but especially to the @thecccuk.bsky.social comms team, who got to hear my surprise shout-out on the latest @therestpolitics.bsky.social Question Time in live time this morning, following a comment I made about TRIP coverage of energy 😅. alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/353-...

Last night we celebrated the end of our Climate & Nature Leadership Programme with @climateappg.bsky.social A delight to hear from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social, CEO of @thecccuk.bsky.social and Ruth Davis, the UK Special Representative for Nature Thanks to MPs, peers & partners for a great evening!

Thanks to the Government for getting their response to the CCC Progress Report done for Parliament, before Christmas! It's great to see how much has been achieved. But there’s a lot on the Gov To Do list for climate action in 2025 & beyond. www.gov.uk/government/p...

My 2yr old has had one of those sudden leaps in language. Unfortunately this means that every time he sees me putting on smart clothes he tells me that he doesn’t want me to leave him to get on the big train and go to work. Relatedly, this is why there are always small handprints on my work clothes

This from @nytimes.com on the plight of global automakers is a really great roundup. Reversing or weakening EV targets and regulations will only add to the problems they face. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...

Only a few years ago there were almost no electric vehicles being sold. This year China is approaching 50% share of electric vehicles in total sales. But Europe is not doing too badly either with 25% outperforming the US. Source RMI

The Climate Change Committee is recruiting for its Chair - important role to lead work on this key issue with their CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social www.saxbam.com/appointment/... @thecccuk.bsky.social

Brilliant to see @elpinchbeck.bsky.social here on BlueSky. Looking forward to hearing both the latest from the @thecccuk.bsky.social and the battles with the 5 yo and toddler… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@elpinchbeck.bsky.social is right. Adaptation has been a lesser priority for too long. Not only are the costs of events like #StormDarragh significant, but climate impacts are holding back the govt's renewal agenda. More here: green-alliance.org.uk/briefing/ada... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We should be acting now to tackle and adapt to the risks from climate change, @elpinchbeck.bsky.social, chief executive of @thecccuk.bsky.social, tells @bbclaurak.bsky.social.

The five year old is just about able to write simple words now. Happy to confirm that she will be putting this skill to good use by quietly trolling me: The list she’s written for Santa goes: pet, dog, jet plane ride.

"I hardly ever talk about climate change and emissions in this job. We just call it economics" Really good 'exit' interview with Emma Pinchbeck in the Observer as she heads from @energyukcomms.bsky.social to @thecccuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...