Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world’s largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember. In this video, Carbon Brief’s @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org reports on Ember’s analysis. Read the full report here ➡️ buff.ly/XtaYP1D

Excited to share our @annualreviews.bsky.social article, “The Politics of Climate Change in the Developing World," with @guygrossman.bsky.social and Audrey Sacks: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... It’s been amazing to watch this area of research grow so much in recent years. Let’s keep it up!

Publication alert! 🔔 My new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social shows that the way in which credit ratings assess climate risks is detrimental to chances of the green transition. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DEWKJ... 1/n 🧵

New: the Iran war is driving up gasoline and diesel prices, already costing American households $130 each (on avg), a total of $17 billion -- and it's rising fast. Imagine if we'd spent that on clean energy instead? Check out our real-time updating Iran War Energy Cost Tracker

Such a pleasure to be back at Brown @climatesollab.bsky.social to talk about my book on geothermal development and global clean energy governance. Big thank you to @climatesollab.bsky.social and @jeffcolgan.bsky.social for inviting me!

Great to see new books by CSL members @jenniferhadden.bsky.social and @kathrynchelminski.bsky.social on display at ISA2026! (And hat tip to Jen's co-author @sarahbush.bsky.social )

Squeezed by data centers' relentless demand for electricity, a Nevada energy company just said it's going to stop supplying energy to Tahoe. The city has a year to figure out how to meet 75% of its energy needs without it.

Anthropic’s report on the theoretical labor market risk posed by #AI and #LLM across sectors finds that computer programmers are the most exposed professions. Social science is not the *most* exposed but definitely not buffered…

New article by CSL-affiliate Kathryn Chelminski, check it out!

Our new article— co-authored w/Guixing Wei & @gbellocca.bsky.social — on ZIP code-level power outages across communities in Seattle and Portland is out in Energy Policy! This research has important equity implications👇 💡🔌 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Bias in ChatGPT?! Unfortunately, not at all shocking, even if the results are… very important findings. Original article in Platforms & Society below 👇 www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...

“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.”

I spoke with Dr. Miranda Melcher on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast about my book with CUP: Governance of Energy Transitions, #geothermal development in #Indonesia and the #Philippines, & more! Listen to the interview here: newbooksnetwork.com/governing-en... 💡🔌 #energysky

Glad to see a more balanced take on the Zillow climate risk story than most commentary, which simply wants a return to black-box models for individual use. As @madisoncondon.bsky.social wrote, "There needs to be a broader institutional solution to this problem." www.linkedin.com/posts/madiso...

This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

In a country as wealthy as the US, this is a choice map.feedingamerica.org

As millions of families face losing access to #SNAP benefits across the country tomorrow, reminder to donate to your local #foodbank or #foodpantry where you can: www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo... This community fridge map is a great resource of free, community fridges: www.mutualaidhub.org.

Meet the coal miner who just started a geothermal drilling business #energysky -- via Canary Media:

Come work with me and the great climate community at Brown University, incl @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Please share widely! Deadline Jan 9, 2026.

New open-access book out on energy transitions in the Global South! We are proud of its author, CSL affiliate and former postdoc @kathrynchelminski.bsky.social climate.watson.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Thrilled to share my book "Governing Energy Transitions: A Study of Regime Complex Effectiveness on Geothermal Development in Indonesia and the Philippines" was published with Cambridge University Press at: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...! The book is available OA thanks to @snsf.ch support. 🔌💡

Delighted and proud to share CSL affiliate @kathrynchelminski.bsky.social has a new book out! Available on open access climate.watson.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

What if companies disclosed climate risk the same way insurers analyze it: with event-based probabilistic models that show what could happen, when, and with what likelihood? Check out our new paper in Environmental Research: Climate to learn more! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

We are on the ground, ready to help the countries affected by wildfires. Through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, countries are deploying their firefighters, helicopters, and airplanes, alongside the EU's own rescEU firefighting fleet, working hand-in-hand with local teams to fight the flames.

Thrilled to share my article examining policy adaptation in DG #interconnection regimes in MA and NY is out in ERSS! shorturl.at/L7Xl1 I had the great opportunity to conduct this research during my postdoc at @climatesollab.bsky.social @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social. 🔌💡#energysky

Delays in connecting to the electrical grid are a huge drag on the clean energy transition to solar and wind (aka interconnection queues). Congrats to CSL Fellow @kathrynchelminski.bsky.social on publishing her important new study on dealing with this challenge. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Proud of my former postdoc @kathrynchelminski.bsky.social for publishing on the U.S. interconnection queue, a niche but massively important topic for the green energy transition. 🌍🔌💡♻️

A thoughtful blog post from our Legal Fellow, Sam Hudgens, regarding recent developments in insurance markets in Hawaii, Colorado, and New Mexico related to catastrophic risk. cepp.substack.com/p/tracking-r...

As we confront recurring floods & fires, it's time to rethink risk. "Privatising climate risks may backfire as people may resent bearing the costs of the collective failure to address the climate crisis...And privatising these risks spells trouble for public entities." 360info.org/burned-out-h...

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

Germany's Central Bank warned officials had previously “completely underestimated” the risks rising temperatures pose to the financial system. www.ft.com/content/c00c...

The International Court of Justice is about to deliver a landmark ruling on the Obligations of States in respect to #ClimateChange & legal consequences for failing to fulfill those obligations -- at 3 pm CEST, 9am ET -- 👀 Nations like Vanuatu are at the heart of this Watch live on UN WebTV here:

Tim and I have been reading & talking about BRICS over the last few weeks. What is this group of countries really about? Not so much an anti-western or an anti-dollar bloc; these days it’s more a “remaking of the material basis of a new sovereignty, in a new era of globalization.”

Geothermal energy has lots of potential but still supplies less than 1% of the world's electricity. Why are we not using more of it? In this week's podcast we speak to Dr Marit Brommer, Head of the International Geothermal Association. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0rn0...

Next-generation #geothermal technologies could become a vital part of #California’s clean energy portfolio – if there is a coordinated effort to reduce permitting barriers and modernize regulations. www.catf.us/2025/06/perm...

SMUD installing batteries at a former nuclear site. #energysky www.energy-storage.news/smud-desri-p...

Philippines reveals timeline for 10 GW renewables auction #energysky -- via pv magazine global: www.pv-magazine.com/...

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c... "If a state gets hit by a hurricane or other extreme weather, 'the governor should be able to handle it,' Mr. Trump said. 'And frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor.'

‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study

“It took more than 20 years for the U.S. to install the first 100 GW of clean power, five years to install the next 100 GW, and three years to install the most recent 100 GW" cleanpower.org/news/market-... #Upshift 🔌💡

We have another phenomenal panel on green finance tomorrow morning at #ISA2025! We're bringing the energy with papers on solar investment, state-owned investment banks, the Bridgetown Initiative, sovereign green bonds, and more! 8:15 am in the Mobley Room!

Even in years with record-breaking fire seasons, overall fire occurrence in North American forests remains below historical levels, but fire severity has increased, contributing to greater forest loss and heightened risk. www.climate.gov/news-feature...

Quaise is taking millimeter wave drilling out of the lab and in to the real world. Why does it matter? Millimeter wave drilling can unlock greater depths to access high temperature geothermal energy. www.quaise.energy/news/from-la... 🔌💡

On SHIFT KEY, we talk about the ~200 people you've probably never heard of but directly regulate ~1% of US GDP & a big chunk of your pocket book: public utility regulators. Who they are, why they're important and why we need to pay more attention to what they're up to. Wherever you get your podcasts

Well-managed solar farms can boost wildlife A new study from the RSPB and the University of Cambridge has found well-managed solar farms can make an important contribution to nature as well as "provide relief from the effects of agricultural intensification".

While tonight's event with Ivan Krastev and @timothysnyder.bsky.social is fully booked, it will also be broadcast on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/live/Bc6hZqB...

“Interconnection must evolve” - Utility Dive article on the latest DOE DER interconnection roadmap report #energysky 💡 🔌 www.utilitydive.com/news/interco...