The new US #NationalSecurityStrategy is so alarming that I spent hours today on this piece, rather than my real work. We the Europeans, and especially the #NB8 countries in #NATO 's Eastern Flank, MUST prepare to defend our #democracy and deter #Russia by ourselves. jmkorhonen.net/2025/12/05/w...

Our annual deep dive on China’s climate transition is out! China’s CO₂ emissions are set to remain flat for a second year in 2025. Record additions of solar and wind, accelerating electrification, and declining construction-material demand are the main drivers.

”The far right appeals to the alienated; it prospers when its natural opponents lose hope and stop turning out. To defeat it, governments must build consensus around a stronger, greener, more secure democracy” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/o...

If Europe wants to succeed in the green transition, public support for the transition is essential. 🧩 Stakes are very high for European industry, geopolitics and climate. Thank you @liandersson.bsky.social and @mariaohisalo.vihreat.fi 🙏🏼

Oho. Ei ilmeisesti ole uutisankka. #hyvätuutiset news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Politics have became the weakest link in green transition. That is why just transition is so vital part for us humans to succeed. ”Shifting politics, intensive lobbying and surging disinformation online have undermined international efforts to respond to the threat.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

It really feels like it should be a bigger story that the President of Iran said that their capital must be moved because of environmental degradation, including water shortages and land subsidence of 1 foot per year. www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...

The Moscow Times reports Russia’s Central Bank has discovered a 10 TRILLION Ruble "black hole" in unpaid loans - that's 24% of the entire Russian budget gone. Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal. Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.

So Americans are ready to please dictators and walk away from defending democracy and freedom. So be it. One day they will return. Meanwhile we Europeans need to defend Ukraine harder than ever before. We own it for our history’s sake.

This is an excellent discussion by @fromtga.bsky.social about the trilogy-storm that Europe now faces: Russia’s aggression, right-wing populism in US (and Europe itself) and China’s dominance in new industries (ev, ai, clean energy, etc) podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...

Good discussion about jow Europe can win back its competitive edge today in Helsinki. Thank you for a good and interesting discussion! @voltfi.bsky.social @volteuropa.org

Die Jobwechsel dieses AfD Mitarbeiters zwischen Bundeswehr, russischem Militärkomplex und Parlament sind atemberaubend. Aktuell arbeitet er ausgerechnet für den AfD-EU-Abgeordneten, Hans Neuhoff, der zur umstrittenen Russland-Delegation gehört, die jetzt nach Sochi reist.

Today's #HydrogenSoufflé comes from the heavy-duty truck market, which soared from absolutely nothing in 2020 to not-quite-nothing in Q4 2023, before collapsing to 1/3 of not-quite-nothing in 2025. If you think it's different in China, no: that's *including* China! www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Russian massive attack on Kyiv last night killed three people and injured 26 more. The rescuers cannot get the bodies out of the rubble yet, so the death toll might grow. Among the injured are two kids and a pregnant woman.

Ilmasto- ja energiapolitiikan superviikko näyttää vihreän siirtymän kaksijakoisuuden: kansainvälinen yhteistyö on vaikeuksissa, kun taas vihreä teknologia kasvaa Kiinan johdolla. – Suomessa vihreän siirtymän investointeja odotetaan edelleen, sanoo @jaakkoha.bsky.social www.sttk.fi/2025/11/13/v...

The @IEA is repeating its abject failure to account for the solar boom, now with EVs, to create an alternative reality for Trump where oil-burning vehicles will dominate transportation and oil demand will keep growing.

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

Tämän kirjan ennusteet ovat monelta osin pitkälti jo toteutumassa vihreän siirtymän teknologian suhteen. Ja vähän on sellainen tunne, että politiikan puolella monikaan ei ole kehitystä seurannut.

World Energy Outlook 2025 is out now! 🚨 It shows that as risks multiply in a world thirsty for energy, diversification & cooperation are more urgent than ever. #WEO25 identifies key choices, opportunities & trade-offs for governments ahead. Read more 👉 iea.li/3JrSvlq

1/2 As the United States torpedoes climate action and Europe struggles to realize its green ambitions, a surprising shift is taking hold in many large, fast-growing economies where a majority of the world’s people live. #cop30 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...

”China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. This trend will continue simply because renewables are cheap.” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Russian oil and gas revenues in October 2025 were 888.6 billion rubles ($10.9 billion), or 27% below October 2024.

Dear Bill Gates, If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.

“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

It was a very good election for the climate. In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action. grist.org/politics/it-... #Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Independents

In 1983, households aged 75+ were 5% richer than the average. In 2022, they were 55% richer. Meanwhile, under-35 households went from 21% of average wealth to just 16%. America’s wealth is aging way faster than its population. www.nber.org/digest/20251...

1/3 🧵🧵 Details are emerging of intimidation tactics used by USA delegation to derail climate action on shipping at the International Maritime Organisation “It’s like dealing with the Mob” said one veteran of the talks www.ft.com/content/4e0a...

Onko Suomella tulevaisuudessa edelleen edellytykset tarjota kilpailukykyistä sähköä? @jaakkoha.bsky.social huolissaan esimerkiksi aurinkosähkön globaalista esiinnoususta, missä Suomi ei ole vahva. Pelkää myös, että vedystä ei tule odotetun kokoista alaa Suomessa.

43. Data centers are increasing power demand, but let's keep a sense of proportion. BNEF estimates total electricity demand from data centers of 373TWh in 2024 (1.2% of global generation) and expects this to increase to 1,596TWh (4.4% of global) in 2035. (www.bnef.com/themes/t0hlz... )

38. Ordinary people have no idea how much progress we’ve made. Tell people at parties that UK carbon emissions in 2023 were at their lowest level since 1879, for example. Most developed economies are now reducing carbon emissions without lowering quality of life.

1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.

Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025. www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...

This Zadie Smith interview was excellent. Specially what she says about the limited imagination of US politics. podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...

Last new coal plant proposals cancelled or shelved in Thailand, Kenya, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan, Cambodia deciding not to build any new coal, Morocco committing to a 2040 coal phase-out, proposals for new coal power outside China at record low - lots of progress happening outside front page news.

The car crisis tops today’s EU summit but leaders keep staring at the wrong problem The issue isn’t the 2035 engine ban - it’s demand falling off a cliff today With @sandertordoir.bsky.social and @lucasguttenberg.bsky.social, we show why flipping regs won’t help - and what the EU can do instead.

"they fail to link climate action with things that matter to people: food poverty, fuel poverty, air pollution, inequality, job insecurity, lack of housing, unfordable or non-existent healthcare... they are constrained by only being able to offer pragmatic, ‘politically feasible’ centrism?"

Contrast and compare. This is street light charging solutions in two different European capitals, but by the same company. Weird, why such a massive box in one, and just a plug in the other?

The visible hand

USA is MIA and Europe is currently far behind China in clean tech industries. Huge and growing markets, new industrial revolution and geopolitics are at stake.

Having been involved with this report for the past 5 years, overall takeaways IMO are: - Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C! - Good news: we are doing many of the things! - Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!

People seem to really really love agrivoltaics. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/c...

Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.

As the EU electrifies more end-use sectors, fossil demand will fall 3x faster than the rise in electricity use – cutting dependence on fossil imports. Switching from fossil to electricity across energy end-uses boosts efficiency while decarbonising. https://loom.ly/wss-sI0

Der Osteuropahistoriker Karl Schlögel erhält den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels. In seiner Dankesrede fordert er den Westen auf, von der Tapferkeit und der Freiheitsliebe der Ukrainer zu lernen.

Die 10 wichtigsten Punkte aus der öffentlichen Anhörung der Nachrichtendienste BND, BfV und MAD: 🧵

”The Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN has endorsed an action plan to increase the share of renewable electricity to 45% of total capacity over the next five years, as part of its energy transition efforts.” www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Spain poised to lead advanced economies in growth for a second year in a row, with the IMF raising our forecast to 2.9%. Investor confidence is surging, fueled by strong performance and a bright outlook. Our bold bet on green energy and digitalization of our firms is paying off.

Koska kuten Hesarin pääkirjoitus sen tässä hyvin tiivistää: "Velkajarru sulkee oven sellaiselta talouspolitiikalta, jossa velanottoa perustellaan esimerkiksi investointina siihen tai tähän hyvään asiaan." Eli käytännössä se sulkee vuosikymmeniksi ovet investoinneilta. www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...

The world's richest man, and owner of one of the largest social media platforms, is funding white supremacists seeking to undermine democracy everywhere he can. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

Sobering words from the German intelligence services - “We must not sit back and assume that a possible Russian attack would come in 2029 at the earliest. We are already under fire today.” For deterrence now we must take the necessary decisions now. www.euractiv.com/news/german-...