Ab 2040 werden für die Industrie keine neuen #Emissionszertifikate mehr ausgegeben. Bis dahin muss der dann entstehende #CO2 transportiert und gespeichert werden. Was es dafür braucht, hat @wrickels.bsky.social vom @kiel.institute aufgeschrieben 👇 www.wirtschaftsdienst.eu/inhalt/jahr/...

Knock me down with a feather table.media/ceo/news/kra...

Utrecht University abolishes its English language bachelor's program in economics and replaces it with a Dutch one. They told staff (~30% international) the week before Christmas. Layoffs seem likely now. Unwarranted lobotomy is the only word I can find for it... dub.uu.nl/en/news/econ...

"In 2004, it took the world a full year to install 1 gigawatt of solar power capacity. Today, twice that amount goes online each day."

Friendly reminder, dass Anbieter wechseln sich lohnt. Checkt doch zwischen den Jahren mal, was ihr für Strom zahlt und ob das nicht günstiger geht. Tipp: Immer mal schauen, was die regionalen Stadtwerke anbieten. Auf Vergleichsportalen werden die oft nicht angezeigt.

Good morning, I bring bad news for the EU's single most effective climate policy tool: the ETS, which is coming under fire from politicians worried about high electricity prices www.euractiv.com/news/why-ele...

Recently, I have been thinking about the political economy of policy advice. Below are my thoughts; I'd be curious to hear what "practitioners" think about these. Let's start by thinking about the demand for and supply in the market for policy advice. Policymakers rely on expertise for two

It doesn't feel like christmas until I get to listen to Bach's christmas oratorio. Here's a cool version recorded in a shared apartment in Leipzig. youtu.be/Wi0ekhf6_J0?...

The sun also rises.

Move over, AI. @science.org's Breakthrough of the Year: Renewables!

Ein Schnapper www.deutschlandfunk.de/frankreichs-...

Interessant. Ein lokaler Bürgerentscheid reflektiert immer die besondere Situation vor Ort, im Ganzen ergibt das aber schon ein Bild.

Wind developers: "We're ready to build." Grid: "Please hold. Your call is very important to us. Estimated wait time... 8 to 12 years."

That time of year again! Consider emailing the students who excelled, who had a great upward trajectory, or who asked great questions throughout the semester.

Das Aus vom #Verbrenneraus ist viel zu weit weg von einer ökoliberalen Lösung: Bedingungen, Auflagen, ohne Leitplanke durchs ETS2. Klimapolitik ohne Kompass. Emissionshandel kann Alt- und Neuwagen CO2-neutral machen. Mehr @faznet.bsky.social von Hendrik Kafsack: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

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In der FAZ unterstreicht der CDU-Umweltpolitiker Thomas Gebhart heute: Klimaschutz ist wichtig. Wohlstand könne langfristig nur durch die Bewahrung der Lebensgrundlagen gesichert werden.

🗞️ NEW publication: Europe’s clean heat transition is advancing, yet many households – particularly low- & middle-income - still face hurdles making the switch to technologies like #heatpumps. These hurdles include high upfront costs, limited access to finance and lack of qualified installers. 🔥 ⚡1/x

Neue Studie: Moor-Emissionen doppelt so hoch wie geschätzt 🌍 Entwässerte Moore in der EU stoßen jährlich 232 Megatonnen CO₂-Äquivalent aus. Eine Hotspot-Karte zeigt, wo Schutz und Wiedervernässung am dringendsten nötig sind 🌱 #Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #Forschung

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NEW ANALYSIS: Electric vehicles are entering the mid-transition space starting to replace ICE vehicles. History shows that shifts like this can happen faster than expected: in the early 20th-century US, horses and mules virtually vanished from roads in under 30 years. cdn.sanity.io/files/lrxd4j...

In Baden-Württemberg gibt es immer mehr Bürgerentscheide zur Windenergie. 2025 ging die Mehrheit der Entscheide aber zugunsten der Windenergie aus. www.swr.de/swraktuell/b...

Neuer Versuch, um die Akzeptanz der Energiewende in Sachsen zu steigern: Schwibbogen auf Windrad www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

1/ Es gibt verschiedene Sichtweisen zum „Aus vom #Verbrenner-Aus“. Ich versuche im Thread mal zwei Enden des Spektrums zusammenzufassen: optimistisch ("schadet nicht") und pessimistisch ("Eigentor"). Als Fakten-Grundlage hier die Mitteilung der EU-Kommission: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Ich verstehe es auch nicht, aber die Kollegen bei Transport & Environment: www.linkedin.com/posts/willia...

Neuer Versuch, um die Akzeptanz der Energiewende in Sachsen zu steigern: Schwibbogen auf Windrad www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...

"CDU-Umweltexperte Raimund Haser versicherte, seine Partei werde nach einem Wahlsieg bei der Landtagswahl die Windkraft verstärkt ausbauen." Hoffentlich hält die CDU Wort. www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

Das ist aber ganz schön hart 😂.

In often hear people saying that command-and-control policies should be preferred over carbon pricing because they signal a stronger political commitment. But apparently, command-and-control policies can be reversed as well. So maybe not the strongest argument in their favor/against carbon pricing.

#ukhighered

Excited to have just finished this pre-analysis plan with @larahankeln.bsky.social, @johannesbrehm.bsky.social, and Henri. It will be interesting to see which, if any, of our predictions will be borne out by the data. More on that in the new year. In the meanwhile, let me tell you about our theory.

Der Klima- und Transformationsfonds #KTF aus Sicht der privaten Haushalte. Unsere neue Analyse von @klimasozial.bsky.social zeigt, dass der KTF sein Potenzial für eine sozial gerechte Transformation bislang nicht ausreichend ausschöpft. So haben zb nur 14% der Programme einen sozialen Fokus.

"Our findings highlight the urgency of reducing emissions from drained peatlands... and reveal substantial underreporting in National UNFCCC inventories, amounting to 59–113 Mt CO2e/year." Policymakers must "prioritize peatland rewetting to reduce GHG emissions."

"Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from drained peatlands account for about 7% of the total anthropogenic GHG emissions in the European Union (EU). [...] Four main emission hotspots emerge: the North Sea region, eastern Germany, the Baltics together with eastern Poland, and north Ireland."

Bayern beschließt für Wind- und Solarparks eine kommunale finanzielle Beteiligung von bis zu 0,3 Cent pro Kilowattstunde. Damit haben nun 9 von 13 Flächenländern Gesetze für eine verpflichtenden finanzielle Beteiligung erlassen. www.pv-magazine.de/2025/12/09/b...

KfW-Klimabarometer: Mittelständische Unternehmen erhöhten 2024 ihre Klimaschutzinvestitionen preisbereinigt um 7,8%, Großunternehmen fuhren sie um 18,5% zurück; www.kfw.de/%C3%9Cber-di...

Most Brits want climate action but think their neighbours don't. Most Brits support renewable energy but think their neighbours don't. This is the work of relentless misinformation by our right-wing press and the oiligarchy.

"Even climate activists, understandably obsessed with fossil fuels, have mostly ignored food and agriculture—and when they’ve paid attention, they’ve mostly pushed low-yield farming approaches that make the problem worse." atmos.earth/climate-solu...

Wirth reading open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Move over, McKinsey report showing how single-digit trillions of dollars could limit global average warming to 1.5°C. Hello, McKinsey report showing how single-digit trillions of dollars could help adapt to 2°C world.

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

“The transformation is astonishing. [Paris] has quietly—& quickly—become one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. What started as a series of emergency “coronapistes” or pop-up bike lanes, built during the pandemic has evolved into a permanent bike network spanning hundreds of kilometres.”

Are you looking for a great interdisciplinary PhD experience in the field of environmental and resource management? Then you should definitely consider applying for this programme at @unileipzig.bsky.social and partner organizations.

Very interesting project by @bruegel.org here. Remarkable differences still in market value across Europe.

Der neue globale Umweltbericht zeigt: Wir zerstören gerade die Grundlagen unseres Wirtschaftssystems. Das führt zu Milliardenschäden. Das Gute ist: Es ginge anders. Müsste man aber halt machen: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

EU expanding CBAM to cover several goods made with steel and aluminum. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Article notes that "Both China and India are in the process of establishing or expanding their own emissions trading systems. Several countries in Latin America, including Brazil, have also acknowledged that CBAM is a factor in recent decisions to embrace carbon pricing."

We love to say "costs fall X% every time capacity doubles." This paper looks at 87 technologies and says: actually, no. Past learning rates are not reliable predictors of future learning.

We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...

"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."