This is a great post. Students often do not understand the importance of the research question. This post explains it so well!

Raising climate ambition would BOOST global GDP in the short, medium and long term, says a major new OECD analysis This excludes the benefits of avoided climate impacts, which it says would further increase the advantages of greater action www.oecd.org/en/publ...

Evidence that humanities help us better understand the world around us.

I will speak at the #EHPCongress at the Hot spot on the Czech market session. Join me to discuss how district heating decarbonisation in Czechia is going. ✅ Free for NGOs, government, municipalities, media. ✅ Registration 👉 ehpcongress.org Full agenda 👉 bit.ly/3J5bdez

Od uhlí k novým zdrojům: Co se mění v českém teplárenství? Před časem v podcastu @faktaoklimatu.cz 2050podcast.cz/epizody/87-c...

C4EForum kicked off in beautiful Cavtat for three days full of discussions on advancing energy efficiency in buildings across Central and Eastern Europe. Of course, one of the key topics is the EPBD. However, what seem to be recurring themes apart from the „dry“ legislation implementation are (🧵)

From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement. Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”

“Five years ago, BP set the ambitious target to cut production of oil and gas by 40% by 2030 In 2023, the company lowered this reduction target to 25% It is now expected to abandon it altogether” You really can’t trust big oil, can you? www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you need a bit of light, you may look for #theycantalkcomics by Jimmy Craig. Especially but not solely for cats and dogs owners. theycantalk.com

HELP NEEDED: Our conceptualisation of energy demand is deeply flawed. I would like to write an academic article expanding on my commentary with an updated Sankey diagram. If anyone wants to work with me on up to date analysis I would love to hear from you! knowledge.energyinst.org/new-energy-w...

💚This is a fantastic story! Clickbait title could be: Beavers now working for Czech government!🙂 Fact: Beavers built a wetland, planned for years, in just two days, and among others saved over 1 million eur that it would otherwise cost. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

If you haven’t followed the fantastic adventure of #sophiefromromania, you may as well start now 😉 By doing that, I promise you will not only learn a lot about dog behaviour, but much, much more🙂 Just follow @sociabledog.bsky.social, @rorycj.bsky.social and @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social

Join our team! We're looking for a junior policy officer to help us to assess financing gaps in the clean heat transition and identify the policies needed to bridge them. Have a look at the role and send us your application by 31 January 👇 https://buff.ly/40p34ew

Exciting opportunity: Policy Advisor - International Transition Plan Network Advance global norms for private sector transition plans & climate policies. 🌍♻️ 📍 Berlin or London 🗓 Apply by Sunday 12 Jan 2025: e3g.bamboohr.com/careers/197

Happy new year! The best outlooks to everyone! / Šťastný nový plný krásných vyhlídek!

🎄Pokud ještě neodebíráte, můžete si nadělit pod stromeček náš Česko-slovenský teplárenský newsletter!❄️ 💲 Čerpání prostředků z ModFondu 💡 Novinky z konference o průmyslových tepelných čerpadlech? ✅ Jak řeší vytápění ve Viborgu a Partizánském? ...a mnoho dalšího! sh1.sendinblue.com/act3i2n0xxpf...

Nová infografika #Fakta o klimatu. V EU se za 20 let podíl elektřiny ze slunce a větru zvýšil 16x, na 32%. V Česku je to 12% a "v rozvoji obnovitelných zdrojů na výrobě elektřiny je tak ČR v Evropské unii úplně poslední." 🥳Gratulujeme!🥳 faktaoklimatu.cz/infografiky/...

Minulý týden proběhla konference Průmyslová tepelná čerpadla (www.exergie.cz). Co mě zaujalo? (🧵) 💡 Technology is ready, are you? Technologie jsou připravené, ale co není připravené, jsou lidé. Ne poprvé vidím velký prostor pro využití poznatků společenských věd.

My other hot take is, instead of spending 10 billion to terraform Mars they could undo the damage from deforestation and clean the oceans here on Earth

Meeting inspiring @michaelavalentova.bsky.social at the international conference on large heat pumps. Day 1 was packed with superb presentations and industry insights. District heating and industry decarbonisation is literally at our fingertips. We have the technology, are we ready to deploy it?

How do you call 200 experts on heat pumps together? A great start! @mliebreich.bsky.social at IHP 2024 right now. #electrification #pumpification

🎥 Další série pořadu Česko a Evropa řeší klima. V prvním díle o energetice: fotovoltaika, agrovoltaika, vítr, ale nebojí se ani “slona v místnosti” české energetiky: teplárenství 👍🏻 @ceskatelevize.bsky.social #klima #obnovitelnáenergie www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/15127...

Czech National Theatre showing (since 2007) how new technologies work even in historical buildings: - heat pumps using nearby river - use of waste heat from AC - heat storage - photovoltaics (as cherry on top) All carried through Energy Performance Contracting. And new measures on the way!

📢 Energy Evaluation Europe Conference '25 – Join us in Berlin in September 2025! 📰 CfP: Submissions open until December 5th 🌟 You can also apply for a special issue in the Energy Efficiency journal. 👉 For more details energy-evaluation.org/eee-conferen... #EEE2025 #CfP #EnergyEfficiency

How are we going to replace all the fossil fuels? Well, with energy efficiency and electrification we do NOT have to replace ALL the fossil fuels. Most of the primary energy is currently wasted! This needs to be highlighted much more, so thanks to @janrosenow.bsky.social for the clear message.

💡 Ne všechno, ale snad mnohé, co jste chtěli vědět o dekarbonizaci teplárenství a báli jste se zeptat. 😊 #zdravamesta #dekarbonizace #teplarenstvi youtu.be/hszLrHmk5yE?...

To accompany all those Bluesky science/academia #starterpacks, let's share introductions to the literature of our different fields. Below, I humbly submit 12 main types of scientific papers on food, agriculture, land, & natural climate solutions (inspired by the amazing @xkcd.com). #FoodStudies 🧪

☀ První číslo našeho Česko+Slovenského teplárenského newsletteru! ❄ ✅ Jak se řeší energetika v městě Partizánske ✅ Ani český Úřad vlády nezůstává v dekarbonizaci pozadu ✅ Očekávané akce a další. 📩 První číslo newsletteru: lnkd.in/eY-MtWTf 🖱️ Přihlášení k odběru: lnkd.in/eHVYcT6S

To a frequent reaction: “..but it does not make sense with our electricity mix…” Here for heat pumps, but I believe it may work for other technologies too😉 #electrificationisefficiency

District heating transformation in 🇸🇰 Slovak coal region, city of Partizanske. Heat pumps + geothermal. In project development stage so far, but looking good! More here: zivotpouhli.sk/novinky/item... #districtheating #heatpumps #renewables

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A great source of data and information on local climate policies in Europe! Dataset on SECAPs from nearly 7,000 municipalities and encouragement from the authors to use the data for better (local) climate policy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Let's hope the new year will not be overwhelming. PF 2024!

Pleased to share our new article on motivation for households' investment in photovoltaics. ✔️Non-financial benefits almost as important as financial ✔️4 motivation factors: economic, technical, ecological, surroundings ✔️Education, income, and age influenced the decision ⬇️ Link below...

Can you make a word of these letters? Yes, I certainly can! This is how my 9 year old would reply, I am sure😃 (And no, I was not cheating on my Spelling Bee game today:-))

Czech National Theatre showing (since 2007) how new technologies work even in historical buildings: - heat pumps using nearby river - use of waste heat from AC - heat storage - photovoltaics (as cherry on top) All carried through Energy Performance Contracting. And new measures on the way!

At a great conference on industrial heat pumps. Electrification is efficiency, stories matter, but also getting pricing right (natural gas to electricity) Many projects in place, many on the way, and sooo much more potential to use waste heat and energy all around us. #pumpification

✅ Access to sustainable finance for SMEs ✅ Promoting clean energy development ✅ Accessible and reliable sustainability data for financial institutions and others You can check out our project Clean Energy Certification of SMEs at www.confess-life.eu or shorturl.at/iou37

Today WWF release a set of ‘forest stripes’ to highlight the 79% decline in population abundance of species that rely on forests. Forests are not thriving. Read the full report: www.wwf.org.uk/learn/landsc...

📢Hot Off Press 📢 How (Czech) households decide on their PV installations? TL:DR: It's not just the economics, but also 🌏 the environment, 📈 future energy price fluctuations, 🏠 self-sufficiency or 🛠 DIY. Some findings in 🧵 , Report (in Czech) ▶️ fel.cvut.cz/cs/aktualne/...

Let me start here with a picture of blue sky, but also some very dark clouds and some silver lining. I think this sums the state of energy efficiency and climate policy quite well, doesn’t it? Happy to receive more tips for #climate and #energy people to follow. And also how this place works ;-)