Build the new before breaking the old tech + match policy to the stage of transition which that given sector/tech is at = the 2 key messages of this report.

£70 per person, per year. That's all. Net cost to the economy of reaching net-zero by 2050 now estimated at £116bn over 25 years = less than £70 per person per year. Less with health benefits. www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero... [email protected] making big numbers real.

The climate movement keeps saying 'stop talking about system change' and inaccessible jargon. Well, if this makes you sad then see 'system' and 'feedback loops' and 'levers' jargon put to excellent use in our new report. Summary in @carbonbrief.org too www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...

The UK climate law requires legally binding carbon budgets. Here we argue why focusing on deployment of new technologies would make more sense

⚡🔌 Battery electric trucks are reaching lifetime cost parity with diesel — and starting to overtake them. Globally aligned emissions standards or mandates could accelerate this tipping point in lagging markets. New analysis from our @eeist-project.bsky.social team: eeist.co.uk/eeist-report... 🧵

Worth a read, touches on topics from changing comms, to using investments in defence, & how AI will accelerate green transition. @systemiq.bsky.social www.systemiq.earth/shock-therap...

New report: Analytical tools for #innovation and #competitiveness in the low carbon transition. Written specifically for ministries of finance but relevant to much wider audience. See full report & exec summary below. www.scurveeconomics.org/publications...

#BenNevis #northface gully no.4 + #CMD, then Stob Ban South Gully, Stob a Choire Mhail & Sgurr a Maim via #devilsridge. First solo winter weekend. Apparently joy = resilience so here I am. From 8-9/2/25.