Uncomfortable truth: Carbon data is no longer just something companies have to report. Increasingly, it may determine whether products can enter markets, win customers, or survive procurement scrutiny. That changes the game. #climate #carbonemissions #emissionsreporting #cbam

Carbon data is moving from ESG reports into market access, procurement, finance, AI, and product viability. My latest blog post explains why “permission to sell” may become one of the defining business frames of the… https://tomraftery.com/2026/05/22/carbon-data-the-new-permission-to-sell/

Carbon data has stopped being a reporting chore. Banks, insurers, investors, customers and employees now want credible evidence. The winners will use primary emissions data, not lazy averages, to cut risk, cost, churn… https://tomraftery.com/2026/05/13/bad-emissions-data-is-now-a-supply-chain-risk/

Oil wars have consequences.. #Nigeria posted huge growth in #solar imports from #China in March from the previous month.

Ireland’s nuclear debate is back. But in a small grid with low summer demand, long timelines, outage risk, SMR hype, planning friction, and deep public resistance, domestic nuclear looks less like strategy and more… https://tomraftery.com/2026/05/11/irelands-nuclear-power-debate-has-a-grid-problem/

War has exposed the fragility of fossil fuel dependence yet again. But the smarter reading is not triumphalism. It’s clarity: solar, EVs, batteries and electrification are scaling because they now answer… https://tomraftery.com/2026/04/20/oil-shocks-make-electrification-a-business-imperative/

In a follow-up statement she said she was actually born in Boise, Idaho and met Donald Trump when he visited the nunnery where she was a novice. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Heat is no longer a comfort issue. It’s a cost, resilience, and security issue. My latest post explores why passive cooling may be one of the most overlooked climate and business strategies of this decade, especially as energy prices lurch with every geopolitical shock.

Air conditioning already accounts for about 15% of global electricity demand. And that’s set to triple by 2050. We spend a lot of time talking about clean power. Much less talking about the fact that cooling itself is becoming a major climate and business problem. #ClimateChange #PassiveCooling

It is TACO Tuesday, so will he: 1. Take out Iran in 1 night? 2. Open the Strait? 3. Extend the deadline (chicken out)? or 4. Something else (suggest in the comments)?

Consequences. This is why MAGA is never giving up power. They know as soon as they’re out of power, they’ll face convictions for their myriad crimes and brazen corruption. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Fossil fuels don’t just drive emissions. They drive price shocks, exposure and instability. In this post, I unpack why renewables, grids, storage and electrification are now central to affordability,… https://tomraftery.com/2026/04/03/why-fossil-fuel-dependence-is-a-terrible-business-model/

€14 billion. That’s how much the Iran war added to the EU’s fossil fuel import bill in just 30 days. And we’re still told fossil fuels mean “energy security”. They don’t. They mean exposure. #climatechange #energysecurity #renewableenergy #iranwar

$88.7bn burned in the first 17 days of this war. And the Pentagon wants another $200bn. Tell me again fossil fuels mean “energy security”. They look a lot more like geopolitical exposure with a military invoice attached. #climate #iranwar #energytransition

Scandinavian airline SAS to cancel at least a thousand flights in April after the war in the Middle East sent fuel prices surging u.afp.com/SLnU

The war on Iran has burned through an estimated $88.7bn in 17 days. At today’s costs, that could instead buy roughly 128 GW of solar, 85 GW of wind, or 462 GWh of battery storage. This is not just a climate argument. It is a security, affordability and resilience argument.

The war on Iran has burned through an estimated $88.7bn in 17 days. At today’s costs, that could instead buy roughly 128 GW of solar, 85 GW of wind, or 462 GWh of battery storage. This is not just a climate argument. It is a security, affordability and resilience argument.

Iran war an 'abject lesson' on fossil fuel dependence, UN climate chief says www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

What a weekend for Ireland - we won the Triple Crown on Saturday, and then an Oscar for Jessie Buckley - awesome stuff! www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

What is apocalyptic optimism? Here's an updated perspective from my recent conversation with @tomraftery.com for The Climate Confident podcast. Tune into the whole conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsx...

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast. They’ll play this in museums in future. (🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

The climate crisis doesn’t have an evidence problem. It has a pressure problem. We have the science. We increasingly have the economics. And still… action stalls. That’s the thread running through my latest Climate Confident conversation with Professor Dana Fisher @fisherdanar.bsky.social #climate

This conversation with @tomraftery.com about climate action in this moment of polycrisis was really cathartic, give it a listen! The full conversation is available where you get your podcasts, or watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLsx...

Did he just spell trillionaire wrong?

stop any women driving out of state to one that does abortions, for example ?

If you live in the US and bought a Tesla…

Oil just crossed $100 a barrel again. 📈 Which means we should probably congratulate the American president. Because making fossil fuels expensive, volatile, and geopolitically terrifying is… a daring climate policy. 🌍⚡️ Bold move 😉 #climate #climatechange

Oil doesn’t need to run out to damage an economy. It just needs a chokepoint. That’s the real lesson from this week’s escalation around Iran and the disruption risk in the Strait of Hormuz.

The war on Iran is exposing, again, how fragile oil and gas-based economies really are. Tankers, chokepoints, inflation, and strategic risk. Meanwhile, sunshine and wind sail past Hormuz just fine. Why renewables plus storage now look like the smartest security bet.

FUN FACT: The UK has nearly twice as many public EV chargers as fuel pumps www.gov.uk/governmen...

I think they spelled “bored” wrong!

Kudos to the Iranians for coming back so quickly from having been obliterated

Ukraine stress-tested modern energy systems. Clean power helped. But the IEA’s latest report shows deployment alone isn’t enough. Europe’s next energy phase demands cyber resilience, spare parts strategy, restoration speed, and system design that survives shock.

Little known fact

I grew up in Ireland in the 70s and 80s. The country was almost entirely white. White privilege wasn't something I experienced - how could it be, when everyone looked the same? The only Black Irish people most of us knew were Paul McGrath and Phil Lynott. That was literally it.

Oh - death of a legend Robert Duvall RIP www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Electrification is no longer about emissions alone. It’s reshaping where industry chooses to locate. IEA data shows China, India, and Africa pulling ahead — while the US clings to fossil incumbents and falls behind.

From Le Monde

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

This is absolutely appalling. Unfortunately unsurprising, but still appalling

To-date. That we know of. In case you wanted it neatly documented anywhere.

Elon's absolute greatest fear is actually having to be responsible for his actions which says everything

When this idiot is dissing you, you know you are doing something right!

This. We have ever growing demand for energy. Energy efficiency is the cheapest way to get new energy. Also embodied carbon reductions are like a gold rush for energy as the first energy costs, the manufacturing of products & construction can be about half of the lifetime energy costs of a bldg.

Buildings are responsible for nearly 40% of global emissions. Decarbonising them isn’t a niche climate play anymore. It’s about cost control, resilience, and future-proofing assets. Here’s why building electrification has moved from “nice to have” to unavoidable