The 2025 #ProductionGap report warns by 2030, fossil fuel production is projected to be: ⚠️>2x above the 1.5°C temperature limit ⚠️77% above 2°C To deliver on the Paris Agreement, gov'ts must implement the commitment to transition away from fossil fuels. Read the report: www.iisd.org/publications...

Good news for European (though mostly German) defence industry:

A federal judge ruled Monday that a nearly complete offshore wind project halted by the administration can resume, dealing President Donald Trump a setback in his ongoing effort to restrict the industry. https://to.pbs.org/4gBPT0k

from ‘peak gas’ to ‘gas for peaks - while we scale up batteries’

….these new AI-AirPods, can they also filter out climate jargon? Seriously, when will we learn? ‘…the finance stack, blended or not, is not ready for overshoot. The MDBs know this, of course’, on a public panel.

The new ‘Production Gap Report’ is out. Take a deep breath. productiongap.org/2025report/

Climate Minister of Vanuatu, Ralph Regenvanu: “We are at the forefront of climate impacts. But eventually every country will” #ClimateWeekNY

Simon Stiell, UNFCCC, at the opening of #ClimateWeekNY just now: Ten years after Paris is the right time to take stock of what worked well in the negotiations and what didn’t. Not every COP has to deliver on every single issue, says Stiell, and highlights the progress made.

I feel like there should be some law against advocating for solar geoengineering if you've never advocated for the phaseout of fossil fuels.

As for SMRs, useful though they might be useful as elements in the energy system (perhaps to power AI data centres), as a climate solution they are largely irrelevant even if affordable. You would need 1,250 big RR SMRs to match the output of wind and solar today. 12a/n

@mliebreich.bsky.social welcomes @hannahritchie.bsky.social to discuss her brand new book 'Clearing the Air' where she tackles 50 common myths of the transition - Aren't electric cars just as bad for the climate? Won’t the world run out of minerals? Watch now 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=voLb...

In #ScienceUnderSiege (www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...), @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I criticize the NY Times for pushing unhelpful antiscience (like the "Lab Leak Theory" for COVID-19) or fossil fuel-friendly framing (e.g. in this case, "geoengineering" as a climate solution):

On China and clean energy tech: “For the first time in two centuries, the West is no longer the leader in future technology but the follower” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

To blame the shift to renewables or the combustion engine ban for Germany’s economic malaise confuses cause and effect. It is the costly and unnecessary over-reliance on fossil fuels and the insistence on combustion engines which no longer sell in China that deserve a closer look. #technologieoffen

For those who emphasise the so-called ESG backlash in Europe or America, this is a timely reminder that sustainability is a global movement meeting global challenges. Thank-you @wblau.bsky.social.

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

India has broken my graph. 30 GW of renewables added so far this year, ahead of 28.6 GW for all of 2024. robbieandrew.github.io/india

Last year, the I.E.A. predicted that China’s export of clean-energy technologies in 10 years will reach $340 billion annually, roughly the same as the current oil exports from Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. combined. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...

Trump suggests that networks should lose their broadcast licenses if their on-air talent is critical of him.

think baseload? think solar and grid-scale batteries.

JP Morgan counters the currently prevailing narrative by which the electricy demand fromdata centers justified new gas power plants. JP Morgan: solar + wind are the 'strategic solution' as they can be 'deployed faster' than gas. www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...

Umlagen, Abgaben und Steuern machen Strom teuer - und somit den dringenden Umstieg auf klimafreundliche, strombasierte Alternativen unattraktiv. Dabei sind die nötigen Technologien längst da – oftmals sogar von deutschen Herstellern. Stattdessen geht Katherina Reiches Geisterfahrt munter weiter. 🆕👇

Fun to spread the dolar gospel in the world capital of hydrocarbons! (And the Houston Chronicle deserves some kudos for its serious coverage of the energy biz!) www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

Every time, a journalist asks me for yet another interview on the question of ‘activism in climate journalism’, I assume an activist motivation behind the question.

This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In case you find yourself thinking that somehow all sustainability regulation was being rolled back. It isn't. And the US is the outlier. Enormous dynamism and regulatory innovation across Asia. This is from The Brunswick Group's quarterly sustainability radar. For the full report, contact me.

Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.

NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly) 🧵quick thread www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

Das, was derzeit meinen Kollegen @dunjahayali.de und Elmar Theveßen widerfährt, dürfte z.T. auch eine orchestrierte Kampagne sein. In den digitalen Kloaken genügt es ja, jemanden zu markieren und dann wird das zum Selbstläufer, in rechtsfreien Räumen, denen sich bislang keine Kraft entgegenstellt. 🧵

What a treasure trove by @ember-energy.org: ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Dass ist eine der klarsten Einordnung von Kirk und dem Attentat, die ich im ÖRR wahrgenommen habe. Dass @dunjahayali.de deswegen so viele Morddrohungen erhält, dass sie sich erstmal zurückzieht, zeigt, wie weit nach rechts unsere Gesellschaft inzwischen gerückt ist. Eine bedrückende Entwicklung.

Top Trump officials used Charlie Kirk’s death to threaten liberal groups, making unsubstantiated claims about a “domestic terror” movement. nyti.ms/3ViXyGZ

Part 1 of Liebreich’s essay is worth reading again. Polite and firm takedown of Yergin’s, Smil’s, and Chris Wright’s misleading energy narratives: about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away

Coal power is showing signs of decline in China 🇨🇳 In the first half of 2025, coal power declined 55 TWh (-1.7%), as growth in solar and wind exceeded demand growth ☀️🍃 This is the first time China has ever seen prolonged falls in coal power outside of a major economic shock.

Musk wants a country, not just UK He offered Conor McGregor (guilty of SA) financial backing to run for the Irish presidency. That explains McGregor's bizarre speech to drum up interest. Under rules of the Standards in Public Office Commission donations from outside of Ireland are not allowed.

Some pics from our climb on Mt. Snowdon yesterday. Wales is just so beautiful:

Foreign billionaires don’t get to incite violence against Britain. We cannot stay silent. 1/5 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

This is Musk actively inciting political violence.

Very consequential for corporate climate reporting. Important: While this is a blow, Asia and Europe are not stopping with their regulatory efforts. It is the US that is becoming the regulatory island, with CA and NY pushing back. www.esgtoday.com/sec-chair-wa...

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c... “The Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air.”

I urge all policymakers to attend this vital briefing on the climate & nature crisis, which brings the latest science from leading experts straight to the people in power. I’d like to see one in every country, & the organizers are open to sharing the model. More info: www.nebriefing.org

“technologieoffen”, Fax-Gerät, Pferdekutsche.

…en route to Madrid to run another session of Brunswick’s internal Climate Academy with our smart team in Spain.

Very good write-up on the EU’s new extended producer responsibility rules for fashion and textiles: www.voguebusiness.com/story/sustai...

The US Chamber of Commerce: “The Chamber has consistently opposed efforts by the government to pick energy winners and losers, and revoking wind permits today opens the door to uncertainty for all types of energy projects in the future. " www.uschamber.com/economy/we-n...

Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post. Start: 1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!

“Climate is now on the back-burner” is such a rich idiom. 🔥

Fossil-fuel firms receive US subsidies worth $31bn each year, study finds - Figure calculated by @oilchange.bsky.social has more than doubled since 2017 but is likely a vast understatement #climatecrisis Story by @dharna.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Greens leader @baseickhout.bsky.social blasts the hypocrisy of VDL calling for European courage while surrendering to Trump. “Europe has to stop thinking like a market and start acting as a power" he says. He blasts her deal's "crazy" promise to buy €750bn of 🇺🇸 fossil fuels.