Lovely survey work by @chathamhouse.org on public attitudes to Chinese EVs. Something to keep in mind ahead of next week's EU EV announcements. www.chathamhouse.org/sites/defaul...

Whisky byproducts being turned into fish-free omega 3 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... < I did some work on circular economy opportunities in Scotland a LONG time ago and it's brilliant to see this finally coming off!

Schade www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

While declining aerosols is responsible for part of this observed change, it may also be driven by internal climate variability or a feedback to climate warming. The latter is worrying, as it would imply higher climate sensitivity than currently expected.

I see the EU's vast CBAM carbon intensity default values spreadsheet is out. A shame that it classifies UK power sector carbon intensity as 430gCO2/kWh. In 2025, UK power has actually had a carbon intensity of around 130gCO2/kWh - over 3x lower!

New CEO of Diageo writes: "Environmental shocks, from flooding to soil degradation to heat stress, pose direct threats to commercial viability Recent evidence found that the share prices of companies most exposed to biodiversity risk underperformed those less exposed" www.ft.com/content/5094...

OBR reckons pay per mile for EVs "is likely to reduce demand for electric cars as it increases their lifetime cost". Expecting 440k fewer sales through to 2030 compared to previous forecast, offset by a 130k increase in sales from more funding for the government's grant scheme'.

This will reduce the price of electricity, good for bills and will make the transition easier. But because of other levies (nuclear, correcting two decades of underinvestment in the grid), electricity will still be around 4x the cost of gas.

This is a big deal. The reduction in sulphur emissions from ships means clouds aren’t as reflective and persistent, so the warming from greenhouse gases is not offset as much. So, while this change is very good for air quality, it’s very bad for almost everything else. #climate

Brughel calling for a delay to CBAM on electricity as it risks pushing prices power prices up for a couple of years with v little climate benefit. Better to have accelerated ETS/elec market linking but we're 6 weeks away from CBAM's application... www.bruegel.org/analysis/cas...

Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.

This will kill the heat pump market. And that means cuts in investment in the whole system: tech, skills, supply chain, business investment. And the subsidy is not a *benefit*, it's designed to equalise the choice between gas and electric. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Well, Alan Whitehead's appointment is good news for UK energy www.gov.uk/government/n...

£1.1bn for UK renewables this year (AR7) vs £1.5bn for renewables last year (AR6). The message to developers is to not take the mick on pricing - but the reality is that this isn't the final number, and everyone knows that. 🔌💡

This isn't going to happen. What car manufacturer is going to bet their market share on selling cars that go slow after the 100km PHEV battery dies?

Kudos to @faisalislam.bsky.social on drawing the link between climate and food prices in this piece www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A shame it took him til word 1,882 (or 1,963 words) to do so.

Pleased to be talking about the future of UK wind power in light of the loss of political consensus on climate - alongside Andrew Bowie, Conservative energy minister.

"climate impacted products alone added almost two percentage points to the 5.1% rise in the food and drink basket — roughly 4x the inflationary impact of the rest." www.ft.com/content/ced8...

imo, the obliteration of of the IRA Waste Emissions Charge (the "methane rule") is an underdiscussed loss with global ripple effects. the EPA had a solid framework for identifying & abating cheap, high-impact GHG emissions in up/midstream gas. it's all gone now. the EU methane reg stands alone.

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This is the quiet, but slowly getting louder horror story taking place across the northern hemisphere

Nice bit of journalism here on a potential 5x rise in the farming inheritance tax threshold. I tend to agree that it buys no goodwill: news.sky.com/story/damage...

Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory If the world didn’t win, has it lost? We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...

Claire Coutinho would scrap carbon/renewables costs to save £126/y on bills. What might go? - Carbon Price Support: £26/y (main loser is the taxpayer) - Renewables Obligation: £86/y (retrospective change- v bad for investment) - Small scale FiTs: £20/y (retrospective- bad for small solar investors)

Another politician saying don't invest in Britain. 🤦‍♂️

Grid battery prices fell by 40% last year. Evidence is mounting they falling by around ANOTHER 40% THIS YEAR🤯🤯🤯

I'm looking forward to tea production stats from English tea growers (shout out to www.dartmoorestatetea.com, tregothnan.co.uk, and peterstontea.com) that look like this chart...

Why are food prices still on the up? Come on BBC - it’s global heating. Those droughts and heatwaves that raise food prices are 10x to 100x more likely because of the carbon emissions we’re putting into the atmosphere.

Faithful reporting but I'm a bit sceptical that uranium is the key constraint for nuclear. The problem for the industry is still construction cost: www.ft.com/content/0d6c...

"In almost every area of the energy transition, one country dominates: China. Wind power, where the People’s Republic still has less than half the global market, is a rare exception. President Donald Trump is doing his best to change that." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Very interesting CCS study: www.nature.com/articles/s41... The headline is a large reduction in potential storage, but there's still plenty of carbon storage to keep warming well below 2c. It does pour a bit of cold water on European storage - only the UK and Norway are major players.

Important article to read in advance of #COP30: "We should prohibit deforestation in the Amazon because it is very close to the point of no return.” #Brazil #Amazon #Survival apnews.com/article/braz...

Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes which most likely will significantly intensify in the future. Caused by climate change, they span ice sheet, sea ice, ocean & life itself . These changes are a clarion call to all of us, ‘cause what happens in Antarctica affects us all. 1/

NEW: I wrote about engineered wood! Including a new, ultra strong version. Using more timber in construction - rather than concrete and steel - could help reduce the carbon footprint on buildings. (Am happy that my editor used my headline, at the top of the article!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For the £49bn cost of a 3rd runway at Heathrow, the Spanish could build more than 3 high speed rail lines. - London-Glasgow in 3h (linked to HS1 to Paris) - Bristol-Newcastle in 2h - London-St Ives in 2.5h Plus they'd be near zero carbon. Explain to me why a 3rd runway is good value?

A 'don't invest in Britain' message from Reform. Two problems: 1. Nearly 1m people now work in the UK's green economy. This promises them unemployment. 2. AR7 allocates contracts. Reform won't honour contract law, which underpins private property. If you thought Liz Truss was bad, just wait 💡🔌

It was already hard to be a young scientist. Trump is making it almost impossible. Must-read by @smallthoughts.bsky.social, in his last @thebulletin.org article as our climate fellow: thebulletin.org/2025/07/trum...

The OBR report you should be reading- excellent from @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org. Mitigation costs are down to ~0.5% of GDP and are *way* cheaper than avoidable damage costs. Plus, damage costs will rise - economics is a long way behind climate science. www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...

"The life-cycle emissions of BEVs in the European Union are estimated to be 73% lower than those of gasoline ICEVs." @iccteu.bsky.social's latest report: theicct.org/publication/...

🎉📢 Excellent news for climate action: The government has committed to a methane action plan - and in time for #COP30 this year! Last night, we attended a reception where we heard encouraging words from Ed Miliband MP, @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu , the COP30 President, Kerry McCarthy MP + more. 1/3

Uh these are most definitely not idiosycratic drivers of inflation for the 21st century, Mr Bailey. Climate risks are the inflation megatrend of this century. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Worth reading from @transenv.bsky.social on the parlous state of EU EV manufacturing: euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

HUGE: Senate Parliamentarian says that Mike Lee's public land sell-off violates the Byrd rule, requires 60 votes in the Senate. A bunch of other terrible anti-environment provisions do too. This isn't over, but this is a huge win. www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

The problem with the datacentres need SMRs hype is that Las Vegas, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Muscat can all do high uptime with kit (batteries and solar) that takes less than 12 months to build.

This is a problem for EV uptake in Europe: high electricity prices mean EVs are no longer always cheaper to run than petrol. Time-of-use pricing avoids this problem, but it's near impossible to find public chargers in the UK that are the same price as petrol.

What is populism? It's suggesting it's possible to reopen outdated blast furnaces, power them with the wrong sort of the coal & waste a £500m investment in modern, cleaner electric arc furnaces that can use the scrap metal (British scrap metal!) we too often export. shorturl.at/xsaPM

The odd current means-test on free school meals (£7,400 in take-home pay) is both extremely mean & (due to lack of inflation-adjustment) getting ever-meaner. V welcome, hunger-relieving news that it’s now going to be eased & automatically linked to Universal Credit

“The idea that we must choose between a strong economy and protecting our environment is outdated. The future I believe in is one where these two aims go hand in hand, driving innovation and opportunity" - well said James Cleverly! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hats off to the marketing genius who has rebranded ‘we lack the infrastructure to check EU food imports, despite 4 years of delays’ into this press release: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fruit-and-veg-import-checks-scrapped-ahead-of-uk-eu-deal

The UK grid looks v clean for the next 48h. There's enough power to switch all fossil fuel generation off, but is there enough inertia? 4.9GW of nuclear, interconnectors, batteries and synchronous condensers are are due to be ready this year. But will NESO dare, given the recent Iberian blackouts?🔌💡