Important thread here on the possibility of scrapping ECO. I would add that when ECO was cut in 2013, 10,000 people lost their jobs. That's more than 3 times as many than Scunthorpe steel works and a whopping 20 times more than Grangemouth oil refinery

Happy lungs-filled-with-metal-and-carbon day to all who celebrate 😞 (To be fair this is not the worst one I've seen, largely because it's windy and maybe because🎆on a weekday so we'll see another spike at the weekend)

Maybe this will bring some attention to #ExtremeHeat

If you still want to have a sleepless night now that temperatures have cooled in the UK, just follow @extremetemps.bsky.social for an abundance of nightmare material about extreme heat across the globe 😱

"Otto said that too many media reports about heatwaves include photographs of children eating ice cream and happy people playing on the beach. “That’s a massive problem”, she said, although she added that more articles were now referring to the role of climate change in driving heatwaves."

Well the wonders of AI never cease 🤔...seems it can make a podcast of a paper I've written, without me lifting a finger. wtf4cities.com/2025/06/24/3...

[email protected] nailing British attitude to cooling in this #heatwave by getting out the old fans! 🤦‍♀️

New idea to explore re shared ground loops 😆

Could this be the news that gets people on board with climate change impacts? #ExtremeHeat #NoBikinis

🌡️🔥Climate change isn't a distant threat—it's a public health crisis now. Our study shows heat-related deaths in many cities could surpass annual COVID-19 deaths in just 5–10 years at 3°C warming. Urgent action is needed! 👉 rdcu.be/d5rnL @natureportfolio.bsky.social #scientificreports

Back to work...Happy new year all! Looking forward to our Energy & Complexity conference in just over 2 weeks! Registration still open for online sessions: urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl...

📢Be sure to add 'Register for Energy & Complexity conference' to the top of your (probably huge) to-do list. Registration for in-person attendance is closing on 20th December! And good luck with that enormous list 🫣 I recommend hourly mince-pie breaks 👍 urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl...

Climate themed band name ideas: 1. Greenhouse Day 2. Red Hot Ocean Peppers 3. Oasis Lost 4. Rage Against the Methane

"Professor Sebastian Pfautsch, an expert in urban planning at the University of Western Sydney who has been gathering data on the growing dangers of heat in our sprawling city, took a reading off the surface of a piece of gym equipment. It was 98 degrees – easily enough to burn a child’s hand"

#ClimateCrisis crisis deepens with 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record, says @CopernicusECMWF - It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spaces are filling up fast! If you would like to join us for a day of #energy and #complexity on 22nd Jan in Leeds then register here before the 20th December: urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl... We've got some great speakers, a packed agenda and there'll be plenty of refreshments 😋!

Weekend interlude.

📢Research assistant job on a great project with @kavinpn.bsky.social on #futures of the #GreenEconomy - can't wait to get going on this one!

📢Deadline closing on Friday for ECR abstracts for our Energy & Complexity conference - get them in! 🏃‍♀️ urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl...

📢Funded PhD in Co-producing age-friendly and just indoor spaces: indoor environmental quality and Net Zero transitions. Deadline 31 Jan #PhD #Energy #AirQuality #NetZero phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2107...

Popping in to share some adverts...might stay if the chat is good 😄

Inviting abstracts & registrations for Energy & Complexity 2025 in Leeds on 22nd Jan 2025! Themed ‘energy systems and complexity’, the conference promotes exchange of recent research in the field urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl... @energyfrin.bsky.social #energy #complexity #conference