This day in 1918 Nelson #Mandela was born. A promising career as a lawyer was cut short and he spent 27 years in jail before becoming South Africa’s first democratic president. Here is my #poem: He Lived Among Us A Tribute to Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) www.waynevisser.com/poetry/he-li...

The lithium-ion battery powers eight billion mobile phones, hundreds of millions of laptops and rapidly growing fleets of electric cars and energy-storage banks. But there’s a new contender breaking into the battery market go.nature.com/4waiKQo

Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.

It won’t reverse the clean energy wave, but it’s an unnecessary pandering to the fossil fuel lobby

New milestone for #renewables in Europe: #Solar was the bloc’s largest single source of power in June, ahead of nuclear (21%), gas (15%), wind (14%) and hydro (12%), as coal generated just 8%, according to data from the energy thinktank Ember.

Sodium-ion #batteries promise to be cheaper, safer & more environmentally friendly than the lithium-ion cells in #EVs. #CATL — the world’s largest #battery producer — will start mass-producing sodium-ion batteries by the end of the year Read more: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #sodiumionbatteries

The 2026 #Environmental Performance Index is out, ranking 177 countries on 47 environmental indicators. #Estonia ranks #1. European countries hold all but one of the top 20 positions, with #Luxembourg, the #UK, #Finland, and the #Netherlands are top 5. #Laos is bottom, just ahead of #India

former staff from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s climate . gov website have launched a new website, climate.us which aims to restore access to “accurate, accessible and scientifically rigorous” climate information. It was funded by more than 2,500 private donations.

#Solar #energy means competition for land, right? WRONG. Besides #agrivoltaics, how about solar panels between #railway tracks@ Sun-Ways installed solar on a 100-metre stretch of railway in western Switzerland, which produced 18.2 MWh of electricity – while 11,000 trains rattled overhead.

Some 400 years after being pushed to local extinction in England, #beavers were introduced to Paradise Fields – a 10-hectare stretch of land – in 2023. They have helped alleviate flooding but also boosted biodiversity: with 4 new species spotted in less that a year Image: Eliot Sachot

It feels like everything is going backwards - and yet the green economy has topped $10tn (£7.6tn) in market value for the first time, according to a report by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). Let's not give up. We are making a difference #greeneconomy www.lseg.com/content/dam/...

Protecting and restoring #nature is so often seen as a cost, whereas the opposite is true. Nature can save us millions, maybe even billions - in this case in avoided flood damage #beavers #naturepositive www.cnn.com/2026/06/18/c...

For the first time since the Middle Ages #Italy now has more land covered in #forests than farms - over 100,000 sq.kms or 37%. #Nature recovery is mot only possible, it is already happening #naturepositive

Happily we are entering a period where we will see CO2 emissions peak and start to fall in country after around the world. #Australia is the latest to join this exclusive club with carbon emissions shrinking by 2% in 2025, mainly due to a rooftop #solar revolution

We often only think of #EVs in terms of their climate benefits, but let’s not forget that fossil fuel cars kill millions of people every year due to air pollution. #China is already reaping the benefits from the switch to electric #cleantech #climatetech www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In May for the first time, #solar supplied more of US electricity than coal, or 12.8%. Solar also became the third-largest source of electricity in the U.S., behind natural gas and nuclear apnews.com/article/trum... Source: Ember #renewables

Consider these two BBC headlines from the past week: >>Trump announces $700m coal investment using wartime law >> Costly fuel pushes more Indians to buy electric cars but challenges remain Which one would you say is looking forward, and which one is looking backward? www.bbc.com/news/article...

More #nature #restoration good news, this time on #mangroves, which store up to five times more, external carbon dioxide than land-based forests. Since 2010, we have gained more than we lost. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #naturepositive

#NewZealand has announced the establishment of five new #marine #reserves (entirely “no-take” zones) along the #Otago coast today, the country’s first in over a decade. Covering 308 km2, increasing New Zealand's marine reserve coverage by nearly 50% oceanographicmagazine.com/news/aotearo...

Sometimes less is more .. come to think of it, that's often the case with #sustainability. Good news on #dam removals in Europe, a key lever in #rewilding efforts. #Sweden was the trailblazer, with at least 173 barrier removals, followed by #Finland and #Spain. www.wetlands.org/europe-sets-...

Never waste a crisis .. looks like China knows this idiom

Of the 322 #energy projects announced across #Africa in 2025, 173 were #solar projects, followed by #hydropower at 46, #wind at 34, gas at 22 and hybrid energy projects at 14 Source: Electron Intelligence, Photo: Themba Hadebe

Good news for #nature: In a landmark case brought by Client Earth, a Dutch court has ruled that bottom trawling in a marine protected area is unlawful.

#Ghana has announced its first ever #marine protected area. The Greater Cape reserve covers 703 sq km kilometres and is a key spawning ground for fish, stocks of which have plummeted in the area due to overfishing. Source: Positive News Image: Gerhard Petterson

#Amsterdam has become the first capital city to outlaw ads for high-carbon products, including meat, flights and internal combustion engine cars. The ban came into force on 1 May following similar moves by other Dutch cities, including The Hague, Utrecht and Delft.

There were 27,000 #solar installations across the #UK in March – equivalent to around one every two minutes. According to the government, the UK’s solar capacity has increased by 11.7% over the last year, with more large-scale installations due to come online.

In March #EV exports from #China grew 53% and in April 112%. Beneficiaries include #Australia — up 67% from February, #Belgium — up 63%, and #Germany at 34%.

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

There are very few winners in an oil-war .. Russia, unfortunately, is one .. China may just be another #cleantech #china

As horrific as the Israel-US war on Iran is, I am convinced it is a tipping point for #cleantech in the world - towards #EVs and #renewables especially. Many are suffering and will suffer from the economic chaos Trump is causing, but the irony is that his #oil war will send fossil fuels into decline

#FireHorse. A new #poem, inspired by the Chinese Year of the Fire Horse, and written for someone special. Read here: www.linkedin.com/posts/waynev...

With every crisis comes an opportunity #EVs #oilcrisis

ENVOYS OF HOPE A new #poem by Wayne Visser Read here: www.linkedin.com/posts/waynev...

Indigenous river defenders are celebrating after winning a David versus Goliath battle against the Brazilian government and corporate giants over plans to industrialise an Amazonian waterway.

🎙️ Season 6 of the #Purpose #Inspired #Podcast has come to an end. The final episode of the season (based on my book #Thriving) is part witness statement, part call to arms. I share why - despite all the challenges - I'm still hopeful about the future. waynevisser.buzzsprout.com/216427/episo...

This is what happens when we start wars over #oil. We would rather not have them, but when we do, we are speeding the transition to #renewables. Oil companies get a short term boom, but the life expectancy of their industry goes down. I expect the war in #Iran to be the same.

#Reformation. When I wrote my first book "Beyond Reasonable Greed", in the Introduction my co-author Clem Sunter and I talked about magic - the "bad magic" of catastrophic corporate governance failures and unsustainable business, driven by unreasonable greed.

Despite the Trump administration, 1,162 terrawatt-hours of the U.S.'s electricity was generated from renewable sources in 2025, a 10% increase over the prior year

Some good news from the UK as the Green Party wins a seat .. and a red flag (the far right Reform came in 2nd ahead of Labour in 3rd). From plumber to Parliament, the Green Party's new MP #green #greenparty #UK #politics www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yesterday I visited the inspiring #Helsinki head office of #StoraEnso, constructed almost entirely from #wood, replacing vast quantities of #concrete & #steel. Here are some facts about the incredible #climate benefits of using wood for #packaging & #construction. www.linkedin.com/posts/waynev...

The best science helps us be better humans - including how we treat other sentient life on our planet. #Animal #welfare (& #nature & #climate) is one of the main reasons that I have been #vegetarian for nearly 40 years and #vegan for nearly 10. I'm celebrating this 🙌 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I love it when #innovation proves its self in developing countries. That’s when you know we are on a tipping point. This was Musk’s original vision for Tesla superchargers, lost along the journey to far right advocacy #renewables #EVs #solar #trucks #southafrica apnews.com/article/char...

There is still a penalty from #ethical institutional investors for ignoring #climate risks .. but in the case of #BlackRock, with $16 trillion of assets under management, I'm guessing they didn't even blink.

Hard to call anything these #banks are saying about their commitment to #sustainability or #ESG as anything other than #greenwashing. Or am I wrong?

For those still on X, I’m giving Twitter another try. Like it or not (and I still don’t like Elon Musk’s views), that’s where the network scale is and X is more than Musk. I really like BlueSky’s culture, but I’m worried it’s a comfortable echo chamber for me. Find me @waynevisser. I’ll be here too

Africa was the world’s fastest-growing #solar market in 2025: solar installed capacity expanded 17% in 2025, boosted by imports of Chinese-made solar panels. Global solar power capacity rose 23% in 2025 to 618 GW, slowing from a 44% increase in 2024.

#Singapore raised its 2030 #solar installation goal by 50% after hitting its previous target early, as the city-state tries to hit net zero emissions by the middle of the century. Read more: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #renewables #cleantech #climatetech

The Great #Decoupling: Are We Crossing the X-Curve? A recent report from the ECIU shows that 113 countries—representing 97% of global GDP—have successfully decoupled economic growth from #CO2 emissions over the past decade. Read more: www.linkedin.com/posts/waynev...

Extinct #moss is being reintroduced across Yorkshire's moors in the fight against #climate change. Sphagnum moss can hold 20 times its weight in water and helps create peat bogs, where dead vegetation accumulates rather than decays, capturing #carbon in the ground. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The UK government awarded contracts to a record supply of renewables projects, including 157 solar developments across England, Scotland and Wales. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #renewables #solar #cleantech #climatetech