The 2025 update of the Global Carbon Budget is out.​​ While fossil CO2 emissions rise again and carbon sinks are weakened by climate change, deforestation emissions are down and many countries decarbonise their energy. No global emissions peak yet though. theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...

Developed w/#SpatialFinance, GEM’s new Global Chemicals Inventory maps 868 plants in 80 countries — tracking 8 core chemicals forming the backbone of modern materials & fertilizers. Built for transparency in one of the world’s most energy-intensive sectors: globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...

Quoted in Norweigan media as being "less pessimistic than ten years ago". I was very clear that this is not the same as "more optimistic"...

L'édition 2025 du Bilan Carbone Mondial (Global Carbon Budget) a été publiée aujourd'hui. Les émissions de CO₂ d'origine fossile devraient augmenter de 1,1% supplémentaires en 2025.

La edición 2025 del Presupuesto Global de Carbono se publicó hoy e incluye una proyección de las emisiones globales de CO₂ procedentes de fuentes fósiles. Se espera que las emisiones vuelvan a aumentar este año, en un 1.1%.

Die Ausgabe 2025 des Global Carbon Budget wurde heute veröffentlicht. Die Emissionen aus fossilen Quellen werden voraussichtlich im Jahr 2025 um weitere 1,1% steigen.

You can stream the Global Carbon Budget 2025 press conference at 1400 EU time (1000 in Belém) on 13 November. You will find the link here, under Press Conference 2, 10:00-10:30. unfccc.int/cop30/meetin...

Look who's been updated recently. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

Taiwan's fossil CO₂ emissions are down 3.9% Jan-Sep compared to the same period last year. robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...

これは、初めて日本を含めた2025年のGlobal Carbon Budget（グローバル・カーボン・バジェット）の予測です。日本では、原子力発電所の再稼働が進み、太陽光発電が力強く成長することで、排出量は引き続き減少すると予想されています。

📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢 Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength. The key findings are covered in two reports this year: * ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es... * Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1/

As New Zealand Minister Hon. Simon Watts heads to #COP30, here's some remarkable new information from an Official Information Act response I received today. 1/-

1/2 We just published the Global Carbon Budget 2025, with a mix of bad news (CO2 emissions continue to grow) and encouraging news (35 countries saw emissions decline over the past decade while growing their economies). Read the highlights in a short article: theconversation.com/the-worlds-c...

Get your fill of Global Carbon Budget 2025 figures and associated data here, released today: robbieandrew.github.io/GCB2025/

Global Carbon Budget 2025, released today.

NEW: Global fossil fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless 'stated policies' are abandoned Contra some terrible news coverage, IEA World Energy Outlook shows coal near peak, oil peaking by 2030 & gas by 2035 (see chart) What's going on? 🧵 + cool charts www.carbonbrief.org/iea-fossil-f...

Maybe with all the attention paid to the COP, Norwegians will learn that another language has a word equivalent to "dugnad"!

Perhaps the most striking thing about Bill Gates' lil memo "three tough truths about climate" is quite how many responses there have been. A wee thread to gather some together (add others that I've missed, please) www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...

Updates of monthly car sales data in the last few days. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

Aussie government pushes a new scheme to give free electricity for three hours a day in parts of the country.

Sales of non-diesel heavy trucks in the Chinese domestic market reached 57% of the total in September. LNG truck sales are still doing well, but the growth is largely in battery trucks.

Norway's fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell passenger cars has halved in size since its peak less than three years ago. The all-time peak was 0.0084% of the fleet.

Interesting. Downtime at Kollsnes, Troll, and Sleipner because of "Failure – external power supply". Troll and Sleipner are platforms connected to mainland electricity, Troll connected via Kollsnes, and Sleipner via Haugsneset (near Kårstø). umm.gassco.no

Unseasonal wild weather over India at the end of October has led to a surge in generation from wind turbines in the country. robbieandrew.github.io/india/index....

India's rainfall in October was about 50% higher than normal for the month. It continues to be a wet year. May was the wettest May since records began in 1901. robbieandrew.github.io/india/index....

Fun to see ChatGPT thinking before it answers: "I can tell the user is frustrated, so I'll avoid seeking further clarification."

Interesting climate/energy policy developments in China.

Four-minute video worth your time. Over 2021-24, the EU sent €930 billion more out of the country to import fossil fuels instead of investing domestically. EVs and heat pumps are obvious ways to reduce this waste, but there are more.

Nudging makes it sound so easy. Apparently it's not. "People living in countries with opt-out systems perceive organ supply as sufficient, and are consequently less willing to become living donors." Net effect: fewer organs available, not more.

ACEA have released their September numbers for Europe. 1/2

If NOAA stops publishing data, is the World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases a viable alternative? Anyone familiar? They appear to receive submissions directly from many agencies around the world, just as NOAA does. gaw.kishou.go.jp/search

In which they don't discuss why they called it "carbon emissions" in the title when the report they're covering is actually about the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Have to assume they think these are the same, but they're not. Such is our collective misuse of the word "emissions".

"try installing solar panels on your roof in the U.S. Americans pay a median price of $28,000 for a 7-kilowatt system. The typical Australian, meanwhile, spends just $4,000, and the German — after filling out a mere two-page application — pays $10,000 per project."

Good to see things moving along for Electra's method of producing iron from iron ore using electricity at the temperature of a cup of coffee. It's possible to imagine a day when we start to see blast furnaces being shut down and scrapped, out-competed by better methods.

It's not long ago that most of us never even asked the question where the rubber on our tyres went when we realise we have to replace the worn ones. The obvious answer is: directly into nature. New report shows that car tyres are the largest source of microplastics in Norway's natural environment.

New data from our Global #CoalPlant Tracker is out. A few key trends: 📉 Countries w/coal power under dev't hit a record low — only 33 remain since the Paris Agreement. 📉 New proposals fell below 2 GW in Q3 2025 — 85% below recent averages. Explore the data ⤵️ globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...

Tomorrow Berkeley Earth will hold our monthly press briefing to cover the September Temperature Report. 8 am PDT / 11 am EDT / 5 pm CET Everyone is welcome to attend to hear the updates and ask your burning climate questions. Registration: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Just added a simple list of the most recent updates to my vehicle sales page. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

Europeans want train travel to be easier, but gaps in the current system are putting them off rail altogether. The upcoming #SingleTicketingPackage is the EU’s chance to finally improve long-distance rail. 🧵⤵️

The first cement produced at Norway's Brevik plant with carbon emissions captured and stored under the seabed has now been used in concrete poured in Oslo's new metro line to Fornebu.

"the narrative about the EU significantly falling behind the US in terms of [economic] output is wrong"

Smarter car chargers. Seems a no-brainer: Add a battery to the charger so it can store off-peak power, and the grid-connection specs are lower.

One of the most dramatic "blips" at a global level, ever. robbieandrew.github.io/internationa...

🚨 Launched: State of Wildfires Report 2024-25 The Americas felt the harsh reality of what it means to live on a more fire-prone planet, with extreme #wildfire episodes made 2-3 times more likely by #climate change. 🔥 Full details via our brand new website: stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/

"breathtaking ignorance and hostility to progress"

Norway's government presents its suggested budget for 2026 today. Includes reducing the sales-tax exemption for BEVs from 500,000 kroner to 300,000 kr: a 500,000 kr (~USD50,000) BEV will cost 50,000 kr (~USD5,000) more.

NOAA data show Mauna Loa was about to be deluged, but perhaps the US government shutdown has saved it just in time? robbieandrew.github.io/ppm/

Update of the Global CCS Institute's report due out today, webinar starts in under an hour.

Stans i elektrifisering av sokkelen betyr lite for kraftbalansen🔌Å nærme seg vedtatte mål for solkraftproduksjon og strømsparing er mye viktigere for kraftbalansen i Norge. Det er en av mange poenger vår ferske tilnull kvartalsrapport. Les mer her: www.klimastiftelsen.no/aktuelt/ny-r...

Wise words... www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/02/1...