The model spread for this year's El Niño forecasts remains insane. 11 of the 13 models expect a very strong (aka "super") El Niño. (rONI > 2 °C) 7 of 13 expect the strongest El Niño in modern history.

The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change???

How average and extreme summer temperatures are changing in Western Europe. Graph: Robert Rohde. This will continue until we reach net zero emissions, whether you like it or not: it’s physics. @rarohde.bsky.social

It didn't use to be normal to hit even 32°C It's now happened every year since 2010 It certainly wasn't normal to hit 35°C It happened in just 10 summers in the 20th Century It's happened 9 times in the first 26 years of the 21st Century 6/

Europe's temperatures are furthest from its historic norm on June 24. The average high is forecast to be 73.6°F, which is 5.5°F above what was typical from 1961-1990, according to Reuters Climate Monitor. Here are the temperature forecasts for different European cities reut.rs/3SpIWYk

44.8C Andujar SPAIN Today Insane heat day and night: 2 consecutive MINIMUMS >30C in Almeria (never happened b4 !). 42C in Northern Spain in several communities and many monthly records including 41.3C at Pamplona (tie). France has smashed HUNDREDS of records 🧵 later...

Iran says its delegation will not return to the table until Trump personally apologizes for his threats today and Israel fully withdraws from southern Lebanon, with Iran delegation ready to fly back to Tehran, per Al-Mayadeen.

Historic #heatwave underway in #Europe! Peak highs upto 45°C , 100-115F!! #France may near an all-time national record. 1000s of daily and June records will fall. Western Europe is one of the fastest warming land areas, and is experiencing some of greatest growth in extreme heat as the climate warms

Mit voraussichtlichen Tageshöchstwerten von 35 Grad Celsius ist heute der heißeste Tag des Jahres – bisher. Das steht für einen langfristigen Trend: Die Zahl der #Hitzetage in Wien hat sich seit Mitte der 1950er-Jahre mehr als verfünffacht, während Eis- und Kältetage zunehmend seltener werden. 1/

That area is actually eerily cooling - because of fresh water from melting Greenland ice, less sea ice, and more rain is less salty and doesn’t sink as fast. That is slowing the whole Atlantic circulation (AMOC) which is arguably the most important circulation on Earth… 4/

The latest forecasts for the western European heatwave are concerning. The subtropical ridge stalls and the extremely warm airmass (T850 ~ 20 °C) will remain in place for at least a week or so. Next week is going to be brutal hot in Spain, France, the UK... ECMWF forecasts for Sun 21 and Sat 27:

We also discussed our bilateral relations and preparations for our Summit on 22 July.

Meanwhile, sea surface temperatures across the wider tropical Pacific have set new daily record high levels since April, including a new *all-time* record for this region. 🔥 Graphic from climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...

The perfect obit headline for this particular climate denier, who knew better but preferred to live a lie heatmap.news/daily/lee-raymond

Europe has installed lots and lots of solar power in the last few years, and that solar power is saving Europeans more than $135 million a day, according to Solar Power Europe cleantechnica.com/2026/06/08/s...

China has passed its agricultural machinery electrification target For China, targets aren't a destination, they're a trajectory China now approaching 43% terminal electrification across the rural and agricultural sectors so far 2026, 14th Five-Year Plan benchmark was 10% by 2025

We have a deal! @europarl.europa.eu and @cy2026eu.bsky.social agreed on changes to the ETS2' reserve. It will give more firepower to the MSR to stabilise prices in the future when needed, and will ensure a smoother start and operation of ETS2. This is a win for a fair and predictable transition!

Market stability reserve for the EU emissions trading system for buildings🏠& road transport🚗(ETS2) @envi.europarl.europa.eu negotiating team led by @danusenerudova.bsky.social & P. Maran makes deal with @cy2026eu.bsky.social to boost the MSR Press release⤵️ www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

Western Europe has experienced a 'temperature whiplash' in May as the weather went from unseasonably cold to record heat in just a few days Copernicus scientists say this is the 'new normal' as climate change takes hold www.ft.com/content/a9d0...

This Iran War is to Asia what the Ukraine war was to Europe. An acceleration of clean energy sovereignty is underway. World continues to buy record amounts of Chinese solar panels, batteries, EVs Pleasure to be in Bloomberg @akshatrathi.bsky.social . Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

China's May NEV penetration hits record high despite continued retail sales decline China's NEV retail penetration rate reached 62.9% in May, as sales of traditional internal combustion engine vehicles shrank significantly. cnev.co/sccs4uB 👇

A strong El Nino may be imminent. Climate change will make its effects worse www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Very good exchange with @iea.org Executive Director Fatih Birol and @eib.org Group staff on the energy transition and the global impact of the Middle East conflict. Electrification is key to powering Europe's future, strengthening security, sovereignty, and competitiveness⚡️

Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely

4g/ 👍 Accelerated phaseout of gas and oil heating, with a new support system targeted low income groups and/or house owners with low valuations. Same for energy efficiency initiatives.

The free weekend update is out. The big story of the week is that Ukraine reached out and touched Putin--twice. Once militarily with long-range strike and second diplomatically. It is a sign of initiative changing. Of course Putin still has Trump in his pocket. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Confirmed: atmospheric CO2 at Mauna Loa averaged 432.3 ppm in May, probably the highest in 15 million years, and 1.8 ppm higher than last year.

Research grade Lithium-Air batteries already have energy density of 1,200 Wh/kg, which is 3x-4x greater than commercial grade battery storage. To match the effective or final stage energy density of Jet-A batteries need to get to ~6,000 Wh/kg. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 www.energy.gov/science/bes/...

The relative index only brings it down a smidge. The vast majority are historic. Only 1 of the ensemble plumes fails to reach historic. It’s remarkable.

Warning signals are everywhere. The past 11 years have been the 11 hottest on record.  In his #WorldEnvironmentDay message, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for action #NowForClimate to cut emissions, protect nature, support vulnerable communities & speed transition to renewable energy. 

According to the company, this makes them the first retail chain in the world to operate a fully electric transport fleet in a single country

Merkel schließt darum mit einem eindringlichen Appell: "Ich möchte allen, die heute in der Klimapolitik engagiert sind, zurufen: Bleiben Sie standhaft, was die Ziele der Politik anbelangt."

Link climate.ec.europa.eu/news-other-r...

Burning fossil fuels has made this heatwave hotter. True for the UK today, and everywhere else, all of the time.

London Heathrow new all-time May heat record 34.4 °C (Data from climexp.knmi.nl available since 1960)

In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few religionnews.com/2026/05/25/i... @clairegiangrave.bsky.social

One in four cars sold in 2025 was electric. The International Energy Agency (IEA) just published its latest annual Global EV Outlook. It provides estimates for electric vehicle sales in 2025. One in four (25%) cars sold in 2025 were electric, more than double the share from just four years earlier

➡️On est vraiment à la limite des seuils de canicules et de vague de chaleur : nous sommes en mai, au printemps ! 6/6

🌡 Épisode de chaleur précoce, remarquable et durable pour ce weekend de la Pentecôte... alors que nous ne sommes qu'en mai ! Les températures atteignent des valeurs de 9 à 12 degrés au-dessus des normales de saison. 👉 Notre point météo : meteofrance.com/actualites-e...

Three times more likely because of human caused climate change. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Today on #IDAHOT, I want to send a strong message of support to the LGBTIQ+ community. The EU stands with you. For every person’s right to live and love openly. And to be true to its authentic self. Your journey and safety matter. I will always be your ally.

"Apply an effective price signal to the EU's fair share of international aviation emissions for extra-European flights" "Include contribution from private & business jets in an administratively simple way" Very promising wording regarding aviation in the presentation DG CLIMA held this morning. 👌

Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise

In between wars and geopolitics, climate change must not be forgotten. It’s not woke, it’s not a hoax, it’s existential. #ClimateAction

The ice loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet is hard to grasp! This is what the 30 million tonnes of ice that Greenland loses every hour looks like, if it were positioned next to the Eiffel tower before melting:

A reminder of where we stand. Source: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...

Responding to Autotrader data showing that the average price of a new EV is now less that of a new petrol car, Colin Walker, @eciu.net said: “This is a major moment in the shift to net zero emissions as clean technology becomes the cheap technology" eciu.net/media/press...

Breda O'Brien: The audacity of newbie Catholic JD Vance lecturing Pope Leo is breathtaking

The #AMOC by 2100 will thus be so weak (~8 Sv) that it is very likely on the way to full shutdown, as our study last year showed: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... In my view, this now makes a full #AMOC shutdown more likely than not. Definitely not a low likelihood risk, as we used to think.