The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that US fossil fuel CO2 emissions will rise 0.4% in 2024 & remain flat in 2025. The IRA kicking in? 🤔 Figures: robbieandrew.github.io/USA/ Data: eia.gov/outlooks/steo/…

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The Finnish land sink has dropped to zero in 10 years! "The honest fact is that according to the current forecast models, the land use sector sink will only recover sufficiently if the level of logging falls significantly" says the Environment Minister! yle.fi/a/74-20096732

Klimastyring– hva kan Norge lære av andre? Bli med på et seminar om offentlig klimastyring og hvordan Norge kan effektivisere politikk og praksis for å kutte utslipp inspirert av andre land. CICERO Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social Robbie Andrew Yves Steinebach uio.no/om/aktuelt/uni…

Global fossil CO2 emissions continue to grow. Podcast with Jan M Moberg Teknisk Ukeblad, in English (despite the website and intro) tu.no/artikler/globa…

Equinor has pledged to keep Norwegian petroleum production at current levels until at least 2035. The interesting thing about this is that it would follow the most aggressive scenario put forward by government agencies... (the government owns 67% of Equinor) 1/

A science-based debate around sustainable #food production and consumption can avoid policies informed by vested interests and straw-man arguments - argues Bob van Oort & al, in new NatureSustainability article lnkd.in/dSWEtEjd

En ny CICERO-studie gir svar på temperaturhoppet i 2023 Bjørn H. Samset aftenposten.no/verden/i/0VvLw…

2023's record heat was caused by a combination of human-caused emissions and natural fluctuations in weather phenomena like El Niño, @cicero_klima and Reading Meteorology research finds. reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Rese…

Every year as part of the annual Global Carbon Budget release we publish a projection of the current year's fossil CO₂ emissions. Here's the current state of that for international aviation, projected to rise by 13.9% this year, continuing the return to pre-pandemic levels. 1/2

I have an op-ed in Aftenposten (Norwegian) arguing that Norway & its petroleum company Equinor (67% ownership) say one thing, but do another. Equinor has a plan for net zero, yet is full speed ahead on maintaining today's production levels. aftenposten.no/meninger/debat… 1/

📢A new record 94.3% of all new passenger cars registered in 🇳🇴Norway in August were battery-electric. A few months of higher share of purchases by businesses had pulled the BEV rate down, and July is always a quiet month, but August pulls clear of these short-term effects. 1/2

A common response is “But if Norwegian petroleum production declines than it only means [add favourite adversary] will prosper”. Well, first, under all scenario Norwegian production declines. So [favourite adversary] “wins” anyway. linkedin.com/pulse/watch-wh… 1/

This webinar Sept 18 presents new research on the effect of sea salt aerosols on the polar climate. Don’t forget to register 👇

🇸🇪Sweden removed it's "Climate bonus" scheme for EVs in early 2023 on the grounds that total cost of ownership is now similar to ICEs. The effect of this policy change is clear. Acceleration of EV sales has stopped, and sales have decline in 2024. 1/2

Did this tweet get lots of attention because of its negative framing? How about this: 📢*Despite* removing its "Climate bonus" EV incentives in early 2023, 🇸🇪Sweden's sales of 🚗EVs are still 32% of total in 2024 so far!!

Today we are launching the new research project HYway that will study the climate impacts of large-scale #hydrogen usage. Find out more on hywayhorizon.eu Funded by Horizon Europe🇪🇺 #HYwayHorizon Maria Sand Gunnar Myhre CICERO

This is a nice figure showing how reserves &resources can be extended via technology & exploration. For climate, a key question (for me) is the share of investment that goes into extending reserves (technology) or extending resources (exploration). sodir.no/en/whats-new/p…

The paper describing the revamped CICERO Simple Climate Model (SCM) is now published: a new open-source version in Python as opposed to closed-source in Fortran. Feel free to use and contribute! gmd.copernicus.org/articles/17/65…