I’m delighted to announce our new paper! We dive into the synergy between sails and optimised routing - which cut pollution by over 30% for a large cargo ships on favourable routes. Co-authors: Alice Larkin 🐝 Simon Bullock John Broderick Dr Nico van der Kolk theconversation.com/sails-and-sate…

Wind Power and Weather Routing Could Cut Ships' Emissions by a Third - James Mason Alice Larkin 🐝 Simon Bullock The Maritime Executive maritime-executive.com/editorials/win…

"The 1.5-degree limit is only possible if we ultimately stop burning all fossil fuels. Not reduce. Not abate. Phaseout." United Nations Secretary General António Guterres | #COP28

New analysis by Branwen Ap Dafydd Tomos on #shipping #fuels has green #hydrogen, waste-derived #biodiesel & #biomethanol as lowest GHG emissions tinyurl.com/Fuelpic, but none are produced at anywhere near sufficient scale for demand. Other options(e.g.wind-assist) needed urgently.

Speaking of which, our #shipping team @tyndallcentre buddy James Mason highlights wind-assist & route optimisation #innovation for #ships tinyurl.com/shipwindblog in a blog based on new analysis tinyurl.com/Shipwindfull. #ClimateAction #cop28 needs a short-term mitigation focus.

Listening to #cop28 #EU Transport Day Live Stream cop28eusideevents.eu/e/programme?se…: good to hear recognition of wind-assist & energy efficiency as key. Also the need for multi-pathway futures to be enabled International Maritime Organization IMOclimate Simon Bullock "the greenest fuel is using less fuel"

Really useful new blog & briefing note by Sally Cairns @CREDS_UK on why aviation’s non-CO2 climate impacts strengthen the case for #aviation demand management creds.ac.uk/aviations-non-… creds.ac.uk/publications/t… Lois Pennington Simon Bullock James Mason The Aviation Environment Federation Department for Transport

1.5C demands unprecedented cuts in fossil fuel use *this* decade. How close is the international shipping sector & International Maritime Organization getting to this in terms of ambition, and what do the 2023 IMO targets imply for the UK's Clean Maritime Plan Refresh Department for Transport - read more here...

Do the IMO greenhouse gas targets for shipping align with the Paris Agreement? Our new paper and blog at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research digs deeper and outlines implications for UK shipping. Authored with Simon Bullock and Alice Larkin 🐝. Blog: blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/sci-tech/2024/…

And to her TyndallManchester colleagues @Aliceclimate and @cwjonez for joining for an informative Q&A, with a reminder from Alice that given the limits of new tech, aviation demand management is needed for the next few decades. 2/4

If you are a physicist, physical scientist or #engineer with an interest in developing interdisciplinary #energy #shipping & #climate science expertise, then this might be a PhD that would suit you...UoM Science and Engineering UoM Physics & Astronomy Institute of Physics The IMechE Team The Institution of Engineering and Technology Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research James Mason

We are busy working out if wind-assist for ships is an emerging niche technology with potential to transform the #shipping industry. If you are also curious & fancy studying for a #phd in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research then this might be for you: manchester.ac.uk/study/postgrad… search "wind-assist"

🎙️Listen to the latest episode of the Tyndall Talks! We talk about some of the work by colleagues from the TyndallManchester Alice Larkin 🐝, Simon Bullock, James Mason and Chris Jones tyndall.ac.uk/podcasts/how-d…

Discussing our #energy future, the importance of #interdisciplinarity in #climate change research & challenging the emphasis on new supply-side technology for rapidly and urgently cutting CO2 emissions. Reminds me of a paper I once wrote🤔 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…! Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research

I think I may have tried to pack too much in, so not everything came across as clear as I would have liked, but I did talk about Direct Air Capture, highlighting that like other SAF, issues of scale & urgency, & competition for renewable elec, pose big challenges for this tech.

May be of interest Rebecca Willis, Lancaster Uni @kristiansn89 Julia Steinberger Kevin Anderson Chris Venables Jake Ainscough @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) Dr. Aaron Thierry George Monbiot CAST Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Professor Susan Michie Giulio Mattioli ALASTAIR CAMPBELL

"A seemingly blind acceptance that frequent air travel is a necessity that must not be interrogated, is surely a stab in the back for poor communities in the global south, struggling with catastrophic...climate impacts." New article, new journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

We’ve a new article about #maritime #decarbonisation & the need to think strategically & beyond alternative fuels to deliver on 2030 IMO targets. A focus on energy efficiency in *existing* ships & infrastructure is essential tinyurl.com/BeyondFuel tinyurl.com/BeyondFuel2