A terra é redonda. 🌎

US reimposes oil sanctions on Venezuela after broken election promises on.ft.com/49EP0Py

to Meta, OAI and others like it are a small nuisance, with the potential to become a real problem later. but by open-sourcing best in class models now, they can neutralize that threat completely. if everyone has it, no one does.

We did a letter to the The Times and The Sunday Times on the tragedy that so few sheep will get to enjoy the shade and shelter of solar panels 🐑 😢 ECIU

'The progressive young will save us all'

Astonishing chart from John Burn-Murdoch- on.ft.com/49OMvdz The UK is brilliant at handling immigration, relatively. Could be a huge strength in the decades ahead

One of the best descriptions of modern industrial policy comes from US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan:

Sensational line from Sky News on Boris Johnson being turned away today for not bringing acceptable photo ID: “Polling station staff were forced to turn the former prime minister after he initially failed to comply with legislation he introduced while he was in Downing Street.”

“One of most interesting twists in the China decoupling story is the role of Chinese firms themselves in helping to move production to places like India and Vietnam.” high-capacity.com/p/how-china-is… BYD, Goertek, Luxshare -> Vietnam Wingtech, Desay, Sunny Optical -> India “While Apple

🇧🇷 In the first two months of 2024 alone, there were reports of more than a million cases of dengue in Brazil. It’s a record for this period, with cases normally peaking from March to May. [1/5]

Another fantastic @EmberClimate chart: with India's solar ascendancy, the three most populous countries on earth are also the three biggest solar markets. And don't sleep on Brazil - from smaller than South Korea to bigger than Australia in just a year. lnkd.in/eSKgREee

"In terms of output, capital, consumption, and thus welfare...the losses from living in a world with climate change relative to a world without it are comparable to fighting a major war domestically, forever."

In 2023 China added more wind and solar power generation than the rest of the world combined.

NEW UK government confirms it will NOT carry over past overachievement on carbon emissions cuts to count towards the country's 2027 carbon target. That's good news. The Climate Change Committee had warned a carryover would allow emissions to potentially rise

BREAKING: China's CO2 emissions fell by 3% in March, after a surge lasting 14 months that followed the lifting of zero-Covid controls, showing the country has the ability to peak emissions imminently. carbonbrief.org/analysis-month…

In Colombia the armed groups are using the Amazon as a bargaining chip in negotiations. I wrote a piece on this for Inside Climate News recently, reporting from Caquetá.

Amazing chart of who has held the world record for most efficient solar cell by type over time. In the 1970s, it’s American firms like Boeing, RCA, Kodak. Then you see Japanese names like Sharp, Sanyo, Panasonic. Finally you see Chinese names like Longi, Jinko, Nanjing U. 1/

HE'S DONE IT!!!! MARK CAVENDISH TAKES A RECORD BREAKING 35TH TOUR DE FRANCE STAGE VICTORY 🇮🇲🚀 #TDF2024

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