💥Wind & solar are 'fastest-growing electricity sources in history' – new Ember report

⛰️They're growing faster than demand: Peak fossil fuel power in 2024 – then 'inevitable' decline

🏭They already shaved 22% off fossil power, saving 4GtCO2/yr

carbonbrief.org/wind-and-solar…

I kid you not. Saudi Aramco just won an 'Environmental Initiative Award' from some outfit called SEAL Awards for burning gas not oil. Welcome to the twilight zone...

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Wild thought. I reckon you could probably fix the #climate problem if we stopped subsidising the very profitable fossil fuel industry. Thanks to Financial Times for the graph, in any case. ft.com/content/6873d9…

'The industry is showing that it is possible to reduce emissions while producing the oil the world needs' says OPEC chief... based on an undelivered pledge made last Dec at #COP28 🤨mees.com/2024/4/26/op-e…

Net zero delivering for beleaguered UK Tories, it seems...

Struck by Richard Lloyd Parry piece in The Times and The Sunday Times on 48C temperatures blanketing east Asia. Ferocity + scale of heat brutal. thetimes.co.uk/article/brutal…

UK govt in the dock 👇

'The timing of the potential bonanza is a paradox. It comes as the White House is telling Americans the country needs to transition away from fossil fuels to save the planet. It’ll be hard to break that habit if the US is swimming in oil.' bloomberg.com/opinion/featur…

Reserve Bank of India ReserveBankOfIndia reckons 'In the absence of any climate mitigation policies... the long-term output will be lower by around 9% by 2050'

Imagine that's a good incentive for an ambitious 2035 #climate target from Indian govt - due in early 2025 rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_Vie…

Blimey: a majority of Canadians don't know they get money back from a carbon tax rebate. #Climate policy without comms = car crash. abacusdata.ca/carbon-tax-pol…

“Pragmatism”, however, is too kind a label. Those watering down efforts to limit global temperature rises should instead be regarded as “hot earthers”

The case against very serious folk, by Anjana Ahuja ft.com/content/f8a303…

So, we'll have 2035 #climate targets aligned to 1.5C limit from US, UK, EU, Italy, Japan, Canada, Germany & France late 2024 / early 2025

'The BBC Global China Unit has identified at least 62 mining projects across the world... designed to extract either lithium or one of three other minerals key to green technologies - cobalt, nickel and manganese.' bbc.co.uk/news/world-688…

'It is utter nonsense to claim the G7 cannot – or should not – lead the way on bolder climate actions.'

UN #climate boss Simon Stiell not mincing words...

unfccc.int/news/g7-leader…

G7 has agreed to phase out coal in 'first half of the 2030s' according to UK #climate minister. No text as yet but if accurate that represents a shift.

India piling $$ into coal to boost air conditioning in face of spiralling heat. 'Coal-fired power output is expected to rise 8.9% over the year, outpacing the growth projected for renewable energy output' reuters.com/world/india/in…

33m kids off school in Bangladesh due to extreme heat. Still, as the boss of Saudi aramco & chief funder of FIFA says, let's not get 'emotional' about it. Life eh. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…