People love to make this shit complicated. It's a profession. It's not complicated: we're using *far too much stuff* because we have no design discipline for "human satisfaction with minimal footprint" and no law to enforce that discipline. Everything is downstream of that.

New OECD report on tipping points should frighten everyone. “Recent state-of-the-art research shows that important tipping points are already ‘possible’ at current levels of warming and may become ‘likely’ within the Paris Agreement range of 1.5 to 2°C warming…”

🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨 The world is set to add as much renewable power in the next 5 years as it did in *the whole of the past 20 years* as countries seek to take advantage of renewables' energy security benefits Read more in International Energy Agency's new market report: iea.li/3VX9ZX5

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A shocking truth about organic farming: An average organic field yields 35% less food p/acre than a conventional farm. But that doesn't mean you need 35% more land... In fact you need 54% more as the extra land used to fill the gap, if organic, will ALSO have lower yields.🧵

“In Finland, the # of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” scoop.me/housing-first-…

"The reality is whether it's criminalised or not criminalised drug use is already normal" - @SenLynnRuane on drug use and decriminalisation #TonightVMTV

The most successfull anti-clean tech campagin of recent years has been the narrative that renewables and batteries consume so much material. It's so wrong. Compared to fossil fuels, their material consumption pales. A coal plants uses 11 truck loads of coal. *Every hour.*

To be with any chance of reaching our climate goals, all new trucks and buses in Europe need to be zero-emission by 2040 at the latest. But at what cost? A new The ICCT paper puts it at €12,487 per vehicle. theicct.org/publication/hd…

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The absurdity that is importing 61 million litres of water onto an island with almost 1.5m of annual rainfall 😐 7 fully loaded trucks a day, every day, carting UK (I think) bottled water. Waste of diesel, plastic, time, & effort. Somehow more upsetting than the spuds...

As pro-solar as I am, I agree this looks like a distinct lack of joined up thinking. Relatively sustainable, profitable tillage being turned into solar, while unsustainable and loss-making livestock farms are being asked to reduce numbers? Another way to alienate farmers.

I’ve a fair amount of experience of the rental market as a tenant & small landlord. When I first moved to Dublin I’d have been homeless if it wasn’t for the availability of cheap dingy bedsits that are no longer allowed because of regulation and standards set by the smug.

Former council homes in Cork city Boarded up for years Now demolishing To be replaced by new homes All of this in housing & climate emergency where cost of building is escalating Yet its long established that its more sustainable to retrofit & restore So why #DerelictIreland

🧵I spent 50+ hours in #trains in past few weeks travelling to/through Belgium, Austria, Germany, France & Italy - here’s what I learned ⤵️ 1. Italian trains are by far most comfortable (space, socket & food) but also most punctual, followed by French and last Deutsche Bahn ❌

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Global EV Outlook 2023 is out now! 🚘 It shows global electric car sales are set to surge 35% this year to reach 14 million. This comes after a record-breaking 10 million were sold in 2022. Read more in our new report 👇 iea.li/3NgARjQ

Breakthrough moment! We’ve just published Ireland’s first off-shore wind auction results. The price secured is €86.05 per MW-hour - surpassing all expectations. Great news for consumers- shielding people against high prices for the next 20 yrs. 👇 bit.ly/3pzZKNv

Sales of electric buses have just overtaken diesel in Europe. The sole internal combustion engine has dominated our roads for over 100 years, and this is the first time in any sector that electric vehicles have become the top selling technology. The ICE age is ending.

The European Union legislative procedure. *dramatisation