2) identify responses to global warming that would keep fossil fuels dominant, such as promoting reforestation, efficiency, and natural gas (rather than replacing fossil fuels with other energy sources).

Net zero 2050 explained

99% is not even an exaggeration.

Birmingham has announced a transformative transport plan to make the car-centric city a “super-sized low-traffic neighbourhood” with roads closed to thru motor traffic, a new fleet of zero-emission buses & new protected bike-lanes. Via Carlton Reid Forbes theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/o…

Magnificent use of animation from Theo Sanderson to show the "slowly, then all of a sudden" nature of Omicron.

Not sure who did this, but it’s good advice for cities.

In een energiesysteem met een grote hoeveelheid variabele hernieuwbare energie, op welke andere koolstofarme technologieën zetten we dan best in? Nederland heeft het zonet onderzocht. De resultaten zijn... interessant. 1/

No, EVs are NOT the new 'diesel scandal' waiting to happen Bjorn Lomborg & Mail+ I know I should not feed the trolls but I've completely had it with Bjorn Wormtongue Lomborg I actually study this stuff so let me set the record straight (again) 🧵 dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

The #LimitstoGrowth was published 50 years ago. Join original author Dennis Meadows Luisa Neubauer Jayati Ghosh and Johan Rockström in the first of a series of webinars on how we can achieve global equity for a healthy planet. #ltg50 📆 2 March 1500 CET 📍 bit.ly/3H9ohfw

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BREAKING: Europe is giving Putin $285m a day to feed its dependence on imported oil, T&E analysis shows Russia received $104bn from oil exports to EU and UK last year, dwarfing its gas revenues ($43.4bn) We need an embargo of Russian oil to stop funding Putin’s war in #Ukraine

GEEN ENKELE (!) vd 109 banken voldoet aan de ECB eisen qua rapportage over klimaatrisico's🤦 ECB accuses eurozone banks of ‘white noise’ on climate risks ft.com/content/aaa06d…

Imagine how much more insane European gas markets would have been if it wasn't for a historic and alarming temperature anomaly over Europe.

Brent Toderian The urban design book that was most read by “design thinkers” from every other profession — computer design, health systems design, you name it. Genius. #ChristopherAlexander

ETSC, T&E (🦋 find us @transportenvironment.org), Clean Cities (🦋 find us @cleancitiescampaign.org), FEVR, IRVP RoadVictimsNGOs & European Cyclists' Federation, have written to @TimmermansEU, Kadri Simson, Virginijus Sinkevičius, Adina Valean calling for lower speed limits as a way of tackling dependence on Russian oil, emissions and road deaths. etsc.eu/call-for-lower…

Preserving the agricultural productivity of the earth requires lifestyle change. Clean meat buys us time. Solar buys us time. But we have to get the footprint down, and that means a mixture of new technology and radical decoupling of standard of living from environmental impact

Those whose chief interest is making money, as in Morgan Stanley in this note to investors 👇, have this to say about the shift in the cost base for energy.

Vandaag <400 kWh/m² als renovatie-eis opleggen als we in 2050 aan <100 moeten geraken is het equivalent van tijdelijk 120 km/u opleggen als maximumsnelheid in wat ooit Zone 30 moet worden.

The "revitalization" of the Polish town #Leżajsk almost makes me cry. So sad that people still see this as "progress".

My new favourite climate graphic From Jane Morton Jane Morton's excellent free booklet 'Don't Mention the Emergency?'