Dear Keir Starmer, congratulations. We hope you're settling into your new job💼 Here’s a quick update on the state of the #Climate from Dr Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Grantham Institute Imperial & World Weather Attribution to set the scene for the next five years of government 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

💨 Monday: Lifting the ban on onshore wind ⚡️Tuesday: Appointing the ex-head of the Climate Change Committee to the Government's new clean energy mission Excited to see whats to come over the next few days - let alone the first 100!

Wind farms are barely a blip on charts of bird deaths. Buildings kill 50 times more birds than wind farms ever will. Cars kill 30x more. Fossil fuel power kills 35x more per GWh. Just one disaster, Deep Water Horizon, killed more than all the wind turbines in the world in a year

New oil and gas licenses: ❌ Bring down bills ❌ Improve energy security ❌ And definitely won't help with climate change! Great to see - though important that a clear transition plan for North Sea workers is laid out (e.g., supporting scaleup of offshore renewables!)

As the window of opportunity to tackle #ClimateChange narrows, the new UK government will be critical in limiting warming to 1.5°C & promoting a more resilient economy & society. We advocate for 5️⃣ key priorities to tackle the #ClimateCrisis w/ Grantham LSE ow.ly/zTcL50Sx5ga

Explore the Sustainable Futures Toolkit, co-authored by SSCP DTP PhD's Eirini Sampson (she/her) to learn: 💡Insights & testimonials from almost 100 industry professionals ✍ CV & interview tips️ 💪Key skills to succeed for various career paths 🧰ow.ly/2Ye150T1hiZ

What does The Labour Party power sector targets mean for UK GHG emissions? Our recent analysis found that, by 2030: 🌍 The UK would have the cleanest electricity system in the G7 (currently 3rd) 📉 Annual CO2 emissions could reduce by 17m tonnes 📊 Our NDC could be increased by 2%

The latest #ElectricInsights report is now live. Uncover the latest insights into the UK's electricity grid, consumption and trends. ⚡ 📃 Read the report: reports.electricinsights.co.uk/wp-content/upl… 🗞️ Or the press release: drax.com/press_release/…

Enjoyed presenting my PhD research at Grantham Institute Imperial yesterday at the Micro to Macro Joint DTP Conference 2024 (organised by SSCP DTP, SCENARIO DTP and The London NERC DTP) Great to hear about the wide range of research that other students on the DTPs are doing! 🌍

So... a couple of weeks back I posted a quick'n'dirty chart showing how fast electricity generation from gas had collapsed in the UK Now here's the proper write-up of what happened, why, and what it means, by Grant Wilson & Daniel Donaldson: theconversation.com/wind-powers-a-…

The latest #ElectricInsights report - uncover capacity and production statistics of Britain’s electricity from the second quarter of this year. 🔌 💡 🗞️ Find out more in the Q2 2024 Electric Insights report: brnw.ch/21wMQec

With its last coal power plant closing, the UK just marked another milestone in transforming its energy system. Luke Hatton and Patrick Lenain put a spotlight on policy measures to accelerate momentum towards an affordable, secure and clean #energyfuture. cepweb.org/unlocking-a-su…