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A common confusion is that to decarbonise, the world will need to produce the equivalent of coal, oil & gas in the form of low-carbon energy. That's not true. Most fossil energy gets wasted. In the US, just one-third gets turned into useful services. The rest is wasted as heat.

Have a read of Simon Roach's latest C4 News FactCheck 👇

Breaking: more than 50 MPs and Peers are urging the government not to approve the #Rosebank oil field - if it goes ahead its emissions would be more than the combined annual CO2 emissions of all 28 low-income countries in the world

NEW The UK government has just quietly published estimates showing wind and solar will be several times cheaper than gas, for the foreseeable future A few senior cabinet members (& a large section of the media) might like to take a look? THREAD with charts + caveats

This is a great explanation by John Abraham about how the heating oceans are likely to make weather everywhere more extreme 👇

Super piece by Chloé Farand about how longterm natural gas contracts may lock some countries into carbon-heavy, debt-ridden futures. theguardian.com/world/2023/aug…

Heat pumps are our best shot at decarbonising heating. The UK is doing very badly on this. But the rest of Europe is showing that: 1. It can be done 2. They work in colder climates than ours

What role did climate change cause in the Libya floods? C4 News FactCheck takes a look: channel4.com/news/factcheck…

THREAD Rishi Sunak's UK climate policy U-turns "made meeting future targets harder" says Climate Change Committee Sunak's cranked up risks to emissions cuts in buildings, transport & electricity Contrary to Sunak, CCC says rollbacks "likely to incr…energy bills & motoring costs for hholds"

An undercover sting operation has exposed a Saudi Arabian government plan to artificially raise global oil demand just days before climate crisis talks begin in the UAE, Channel 4 News can reveal.

News from me: I’ve left Channel 4 News & joined Global Witness as senior investigative journalist. What a huge privilege it’s been to work on IMO the most vital nightly news prog — and now another uncovering the drivers & financiers of deforestation with a brilliant team at GW.

📣 Job alert: Are you a financial journalist passionate about holding power to account? Look no further and come join our brilliant Forests team 🌳 at Global Witness (🧵1) globalwitness.org/en/jobs/financ…

Amazon deforestation is well known But the savannah next door, the Cerrado, is almost as important - it hosts 5% of the worlds species! But deforestation is plaguing it In my latest piece I cover Global Witness report looking at the impact of the beef trade with BBC News Brasil