Lynsi Burton

Communications officer at @SEIresearch US. Climate news, research and reflections. Tweets are my own and not my employer's.

[Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) @SEIresearch]

NEW REPORT | Sub-Saharan Africa has the greatest need for additional energy to meet the demands of its growing economies and populations.

Reducing the risk of financing new #RenewableEnergy projects a key way to make this possible.

Learn more ⤵️

https://t.co/XMMq0qNn9H

[Stockholm Environment Institute (Climate account) @SEIclimate]

🗞️ The Montana Supreme Court in the US upheld a 2023 court decision affirming 16 youth plaintiffs' "constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment."

@SEI_Erickson testified during last year's trial on behalf of the youth. 🧵

#HeldvMontana

https://t.co/h2vyNCaH8g

[Stockholm Environment Institute (Climate account) @SEIclimate]

📣 Join this online #AGU24 side event, co-hosted by SEI, @WorldBank & @TAMUEnergyInst, where practitioners & researchers will highlight best practices for translating research at the nexus of water, energy & food into robust policy.

Register now ⤵️

https://t.co/m9Bcy6tkFE

[Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) @SEIresearch]

South Africa is planning a #JustTransition away from #coal, a longtime bedrock of its economy.

The effort brings challenges & opportunities. This new brief details the dynamics of this critical juncture in South Africa.

cc @TIPS__news

Read here ⤵️

https://t.co/W8Cwo2gKaw

[Stockholm Environment Institute (Climate account) @SEIclimate]

More countries acknowledge the need to reform food systems to meet 1.5°C.

But, in an @IISD_SDGs essay co-authored by SEI's Cleo Verkuijl, hyperfocus on addressing #climate can lead to adverse trade-offs.

Why #OneHealth is the needed approach ⤵️

https://t.co/XJiElHhW4E

[Lynsi Burton @Lynsi_climate]

"The US at this COP is not just a lame duck, it's a dead duck." Neat.
https://t.co/cOkajinYk1

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

NEW – State of the climate: 2024 will be first year above 1.5C of global warming | @hausfath

Read here: https://t.co/sDGEsZQiIG

[Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) @SEIresearch]

🪁 Mongolia holds great wind & solar energy potential, yet only 9% of its energy comes from renewables.

As the country looks to boost its #RenewableEnergy capacity to 30% by 2030, SEI experts sum up its wind & solar landscape. ⤵️

cc @Miquel_SEI

https://t.co/Yao0tJGkiH

[Stockholm Environment Institute (Climate account) @SEIclimate]

🗣️ #COP29 is the last call for robust NDCs in 2025.

SEI experts explain that strong #climate goals can also support sustainable sanitation, food systems, consumption and policy alignment.

Read their insights ⤵️

https://t.co/L1TrIplzru

[Stockholm Environment Institute (Climate account) @SEIclimate]

🌍 As climate impacts intensify, hitting the world’s poorest hardest, @UNEP’s 2024 #AdaptationGap Report: Come Hell and High Water finds nations must step up adaptation finance at @COP29_AZ.

Finance chapter lead author SEI's @NellaCanalesT highlights the urgent funding gap:

[Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) @SEIresearch]

Less than half of the world's 50 steel producers have a #NetZero target.

A new report from @eileenjimena #LeadIT & @caitlinswalec @globalenergymonitor shows little progress in climate ambitions from some of the biggest emitters of CO2.

Read it here 👉 https://t.co/KSxUenRW5l

[Izzet ARI @izzetari]

According to the report, full implementation of all the latest NDCs is estimated to lead to a 5.9% reduction in emissions by 2030 relative to 2019. However, the IPCC recommends that scenarios limiting warming to 1.5 °C require a 43% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 wrt 2019

[Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) @SEIresearch]

Voluntary #NetZero commitments must be tied more directly to advancing national and global #climate policy, including efforts to decarbonize energy systems & phase out fossil fuels, according to a new SEI report by @DBroekhoff & @cleoverk.

Read more 👀

https://t.co/iU7pNm4SIL

[Stockholm Environment Institute (Climate account) @SEIclimate]

📺 ICYMI | Watch the SEI US Centre's edition of SEI's 6-part #climate and #biodiversity series to learn how our researchers navigate competing uses of natural resources and find wins for all.

Catch up on the discussion here ⤵️

https://t.co/S2PIu6DADq

[Lynsi Burton @Lynsi_climate]

Washingtonians: #climate is on the ballot
https://t.co/kqmFmpg1eQ

[Lynsi Burton @Lynsi_climate]

"They’re marching us toward the tipping points, and they’re totally indifferent to the human consequences."
https://t.co/yiGDQhA3e0
@NathanJRobinson

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

#Webinar | 17 September 2024

Join #IPCC Chair @JimSkeaIPCC & @IPBES Chair David Obura for the kick-off of a new series of events by @SEIresearch on how nature & climate strategies can help meet #GlobalGoals.

🕑 14:00 - 15:30 CEST 📍 Online 🔗 Register: https://t.co/MqniadMVpk

[Lynsi Burton @Lynsi_climate]

“There are a lot of skeptics who say you can’t make an energy transition and keep it reliable and affordable. Our mission is to show that it is possible.”
https://t.co/ZH3zrePqdl

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Pacific islands submit proposal for crime of ecocide to ICC https://t.co/Ot0DnBsPbT

[Benji Backer @BenjiBacker]

There’s nothing pro-environment or pro-climate about decisions like this.

Nothing.