Matt Ives

Husband, father, concerned citizen, economist and complex systems modeller.

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

@SchillerWalther @ProfStrachan @BBCWorld So rather than look at empirically grounded probalistic forecasts which have been shown to provide better predictions of costs declines than experts (https://t.co/9RDclSm0ev), you would instead offer your opinion?

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

@SchillerWalther @ProfStrachan @BBCWorld I think you might need to read the manuscript more closely Walther. The model does include a conservative estimate of intermitency costs in that it builds far more storage than would be required. A system with more transmission and less storage would likely be even cheaper.

[Oxford Smith School @TheSmithSchool]

The #OxfordSmithSchool is the perfect place for those who share a passion for #EnvironmentalSustainability and want to apply the most recent rigorous tools & research to discover new ways to approach #ClimateChange and #EnvironmentalSustainability.
https://t.co/5DAhYCsx0r

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Want to stop climate change and save trillions?
Our research from Oxford's @INETOxford uses empirically grounded technological forecasting to show that a fast transition to an energy system based on renewables and storage will save trillions of dollars https://t.co/1kZzOUYGAz

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Want to solve climates change and save trillions? Well, it turns out investing in green energy tech like solar, wind, batteries and electrolysers for hydrogen can not only decarbonise energy but will save trillions in energy system costs.

[Post Carbon Transition @oms_postcarbon]

New paper from Rupert Way, @mat_ives, @PennyMealy and Doyne Farmer in Joule today shows that an aggressive #energytransition is the best economic choice, even if we weren't facing a #ClimateCrisis.

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Worth a read if you want a policy that will force fossil fuel companies to actually start taking real action on climate.

[Oxford Net Zero @OxfordNetZero]

Authors Myles Allen @Haszeldine @StuartAJenkins @EliMLarson & @mat_ives write that the Carbon Takeback Obligation would require fossil fuel extractors & importers to dispose safely & permanently of a rising fraction of their CO2, incl by the products they sell, rising to 100%.

[Sugandha Srivastav @sugandhasri]

Simple fact: renewable energy employs more people in Germany than coal. Let's remember that when we talk about the energy transition. #Energiewende
https://t.co/bi367haGFb

[Penny Mealy @PennyMealy]

Cool to see our new paper on 'Economic Complexity and the Green Economy' with @t8el get a write up in @Forbes! https://t.co/LXN6rL3KaJ @oxmartinschool @BennettInst @INETOxford

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Excellent article on unicorn technologies we should be investing in to drive the clean energy revolution.

[Oxford Smith School @TheSmithSchool]

'Unicorn' technologies are those that can deliver a reduction of at least a billion tonnes of CO2 a year.

@MikeMason_CO2 @Camjhep & Chris Llewellyn Smith lay out the green tech potential of COP26

#climatchange #netzero

https://t.co/FZ3cPYqf2p

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Exponential growth. That is a little scary.

[Mark Handley @MarkJHandley]

Here's the coronavirus data, overlayed with the dates offset by the amounts shown. One of these countries is not like the rest. Everyone else will be Italy in 9-14 days time.

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

@DavidLCalver @PaulEDawson The system definitely appears to be “ripe for change”. The FSB is right to be nervous

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Thanks @PaulEDawson for organizing this great discussion. Please go to https://t.co/u1uIF7dq8f if you have a great idea for a SIP for a chance to win €1,000

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

Thank you to Dr Matthew Ives and the team at the Oxford Martin School for making this Twitter chat a great success.

For more information about Sensitive Intervention Points for a better world check out the link below.

#ActOnClimate #KeepItInTheGround

https://t.co/Mn3y6qsEpU

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

@PaulEDawson “...work is strengthened by opposition. It is like the shooting of an arrow from a bow; the more you pull the bow-string the further the arrow flies” Meher Baba

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

@PaulEDawson I believe the republican governor of Texas lobbied Trump to not leave the Paris agreement because Texas renewables was growing so rapidly in the state

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

@KayaAxelsson @PaulEDawson My cousins are farmers in Aus and I have been telling them for years the greens are your friends. They want to reduce your two biggest risks - energy costs (renewables) and stoping climate change (reduce droughts)

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Politics movements like #Fridays4Future are grassroots movements that had a small beginning and went viral. That’s the snowball effect of SIPs

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

For the next 40 minutes I’m live with top Oxford University Researchers to talk SIP's

Please join in the discussion by replying directly to the tweets.

Q3. What do SIPs mean for the "average Joe/Joanne"? Is there a way to get involved? How will Joe/Joanne be affected by SIPs?

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

There has to be a tipping point when renewables become clearly cheaper than fossil fuels in more and more locations.

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

For the next 60 minutes I’m live with top Oxford University Researchers to talk about Sensitive Intervention Points (SIP’s)

Please join in the discussion by replying directly to the tweets

Q1. What are the most important SIPs you have identified and how could they be triggered?

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

For the next 50 minutes I’m live with top Oxford University

Please join in the discussion by replying directly to the tweets.

Q2. Are SIPs bottom-up or top-down? Do we need to rely on our politicians or business leaders to make things happen or can people make things happen?

[Matt Ives @mat_ives]

Please join us this Friday 4pm BST for a twitter discussion on sensitive intervention points for runaway change to a post-carbon world.

[Paul Dawson 📚 @PaulEDawson]

Imagine if we could intervene in the social economic system to bring about rapid, massive decarbonization.

This Friday at 4pm GMT I will be hosting a Oxford University for a chat on Sensitive Intervention Points, join us with your ideas.

#ActOnClimate #KeepItInTheGround

[Dr Karl @DoctorKarl]

Why is it, that out of all the Sciences (eg, Histology, Aeronautics, Cosmology, etc), the only Science subjected to massive and very well funded Denialist Disinformation is Climatology? “Qui Bono” = “Who Benefits” may be relevant?