National Designated Entity for #climate technology cooperations under #UNFCCC, #CTCN and #TEC#ttclear [tweets by the implementing office] tweets≠endorsement
This morning, we released important new analysis showing latest CO2 emissions & clean energy trends
Don't miss this thread from our Executive Director @fbirol running through some of the key findings ⬇️
In 2023, industrialized nations saw a record 4.5% drop in emissions, reaching levels lower than 1973, despite a 1.7% GDP growth. 2023 marked the largest percentage decline in CO2 emissions without sacrificing economic growth. 1/3
Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing?
I developed this table of impacts for my book 📕 ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’ based on the @IPCC_CH 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 reports
Beyond 1.5°C #ClimateChange impacts gets worse and worse
CatastrophIc
Humanity faces ‘collective suicide’ over #ClimateCrisis, warns UN chief
"#AntónioGuterres tells governments ‘half of humanity is in danger zone’, as countries battle extreme heat"
#ClimateChange#ClimateEmergency
https://t.co/icV2HtNJVf
It finally happened, breaking 5 sigma, the same statistical threshold physicists used to prove the existence of the Higgs boson.
At 2,700,000 km² below the 1991-2020 mean, Antarctic sea ice extent was 5.14σ below the mean, roughly a 1-in-7,400,000 chance.
Liebe Parteien des Bundestags,
die Klimakrise ist nicht mehr nur Modellrechnung sondern bittere Realität:
- Höchsttemperaturen (49C)
- Starkregen/Sturm
- Dürre
- Waldbrände
- Eisschmelze
Höchste Zeit im Notfallmodus Emissionen reduzieren, zB mit ambitioniertem #Heizungsgesetz
"Wir machen den Bürgerinnen und Bürgern mit der Hoffnung auf das Heizen mit Wasserstoff etwas vor. Der Effekt solcher Scheinargumente ist es, die Wärmewende zu verzögern."
Mein Appell in @focusonline zu mehr Realismus und weniger Wunschdenken.
https://t.co/HyNtewHHsY
A very cool animation of atmospheric CO₂ for the year 2021:
* Fossil fuels, orange
* Burning biomass, red
* Land ecosystems, green
* Ocean, blue
For a well-mixed GHG, it takes some time for CO₂ to distribute globally from the sources in the North!
https://t.co/xTPHDNMSyw
"In the event that climate targets are exceeded", there is an assumption the world will go back to 1.5°C (overshoot) & not just stabalise at a higher level (e.g., 1.7°C).
Maybe there needs to be more research on mitigation & impacts without overshoot?
https://t.co/au9q9MJXZN
Der Markt entscheidet: Der Zug zur E-Mobilität ist auch bei Lkws und Bussen längst abgefahren, sagt MAN-Chef Alexander Vlaskamp. Mitte der 2030er-Jahre werde der Dieselbus verschwinden. Beim Lkw gehe es ebenfalls Schlag auf Schlag. Wasserstoff viel zu teuer. So ist es. 👇🏻
We must #RestoreNature to tackle the #climatecrisis
Nature restoration is crucial to our wellbeing, our economies, and to fulfill the commitments we all made at #COP15
Very important that the @EUCouncil has come to an agreement, paving the way to negotiations with @Europarl_EN
While we're at it, this is also true for all combustion of fossil fuels. Most of the energy burned becomes waste heat! I wish more people knew that when arguing this stuff. Imagine on a first principles basis arguing that the optimal state is one that wastes 2/3 of the output.
I wish everyone that spouted off on the ICE vs. EV debate had to simply acknowledge first that most of the energy you put into a gasoline car is wasted and EVs are far more efficient at converting energy to motion. This is a simple, objective fact.
AI, robotics, and many other technologies are creating opportunities for us to revolutionize the future of the #energy industry.
Follow us to learn more👇
Exciting #job opportunity in our HEAT GmbH head office in Königstein, Germany.
Come join us as our new admin team lead & project #controller! More info here https://t.co/vG4peTziWA
#Jobs#teamlead#climate
@GFA_CG
'Today the African Group of Negotiators successfully concluded their consultations on the Development of a Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution. Thank you @GhanaPresidency@Ghana Ministry of Environment for hosting this important meeting.