Sean Cooke

Sustainable Mobility @UNEP. Mostly here:

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

Today, the second report of the IPCC's sixth assessment came out.

I, and many others, have been working on it for years, so I thought I'd commemorate it's launch with a thread on my contribution, the climate adaptation of African transport systems. 1/11

https://t.co/Gb2KGlFoke

[Nick Hedley @nickhedley]

Electric buses to be made in South Africa 💪

Cape Town’s Golden Arrow bus service is going fully electric to free itself of increasingly costly fuel.

Its buses will be charged on solar and wheeled renewables.
https://t.co/oWDOgGt6B3

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@annajanejoyner A Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) for every Global South nation, and making up for missing the $100bn target so embarassingly by doubling it. More grants, less loans. A major loss & damage facility.

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@CroeseSylvia @UCIrvine The best news!! Congrats!

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@the_transit_guy Low carbon mobility transitions @UNEP. Btw, love your content!

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

LAUNCH | Tonight we see the launch of "Pathways for a Just Urban Transition in South Africa", commissioned by the @WorldBank in partnership with the ACC, & in collab with the National Treasury of South Africa & its Cities Support Programme, & the Presidential Climate Commission.

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@NobukhosiN The Legend herself!!! Congrats.

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

Really happy with how well this process of speculative design turned out. I thoroughly enjoyed engaging with the students as one of the mobility "experts", but learnt a significant amount myself in the process. Congrats to the team on this success!

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

WATCH | After a well-received debut at the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain, the U+ US+ mobility concept and prototype developed by students from @UCT_news has made its way to Autostadt GmbH in Wolfsburg, Germany.

https://t.co/ggRwKdIP83

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

WATCH | After a well-received debut at the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain, the U+ US+ mobility concept and prototype developed by students from @UCT_news has made its way to Autostadt GmbH in Wolfsburg, Germany.

https://t.co/ggRwKdIP83

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@WeekendArgus Missing context: It's the highest for REPORTED robberies. Other parts of Cape Town or other cities in SA could have a far higher proportion of robberies that aren't reported at the police stations. It's important to report on statistics correctly or risk misleading your readers.

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@Tom_Courtright Congrats, and welcome!!! We're excited to have you. I'll be based in Nairobi from April, so drop me a message if you pass through and want to chat PhD vibes.

[Kirsten Wilkins @contestedspaces]

An #InternationalWomensDay shout out to people who are making the world a better place for folks who are marginalized, ousted or forgotten. Give them a follow.
@ctbrown1911 @MaimunahSharif @urbanjodi @AccessAfrica @Sean_C_Cooke @adi_kumar_1

[Colin Mckerracher @colinmckerrache]

Where things stand on vehicle electrification at the end of 2022

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@JayR_12_ @nickhedley I'm hoping it will change soon, there seems to be an appetite for the prosumer model, as long as they get to still charge a connection fee. I don't know what would happen if you produce too much without an IPP or FiT contract. Maybe just a polite email asking you to use more⚡️:)

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@JayR_12_ @nickhedley If you're a net power contributer, then the municipality would need to pay you for electricity. That would require an Independent Power Producer (IPP) contract or tender to be signed, according to current national regs. Which is impossible for each person. So regs need to change.

[Science Is Strategic @scienceisstrat1]

Global EV sales are exploding, with total sales forecast to hit 10.6 million in 2022, up an incredible 60%.

Below is a 🧵 on this hugely consequential development, which has economic, environmental & geopolitical implications

Cc: @Noahpinion @JesseJenkins @dwallacewells @ramez

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@TsuJuiCheng @aprsoweb @UNRSC @roadsafety @grspartnership @RoadSafetyNGOs If 'education' includes what is taught to engineers, planners, and politicians, then I might agree.

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@RashiqFataar @urbanjodi I'll be in Brussels from 11 - 14 Oct, let me know if you're nearby :)

[Sean Cooke @Sean_C_Cooke]

@RashiqFataar @urbanjodi I'm in town from 8 - 12 September. Will you be there by then?

Also bleak to miss Jodi by a few weeks!

[African Centre for Cities @UrbanAfricaACC]

NEW BOOK | This wonderful collaboration between @SusanParnell16 & Sylvia Croese brought together different but interrelated projects that they have both worked on over the past few years.

[Rike Sitas @rikesitas]

Our report is out: Platform Politics and Silicon Savannahs: the rise of on demand logistics and mobility in Nairobi and Kigali with @GatoniAlexis @andretwp @PrinceGuma @JackOdeo @Alicia18928763 @UrbanAfricaACC
https://t.co/nBcZ7XPYiq