Catherine Brahic

Environment editor @TheEconomist | Formerly @newscientist

[Gady Epstein @gadyepstein]

One of the most engrossing things I've read in a while in The Economist is our special report on the present and future of assisted reproduction (IVF and other things). Incredible, and incredibly personal, work by @catBrahic & @SachaNauta https://t.co/rLF2Q1lO7P

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@FertifaHQ @TheEconomist @SachaNauta Thank you for reading!

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@HankGreelyLSJU @TheEconomist @SachaNauta Thank you for your kind words @HankGreelyLSJU . It was an absolute pleasure talking to you in the reporting stages. I hope we can do it again.

[Hank Greely @HankGreelyLSJU]

WOW! Great 7 part series in @theeconomist by @catBrahic & @SachaNauta on assisted reproduction (& a short video)! Great overview of everything from comparative IVF usage to in vitro gametogenesis to, best, experiences of women using the technologies https://t.co/s2D3lIP0uC

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@rifish yikes! Glad you're on the mend Richard. Take care!

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@LondonEggBank Hello - could you DM me your media contact please? Or whoever I should get in touch with to organise an interview. Thank you.

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@CliMig @MayorsMigration Hi- is this today?

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

This is very good

[Ed King @edking_I]

Simple, effective message on Pakistan pavilion at #COP27.

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@AkshatRathi See below for the adaptation argument. As for mitigation, I have never said or written that we should "try to limit warming to 2C". Exactly the opposite. There is a detailed discussion in the piece.

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

I struggled and still struggle with the moral arguments about stating 1.5C as "dead". And whether there are benefits to saying it. For me, the adaptation argument is what sways it (see my previous thread) but do read Kevin too.

[Kevin Anderson @KevinClimate]

@TheEconomist 5/5 I agree that in any meaningful sense a 50% chance of not exceeding 1.5°C is now no longer possible. But a 1/6 chance remains viable if we are prepared to open up genuine political dialogue rather than hide the fears of us relative few hi-emitters behind net zero &future tech.

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@RobertHoglund You could say that the world (including the rich world) owes a debt to those delegates who went to Paris prepared to walk out on a deal that did not include 1.5...

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

This has been in the works, piecemeal, for far longer than I care to say &so huge thanks are due to everyone who spoke to me over many months. During that time I vacillated btw thinking I was just stating the bleeding obvious & why bother, and yet (1/n)
https://t.co/IoB38Dz2cT

[Kinley Salmon @kcsalmon]

"Average electricity consumption per person in sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa, is a mere 185 kWh a year, compared with 6,500kWh in Europe and 12,700kWh in America"

@johnpmcdermott & me in @TheEconomist on #energy & #climate in #Africa🧵(1/n)

https://t.co/XBLTIx3caZ

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

This whole conversation is worth reading

[Glen Peters @Peters_Glen]

Who believes we can halve global emissions by 2030?

It is so completely outside the realm of the technology & economics & politics of the world. Is it technically feasible? I guess. But it’s so far from reality that it’s kind of absurd.

Daniel Schrag

https://t.co/nrO4YUWkUq

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

@hausfath @shannonosaka Absolutely! It's smth we have all been thinking about, esp this year. And I doubt this will be the last we hear/read/write about it. Such is the life of totems and taboos.

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

...They mean the same thing and yet they don't. What are the consequences of choosing the first version? (10/10)

[Catherine Brahic @catBrahic]

Finally, from one of the many excellent conversations I had, in this case w/ @Oliver_Geden: consider the difference btw saying, as the IPCC does, that 1.5 "is achievable if [long list of stretch milestones]" & saying 1.5 "is impossible unless [same list]". They mean...(9/n)