Gunnar Edlund

News and Analysis on Renewable Energy Projects and Politics / News und Analysen zum Thema erneuerbare Energie Projekte und Politik

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

The latest #ArticleDigest, published in Atmospheric Environment, looks at the air quality measures which were put in place for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and their effectiveness. https://t.co/hkzkieG5cO #AirQuality #AirPollution #Environment

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

”We cannot be radical enough in dealing with (this crisis).”
Sir David Attenborough.

Blunt warning to politicians who don’t act on global heating.

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

@NatGeo Such majestic creatures. It's a shame that pop culture has cultivated such a fear of sharks.

[Food and Agriculture Organization @FAO]

Deforestation is putting one of our biggest allies against #climatechange at risk.

🌳🌲🌳🌲
#Forests store large amounts of carbon in trees, undergrowth and soils, representing one of our best ways of beating climate change.

#ZeroHunger

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Wow!
India 🇮🇳 is building one of the largest solar power station in the world. It will power 700,000 households. India 🇮🇳 aims at tripling its solar power production by 2022.

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

"New York is aiming for 9,000 MW of offshore wind by the year 2035." Excellent! Weiter so!

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

BBC News - Scottish wind power output at record high https://t.co/ZtypuiEMEe

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

There are 5 trillion pieces of plastics floating in our ocean.
Most plastics ever made, still exists.
Let’s beat plastic pollution!

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

@ChiefExecCCC @theCCCuk looking forward to reading it!

[Chris Stark @StarkClimate]

Our annual UK progress report is published tomorrow. And this year, it’s a bumper edition - our assessment of progress in adapting to climate change; and progress in reducing UK emissions.

Expect two volumes of @theCCCuk insight and analysis. There may also be charts...

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

@WindEuropeEvent Great workshop. The importance of these issues is only going to grow in the future!

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

New Nature paper out today
https://t.co/oAF7nep6ur
states very clearly what is needed if governments are serious about limiting global heating to 1.5C, as agreed at Paris.

Spoiler: No new fossil fuelled infrastructure, anywhere, ever. From now on.

Read thread for details...

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

@julianschorpp @EU2019FI @DIHK_News Richtig so!

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

Just another example of the wide-reaching consequences if we fail to act decisively to combat #climatechange.

[BusinessGreen @BusinessGreen]

UN: Rising 'heat stress' among workers to cost global economy $2.4tr a year https://t.co/LKrznFrV3z

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

Smart cities confront challenges with creativity: improving roads, boosting access to technology, supporting heritage, and protecting the environment https://t.co/6EWwRd86wy

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Wow!
India 🇮🇳 produces the cheapest solar power in the world!
Cost of big solar installations fell 27% last year.
The trend is global - India is leading!

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

Contain the lead │Sarah Kajari-Schröder offers her take on new work on risk of lead leakage from #pervoskite solar cells after hail impact under a variety of weather conditions https://t.co/JeyN9ehKqX

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

Ready cells for large-scale systems │ Jeff Kettle BangorUni discusses new EPFL_en study analysing yearly changes in the energy yield of #perovskite solar cells under simulated realistic temperature and irradiance conditions https://t.co/2mEmKnZrOo

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

Ambitious climate plan launched in Ireland 🇮🇪.
Petrol and diesel cars will be banned.

https://t.co/Lpxb9Aql9Y via ErikSolheim

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

Waste or treasure? Urea is normally thought of as the former, but with impressive progress in devices that can convert the substance into electricity, it may be time for a rethink. https://t.co/LsOWdCE8kR #Urea #WasteWater

[Gunnar Edlund @EdlundGunnar]

RT DrChrisFoulds: It's always nice to be invited to do a conf presentation & to then have the option to do a remote presentation. Great when trying to manage childcare responsibilities & to critically fly less too. Today, I was 'at' the TEACHENER conf https://t.co/8IKs1sd2zs En…