Jan Piotrowski

The Economist's environment correspondent, former São Paulo bureau chief (plus husband, climber, snowboarder)
Views my own, though perhaps someone shares some

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What they don’t tell you about climate change. My cover story this week https://t.co/qCiSqHsVhL

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A sobering, fantastic cover story by @chowardchoward

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Oil and gas demand is ramping up while climate change gets harder to ignore. It’s time to tax carbon. Our cover this week

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Plus a closer look at #rewilding—in Argentina and elsewhere

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The renewed presence of endangered animals in Iberá, Argentina is part of a plan to restore the place to its prelapsarian glory https://t.co/g9oDEheKYw

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My three-page briefing on updating conservation for the Anthropocene

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Some 17% of the world’s land surface could be arranged to protect as many as 67% of the world’s plant species https://t.co/H35lF0BVF7

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The UN’s latest climate meeting ends positively https://t.co/YmpdtW6tZC

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My musings on #COP24 in Katowice. The summit succeeded in so far as it didn’t end in abject failure https://t.co/g2FSiztB6a

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Wed. @whartonknows on @BizRadio132 (10:30A ET):

We look at a new @TheEconomist report on the impact of #emergingmarkets producing higher levels of trash or waste. @janppiotrowski joins us to discuss.

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Also wrote a leader on how #IPCC #SR15 on what a 1.5-degree warmer world has produced a mixture of alarm and apathy https://t.co/r4pY6NvX61

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This week I pore over the #IPCC #SR15. Makes for a sobering read, even if presents no truly new science https://t.co/CKpsey92EL

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@Eaterofsun @TheEconomist I shall endeavour to make amends

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This week we publish my ten-page special report on global waste management. Hopefully not a load of rubbish https://t.co/tE63m8KvHD

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Local government v global warming. My look at how much subnational climate efforts stack up https://t.co/jrWdEZeQW8

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This week I looked Polish contemporary art. And what Poland’s rightward turn means for it https://t.co/sR9Q7ahbm6

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The world is losing the war against climate change, and rising energy demand is poised to make it hotter still. Our cover this week https://t.co/CiSU1ih8pQ

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Lastly, a sizzling science piece on wildfire forecasting by Ben Sutherland https://t.co/0F7fdPrp4R

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And a thoughtful piece by @ikahloon on welcome signs of Republicans’ warming to climate https://t.co/DwC2VMsGJq

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Plus a fantastic briefing from @HenryTricks on the difficulty of kicking India’s coal habit https://t.co/jUSYUadOx1

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My cover leader this week: the world is losing the war against climate change https://t.co/jRc1nRdKAG

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This week I looked at science & statistics of heat waves. For those partial to cold like myself, not brilliant news https://t.co/vAq17dybrC

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This week I looked at the price of negative (emissions) thinking. Just possibly, not as high as you might think https://t.co/NOrXGdPL4Q

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Carbonated? Markets may be underpricing climate-change risk. My piece this week https://t.co/04KAWkYhnq