Kumar Venkat

Technologist. Scientific modeler. Climate analyst. Founder/CEO at Model Paths.

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The next president will decide our climate future | Opinion https://t.co/5CiKV9UkCI

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The US is heading into a climate election
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The next president will decide our climate future
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Our climate future will be in the hands of the next American president - my Medium essay.
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“Delving into Wildfires” — Kumar Venkat https://t.co/mTCWI5laOt

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In case anyone missed it, two records were set last Thursday:

- It was the hottest day (global average) ever recorded by human-made instruments (https://t.co/mJ1F9ohNZu.).

- It also set a record for the largest number of commerc…https://t.co/LT419iu9XR https://t.co/9PzQeDQ1EW

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From more than 15 years of working on company-level and product-level carbon accounting and decarbonization (and working with numerous companies, big and small, from the food industry to semiconductors in that time), here are my co…https://t.co/f41haaaaYO https://t.co/VI3jCSHb5O

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My new illuminem piece argues that we as consumers need to be part of the climate solution and must meet the technology halfway.

Consider this: Climate change that is already in progress is largely baked in for the next two decade…https://t.co/Ggq7KjtwAA https://t.co/QWRjws9fgv

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If US transportation was its own country, it would be the fourth largest cumulative carbon emitter in the world since 1949, accounting for 6.5% of *all* CO2 accumulated in the atmosphere over the last seven decades. This includes e…https://t.co/sQ8h6pdrz7 https://t.co/MAwVADCGFF

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I've sometimes wondered if I made a mistake buying a plug-in hybrid (25-mile battery range) 3 years ago. Could PHEVs become obsolete in a few years as EVs take over the auto market? But here's the thing: Hybrids and PHEVs seem much…https://t.co/V0AIpX29aR https://t.co/fcMJIk7OJw

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This illuminem article by @HaraldWalkate is a must read if you find yourself questioning the time and money pouring into disclosing emissions and attributing them to specific companies. In my many years in the emissions accounting…https://t.co/ho1fdmHVTW https://t.co/Yi2jAS3J1O

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In my contribution to the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) blog, I've fine-tuned an argument that I've made before. Here is the crux of the issue: If we could hypothetically measure the GHG emissions to the atmosphere from the operation of a…https://t.co/jsIJKADqD8

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The number of power projects waiting to connect to the US grid is a great way to look at what the future power mix is likely to be. More than 10K projects are currently on the US generator interconnection queues, with total capacit…https://t.co/vNYllAnSRZ https://t.co/Lsdv6QoZME

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The latest update of our free regional climate data platform, Climate Data Viewer, includes several new derived climate variables. These variables provide some of the essential information needed for evaluating the effect of climate change on human health…https://t.co/qIweBalUQx

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Net zero is a heavy lift for many companies. In my latest piece for illuminem, I am proposing that large pools of companies voluntarily working together to achieve net zero could be a viable alternative to companies working in silo…https://t.co/A9znm2Z8Mw https://t.co/T9FrcKNsmh

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I am pleased to offer a brand new climate tool – completely free from Climate Trajectories – for exploring future climate scenarios. Climate Data Viewer is a simplified regional climate data platform for viewing nine different climate variables – includ…https://t.co/xLGl4sqrEQ

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Climate change is coming for our wallets. Texas cotton offers a peek into the future. By 2040, half of the regions around the globe where cotton is grown will face a “high or very high climate risk” from drought, floods and wildfir…https://t.co/ZJq4lkYqTE https://t.co/DHrla9A1qv

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I always suspected that those beautiful cut flowers had a sordid history. This article confirms it. They are doused with pesticides (easier because they are not food products), and usually air-freighted (80% of flowers sold in the…https://t.co/Dh0oJ8BsLF https://t.co/0BUI3JlsAq

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In my latest piece for illuminem, I am pointing out that the problem of additionality is not limited to carbon offsets but is pervasive in the decarbonization space. Many emission reduction claims are not additional in the sense th…https://t.co/UxXD41YN5l https://t.co/XJbIsRX2JD

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More evidence showing that there is no bigger story on the decarbonization front than renewable energy and electrification.

- Global clean energy investment hit an estimated $1.4 trillion in 2022. This includes everything from ren…https://t.co/bORpszUPwd https://t.co/xMbEZ7FpaX