Rafe Bertram

Sustainability, Climate, Low carbon Lifestyles, Architect, Environmentalist, Futurist, Innovator, Dad. All views my own - follow is not endorsement.

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

The solution is simple:

Electrify everything (eliminate combustion);

Provide the electricity with #WindWaterSolar;

Deploy what we have as fast as possible;

Keep our eyes on the ball (don't get distracted with weak- or non-solutions).

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"Dear friends, scientifically, this is not a #ClimateCrisis. We are now facing something deeper. Mass extinction. Air pollution. Undermining ecosystem functions. Really putting humanity’s future at risk. This is a #PlanetaryCrisis."

— Professor @jrockstrom

#ActOnClimate

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

This school in Denmark is covered in #solar panels. It's the longest solar panel facade in the world.

RT if you think all schools should get a solar upgrade.

#ActOnClimate #climate #renewables #sustainability #solar #energy #innovation #tech #design #GreenNewDeal

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study.

This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice.

#citymakingmath

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

@campbellclaret @KateRaworth You are right @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK at the end of the interview with @KateRaworth about being old and sceptical. It was really disappointing that you were not more helpful and we’re not able to turn the barriers you were stressing to opportunities and ideas.

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

@COP28_UAE https://t.co/48L7p0Ke06”.

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

@COP28_UAE UAE producing 2,891,000 barrels of oil a day….

[John Gibbons 🇵🇸 @think_or_swim]

This is absolutely bananas.

There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.

But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?

Nope.

[Professor Mark Maslin 👋 𝕏 @ProfMarkMaslin]

#ClimateChange denial has now evolved into climate delay

Companies, politicians & lobbyists justify inaction, by focusing on the possible negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible.

Which one are you?

https://t.co/O5tAyvMhmj

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

Today, @UNSG @antonioguterres urged for more ambition & action to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030.

#IPCC's #ClimateReport shows that current policies are not on track to limit #globalwarming to 1.5°C.

👉 https://t.co/zAMzd12lR7

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

The next 18 months are going to shake us all to our core. Nothing will be the same ever again . I hope when people understand how badly the media has failed to warn us they shut most of the media down. Look for yourself. Thermometers don’t lie.

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Another day, another record for the North Atlantic. Everything is happening so fast, it's hard to get a sense of the enormity of these anomalies, let alone their consequences.

[Matthew Todd 🌏🔥 @MrMatthewTodd]

Got chatting to some people at the bus stop. Showed them this graph. They didn’t believe it was true. It is. From the University of Reading. They said why isn’t this on the news? Quite. People are right to panic when they see it. @bbcnews @skynews @itvnews @cnn

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

@CIRCLE25232564 @KJChalvatzis @UCLanResearch @UEAResearch @Channel_Manche @TiagoBotelho77 @ClimateUEA_ @EqiomGroupeCRH @theGCCA @ukConcrete So…?

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

@SustainableTall This is all so problematic - I don’t think there is really a sustainable tall. The taller you go, the more embodied carbon per m2. Apart from that, I really enjoy your tweets!

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

NEW ANALYSIS

📉UK emissions fell 3.4% in 2022
🎻Coal was lowest since 1757, when George II was king
♨️Only part of 2022 fall due to climate action
🚚✈️Oil use grew
🏘️Gas fell on warm weather, weak demand
🎯UK remains off track for net-zero

THREAD

https://t.co/jsvqKXNPP3

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

Amazing resources from @NatBullard super interesting - thank you Nat.

[Nat Bullard @NatBullard]

My annual presentation: trends in decarbonization.

The long view; trends and transience; net zero as evolution and revolution. Everything from surface humidity to Nordic heat pump sales to hydrocarbon gravimetric density to hyperobjects.
https://t.co/DxlE3kaNbv

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

Climate deniers love to point out the 100,000 tons of lithium used for clean energy technology.

But they never mention the ~15,000,000,000 tons of fossil fuels mined every year.

[Jo Alsop, Warmur @theheatinghub]

This is so cool! Roof-mounted heat pumps being tested by Bellway Homes at @energy_house2 @ehl_salford

We need more house builders leading on this stuff rather than lobbying to delay implementation

Thanks for sharing the article @Eastreadingcom @ngterry5
https://t.co/AEBGLxnArt

[Rafe Bertram @rafebertram]

@NicholasHellen @Zipcar @hiyacar @allpartycycling @EmilyKerr36 Fabulous move - keep us posted! Really interesting to see if our streets evolve from being linear car parks - if there is less private car ownership.