Sam

Data programme director at Ember

Rational radical hoping we can still turn this ship around.

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@WeatherProf "The matter with human beans, is they is absolutely refusing to believe something until they is seeing it in front of their own schnozzles"

https://t.co/ewEdLwJTkU

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@whippletom This one hits hard.

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@JKSteinberger I tried it occasionally and it is incredible for smashing through stuff you've been been hiding from for months. But it is basically semi-legalized coke, and the come-down can be crushing.

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@paulmasonnews Another incredible insightful prediction from Paul Mason, which aged well for approximately 0 minutes.

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

I'm with Greta on this one.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

#UsaElection #USA2024 #StopArmingIsrael #FreePalestine #ClimateJusticeNow

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@haugejostein We ran a bunch of papers through ChatGPT and found they didn't use classical economic models.

[Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum]

Five months into 2024, global solar generation has already surpassed the full year total in 2019.

June will surpass the 2020 total. We're heading for another big record year.

Data from our @EmberClimate monthly electricity data

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

I've seen it argued that renewables add demand to fossil generation, rather than displace it.

I don't think that's true. If renewables can slow down fossil growth - and they have - then they can shrink it.

The real question is, how fast?

https://t.co/Ek3znHnN53

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

Ember's Global Electricity Review is out today: the first comprehensive look back at the global power sector in 2023, and a look ahead for what's in store in 2024.

A power system based on clean power is possible, progress is rapid, but we need to bend the emissions curve.

[Ember @ember_energy]

NEW | Renewables generated a RECORD 30% of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind ⚡

The world is racing towards an era of falling fossil fuels #GER24

https://t.co/s7iXVbRI3v

[Ember @ember_energy]

“Ember provides an essential service” says @_HannahRitchie regarding Ember’s commitment to open and accessible data.

Join us on 2 May for the launch of our new API, where we’ll unpack how we’re making our data even more easily accessible 📈

Register: https://t.co/Gp25su9iCQ

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

It's remarkable how fast things are changing in the EU power sector.

Did you know that wind power generated more electricity than gas in 2023?

That emissions dropped more than during Covid-19?

[Ember @ember_energy]

NEW | Coal and gas saw RECORD falls in EU electricity generation in 2023, pushing power sector emissions down 19% 📉

There’s no doubt about it: the EU’s electricity transition is in full swing. Read the full European Electricity Review 2024:

https://t.co/I9NalbIIaM

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@sanerefrain @MLiebreich @OurWorldInData @_HannahRitchie Ember might be interested in this

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@fgeerdink followed

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

Any wealthy country calling for phasing out of fossil fuels should not be issuing oil and gas exploration licenses. Simples.

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@rosie_a_fisher I'm stealing: "by, before, or around". I'll do that thing you asked for by, before, or around tomorrow.

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@benmsanderson Worst part is they kept "in keeping with the science" in there. I wonder which science says you can be serious about 1.5 (or even 2) degrees but not rapidly phase down fossil fuels?

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@DrSimEvans "On, before, or around" = sometime after

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@EsmeStallard @COP28_UAE Science says we have, at most, 8 years of carbon budget remaining for 1.5 degrees. In what world is a vague definition of net zero (with heavy reliance on abatement ) "sometime around" 2050 in keeping with the science?

[Sam @samwisehawkins]

@Peters_Glen @richardabetts I've long thought this. A lot of people say "ah, but the the first year you cross 1.5 isn't when the global average crosses" No, but if you're on a rapidly rising line, the difference is semantics.