Sarah Beringer

Political Economist interested in all things #transatlantic #geopolitics #ClimateAction, #trade, based in #WashingtonDC

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

2027 is now expected to reach 1.7C in my model – exactly where Hansen predicted it would land (albeit in the GISTEMP dataset) back in December 2025:

[Prof. Peter Strachan @ProfStrachan]

"We are damned fools."

A deepening climate crisis.

"James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’."

#ClimateCrisis

https://t.co/fjWzUPvwUr

[Hedgehog Cabin @HedgehogCabin]

As we enter yet another week of drought conditions please, I beg you, put out water for the wildlife.
They have nothing.
No puddles.
No ponds.
No streams.
All have dried up.
Sometimes the birds are thought of and provided for.
But the nocturnal animals go unseen.
Unthought of.
No kind dishes.
Just the tantalising smell of water from a pond they may drown in, or a drain they may get trapped in.
Or a stagnant, dirty old birdbath they may get fatal fluke from.
Hedgehogs need to drink a lot of water to stay healthy. Please provide clean, fresh, safe, ground level water each evening for our precious nocturnal wildlife.
Tap water is best.
Pop a dish or two out tonight.
Dying of thirst is a terrible, painful way to die.
It should never happen to any animal, and certainly not in a country that has the safest tap water in the world.
The few minutes it takes you to fill a dish will make the difference between life and death.❤️

[Volcaholic 🌋 @volcaholic1]

Spain 😭

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

Wind and solar have just overtaken fossil-fuel power in Germany

https://t.co/EV07RqaGW1

[Sophie Pedder @PedderSophie]

Staggering figures on the wildfires raging in Gironde 🇫🇷
-surface area destroyed is 4 times that of Paris
-84 firefighters have been wounded; 78% of 🇫🇷 firefighters are voluntary
-fires have ravaged 115,000 hectares this year, nearly 2x recent peak in 2022

[Hans von der Burchard @vonderburchard]

Erschreckende Bilder aus einem Feuerwehrauto im Umland von Madrid, wo die Flammen wüten.

Derweil ist auch in Frankreich inmitten der beliebten Urlaubsregion „Gironde“ ein Waldbrand völlig außer Kontrolle und bewegt sich auf Bordeaux zu. Mehrere Ortschaften evakuiert.

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Scotland has just done something quietly brilliant for its birds 🐦

New buildings across the country will now have to include "swift bricks", hollow bricks built straight into the walls that give birds a safe place to nest.

It sounds like a small thing but it isn't. Swift numbers in the UK have fallen by around 60% since the mid-1990s, and one of the biggest reasons is heartbreakingly simple: modern buildings have nowhere for them to go. Swifts have always nested in the nooks and gaps of our houses, and as those disappeared, so did they.

The birds themselves make it worse by being loyal to a fault. Swifts return to the exact same nest site year after year, having flown thousands of miles from Africa to get there.

When they arrive to find it sealed up, some will keep flying at the spot again and again, sometimes injuring themselves in the process.

The bricks cost about £30 each. They need no maintenance, they don't affect insulation, and once they're in the wall, you'd never know they were there. Sparrows, starlings and house martins use them too, all species in trouble for the same reason.

One RSPB conservationist put it starkly. In his part of Glasgow, not a single swift bred in 2025, the first time in his 30 years there. He called it "nothing short of heartbreaking."

Scotland is the first country in the UK to write this into law. Campaigners are now hoping the rest follows.

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Today marks the 50th consecutive day of record-breaking global ocean temperatures.

Sea surface temperatures in the key El Niño monitoring zone have risen faster since New Year's Day than in any year on record.

We are on pace for the strongest El Niño on record (reliable records began in 1850).

2026 will more than likely be the second-warmest year on record globally, with 2027 virtually guaranteed to be the warmest year on record.

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

America's first large-scale indoor vertical farm for strawberries in Richmond, Virginia. Using 30-foot towers, it produces over 4 million pounds of strawberries annually on less than an acre of land. This innovative method reduces water use by 90%, land use by 97%, and eliminates the need for pesticides.

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Six charts show how clean power was world’s largest source of new energy in 2025

✍️ Written by @DrSimEvans

📊 Data analysis by Ho Woo Nam

Read here:
https://t.co/FPTYwOR3F6

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

You could watch the news 24/7 & not know that:

Our planet’s at its hottest in 120,000 years.
Methane levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years.
CO2 levels their highest in 3 MILLION years.

We're in a climate crisis. Denying it won't solve the problem.

#ActOnClimate #climate #energy #panelsnotpipelines

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

🚨 Introducing Project Cosmos, the world’s largest database of climate change research.

Carbon Brief has mapped the academic literature and evidence that underpins humanity's knowledge of climate change.

The Cosmos database includes 1.8 million studies.

Explore the database here ⬇️
https://t.co/sVbaZVsHo4

[Mike Hudema @MikeHudema]

"We need an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell.
We have control of the wheel.
The 1.5 degree limit of global warming is still possible.
But we need to fight harder. Now." @antonioguterres

No time to wait. #ActOnClimate

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Fascinating report by Lily Bermal that despite the Trump admin's efforts more than half of carbon reductions under the IRA remain intact, at least for the power sector. This is in part due to continuing cost-competitiveness of solar and wind post-subsidies https://t.co/Nhm7COzaH9

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Protecting mangroves is a crucial step to lower planet-warming carbon emissions. These ecosystems store up to 1,000 tonnes of carbon per hectare in their biomass and soils.

More info on the many benefits of mangroves: https://t.co/37PRrTlOrC

[Svein Tveitdal @tveitdal]

New research shows major lenders are accelerating their investment in Big Oil as the industry turns toward plastics, pesticides, and other petrochemicals. https://t.co/kK6hycJgiE

[Dave Throup @DaveThroup]

Number of times 40°C has been recorded over the last 75 years across France’s main temperature recording network.

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

On this hot fourth of July it is worth reminding folks that its not the sun that's causing global warming. Solar output (as measured by satellites) has been flat over the past 50 years when global temperatures have shot up.

Its our emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Oceans hit an insane record high of 21°C in June, pushing us into yet more challenging uncharted waters
>Boiling oceans force extra thermal energy into the system, directly fueling more and more intense storms, catastrophic floods, and multi-year droughts
>Just last month, temperatures broke hundreds of records across Europe, causing 1,300+ deaths

Physics doesn't care about Big Oil propaganda: Wires must chew pipelines much faster

https://t.co/lFis4hdLZS