Tim Capper

Engineer doing a PhD at The Unversity of Manchester. I'm interested in all things energy.

[Anna Gorbatcheva @AnnaGorbatcheva]

New paper out on the #emerging #business #models of Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy concepts ⚡️ Kudos to our #GOP2P Subtask 3 Team on Transactions and Markets @users_tcp https://t.co/SUXbzNa1X9

[Ami @AmiCrowther]

The first paper based upon interviews from my PhD research is out!!

It looks at the tension between shorter-term crisis response and the achievement of longer-term policy ambitions, drawing upon a case study of Covid-19 and Greater Manchester’s decarbonisation ambitions

[Joe Mayes @Joe_Mayes]

What's just happened to the UK economy? A thread on how we got here, and what's next for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng... 1/

[Simon Bullock @simonbullock]

Top new paper on #energyjustice and the winners and losers for Demand-Side Response technologies from @philippacalver @TyndallManc and @NeilNds
https://t.co/LO8xkehehx

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

The US #ParisAgreement reentry notification has been deposited with the @UN. Read the reaction of top UN officials: https://t.co/baBMBkOT0v

[Tim Capper @timothycapper]

5/ New legislation is required. Using all the tools in the current legislation won’t get emissions down nearly far enough. Legislation wish list from the panel: carbon budget (linked to zero emissions goal); carbon price; big investment in education and R&D; infrastructure (now).

[Tim Capper @timothycapper]

I watched an interesting webinar from @ColumbiaUEnergy with @smmasri, @JasonBordoff, @MichaelGerrard and @kellysgallagher about how US climate action might change under the Biden administration (from tomorrow!) Here’s what I learned:

[Tim Capper @timothycapper]

4/ Climate policy is intrinsically linked to national security. Climate change is seen as a threat to financial stability. John Kerry, Biden’s climate envoy will have a seat on the National Security Council.

[Simon Bullock @simonbullock]

#Shipping and climate change covered in the latest @globaloptimism podcast from @CFigueres. Research from @TyndallManc from 8 mins in! https://t.co/jVtcEiMzSk

[Samira Garcia Freites @samiragf]

Happy to share a new article by myself, @Mirjam_Roeder & @PatriciaThornl4. This paper explores the environmental trade-offs associated with deploying gasification of coffee stems🌱over current coffee residues and energy uses in rural areas in Colombia. https://t.co/9s95tiYwkq

[Kevin Anderson @KevinClimate]

Goodbye to Paris?

Press release for our new paper at https://t.co/RFnveBAUyx

Paper (open access) at: https://t.co/Ll2I77hrbr

A Climate Policy blog of the paper: https://t.co/QYSwOHLwOq

Another, in The Ecologist, developing its implications at: https://t.co/iXhT7UPvyN

[Simon Bullock @simonbullock]

Hurray! New paper out today from @TyndallManc on shipping and climate change:

https://t.co/apPB1hr9X7

Can shipping make a fair contribution to keep warming below the Paris Climate Agreement 1.5 degree goal?

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[Tim Capper @timothycapper]

A very interesting profile of He Jiankui.

Brave new world with Chinese characteristics - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://t.co/ZgdT33WbIR via @BulletinAtomic

[Tim Capper @timothycapper]

An interesting article on France's carbon tax from the Washington Post

https://t.co/DC9xKOJxCH

[Carbon Coop @CarbonCoop]

Peer to peer electricity win #energyhackgm. Congrats

[energyunlocked @energyunlocked]

Wow, proof of the power of consumers and #demandflexibility @octopus_energy agile tariff saves customers money AND carbon https://t.co/td7kXmCL39