Mike Fourcher

Climate advisor to the British Counsel in Chicago, USA. Former journalist and politico.

[UK Consulate Chicago @UKinChicago]

Cleveland! We're uniting legislators, businesses and advocates for an important conversation.

Join us🇬🇧 and @CleveFoundation to tackle building carbon emissions! Don't miss the discussion + reception! RSVP below.

📅Thurs, Jan 23 | 3 PM | 📍Cleveland, Ohio

[UK Consulate Chicago @UKinChicago]

Ready to tackle Illinois’ building decarbonization?

Join the British Consulate, chaired by Consul General Richard Hyde, for a roundtable with experts on reducing energy use in the Chicagoland area.

Secure your spot: https://t.co/lEmK1IayoA

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

I think the distraction girl is walking with a club foot.

[Madni Aghadi @hey_madni]

Dream Machine by Luma AI is just 3 days old.

Now memes are becoming videos.

10 wild examples:

1. Distracted boyfriend

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

What if consumers – not just in the US, but everywhere – decide they don’t really want to deal with the hassle of switching to electric? Then we’d have a whole new set of policy problems. #ClimateAction https://t.co/0z0pFxcJSd

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

Solar panels are so cheap in Europe that residents are using them as fencing. Meanwhile, the US is preparing a tariff war against China to protect its green tech manufacturing.
https://t.co/RS1BYiT2C3 #ClimateAction

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

"For a country like ours, Nepal, they always say this: If not COPs, then where is the forum for our voices to be heard? There's none." #ClimateAction https://t.co/9hZVc6TCbl

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

From just about every perspective, the American surge in oil production is breathtaking. #climateaction https://t.co/S0IHHAUy6a

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

@ScottTKennedy Brilliant! AND if there is a fire, everyone can douse themselves in the icy, cool water.

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

The call for climate action in Europe is a demand made on behalf of an unclear constituency. Who exactly is being damaged by the changing climate? #ClimateAction
https://t.co/qoTMdz4KxE

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

Since I first started following renewables and grid interconnection issues almost 30 years ago, very little has changed. Mostly because there's so little money in the transmission business. #ClimateAction
https://t.co/gF7ywXXoIe

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

@joshtpm Please make your original post free access. It's worth sharing with everyone.

[TheColeMemo @thecolememo]

ICYMI: I recently sat down with @vouchey!

Tune in here: https://t.co/EojAdptiXZ

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

Climate problems aren't just doom and gloom, they're also full of politics! (maybe that's the same thing?) If you want to learn more about climate and politics around it, I've got a (free) twice weekly newsletter that covers it all.
Subscribe, please! https://t.co/vmF5VDzOI8

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

@pantagrapher If only everyone wanted to be like Kid from Kid 'n' Play.

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

"The US and Western countries are lagging in green tech because they lack China’s persistent industrial direction." #ClimateAction

https://t.co/fIPY0tVWsJ

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

@cubag77 @PedroPedrosoC @CubaMINREX @GerardoPPortal @DPRCubaUN @y_gala_lopez @JuantonioFdez @rauldelgadoc Read the article here: https://t.co/1MulK6hyu5

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

That's me!

[Cuba Presidency | G-77 and China @cubag77]

Cuban Ambassador @PedroPedrosoC offered interview to Chicago based journalist @vouchey from Heat Rising. Discussed a broad range of climate issues including #COP28, debt forgiveness and the Loss and Damage Fund.

https://t.co/8V0B5CizGE

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

"Indonesian nickel has become so predominant – controlled by Chinese companies – that mines in other countries, like Australia and French-controlled New Caledonia, are threatened with closure." #ClimateAction

https://t.co/4jvEsckDwE

[Mike Fourcher @vouchey]

Yesterday I talked climate finance with the outgoing leader of the G77.

"The amount of resources that have to be invested for assisting developing countries, the most vulnerable among them, because of climate change is just massive. And $800 million is like a grain in the sea."