Samuel Gordon

Kiwi optimist in London. Exploring win-wins and ways to get to a prosperous net zero world. Views are my own and evolve.

[James Murray @James_BG]

Big green news for late on a Friday. Aviation industry has a new @icao approved net zero target for 2050. But can it deliver? https://t.co/FtkhTHY2ft BG+

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

It's just 3 years - almost to the day - since the first airline committed to net zero emissions. Now the entire industry and 193 countries are onboard. The pace of change is fast.
The 15% net reduction between 2019-30 is in line with what NDCs will deliver, I believe. Onwards..

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

World aviation agrees 'aspirational' net zero plan https://t.co/CXcVxdGMGI

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Interesting to see net zero resources coming into the mix

https://t.co/GMuQr3EAD7

[ARCHIVED - NASA Climate @NASAClimate]

New visualization alert! Watch global temperature changes from 1880 to 2021 by latitude zone. As you can see, global warming isn't uniform around the planet, and the Arctic has been warming much faster than other regions. Learn more and download the video: https://t.co/h64PlcCDsi

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Some good tips for how to search for stuff on Twitter

[Tessa Davis @TessaRDavis]

The TL;DR of how you can search:

• from:twittername
• keyword1 OR keyword2
• min_faves:2000
• min_retweets:2000
• filter:links
• filter:images
• until:YYYY-MM-DD
• since:YYYY-MM-DD
• near:location within:15mi

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

The IPCC report makes it clear that limiting warming to well-below 2C requires "immediate and deep" greenhouse gas reductions in all sectors.

But they also feature carbon dioxide reduction as a "key element" to reach achieve these goals. Lets explore CDR in the WG3 report!

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[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Sounds like a win-win(d)

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Good opportunity for Kiwis

[Jocelyn Timperley @jloistf]

Looking for an freelance environmental/climate/cities journalist based in New Zealand, ideally Auckland, for a commission for BBC Future Planet.

Please comment/DM me if that's you or you know someone who may be right for this! My DMs are open

[Nathan Bennett @nathansbennett]

So if you're a fan of renewable energy, you'll like the UK's new Energy Strategy:

💨50GW of offshore wind by 2030
💨Up to 5GW of floating wind
☀️5-fold increase in solar by 2035
💚At least 5GW of green hydrogen by 2030
💨More onshore wind

Little thread on details/significance

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

This is incredibly out of touch.

The aim is to get to net zero and increase welfare. Not to get to net zero at any cost.

Transition people, don't suddenly halt stuff.

Some of this "infrastructure" will also transport green fuels and be used for carbon removals.

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

Climate activists are sometimes depicted as dangerous radicals.

But the truly dangerous radicals are the countries that are increasing the production of fossil fuels.

Investing in new fossil fuels infrastructure is moral and economic madness.

[Erik Solheim @ErikSolheim]

Panasonic got its highest-emitting Chinese factory to “virtually net zero” carbon dioxide. It took six years, showing how difficult it can be for companies to reduce their environmental footprints to deal with climate change.
@Phred_Dvorak

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Paraphrasing: “There is a group-level commitment to capturing 10MT CO2 by 2030. There are something like 80 years of capacity at 10MT a year into the gas field. Storage capacity isn’t something we have to worry about.”

https://t.co/98h3MitJ5X

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Fun stuff

[Nat Bullard @NatBullard]

Fun data from @New_AutoMotive on U.K. new car market.
March 2017: 53% petrol, 43% diesel, 3% hybrid, 1% pure electric
March 2022: 50% petrol, 9% diesel, 25% hybrid, 16% pure electric https://t.co/s4dGoN0weK h/t @liamdenning

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Pretty decent takeaways. Sounds like the report is short of some text on how to manage trade-offs. I see a lot of those coming up. Like where the cuts fall between sectors.

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

Ah, this was a chart I was looking for - cheers!

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Indeed, since the IPCC WG3 literature cutoff we've already seen a number lower warming outcomes (<3C median warming) associated with current policies (more on this soon!). https://t.co/MEP35NBDJj 6/

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

It's a landmark report.

But this "now or never" framing is behind the curve.

90% of global emissions are covered by net zero targets. We'll land somewhere between 1.5-2C.

We're already into the era of managing tradeoffs, en route.

https://t.co/KZazWNfyEx

[Simon Evans @DrSimEvans]

🚨

The @IPCC_CH report on how to tackle climate change is finally out, covering nearly 3,000 pages

Look out tomorrow for @CarbonBrief in-depth summary

Here are some highlights

1/ Global GHG emissions are at highest ever level, but growth has slowed

https://t.co/lZ0CpDIhMQ

[Dr. Stephanie Roe @stephanieroe]

The #IPCC #ClimateReport has just been approved!! 🙌 16 days, capped off with a final ~40hrs straight of line-by-line negotiation & approval. As one of the authors of the report, this moment culminates years of work. Congratulations to all the authors, Chairs and delegates 🎉

[Samuel Gordon @winwin_Sam]

👏

[Akshat Rathi @AkshatRathi]

IPCC WGIII report has been approved.

Despite the delays, take a moment to appreciate that at a time of major global upheaval—pandemic, war, inflation)—scientists convinced govt reps of all countries on a unified understanding of what needs to be done to tackle climate change.