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The conversation about #SouthAfrica's looming #electricitycrisis HAS to include coal.
Here's why: 🧵🧵
Here's why: 🧵🧵
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Our energy sector is the 🥈 highest Green House Gas emitter of all the World's Industrializing countries (the G20) 🥲🌍🥲. Coal is responsible for roughly 85% of our energy generation 🤯.
#GHG
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Our energy sector is the 🥈 highest Green House Gas emitter of all the World's Industrializing countries (the G20) 🥲🌍🥲. Coal is responsible for roughly 85% of our energy generation 🤯.
#GHG
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Coal is becoming less #efficient 📉
Its increasing Energy Return on Investment (or EROI) means that a higher energy input is needed to generate electricity!
The exact opposite of #renewable energy☘️… 🙄🙄
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Coal is becoming less #efficient 📉
Its increasing Energy Return on Investment (or EROI) means that a higher energy input is needed to generate electricity!
The exact opposite of #renewable energy☘️… 🙄🙄
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🇪🇺 solidarity: climate action to prevent shutdown of #lowcarbon energy sources ✊⚛️🌍
Last Saturday, we opposed, together with @Nuklearia & @Moms4G, the antinuclear activists demonstrating in front of the #Isar #nuclear power plant 🇩🇪
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Last Saturday, we opposed, together with @Nuklearia & @Moms4G, the antinuclear activists demonstrating in front of the #Isar #nuclear power plant 🇩🇪
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Here is a video that can help you get a glimpse of our event 🎷📺▶️:
#KernkraftBleibt #KernkraftGewinnt #mobilisation #climateaction #StimmenderKernenergie
#KernkraftBleibt #KernkraftGewinnt #mobilisation #climateaction #StimmenderKernenergie
40 nuclear reactors in operation🟢
The 🇫🇷 #nuclear fleet is getting back in the game 🎮🌤
Following #Flamanville 2 and #Cruas 2, #Cattenom 4 after 2 failed launches in recent days seems to be back for good. And this morning two other units join them: #Bugey 3 and #Dampierre 3 💪
The 🇫🇷 #nuclear fleet is getting back in the game 🎮🌤
Following #Flamanville 2 and #Cruas 2, #Cattenom 4 after 2 failed launches in recent days seems to be back for good. And this morning two other units join them: #Bugey 3 and #Dampierre 3 💪
The availability of the park finally exceeds 70%, which had not happened since last winter!
The 40 GW of production is in sight.
We must be clear, this is very low for a winter season❄️, and we are missing the 16 reactors 🔴still unavailable.
The 40 GW of production is in sight.
We must be clear, this is very low for a winter season❄️, and we are missing the 16 reactors 🔴still unavailable.
But this collective relaunch is a real breath of fresh air in this cold anticyclonic episode, where nuclear energy and hydraulics 💧are the only #lowcarbon sources able to ensure the electricity supply ⚡️.
1️⃣ Deciding between multiple alternative #aviation fuels is a complex and daunting task, as all options have unique advantages and weaknesses. #RECCE, our new tool, aims to streamline this decision-making process: recce.aiatools.org
2️⃣ The Resource to Climate Comparison Evaluator (RECCE) allows users to systematically compare 15 aviation fuels across the entire system, from the resources required to produce each fuel to #emissions resulting from infrastructure, manufacturing, on ground operations and flight.
3️⃣ The Resources section displays the cost, #electricity and feedstock required by 2035 to produce enough of each #fuel to fly everyone in the world 1,300km - the average distance flown by each person on Earth in 2019.
The insight report on sustainable battery and hydrogen-powered flight we produced in collaboration with @wef outlines 8 unlocks that would enable novel technologies to accelerate #netzeroflight
🧵 Here is a summary of these unlocks:
🧵 Here is a summary of these unlocks:
1⃣ Aviation batteries must be charged with #lowcarbon electricity to ensure reduced emissions. To achieve this, airports could store #renewableenergy to avoid depending on the grid or batteries could be swapped in and out of aircraft to increase charging flexibility.
2⃣ While green hydrogen is a viable aviation fuel, care must be taken if blue hydrogen is to be used in aviation, as its production might result in significant #CO2 emissions and methane leaks that offset emissions savings made in-flight.
New #Report Alert!!!
Laying out the 'benefits windfall' from place-based #local #netzero projects and how to unlock their delivery.
#EneryRevolution @UKRI_News funded, written by @PwC_UK @PCANcities & Otley Energy .
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Laying out the 'benefits windfall' from place-based #local #netzero projects and how to unlock their delivery.
#EneryRevolution @UKRI_News funded, written by @PwC_UK @PCANcities & Otley Energy .
Short thread 1/5
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Super-critical because targeting the two areas - #heating and #mobility that we are stalled on in UK #netzero delivery.
Chart shows top two sectors now #transport (navy) and #buildings (heat - pink) - both flat-lined (bar pandemic effects). (2/5)
Chart shows top two sectors now #transport (navy) and #buildings (heat - pink) - both flat-lined (bar pandemic effects). (2/5)
This work models costs / benefits from bottom-up for 6 UK cities to #decarbonise in 2 scenarios:
- use same #lowcarbon measures everywhere
- tailor to local needs / opportunities
And adds strategic analysis of current situation for #delivery (3/5)
- use same #lowcarbon measures everywhere
- tailor to local needs / opportunities
And adds strategic analysis of current situation for #delivery (3/5)
#CSTEP researcher @rumyeah42 presented the #SAFARImodel at a #COP26 side event organized by @IDFC_Network.
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Climate #CSTEP
@Kaveri_Ashok @_poornimakumar
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Climate #CSTEP
@Kaveri_Ashok @_poornimakumar
#Sustainable Alternative Futures for #India (SAFARI) is a user-interactive scenario development tool developed by #CSTEP.
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Climate #CSTEP
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Climate #CSTEP
The #SAFARImodel helps simulate long-term pathways where #development goals AND #ClimateAction are achieved synergistically.
#ClimateEmergency #Climate #CSTEP @ConnectSDGs #COP26 #SDGs @UN
#ClimateEmergency #Climate #CSTEP @ConnectSDGs #COP26 #SDGs @UN
[1/9] Ahead of #COP26, these @royalsociety policy briefs lay out 12 science & technology areas key for enabling #netzero.
Inadvertently the briefs also lay out clear lack of representation in #STEM and #academia
Reduced inequalities is part of netzero solution #SDG10
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Inadvertently the briefs also lay out clear lack of representation in #STEM and #academia
Reduced inequalities is part of netzero solution #SDG10
👇🏾Thread👇🏾
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✅120+ authors from 30+ countries were included in these briefs, plus another ~40 reviewers. Impressive. ❌Less impressive is the representation within the list of contributors:
🌍the authors are predominantly from the global north
♀️ <25% of the authors are women
✅120+ authors from 30+ countries were included in these briefs, plus another ~40 reviewers. Impressive. ❌Less impressive is the representation within the list of contributors:
🌍the authors are predominantly from the global north
♀️ <25% of the authors are women
[3/9] In fact, 3 out of the 12 briefings are all-male authors (briefing 3: #lowcarbon heating & cooling, 5: #CCS, 12: #ClimateAction).
2 of these (briefings 3 & 5) have all-male reviewers, also.
⁉️Where are the incredible women working in these topics? Their absence is visible.
2 of these (briefings 3 & 5) have all-male reviewers, also.
⁉️Where are the incredible women working in these topics? Their absence is visible.
It was a big week in #energy. For the need-to-know recap, dive into this thread. 👇
Our mission is to accelerate the global #lowcarbon #energytransition by unleashing the potential of #opensource #digital tech, including the #EnergyWeb #blockchain.
In tandem, major energy companies around the world are making big pivots.
In tandem, major energy companies around the world are making big pivots.
Legacy oil majors such as #EnergyWeb member @Shell are investing heavily in #digitalization and #renewables.
Electricity grid operators are becoming TRANSPORTATION companies, via #electricvehicle charging infrastructure and supplying electrons as 'fuel' to those #EVs.
Electricity grid operators are becoming TRANSPORTATION companies, via #electricvehicle charging infrastructure and supplying electrons as 'fuel' to those #EVs.
seeing as we can't talk about other things on here today 😬 & given that I've spent the past week poring over the #TeTārukeāTāwhiri: #Auckland's #Climate Plan text again, I thought you might be interested in a few key parts of the Plan that are often overlooked.
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first off, why Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri?
a gift from the mana whenua of Tāmaki, this cultural narrative is deeply emebedded in this place, but critically "...calls for a change in our response, from a human-centred approach to an ecological-centred approach..." 2/x
a gift from the mana whenua of Tāmaki, this cultural narrative is deeply emebedded in this place, but critically "...calls for a change in our response, from a human-centred approach to an ecological-centred approach..." 2/x
Mana Whenua, through the Kaitiki Forum, have played a key role in developing our #ClimateAction response, drawing together wisdom & knowledge of Tāmaki w/ the understanding that living systems & #whakapapa relationships are key to #wellbeing, #sustainability & #resilience. 3/x
@OPAgarWRI @iChiragGajjar @teriin Transport #emissions are currently, at 10% of total emissions and 13% of energy emissions. #Transport sector in India is the fastest growing amongst G20 countries, which affects the goal of reducing emissions intensity of GDP: RR Rashmi, @teriin
#sustainable #Freight
#sustainable #Freight
@OPAgarWRI @iChiragGajjar @teriin There is no one silver bullet for all of the transport sector's emission woes. There needs to be an integrated approach to #decarbonizing India's booming #Transportation sector: RR Rashmi, @teriin
#sustainable #Freight #electricmobility #decarbonization #climateaction
#sustainable #Freight #electricmobility #decarbonization #climateaction
@OPAgarWRI @iChiragGajjar @teriin Electrification of #transport sector, modal shift from road to rail for #freight, changes in urban planning are necessary for moderating the sector’s contribution in emissions: RR Rashmi, @teriin
#sustainable #electricmobility #decarbonization #climateaction
#sustainable #electricmobility #decarbonization #climateaction
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Settling down to watch @MLiebreich & @kirstygogan discuss the role that nuclear power can play in a #lowcarbon future in the @MLCleaningUp series... accompanied by a glass of @ShinerBeer Bock, brewed in Shiner, Texas, USA since 1909. Cheers.⚛️🍻
Thread of highlights below👇
Settling down to watch @MLiebreich & @kirstygogan discuss the role that nuclear power can play in a #lowcarbon future in the @MLCleaningUp series... accompanied by a glass of @ShinerBeer Bock, brewed in Shiner, Texas, USA since 1909. Cheers.⚛️🍻
Thread of highlights below👇
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KG: We have emitted 1/2 the CO2 in the atmosphere in the last 30 years, despite growing public concern & remarkable growth of VRE.
ML: Need to be surgical about differentiating between existing nuclear, new build of current tech, or next-generation nuclear.
KG: We have emitted 1/2 the CO2 in the atmosphere in the last 30 years, despite growing public concern & remarkable growth of VRE.
ML: Need to be surgical about differentiating between existing nuclear, new build of current tech, or next-generation nuclear.
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ML: Keep the existing, re: "build new using the existing technology, it's kind of been tested to economic destruction", but that we should contemplate leapfrogging generation of nuclear tech.
Both: Electrify to rid tremendous thermal waste of fossil fuels re: primary energy.
ML: Keep the existing, re: "build new using the existing technology, it's kind of been tested to economic destruction", but that we should contemplate leapfrogging generation of nuclear tech.
Both: Electrify to rid tremendous thermal waste of fossil fuels re: primary energy.
To mark #ODI60 anniversary we're launching a #GlobalReset Dialogue to discuss how to create more resilient, equal societies beyond #coronavirus. A brilliant opening to the conversation today: @SudanPMHamdok @MaryRobinsonCtr @rodrikdani & Noeleen Heyzer. 1/
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'Old international norms and rules of the game have been turned on their head… Global challenges require new, not outdated global responses.' @SudanPMHamdok odi.org/60/global-rese… #ODI60 #GlobalReset 2/
'Covid-19 exacerbated existing inequalities but taught us that collective human behaviour matters, that government leadership matters, that science matters and that compassion and collaboration matter. ' @MaryRobinsonCtr odi.org/60/global-rese… #ODI60 #GlobalReset 3/
#SriAgenda in 15min 🔔 #June30 10am CEST
Investors as catalysts of the climate transition | #COP26: Investor action on climate (Webinar 2) "@PRI_News @LSEplc
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#sustainablefinance #climatecrisis @SRI_Natives @SriEvent_It @Managers4Future @andytuit
Investors as catalysts of the climate transition | #COP26: Investor action on climate (Webinar 2) "@PRI_News @LSEplc
unpri.org/events/cop26-i…
#sustainablefinance #climatecrisis @SRI_Natives @SriEvent_It @Managers4Future @andytuit
@PRI_News @LSEplc @SRI_Natives @SriEvent_It @Managers4Future @andytuit Investors as catalysts of the #climatetransition - #COP26: Investor action on climate (Webinar 2), just started with a ⚡terrific⚡ line-up of speakers for the 1st panel
#sustainablefinance #climatecrisis @LSEplc @PRI_News @UNEP_FI @GFI_green @GenerationFndt @COP26 @PreCop26ITA
#sustainablefinance #climatecrisis @LSEplc @PRI_News @UNEP_FI @GFI_green @GenerationFndt @COP26 @PreCop26ITA
@PRI_News @LSEplc @SRI_Natives @SriEvent_It @Managers4Future @andytuit @UNEP_FI @GFI_green @GenerationFndt @COP26 @PreCop26ITA #sustainability is at the core of our business, just said David Schwimmer, CEO @LSEplc adding that there's still a lack of #ESG data to work on
#sustainablefinance #climatecrisis #climatetransition @BorsaItalianaIT @PatriziaCelia @barbaralunghi4 @FSB_TCFD @APPGSustFin @GFI_green
#sustainablefinance #climatecrisis #climatetransition @BorsaItalianaIT @PatriziaCelia @barbaralunghi4 @FSB_TCFD @APPGSustFin @GFI_green
#SriAgenda abt to start 🔔 #May7 3pm CEST
#WasteandWater - w/in #EUTaxonomy Explored: Talks w/ #TEG Experts #webinar series "@ClimateBonds
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#sustainablefinance #sustainablefinanceEU @andytuit @SRI_Natives #SRINatives
#WasteandWater - w/in #EUTaxonomy Explored: Talks w/ #TEG Experts #webinar series "@ClimateBonds
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#sustainablefinance #sustainablefinanceEU @andytuit @SRI_Natives #SRINatives
@ClimateBonds @andytuit @SRI_Natives #SriAgenda just started 💥
#WasteandWater - w/in #EUTaxonomy Explored: Talks w/ #TEG Experts #webinar series "@ClimateBonds
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#sustainablefinance #sustainablefinanceEU
#WasteandWater - w/in #EUTaxonomy Explored: Talks w/ #TEG Experts #webinar series "@ClimateBonds
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#sustainablefinance #sustainablefinanceEU
@ClimateBonds @andytuit @SRI_Natives #WasteandWater
Welcome speech and opening remarks by 'Mr. #GreenBonds' @seankidney CEO @ClimateBonds and #TEG member, we've today a broad audience from all over the world, he says w/ pleasure
(@SriEvent is here! 🖐)
#EUTaxonomy #SustainableFinanceEU #greenfinance
Welcome speech and opening remarks by 'Mr. #GreenBonds' @seankidney CEO @ClimateBonds and #TEG member, we've today a broad audience from all over the world, he says w/ pleasure
(@SriEvent is here! 🖐)
#EUTaxonomy #SustainableFinanceEU #greenfinance
#SriAgenda VIA! 🔘
#webinar
Tassonomia UE: perché, cos’è, come si usa. Colloquio con esperti del #TEG "@ClimateBonds
con:
@PaoloCanfora
@PaoloMasoni
#FabrizioVarriale
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#finanzasostenibile #sustainablefinanceEU #EUTaxonomy #sri #esg @andytuit
#webinar
Tassonomia UE: perché, cos’è, come si usa. Colloquio con esperti del #TEG "@ClimateBonds
con:
@PaoloCanfora
@PaoloMasoni
#FabrizioVarriale
zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#finanzasostenibile #sustainablefinanceEU #EUTaxonomy #sri #esg @andytuit
@ClimateBonds @PaoloCanfora @PaoloMasoni @andytuit .@PaoloMasoni apre il #webinar ringraziando @seankidney e @ClimateBonds per la realizzazione dell'iniziativa
#EUTaxonomy #TEG @ecoinnovazione
#EUTaxonomy #TEG @ecoinnovazione
@ClimateBonds @PaoloCanfora @PaoloMasoni @andytuit @seankidney @ecoinnovazione sono già oltre 170 le connessioni attive per il #webinar, ricorda @PaoloCanfora (ringraziando chi sta seguendo)
#EUTaxonomy #TEG @EU_ScienceHub @giuliopasi
#EUTaxonomy #TEG @EU_ScienceHub @giuliopasi
Interesting report by @GreenAllianceUK exploring how #digitalsolutions are key to enabling businesses to reduce energy wastage & ensure buildings reach #netzero carbon by 2050.
We found digital was also vital for #netzero homes .. es.catapult.org.uk/smart-systems-… 1/5
We found digital was also vital for #netzero homes .. es.catapult.org.uk/smart-systems-… 1/5
Smart Systems and Heat showed #digitalsolutions:
1⃣ Give consumers better control of comfort and cost 😊
2⃣ Open the door to #lowcarbon heating ♨️ es.catapult.org.uk/news/the-delig… .. and
3⃣ Allow innovation in grid flexibility💪... 2/5
#netzero
1⃣ Give consumers better control of comfort and cost 😊
2⃣ Open the door to #lowcarbon heating ♨️ es.catapult.org.uk/news/the-delig… .. and
3⃣ Allow innovation in grid flexibility💪... 2/5
#netzero
... and aligned with findings from Energy Data Taskforce, with 5 key recommendations on integrating data and digital systems to modernise the UK energy system.
es.catapult.org.uk/news/energy-da… 3/5
es.catapult.org.uk/news/energy-da… 3/5
We now hear from outgoing Director @trotheray, "The debate has moved from is it real to, will we act fast enough? This is key. There are two actions, inaction and action, the difference is sentiment." #DecentralisedEnergyAwards19
@trotheray .@trotheray"If you have hope, there is every possibility that you can succeed. Local, user-led energy projects are more than just megawatts. You are enabling homes, businesses, offices, cities & industries to act. Giving them hope that they will be part of the #lowcarbon economy"
@trotheray .@trotheray "I would like to leave a challenge, over the next year and five years, give the policymakers the hope. This is about enabling people to believe they have the capacity to respond to the greatest challenge in front of them." #DecentralisedEnergyAwards19
Richard Kirkman, @VeoliaUK said: "Asking us to take part in the rebellion. Are you ready for the new age of #climatechange emotion? What are you going to do tomorrow? It is time for everyone to be involved. "
#DecentralisedEnergyAwards19
#DecentralisedEnergyAwards19
@VeoliaUK Richard Kirkman contd: "The winners will be the people who move first. 2020 is the time to become climate positive...As business leaders, we need to convince the doubters that #NetCarbonZero needs to be addressed now." @VeoliaUK #DecentralisedEnergyAwards19
@VeoliaUK Thank you for your 'Trick or Treat' speech Richard, "Let's help Greta...on this #lowcarbon journey, we need to provide the Green technology as the vehicle and the finance as the engine. It is now our job to innovate and to deliver." @VeoliaUK #DecentralisedEnergyAwards19
Today, we launched new analysis setting out the future of the UK’s #energysector. Reviewing the latest evidence, a #ZeroCarbon energy system can only happen when energy customers & local energy are placed at the heart of the UK energy system. bit.ly/2XjXaaP
.@trotheray "Facing the climate emergency is a challenge for everyone. Our analysis shows it can be an opportunity for everyone too."
#ZeroCarbon #Flexible @theCCCuk
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#ZeroCarbon #Flexible @theCCCuk
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.@lorddeben @theCCCuk "Giving customers the power to help drive the UK’s #LowCarbon transition is vital and we need credible UK policies, across government, that inspire a strong response from business, industry and society as a whole."
bit.ly/2XjXaaP
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We are positioned in fast-growing #lowcarbon markets, which means we offer an #energy mix whose carbon intensity is steadily decreasing.
We are positioned in fast-growing #lowcarbon markets, which means we offer an #energy mix whose carbon intensity is steadily decreasing.
