In recent #IPCC report, developing countries insisted a disclaimer be highlighted in a separate box. That models "do not make explicit assumptions about global equity, environmental justice or intra-regional income distribution." 🧵

For @carboncopyinfo carboncopy.info/ipccs-climate-… So what does this disclaimer mean? What are the assumptions underlying modelled emission reduction pathways & why are they not driven by equity-based considerations like burden of energy transition on poorer countries?

"There is no clear answer to some vital questions, such as how much power the country needs, to what extent does the production capacity need to be enhanced, etc"

Felt like I was reading about India's energy policy. By "policy" I mean the lack of one thedailystar.net/views/opinion/… "because of the conditions set in the agreements, the government is forced to pay the producers the capacity charge... about 60 percent of the power plants in Bangladesh were sitting idle and earning money in the form of capacity charges"

This story begins with a poster.

Not very innocuous. But not that bad either. Cheetahs are coming into India. Let's give filming rights. Right? Not quite

PS - link to my report for @TheWireScience at the end Last month, Kuno officials released a tender for “exclusive commercial filming rights” for the cheetah introduction project.

Some cheetahs may arrive later this year or early next year. Filmmakers can film them over 300 days

There are many criticisms of the #Cheetah introduction plan. No real conservation value tops the list + others like viability & cost. Disease risk is one that hasn't been discussed as much

My report

downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-… Acc. to @IUCN reintroduction guidelines, “no translocated organisms can be entirely free of infection with micro-organisms or parasites, with consequent risk of their spread.”

iucn-whsg.org/node/1471