The High-Level Climate Champion (@hlcchampions) for #COP26, born Glasgow ppm 320, views my own. Part of @COP26. #RaceToZero #RaceToResilience #GFANZ

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"Use what we've got efficiently, build more electricity generation and consume more electricity" Octopus Energy boss Greg Jackson explains how the UK can "bring bills down for everybody" by transitioning away from gas and maximising its existing electricity grid. @AliFortescue
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COP31 Host Türkiye Is Quietly One of Europe's EV Heavyweights >2025: 190k battery EVs, 17.7% of car sales, Europe's 4th EV market >Homegrown Togg sold 39k, outselling Tesla (31.5k) and BYD (19.7k) >Türkiye bought 95% of the 115k electric three-wheelers sold in Europe in 2025. Nearly all its new 3Ws are electric >2026 so far: EV share up to 18.8% as the car market shrinks The lever: ICE taxes of 70–220% vs 25–75% for EVs Tax the polluting tailpipes, spare the wires iea.org/reports/electrificat…
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After decades of growth, the use of #coal has flatlined in #India due to increasing #renewables. Over the last two years they have met all its increase in power demand, enough to supply all Switzerland. Meanwhile #solar capacity is soaring by 40% a year. e360.yale.edu/digest/india-s…
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China added a record 212 gigawatts of solar in the first half of 2025, double the pace the year prior, but installations will slow in H2 as market reforms remove guaranteed pricing. Total annual installations expected to be ~300-310 GW by year end. share.google/yCP8TJ3spFFEdjX…
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Indonesia just launched a program to build a massive 100GW of solar and an unprecedented 320GWh of battery energy storage systems across a staggering 80,000 villages It’s the largest rural electrification and distributed renewables project in the world pv-tech.org/indonesia-target…
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Wind & solar generated 57.5% of Germany's electricity in June 2025! That is up from 47.7% in June 2024 & double the 28.8% in June 2021. W&S output surged 33% to 21.1 TWh in June 2025 from 16.6 TWh in June 2024. Germany is the world's 3rd largest economy.
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We’re delighted to announce the appointment of Nigel Topping CMG the new Chair of the Committee from 23 July. Read the announcement here ⬇️ theccc.org.uk/2025/07/22/nig…
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New India 2035 #climate target paper out via @teriin -potential to create 35m clean tech jobs by 2047 -40% major biz evaluating #climate risk -Clean power auctions exceeding targets -transport transition = 10m jobs by 2030 teriin.org/sites/default/fil…
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The annual Bloomberg electric vehicle report is now out. The average percent of EV sales globally is 26%, so if your country is below that your country is falling behind. Canada got up to about 18% last year, the government target is 20% by next year, so we can see Canada is behind the average and has a target for some improvement that is still below average sales globally. The expected return of federal EV incentives may help, but the increased price of EVs due to tariffs hurts progress. We are too dependent on the USA for our EV supply, and they have an anti-EV, pro fossil fuel, anti environment political bias, from top government currently. Surveys show Canadian’s want the excessive hundred percent tariffs removed from Chinese EVs so we can get access to a competitive product.
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Economists and govts are in denial over the true costs of climate crisis which will destroy economies, warns climate summit chief. World faces new danger of ‘economic denial’ in climate fight, Cop30 head says theguardian.com/environment/…
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Replying to @elonmusk
🙏 @elonmusk when in Mumbai,we’d be honored to have U join @panchamahabhute #SayNoToPlastic Waterbottle campaign.A minute of UR time can inspire 219M to choose sustainable options over plastic that takes 450yrs to decompose. @narendramodi Ji please help us with this meeting 🙏
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My new book is about a lecturer who devises a moral philosophy course based on a murder in a climate assembly. It's adapted from a script which won the Writing Climate Pitchfest. Support the launch: kickstarter.com/projects/dab……Follow @dabaden.bsky.social
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Since 2010, battery costs have fallen by more than 90% — offering opportunities to cut emissions in road transport & electricity In 2023, electric car sales rose to almost 14 million. And battery storage deployment in the power sector more than doubled 👉 iea.li/3WN4vBl
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California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy “study finds we can keep the grid stable with more renewables-every major renewable-geothermal, hydro, wind, solar-is lower cost than fossil fuels on average, globally" grist.org/energy/california-… @grist @mrMattSimon
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"Yes, but will Saudi Arabia REALLY fulfill their promise to go from zero to 50% renewable electricity by 2030?" I don't know. But I do know that they imported 16GW(!) of solar panels in the last 12 months🤯
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"This is a landmark announcement that has been made today by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners". First Minister @JohnSwinney and Net Zero Secretary @GillianMSP welcomed an £800 million investment in two battery storage systems in South Lanarkshire and Fife.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, through its flagship fund CI IV, has taken the financial investment decision and issued a notice to proceed to commence construction of two battery energy storage system projects in Scotland renews.biz/98024/ #energystorage #Scotland
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