Now that China's new climate targets are out, here's a comparison to IPCC scenarios. The 2030 and 2035 targets are weak even compared to the median of 3-degree scenarios, which would entail devastating climate impacts, but the long-term 2060 target is in line with 2 degrees.

Clean air is a critical health issue. One in nine people around the world are breathing unsafe air.

But this is a solvable problem.

At #UNGA Clean Air side-event, stressed the need for collective action, with solutions across sectors and agencies, backed by finance: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

The world can move from coal power to clean energy, and our Solutions Bank shows how.

Featuring 1️⃣7️⃣case studies from 5️⃣ continents, this Bank will contribute to the Action Agenda for COP30.

Launching today at #ClimateWeekNYC. Find out more here ⏩

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It would be super cool to go back to 2014, find a rando and ask them whether a fall in EU coal use for power generation of 60% in 10 years feels possible or even likely

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⚡ Deep decarbonisation of the power sector is essential for the #netzero transition, & will require substantial financial support, market reforms, capacity building, technological innovation & more, analyse Vishwanathan, @chrisbataille.bsky.social et al. in study on 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇿🇦 ⬇️

The mass deployment of district heating for UK cities fed by the warm waters of old coal mines would be both practical and poetic.

We can’t turn back the clock, but we can honour the past as we build a cleaner future.

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We had ASHP installed and gas meter removed by Octopus. Kept receiving monthly emails asking me to provide meter readings. Flagged by various routes, told it would resolve (it didn’t). Eventually customer services fixed it, after ~15 months. At least I wasn’t billed for gas or standing charge.

Driven past these vast monoliths many times. Gone now. All gone.
Bye bye coal.

🧵 What makes fossil fuel emissions "abated"?

Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....

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NEW – Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop | Qi Qin @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/0KFqDho

Great new data viz from @globalenergymon.bsky.social showing progress to date (+ distance still to go) on coal power transition:

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‘Had it not been for football, I would probably be stuck in corporate law reading contracts. It was a massive moment of luck.' John Mousinho long read on his unconventional route into football at 19 and rise to become #Pompey boss. What a man!

#climateflation graphic of the day, via @financialtimes.com

The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions.

In just 10 years, the UK's electricity sector has gone from #1 emitter to #6 emitter... what a transformation 👏🇬🇧

Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..

Coal produced just 6% of EU electricity in June 📉

Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱

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You know what's cool? Solar energy surpassing dirty coal across the EU!

Almost like the sun 🌞 and wind 🌬️ provide everything we need, and we don't need fossil energy of the past to power our homes 🧐

#Solar #GoodClimateNews

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In the early 1990s, Ireland was getting more than 40% of its electricity from coal.

Last week it closed its last coal plant: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️

We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.

The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵

A slightly more positive perspective: The three largest power sectors are cleaning up their electricity supply in lockstep.

Different levels, same trajectory...

Carbon intensity of electricity generation has fallen a lot in China, the US and the EU in the last two decades.

RTÉ reporting this morning that the coal-burning units at Moneypoint will become emergency-only oil units starting today 🙌

With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.

Ireland shutters its last coal-fired power plant

End of coal fired electricity generation in Ireland

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