Tapio Laakso
tapiolaakso.bsky.social
Tapio Laakso
@tapiolaakso.bsky.social
Working with Nordic businesses for transition to sustainable world as Policy Lead at Climate Leadership Coalition (CLC). Father of three.
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One of those announcements dissapearing in all the news thunder.

The commitment to accelerate wind energy in the North Sea is a great move for Europe - creating more energy independence which can be built with EU and UK kit.

It’s a sweet spot.

www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/EN...
www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de
January 28, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Päästövähennykset EU:ssa ovat hidastuneet, korjausliikettä tarvitaan. 👇🏽
New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell only 0.8% in 2025, the second year in a row that the bloc has fallen short of its targets. Adverse weather played a big role but underlying issues are slow progress on transport and buildings electrification and wind power buildout.
January 29, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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HUGE moment for the EU car market as battery EVs overtake petrol cars for the first time ever

But there's no "natural" demand for EVs amirite?

Article by @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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M. Gessen on ICE raids is worth your time. "It’s only natural that our brains struggle to find logic in what we are seeing. There is a logic, and this logic has a name. It’s called state terror." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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I'll say yet again: Trump & his party do something virtually every day that constitutes a more violent & alarming suppression of speech than anything that happened during the entire alleged tyranny of woke. Every day. Yet the entire Free Spech army has just vanished into mist.
I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It
The revocation of Emily Suski’s job offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors everywhere.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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If this chart doesn't terrify the oil industry, I don't know what will. India’s peak road-oil consumption per person will never reach Chinese peak levels.
🥁 India Is Electrifying Faster Than China 🥁

Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Kanadan pääministerin Mark Carneyn erinomainen, lukemisen arvoinen puhe Davosissa.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Erinomainen katsaus alkavan vuoden vaikeuksiin ja mahdollisuuksiin eurooppalaisesta näkökulmasta.
At first glance, 2026 looks like an in-between year for Europe. But on three topics that will define its future - rise of the radical right, direction of fiscal policy, Europe’s place in a multipolar world - it will prove pivotal.

My column for @agendapublica.es:

agendapublica.es/noticia/2052...
The shape of things to come: Europe in 2026
2026 could be "the dividing line between the Europe of the early 21st century and that of the mid-century," analyses Jeremy Cliffe.
agendapublica.es
January 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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NEW: How cheap are grid batteries?🔋🔋🔋

Grid batteries are now only c.$125/KWh connected🤯

This assessment is based on a series of expert interviews and storage auction results as of October 2025. 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Ei ole juuri ulkopolitiikan päättäjien kommentteja näkynyt siihen, että Yhdysvallat vaatii regime changea Euroopassa. Ei toki mikään yllätys sinänsä.

www.euractiv.com/news/rapport...
EU’s Trump strategy: Don’t engage | Euractiv
In Monday's edition: Mogherini’s ‘weird’ grant, E3 meets, Hamas questions, migration, budget brawl
www.euractiv.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Jos Kiinan ilmasto- ja enegiapolitiikka kiinnostaa niin tässä ovat kovimmat asiantuntijat asialla 👇🏽
🇨🇳 WEBINAR | REPORT LAUNCH | China’s Climate Transition: Outlook 2025

Join us as we unpack emissions & energy trends, as well as targets & policies needed to keep China on track for its goals

🗓️ Monday, 8 Dec. 2025
🕘 9 GMT | 10 CET | 17 BJT
📍Zoom
Register here:
energyandcleanair.org/webinar-repo...
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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This new @drodrik.bsky.social book is extremely good. Adapting old insights to a changing world, such as the decreasing labour intensity of manufacturing, Rodrik argues forcefully for a sensible approach to global governance and development. Strongly recommend.
November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨

It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…

–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more

Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast

www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Kommentoimme 👇🏽

COP30: Halukkaiden koalitio vahvistui, muuten tulos jäi laihaksi
COP30: Halukkaiden koalitio vahvistui, muuten tulos jäi laihaksi | CLC Climate Leadership Coalition
YK:n ilmastokokous Belémissä päättyi eritahtisesti. Fossiilisten alasajoa vaatineet maat rakensivat laajan yli 80 maan halukkaiden koalition, joka viesti tavoitteesta luopua fossiilisten polttoaineide...
www.sttinfo.fi
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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China's vice minister for environment Li Gao strongly puts forward the economic growth argument for China's green and low-carbon transformation, also citing our @creacleanair.bsky.social research on the contribution of clean energy sectors to China's GDP.
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Pariisin #ilmasto -sopimus täyttää 10 vuotta.
Sitovat tavoitteet ovat kriittisen tärkeitä: niiden avulla yrityksille voidaan turvata mahdollisimman ennustettava toimintaympäristö. Tärkeintä on kuitenkin päästöjen vähentäminen, kirjoittaa suurimman vientialan edustaja @prautaporras.bsky.social
Laaja sitoutuminen yhteisiin tavoitteisiin on yritysten paras menestymisen tae
Pariisin ilmastosopimus täyttää joulukuussa kymmenen vuotta. Sopimuksen kaltaiset sitovat tavoitteet ovat kriittisen tärkeitä, koska niiden avulla vientiyrityksille voidaan turvata mahdollisimman ennu...
teknologiateollisuus.fi
November 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Jos valmistautuu sotaan, usein sitä saa mitä tilaa. Erityisen huolestuttavaa on, että varustelumenojen lisääminen yhdistetään diplomatian ja pehmeän vallan välineiden purkamiseen.
The West’s new arms race: Selling peace to buy war
Military spending is rising faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War, but the retreat from diplomacy and foreign aid will come at a price.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Toivottavasti viesti kuuluu myös tänne kotimaahan!
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Onkohan Suomessa millään tapaa huomattu, että EU pohtii vakavasti ”Made in EU” -sääntelyn tuomista tietyille strategisille sektoreille?
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Reports on 2025 GHG emissions and trends are dropping during #COP30. Please find attached the social media conversation you are about to have!
November 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Jopa Euroopan ilmastopolitiikan jarrumaiden todellisuus on tällainen.
Truly remarkable: Poland used to be a climate laggard.

Today, wind and solar are increasingly replacing coal in the Polish electricity mix with almost 30% of all electricity generated to date this year from wind and solar.

In 2000 coal provided 95% of Polish electricity.

Today it is at 51%.
November 13, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.

Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.

I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Vuoden (vai vuosikymmenen) isoin ilmastouutinen? Analyysi tietysti by: @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Saksan energiapolitiikan vaikeuksista liian usein jää mainitsematta, että myös uusiutuvan energian lisääminen on ollut epätasaista ja investointiympäristön epävarmuuden vaivaamaa.
One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.

Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ilmastokokous #COP30 alkaa tänään Brasiliassa. Monenkeskisen diplomatian vaikeuksia on hoettu väsymiseen asti. @uusijuttu.fi tarjoaa peruskoonnin.

Turhautumisen ja jopa kyynisyyden vallatessa ala, on hyvä todeta 10 vuotta sitten solmitun Pariisin sopimuksen olleen selkeä menestys. 1/👇
Aina sama show. COP-ilmastokokoukset julistetaan lähes joka kerta pettymykseksi.
www.uusijuttu.fi
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM