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Jos Olivier
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Retired scientist* on greenhouse gas emission sources and energy use: estimates, trends, targets, climate, mitigation & science (incl global pollution). RT ≠ endorsement. Born ±315 ppmv CO2. *Formerly at Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (#PBL).
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · Dec 29
IPCC chart that provides the road map for an escape from catastrophe. It assesses with extraordinary clarity the potential for emissions cuts of more than 40 options:
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 21h
Annual Review of Environment and Resources Volume 50, 2025
Are Carbon Offsets Fixable? By Joseph Romm, Stephen Lezak and Amna Alshamsi
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Are Carbon Offsets Fixable?
This article provides a systematic review of the literature on carbon offsets. A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their p...
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 23h
GHG emissions of all world countries: 2025 report.
Without Land Use, land Use Change and Forestry, the 2024 data experienced an increase of 1.3% or 665 Mt CO2eq compared to the levels in 2023.
edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025
EDGAR - The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 23h
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says.
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 23h
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows.
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UK plastic waste exports to developing countries rose 84% in a year, data shows
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 1d
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time.
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 1d
UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil.
Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes.
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UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil
Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 1d
Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history.
New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century.
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Glacier melt will lead to ice-free peaks in California for first time in human history
New research shows massive glaciers in Sierra Nevada projected to melt away by the beginning of the next century
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 1d
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says.
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Media and political attacks on Australia’s emissions targets ‘straight out of the climate obstruction playbook’, expert says
Prof Christian Downie points to the Business Council of Australia and News Corp newspapers as examples of deliberate obstruction
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 1d
New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds.
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
NZ$180bn worth of housing and $26bn of infrastructure at risk of flooding and storm damage, new government report finds
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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d
Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 3d
Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world.
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 3d
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom.
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas (HFCs) at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 3d
Four killed as Russian drones and missiles bombard Ukrainian city of Lviv.
City, which sits just 70km from Polish border, suffers one of its most serious attacks since the start of the war.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Four killed as Russian drones and missiles bombard Ukrainian city of Lviv
City, which sits just 70km from Polish border, suffers one of its most serious attacks since the start of the war
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 3d
Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states only.
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials cut nearly $8bn in clean energy projects in Democratic states
Democrats and environmental groups slam move as ‘sick political game’ and say it will drive up energy bills
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 5d
The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones.
Sea life needs protection, and the UK’s current system of marine management isn’t up to it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on fishing and nature: bottom-trawling boats don’t belong in conservation zones | Editorial
Editorial: Sea life needs protection, and the UK’s current system of marine management isn’t up to it
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 5d
Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds.
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 5d
Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable.
Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable
Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 6d
Meta wekt verwarring en woede bij overheid en ngo’s met advertentieverbod voor ‘maatschappelijke kwesties’.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Meta wekt verwarring en woede bij overheid en ngo’s met advertentieverbod voor ‘maatschappelijke kwesties’
Reclame: Als reactie op een nieuwe Europese regel weigert Meta vanaf maandag in de EU niet alleen politieke reclame, maar ook advertenties over ‘maatschappelijke kwesties’. Wat dat precies inhoudt, is...
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 7d
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WOW - I just found out that in a few days the European Parliament will vote on a law that could ban words like “burger,” “nugget,” or “wing” for plant-based foods. Yes, really. According to this… | R...
WOW - I just found out that in a few days the European Parliament will vote on a law that could ban words like “burger,” “nugget,” or “wing” for plant-based foods. Yes, really. According to this prop...
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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · Jul 12
Defenders of Israels war crimes often remind us that October 7 was the equivalent of twelve 9/11s, and that therefore, Israel had no other choice.

You never hear them do the math for Palestinians, who have now endured the equivalent of at least 2,500 9/11s.
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 9d
Waren we naïef, vraagt de zoveelste plastic recycler zich af die moet vertrekken. NEE, maar de *onbetrouwbare* overheid en politieke maakte er een eind aan.
Recycler Healix uit Maastricht kan in deze markt niet verder, en zoekt partner om naar lagelonenland te vertrekken.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Waren we naïef, vraagt de zoveelste recycler zich af die moet vertrekken
Recycler: Plasticrecycler Healix uit Maastricht kan in deze markt niet verder, en zoekt een partner om naar een lagelonenland te vertrekken. ’Morgenochtend moet ik dit aan mijn personeel vertellen.’
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 9d
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s.
Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s major cities hit by 25% leap in extremely hot days since the 1990s
Capitals from London to Tokyo need urgent action to protect people from deadly high temperatures, analysts say
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 9d
Fantastic photo(s) !!! Very well made!
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Larry Hamilton @ichiloe.bsky.social · 9d
So there are many far better photos of the International Space Station transiting in front of the Sun, but I was pleased to get my own humble version today. 🔭
Small-telescope view of the Sun as an orange ball with many sunspots, crossed by a linear sequence of about 24 tiny silhouettes of the International Space Station.
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 9d
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon:
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
www.theguardian.com
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 9d
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report.
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
www.theguardian.com
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