#NetZero

Are #netzero targets a trap set by governments to delay climate action, as this article suggests?I took a quick look at some numbers, and here's what I found... https://theconversation.com/climate-scientists-concept-of-net-zero-is-a-dan

clim8resistance

Sky News and the protesters are different wings of the same organisation. Don't forget it.https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1385139632459984897 Within months of having been formed, XR were invited to give evidence to Parliamentary comm

Transition Brixton

The future does not happen to us, it is shaped by the decisions we make. At our first #WhatIfLambeth visioning workshop, which focused on the theme of enterprise, we asked

Matthew Pennycook

Today marks a year since the UK became the world’s first major economy to enshrine in law a commitment to end its territorial contribution to global heating by 2050. A

Today we @UniofOxford have published some principles for #netzero aligned carbon offsetting: https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/publications/reports/Oxford-Offsetting-Principles-2020.pdf Here's a summary...[THREAD] First, some background:

I was thinking about this, and there is something more than a bit hypocritical about North Americans like myself, awash in hydro, cheap gas and wind and solar potential, telling

"Human-caused climate warming stops when humans stop adding CO₂ to the atmosphere, & emissions of other greenhouse gases are declining sufficiently" (text from @KA_Nicholas)A THREAD on a recent presentation on

one of the govt's other big tasks - getting #netzero done by 2050. new report from @instituteforgov sets out how govt needs to confront the 6 Cs that stall progress

“We could and should be #netzero by 2050, but not w/out the support of policy. In the future looking back, we will be amazed by how cheap it was.” -

Aside from the mega projects what is evident is how much other European cities are investing in Trams. This applies in the UK too, except in London. @TramsLondon has barely

The Zero Carbon campaign

Last week, the @CCC recommended that the #UKgov considers placing a tax on #fossilfuels if they want to achieve their #climate goals. This morning, we’ve published our plan for doing

Undoubtedly the day's biggest news bar none... President Xi Jinping says China '...aims to have CO2 emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060'. It's the world's biggest

Matthew Pennycook

Energy efficiency cannot compete in the excitement stakes with experimental green technologies or smart infrastructure but if Ministers are serious about a #GreenRecovery and achieving #NetZero it needs to be

ONS employment data reveals disadvantaged regions are being hit hardest by covid. Green recovery offers areas in NE & WM massive jobs opportunities (e.g. offshore wind, EVs) - LGA estimate

BIOSEC Rosaleen Duffy

Well worth watching the full report here- explaining why #CarbonOffsets & #NetZero are a distraction. @nature_org sold meaningless carbon offsets to companies. @danbrockington @igoe_jim & myself wrote about the problems

This week we published our @ETC_Energy report on clean #hydrogenin an electrified economy. I will be posting some key insights here in the next 2 wks.Today, I start w/ our