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The UK govt has formally issued draft legislation, making its 78% by 2035 climate goal into lawhttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222616/contents It does not (yet) legislate to include international aviation and shipping in th

The @IEA #WEO20 is out!My deep-dive analysis: solar 20-50% cheaper than IEA said last yr coal in "structural decline" no peak yet for oil gas to rise 30% CO2 plateau…unless

UK to target 40GW of offshore windA few points to note1/ offshore wind is set to be "negative subsidy" within just a few yearshttps://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-the-era-of-negative-subsidy-offshore-wind-power-has-almost-arrive

Eye-popping new data just out for UK car sales in Sep20 new record for BEVs, up 3x in a yr & 7x since 2016 >10% of cars now come with

THREAD: What's going on with UK new nuclear plans?This week has seen one project finally cancelled – plus heavy briefing from No 10 on new support for nuclear.Let's recap where things

Great Britain has gone two month without coal and yes, that is a big deal.It's gone from 40% coal powered to ~2% in 8yrs. And plenty for other countries to

Some v striking charts in this year's @IEA world energy investment outlook1) Huge #Covid_19-related 20% / $400bn drop in energy investment expected this year – the largest ever – primarily in oil,

My analysis: #coronavirus likely to cause **largest ever** fall in global CO2 emissions in 2020At ~1,600MtCO2 (~4%) wld be >> WWII, financial crisis……but even more wld be needed for 1.5CAND it'd

THREADFinally time to publish my latest analysis, showing #coronavirus could trigger the **largest ever** annual fall in global CO2 emissions.Rather than GDP forecasts, it's based on the best data &

+++NEW ANALYSIS+++So @CarbonBrief has just published some eye-popping stats showing global coal power's set for a record drop in 2019.-303TWh globally (3%)-173 US-151 US-24 India (yes, India)+24 China (range -24

THREADThe world is still falling short on climate and CO2 will continue to rise for decades, despite "profound shifts" in the energy system, says @IEA World Energy Outlook.My in-depth coverage

Yet again, the IEA World Energy Outlook has revised its solar capacity growth figures upwards.As ever, it mainly puts this down to improved policy conditions rather than overestimated costs.https://www.carbonbrief.org/profound-shifts-underway-in-ener