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Paris Olympics: rising temperatures, weather events are making sports a new front line for climate change. Athletics, football, cricket, golf, skiing +more go.shr.lc/3Wo52sg #Paris2024 #Olympics #temperature #flooding #droughts #athletics #football #cricket #golf #skiing

Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese e-bikes goes against U.S. climate policy. Differentiate clean energy, EVs included! go.shr.lc/4c10Q7H #US #China #tariffs #imports #ebikes #EVs #transport #subsidies #manufacturing #commuting #cities

Better than microbes: using Electron-Bifurcating Enzymes to produce fuels and chemicals from biofeedstocks go.shr.lc/3yj74lp #efuels #ethanol #butanol #biofeedstocks #enzymes #catalysis #flavin #microbes #biofuels

Renewable Carbon must replace fossil feedstocks for e-fuels, fertilisers + more. Will supply match demand? go.shr.lc/4fc5e6H #biogenic #hardtoabate #aviation #shipping #chemicals #food #beverage #alcoholicfermentation #biogas #pulppaper #biomass #efuels #fertilisers #BECCS

EU ETS2 for Buildings, Road Transport: a guide to what firms must already be doing to comply with the full launch in 2027 go.shr.lc/3YfhFIY #EUETS #EUETS2 #ETS2 #emissions #buildings #roadtransport #fuels #industry #monitoring #reporting #verification #MRV #allowances

Setting target of EVs to be made of 40% green steel will add just €57 to the price of a new car. Very cheap, for big emissions cuts + vital guaranteed customer for emerging #GreenSteel go.shr.lc/3Y9I6zJ #EVs #steel #automotive #transport #emissions #targets #investment

EU ETS: what happens when rising carbon prices start to hurt low income groups? Will support and state-aid rules be changed? go.shr.lc/3Ya7Pbg #EUETS #EUETS2 #maritime #transport #buildings #ModernisationFund #InnovationFund #MarketStabilityReserve #SocialClimateFund

XanoGrass: a perennial, marginal land, all-climate, biofuel feedstock substitute for wood, food crops, fossils. Pilots in EU and US, already 20% cheaper go.shr.lc/3Y1HhZD #XanoGrass #XanoFibre #perennial #biofuels #SAF #feedstock #cornstover #fossils #agriculture #farming

The world must triple Renewables by 2030. We’re 30% off-target but it can be done. Review of almost 150 nations. Many are exceeding their targets go.shr.lc/4cMbe4n #IEA #renewables #wind #solar #NDCs #China #Europe #EU #US #India #Germany #Spain #permitting #VRE #financing

UK’s new state-owned GB Energy, a role model for others? Investments, not nationalisations. To attract private money, not crowd out. Explainer go.shr.lc/4bH1MOw #UK #Labour #GBEnergy #SOE #energy #transition #hydrogen #CDR #CCS #CCUS #France #Norway #Canada #US #Orsted #EDF

Excessive cross-border accumulation of subsidies distorts competition, wastes money, endangers EU energy transition. Case study Danish biomethane exports to Sweden go.shr.lc/3Wi5vgN #EU #renewables #biofuels #RedIII #Denmark #Sweden #Netherlands #Germany #Landwärme

Biden vs Trump: will the economics of oil sway the U.S. presidential election? U.S. voters are very sensitive to the price of gasoline in their cars go.shr.lc/45W9LWJ #US #Russia #SaudiArabia #Biden #Trump #oil #gas #gasoline #transport #EVs #cars #IRA #geopolitics #prices

World’s biggest plane to carry offshore-wind sized blades to “inaccessible” onshore destinations. No roads, bridges, tunnels, curves to overcome means more GWs onshore go.shr.lc/4czmn8q #onshore #offshore #wind #turbines #transport #aircraft #renewables #innovation

Basic energy access reverses for first time in a decade, after good progress since 2015. 685m people without electricity in 2022, up 10m. But decentralised renewables is gaining in rural areas go.shr.lc/4cTbsGm #Africa #Asia #SDG7 #electricity #cooking #efficiency #finance

Germany, Italy + 10 others not on track to meet their 2030 climate targets. Will they buy up €bns of carbon credits, causing a shortage? go.shr.lc/3xBMug4 #EU #NDCs #2030 #carboncredits #Germany #Italy #France #ESR #transport #buildings #industry #waste #agriculture

UCO (Used Cooking Oil) for biofuels: how much is fraudulently imported virgin vegetable oil? Gross discrepancies in UCO collection data, defeating the purpose go.shr.lc/3LfWO04 #biofuels #imports #vegetableoil #Europe #US #China #Malaysia #Indonesia #biodiesel #cars #trucks

Superconducting overhead power transmission lines that deliver 400MW (and targeting several GW). Cooling system is the key go.shr.lc/4ctEI78 #superconductors #cables #overhead #transmission #power #grids #electricity #innovation #capacity #voltage #planning #nuclear

Private sector (and policy alignment!) must jumpstart Lithium-ion Battery Recycling, as first wave of EVs near end of life. Graphite recycling, electrolyte and lithium recovery etc. go.shr.lc/3zzBqAo #lithium #batteries #recycling #EVs #energysecurity #nickel #Europe #US

Carbon Pricing annual receipts are almost $100bn globally and rising. 2/3rds of nations intend to include it in their NDC. EU’s CBAM + ETS will get trading partners to join in go.shr.lc/3zq67bi #EU #EUETS #ETS #CBAM #carbonpricing #NDCs #trade #decarbonisation #transition

The fossil fuel system wastes 2/3rds of its energy before it gets to you. Inefficiency is driving it out, not just emissions. 400EJ wasted, worth $4.5tn, ~ 5% of global GDP. See detailed breakdown go.shr.lc/3XJ79t5 #oil #gas #coal #renewables #localisation #electrification