While #AI & #electricvehicles will increase demand for electricity the solution isn’t more #naturalgas or to pretend growth won't happen, we need to get more #renewableenergy online. axios.com/2024/04/26/ai-…

Alarming to think that #Biden ’s climate goals could be a casualty of a trade war over #solar components made in #China . buff.ly/3Usd6rg #energytransition

💲Taxing fossil fuel firms could raise $900 bn in climate finance by 2023.

This fact complements Carbon Tracker's pioneering research in our recent 'Paris Maligned 2' report that assessed the biggest O&G firms climate commitments: carbontracker.org/reports/paris-…
theguardian.com/environment/20…

#TotalEnergies ‘seriously’ looking at moving listing from Paris to New York ft.com/content/03eb89… via @ft #disclosure #OOTT

Calstrs reveals problems calculating #carbon footprint of its $331bn portfolio ft.com/content/173995… via @ft

The EU 🇪🇺 needs to install almost eight times more electric vehicle charging⚡️points per year than it did in 2023 to meet forecast demand, European autos group ACEA warns reuters.com/business/autos…

UK 🇬🇧 harvests of important crops could be down by nearly a fifth this year due to the unprecedented wet weather farmers have faced, increasing the likelihood that the prices of bread, beer & biscuits will rise buff.ly/4aUgJx0

The #ParisAgreement 's carbon market mechanism [ #Article6o4 ] Supervisory Body is kicking off its 11th meeting today.

On the agenda:
⚖️ #GrievanceProcess , &
🔨 #SustainableDevelopmentTool .

Spoiler alert🤫: What’s on the table is inadequate & risks harming people & ecosystems!

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#Shell does not disclose the financial performance of its #oil & gas 🛢️ trading desk, the world's largest, although a lack of information worries some investors. Documents revealed in a lawsuit show Shell US crude trading regularly earns ~$1 billion a year reuters.com/legal/shell-ea…

'... @EPAgov relies on some very contestable assumptions of cost reductions & high capture rates, both have been disproven by multiple researchers in this field,” said Lorenzo Sani, an analyst on the Power & Utilities team at Carbon Tracker. buff.ly/4dh5Cjm

'... U.S. EPA relies on some very contestable assumptions of cost reductions & high capture rates, both have been disproven by multiple researchers in this field,” said Lorenzo Sani, an analyst on the Power & Utilities team at Carbon Tracker. buff.ly/4dh5Cjm

A major focus of #COP29 will be around how much industrialized countries are willing to commit to help developing nations move away from #fossilfuels & adapt to climate impacts. buff.ly/4dcpZ15

By failing to account for Sulphur Dioxide it appears many models could be underestimating how fast #climatechange is occurring. intellinews.com/the-models-are…

Barclays is being accused by environmental groups of #greenwashing after helping to arrange €4bn in financing for Italian oil company Eni buff.ly/3Qmx4lX

Despite being a step forward in the effort to decarbonize the power sector, the @EPAGov’s new #climate rule will face Congressional and legal challenges. eenews.net/articles/spect…

The USA 🇺🇸 Now Has a Fast #EV -Charging Station for Every 15 Gas Stations | Implication - ⛽️ demand in the transport segment is only going 1 way - downwards 📉 buff.ly/3xJg7vj #OOTT #EnergyTransition

Petrostate #COP29 host Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 still ‘working on’ its own climate plan🤔ft.com/content/225247… via @ft

#Fossilfuels & concrete (urbanisation) combined to worsen the “death trap” conditions during recent record #flooding in the United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 & Oman 🇴🇲, a World Weather Attribution study has found buff.ly/49ZRHLr #ClimateCrisis 🚨

In a PR own goal, #Fifa has just announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia's state oil🛢️company, Aramco to run until 2027. Carbon Tracker says Aramco is 'the world's largest corporate greenhouse gas emitter' buff.ly/44glMFq

French 🇫🇷 energy giant #TotalEnergies has posted a 22% decline in Q1 earnings versus a year earlier as higher refining margins only partly offset a steep decline in #gas profits📉 reuters.com/business/energ…