As the ag industry looks to reduce GHG emissions and increase soil carbon storage reliable quantification methods are imperative. Process-based modeling can be a useful tool but there’s room for improvement. This lays out the challenges and solutions:
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With four months of data now in from ERA5, we see a roughly 66% chance that 2024 will surpass 2023 as the warmest year on record – and a >99% chance it will be one of the top-two warmest years.

The current best-estimate is that 2024 will come it at just above 1.5C:

WA has been on the leading edge of aviation since the industry’s early days. Today, our state is home to entrepreneurs inventing new clean fuels for jet airplanes sourced with everything from captured carbon to cooking oil and forestry residues. #waleg
heraldnet.com/opinion/commen…

Meet a voice of innovation in the #climate challenge: Fred Krupp.

The EDF president spoke at #CERAWeek about the beginnings of EDF, personal environmental milestones and the culmination of efforts with MethaneSAT.

Watch it here:
youtube.com/watch?v=NFtcg4…

Washington is becoming the capital of cleaner flying. The state’s policy incentives are attracting innovators from around the world. And DC policymakers deciding how to award sustainable aviation fuel tax credits should take a page from their playbook.
heraldnet.com/opinion/commen…

The Audacious Project believed in MethaneSAT when it was just a big, bold idea. And their support helped us successfully launch earlier this year. Thank you The Audacious Project for believing in big ideas and supporting the changemakers of the world.
ted.com/talks/the_auda…

Investment in manufacturing clean energy technologies is surging. Last year, spending rose to $200 billion, up 70% from 2022

This is supporting economic growth & offering new industrial & employment opportunities worldwide

Read more in our new report ⬇️ iea.li/4a7mdDh

A heartfelt congratulations to Mike Bloomberg for being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Mike is a leader in every sense of the word and a true champion for the environment. His contributions are helping so many around the world.
twitter.com/BloombergDotOr…

This is why accountability matters. There’s no need for trust when you can verify. And MethaneSAT will help us verify whether o&g is living up to its commitments to cut methane so that we can meet our Paris Agreement goals.
washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

The global energy storage market almost tripled in 2023, the largest year-on-year gain on record. 📊

And in 2024, the market is set to add more than 100 GW-hours of capacity for the first time, largely driven by growth in China.

Global ambition to use hydrogen as a climate-friendly fuel is high, but many industries already have promising solutions to achieve net-zero. With Molly Jong-Fast, our Dr. @IlissaOcko points to sectors like light-duty transport as an example.

One of the largest #solar projects in the U.S. is moving closer to completion, & it’s not in famously sunny state like California, Texas, or even Florida. It’s in Minnesota near site of retiring #coal plant.
canarymedia.com/articles/solar… via Eric Wesoff Canary Media #energytransition

Love this description of MethaneSAT from Jon Goldstein...MSAT is “like a smoke detector for the planet.” Its data will enable action to slow the rate of warming in this decade. It’s a solution for the future and a solution for right now.
pbs.org/video/tomorrow…

Despite near-term challenges in some countries, the global electric car market gearing up for the next phase of growth

Under today's policy settings, nearly 1 in 3 cars on China's roads by 2030 is set to be electric & almost 1 in 5 in the US & EU → iea.li/44oUhd4

The world has now built about 4,000,000,000 solar panels.

Solar panel production has been highly, highly optimized and automated.

The small-scale and modularity of solar panels is the secret sauce that has driven down its cost and ensured its future as a major energy source.

There’s no time to waste on solutions that aren’t backed by science. The science on forest-based carbon credits is robust, and only improving. We should trust and follow it.
energymonitor.ai/policy/carbon-…

Huge, very much welcome. There are an estimated 800,000 unreported orphan wells in the U.S. More efficient plugging methods and potential for alternate uses for end-of-life wells further strengthens the business case for addressing these methane-emitters.
edf.org/media/house-pa…

Today 📢 EDF + partners hand delivered over 85K petition signatures to U.S. Department of Transportation calling for PHMSA to finalize stronger standards that #CutMethane leaks from pipelines.

This is a powerful chance for Secretary Pete Buttigieg to protect communities + deliver a climate win.

Since 2010, battery costs have fallen by more than 90% — offering opportunities to cut emissions in road transport & electricity

In 2023, electric car sales rose to almost 14 million. And battery storage deployment in the power sector more than doubled 👉 iea.li/49Xo910

It’s crucial for investors to understand the role methane plays in their investments– and how to mitigate these risks. That means asking the right questions as the industry continues to shift toward net zero: edf.org/Z66d