This is the key thing I’ve begun to understand in the last few years: we are not prepared for even small amounts of warming.

Good news: Because of our actions and pledges, expected global warming in 2100 is only about half of what it was just a few years ago.

Bad news: The impacts even at a lower temperature are way worst than what we had expected.

On Monday, we [the MSEE cohort at The Smith School, University of Oxford] met visionary systems thinker Kate Raworth and spoke with her about reimagining what and who the economy is for. Yet you won't hear her thesis in a mainstream economics lecture. 🧵 1/16

Hi new followers, where did y’all come from? I’m gonna need some time to find out who you are, but here’s what the New York Times says I tweet about.

nytimes.com/explain/2022/0…

Umm… Lennart Bach, Mike Tyka, Phil Boyd, and I submitted a paper on measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) for ocean CO₂ removal (CDR) and we received comments from six anonymous reviewers and an associate editor. 7 people! This is gonna be an amazing paper.

This might come as a surprise, but protected bike lanes are the best investment of a city’s infrastructure dollars when it comes to tackling the climate crisis.

speedandscale.com/now-is-the-tim…

Here’s why ⬇️ 1/8

I read this again to balance out some of the doomist things I’m reading. It’s still great and the offer of a free article remains.