Guest post: Why all fossil fuels must decline rapidly to stay below 1.5C | Ploy Achakulwisut, PhD Steve Pye Peter Erickson @celineguivarch Elina Brutschin Prof Roberto Schaeffer #CBarchive

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‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on verge of climate abyss, UN warns

- Top climate figures respond to Guardian survey of leading scientists, who expect temperatures to soar, and say political leaders must act radically

#ClimateCrisis
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Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
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Big oil spent decades sowing doubt about dangers of fossil fuels, experts say theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…

This incredibly thought-provoking and well-written paper by Ben Clift & Dr Caroline Kuzemko made my head 🤯🤯🤯

Must-read for anyone working on climate #mitigation and energy transition policies and #IAM modelling!

h/t Simon Evans Anne Olhoff

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🚨New paper alert🚨 'Global energy scenarios: a geopolitical reality check'. Where we explore how energy modelling and energy geopolitics as distinct academic fields can complement one another to better understand energy futures. UKERC IVM - VU Amsterdam (1/2)
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In contrast to the concentrated reserves of fossil fuels, every country has some form of renewable potential it can harness, thereby enhancing its energy resilience, independence and control. /5

Today, IRENA released a new report on the Geopolitics of Energy Security. Proud to have been involved in the production of the report. Here’s a link to the report and a thread with some key takeaways. /1
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As we race towards #netzero , it's worth noting that not every country starts from the same point. At the #G7Italy meeting, I called for solidarity & leadership in 4 areas:
✅ Implement 1.5°C-consistent climate plans, including credible timelines for phasing out all fossil fuels;

When can companies claim to be aligned with the #ParisAgreement ?🌍🌡️🔥🧐

In a new Science Magazine piece we write that corporate emissions targets alone are insufficient to make this call.

(1/n) Grantham Imperial Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial Imperial Sciences
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The #COP28 UAE Consensus 🇦🇪 gave a clear signal on the need for a global transition away from #fossilfuels .

This week’s World Bank IMF #SpringMeetings marked a critical moment in turning ambition on the global transition away from fossil fuels into action.

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Many countries have the will to take more ambitious steps on #ClimateAction .

Through the Climate Promise, the entire @‌UN system is coming together to help governments rise to the moment & create new national climate plans aligned with the 1.5° limit. go.undp.org/ZZx

The energy transition is underway.

Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition, asks: 'Will it be fast enough, will it be fair, and how will it be funded?'
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Happy to join the meeting on Coal Transition at the World Bank #SpringMeeting yesterday.

The coal transition must be fast, fair and funded. Developing countries need tailored plans and packages of [public and private support] to phase-out coal. #ClimateAction

How can justice considerations be more fully incorporated into climate scenarios? See our new publication on a novel framework enabling a more holistic and multidimensional investigation of justice - nature.com/articles/s4155…

back on Twitter to 🔦 the amazing work (concerning findings) others at GEM published:

Coal - despite commitments, '23 saw the lowest coal capacity retirement in over a 10 yrs globalenergymonitor.org/report/boom-an…

Methane - 2.4 Mt CH4 annually by '30 from 74 prject globalenergymonitor.org/report/mixed-m…