报告：-2023年中国新建煤电项目占全球的95 | Molly Lempriere Global Energy Monitor

报告指出，2023年中国煤电建设活动占全球新建煤电活动的95%。

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This is the Chinese translation of our recent analysis: buff.ly/3w7ig3z

Electric car sales in Europe will surge to record levels this year, according to the International Energy Agency

That's despite the many, many column inches in recent weeks dedicated to the 'slump' in electric car sales across the continent...

Did an Electric Vehicle stand Ross Clark up on a date or something??

Nothing quite prepares you for the moment

when you realise that your analysis

has been tweeted out

to 31.1 million people...🤯

Reading some of the media coverage you get the impression that EV sales are down.

See the pattern?

Source International Energy Agency iea.org/reports/global…

Roughly as many electric cars were sold globally in Q1 this year as the whole of 2020. Sales were up 25% in Q1.

Yes, there have been a few places where EV sales growth slowed. But International Energy Agency Global EV Outlook shows obv direction of travel

iea.org/reports/global…

Oh NBD just Hilary Clinton sharing our Carbon Brief analysis

No biggie. Just Hillary Clinton tweeting our 'Trump vs Biden' analysis to her....

31m followers.

Carbon Brief

His (wilful and calculated) denial and arrogance on this issue is something to behold - but refreshing to see the audience clearly seeing through it and mocking him...

Heat pumps work when it’s cold. They just work harder.

Heat pumps remain more than twice as efficient as gas boilers, even at temperatures well below freezing.

More in my Carbon Brief heat pump myth buster: carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-m…

The end of an era:

10 years ago coal generated almost 40% of the UK‘s electricity.

In less than 6 months the last remaining coal power plant will be shut down.

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

As millions step out in the searing heat to vote starting Friday, where's climate in India's election manifestos? Some say voters and netas don't really care, but cheaper electricity and corruption-free coal have been major poll planks. In 2024, climate gets a bigger shoutout 👇

Arguably the most granular analysis to date of future economic impacts from climate change estimates we will knock 19% off anticipated incomes by 2050 even if we slash emissions. If we don't we'll knock 60% off incomes and enter an era of global austerity. businessgreen.com/news-analysis/…

A meteorologist at the Uni of Reading rejects claims that cloud seeding contributed to the Dubai floods:

'There is no technology in existence that can create or even severely modify this kind of rainfall event.'

reading.ac.uk/news/2024/Expe…

On 15 April at 1pm, Great Britain achieved a new low carbon intensity record of 19gCO2/kWh, beating the previous record set on 5 April of 21gCO2/kWh. 🍃 Learn how we’re getting closer to a zero-carbon electricity system. 📽👇

Climate finance experts tell me the UK's decision to 'double count' money as humanitarian aid and climate finance is “problematic” and a “clear deviation from the path to climate justice”.

What has gone wrong with UK climate finance?

A quick🧵...

carbonbrief.org/revealed-uk-do…

Given #COP29 hosts Azerbaijan have unveiled their logo for this year, here's all the logos from previous COPs.

(My favourite has to be COP7)

UK accused of double counting £500m of aid to meet climate pledge theguardian.com/global-develop…

Important story - obtained via FOI request by Josh Gabbatiss - showing how the UK govt is 'double-counting' its climate-finance spending in an attempt to meet its Paris Agreement pledge.

Revelation has been covered by Guardian's Helena Horton

theguardian.com/global-develop…

On Saturday #wind generated 50.3% of GB electricity, more than nuclear 20.7%, gas 8.4%, imports 6.8%, solar 6.7%, biomass 4.3%, hydro 2.3%, coal 0.4%, other 0.0% *excl. non-renewable distributed generation