@profejzrobinson.bsky.social
Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, London School of Economics | Director, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment (currently on sabbatical) | Repost ≠ endorsement Born @ 321 ppm CO2
Congratulations to our wonderful @granthamlse.bsky.social colleague Dr Francisco de Melo Virissimo
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Working on climate & ocean phenomena, & climate adaptation
*Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists*
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...
@gsos-lse.bsky.social
“The memo from a ‘very influential person who controls a lot of money’ hinges on ‘inarguably a false binary’ between a world where everything is fine and ‘literally the end of the world,’ said @weatherwest.bsky.social, a climate scientist at UC ANR.”
07.11.2025 16:22 — 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
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"In this book, Lord Nicholas Stern articulates the incredible opportunity for global development enabled by climate action."
— Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States and Environmentalist
The Growth Story of the 21st Century is out tomorrow #OpenAccess.
➡️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...
🎉"This book is most welcome at a time when climate policies are being denounced as being overly punitive by some... An absolute must-read for economic scholars and policy makers working on climate and on economic development."
— Philippe Aghion, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Good morning with good news: New solar plus storage in India is more than 25% cheaper than EXISTING coal plants. It's also much cheaper than new coal plants!
Indian solar plus storage costs $33–41/MWh
EXISTING coal costs $54/MWh
New coal costs $67-83/MWh
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky
Dr @shourodasgupta.bsky.social & I track the impact of increasing frequency of heatwaves and droughts on access to food (Indicator 1.4), compared to 1981–2010 baseline, estimated to have resulted in an additional 124 million people in 124 countries being food insecure.
lnkd.in/e5j-5wZj for details
UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :
Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn
Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**
Don't believe the wind power haters
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some out-of-this-world joy for your morning, with the
@barenakedladies.com and Wexford Gleeks.
youtu.be/AvAnfi8WpVE
Thank you for sharing. Made me smile.
28.10.2025 05:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On November 5th we are hosting a public lecture with Lord Nicolas Stern. He will challenge the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development.
Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Yes climate breakdown means more turbulence for flyers.
It’s also on track to heat the planet by 4C+ this century, kill billions of people & collapse our civilization.
Keep on seeing the deadliest crisis our species has ever faced framed as some minor consumerist inconvenience.
Read this latest blog post featuring GSoS Theme Lead, Joana Setzer ⬇️
17.10.2025 11:34 — 👍 2 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0London Consensus Book Talk 📢 📚
Tim Besley and Andrés Velasco will join Mine Senses and Pravin Krishna to discuss The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century.
🔻21st Oct 2025, 6pm, Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C.
🔻Register here: hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...
On #worldfoodday, our Climate Food (in)Security Lab @granthamlse.bsky.social & @gsos-lse.bsky.social profiles
our impact lead Dr Lucy Kanya
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
And highlights why engaging in food insecurity in the context of climate change is so important
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
The London Consensus is now out, and open access! Published by @lsepress.bsky.social
Includes my chapter with Prof Chukwumerije Okereke
on "Tackling climate change in low- and middle-income countries". Psyched to see it in print.
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...
We're delighted to see our Co-Founder and Chair, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, recognised for his work as a leading environmentalist in The Independent Climate 100 List 2025.👏
@granthamlse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social
Super proud to have been part of the team. Take a read of what we have been up to at LSE's @gsos-lse.bsky.social Global School of Sustainability. Sustainability in Action!
And defo worth following @gsos-lse.bsky.social (yes, of course I am biased!)
Exciting opportunities to work with LSE's @gsos-lse.bsky.social Global School of Sustainability
* Comms & Events Coordinator
* Student Experience Officer
* Assistant Prof in Biodiversity Economics, Dept of Geog & Env
* Assistant Prof of Philosophy, Dept of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Good morning with good news: An historic energy milestone is reached. Renewables globally produced more electricity than coal for the first time on record in the first half of 2025!
How?
Solar skyrocketed 31%
Wind rose 7.7%
Coal FELL in China & India!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
And who is surprised ... ?
06.10.2025 17:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sounds very painful. Hope you are starting to heal.
06.10.2025 16:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0One of my favourite places when I lived in the Bay Area in the '90s. Would drive my '81 Fiat Spider up (now I drive a Renault Zoe EV!). Youngest daughter living there now. Introduced her. Definitely now one of her favourite spots.
06.10.2025 10:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Always good to be reminded and to remind.
05.10.2025 09:28 — 👍 12 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 07. Renewable energy investment dominates globally with $2.2 trillion, while fossil fuel investment flounders.
The days of fossil fuels are over:
"Two million people evacuated"
Background: 12-month running mean heating above preindustrial (Sep 2024-Aug 2025) +1.52ºC
425.65 CO2 ppm (2025 to date)
www.theguardian.com/...
#Ragasa
Good morning with good news: EVs have ~11% energy loss, so "most of the energy that goes into the car ends up turning the wheels."
Oil burning autos waste ~"80% of the energy that gets pumped into their gas tanks."
Electrostate for the win!
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec... #energysky
A summary of our 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 report has been translated into Chinese, Korean, French and Portuguese.
Download the translated versions here ⬇️
Excellent news indeed. And for India's public health also. Less air pollution = fewer respiratory and other health problems associated with breathing polluted air. Check out @lancetcountdown.bsky.social work on air pollution and health co-benefits. lancetcountdown.org/explore-our-...
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