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Climate policy at CSE India “The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.” - Rebecca Solnit
Lesotho, “a country no one has heard of” acc’ding to Trump, bracing for US tariffs 50% on its biggest single sector, garments.
“The luckier ones, he said, “are just finishing up outstanding orders that were in the pipeline. There are no new orders coming in.””
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Who produces the last barrel of oil?
@rlalen.bsky.social on @cseindia.bsky.social ‘Carbon Politics’ podcast 🎙️:
Fossil fuel phaseout goals agreed on at COP28 set a clear direction but didn’t provide a roadmap + many countries lack enabling conditions to shift to RE.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyQt...
Three of the top five solar power countries in 2024 were BRICS countries.
In 2024, Brazil overtook Germany to become the fifth largest solar generator.
1. China: 834 TWh ✅
2. United States: 303 TWh
3. India: 134 TWh ✅
4. Japan: 100 TWh
5. Brazil: 75 TWh ✅
NEW | BRICS countries now produced more than half of the world's solar power ☀️
Led by China, BRICS countries accounted for 51% of the world's solar generation in 2024.
Ten years ago, this stood at 15%.
Dio-goal 💔 I just can’t process this
03.07.2025 08:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New episode of our video podcast "Carbon Politics" is out!
CSE's @aygoswami.bsky.social and @rlalen.bsky.social from @oilchange.bsky.social discuss fossil fuels transition, who produces the last barrel of oil and what an equitable transition really means.
Watch now👇
youtu.be/LyQtK_fLhR4?...
"Bonn Climate Conference 2025: On Day 1, developing countries fight EU and allies on finance obligation" by @aygoswami.bsky.social
www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
"We’re exposing how finance is being sidelined — and how the Global South is pushing back."
#ClimateJustice #JustTransitionRising #COP30 #ClimateFinance @aygoswami.bsky.social
Heussallee metro stop, Bonn, Germany
cc @accidentallywa.bsky.social
📢 "Once Upon a Time in Dubai" – #CarbonPolitics Episode 2! Our new video podcast drops June 28th, 4 PM IST.
Tune in to hear @aygoswami.bsky.social (CSE) and @rlalen.bsky.social of @oilchange.bsky.social discuss fossil fuels!
I’ll be moderating a session on green industrial policy tomrw for @canclimateaction.bsky.social
Join us for a massive collective brainstorm on how to build an internationalist, cooperative green industrial policy that leaves no country behind
Tune in 3:45PM IST: events.zoom.us/ev/AqbvYuXcl...
📢 Join us tomorrow, May 13, for an online CSE #Masterclass, along with @aygoswami.bsky.social & @trishant.bsky.social on how to use our new dashboard for research and inquiry into the Voluntary Carbon Market in India.
⏲️3:30 PM IST
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CarbonMarket #VCM
1/ The US "has decided that it now needs to engage in full-scale demolition of the same system that it created...The US is becoming poorer and weaker as it dismantles the very system it once built.”
Latest Polycrisis from @katemac.bsky.social & I on how investors and countries are responding
It is perfectly calculated to hurt countries that are
1) poor
2) really need the export income
3) can't afford to import much from the US
@kyleichan.bsky.social @elisabettaco.bsky.social @aygoswami.bsky.social, Dr Bentley Allan, Dr Tim Sahay, Alex Muresianu, Antoine Vagneur-Jones, Jimena Blanco, Dr Simi Thambi, Robert Rozansky, Chris Severson-Baker, Anne-Sophie Corbeau, Tu Le, Ellie Belton, Eileen Torres Morales, Dr Aurélien Saussay
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NEW – Experts: What do Trump’s tariffs mean for global climate action? | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/dORwRKS
Who is building a Global South / rest of the world except G7 / regional set of starter packs on here for us to follow - @rishpardikar.bsky.social any thoughts?
26.03.2025 05:27 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Our world crisis of ecology, economics, and empire, has continued to metastasize. It is shaking confidence in established worldviews & ruling elites everywhere.
@iliasalami.bsky.social & @danieldenvir.bsky.social & I chatted about @thepolycrisis.bsky.social
thedigradio.com/podcast/glob...
Closed about 78 tabs today - my browser feels bare, exposed, an act of catharsis
14.03.2025 16:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a photo of a few hundred protesters gathered in NYC
A crowd has gathered for the NYC protest against the illegal ICE arrest of Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil. Protesters are chanting and calling for his immediate release.
Multiple helicopters overhead.
Critique of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) deal the G7 signed with Indonesia. By @professorsud.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A chart shows clean electricity and fossil electricity productions in China and several US states. Text reads "Indeed, China's power system emitted less carbon dioxide (CO2) per unit of electricity production last year than that of the state of Florida and several other major U.S. power systems. And while China keeps adding more clean energy, many U.S. power networks are primed to add more natural gas-fired capacity in keeping with the wishes of the new Trump administration, which is disdainful of renewable power."
Chart shows shares of electricity from fossil fuels in China and several US states. Text reads: China's power system relied on fossil fuels for 62% of electricity output in 2024, data from energy think tank Ember shows. That fossil fuel share compares to 58% for the United States, and means that while the two power systems differ in scale - China produces more than twice as much electricity as the U.S. - they are currently similarly reliant on fossil fuels. However, China has made more aggressive boosts to both clean power and overall electricity output over the past five years. Between 2019 and 2024, China's clean-powered electricity supplies jumped by 68%, lifting total electricity output by 36%.
Chart shows co2 emissions intensity of electricity production in China vs several US utilities. Text reads: The growing share of clean power within China's electricity system is leading to steady falls in the country's so-called carbon intensity of electricity production. In 2024, China's electricity generation system emitted an average of 534 grams of CO2 and equivalent gases for every kilowatt hour of electricity output, according to energy portal electricitymaps.com. That compares to an average of 395 grams of CO2/kWh in the United States, and means that China's electricity production is around 35% more carbon intensive than the U.S. system.
"But what about China's coal plants?" Turns out, with their renewable & nuclear building boom, China's power grid is now actually cleaner (in both clean energy share and CO2 emissions intensity metrics) than several regions of the US grid, and improving faster
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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Carnitas Uruapan, Publican, Lula Cafe
05.03.2025 17:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CSE's @aygoswami.bsky.social will be speaking on "What’s Keeping Women from Leadership Roles in Energy?” at an event organised by @clasp-ngo.bsky.social on Thursday, 6th March, 2025.
Registration: bit.ly/4b6NhEQ (Please note that this is a registration only event.)
By star studded if you mean those socks are the star, then yes
04.03.2025 02:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Spring in North India - fleeting and absolutely lovely
02.03.2025 14:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Q&A: Can ‘carbon border adjustment mechanisms’ help tackle climate change? | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @wanyuansong.bsky.social w/ comment from @ianmitchell1.bsky.social @aygoswami.bsky.social Ellie Belton, Julia Michalak #CBarchive
Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hMRqzX
Oh myyy
24.01.2025 16:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
