Brendan Jones

if you came of age in the 20th century then this really sits you down about how much the Worlds changed in 21st century. no going back….
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

Because generative AI systems and how they’re being developed are exactly the antithesis of everything you cover in your course. Both from an environmental and social perspective.

Using an AI-generated image on this is a bit worrying, not sure it projects the image you want …

I was equally surprised, for the US at least. I haven’t read the study but this makes me want to dig in and find out what kind of people were in the sample.

I wasn’t surprised that people support the unlabelled policies, though.

People widely support policies of ecosocialism. They balk at the term "degrowth," like the apolitical (but easily co-opted)"well-being economy," & are surprisingly supportive of "ecosocialism," which has the imperative of "removing the capitalist class from control of finance & means of production"

Exactly what I’ve always said. It’s a good word because it means specific things, but it’s not the word to use when talking to anyone but academics or sustainability wonks.

-democratizing control over finance and the means of production
-ending imperialist appropriation from the global South through unequal exchange

We found that 82% of people supported it.

resharing this because both:
cool etruck
its an example of my favourite visual of how we fit energy transition tech within the frameworks of our existing tech, ie the person (totally unnecessarily) holding onto the charger plug when its plugged in like one would if one was putting liquid fuel in

What’s the source? (Article is paywalled)

EU sells banned pesticides to Africa Agriculture employs more than half of the continent’s population and contributes around 35% of its GDP.

EU sells banned pesticides to Africa

www.semafor.com/article/12/0...

The EV share of new car sales in 🇩🇰 Denmark was 73.7% in November. Of private individuals buying a new car, 91% opted for an EV.

Believing in Dinosaurs:

Welcome to Europe (Deutschland) 2025
#alwaysbecharging

== BMW said it welcomed the German government’s new position. The current EU ban “ignored market realities and jeopardised employment”, it said. == www.ft.com/content/f54b...

Rewired by China: How Nepal’s EV Surge Exposes India’s Decay Nepal’s EV surge, powered by Chinese technology and domestic hydropower, has displaced India’s industrial influence and exposed weaknesses in Delhi’s regional strategy. While it marks a shift in regio...

Good read on it www.chinausfocus.com/finance-econ...

Is a battery-electric truck achieving cost parity with a diesel truck possible? Yes, that's the guarantee offered by MAN Truck & Bus France in a new package together with EDF. Smart charging p... Is a battery-electric truck achieving cost parity with a diesel truck possible? Yes, that's the guarantee offered by MAN Truck & Bus France in a new package together with EDF. Smart charging plays a k...

MAN Trucks and EDF in France have launched an electric truck package that guarantees price parity with the diesel equivalent. Smart charging plays a key role in reducing energy costs by 30–50%.

Tweede Kamer wil vliegbelasting voor privéjets 14 tot 71 keer verhogen: 'Toonbeeld van verspilling' De Tweede Kamer wil dat passagiers van privévliegtuigen veel meer vliegbelasting gaan betalen. De Kamer heeft zojuist een voorstel van GroenLinks-PvdA aangenomen, waarin de vliegbelasting voor privéje...

From 2030*, passengers of private jets departing from the Netherlands will pay a flight tax of €420 to €2,100, depending on distance. So far, they only paid €29.40, just like ordinary airline passengers.

Yay for Dutch parliament!
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...

*) PS Why only then?

Today 15 brave smallholder Kenyan farmers who appealed a Seed Act which criminalised them for saving,sharing&selling their own seeds won their case in the High Court.
Glad that my PhD findings were submitted in this case and assisted in the win.Here's a video of it!
drive.google.com/file/d/1amIf...

HISTORIC VICTORY: Kenyan Court Rules “Sharing Seeds is Not a Crime” in Landmark Verdict for Food Sovereignty - Greenpeace Africa This judgment establishes powerful legal precedent globally, affirming that the ancient right of farmers to save and share seeds supersedes commercial interests, reshaping the legal balance of power b...

🚨BREAKING: Kenyan court rules “sharing seeds is NOT a crime”

The High Court ruled in favour of smallholder farmers and their right to save, share and exchange their own seeds. 🌱

This is a landmark verdict for food sovereignty over corporate greed.

Learn more from @greenpeaceafrica.org ⬇️

Europe must be a rulemaker, not a rule-taker [FREE TO READ] Outsourcing EU environmental and economic strategy would be an act of self-harm

Europe must be a rulemaker, not a rule-taker, writes EU competition and climate chief @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu for @financialtimes.com, warning that outsourcing EU environmental and economic strategy would be an act of economic and social self-harm

on.ft.com/49IPUOE

Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵

When trade routes shift, so do clouds: Researchers uncover ripple effects of new global shipping regulations When militia attacks disrupted shipping lanes in the Red Sea, few imagined the ripple effects would reach the clouds over the South Atlantic. But for Florida State University atmospheric scientist Mic...

Re-routing of ships around the Cape of Good Hope led to a natural experiment.
By "comparing NO₂ [unaffected by the sulfur-reducing regulations], with cloud droplet number, which is sensitive to sulfur, [they] found a 67% reduction in ships' cloud-altering abilities" after the new IMO regulations.

Ah very good, first I’ve heard of that term. I will comment - and I mean this fully constructively - extending the term of ‘salting’ to ‘salt the earth’ could be taken the wrong way, given the phrase means to destroy the soil for all who come after. Unless you were intentionally being provocative.

Aoife also called on the EU to include international flights in the ETS in 2026.

“Aviation has enjoyed free passes on climate for far too long and next year the EU has the chance to put that right by including emissions from international flights in the ETS."

Good read RE the climate stuff but I’m also curious because I’ve never heard the term ‘salting the earth’ in any context but en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salting.... Does it mean something different in the context of unions?

Surely more than sixfold when you consider how much of a low hanging fruit agriculture is when it comes to carbon reductions.

Wow, the Center for Biological Diversity has been analyzing how the media remains nearly silent on the role of meat and animal agriculture in climate change.

"...it appears in just 1.2% of climate journalism..."

www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

Proton CEO responds to backlash after his post supporting Trump's selection sparks Reddit firestorm On Reddit, it’s often a single post that ignites a firestorm of reactions. Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton Privacy, recently found himself in the hot seat after a seemingly innocuous commendation ...

Don't forget the not entirely ideal comments from the CEO techissuestoday.com/proton-ceo-r...

"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"

What a fascinating story, I'd no idea that was going on.

Good to see the analysis not just framing this as EVs = energy transition = good;

"(...) perverse incentives where buyers receive indirect transfers from general taxation that could fund mass transit serving broader populations."

Graph showing: Nepalese passenger car imports by type: Monthly

The Nepalese EV transition.
In simple terms, brown on this graph is India's share and blue is China's share.
The trigger? India effectively halted all imports of petroleum into Nepal in 2015, an "undeclared blockade", which was "masked as constitutional concern".
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

"UN rules require all Cop decision texts to be approved unanimously (...). The creation of a fossil-fuel roadmap outside the Cop process may establish a trading bloc that could begin to sanction nations – and banks – that refuse to wind down fossil fuels."

Exactly my take. The only way forward.