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Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2026 - Carbon Brief 2026 is an important period for China’s climate policy, amid hints that its emissions could peak and as the government publishes targets for the next 5 years

NEW – Experts: What to expect from China on energy and climate action in 2026 | @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org

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The #StateOfCDR team met at @uwmadison.bsky.social
to advance our 3rd Edition and first Insight Report ahead of #COP30. Grateful to our global #CDR community and to @uwlafollette.bsky.social for hosting and sparking rich discussions on #ClimateAction🌎

Characterizing the Effects of Policy Instruments on Cost and Deployment Trajectories of Direct Air Capture in the U.S. Energy System R&D-driven innovation reduces direct air capture (DAC) learning investment by two-thirds versus incremental deployment Accelerated deployment supports yield minimal cost advantages over increment...

This work raises an important question: Should the industry focus on adapting existing technology from other industries or funding breakthrough technology?

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

🚨 NEW PAPER🚨
We showed that R&D investment is the most cost effective for reducing DACS costs compared to other scaling methods. However, if the technology is already mature with high learning rates and low potential for technological breakthroughs, then R&D yields no net benefit. #CDR #DAC

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as a Research Scientist, working on Energy Transition and Carbon Removal at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies,(SAGE),UW-Madison. Working with the incredible @energymorgan.bsky.social #StateofCDR #Netzero

Manchester United never do this again. My heart cannot take it. What a game! Incredible stuff.. #MUFC

Thermal energy networks are the next big thing Could gas utilities transform into "thermal utilities"? Here's how networked heat pumps could give them a whole new business model instead of going extinct.

Eight states across the US are piloting projects that replace fossil gas networks with shared ground-source heat pumps, via @volts.wtf. Any Canadian provinces?
www.volts.wtf/p/thermal-en...

Wonderful read. I can finally go through my timeline on a social media platform. Happy to be back!.

"Much of what we experience as ‘transformation’ involves some stretching or shattering of an artificial and often brittle boundary in moments of expansive awakening."

Reality check on technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the air An MIT Energy Initiative study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of “direct air capture” and therefore may not bring abo...

Okay, I have to do a thread on this pretty amazing article because it is just seriously chockers with eye-opening stats about 'direct air capture' - ie, sucking up air and trying to remove carbon dioxide from it

news.mit.edu/2024/reality...

Wargaming the Future of Climate Change The U.S. Department of Defense describes climate change as a critical national security issue and a “threat multiplier.” A new card game can help military leaders think through how climate change migh...

Climate change poses enormous risks and uncertainties. How can military leaders understand what the future might look like?

To better anticipate potential scenarios, RAND experts developed an analytic card game set in the 2040s: www.rand.org/pubs/article...

Thank you Dr. Nock. I am happy to be here.