David Weston

Countries failing to act on UN climate pledge to triple renewables, thinktank finds Fossil fuel reliance likely to continue and Cop28 target of limiting global heating to below 1.5C will be missed

How it started: Countries pledge to triple renewable energy by 2030 at UAE-led Cop28 in 2023

How it's going: Global sum of national renewables targets is now just 2% higher

@ember-energy.org
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Motherfucking wind farms…

Opinion | Is Decarbonization Dead?

Just listened to this from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & thought this was an interesting (and true) line from @jessedjenkins.com "The environmental movement that provided most of the horsepower to date... was built to stop bad stuff — not to build good stuff."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

How to promote clean, efficient, and affordable district heating in Europe? Have a listen! link below

Screenshot of Jesse Jenkins on The Ezra Klein Show with headline "Is Decarbonization Dead?"

Screenshot of Jane Flegal on The Ezra Klein Show with headline "Is Decarbonization Dead?"

Is decarbonization dead? @janeaflegal.bsky.social & I join Ezra Klein to talk through how Trump just shredded America's most ambitious climate policy, what survived, and where we go from here. Listen @nytimes.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

IEA's mid-year electricity review is out. Some highlights below:

First time in 100 years, renewables are set to overtake coal in global electricity production as soon as this year (or latest next year).

Wind + Solar contribution to global grid mix will reach 20% by 2026, up from 4% in 2016.

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Here's today's update on the #energytransition from @smorgan.bsky.social. @soxenaar.bsky.social talks DHC.

Then get the latest headlines, including:
🇭🇷 Croatia’s €800m for geothermal & hydrogen.
🇺🇸 The US seeking to overturn a crucial climate ruling.
🇩🇰 Denmark’s €36 million for SAFs.

#TheJolt

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading Why Climate Change Is Worse Than You Think | Global Warming Expert Emma Pinchbeck

Great interview from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social youtu.be/2osysX_tYe0?...

Very interesting ep on how the GB market is shaping up to the #energytransition challenge.

China to ‘tighten oversight’ in crowded sectors such as EVs and solar power Corporate competitiveness is being reshaped in key industries as Beijing moves to quell ‘involution’ while speeding up hi-tech developments to boost consumption.

Chinese regulator to ‘tighten oversight’ in crowded manufacturing sectors such as EVs and solar power – SCMP

Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked The US president has taken a swipe at wind power as the blades visible from his Turnberry golf course turn

Tilting at windmills? Trump’s claims about turbines fact-checked

EU's pledge for $250 billion of US energy imports is delusional There are strong echoes of Donald Trump's failed trade deal with China from his first term as U.S. president in the framework agreement reached with the European Union.

this is really worth a read...

www.reuters.com/business/ene...

In today’s episode of The Jolt, David takes off into the world of sustainable aviation fuels to explore the impact eSAF is having on the sector’s decarbonisation efforts, plus Australia faces calls to “go big” on its...

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sfiCvq...

@daveweston.bsky.social

I've just seen the full Trump clip of his latest unhinged comments on #wind turbines.

He says, with zero irony, "Energy should not need subsidy, with energy you make money.”

WILD.

Trump is trying to kill renewable energy. Here’s how to fight back The real fight isn’t in Washington anymore. It’s in statehouses, utility commissions, local permitting battles and public opinion.

This industry is filled with builders—of projects, companies, careers and futures. Now we must build political power too. That means starting small, scaling fast and staying with it for the long haul.

Let’s bring our skills to organizing and show what happens when clean energy fights back.

Sam and Dave go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the latest on artificial intelligence’s immense energy demand and the advent of next-gen storage technologies

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/sDPyuc...

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@daveweston.bsky.social

Some great comments from @electrifythis.bsky.social at @thedriven.io on EV inequality. Switching from petrol to charging creates an *extremely* significant divide between the driveway-havers and the driveway-have-nots

www.instagram.com/p/DMOn3uhyK9...

This is completely off the scale, and should be challenged at every possible opportunity.

Dangerous, dangerous, dangerous.

Congratualtions Jan!

The reduction in price and the advent of services to boost revenue streams make the addition of battery storage to any clean investment irrefutable

By @daveweston.bsky.social

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Faye Bowser from Siemens Smart Infrastructure joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how Universities and their campuses are helping to advance the energy transition

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/sSUzHi...

Thomas Kwan from Schneider Electric joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss why modernisation in the industrial sector results in decarbonisation

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/sq2AV8...

Dave and Kira go over the week’s biggest talking points, including the ongoing political fallout from the European Union’s proposed 2040 target, plus calls to link the EU ETS with the United Kingdom’s

Listen now: foresightmedia.com/story/s6rljn...

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@daveweston.bsky.social

Gerard Gallagher from professional services firm EY joins the Energy Enablers podcast to discuss how businesses are fronting up to the energy transition

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/s3jsru...

Jan Cornillie from asset performance solutions provider 3E joins Energy Enablers to look at why curtailment is a growing problem for renewable energy generation

By @daveweston.bsky.social

View full episode: foresightmedia.com/story/s8x98K...

NEW: Getting to net-zero will be much cheaper than thought for the UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says OBR

Quick piece / thread with 4 key charts showing, yet again, why climate action is far less costly than inaction

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www.carbonbrief.org/...
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In today’s episode of The Jolt, Kira looks into the legal safeguards for the ocean and whether actions to protect it should be mandatory.

Listen Now: foresightmedia.com/story/ssW7RV...

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@smorgan.bsky.social

Here's the key chart showing the biggest winners and losers at spending review 2025, by department

While health is on top in absolute terms, DESNZ is getting the biggest increase in relative terms (+16% per year)

The £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan helps to bring UK household along in a just transition to net zero, to end fuel poverty and help people access modern heating systems and solar.

I'm looking forward to turning my attention to how it can be most effectively and fairly spent!