James Collis's Avatar

James Collis

@jamescollis.bsky.social

Chair of Citizens' Climate Europe Member of the EU Climate Change Expert Group for ETS2 Carbon tax nerd: price, rebate & BCA Fast, fair and effective.

918 Followers  |  175 Following  |  143 Posts  |  Joined: 09.02.2024  |  2.2655

Latest posts by jamescollis.bsky.social on Bluesky

Read on a big screen.

β€œOne” infographic uses some poetic license, however, info is delightfully shown …

01.08.2025 08:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

Motherfucking wind farms…

30.07.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 46090    πŸ” 17388    πŸ’¬ 1150    πŸ“Œ 2308

This is an excellent podcast, if you're involved or concerned about the climate in any way, it clarifies the key issues.

25.07.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you have view on how the Emissions Trading system (ETS1 and the impending ETS2) might bring down the cost of living ?

Very happy to contribute to B4B on this subject.

19.07.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Come for the Carbon, Stay for the Money | Pricing Carbon Initiative

Why do politicians implement carbon pricing ? Why does carbon pricing tend to stick ? - a delightful and thought provoking opinion piece ...

pricingcarbon.org/2025/07/come...

15.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Inspired lobbying message, straightforward, truthful and reasonable. …

11.07.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ“° Great news for once! the government it promising to act on methane, one of the most effective and least talked about ways to slow warming ☁

27.06.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pointing the finger was my most enjoyable act of the day so far.

I highly recommend …

26.06.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Progress in reducing emissions - 2025 report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee Presented to Parliament pursuant to Section 36 (1) of the Climate Change Act 2008. This report was laid…

The Climate Change Committee has put out its annual progress report today.
While it highlights some progress on EVs and heat pumps, some things haven’t changed:
a) heating is still the big problem child
b) make electricity cheap is still the top policy rec

www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...

25.06.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

πŸ’₯ Public support for electoral reform has reached a new all-time high

πŸ“ˆ 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party

🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act

🧡 1/3

25.06.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Do you see potential with the UK EU realignment on ETS and the upcoming ETS2 implementation ?

15.06.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Open letter against international credits integration into the EU 2040 climate target and NDC - Sandbag A joint letter from NGOs and climate experts urges the EU to reject international carbon credits in its 2040 target. The letter highlights risks to credibility, emissions reductions, and long-term inv...

🌍 We’ve signed a joint letter urging the EU:

Don’t outsource the 2040 climate target

🚫 Article 6 offsets = weaker ambition, higher costs & lost credibility
πŸ“‰ Undermines the EU Climate Law

βœ… Experts call for at least 90–95% domestic cuts by 2040.

πŸ”— sandbag.be/2025/06/12/e...

#EU2040

12.06.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As electricity becomes cleaner and less polluting, levelling the price for gas and electricity helps solve the climate crisis.

And, it increases the impact of policies like carbon pricing.

Choosing greener cleaner solutions needs to be the most cost effective choice for everyone.

10.06.2025 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our review work at Citizens' Climate Europe suggests that beyond the policy mix Jan describes, strong welfare state and political trust (at least in decades past) were major factors.

05.06.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great policy mix sustained over many years: carbon pricing, incentives, regulation, quality standards, consumer protection, …

05.06.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Video thumbnail

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🀑😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

02.06.2025 11:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1150    πŸ” 636    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 97

Excited for what the next few years bring ...

02.06.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For those who suspect the fossil fuel industry has knowingly contributed to the climate crisis. This just may make you smile ...

29.05.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great read if your interested in the threat posed by Russia. And what the EU and UK should do.

26.05.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

πŸ”₯ 𝐂𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓 π‘π„π•πŽπ‹π”π“πˆπŽπ? πŸ”₯

πŸ“’ New EEB study: Just one-third of the EU’s Social Climate Fund could

βœ… Deploy 20M heat pumps
βœ… Cover every energy-poor household in 9 EU countries
βœ… Cut EU gas use by 11%

Carbon revenues = a game changer for homes

πŸ“˜ Read the report: www.coolproducts.eu/heating-and-...

19.05.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
Preview
Polluters broke it, we're paying for it. Make Polluters Pay Sign the pact, record your story. Join the global movement to make polluters pay.

Tax pollution and pay people is our core policy focus.

Here’s a very similar approach from Greenpeace: Join the global movement to make polluters pay: act.gp/3RIc9dq

18.05.2025 10:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife manages this problem, my dual citizenship that I spent time and money on after 2016 frees me.

Solutions are less interesting after 1 & 2. Sadly Labour probs only prepared to consider lower list options 😒

18.05.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link

Poem response to Starmer's Farage/Powell cosplay - full text in the link

Island of Strangers - by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

14.05.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1047    πŸ” 531    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 42
Post image

πŸ’‘ Clean energy imports = more local jobs, not fewer.

Most solar jobs aren’t in manufacturing β€” they’re in installation, deployment & maintenance.

Clean energy tech is good for climate & boosts domestic jobs.

Great piece by @hannahritchie.bsky.social www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/clean-ener...

21.04.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 188    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 13
CPIC - MCC Berlin Explore the impact of carbon pricing in your country with CPIC. Analyze costs to households, policy design, and social outcomes. Compare scenarios and population groups for balanced policy planning.

This tool from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research allows many countries to model the impact of carbon pricing.

www.cpic-global.net

14.05.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Umfassendes Klimageld: 60 % der Haushalte profitieren Bisher gab es fΓΌr Deutschland keine Studie, die untersuchte, wie sich eine Pro-Kopf-AusschΓΌttung derΒ gesamtenΒ Einnahmen aus der Bepreisung von CO2 ohne weitere EinschrΓ€nkungen auf die Haushalte auswir...
14.05.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Climate Income - How powerful climate policy can address the cost of living. The next UK government must address the cost of living crisis. From public data that the climate crisis is an ongoing concern for 75%. Carbon pricing, also known as carbon taxation, is overwhelmingly ...

@zackpolanski.bsky.social following your pitch for ambitious policy ideas on @quietriotpod.bsky.social please consider #climateincome which I advocate as a Green Lib Dem.

I believe it hits many of your key values: citizen led, pro EU, visible, authentic, proven (with challenges), UBI pre-cursor.

10.05.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

🚨 LIVE FROM STRASBOURG-GOOD NEWS!

The European Parliament ends the β€˜scandal that wasn’t’!
Today, MEPs made it clear: funding for NGOs under the EU’s LIFE programme is legal, transparent, and essential to a healthy democracy.

07.05.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Sad to see the UK has not rejected the climate deniers yet.

May mean more Fossil Fuel industry funding is channelled to these grifters. Who I wonder is in charge of the setting the rules ? Do they have any obligation to defend democracy ?

06.05.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Climate Income - How powerful climate policy can address the cost of living. The next UK government must address the cost of living crisis. From public data that the climate crisis is an ongoing concern for 75%. Carbon pricing, also known as carbon taxation, is overwhelmingly ...

Great questioning approach, I wrote the attached 2 pager a year ago with similar in mind. Happy to share data on experiments in Canada, Austria and Switzerland on making this type of approach stick over time.

Upcoming question of UK alignment on ETS with EU makes this quite topical.

01.05.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@jamescollis is following 20 prominent accounts