@dianaurge.bsky.social
Professor, Central European University @CEU Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change @IPCC_ch
And smaller cars. Trends towards larger and karger cars cause more and more traffic causualties
03.11.2025 00:15 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"our study warns against different forms of #sciencewashing of #greenFinance (GF)
Evidence suggests a gap btwn the suggested possibilities and the actual outcomes of GF. Many products serve financial markets&wealthiest investors more than nature or communities."
theconversation.com/why-green-fi...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
www.economist.com/internationa...
"In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by two to one and in Paris, they outnumber motorists across the whole city. In Copenhagen bikes account for almost half of commuter journeys to work and school."
Dreamt about engaging with the @IPCC 's Special Report on Climate Change and Cities #SRCities?
The expert review is ongoing, closing on December 12th:
www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
It is the thousands of review comments that make the IPCC's reports so widely "owned", thus so impactful!
The planet is heating up from increasing energy use. #datacenters are among the largest power demand growth drivers.
In this crisis, can humanity afford a #slop flood to drive energy related emissions even higher?
"Sloponomics: the AI-content flood"
www.economist.com/business/202...
@theEconomist
"Climatework’s flagship Mammoth #DACCS plant in Iceland, which has a nameplate capacity of 36k t of CO2/yr, captured 750 t in its first 10 months since opening, w net removals after accounting for emissions in the supply chain coming to just 105 tons."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
📣 Last days to apply as a Chapter Scientist to support author teams for IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report.
The deadline for applications is 18 October 2025.
More details: lnkd.in/dGvmmWeC
Capitalism: Can We Fix Its Growth Dependencies?
Join our first Topical Debate of the year on Sept 15. (Room D-002 & Zoom). With Diana Ürge-Vorsatz @dianaurge.bsky.social & Marc Kaufmann kicking things off, we’ll dive into capitalism, growth, and the environment.
🔗 events.ceu.edu/2025-09-15/c...
NEW STUDY: How much CO2 can we safely store in geological formations?
In a new @nature.com study, we cross-check established academic and industry estimates with various risk factors.
We find a prudent geological CO2 storage limit that is about 10x smaller. /1
"Australian researchers found the 2024-25 season was the "most severe coral bleaching on record" for W.Australia's coral reefs across both the northwestern and central reefs.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
We are approaching new (planetary) boundaries in more&more locations: the planet's and civilisation's beauties are overused by the richest. #tourism
We need to reevaluate: there is no way 8 (9?) bln ppl can see all (or even many) key world sights.
www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
Paywalled. Any chance of still reading it?
26.06.2025 21:22 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Clean energy is growing fast—but demand is growing faster.
Until we tackle energy demand, we’re not truly transitioning.
Shared this new figure at my keynote in Nara, Japan.
#EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #DemandSide
Droughts keep appearing in the news—but they’re more than a lack of rain.
IPCC AR6 shows rising crop loss, water stress & wildfires, especially in low-income regions.
We must track all types: meteorological, agricultural, hydrological.
#climaterisk #drought
Spoke at @esa.int 's Living Planet Symposium today. 🌍
The @ipcc.bsky.social helps turn petabytes of Earth observation data into actionable knowledge for decision-makers—especially through our co-produced reports like the upcoming Special Report on Cities.
Exactly.... we need to learn more from ancient architecture!
15.06.2025 20:58 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0 We always celebrate the #ozone layer restoration as the biggest environmental sccess story.
But is it safe?
No - new threats: space junk, space launches.
And this will be not as easy to fix...
"Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?" @bbc #bbcInsideScience
podcastaddict.com/bbc-inside-s...
We think we are inventing the #circularEconomy?
This Japanese wooden temple (no nails!) has been sequstering that carbon in the wood for 1400 years, and is even earthquake-safe.
It does need to be refurbished every 300 years...
Thank you, @hannahdaly.ie , for so perfectly summarising the most important message of my keynote yalk at #IEW25
12.06.2025 23:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Prenatal exposure to a class of dangerous, widely used chemicals could be linked to your child having high blood pressure as a teen, according to a new study.
12.06.2025 22:13 — 👍 59 🔁 22 💬 6 📌 3
I dont usually go to the movies, but for #WorldOceansDay we went with the whole family to watch #Attenborough's #Oceans.
I wish every school showed this film to all pupils. Just be4 they go to their seaside holidays
And to be aware that the #UNOceansConference in June can still turn evrthg around.
What makes a #city happy?
US's happiest city has 180 parks, 22 lakes, & prides in 2/3rd of its population commuting or running errands by bike.
Things that make low-GHG and climate resilient cities also make them happiest.
#ClimateAction does not need to be sacrifice
www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
📄 @fgilardi.bsky.social created this template for writing abstracts several years ago, and I’ve tried to follow Fabrizio‘s suggestions ever since.
PDF: fabriziogilardi.org/resources/pa...
Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires rocketed
www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
*Historic*: China’s CO2 emissions fell for 1st time ever over more than a year despite rapid power demand growth, because of the spectacular consistency of the growth in China’s clean power generation
Incredibly meaningful on so many levels
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-cle...
Why we won't know the cause of Spain's blackouts for months or years; the history of blackouts; the solutions we are drowning in; and how the ultimate cure is to go bigger and faster on solar + BESS
Ep 91 of the Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast is out: theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...
#China's emissions curve finally bending?
"after years of keeping its emissions steady, they have finally begun to fall - while ist power demands have increased, suggesting its efforts to build clean energy are paying off." @newScientist #podcast
podcastaddict.com/the-world-th...
Even more simply: we should cross that bridge of we get to it. We are VERY far from decarbonising energy. The RES we have been adding is not even sufficient to just cover the increasing demand... this is why we need efficiency! So that it is easier for the RES we can do to decarbonise more supply
10.05.2025 16:09 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0#climate colleagues, pls help!
I am supposd to board a ✈️ in 11 hrs to #Harvard for a #climateIntervention event.
But i have just beed warned that it might be dangerous for me, being an IPCC Vice Chair, chairing its gender actn team, w many ppl being detained at the border.
Pls advise urgently!
Finally - paying reviewers of journal articles being considered.
Not ideal, but it would be a significant improvement over the prevailing exploitational business model of scientific publishing: u pay for your intellectual creation to profit others, a lot...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
