David Joffe

Britain needs to think beyond net zero, says UN climate scientist Machines that suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could help reduce global warming, but Jim Skea believes breaching the 1.5C limit is ‘inevitable’

Britain needs to think beyond net zero and discuss what it does about tackling the "overshoot" of the world's 1.5C goal, says Jim Skea, chair of the IPCC

Interview here, including what he thinks about the US quittig the IPCC:
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

Even in such an underperforming team, he’s been arguably the worst performer

Could be Gray in midfield and Palhinha as defensive RB in the 4-2-3-1? Potential to change shape within game without changing personnel, which is interesting…

Think it’s a mistake to omit Bissouma

Think maybe we’re planning to replace both Frank & Lange, so spending big this window didn’t make sense from that perspective

Monthly passenger EV and petrol car registrations in the EU from January to December 2025. Source: ACEA.

NEW – Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/5g3BVAp

Warm Homes Plan This plan sets out how we will cut energy bills and upgrade homes.

The full Warm Homes Plan is now out. It's a 152 page whopper...

www.gov.uk/government/p...

NEW Q&A: What UK’s record auction for offshore wind REALLY means for bills and clean power by 2030

In which Molly Lempriere and I dig into the details in search of nuanced answers, while knocking some of the most misleading commentary on the head

www.carbonbrief.org/...

There does seem to be at least a causal mechanism: we keep a lot of bodies deeper, inside the box, rather than pressuring the shooters quickly. Not saying it’s all that, though - probably variance on top

Offshore windfarm contracts to fuel 12m homes in Great Britain after record auction Subsidies guaranteeing price for each unit of clean electricity generated given to 12 renewables projects

Good set of results on offshore wind auction contracts – the DESNZ team should be praised for balancing the need to deliver a lot of new capacity with the need to keep prices down www.theguardian.com/environment/...

BREAKING: UK govt secures record 8.4GW of offshore wind at AR7 auction round, for average £91/MWh (England) / £89/MWh (Scotland), roughly a fifth below the price limit

www.gov.uk/governmen...

1/ Some wild numbers have been used in the media this week for “the cost of net zero”.

Reports have said that net zero will “cost” £4.5 trillion, £7.6 trillion – the list goes on.

None of these are the cost of net zero – a quick explainer 🧵 on why

That’s all of them

Yes, videos here please - directly and/or links to YouTube

Does glut = low(er) prices?

Simons at 10, ahead of Bentinha, has already been used on multiple occasions this season - vs Leeds and Villa at least…

Does this mean Brown leaving in Jan is plausible?

This could get… dangerous

Dishwasher > coffee machine for me (but then we make our coffee on the hob…)

You mean American soccer, right?

What’s your definition of actual fans?

Huh. In my mind, by 2019 we’d already got to well below 250 g/kWh, and it continued falling thereafter. I don’t see how the average is even 300 for that period.

Maybe it factors in upstream emissions or net imports in some way…?

Is there any explanation of their methodology?

Surely less a 'loophole' and more a 'rule designed for this exact situation'

This is how I get my cricket news

Only 73 here…

I was a mere 73, which isn’t even the oldest in my household

Clearly not the worst, given it was at least on target

But it always goes so well for us against Newcastle. Don’t know what you’re worried about…