First major IPCC report:1990 Rio Earth Summit establishing the UNFCCC: 1992 The Kyoto protocol:1997 Paris: 2015 Glasgow: 2021 So why haven't we bent the emissions curve in 30 years? We conclude power concentrated in 'elites' is a major obstacle to change https://t.co/X9VMGrXZNU

@ProfCMitchell @ProfCMitchell closes her #Tyndall25UEA talk with the attached slide: to paraphrase, academics wanting to make a real world difference should stick with integrity &ditch political expediency (&near-term prestige -my addition). Good to hear, but the decadal timeframe is a problem?

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@ProfCMitchell @ProfCMitchell closes her #Tyndall25UEA talk with the attached slide: to paraphrase, academics wanting to make a real world difference should stick with integrity &ditch political expediency (&near-term prestige -my addition). Good to hear, but the decadal timeframe is a problem?

@ProfCMitchell at #Tyndall25UEA makes the v.important observation that, in the UK, the ‘first past the post’ political system reinforces short-termism. Without changes to this it’s difficult to see how the scale of change to deliver on our climate commitments can be achieved.

Good to see Goneri refer to “sufficiency”. I see this as the key framework for rapidly curtailing emissions, while low carbon tech substitute for oil/gas norms. But sufficiency needs to focus on discretionary emissions & fairness to be effective. #Tyndall25UEA #CriticalDecade

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@ProfCMitchell at #Tyndall25UEA makes the v.important observation that, in the UK, the ‘first past the post’ political system reinforces short-termism. Without changes to this it’s difficult to see how the scale of change to deliver on our climate commitments can be achieved.

Good to see Goneri refer to “sufficiency”. I see this as the key framework for rapidly curtailing emissions, while low carbon tech substitute for oil/gas norms. But sufficiency needs to focus on discretionary emissions & fairness to be effective. #Tyndall25UEA #CriticalDecade

Goneri points to current global low point in political engagement on climate change. In my view all the more reason for climate academics to stand up to make their evidence heard - we need to go well beyond just academic papers & conferences. #Tyndall25UEA #CriticalDecade

Goneri points to current global low point in political engagement on climate change. In my view all the more reason for climate academics to stand up to make their evidence heard - we need to go well beyond just academic papers & conferences. #Tyndall25UEA #CriticalDecade

2.5 trillion tonnes in the last couple of centuries - of which 1 trillion in the last 25 years All driven by an explosion of unsustainable consumerism Just grim

Keynote at #Tyndall25UEA by Goneri Le Cozannet. He links zero CO2 by 2050 with Paris 1.5°C without overshoot, etc. I really can’t see how this can be possible. Latest 50% 1.5°C carbon budget is ~90GtCO2 from start 2026; just over 2 yrs of current global CO2. #CriticalDecade

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Keynote at #Tyndall25UEA by Goneri Le Cozannet. He links zero CO2 by 2050 with Paris 1.5°C without overshoot, etc. I really can’t see how this can be possible. Latest 50% 1.5°C carbon budget is ~90GtCO2 from start 2026; just over 2 yrs of current global CO2. #CriticalDecade

Interested to see insights from Tyndall @ 25 event https://t.co/1xRxsrWJvf What have we learnt since 2000, just under 1 trillion tonnes of CO2 ago? My two penn’orth is later today - with the transcript posted on https://t.co/EyLdM83sUa soon. #Tyndall25UEA #CriticalDecade

"because even by the Climate Change Committee's calculations the UK is going to consume billions of barrels more in oil before reaching net zero in 2050" A perfect illustration of how dangerous the net zero delusion is: the idea that....1/n

@jonathan_church @SiOldridge I go back to the 2008 Act that saw the CCC established &hold them to that. What I object to is applying ruse upon ruse to hold the irreconcilable together. I expect honesty & directness not political expediency. How can we expect informed policies if the policy makers are misled?

I've set off to Bougainville,PNG, for another #NoFly journey. I want to complete my research there. Travelling the ~25,000km distance from Italy by🚢,🚅,&🚌,I'll emit ~10 times less than✈️ (computations to come).Here the long read on my motivations: https://t.co/Da49YNB9Ca 1/🧵

@SiOldridge That’s my interpretation of the 2008 Act. However, from the outset the CCC, under various CEOs, has chosen to push only as hard as they judge the policy realm can be pushed (so not what’s needed, but what’s politically acceptable). Sadly academia has mostly followed suit.

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I've received a lot of feed back to this piece: https://t.co/PxMtiA5BcP - most of it it surprisingly positive. In replying to various emailed responses I included the attached paragraph.

I've received a lot of feed back to this piece: https://t.co/PxMtiA5BcP - most of it it surprisingly positive. In replying to various emailed responses I included the attached paragraph.