Poor air quality this morning, post-bonfire night, yes (not necessarily specific to W Yorks though)

Important thread here on the possibility of scrapping ECO. I would add that when ECO was cut in 2013, 10,000 people lost their jobs. That's more than 3 times as many than Scunthorpe steel works and a whopping 20 times more than Grangemouth oil refinery

Map of Bradford area showing very high monitored levels of air pollution similar to those around the world e.g. Dehli, India

Happy lungs-filled-with-metal-and-carbon day to all who celebrate 😞 (To be fair this is not the worst one I've seen, largely because it's windy and maybe because🎆on a weekday so we'll see another spike at the weekend)

Maybe this will bring some attention to #ExtremeHeat

Literal nightmares 😱😱😱
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If you still want to have a sleepless night now that temperatures have cooled in the UK, just follow @extremetemps.bsky.social for an abundance of nightmare material about extreme heat across the globe 😱

"Otto said that too many media reports about heatwaves include photographs of children eating ice cream and happy people playing on the beach. “That’s a massive problem”, she said, although she added that more articles were now referring to the role of climate change in driving heatwaves."

335R_A framework for exploring futures of complex urban energy systems Check out the episode: You can find the transcript through this link. Are you interested in the energy transformation and its effects on cities? Summary of the article titled A framework for explor…

Well the wonders of AI never cease 🤔...seems it can make a podcast of a paper I've written, without me lifting a finger. wtf4cities.com/2025/06/24/3...

London has the fastest increase in cooling demand in the world, shows new model | Imperial News | Imperial College London A model to map energy demand down to street level shows cooling demand in the capital grew by 5% per year between 1980 and 2022 as summers heat up.

With London increasing it's demand for cooling faster than anywhere else globally, we need more urgent conversations about passive or low-carbon cooling options, so that we don't fall into a reinforcing feedback loop of active #cooling and #climate impacts
www.imperial.ac.uk/news/247593/...

.@stephencollins.bsky.social nailing British attitude to cooling in this #heatwave by getting out the old fans! 🤦‍♀️

New idea to explore re shared ground loops 😆

A new one for my upcoming lecture on Heating and Cooling anyway.

Headline from The Sun newspaper

Could this be the news that gets people on board with climate change impacts? #ExtremeHeat #NoBikinis

Rapid climate action is needed: comparing heat vs. COVID-19-related mortality Scientific Reports - Rapid climate action is needed: comparing heat vs. COVID-19-related mortality

🌡️🔥Climate change isn't a distant threat—it's a public health crisis now. Our study shows heat-related deaths in many cities could surpass annual COVID-19 deaths in just 5–10 years at 3°C warming. Urgent action is needed!

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@natureportfolio.bsky.social #scientificreports

Wonky snowman in a Santa hat

Back to work...Happy new year all! Looking forward to our Energy & Complexity conference in just over 2 weeks! Registration still open for online sessions: urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl...

📢Be sure to add 'Register for Energy & Complexity conference' to the top of your (probably huge) to-do list. Registration for in-person attendance is closing on 20th December! And good luck with that enormous list 🫣 I recommend hourly mince-pie breaks 👍
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Climate themed band name ideas:

1. Greenhouse Day
2. Red Hot Ocean Peppers
3. Oasis Lost
4. Rage Against the Methane

As the heat soars, dangers mount in Sydney’s parks and playgrounds Though temperature records were not broken across the state on Monday as feared, scientists are finding that even a standard summer day presents real dangers in Sydney.

"Professor Sebastian Pfautsch, an expert in urban planning at the University of Western Sydney who has been gathering data on the growing dangers of heat in our sprawling city, took a reading off the surface of a piece of gym equipment. It was 98 degrees – easily enough to burn a child’s hand"

Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record Average global temperature in November was 1.62C above preindustrial levels, bringing average for the year to 1.60C

#ClimateCrisis crisis deepens with 2024 ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest year on record, says @CopernicusECMWF

- It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more than 1.5C above preindustrial levels

Story by me
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Spaces are filling up fast! If you would like to join us for a day of #energy and #complexity on 22nd Jan in Leeds then register here before the 20th December: urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl... We've got some great speakers, a packed agenda and there'll be plenty of refreshments 😋!

Winter sun and cloud over a sandy beach.

Weekend interlude.

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📢Research assistant job on a great project with @kavinpn.bsky.social on #futures of the #GreenEconomy - can't wait to get going on this one!

Wow, there are a few of you out there! Feeling the pressure to say something sensible now...hmmm

📢Deadline closing on Friday for ECR abstracts for our Energy & Complexity conference - get them in! 🏃‍♀️
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📢Funded PhD in Co-producing age-friendly and just indoor spaces: indoor environmental quality and Net Zero transitions. Deadline 31 Jan #PhD #Energy #AirQuality #NetZero

phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2107...

Popping in to share some adverts...might stay if the chat is good 😄

Inviting abstracts & registrations for Energy & Complexity 2025 in Leeds on 22nd Jan 2025! Themed ‘energy systems and complexity’, the conference promotes exchange of recent research in the field urbanheatsystems.leeds.ac.uk/energy-compl... @energyfrin.bsky.social #energy #complexity #conference

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