#G20 #Miami has an "energy abundance working group". I assume it was established before anyone thought of attacking #Iran. g20.org/working-grou...

CBAM: the December legislative package and why planning starts now The final weeks of 2025 brought a cascade of implementing and delegated acts that complete the regulatory architecture of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). The definitive...

NEW CBAM ARTICLE SERIES
Right before CBAM's definitive period launched on 1 Jan, December brought a comprehensive wave of new legislative updates. At The Climate Desk we have reviewed the December package and distilled the key insights into an article series. Access part I here: lnkd.in/dVyBhNtj

How on earth did these subheadings end up in the final #COP decision? (1) "United in celebration", (2) "Policy cycle fully in motion", (3) "Responding to urgency". Given the pace of "progress" and the severity of the problem, this PR language is outright cynical.
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Das ist allerdings eine überaus interessante Begründung - und eine schöne Lektüre für den Ausklang des Arbeitstags. Danke für den Hinweis, much appreciated!

I had the chance to visit the Wendelstein 7-AS Stellarator back in 1998. They expected 20 more years until the technology would be market-ready. The 20 years since then seem pretty stable. It's cool to see how the plasmas also become more stable.

2300 is as many years away from today as David Hume's "Enquiry into the Human Mind". The "moderate doubt" that he recommends in his scepticism is a basic principle of climate science: it tests its results and itself again and again. The findings, however, leave little room for doubt.

GHG accounting is meaningful only when it is rigorous. But some accounting systems allow "passive CO2 uptake". The authors of this paper argue: CO2 emissions drive warming until entirely removed. Targets should require geological net zero. Curious to see how this will be received in the CDR debate.