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A RECORD surge in solar halted the rise of global fossil generation last year 🚫💨

Unpack the full story of the global power sector in 2025 👇

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HSBC CEO “The highest I’ve seen, and I’m hoping we don’t see more of that, but the highest I’ve seen is $286 for a barrel of oil that reached Sri Lanka”

That’s a delivered barrel so includes shipping, insurance, etc.

But it’s still an eye-watering price to pay.

FT full quote:

Very cool! Congratulations, Niko!

DE temporarily cuts gasoline & diesel taxes:
-expensive
-not really progressive
-mutes oil-saving incentives
-encourages other countries to do the same
-resulting lack of demand response leads to higher oil prices

Why are more sophisticated solutions deemed infeasible, politically/administratively?

Électrification : les mesures annoncées par le Gouvernement | info.gouv.fr VIDÉO. Leasing social, pompes à chaleur, voitures électriques… : la France accélère son électrification pour réduire sa dépendance au gaz et au pétrole et renforcer sa souveraineté. Le soutien à l’électrification atteindra 10 milliards d’euros en 2030.

The French government has announced the measures of its plan to accelerate electrification:

- a ban on gas boilers in new houses from the end of 2026
- increased support for replacing old heating with heat pumps
- 100 regions will pilot comprehensive heat transition plans to phase out gas by 2030

In ihrem aktuellen FAZ-Gastbeitrag beklagt Katherina Reiche eine "Selbsttäuschunug" in der Energiepolitik. Tatsächlich fällt der Täuschungsvorwurf aber teilweise auf sie selbst zurück, denn der Text enthält diverse falsche oder irreführende Zahlen. Ein Thread. (1/17) www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025.

48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share. The transformation has been remarkable.

UK to receive last tanker of jet fuel from Middle East this week Industry warnings of disruption contrast with government calls for calm

Hilarious how for years serious people have said that you can't rely on renewables because they are prone to disruptions in supply www.ft.com/content/19f1...

Die Braunkohlenförderung in Deutschland ist 2025 auf das Niveau von 1914 gefallen.
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We discussed about #climate, #environment and #energy policies and the mix of instruments needed for the implementation of our targets. We confirmed that Germany stays fully committed to the #ETS. It has proven to be the most successful instrument of Europes climate policy over the last two decades.

Nino3.4 region sea surface temperature forecast.

Wow, that's a monster signal for El Niño in today's new ECMWF seasonal forecast.

Intensive PhD Course in Taxes, Inequality, and the Environment at NMBU in late May
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Before the start of the war, WTI was $65/bbl. Now $100. A barrel of crude releases ~0.43 tCO2 when combusted (EPA). $35 / 0.43 ≈ $80/tCO2, higher than the EU ETS price. Same effect, zero international agreement needed, onyl a few weirdos--some with aircraft carriers, others with Shahed drones.

On a positive note: Donald Trump has single-handedly implemented something resembling a global carbon tax of ~$80/tCO₂ (on oil consumption), something generations of COP negotiators failed to achieve.

Whether it outlasts his average tariff lifespan is another question.

Industrie hat bei Dekarbonisierung noch Weg vor sich Spätestens bis 2050 sollen Industriebetriebe in Europa klimaneutral produzieren. Oliver Schenker, Wissenschaftler am Mannheimer ZEW, erklärt, wo die größten Herausforderungen liegen.

Industrial policy should focus on enabling investment, not permanent cost subsidies. Those can help temporarily—like a painkiller—but they don’t cure the underlying problem and can create dependency.

Interview with Mannheimer Morgen (in German, €): www.mannheimer-morgen.de/wirtschaft_a...

The ENTICE consortium has gathered at the CMCC Foundation offices in Milan for its General Assembly, bringing together colleagues from across Europe and the US to review progress and shape the next steps of ENTICE’s work on the Trade-Climate-Industry nexus!

We will host the Global Conference on Environmental Taxation this year in #Berlin. Please send us your abstracts until April 15th. More info and how to apply at www.gcet27.de

68 Grad - Der Klima-Podcast für Mannheim: Home "68 Grad" ist der Klima-Podcast für Mannheim. Schon heute gehört Mannheim zu den heißesten Großstädten Deutschlands - und will als eine der ersten Kommunen der Republik bis 2030 klimaneutral werden. D...

Seit 1990 sind in Deutschland die #CO2-Emissionen im Industriesektor um 35 bis 40 Prozent gesunken, sagt #ZEW Ökonom @olischenker.bsky.social in der aktuellen Ausgabe des Klimapodcasts „68 Grad” vom Mannheimer Morgen zur #Dekarbonisierung. 🎧
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Postdoctoral Researcher with the option of permanent employment after 6 years (100 %, f/m/d)

We’re looking for a Postdoc in Environmental & #ClimateEconomics to join our team at @zew.de

Collaborative environment, no teaching obligations.
Quantitative or simulation experience is a plus.

🗓 Rolling review | Deadline: 31 March 2026
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#EconJobs #Postdoc

this is so fucking beautiful, I'm crying again

9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics Information about the LSE Department of Geography and Environment's Environmental Economics Workshop.

📢 Call for Papers! The 9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Econ. will be held in London June 8-9
✅ Submissions by Feb 1
📄 Full papers only (no abstracts)
🎤 Keynote: Prof. @rmetcalfe.bsky.social

🔗 more details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

One year ago...

I hope this guy is living his best life and it's all been worth it for him

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Eigentor: Amerikaner bezahlen fast vollständig für Trumps Zölle Entgegen der Rhetorik der US-Regierung bleiben die Kosten der US-Strafzölle nicht an Exporteuren im Ausland hängen, sondern treffen die amerikanische Wirtschaft selbst. Importeure und Verbraucher in d...

Teures Eigentor: US-Strafzölle treffen vor allem die eigene Wirtschaft: 96 % der Kosten tragen Importeure & Verbraucher in den USA, nicht ausländische Exporteure, wie neue Forschung von @julianhi.nz, @aaron-lohmann.bsky.social, @hendrikmahlkow.com & Anna Vorwig zeigt 👇

Here is only at first paradoxical reaction I believe we will see more of - AfD member of the Bundestag Kay Gottschalk argues the US tariffs over Greendland call for more European sovereignty, a European military alliance, a German nuke and ends his video with the slogan "Long live Europe".

Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
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The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us what happens when AI automates "normal science"?

I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
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They’d better bring Venezuelan oil back online quickly—otherwise there may soon be no one left to buy it.

What's a €50bn shift among friends?

This map shows the smallest and the largest possible circle to contain 10 per cent of the global population. Source: buff.ly/0ZZ8pYA

This retracted Nature paper was the second most referenced climate paper in 2024