🏡🌡️ “Heat pumps don’t work when it’s cold!” Yeah, they do. They work better than your gas boiler. #HeatPump #decarbonisation

Thank to all participants for today’s interesting and fruitful discussions. See you tomorrow when we discuss industry #decarbonisation in Europe & China and more.

We start at 9CET/15CST. If you can’t make it to Berlin, you can join the livestream: https://agora-energiewende-de.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_p6wZqFgOQKqcufVRfqURmQ

Here is a search engine of #fossilFree banks per country and feature: https://bank.green/sustainable-eco-banks #ethicalBanking #socialBanking #banks #energyTransition #decarbonisation

Some good news.... Modern sails get their first real world test in revenue service on a bulk carrier cargo ship ⛵⛵⛵

Let's do this!

Especially good to see the article talking about possibilities for retrofitting to existing ships too, so this can be done in a #degrowth compatible way.

#Sail #ClimateChange #CargoShipping #Decarbonisation

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66543643

Sparking Europe’s new industrial revolution https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/sparking-europes-new-industrial-revolution/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #decarbonisation #IndustrialPolicy

"Ecological transitions and energy transitions". By Jorge Riechmann.via Resilience.org
https://degrowthuk.org/2023/08/11/ecological-transitions-and-energy-transitions/
#Energy
#decarbonisation
#ClimateCrisis

The EU’s two largest economic and industrial leaders, #Germany and #France, have spearheaded efforts to put the EU ahead in the global scramble for #greenindustry leadership and #decarbonisation technologies.

Despite differences in how they produce #energy both Berlin and Paris have closed ranks in response to competition from the U.S. and China.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/franco-german-push-eu-green-industrial-revival-needs-close-alignment-succeed

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#events #netzero #energytransition #solarPV #energysecurity #decarbonisation #energytransition

RT CEMBUREAU
We're turning up the heat on the conversation around embodied carbon in #construction. 🏗️ As the EU prepares its Whole Life Carbon Roadmap, we're preparing for a deep dive into #decarbonisation. Join us on Oct 24 in Brussels. #Cement2050
Register now 👇
https://cembureau.eu/events/cementing-europe-s-future-buildings-for-a-net-zero-age/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CEMBUREAU/status/1689564006137110528

The door-to-door carbon impact.
Most airport trips in Australia today are still made by fossil fuel combustion cars. Air journeys don’t start or end at airports. They start at home and end at destinations, or vice versa.

https://theconversation.com/how-air-travellers-can-cut-their-door-to-door-emissions-right-now-by-as-much-as-13-on-the-sydney-melbourne-route-211099
#DoorToDoor #travel #consuming #flying #emission #decarbonisation #FossilFuel #Cars #PublicTransport

What is the point in #CarbonCredits?

In a nutshell, they are instruments to 'short #sustainability' - Yes, betting on our own self-destruction.

The more the World fails to achieve its carbon reduction targets, the more valuable these useless credits will be... but they have ZERO effect in reducing the CO2 in the air.

So we will end up with an overheated planet, humanity at the brink of extinction... and a big pile of money...

Pathetic.

Carbon credits are the brainchild of someone who when presented with a disaster about to happen, doesn't search for solutions, but ways of profiting from it.

I don't even want to think about the new universe of carbon credit derivatives, futures, swaps and crypto tokens that will be build around this empty concept.

We need actual ways of removing CO2 from the atmosphere, so the big bucks and brains should be going to those ideas instead.

No more time and money spent on moving CO2 from left to right for a fee. This does not help at all.

#greenWash #CO2 #decarbonisation #humanity

How carbon pricing affects Europe’s decarbonisation https://www.euractiv.com/section/emissions-trading-scheme/opinion/how-carbon-pricing-affects-europes-decarbonisation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #carbonmarket #CarbonMarkets #decarbonisation

GETTING TO NET ZERO: ISLINGTON'S SOCIAL HOUSING STOCK
This significant research paper describes & evaluates the development of a detailed, practical plan (4 scenarios) to get the social housing stock (n= 33,000) of London's Borough of Islington to #NetZero carbon emissions. With all measures combined & taking account of the predicted #decarbonisation of the electricity supply, it's possible to achieve an overall 70% cut in emissions by 2030. #retrofit https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.349

RT Martens Centre
Re 📖Explore The 7Ds policy initiatives covering key areas like #Defence, #Digitalisation, #Debt, #Deglobalisation, #Demography, #Decarbonisation & #Democracy here:
👉https://www.martenscentre.eu/publication/the-7ds-for-sustainability-strategic-policy-initiatives-for-the-european-centre-right/
#FocusFuture #ThinkingTogether #United4Europe #7Ds #7Debates

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/MartensCentre/status/1683444750982979585

Laura is a project manager specialising in energy and sustainability consultancy in 🇫🇷.
She advises companies & industries 🏭on leveraging #energyefficiency, #decarbonisation and sustainable practices for long-term success.
Watch the 2 min video 📹 https://europa.eu/!9rVPJk

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Energy4Europe/status/1683839528237256704

Our food supply chain has an over-dependence on roads and fossil fuel
"Topography coupled with low population densities mean many regions are served by only one or, at most, two main roads suitable for freight trucks. We are nearly totally reliant on roads but our road networks are particularly vulnerable to climatic events and other natural disasters."
"As recent research highlights, there could be multiple benefits to reducing reliance on roads...Tackling our potential vulnerability to climate change needs to be undertaken in the context of a wider strategy for the entire food system."

https://theconversation.com/climate-extremes-make-nzs-supply-chains-highly-vulnerable-its-time-to-rethink-how-we-grow-and-ship-food-209023
#food #SupplyChains #trucks #roads #floods #disasters #transportation #emissions #decarbonisation #FossilFuel #dependency #transition #ClimateChange

Bidenomics! More chips, fuel cells, and green H2 coming to US

#bidenomics #chipshortage #semiconductors #factories #fuelcells #greenhydrogen #hydrogen #renewableenergy #energy #electriccars #evs #usa #manufacturing #decarbonisation #climateaction #industrial #economy2023 #economynews

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/07/24/as-chip-shortage-winds-down-bosch-charts-new-path-for-green-hydrogen-fuel-cells/

Bidenomics! More chips, fuel cells, and green H2 coming to US

#bidenomics #chipshortage #semiconductors #factories #fuelcells #greenhydrogen #hydrogen #renewableenergy #energy #electriccars #evs #usa #manufacturing #decarbonisation #climateaction #industrial #economy2023 #economynews

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/07/24/as-chip-shortage-winds-down-bosch-charts-new-path-for-green-hydrogen-fuel-cells/

Governments should fund solar panels on as many people's houses as possible.
We got a loan to install ours. Luckily we have the credit rating to do this.
It will pay for itself in 7 years, and then be the best investment we've ever made.
#Solar #decarbonisation

Leaving the corridor of life
"We're starting to see the loss of resilience in the Earth system."
Planetary boundaries: scientific advances, Johan Rockström,
Frontiers Forum Live 2023 (27 min.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KfWGAjJAsM
#FossilFuels #CombustionEngine #Energy #Climate #PlanetaryBoundaries #Biodiversity #Biosphere #SafeOperatingSpace #ParisAgreement #Earth #Tipping #HealthThreats #Collapse #Instability #Transition #HotHouseEarth rapid #Decarbonisation #life