NEW ANALYSIS: India's CO2 emissions in 2025 grew at slowest rate in more than two decades

🏭power CO2 down 3.8%
☀️record clean-energy growth
🚗oil demand only up 0.4%
🏗️steel/cement up 8/10%

By CREA for CB

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-indias-co2-emissions-in-2025-grew-at-slowest-rate-in-two-decades/

International Energy Agency suggest immediate actions to reduce #oil demand, including: „Reduce highway speed limits by at least 10 km/h“

Germany: hold my beer.

NEW: Why does gas set the price of electricity – and is there an alternative?

Make yourself a tea (or grab a beer??) and enjoy my Friday longread on marginal pricing, ideas for market reform – & how to break the link btwn gas & power prices for good

https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-gas-set-the-price-of-electricity-and-is-there-an-alternative/
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Felt like the right time to update this chart....

Norway is at ~100% EVs for new sales, but 7 out of every 10km driven in 2024 was reliant on fossil fuels. Cars stick around for decades - so change is slow.

Protecting people from fossil fuel crises means EVs, yes, but *fast deep cuts* means huge $$ in public and active transport. Speed matters for both climate and cost.

(2025 data should be out in a month)

#BadNews

Via Gabriel Zucman (@gabriel_zucman) https://mastox.eu/@gabriel_zucman/116206331342196353

One of my predictions during our Climate Brink end of year wrap-up was that 2026 might be the first year where global clean energy investment exceeds global military spending.

Unfortunately with recent wars we will likely have to wait a few more years for it to occur: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/when-will-clean-energy-spending-exceed

1/ #Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz: "Die Eigentümer wissen am besten, was in ihren Heizungskeller passt."

Mit dieser Argumentation könnten wir doch gleich noch ein paar andere lästige Regelungen streichen. Hier ein paar Vorschläge:

Helge Schneider über die Abrissparty des legendären Jazzclubs „Downtown“ in Düsseldorf im Jahr 1987.

(Aus der SWR-Doku „Helge Schneider – The Klimperclown“, 1h 18m)

Mediathek: https://www.ardmediathek.de/film/helge-schneider-the-klimperclown/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS9zZGIvc3RJZC8xNzU4

Download: https://pdodswr-a.akamaihd.net/swr/geo/de/video/helge-schneider-the-klimperclown/2260539.avc-1080.mp4 (1,9 GB)

#HelgeSchneider #Düsseldorf #FDP