Simon Donner

@simondonner
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Climate scientist, writer, speaker, listener. Works at UBC, contributes to the IPCC, member of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body. Sorry for dragging sand into the house.
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Simon DonnerSep 12, 2023

Renewables are, across the board, cheaper or cost-competitive with fossil fuels. If you told someone 30 years ago that this would happen, they'd say you were crazy.

Via: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2023/Aug/Renewable-Power-Generation-Costs-in-2022

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022

IRENA’s global renewable power generation costs study shows that the competitiveness of renewables continued to improve despite rising materials and equipment costs in 2022.

Simon DonnerSep 8, 2023

Key finding from the new UN Climate Report that may get overlooked:

Developed nations are still behind on the goal of mobilizing $100 billion/year to help the developed world respond to climate change... and not enough of the money is going to adaptation.

Text is from the technical dialogue of the first Global Stocktake: https://unfccc.int/documents/631600

Simon DonnerSep 8, 2023
The global stocktake has a series of key findings. This is among the most important.
The longer we delay emissions reductions, the steeper the slope gets, and the harder the transition will be on people. That's a key take-home point in my TEDx talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_simon_donner_why_our_imaginations_are_the_key_to_solving_climate_change
Dr. Simon Donner: Why Our Imaginations are the Key to Solving Climate Change

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Simon DonnerSep 8, 2023

The first global stocktake - an accounting of progress to the Paris climate goals - is out. The report spells out what experts have been saying - the window for avoiding the Paris temperature limits is rapidly shrinking.

The red is the range of promised actions. The blue and teal are where we need to be for a good chance of avoiding 2 or 1.5 C warming.

Full report here: https://unfccc.int/documents/631600