Wolfgang Blau

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Managing Partner, Climate Hub, The Brunswick Group / Co-Founder Oxford Climate Journalism Network. Past: President International of Condé Nast / Exec. Director Digital Strategy, The Guardian / Editor-in-Chief, www.zeit.de.
Affilitions: Advisory board UNFCCC / Trustee Internews.org / Visiting Fellow 2023, University of Pennsylvania, Perry World House.
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Wolfgang BlauAug 3, 2025

“Intermittency of Renewables”. Well, yes. Some news about the growing intermitttency of nuclear power stations:

Financial Times: “Heatwaves test Europe’s electricity system as air conditioning use soars” https://on.ft.com/4fsSclS

Wolfgang BlauDec 29, 2023
Anthropocene may not be a
‘-cene’ (meaning: a lasting division in geological time) at all, and only mark the moment of us humans breaking planetary boundaries to the point of putting ourselves at risk. Not a lasting new era. Just a decisive moment in time. A last moment of choice.
Wolfgang BlauNov 11, 2023
Shell taps gamers and influencers to boost image among the young https://on.ft.com/3QT7h5g
Shell taps gamers and influencers to boost image among the young

Campaigners criticise marketing efforts to soften youth opinion towards fossil fuels

Financial Times
Wolfgang BlauNov 11, 2023
The wise teenage son of a friend recently quipped: ‘you all find it somehow easier to imagine the end of the world and nature than the end of capitalism’.
Wolfgang BlauNov 11, 2023
Plastic waste is the ultimate oil spill.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/plastic-waste-spiralling-out-of-control-across-africa-analysis-shows
Plastic waste ‘spiralling out of control’ across Africa, analysis shows

Predicted 116m tonnes of waste annually by 2060 is six times higher than in 2019, driven by demand in sub-Saharan Africa

The Guardian
Wolfgang BlauNov 10, 2023
I’ll be at COP28. As always, let me know if we should meet/talk.
And yes, I expect this to be a politically chaotic COP.
Wolfgang BlauApr 1, 2023
Daniel MoserMar 30, 2023

Paris🇫🇷, “A car-choked capital is transforming before our eyes, the dream of urbanites around the world who are eager to reassess the automobile’s 🚗 dominant role in the city.“ 👇👇

https://slate.com/business/2023/03/paris-car-ban-bikes-cycling-history-france.html

How Paris Pulled Off What New York and London Can Only Dream About

One parking structure pivoted to growing mushrooms and endives.

Slate
Wolfgang BlauMar 16, 2023
Spending the week in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, preparing for the UN Climate Summit COP28 which will take place here from Nov 30 to Dec 12 this year. This will be the venue for it.
Wolfgang BlauJan 29, 2023
This really happened and is wonderful. Establishing a much broader understanding of climate change is a huge societal task, not only for news media & science communicators but equally for sports and the cultural sector. Well done, @ed_hawkins and ITV.
https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/1619433881962434560/video/1
ITV Football on Twitter

“This season’s ＠ReadingFC kits feature the ＠UniofReading's climate stripes 📊 Created by Prof Ed Hawkins, each stripe represents the yearly average temperature from 1871 (when the club was founded) to 2021 #ITVFootball | ＠EmiratesFACup”

Twitter
Wolfgang BlauJan 26, 2023
Nieman Journalism LabJan 23, 2023

Where did all the new podcasts go?

The number of new podcasts launched fell by nearly 80% between 2020 and 2022 — and seems to keep dropping. https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/01/where-did-all-the-new-podcasts-go/

Where did all the new podcasts go?

The number of new podcasts launched fell by nearly 80% between 2020 and 2022 — and seems to keep dropping. Has podcasting moved from gold rush to mature market?

Nieman Lab