There's no BAU pathway on a dead planet
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Francis Li retweeted
Update to the netzerosteel.org project - we've added country factsheets for the these nations at netzerosteel.org/publication… @IDDRI_English @mehansbrough @riamatic @sstiebert @fgnli #COP26 All published results are for our medium demand scenario - low & high avail on request.
🧵To all and sundry, I'm very happy to announce the technical and policy results for netzerosteel.org are live! Starting with a global DB of steel facilities by @GlobalEnergyMon (🙏), we have produced nine separate net-zero scenarios for all steel producing regions 1/n
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But seriously, this is the transformative demand pull needed to reset “best available technology” in the 2020s for steel & cement, such that all new production is clean in the 2030s. H/t @KWitecka cc @rebeccawdell @JaneAFlegal @TomasWyns @KhandekarGauri @valenvogl @dr_olsson 👏👏
Govts of UK, India, Germany & Canada, under new Industrial Deep Decarbonization Initiative, announce a pledge that sends a clear message to heavy industry – “If you make low-carbon steel and concrete, we’ll buy it”. tinyurl.com/6wdttekc
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Some of the best and most long term transformative news out of #COP26 @dan_rosenbloom
Decarbonizing heavy industry is essential to secure a climate-safe future for humanity. At #COP26 a group of countries announced their intention to help create a transparent global market for low-carbon industrial materials, starting w/ steel & cement. unido.org/news/worlds-larges…
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Seriously, I’m proud of this “Net-zero steel is possible,but it means that by the end of this decade all new & retrofit facilities globally must be clean” As they say, “That’s it, that’s the tweet”. netzerosteel.org/
Francis Li retweeted
🧵To all and sundry, I'm very happy to announce the technical and policy results for netzerosteel.org are live! Starting with a global DB of steel facilities by @GlobalEnergyMon (🙏), we have produced nine separate net-zero scenarios for all steel producing regions 1/n
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Please visit netzerosteel.org for the full technical report and policy & project briefing notes, or email me at [email protected] for more info
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An article on Business Green on the project businessgreen.com/news-analy…
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#Hydropower is expected to play a major role in achieving #Ecuador's #NDC, however key uncertainties threaten its potential. In their new paper, Pablo Carvajal and Francis Li @fgnli explore Ecuador #power scenarios to 2050 bit.ly/2ElpN0z @UCL_Energy
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There are at least two ways to escape from model-land - do you know what they are? economics-ejournal.org/econo…
@CATS_LSE @RebuildMacro @CRUISSE_RCUK @david_tuckett @angusarmstrong8
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We can be open to exposing the limits/weaknesses of our models, in order to preserve the credibility of science in decision-making. Overselling how informative today’s models are increases the risk that tomorrow’s (better) models are ignored.
#science2inform #climatescienceday – at Washington, DC
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If you like energy demand modelling (and who doesn't?) then this is a good, comprehensive read with many sound suggestions for future modelling endeavours
The latest paper from the @DrRobertGross and the @UKERCHQ team looks at looks at how the energy models used to inform UK government policy represent demand-side energy policies. ukerc.ac.uk/publications/mod…
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New paper by @fgnli, @st_pye, @bataille_chris assesses the utility of big data in energy modeling. I look forward to reading it.
New Paper: Prospects for energy economy modelling with big data: Hype, eliminating blind spots, or revolutionising the state of the art? authors.elsevier.com/a/1YY0x…
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Energy modellers; so what do we do with energy data abundance instead of scarcity? Co-authored w/ @fgnli @st_pye & A.O’Sullivan “Prospects for energy economy modelling with big data: Hype, eliminating blind spots, or revolutionising the state of the art?“ authors.elsevier.com/c/1YY0x…
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@fgnli @davidwogan @st_pye
New review paper on #OpenSource #Energy #Models: "The result shows that available open source tools such as Switch, TEMOA, OSeMOSYS, and pyPSA are mature enough based on a function comparison with commercial or proprietary tools for serious use."
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Cool. Now do coastal erosion, lost sea ice, retreating glaciers, bleached coral reefs, desertification, and acidified oceans.
Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds go.nasa.gov/2Nc2A7p – at Grapevine, TX
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We're hiring: Research Fellow in Energy Transitions to join our energy systems team ow.ly/XAmx30lP416
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100% this. As an STS analyst, we need to be much more symmetrical in our use of “sociotechnical imaginary” — why is a world w solar geo one, and a world with radical emissions cut not? (& “assessing” things which don’t get exist also contributes to their naturalization).
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A lot of people will never accept climate science, because they don't accept ANY science. They don't perceive of the world as a collection of physical processes & objects to be understood & manipulated. It's pre-enlightenment epistemology of only faith & reaction.
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The Climate Change Act will soon be 10 years old. Join @UKERCHQ @UCL_ISR and @UCL_Energy at a special event to mark the occasion with two great speakers: @bryworthington (@EnvDefenseFund) and Matthew Bell (formerly @theCCCuk) eventbrite.co.uk/e/10-years-…