Sustainability, Climate, Low carbon Lifestyles, Architect, Environmentalist, Futurist, Innovator, Dad. All views my own - follow is not endorsement.
London, England
Joined August 2009
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Rafe Bertram retweeted
The solution is simple:
Electrify everything (eliminate combustion);
Provide the electricity with #WindWaterSolar;
Deploy what we have as fast as possible;
Keep our eyes on the ball (don't get distracted with weak- or non-solutions).
"We have wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, electric cars.
We have batteries, heat pumps, energy efficiency.
We have 95% of the technologies right now that we need to solve the problem."
#NoMiraclesNeed
web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/… @Daikinuk @StanfordEng @stanforddoerr @StanfordAlumni
Rafe Bertram retweeted
"Dear friends, scientifically, this is not a #ClimateCrisis. We are now facing something deeper. Mass extinction. Air pollution. Undermining ecosystem functions. Really putting humanity’s future at risk. This is a #PlanetaryCrisis."
— Professor @jrockstrom
#ActOnClimate
Rafe Bertram retweeted
This school in Denmark is covered in #solar panels. It's the longest solar panel facade in the world.
RT if you think all schools should get a solar upgrade.
#ActOnClimate #climate #renewables #sustainability #solar #energy #innovation #tech #design #GreenNewDeal
Rafe Bertram retweeted
If walking costs you $1, we all pay $0.01. If biking costs you $1, we all pay $0.08. If bussing costs you $1, we all pay $1.50. If driving costs you $1, we all pay $9.20. Via @thediscourse study.
This isn’t just about choice. It’s about who pays for your choice.
#citymakingmath
Rafe Bertram retweeted
This is absolutely bananas.
There is NOTHING like this on the instrumental record. Its likely impact is probably immeasurable.
But is it leading our news bulletins & on newspaper front pages?
Nope.
Rafe Bertram retweeted
#ClimateChange denial has now evolved into climate delay
Companies, politicians & lobbyists justify inaction, by focusing on the possible negative social effects of climate policies and raise doubt that mitigation is possible.
Which one are you?
leolinne.com/?portfolio=disc…
Rafe Bertram retweeted
Today, @UNSG @antonioguterres urged for more ambition & action to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030.
#IPCC's #ClimateReport shows that current policies are not on track to limit #globalwarming to 1.5°C.
👉 bit.ly/SRYRpt23
Rafe Bertram retweeted
The next 18 months are going to shake us all to our core. Nothing will be the same ever again . I hope when people understand how badly the media has failed to warn us they shut most of the media down. Look for yourself. Thermometers don’t lie.
Rafe Bertram retweeted
Another day, another record for the North Atlantic. Everything is happening so fast, it's hard to get a sense of the enormity of these anomalies, let alone their consequences.
Rafe Bertram retweeted
NEW ANALYSIS
📉UK emissions fell 3.4% in 2022
🎻Coal was lowest since 1757, when George II was king
♨️Only part of 2022 fall due to climate action
🚚✈️Oil use grew
🏘️Gas fell on warm weather, weak demand
🎯UK remains off track for net-zero
THREAD
carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-…
Amazing resources from @NatBullard super interesting - thank you Nat.
My annual presentation: trends in decarbonization.
The long view; trends and transience; net zero as evolution and revolution. Everything from surface humidity to Nordic heat pump sales to hydrocarbon gravimetric density to hyperobjects.
nathanielbullard.com/present…
Rafe Bertram retweeted
Climate deniers love to point out the 100,000 tons of lithium used for clean energy technology.
But they never mention the ~15,000,000,000 tons of fossil fuels mined every year.
Rafe Bertram retweeted
This is so cool! Roof-mounted heat pumps being tested by Bellway Homes at @energy_house2 @ehl_salford
We need more house builders leading on this stuff rather than lobbying to delay implementation
Thanks for sharing the article @Eastreadingcom @ngterry5
coolingpost.com/uk-news/roof…
Really useful, thanks @CoppiceJT
Rafe Bertram retweeted
Wow, 47.9% of households in Wandsworth have no cars or vans.
Long overdue recalibration needed so that those of us living without car ownership have streets that also work for us too.
ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choro…
@WandsLS @wandscycling
Rafe Bertram retweeted
Prediction #5: Norwegians will continue buying more electric vehicles than the rest of us.
Rafe Bertram retweeted
If you want to start 2023 with eyes wide open then I recommend this packed & pithy paper by @NJHagens on economics for the future.
Humanity + energy + debt + growth addiction + planetary boundaries: guess what's coming.
Can we learn to bend not break? sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
