Simon Evans
Deputy Editor + Policy Ed covering climate, energy. Son of migrants/grandson of refugees. PGP: [email protected]
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Africa Energy Outlook 2019 – Analysis
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Africa Energy Outlook 2019 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Instituteforgovernment.org.uk 24h 1 tweets
FOTW #1118, January 27, 2020: Two-Thirds of Freight Shipped in the U.S. Was Shipped Less Than 100 Miles in 2018
Energy.gov 38h 1 tweets
FOTW #1118, January 27, 2020: Two-Thirds of Freight Shipped in the U.S. Was Shipped Less Than 100 Miles in 2018
Agenda - Climate Assembly UK
Climateassembly.uk 51h 3 tweets
Justiz : „Das hat jeder mitgekriegt“ - DER SPIEGEL 35/2014
Spiegel.de 48h 1 tweets
Proposed changes to regulations 'will make buildings less energy efficient'
Olly Wainwright - the Guardian 50h 1 tweets
Damning assessment by group of leading architects and engineers describes government plan as ‘a step backwards’
Brighton, Bristol, York ... city centres signal the end of the road for cars
Harriet Sherwood - the Guardian 3d 7 tweets
The city with the only Green MP in the country is the latest council to consider banning private vehicles from its centre to reduce pollution and improve citizens’ quality of life
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News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
Want to know what racism feels like? Ask Laurence Fox
Marina Hyde - the Guardian 6d 4 tweets
He may not have learned much history at his minor public school, but the left-behind luvvie knows it’s wrong to cast a Sikh in a first world war film
Revealed: UK financing millions of tonnes of carbon emissions overseas
Unearthed 6d 5 tweets
The UK government is helping to finance projects overseas that will emit 69m tonnes of greenhouse gases per year, despite a recent pledge by Boris Johnson
CCC: Cut UK emissions 61% by 2030 for fifth carbon budget
Polly Bennett - Carbon Brief 6d 1 tweets
CCC fifth carbon budget advice recommends large UK emissions cuts. It asks for new policy to meet a growing gap between forecasts and the targets.
Simon Evans The key numbers to watch: UK's existing 5th carbon budget covering 2028-2032 = 61% cut on 1990 levels This is usually reported as -57% but that's based on UK's "net carbon account" as EU member state. -61% is actual emissions, per link 6d
Climate Change Convention:Written question - 3726
UK Parliament 6d 1 tweets
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what her timetable is for publishing the UK’s increased Nationally Determined...
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Simon Evans UK to publish an "increased" climate pledge (NDC) this year "in good time ahead of #COP26" (UK has never had its own NDC, as was part of EU's "at least 40%" cut below 1990 levels by 2030; so big Q is whether UK NDC will go beyond existing carbon budget) 6d
CCC: One fifth of UK farmland must be used to tackle climate change
Carbon Brief 6d 6 tweets
An “urgent” overhaul of the UK’s land and agricultural sector will be essential to meet the government’s legally binding net-zero target, says the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in a new report.
LETTER: The earth is getting lighter and causing global warming
The Argus 6d 1 tweets
MAY I put a new “spin “ on the reason for global warming.
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Simon Evans This is the funniest new "reason" for climate change that I've heard in a long time, via a letter to my old local paper the Brighton Argus 6d
Not every tonne of aviation CO2 is created equal | International Council on Clean Transportation
Theicct.org 103d 6 tweets
When it comes to reducing aviation emissions, not every choice has the same impact.
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Simon Evans Power capita data is from link and is adjusted to attempt to capture who is doing the flying, see screenshot 6d
Emissions from Chinese aviation ‘could quadruple by 2050’
Carbon Brief 8d 6 tweets
Carbon emissions from China’s aviation sector could be almost four times higher by the middle of the century, according to new analysis.With per-capita aviation emissions in China still far below those of nations such as the US and UK, the findings...
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Simon Evans Aviation CO2 per capita ✈️ AU IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 879 UK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 863 US IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 572 EU IIIIIIIIII 260 CN IIII 95 IN I 18 7d
Koizumi questions Japan financing of Vietnam plant | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
NHK WORLD 7d 1 tweets
Japanese Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has called into question Japan's financing of a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam.
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans:Written question - 3868
UK Parliament 8d 1 tweets
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the expansion rate of...
Simon Evans Current plans are only enough to meet half the UK government target of 40GW offshore wind by 2030, according to <checks notes> the UK government. 8d