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🌍 Guess how many times world leaders in Davos mentioned climate change?
Zero. 💬 I spent the last few days watching most of the special addresses given at the 2026 World Economic Forum: Trump, Carney, Merz, von der Leyen, Zelenski, and Macron. 🌡️ These speeches give a fascinating insight into what truly matters to the political elite today. What stood out to me: in almost four hours of speaking time, not ONCE did any of them mention climate change or global warming. 📑 This stands in stark contrast with the WEF’s own 2026 Global Risks Report,
2 days ago


🤔 Imagine you sat on 15Mt of wet residues and your goal was to do whatever is best for the climate? What would you do?
🏭 According to a recent study: BECCS / Bionenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage. All the way. It delivers around double the climate benefit of the next best solution: animal feed substitution. 🧑🔬 A bit more context on this fascinating study: the authors looked at a concrete use case, namely two Dutch coal-fired power plants to be converted to 100% BECCS. 📊 The residues in question were pellets from the U.S. and bagasse from Brazil. It then looked at the overall climate
4 days ago


🛢️ We need to talk about making cleaner fossil fuels 🛢️
🧐 Yesterday, I shared how the energy transition looks unstoppable, and all the incredible data from Nat Bullard to prove it. At the same time, it is a hard fact that the world will take years, maybe decades to wean itself off fossil fuels. 💡 If we’re going to burn oil anyway in the short to medium term, the difference between high-leakage, high-intensity barrels and cleaner ones is real climate damage avoided. 🔴 The common approach in the climate bubble is to dismiss any
Jan 19


💚 The energy transition looks unstoppable - this deck shows why 💚
📊 Nat Bullard just released his annual decarbonisation deck. 200 carefully curated graphs that provide you with a full overview of how decarbonisation is progressing. It is the single most insightful deck I see each year. 🌟 I highly recommend checking out the full deck. What stood out to me: 🇨🇳 It is all about China: 40% more electricity than EU and US combined (16). Emissions flat to falling (22). Half of all energy investment globally is China (67). Added more battery
Jan 18


🌍 What role can CDR play in the “Survival of the Greenest”?
✅ The green transition represents a huge opportunity for countries to promote economic growth. Those who succeed will reap the rewards for decades to come. Those who ignore it, are likely to fall behind. 🏛️ Markets alone will not be sufficient: strong, coordinated industrial policy is needed to create and promote these new sectors. 📗 Amir Lebdioui is the author of this compelling book and also the Director of TIDE Centre, University of Oxford . He personally advises gove
Jan 12


🌈 Out in Climate and out front in leadership
✊ Last month, CDR’s very own Noah McQueen joined the Founding Advisory Council of Out in Climate , which is building a climate movement that truly reflects the world we’re all working to protect. ⚠️ This is why representation matters. Climate change hits marginalised communities first and hardest, including LGBTQ+ people, but their voices are still missing from too many decision-making spaces. Better climate solutions start with who’s IN the room. 🤓 Diversity isn’t optio
Jan 7


👇 THIS is how we are losing the climate battle 👇
😱 The Joe Rogan Show is the world’s most listened to podcast. On average, each episode reaches 10-20 million people. 🔬 While we are busy infighting within the climate bubble, arguing whether CCS or CDR is a scam or a much needed climate solution, the world outside is destroying the very foundation our work is built on: science. 🔨 Over the break, I spent hours listening to hugely popular podcasts way outside of my bubble. Over and over again, I encountered a diminishing i
Jan 5
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