The DIAMOND project has just released a new series of Technical Briefs showcasing the open & fully accessible modelling suite: GCAM-Europe, OMNIA, CLEWS-EU, GEMINI-E3 EU, NEMESIS-World, & OPEN-PROM. climate-diamond.eu/communicatio...
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With data in for 77.3% of the EU car market, BEVs reached 23% in June with PHEVs at 12%.
"The upper limit of iron fertilization ... correspond[s] to a net annual drawdown rate of 0.14–0.70 Gt CO2/yr" (we emit around 40GtCO2/yr). Plus, significant uncertainty, trade-offs, and difficult to verify. Perhaps we could just reduce CO2 emissions by an extra 1-2%?
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 7d agoA modeling study spanning 60 years of ocean iron fertilization across 10 ocean biomes reveals stark trade-offs in its use as a CO₂ removal technique. 🌊🧪
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CICERO International Newsletter – July 2026
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India was dry in June, with 39.8% less rain than normal. That's the fifth-lowest since records begin in 1901.
In June, 51% of cars sold in Ireland were BEV. But June is always a month with very few sales. We need to wait until July to see what's really happening in the market. Ireland has two peak months each year because of the licence plate system.
AEADE just pushed four monthly reports at once, so now Ecuador's data are caught up to May, when 7% of new passenger car sales were full-electric.
When does the sun set in California? It doesn't.
Robbie Andrew@robbieandrew.bsky.social · last mo.Yesterday in California (CAISO): ▸State gas squeezed to almost nothing (but there's some in imports from other states) ▸Hydro squeezed out much of the day, saving valuable reservoir water ▸SunZia wind delivering ▸Batteries discharging all night
Russia submitted its emissions inventory to the UNFCCC a couple of days ago, the last party to do so in this year's round. No obvious changes at the high level compared to last year's submission. robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
Good piece on the situation with battery grid storage in India.
India’s BESS Boom: 2026, the Energy Storage Turning Point - DC&T Global
India’s BESS boom is set to peak in 2026, marking a major turning point for energy storage adoption, and renewable integration.
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Yesterday in California (CAISO): ▸State gas squeezed to almost nothing (but there's some in imports from other states) ▸Hydro squeezed out much of the day, saving valuable reservoir water ▸SunZia wind delivering ▸Batteries discharging all night
Important paper on Earth energy imbalance out today: esd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Climate models with moderate climate sensitivity best simulate the magnitude of Earth's energy imbalance
Abstract. Recent studies have highlighted that state-of-the-art climate models are not able to simulate the large observed trend in Earth's energy imbalance. Here we evaluate climate models' ability t...
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Often on India's grid there's too much solar at midday and not enough storage (batteries and pumped hydro) for the surplus. A daily auction solves this, paying participants not to generate so grid stability is maintained. But this is wasted generation, and storing would be better.
🔥More natural gas was flared globally in 2025 than was exported through the Strait of Hormuz. Flaring means the gas is combusted just to get rid of it.
Global gas flaring rises again in 2025: World Bank | Latest Market News
Hydrocarbon producers flared more gas than a year earlier for the third consecutive year, despite pledges from countries representing the majority of flared gas to eliminate routine flaring by 2030.
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Recent French national average temperatures: - impossible in a pre-industrial world, - about 1 year in 40 years in a 1.5C world - 1 in 10 years in a +2 °C world - 3 degree world - happens every other year interactive/method/maps here (également en français): benmsanderson.github.io/futureevent/
Ekstrem hete i Frankrike fører nå til alvorlige og vidtrekkende konsekvenser for hele samfunnet.
Dødelige hetebølger i Frankrike
Ekstrem hete i Frankrike fører nå til alvorlige og vidtrekkende konsekvenser for hele samfunnet.
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The India Energy and Climate Pulse is a monthly snapshot that provides an overview of recent developments shaping India’s climate and energy landscape. Latest edition out now! India’s Renewable Milestone: Capacity Overtakes Coal, But Generation Reality Persists www.ecpulse.in/snapshots/ju...
India’s Renewable Milestone: Capacity Overtakes Coal, But Generation Reality Persists — India Energy and Climate Pulse
India has reached two significant milestones in its power sector: achieving its 50% non-fossil capacity target five years ahead of schedule and surpassing coal capacity with installed renewable energy...
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The largest solar contribution so far in India was on 3 March 2026 in the period 13:30-13:45 at 39.0%.
Just because emissions are growing, does not mean developing countries are not making progress! In electricity generation, India has over 50% non-fossil capacity & nearly 30% non-fossil generation. www.ecpulse.in/snapshots/ju... 1/
I have an idea for the reflecting pool. "with no algae growth" "A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. As a bonus, the shade prevents water from evaporating." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/c...
▸"A surge in orders for electric motorbikes and buses assembled in numerous African countries" ▸“Nothing has paid the Trump tax more than diesel in this part of the world” ▸“It’s arguable that [Donald] Trump will inadvertently do more to accelerate the EV transition than any other US president”
Iran war supercharges electric vehicle uptake in Africa
Boom in demand for electric motorbikes and buses on continent is a boost for China
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The mistake the IEA made was that it didn't forecast the response to these scenario projections. "IEA projection" has become a meme, no matter how much the IEA has tried to clarify what they actually meant. "Expected" and "Current Policies Scenario" are not the same thing. Pity the prognosticator.
Kate Mackenzie@katemac.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas
Ukraine's first-time registrations of passenger vehicles tell interesting stories. ▸Massive amnesty for foreign-registered vehicles in 2019 ▸Clear effect of the full-scale invasion in February 2022 ▸Growing BEVs halted by a change in policy at the start of 2026 robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/?la...
This article explores India’s energy developments at local, national, & international levels, providing examples & lessons-learned to highlight progress, opportunities, & challenges for leadership. academic.oup.com/ooenergy/art...
A journey from 5°C to 2°C... 11 years ago I gave a presentation on what it takes to keep temperatures below 2°C, and some of the key challenges. These challenges still exist, but we have lost 10 years... www.youtube.com/watch?v=529O... 1/
A journey from 5°C to 2°C w/ Glen Peters, CICERO
YouTube video by CICERO klima
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It's good to see a steady stream of research results on improving carbon capture. One of the biggest problems is that amines are held in aqueous solutions and releasing the captured CO₂ requires boiling that solution, demanding significant energy. This team is using a different approach.
One-step CO₂ system triples capture, ditches silver for zinc, and turns emissions into industrial fuel feedstock
Every year, power plants and factories release billions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere. Methods exist to capture that CO₂ using chemical solutions and, separately, to convert pure...
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I hear it asserted a lot that ESMs ‘must’ be tuned to get historical CO2 right, and I just thought I’d remind everyone that historical, emissions-driven simulations are so expensive they are ~impossible to fine-tune. You get maybe 2 practice runs before show time