This might be one of the funniest chart about energy scenarios I’ve seen. You can hardly see “actual” for gas

@dralaaclimate.bsky.social is an expert in climate change economics and integrated assessment modeling at Imperial College London's Department of Chemical Engineering. He specializes in climate mitigation scenarios, AI for climate science, and has contributed significantly to IPCC reports.

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Daniel@danielwilliams965.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yes, the IPCC is utterly, totally corrupt and trying to destroy the entire planet I know what the cause is: Alaa Al Khourdaji: @dralaaclimate.bsky.social

The UK’s AI race is all about electricity. 70% of data centre capacity lies within 20 miles of London. They block new homes being built because the grid can’t cope. We must look beyond - to places with clean power and strong grid access. Read in full: reports.electricinsights.co.uk

New on the Latitude blog: meet PLOS Climate Academic Editor @dralaaclimate.bsky.social, who recently joined the team on our Machine Learning and AI section 👇 latitude.plos.org/2026/05/meet...

Meet PLOS Climate Academic Editor Alaa Al Khourdajie - Latitude

We are delighted to introduce Alaa Al Khourdajie (Imperial College London, UK) as an Academic Editor in PLOS Climate‘s new Machine Learning and…

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In response to recent misinformation about the use of scenarios in IPCC reports: the IPCC does not conduct its own research, run models or make measurements. The IPCC’s role is to assess the available scientific, peer-reviewed literature relevant to climate change: www.ipcc.ch/2026/05/20/i...

This is a quick summary of the latest CMIP process. It is a complex beast and a consensus project so there are always things that you’ll agree with and those that you might not. 1/

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · 3mo ago

Guest post: How CMIP7 will shape the next wave of climate science ✍️ written by Beth Dingley, Helene Hewitt, John Dunne and Eleanor O'Rourke Read here ⬇️

The climate #litigation pico session and splinter meeting are back at #EGU26! ⚖️ We’re looking forward to another round of enriching, highly interdisciplinary talks and discussions. Based on this year’s impressive line-up of abstracts and speakers, it’s set to be a great one.

I've been privileged over the years to write a sequence energy modelling methodology papers with (now Professor 🥳) Steve Pye of UCL, along with a rotating cast of amazing people. The latest dropped today in Nature Energy ➡️ rdcu.be/e2tt6

Addressing context-specific energy modelling risks and dynamics in low- and middle-income countries

Nature Energy - Low- and middle-income countries face unique challenges when it comes to balancing growing energy needs with broader, long-term development needs. This Perspective argues for...

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Sadly, “for now”

Neil deGrasse Tyson@neildegrassetyson.com · 7mo ago

Not that anybody asked, but the Northern Arctic is just Ocean. So Santa’s North Pole Workshop has only ever existed on a floating sheet of ice. No fur trees. No hills. Occasional seals. And polar bears — for now.

On the 22nd day of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're featuring an Essay by @dralaaclimate.bsky.social: "The role of Artificial Intelligence in climate change scientific assessments" 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

#NCAR is a leading institution in climate science. Climate science is not woke. It is the science that explains the evidence we have over the last few decades of an earth system that is stressed by anthropogenic interference.

[2/3] One in Futures on "Constructing futures through climate modelling", that I'm co-editing with @dralaaclimate.bsky.social, @natasja.bsky.social, @a-nikas.bsky.social and Chris Groves Submission deadline for *papers* : March 31 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and pollution are together claiming millions of lives and costing trillions of dollars every year, according to the most comprehensive assessment of the global environment ever undertaken 🧵

Here we go, @ipcc.bsky.social first lead author meeting (and for the first time ever covering all three working groups) A mixed feeling of excitement and responsibility

#COP30: Imperial researchers react to ‘deeply disappointing’ climate talks In the aftermath of the agreement, Imperial experts Dr Nathan Johnson, Dr Robin Lamboll, Prof Joeri Rogelj, Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Dr Emily Theokritoff and Dr Caterina Brandmayr have weighed in 🧵 ow.ly/9CSZ50XwZzs

A lot of people are going to lose money on this. Solar radiation modification only makes sense if followed by large-scale carbon dioxide removal, and we ain't got that.

Politico@politico.com · 9mo ago

A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat. The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up. Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc

Spent Saturday night reviewing the final #COP30 Belém draft text. A friend joked it counts as “light reading.” Unfortunately, it is very much a light read. 1/

Spent Saturday night reviewing the final #COP30 Belém draft text. A friend joked it counts as “light reading.” Unfortunately, it is very much a light read. 1/

As the final text is being hammered out here in Belém for #COP30, the issue of fossil fuel phase-out is on the table again. Looking at the actual numbers from the IPCC AR6 1.5°C assessed scenarios to decompose reduced fossil fuel output vs. carbon capture and storage - CCS (i.e. abatement) 1/3

As the final text is being hammered out here in Belém for #COP30, the issue of fossil fuel phase-out is on the table again. Looking at the actual numbers from the IPCC AR6 1.5°C assessed scenarios to decompose reduced fossil fuel output vs. carbon capture and storage - CCS (i.e. abatement) 1/3

Overshoot: returning to 1.5°C requires net-negative emissions targets. @swp-berlin.org policy brief with Oliver Geden. Keeping 1.5 alive will require reframing “net-zero” as transitional stage towards net-negative GHG emissions rather than an endpoint, and policy instruments able to deliver this.

Overshoot: Returning to 1.5°C Requires Net-negative Emissions Targets

Global warming is set to rise above 1.5°C by the early 2030s. Returning to 1.5°C before the end of the 21st century would not prevent all harms...

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To be Paris Agreement compatible, the label 'abated fossil fuels' needs to apply to Carbon Capture and Storage applications with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis. This requires four things...🧵 ow.ly/j0lz50XsO8a #COP30

Join our #COP30 event “CCUS Myth-Busting Live: Ask the Experts” Date and time Monday 17 November, 10:00–11:30 am local time (1:00-2:30pm UK time) Location: UK Pavilion, Blue Zone (A23) YouTube live stream: www.youtube.com/live/SjaW3Ob...

Do climate conferences actually achieve anything? A lot of people have strong opinions, but we wanted measurements, so we look at how the stock market moves during yearly international meetings called COPs – explanation below, or read the paper here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

📈COP delivers stock market boost for ‘green’ companies but renewables unaffected, Imperial College London study shows 🧵 Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH

The FRIDA overview paper: gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/... A coupled human-Earth IAM, with integrated climate impacts.

An overview of FRIDA v2.1: a feedback-based, fully coupled, global integrated assessment model of climate and humans

Abstract. The current crop of models assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to produce their assessment reports lack endogenous process-based representations of climate-drive...

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Really important paper led by my @iiasa.ac.at colleague Alex Nauels www.nature.com/articles/s41... “The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏

Multi-century global and regional sea-level rise commitments from cumulative greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades - Nature Climate Change

It is important to understand how much long-term sea-level rise is already committed due to historical and near-term emissions. Here the authors use a modelling framework to show how decisions on glob...

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Every ton of CO2 matters : @climatenerilie.bsky.social quantifies the climatic impacts of one large fossil fuel project and its implications for further human heat exposure or coral reef loss, and how committed emissions challenge climate pledges www.nature.com/articles/s44...