”Luftkonditioneringen går varm och elpriserna rusar – i Ungern liksom i andra delar av Centraleuropa. På grund av Europas sammankopplade elnät har till och med de svenska elpriserna tryckts upp på en nivå som sist upplevdes vid Ukrainakrigets utbrott.” www.svd.se/a/L49EyR/var...
Frederik Hoedeman
@fredhoedeman.bsky.social
Advisor Public and Active Mobility at Copenhagen City
Tar bildet ditt som en subtil kommentar til dagens sak hos Avisa Oslo.
Mener billigere månedskort ikke hjelper mot bilkøene. Vil ha mer «pisk»
Billigere periodebilletter gir flere reisende, men har liten effekt på biltrafikken, mener forsker. Ruter mener det ikke er svart-hvitt.
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Det här är absolut ingenting (ännu så länge) mot vad som händer i bl.a Sydeuropa nu. Folk måste börja fatta att hela vår matförsörjning är akut hotad av klimatförändringarna. Det går helt enkelt inte att vara bonde om väderförhållandena blir alltför extrema.
De här torrperioderna gör att man får ett mkt ohälsosamt förhållande till väderradar. Det måste komma regn nu, annars vissnar betet ned men skurarna drar norr o söder om oss. Igen. Imorgon ser utsatt vara sista chansen på ett tag. Sedan kommer torrare väder igen.
Study Deutschlandticket: steady 14 million sales per month (20% of population); accounts for >50 % of all public transport journeys and two-thirds of passenger-kilometres-also in non-urban areas. Direct economic benefit: 5 billion; annual CO₂ savings of 3 million tonnes. www.bmv.de/SharedDocs/D...
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What would a Marine Le Pen presidency mean for Europe? From the EU and enlargement to Russia, climate and migration, the implications would extend far beyond France. Read full text: https://bit.ly/4pUWgAt
If Marine Le Pen wins: A European guide to a far-right France – European Council on Foreign Relations
A Le Pen-led France would mean major changes to European politics. Here's how political leaders can begin to prepare.
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🌍 Are we ready for the next global health crisis? Join leading experts to explore emerging health risks and solutions—from climate change and pandemics to AI and antimicrobial resistance. 🔗Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #EXTRA #WAAS
Carlos Moreno, the 15-minute city pioneer, believes the idea will make Melbourne more liveable. #national #victoria
‘We need to densify’: Why the 15-minute city could be the key to Melbourne’s housing crisis
Carlos Moreno, the 15-minute city pioneer, believes the idea will make Melbourne more liveable. #national #victoria
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💬 Experts Take: ‘Boundaries between climate policy, industrial policy, trade policy, and defense procurement have become analytically and institutionally inseparable’: An Interview with Göran Roos: www.isdp.eu/publication/...
This small bus operator is revolutionising Scotland’s public transport 🚎 Ember is ⚡️ Entirely electric 🏘️ Built to serve local communities Yet still manages to stay affordable I spoke with co-founder Pierce Glennie for @scotnational.bsky.social transport series 👇
How this 'unique' Scottish bus operator is changing public transport
In the race to make public transport more climate-friendly, one small operator is revolutionising Scotland's bus network
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🧵 El verano de 2026 por ahora (junio-julio) es el más cálido de la serie histórica en España, que arranca en 1961. ➡️ Con una temperatura media de 24,5 ºC, supera en 0,7 ºC a los bimestres junio-julio más cálidos, los de 2022 y 2025. Es 2,9 ºC más cálido que el promedio 1991-2020.
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-84-... For the moment, we are not even trying to stop making things worse. Let alone trying to fix the problems.
Analysis: 84% of nations miss deadline to identify ‘nature-harming’ subsidies by 2025 - Carbon Brief
Most countries failed to meet a 2025 target to identify all of their subsidies that could be “harmful” to biodiversity, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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4 AUGUST 2026 WRITE DOWN THIS DATE-EUROPE CLIMATIC HISTORY IS REWRITTEN ANEW Thousands and Thousands of records are being shattered in pieces in Germany,Switzerland,Austria,Czechia,Slovakia,Poland,Slovenia,Croatia,Hungary,Ukraine,Belarus,Romania,Serbia... Widespread 40Cs Tbc
Up is down. Black is white. Orwell lives! #RupertMurdoch #CriminalDisinformation www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
MIDDLE EAST HEAT WAVE Brutal conditions with over 50C daytime and over 35C nightime continues. Widespread records allover the area. Some of the most extreme MINIMUMS tonight in the EMIRATES: 38.5 Swiehan 36.8 Al Ain Next days,we might see some MINIMUMS of 40C. Absolutely brutal
The #WesternBalkans remain one of #Europe’s most exposed democratic frontlines. CSOs, independent media, researchers & human rights defenders continue to document abuses, expose corruption, monitor elections & defend civic space under increasingly difficult conditions. eucrta.eu/updates/euro...
Europe doesn't need another democracy tool. It needs the courage to defend the people already defending democracy. - EUCRTA
Read EUCRTA's opinion piece on the European Democracy Shield and the involvement of candidate countries in the new EU instrument.
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EVs are the marquee climate subsidy. They also have one of the lowest returns per dollar spent. New MVPF analysis: wind production tax credits deliver $5.87 in social benefit per $1 spent. Residential solar: $3.86. EV subsidies: $1.45.
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 12th lowest on record (JAXA data)... • about 10,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 840,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,680,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 2,440,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Five days ago, the Rhine - at the point where it enters the Netherlands - reached its lowest level ever recorded: 6.47 meter above sea level. Now it's at 6.35 m.
Europe's wildfire season exposes climate insurance gap: who will pay? www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Europe's wildfire season exposes climate insurance gap
The blazes are raising a bigger question: who will pay as climate-driven disasters become more frequent and destructive?
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New: Australian study finds per-person kilometre values of AU$4.41/EUR 2,7 for walking. Public transport increases physical activity and improves population health. Valuing these health benefits helps make a case for public transport investments and qualify decisions on changes in service quality.
Active Transport Health Model: Valuing the Health Benefits of Active Transport - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
Background Active transport can increase physical activity at the population level, thereby improving population health. Knowing the health and related economic benefits of infrastructure measures tha...
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In case you need another reason to believe that public transit is superior to private cars: Not only are private cars more expensive, more resource-intensive, and more climate-damaging, they are also causing us to have dementia. www.newsweek.com/common-tire-...
🔔 NEW Calling for a more coherent policy response to driving harm ✍️ Kate Gray, Grant Ennis, Greg Fell OPEN ACCESS doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag026
Insurers Are ‘Actively Evaluating’ New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns Insurers, reinsurers and brokers are predicting increased premiums and bigger losses. Importantly, they see the latest bouts of extreme heat as a long-term trend... www.insurancejournal.com/news/interna...
Insurers Are 'Actively Evaluating' New Catastrophe Risks as Europe Burns
Europe's insurers are bracing for a new era of catastrophe risk fanned by rising temperatures in the world's fastest-warming continent. Insurers,
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Temperature anomaly forecast for August 3, 2026. Some areas over Antarctica are forecast to reach temperature anomalies of about +30°C on August 3, 2026. arctic-news.blogspot.com/p/antarctica...
‘Renewables offer humanity an unlikely exit ramp off our current highway to #climate hell – if only our politicians & business leaders had the wit & mettle to grasp this slenderest of lifelines’ My take in Irish Examiner today. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Renewables are a lifeline our politicians are too cowardly to grasp
Every month that passes brings us another step closer to tragedy
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Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare The European Central Bank and EU insurance regulators have called on Brussels to set up an EU-level reinsurance scheme and a public natural disaster fund. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare
Frequent, expensive natural disasters are testing Europe’s ability to protect itself against the cost of global warming.
politico.eu
ICYMI: Faster-than-average warming is costing Italy thousands of lives and billions of euros a year -- @zerocarbona.bsky.social Estimates suggest climate-related losses could reach 1.6% of GDP each year by 2030... zerocarbon-analytics.org/insights/bri...
Faster-than-average warming is costing Italy thousands of lives and billions of euros a year - Zero Carbon Analytics
Italy is particularly vulnerable to extreme heat caused by climate change. Stepping up adaptation and reducing carbon emissions are necessary to reduce future risk.
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Wildfire smoke in US and Canada from July 15-23 estimated to have caused about 4000 deaths within a week of exposure Analysis by @economist.com #airpollution #climatecrisis www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Our estimated death toll for this year’s wildfires
The blazes in North America have claimed 10-80 times as many lives as those in Europe so far
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