The 2040 milestones that #Europe must meet to achieve #ClimateNeutrality by 2050. Major PIK modelling study provides guidance on the required pace of transition to fossil-free technologies. #EU dependence on #gas and #oil imports falls by 60 percent. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

The 2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050

16.04.2026 – Energy, transport, heating and industrial transition: a major modelling study now provides EU-wide guidance with high sector detail on the required pace of transition to fossil-free techn...

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🚨 New paper: Coupling integrated assessment and energy system models 🚨 Planning future energy systems requires bridging two fundamentally different scales: long-term transformation pathways spanning decades, and short-term power system operations unfolding hour by hour. #EnergySky #PyPSA 🧵

Our new study an EU #fossil #phase-out is out in @natcomms.nature.com. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Afaik, this is the first #IAM study investigating a complete fossil phase-out. How much do we need to reduce fossils for the EU 2050 goal? And would even a full fossil phase-out be possible?

From net-zero to zero-fossil in transforming the EU energy system - Nature Communications

This scenario study investigates how the EU net-zero target can be reached with varying levels of residual fossil fuels. Reducing fossils by only 90% relies on substantial carbon storage, while a full...

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Limiting overshoot and returning back to below 1.5°C is still possible and worth fighting for. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is no longer a choice, but a necessity - so both deep fossil phase-out and negative emissions are absolutely essentially. Our science-based statement on the Paris targets 👇

PIK_climate@pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The road back to Paris: The world will likely exceed 1.5°C within the next decade. Science shows it’s still possible to return below this limit by century’s end. PIKs #Edenhofer, Rockström, @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social, Kriegler on pathways back to safer levels. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

The road back to Paris: The world will likely exceed 1.5°C within the next decade. Science shows it’s still possible to return below this limit by century’s end. PIKs #Edenhofer, Rockström, @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social, Kriegler on pathways back to safer levels. www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

The road (back) to Paris: Science-based pathways to return below 1.5°C

12.11.2025 - The world is likely to exceed 1.5°C of global warming within the next decade, yet science shows that returning below this threshold by the end of the century remains physically possible. ...

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Stunned to see the extremely bullish nuclear power deployment in @iea.org #WEO2025: +30% in under "current policies", i.e. a World without any further climate policies? This is hard to buy, given the poor track record of nuclear in past decades, with huge cost overruns and delay.

🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡 What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?

New very important analysis on the 1.5°C target based on the REMIND model 👇

Neil Grant@neilgrant.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨🚨🚨 NEW REPORT ALERT 🚨🚨🚨 @climateanalytics.org has a new report out today that I’m really excited about. It’s all about 1.5ºC... ▶️ Is overshooting 1.5ºC inevitable? ▶️ Can we still get temperatures back below 1.5ºC? ▶️ If so, how? If you’re interested in our findings, buckle up for a mega thread...

⚡ New paper in @natcomms.nature.com on decarbonizing the hard-to-electrify sectors! Which abatement option is most cost-efficient for the steel, cement, chemical, or long-distance transport sectors? In this paper, we explore the mitigation landscape of each sector. 🔗 Article: rdcu.be/ejLI0

Exploring techno-economic landscapes of abatement options for hard-to-electrify sectors

Nature Communications - Abatement options for hard-to-electrify sectors (e.g., steel, aviation) face uncertainty in future costs and feasibility. This techno-economic analysis shows that despite...

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#Ariadne-Forscher @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social vom @pik-potsdam.bsky.social zu den notwendigen #Investitionen für eine erfolgreiche #Energiewende, die Deutschlands #Wettbewerbsfähigkeit sichert. Mehr dazu im neuen #Szenarienreport2025 vom Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne 👉 buff.ly/SSTJHC2

Fun fact: iron & steel-making in China produces about 2x the total GHG emissions as China's entire transportation sector, and cement production is about equal to transportation. So while CO2 prices in China's ETS are expected to be modest, including these sectors under emissions caps is a big deal.

Jesse D. Jenkins@jessedjenkins.com · 2y ago

China’s government has plans to add steel, aluminum, and cement producers to the set of entities covered by emissions cap and trade schemes by the end of 2025 www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 🔌💡

Eine sehr umfassende Modellierungsstudie, zu einem guten Teil auf Basis offener Modelle 👍 Gut gemacht, @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social und @nworbmot.bsky.social !👏 Im Folgenden ein paar schnelle Takes zu ein paar Highlights:

Once upon a time, the social democrats were the workers’ party in Germany. In the election today the extreme right AfD gained 3x more support from workers than the SPD.

🚨 Now CCN-official 🚨 Trump issues stop-work-order to NASA chief scientist #KateCalvin, who is also co-chair of the IPCC's working group in charge of the next assessment on climate change mitigation. This is brutal, on so many levels. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/c...

Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report | CNN

The Trump administration told US government scientists working on a vital global climate report to stop their work – the president’s latest move to withdraw the US from global climate action and resea...

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🚨Die von den USA finanzierte Leitung der Weltklimarat (IPCC) Arbeitsgruppe 3, die sich mit Klimaschutzstrategien beschäftigt, ist massiv unter Beschuss. Das hat dramatische Auswirkungen auf die wissenschaftliche Grundlage der Klimapolitik weltweit. Ein dunkelschwarzer Tag für die Klimaforschung.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 2y ago

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved. More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

🚨 If confirmed, horrible news for science-based policy advice: The IPCC WG3 - which deals with strategies for reaching climate goals - about to get defunded.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 2y ago

‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved. More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:

Ist #Klimaschutz für die schlechte Wirtschaft verantwortlich? Nein, so PIKs @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social: "Die Probleme der deutschen Wirtschaft sind von struktureller Natur und sie sind tieferliegend." Die Wirtschaft müsse die Chancen der "grünen Wende" aktiv annehmen. www.dw.com/de/muss-deut...

Muss Deutschland zwischen Klima und Wirtschaft wählen? – DW – 17.02.2025

Im Wahlkampf zur vorgezogenen Bundestagswahl werden Stimmen laut, die den Klimaschutz im Namen von Wirtschaftsinteressen zurückdrehen wollen, obwohl Fachleute davor waren. Gibt es denn das eine nur oh...

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Exciting job opportunity in our energy transition lab @pik-potsdam.bsky.social 👇

Falko Ueckerdt@falkoueckerdt.bsky.social · 2y ago

Job: Circularity & industry transformation Do you want to learn about material flow analyses and modeling of transformation scenarios? @pik-potsdam.bsky.social is a renowned institute with scientific and real-world impact - and a beautiful location near Berlin All info here: tinyurl.com/24udxdkv

NEW – EU’s solar and wind growth pushes fossil-fuel power to lowest level in 40 years | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: https://buff.ly/4hfcKhk

🚨New Paper and Policy Brief🚨 How has green hydrogen developed recently? How much hydrogen is needed for 1.5°C? And what are plausible future pathways? In a new Nature Energy study, we look at these questions. 🔗Article: https://buff.ly/3WeOh3G 🔗Policy Brief: https://buff.ly/3C2F6wm #EnergySky

Germany's #Climate Action Law National targets: -Reduce GHG emissions by at least 65% by 2030 (over 1990) -88% by 2040 -Net greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045 -Negative #emissions after 2050 factsheet update: www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g...

Bemerkenswertes Interview von Ottmar #Edenhofer @pik-potsdam.bsky.social zu Klimaschutz und Wirtschaft. www.noz.de/deutschland-...

Ökonom Edenhofer: „Klimaschutz ist kein Luxusgedöns!“

Ökonom Ottmar Edenhofer warnt CDU vor Rückschritten beim Klimaschutz nach der Bundestagswahl: „Deutschland überlebt nicht als Industriemuseum“

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1/ The German parliament was dissolved today after the failure of the "traffic light" government. What has the 🚦 achieved in terms of the energy transition? Here's a final update of the @diw.de #Ampelmonitor Energiewende in English! 🇩🇪 🔌↩️ Little 🧵 with a few graphs on key technologies 🔽

DIW Berlin: Ampel-Monitor Energiewende (Monitor of the German

BLOG Overview Note on the graphs Explanations on share of renewable energy in the electricity sector Why "traffic light"? Energy targets of the German government - and what has been achieved The…

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13/ 🎙️ If you prefer a (German) soundtrack instead of interactive images: @aroth.bsky.social and I, with the support of @andreasloeschel.bsky.social & @gunnarenergyclima.bsky.social , discussed the government's energy transition balance in detail in episode #26 of the @diw.de podcast #fossilfrei.

DIW Berlin: 'fossilfrei' - der Energiewendepodcast des DIW Berlin

Folgen Die Energiewende erscheint oft kompliziert und unübersichtlich. Die Macher des "DIW-Monitor Energiewende", Alexander Roth und Wolf-Peter Schill, sortieren das für euch. Wir diskutieren, auch…

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Latest German energy statistics allow an early peak on CO2 balance for 2024. Coal declines, but this along with changes in oil and gas use this will translate to a mere 15 MtCO2 decline relative to 2023 (own estimate). Germany needs twice as much, 30 MtCO2 per year, to reach its -65% goal in 2030.

Julian Wettengel@wettengel.bsky.social · 2y ago

#Renewables supplied 55% of electricity used in Germany in 2024 > #coal use down significantly > almost no change for #natgas > 1st full yr w/o #nuclear > net power importer www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g... @janrosenow.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @simone-peter.bsky.social

Oh wow! Clean and tidy GHG inventory data tables 👇. Thanks, @wflamb.bsky.social !

William F. Lamb@wflamb.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here is a first version: github.com/lambwf/Tidy-... Any feedback welcome!

Demand flexibility would be particularly important for Germany - given ambitious wind and solar build-out, and growing potential for flexible demands from heat pumps and electric cars. However, still way behind most other European countries regarding smart meter rollout. A costly policy failure!

Christian Odendahl@codendahl.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excellent. 🙄 www.acer.europa.eu/monitoring/M...

Always wanted someone to do exactly that chart! Beautiful, isn't it?

Ampel-Bilanz zur Energiewende: Sinnvolle Ziele für Erneuerbare, E-Autos und Wärmepumpen; zu wenig Ambition beim Ausstieg aus den Fossilen; durchwachsene Bilanz bei der Umsetzung. Mal wieder eine sehr interessante Ausgabe des #fossilfrei Podcasts. Und schön, dass ich diesmal beitragen konnte!

Wolf-Peter Schill@wpschill.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎙️1/ Die Ampel und die Energiewende: wir ziehen Bilanz!🚦📈 In der neuen Folge #26 des DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research Podcasts #fossilfrei sprechen @aroth.bsky.social und ich ausführlich darüber, was die Ampel-Regierung im Bereich der Energiewende geschafft hat - und was nicht.

🎙️1/ Die Ampel und die Energiewende: wir ziehen Bilanz!🚦📈 In der neuen Folge #26 des DIW Berlin - German Institute for Economic Research Podcasts #fossilfrei sprechen @aroth.bsky.social und ich ausführlich darüber, was die Ampel-Regierung im Bereich der Energiewende geschafft hat - und was nicht.

DIW Berlin: Fossilfrei #26 Die Ampel und die Energiewende: Wir ziehen Bilanz!

Die Ampel ist Geschichte – aber ihre Energiewende-Politik bleibt. Wir ziehen Bilanz und schauen uns die Ziele und Entwicklungen bei wichtigen Schlüsseltechnologien an. Unterstützung bekommen wir…

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