In the face of the climate emergency and wider environmental challenges, how do we accurately measure the green economy? A new discussion paper by @ucl.ac.uk's @willmcdowall.bsky.social and @hamidngh.bsky.social explores this question: tinyurl.com/2n6nz39d

Two pieces of ESCoE work are being presented in this session on net zero and environment: 🌊Water system accounting by Paul Ekins @ucl.ac.uk 🏭Environmental bads by @kevinfoxecon.bsky.social (UNSW)

The typical rate of ministerial resignation shifted after the financial crisis... ...at exactly the moment when the UK's productivity engine stalled. Plenty of other causes (brexit, covid), but I can't help seeing signs of the productivity collapse in this relentless instability

Megan Bryer@meganbryer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Miatta Fahnbulleh - the minister for devolution, faith and communities - has resigned from govt this morning, calling on the PM to set a timetable for an orderly transition of leadership. Our ministerial resignation tracker has the latest info... docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This #EarthDay, think about helping the kids in your life understand the importance of the environment--and what we can do to protect it... ...by buying them my book! Now out in paperback! www.walker.co.uk/978152950915...

Your Planet Needs You! Brilliant Jobs to Protect Your World - Walker Books

Find out about the positive ways we can all help solve the problem of climate change in this innovative illustrated book.Our climate is changing, and sometim...

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Walker Books@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#EarthDay is just a couple of spins of the globe away, so our latest reading list is all about engaging curious young minds, sharing the beauty of our planet, and all the ways we can do our best to look after it 🌿 www.walker.co.uk/earth-day-re... @earthdayorg.bsky.social

Happy Earth Day folks! Even though it keeps happening, I'm still amazed to see the UK grid operating with less than 1GW of fossil fuels

#EarthDay is just a couple of spins of the globe away, so our latest reading list is all about engaging curious young minds, sharing the beauty of our planet, and all the ways we can do our best to look after it 🌿 www.walker.co.uk/earth-day-re... @earthdayorg.bsky.social

Earth Day Reads to Empower Young Activists

A list of books for Earth Day, to inspire young readers to protect our planet all year round.

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Breaking: New study using observational constraints projects that the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC will weaken ~50% by 2100, even for medium emissions and without Greenland melting. 🌊 More realistic models means stronger weakening - not entirely unexpected. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

This is terrifying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

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Less than 1 GW of the UK's power coming from fossil fuels Solar and wind delivering > 80%. Time to charge the car!

We (UCL BSEER) came 2nd place in this year's #CBQuiz! Definitely the first thing I'll bring up in my annual appraisal. Thanks as always to @carbonbrief.org for organising - and thanks to @octopus.energy for hosting

Carbon Brief@carbonbrief.org · 5mo ago

And the 🏆 winners 🏆 of the #CBQuiz 2026 are.... CEEW (Council on Energy, Environment and Water) from India Congratulations, and thank you all for playing. You can take a look at the full leaderboard below. See you next year!

Solar, wind and hydro just shy of 80% of power generation right now. I love spring.

A friend is running a citizen engagement process on local/community climate action in London In the interests of balance (while still acknowledging urgent reality of climate change), she's after voices sceptical of local community action - e.g. techno-optimists Suggestions?

ECIU analysis of UK harvest data suggests that extreme weather so far in the 2020s has played a major role in creating a total deficit in wheat production of over seven million tonnes. eciu.net/media/press...

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather…

New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

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Looking for a xmas gift for the kids in your life? Want to give them an empowering message on climate action? My book is about the climate-saving jobs kids can grow up to do - educational, fun and hopeful! www.walker.co.uk/978152950915... #ClimateSky #EnergySky @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Your Planet Needs You! Brilliant Jobs to Protect Your World - Walker Books

Find out about the positive ways we can all help solve the problem of climate change in this innovative illustrated book.Our climate is changing, and sometim...

walker.co.uk

Why do definitions of the ‘green economy’ matter for different outcomes? And how can we measure its impact more accurately? 🌿 Read more in the blog and paper by @ucl.ac.uk's @willmcdowall.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/32yu8peh

Rethinking "green" economic data: Why definitions matter - ESCoE

The report reviews the definitions of ‘green’ economic activity, and recommends ways to improve measurement.

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🌱 What counts as “green” economic activity? And how should we measure it? A new ESCoE paper by @willmcdowall.bsky.social & Janina Fuchs explores how we define and track the green economy, and why getting it right matters. tinyurl.com/32yu8peh #Research #Sustainability

Rethinking "green" economic data: Why definitions matter - ESCoE

The report reviews the definitions of ‘green’ economic activity, and recommends ways to improve measurement.

tinyurl.com

BREAKING: Over 100 U.K. advertising organizations have joined forces to back a nationwide ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship. 💪 #FossilFuelAdsMakeMeSick #GreenSky 🗞️

U.K. Ad Agencies Call For Total Ban On Fossil Fuel Marketing

British ad industry organizations have launched a campaign calling on the government to treat fossil fuels much as it treats tobacco products.

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Delighted to see my own book on this list! "Your planet needs you: brilliant jobs to protect your world" explains solutions to climate change, through the climate-saving jobs that kids can grow up to do. Order your copy now!

Walker Books@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · last yr.

We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July! Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk

My children's book on climate action comes out today, from the brilliant @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social The book introduces kids to the solutions to climate change, through the climate-saving jobs they can grow up to do. Get your copy now! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/your...

#Heatflation is here: the UK's driest spring/early summer is pushing up the cost of food. File under #costsofinaction on #climatechange www.ft.com/content/aeef...

Dry weather pushes up UK food inflation as harvests suffer

Price increases in June hit highest rate in more than a year, according to British Retail Consortium

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Lots of young street trees in London are suffering and dying in these hot/dry conditions. If you live near a young street tree, give it a bucket of water today!

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.

Cycling on a hot and humid day like this, you definitely notice the streets with trees. Planting trees in cities might not be a climate mitigation strategy but it’s definitely an adaptation one.

For the second time in two weeks, my son's school is being closed early because of extreme heat. It was built in 2012. The UK is shockingly under-prepared for climate change.

I'm delighted that my forthcoming children's book on climate change has been profiled by @thebookseller.com The book explains the solutions to climate change, through the jobs that kids can grow up to do. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/9781529...

Genuinely shocked how far and fast the Conservative Party has fallen on climate change. They’re now at the accusing climate scientists of ‘bias’ and considering quitting the Paris Agreement stage of things. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New paper! Should we ban adverts for polluting goods? Our case study shows that banning adverts of a harmful product can induce innovation in a benign alternative doi.org/10.1016/j.ei... @badvertising.bsky.social

Advertising restrictions and sustainability transitions: does banning advertising of harmful products induce innovation in benign alternatives?

Environmental activists increasingly seek to ban advertising of polluting products. Advertising bans (of tobacco and alcohol for example) have been wi…

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It's great to see this in print - I had fun commenting on an earlier draft. Hydrogen will play a very important role in decarbonisation... but we shouldn't expect it to be ubiquitous cure-all

Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 New paper drop Must-read by a stellar group incl. @mliebreich.bsky.social, @iain-staffell.bsky.social H2 isn’t silver bullet it’s made out to be. It has a role—just not everywhere. Best bets: parts of industry, long-haul, storage Not useful: home heating, cars www.nature.com/articles/s44...

I'm *loving* these air quality stripes. Let's hope Saudi Arabia can sort out this horror show before the world cup in 2034. Air quality stripes plot for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: airqualitystripes.info/stripes/?con...

Come and work at the UCL Energy Institute - We're hiring a lecturer in energy and life-cycle sustainability. Please share widely! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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📢🆕Early view❗️ How do cultures of evidence vary across countries & policy domains❔ @willmcdowall.bsky.social focuses on energy policymaking & compares the culture of evidence in #UK #Germany #Netherlands 👇 doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Really pleased to see government supporting #HeatPumps today - scrapping the 1m rule, extending the boiler upgrade scheme, and getting the market-based mechanism going. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Help to save households money and deliver cleaner heat to homes

Up to 300,000 homes to benefit from upgrades next year, as government continues rollout of the Warm Homes Plan.

gov.uk