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1) THE CARBON CYCLE IS NOT A SIMPLE MACHINE 2) NEITHER ARE THE ECOSYSTEMS THAT IT SUPPORTShttps://twitter.com/AlexSteffen/status/1359290932030410754 Yeah, it makes neat economic sense to get rich countries to pay big

Okay first thread, very short. What do we mean by "climate models" in this paper? Not: Energy transition models Economic climate damage models Catastrophe modelsYes: Models that "represent the

My last @climate column looked at negative emissions in companies’ “net zero” pledges. This one looks at the push from big finance & polluting industries to turbo-charge those negative emissions

Thread about my latest for @climate newsletter, which explores how some companies are beginning to rely on aggressive use of "negative emissions" in their declarations of "net zero targets":https://www.bloomberg.com/news

There’s a lot of enthusiasm to view climate change as a security issue. I wrote about why that’s dangerous:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-27/making-climate-a-national-security-issue-downplays-human-cost First, in case i

This fine and nuanced report by @catrineinhorn and @cflav is not a story of innovative finance triumphing in saving nature. It’ll be characterised that way, regardless.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/climate/Mexico-reef-climate-change.

I'm frequently asked how to know whether banks/investors are serious with their "Paris alignment" and "net zero 2050" commitments. I wrote about it way back in late Oct. Yes, some

My latest @climate column is on a topic I've been thinking about for a long time: what does the new fad for commercialised, precision predictions of climate change impacts mean

This sounds like like quite an... aggressive move:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-25/the-government-wants-esg-out-of-pensions?sref=63ZrW3mM I haven't been following closely the battles being waged on what US industry

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