U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/c...
Not great for the IEA’s ability to do the job the vast bulk of its members want done.
A meme. On the dais of the COP31 closing plenary, urgent consultations are underway between the UNFCCC and the Brazilian COP President, do Lago. A smiling, beneficent Quokka has been added to the image. “The Quokka is here to help”, says the text.
OUT NOW: what happened at COP30, what is the deal with the 🇦🇺/🇹🇷 split COP31 Presidency, and what are the issues to push forward this coming year? LMSU cuts out the middleman and goes straight to circus horseman, COP maven-in-chief and Minister Chris Bowen! www.letmesumup.net/its-9058-mil...
UNGA is over and NYCW has drawn to a close. We have a 2035 emissions reduction target and a plans to deliver but we still don't know if we are hosting the 31st UN Climate Conference in 2026. Join us on 'The COP Drop: The latest on Australia’s role and opportunity'
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This episode is behind the paywall but you know what to do: Run, don't walk, to support the LMSU team and become a super-summerupperer.
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The incredible Let Me Sum Up team have summed it up for everyone and then happily continued to bang on about it in this bonus content episode of 'There is Too Much' with me playing the role of token West Australian.
To the rescue - Marian Wilkinson has written a brilliant Quarterly Essay about this exact question titled 'Woodside vs The Planet'.
I often get asked about the outsized influence of the big gas companies in WA. In the context of the approval just last week of the North West Shelf gas project extension, there is not a better time to be examining this relationship.
Avoiding the worst impacts of climate change and putting a marker in the sand for the economy we want to have is the most logical option we have for both prosperity and survival.
Australia's climate risk assessment finds projected disaster costs in even the moderate emissions scenario (+1.5°C) could total an annual cost of $AUD40.3 billion in 2049–50 (median value).
Energy efficiency and electrification of everything, ramping up coverage of current policies, developing new policies to tackle hard-to-abate sectors and non-C02 emissions like methane, support to grow green exports, and clearly signalling the decline of fossil fuel use and exports.
It's readable, sensible, and has five indicators of ambition we should be on the look out for as Australia's sector decarbonisation plans are released this week:
Australia's Climate Risk Assessment is out and making for sobering reading, but so is this excellent piece in @theenergy.co by @frankiemuskovic.bsky.social setting out how Australia's climate goal and plan is a signal about the economy we want Australia to have.
theenergy.co/article/what...
Energetic recommendation from Americium Reeve!
Black dog playing in the ocean
Some blue sky (and a happy doggo) just for you Bluesky.
A little moment away from the complexity and uncertainty so many of us navigate now.
This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
The Year is New, the Pod is Out, the NDA has expired, and it’s time to post the winner of the 2024 Wonkie Award For Best Policy Paper Covered By The Let Me Sum Up Podcast. Three guesses what it is! Well, three candidates:
In @frankiemuskovic.bsky.social we trust.
When @reevealison.bsky.social fact checks, it’s logical, 💥 on point and funny. A thread. Read ALL the way to the end for Idris Elba.. worth it.
Boromir “It is a gift” meme with text “when your special someone asks why an energy paper podcast has appeared in their inbox”
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Hi Ian, the full report was published today. You can find it at www.climateworkscentre.org/resource/lea...
Just amazing.
Would have been good for 6th in the 2024 Olympic final.
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I cannot bring myself to heart this post but safe to say it resonates.
Ergh.
Boo to the Covid. Feel better soon.
Albanese government says Australia on target to reduce emissions – but campaigners say they could do more
Australia is on track to reach the Albanese government’s 43% emissions reduction target by 2030, according to the most recent analysis by the f Climate Change department.
Worth a read: Wesley Morgan on Australia’s bid to host the UN Climate Conference in partnership with our Pacific Island neighbours as a crucial opportunity to strengthen our regional ties and commit to Australia’s future in an increasingly green global economy.
theconversation.com/the-australi...
