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UK Special Representative on Climate. Professor of Practice in Climate Policy @BlavatnikSchool . Snr Ind Director @PIDGorg . Advisor QCF.
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@TEDTalks
and me on sustainable cooling -
@CleanCoolCollab
@SEforALLorg
@IEA
@Ashden_org
@AmericanForests
@ArshtRock
@Toby_Peters_
@UNEP
@IGSD_DC
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India just cancelled 14 huge coal-fired power stations as solar energy prices hit record low
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Applause for
@GretaThunberg
and a lot of awkward shifting of positions and discomfort. Air left the room. Truth hurts. Accountability is tough. Her unwavering focus and blistering anger burns. A moment that must tilt action on its axis.
#ClimateActionSummit2019
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A new exciting chapter opened for me today. I am looking forward to making my contribution in a different way - working with the faculty and staff of Fletcher and the broader Tufts community - to keep shaping the next generations...
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This absolutely made my day. Hurrah
@climatemorgan
. Greenpeace boss Morgan to become Germany's new climate envoy
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Trying not to spoil
@nytimes
crossword but “clean coal” is not a greener energy source. Clue could have been “expensive and futile delay to just transition”. I am sure there are other suggestions out there.
@LFFriedman
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Honoured to be appointed CMG in
#NewYearHonours
. I stand on shoulders of many. Glad work on climate change leaving no one behind is recognized. We have decade to ensure clean, affordable, reliable energy for all and we can.
#SDGs
@UN
@UKUN_NewYork
@SEforALLorg
@FletcherSchool
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Not erased. Ignored. Four countries putting fingers in their ears and going “lalalalala”. Young people won’t forgive us. We have to move forward gathering pace while UN process corrects. Climate science on 1.5C erased at UN talks as US and Saudis step in
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Having followed
#COP24
so far from a distance I think leaders and negotiators don’t understand the tectonic plates beneath them have shifted. Listen carefully to the clarity of thought and purity of message of
@ExtinctionR
@sunrisemvmt
@GretaThunberg
, and students in Oz.
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.
@IPCC_CH
is final. We await its release. Now is a moment to thank those that pushed for 1.5 in Paris and those that pushed for this report and got it agreed. They had the sense of urgency and moral clarity - the lives that would hang in the balance between 2 and 1.5. RESPECT.
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I am very excited about working with
@CarlosAlvQ
. Leadership matters and small states can make big states do things - we will examine how and how to support them -
#ClimateAction
#plasticpollution
#NatureBasedSolutions
#Peace
#Diplomacy
The Fletcher School welcomes Carlos Alvarado Quesada, 48th President of Costa Rica, to our faculty.
An innovative leader on decarbonization and conservation,
@CarlosAlvQ
joins as Professor of Practice with a focus on small states diplomacy.
More here:
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@TheEconomist
puts its finger on it. Big Oil has a do-or-die decade ahead because of climate change | Business | The Economist
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Reflecting on the
#LeadersClimateSummit
- it was all momentum building which is good even if not yet enough. But then
@ScottMorrisonMP
came empty-handed. Why? 🇦🇺will do well with renewables. As for dodgy carbon accounting. It’s like ball tampering. No team ever trusts you again.
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#NationalComingOutDay
Still coming out every day. And proud to do so as part of the
#LGBTQ
+ community
@FletcherSchool
@TuftsUniversity
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Exactly this👇from
@FT
Editorial in today's FT on new IPCC report:
"The science of climate change is now well understood, as are the technical solutions. The larger problem is politics..."
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What a loss. We first met in Dhaka in 1993 and then and now he was unwavering in his pursuit of justice. Tagore said “You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” Saleem, quietly determined, drove the whole world forward. What a life. আমার গভীর সহানুভূতি
It is with heavy hearts that we inform you about the passing away of our director, Prof. Saleemul Huq, on 29 October, 2023.
His unmatched legacy will remain as a shining example for years and generations to come.
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UK renewables prove a shining success during pandemic
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Working breakfast of
@TuftsUniversity
delegation to
#COP26
-
@TuftsNutrition
@FletcherSchool
#Glasgow
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Germany to back EU-wide net zero emissions target
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I am pleased to join
@globalsubsidies
campaign ahead of
#ClimateAction
Summit w/
@antonioguterres
@jacindaardern
@AOC
@LeoDiCaprio
to say
#StopFossilSubsidies
The world is facing a
#ClimateEmergency
, yet we spend $526 billion a year to support
#FossilFuels
.
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Big day at
#COP26
- welcome 🇺🇸🇨🇳pact shouldn’t cement under ambition in final text. No backsliding on fossil fuel focus. 🇺🇸 has much further to go on finance - package must be stronger with signal to IFIs that they need to shift gears. Also a good day for the 🇪🇺to make a showing.
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Climate Madness: Saudi Arabia pledges net zero by 2060 while excluding its world-leading oil & gas exports from the emissions measured - and making no mention of reducing investment in oil and gas
Just about sums up the “net zero” twilight zone
#COP26
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Fair price for a mangrove.
#ClimateAction
Elon Musk is offering a $100 million prize for the best technology to scrub carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Capturing carbon emissions is becoming a critical part of many plans to keep climate change in check
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.
@UNFCCC
is complex and in this world of fake news ever grateful to those who work so hard (well into overtime) to get it right
#COP24
@climatemegan
@SoilaSays
@MaKaOro
@urmigoswami
@lesliehook
@paola_tamma
@JustinWorland
@tianran
@lauriegoering
@Chemnipot
@Madeleine_BG
#SDG7
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It’s a make or break decade. We have leadership, dedication, wisdom and vision all around. We must get behind it, invest in and vote for it when we see it. We must stare down shortsightedness, nimbyism, exclusion, xenophobia and hate whenever we see it. Be kind. See you in 2020s.
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Haven’t had a moment to reflect as some
@FletcherSchool
students head home and we move online. But the heavy drizzle and grey sky today seems to sum it up. Together we can help flatten the curve, take care of each other and get through this. Resilience - it’s what we train for.
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On my way to Abu Dhabi for the World Emergy Congress to
#WEC2019
to reinforce the message of the
@UN
SG
@antonioguterres
- the energy transition is essential to inclusion and our response to the climate emergency. We need greater ambition to meet
#SDG7
and a 1.5 degree world.
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My message at
#seforallforum
Sustainable energy provides answers to our global challenges. Can we afford not to act?
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NEW
@SEforALLorg
Energizing Finance report is out and shows
#SDG7finance
remains off track to meet
#SDG7
by 2030. To ensure we leave no one behind in a clean, affordable & sustainable energy transition, we must rapidly increase investment in energy access:
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Thinking of and thanking everyone working so hard at
#COP25
trying to breathe life and urgency into a process weighed down by what the
@antonioguterres
has referred to as insipid political leadership in too many countries.
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The EU could go cold turkey on Russian gas, speeding up investments it will have to make anyway, writes columnist
@GernotWagner
via
@business
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Proud to work for
@antonioguterres
Leading countries blocked from speaking at UN climate summit
#ClimateActionSummit
#ClimateAction
#SDGs
#LeaveNoOneBehind
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Putting emphasis on the “invest” in Divest/Invest. Low rates provide a historic opportunity to tackle climate change
#Climate
#EnergyTransition
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Needed this.
Former Pres. Barack Obama at Elijah Cummings' funeral: "I tell my daughters...being a strong man includes being kind. That there's nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There's nothing weak about looking out for others."
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@TIME
got it right this year. She is courageous and unblinking - her blunt words and simple ask surfaces our shame and makes us uncomfortable. And so it should. Great piece by
@JustinWorland
et al. Respect
@GretaThunberg
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In a paradox worthy of Kafka, ConocoPhillips plans to install “chillers” into the permafrost ... to keep it solid enough to support the equipment to drill for oil, the burning of which will continue to worsen ice melt.
@LFFriedman
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Good. Tackling climate crisis is what we should be doing, says new IMF boss
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Important election in Australia next year - Australians need a hand break turn as every Australian in Glasgow not on the delegation noted.
@MrKRudd
@TurnbullMalcolm
@NatIsaacs
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An honor to moderate COP28
#Methane
Pledge Ministerial. Methane is global heating’s blowtorch Countries must act on their pledges and with technology we will be able to name and shame those that don’t.
@ClimateEnvoy
@MarosSefcovic
@andersen_inger
@s_guilbeault
@CCACoalition
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Final stages of planning for
#SEforALLForum
May 2-3, Lisbon. Really excited to see many hundreds of participants focused on what it takes to make
#SDG7
a reality in people's lives and such a strong program of speakers who are making a difference and sharing their how-to.
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We [the G20] are increasingly disconnected from the rest of the world … scientists remind us of our duty in matters of climate change...our youth every week remind us of our duty, while we at the G20 discuss whether we can still cite the Paris agreement.
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Touch points between climate risk and pandemic risk have become clearer. How can we learn from this extraordinary time for future risk events and ensure in our recovery from the health and economic shocks we come back with a fairer and greener/cleaner economy - a few thoughts 1/1
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Deeply saddened to lose Mario Molina. What an impact one man can have - from
#MontrealProtocol
to
#KigaliAmendment
he gave us the tools to protect our world. May his memory be a blessing - his life’s work was.
@ozonaction
@CCACoalition
@UNEP
@UNFCCC
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I am delighted to hand the baton of realizing
#SDG7
to the wonderful
@DamilolaSDG7
There is no one better to shine a light on the critical path to success and the transformative effect of access to reliable, affordable and clean energy
#SDGs
@SEforALLorg
@antonioguterres
I'm very proud to announce I have been appointed the new
@SEforALLorg
CEO and Special Representative of the
@UN
SG for Sustainable Energy for All.
As the world faces ongoing development challenges, it's a true honor to join SEforALL & lead
#SDG7
efforts:
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The E-ferry has been designed with integrated battery + transmission systems, offering increased efficiency
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In
@Nature
today
@CFigueres
, 100+ others and me call for more ambition from national leaders on
#ParisAgreement
, including delivery of fossil fuel exit plans. It’s necessary & achievable:
#SDG7
#ClimateAction
#COP24
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A good piece on today’s big news. China Beat the U.S. to a Carbon Neutrality Pledge
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I was always taught “follow the money”. Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns | The New Yorker
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At
@FletcherSchool
we promote gender and intersectional research where student research alongside faculty. This essential read on
#Tigray
is one example of how a gender lens has to be the basis for action and change.
@WorldPeaceFdtn
@fletchergender
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So looking at the photo someone has decided that a very large piece of knowledge isn’t needed? That’s part of the problem. As Bella Abzug used to say - men have had 2,000 years to get it right maybe time to let some women have a go as well.
@GCF_News
Executive Director a.i.
@_Javier_Manza
at the opening of the Global Knowledge Exchange and Development Centre (GKEDC): "The centre will help developing countries learn from the Korean examples of rapid development".
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Good to see strong women as leading candidates for one of the more important and challenging jobs of these times. And delighted to see EU support for
@NOIweala
- broad based experience and no shortage of the toughs needed for the top trade job.
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Alwsys an honour to brief
@antonioguterres
and plot the way forward. Fresh back from his trip to the Pacific the focus was on urgent political mobilization in the run up to the
#ClimateActionSummit
. To start - end coal investment, fossil fuel subsidies + tax pollution not people.
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Wow! Great to be included on
@apoliticalco
’s World’s 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019 alongside treasured colleagues and powerful leaders from around the world. Here’s the list:
#100ClimateLeaders
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@Agent350
@JeffBezos
And adopt best in class targets for energy efficiency and emissions reduction all the way through scope 3 of his supply chain.
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I am pleased to welcome
@AmyJaffeenergy
to
@FletcherSchool
to head up our Climate Policy Lab. As we
#BuildBackBetter
recovery has to spur a clean energy transition and work for the planet and everyone
#SDGs
#ClimateChange
#ClimateAction
#EnergyTransition
We are pleased to welcome
@AmyJaffeenergy
to The Fletcher School as Research Professor and our new Managing Director of the Climate Policy Lab!
Learn more about Professor Myers Jaffe:
#climatechange
#climatepolicy
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Don’t mess with Mary! Mary Robinson on climate change: ‘Feeling “This is too big for me” is no use to anybody’
@MRFCJ
@TheElders
#DontMessWithMary
#ClimateAction
#LeaveNoOneBehind
#SDGs
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Kudos to
@Minette_Batters
on
@BBCRadio4
#AnyQuestions
- most comprehensive analysis of food, fuel and finance crises compounding around the world I’ve heard. But with only 1/2 an energy strategy, no food strategy and devt strategy in flux
#UK
will need to do more home and away.
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A few years ago
#hydrogen
discussion at
#WEF19
was a discreet affair in a small room. That’s all changed now with global focus on hard to abate industrial use, heavy transportation and more. And ICYMI
#SDG7
@ETC_energy
@SEforALLorg
@HydrogenCouncil
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1. Could be longest thread ever
@LaurenceTubiana
@PEspinosaC
@climatemorgan
@AchalaC
@cathmckenna
@farhanaclimate
@camillaborn
@HelenClarkNZ
@Solar_Sister
@kellyrigg
@bbuchner13
@mahuaacharya
@katehamptongray
@ChristineMilne
@CFigueres
@KGeorgieva
@PollyBillington
@HMountford4
Two questions for y'all:
1. Who are the most badass women you know working on (any aspect of) climate?
2. Who are the most badass women you WISH were working on climate?
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From the moment she declared ‘Canada’s back’ in the run up to
#ParisAgreement
@cathmckenna
has been a fierce advocate for
#ClimateAction
. Can’t wait to see how she continues to fight in her next chapter
@PastCoal
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Game on. Total government approach to climate diplomacy. And as they say, a week is a long time in (climate) politics.
#ClimateEmergency
@COP26
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Getting a strong methane agreement at
#COP28
is essential - accountability not just pledges. For
@COP28_UAE
and all COP presidencies it’s alway easier to strong arm others when you do as you say.
@MethaneData
@CCACoalition
@IGSD_DC
@WBG_Energy
@Gmethanehub
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In an up and down week for climate politics this is an up. France sets 2050 carbon-neutral target with new law | Article [AMP] | Reuters
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The
#SEforALLforum
team is looking forward to welcoming you all to Lisbon on May 2-3, 2018. Working to ensure we leave no one behind as we push to reach
#SDG7
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Really pleased to see
@AdilNajam
named as next president of
@WWF
. Nature has a tireless advocate on its side.
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The preponderance of evidence means we should shift to an emergency footing. The
#ClimateActionSummit
called by
@UN
SG must move governments to act more boldly and more quickly. Climate and economic risks 'threaten 2008-style systemic collapse'
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.
@cathmckenna
thank you for being the smart, brave, collaborative climate advocate that Canada and the world needs.
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This reveals something of the
@JanetYellen
approach to the economy in this winter of our discontent. Sensible. Pragmatic. Comprehensive. Resilient to climate risk.
everyone is talking about Michelle Obama but turns out my fashion icon is Janet Yellen
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And ICYMI the future arrived in the US in April. America's renewable energy set to surpass coal for the first month ever - CNN
@IRENA
#SDG7
@MikeBloomberg
#renewables
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Another significant step for the insurance industry with ramifications for the financial sector, coal companies and coal assets, and more widely across the economy. Lloyd's of London to divest from coal over climate change
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Best conversation with young researchers in the women in sustainability group at
@CEEWIndia
also with
@teriin
@CPR_India
and more. Great to see so many men too. So much responsibility on their shoulders as
@IPCC_CH
#WGIII
report comes out.
#climate
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It’s been a tough day today. But tomorrow I will still be european. My values will be those we share. And we will find ways to work together for peace, prosperity and the planet.
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"Gas will be a repeat of coal, but quicker"
@CarbonBubble
. Important given how many are trying to sell a gas bridge to Africa even for those with no gas infrastructure. Rather we see a commensurate plan for investment in green infra from
@EU
@POTUS
@COP26
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Nothing new under the sun but
@martinwolf_
as ever is precise and eloquent - a 20-30 year concerted effort using every policy tool available is not beyond us - the need for political leadership looms large
@FT
is one way forward on climate change
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US and Canada acting together. Obama invokes 1953 law to indefinitely block drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans
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That’s what petrostate pressure and the gas lobby gets you at
#COP27
. 🇪🇺perceived as hypocritical, and 🇺🇸 gas expansion at pace. 🇪🇬 got its large energy investment deal early on, but was unable to build on Indian language on phasing down all fossil fuel despite wide support.
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Vale EO Wilson. Vale Tom Lovejoy. Nature has lost two great intermediaries.
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Happy 80th birthday to Gro Harlem Brundtland. It was her work on the
#WCED
that got me started on the work of sustainable development listening and watching her work in the run-up to
#UNCED
in
#Rio
. Thank you Gro and here’s to the young ones taking over
#OurCommonFuture
#SDGs
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The net effect of the energy transition (underway) is that decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization will lead to the democratization of energy systems and the leadership challenge will be to embrace that.
#WEF18
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