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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

tinyurl.com

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ESCoE @escoeorg.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌱 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

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jul 4

I absolutely agree that there are no easy approaches. The solutions in the book all help, but none is a silver bullet.

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jul 3

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 · Jul 3

We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July!

Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jul 3

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...

cover of 'your planet needs you: brilliant jobs to protect your world'

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Walker Books @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social · Jul 3

We're publishing an amazing range of beautiful books in July!

Learn more about all of our July books at www.walker.co.uk

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · Jul 2

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

#FossilFuelAdsMakeMeSick #GreenSky

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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.

www.forbes.com

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jul 1

#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

www.ft.com

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jul 1

They haven't! They've just said they cannot keep the internal temperature low enough to make learning possible.

Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jun 30

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 · Jun 30

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.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 30

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.

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jun 30

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.

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jun 4

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...

James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · May 13

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...

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Apr 25

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…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Apr 24

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 · Apr 22

🚨 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...

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Apr 22

🚨 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...

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Jan 17

We've been through this cycle before with H2, so many times

Hydrogen's 'swiss army knife' character -- doing any job -- makes it uniquely well positioned for hype. Radically different interests can all see their future in hydrogen. It's a hype magnet.

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Dec 22

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...

Air Quality Stripes

airqualitystripes.info

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Dec 11

I agree it's a critical issue - but pls expand on 'government will need to take a view'. It makes sense for heat pumps to be installed by multi-competence teams rather than 'boiler guy', but what are the policy options for reshaping the industry structure? Plenty of room for policy screwups...

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Dec 2

Also: look at how the IEA still likes to publish futures in which the rate of solar PV growth plummets

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 28

Where's the data from James? Could you reply with the link?

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 25

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Policy and Society @policysociety.bsky.social · Nov 22

📢🆕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...

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 21

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.

www.gov.uk

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 20

Check out my new paper - focused on differences in the understanding and use of evidence in energy policy.

What makes evidence credible? Can we separate 'facts' from 'values'? Different evidence cultures appear to deal with these questions in different ways.

doi.org/10.1093/pols...

Exploring cultures of evidence in energy policymaking in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands

Abstract. This paper explores different “cultures of evidence” in energy policymaking in the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands. The urgent energy system tra

doi.org

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 20

Come and work with us at UCL!

We're hiring a new teaching-focused lecturer in innovation & sustainability, to support our new undergrad programme in the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources

Feel free to get in touch to ask about the role.

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).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 7

Delighted that we came 4th in the #CBQuiz - yesterday's most important global news, obvs.

Thanks @carbonbrief.org for hosting!

Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Nov 7

And the 🏆winners🏆 of the #CBQuiz 2024 are....

Call Me Mabey (@e3g.bsky.social)!

Congratulations, and thank you all for playing. You can take a look at the full leaderboard below.

See you next year!

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Nov 7

And the 🏆winners🏆 of the #CBQuiz 2024 are....

Call Me Mabey (@e3g.bsky.social)!

Congratulations, and thank you all for playing. You can take a look at the full leaderboard below.

See you next year!

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Will McDowall @willmcdowall.bsky.social · Nov 7

Interested in doing a PhD in energy/environment research at UCL's Institute for Sustainable Resources?

Check out the UBEL doctoral training partnership. ubel-dtp.ac.uk/esrc-student...

You need to find a supervisor and an outline project, and submit an outline application by December 2nd.

ESRC Studentships Main Competition - UBEL DTP

ESRC Studentships Main Competition The UBEL DTP’s fully funded ESRC studentships cover full payment of tuition fees per year and an annual maintenance stipend. What’s on offer UBEL DTP studentships co...

ubel-dtp.ac.uk

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