Zsolt Lengyel
@climatius.bsky.social
Real-Zer(r)o - climate action dinosaur with a fresh-mind & multiple hats: Institute for European Energy & Climate Policy (IEECP) * Verico SCE * Nordur Power Grid Association * Green Value Chain Investments LLC
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Zsolt Lengyel
@climatius.bsky.social
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A must-read, stark warning from @michaelemann.bsky.social
& Peter Hotez on a "A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" :
"Anti-science is now a lethal force that threatens human civilization. We can no longer fight climate change and pandemics unless 🧵
& Peter Hotez on a "A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science" :
"Anti-science is now a lethal force that threatens human civilization. We can no longer fight climate change and pandemics unless 🧵
if anyone still believed that climate diplomacy is a smooth, orderly ritual, #COP30 delivered a sharp reality check.The final plenary was suspended because one delegation - a courageous and razor-sharp Colombian negotiator -refused to let the “Truth COP” end with a procedural sweep-under-the-carpet
November 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
if anyone still believed that climate diplomacy is a smooth, orderly ritual, #COP30 delivered a sharp reality check.The final plenary was suspended because one delegation - a courageous and razor-sharp Colombian negotiator -refused to let the “Truth COP” end with a procedural sweep-under-the-carpet
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In 2024, renewable energy accounted for over 90% of global power capacity expansion. That is because it makes economic sense. IRENA_DAT_RE_Capacity_Highlights_2025-1.pdf
November 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In 2024, renewable energy accounted for over 90% of global power capacity expansion. That is because it makes economic sense. IRENA_DAT_RE_Capacity_Highlights_2025-1.pdf
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The same for journalists. If a politician or business leader spits out 1.5C or net zero, ask them how fast emissions need to drop to reach net zero in 2050, and how fast they are dropping today. Point out the contradiction. Make them explain it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The same for journalists. If a politician or business leader spits out 1.5C or net zero, ask them how fast emissions need to drop to reach net zero in 2050, and how fast they are dropping today. Point out the contradiction. Make them explain it.
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And just to be complete, in case you need verified NOAA data, yes, as of October, 2025, it's official, a new record was set for the 36-month mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth:
Feb., 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct., 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
Winning!
Feb., 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct., 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
Winning!
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 AM
And just to be complete, in case you need verified NOAA data, yes, as of October, 2025, it's official, a new record was set for the 36-month mean rate of atmospheric CO2 growth:
Feb., 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct., 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
Winning!
Feb., 2019: 7.826 ppm per 36 months.
Oct., 2025: 7.874 ppm per 36 months.
Winning!
A message to #COP30 negotiators as 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟔-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐎𝟐 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 - while you negotiate at #COP30 Brazil, the atmosphere has delivered an unambiguous verdict: a new record for the fastest 36-month rate of CO2 growth ever measured in the last 66 years.
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
🇷🇺🤖 Russia proudly unveiled its first AI humanoid robot this week and within seconds, it collapsed on stage. You couldn’t script a better metaphor if you tried. It was perfectly Putin-esque: rigid posture, inflated self-importance, and then --- boom --- straight to the floor.
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🇷🇺🤖 Russia proudly unveiled its first AI humanoid robot this week and within seconds, it collapsed on stage. You couldn’t script a better metaphor if you tried. It was perfectly Putin-esque: rigid posture, inflated self-importance, and then --- boom --- straight to the floor.
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This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
World Energy Outlook 2025
YouTube video by International Energy Agency
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is going to be a big old thread where I dump thoughts, reactions, charts etc from the @iea.org World Energy Outlook 2025 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlkP...
www.iea.org/commentaries...
𝐔𝐍 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? I read the Financial Times’ latest take - “𝐔𝐍 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝” - on Article 6 with equal parts disbelief and déjà vu. It somehow manages to misdiagnose nearly every root cause of the mechanism’s slow rollout
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
𝐔𝐍 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 - 𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? I read the Financial Times’ latest take - “𝐔𝐍 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝” - on Article 6 with equal parts disbelief and déjà vu. It somehow manages to misdiagnose nearly every root cause of the mechanism’s slow rollout
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Join us tomorrow to discuss whether the EU can LEGALLY adopt Omnibuses as the privileged legislative technique to pursue its 'simplification agenda'.
Date: Wednesday, 12 November
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Online webinar, Zoom
Register thegoodlobby.eu/is-omnibus-i... #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
Date: Wednesday, 12 November
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Online webinar, Zoom
Register thegoodlobby.eu/is-omnibus-i... #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Join us tomorrow to discuss whether the EU can LEGALLY adopt Omnibuses as the privileged legislative technique to pursue its 'simplification agenda'.
Date: Wednesday, 12 November
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Online webinar, Zoom
Register thegoodlobby.eu/is-omnibus-i... #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
Date: Wednesday, 12 November
Time: 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Online webinar, Zoom
Register thegoodlobby.eu/is-omnibus-i... #Omnibus #CSRD #CSDDD
🌍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: look closer 👀 of the European Union’s proposed* 2040 climate target of −90% net (vs. 1990 levels) . You will find that its treatment of land-based carbon sinks is deeply troubling.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🌍 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: look closer 👀 of the European Union’s proposed* 2040 climate target of −90% net (vs. 1990 levels) . You will find that its treatment of land-based carbon sinks is deeply troubling.
As climate-change-supercharged #HurricaneMelissa slams into Jamaica, Bill Gates publishes a controversial essay & immediately sparks debate.
“There is no greater threat to developing nations than the climate crisis,” said @michaelemann.bsky.social
“He’s got this all backwards.” When billionaires
“There is no greater threat to developing nations than the climate crisis,” said @michaelemann.bsky.social
“He’s got this all backwards.” When billionaires
October 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
As climate-change-supercharged #HurricaneMelissa slams into Jamaica, Bill Gates publishes a controversial essay & immediately sparks debate.
“There is no greater threat to developing nations than the climate crisis,” said @michaelemann.bsky.social
“He’s got this all backwards.” When billionaires
“There is no greater threat to developing nations than the climate crisis,” said @michaelemann.bsky.social
“He’s got this all backwards.” When billionaires
So this is what passes for ‘innovation’ now: 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝. When data centres can’t get grid access for years, instead of fixing the infrastructure or accelerating renewables, we strap Boeing 747 engines to concrete pads and call it progress.
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
So this is what passes for ‘innovation’ now: 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝. When data centres can’t get grid access for years, instead of fixing the infrastructure or accelerating renewables, we strap Boeing 747 engines to concrete pads and call it progress.
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Congrats to @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and colleagues for this important new paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature
Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.
www.nature.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congrats to @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and colleagues for this important new paper
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
August 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
Our paper on that is out today.🧵
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📢 Save the Date! 🗓️ We are glad to present: "Please Look Up: What does our energy & climate future look like?" 🌍💡
Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!
Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...
Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!
Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...
July 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
📢 Save the Date! 🗓️ We are glad to present: "Please Look Up: What does our energy & climate future look like?" 🌍💡
Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!
Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...
Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!
Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...
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Do you believe that the EU-US Energy Agreement can lower costs to consumers? In our IEECP article @ieecp.bsky.social we argue that if the same amounts would be spent on #EnergyEfficiency for consumers, the #LNG agreement would not be a cost-efficient solution. diplomacy.berlin/efficiency-f...
August 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Do you believe that the EU-US Energy Agreement can lower costs to consumers? In our IEECP article @ieecp.bsky.social we argue that if the same amounts would be spent on #EnergyEfficiency for consumers, the #LNG agreement would not be a cost-efficient solution. diplomacy.berlin/efficiency-f...
Farewell, @alkaliearth.bsky.social - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). It’s a gut punch to the engineered CDR field and a bright red warning sign for what happens when real science collides with broken business models and a policy vacuum. www.linkedin.com/posts/zsolt-...
Farewell, Alkali Earth - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). | Zsolt Lengyel
Farewell, Alkali Earth - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). The quiet shutdown of Alkali Earth (co-founded by geoscientists Sean McCauley & Daniel Maxbauer) isn’t just another ...
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August 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Farewell, @alkaliearth.bsky.social - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). It’s a gut punch to the engineered CDR field and a bright red warning sign for what happens when real science collides with broken business models and a policy vacuum. www.linkedin.com/posts/zsolt-...
In our Newsletter we highlight 15 thought-provoking LinkedIn posts offering insights into the evolving climate conversation - from law to lending, from biodiversity credits to fashion supply chains. The themes? Legal clarity, fiscal realism, financial reform, and moral urgency.
* lnkd.in/eC5DmkCb
* lnkd.in/eC5DmkCb
Great LinkedIn Posts (and References)
In this issue, we highlight 15 thought-provoking LinkedIn posts offering insights into the evolving climate conversation—from law to lending, from biodiversity credits to fashion supply chains. The th...
lnkd.in
August 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In our Newsletter we highlight 15 thought-provoking LinkedIn posts offering insights into the evolving climate conversation - from law to lending, from biodiversity credits to fashion supply chains. The themes? Legal clarity, fiscal realism, financial reform, and moral urgency.
* lnkd.in/eC5DmkCb
* lnkd.in/eC5DmkCb
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Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Climate #Food #Agriculture #USDA #Farms #Seaweed
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Climate #Food #Agriculture #USDA #Farms #Seaweed
Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
grist.org
July 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Climate #Food #Agriculture #USDA #Farms #Seaweed
A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Climate #Food #Agriculture #USDA #Farms #Seaweed
Listen to @michaelemann.bsky.social on EPA’s attempt to revoking the very foundation of U.S. climate policy, the CO2 endangerment finding: “Reaching this absurd point at which they are literally trying to deny that human caused climate change uh represents a danger when we can all see
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Listen to @michaelemann.bsky.social on EPA’s attempt to revoking the very foundation of U.S. climate policy, the CO2 endangerment finding: “Reaching this absurd point at which they are literally trying to deny that human caused climate change uh represents a danger when we can all see
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RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH.
These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.
How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.
How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
July 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
RFK Jr. just fired thousands of federal workers at crucial health agencies, including the FDA, CDC, and NIH.
These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.
How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
These are the people who inspect our food, track infectious diseases, and research life-saving treatments and cures.
How is this "Making America Healthy Again"?
Our latest 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 dives into the unmistakable reality of climate change - Earth’s energy imbalance doubling, Arctic ice on the brink, and regional warming outpacing predictions. We’re talking systemic risks, policy gridlock, & an insurance industry sounding the alarm🧵
July 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Our latest 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 dives into the unmistakable reality of climate change - Earth’s energy imbalance doubling, Arctic ice on the brink, and regional warming outpacing predictions. We’re talking systemic risks, policy gridlock, & an insurance industry sounding the alarm🧵
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Electro-thermal energy storage could unlock huge potential for industrial electrification. It combines electrified heat with storage for flexible, continuous heat supply, cutting costs and boosting system services.
Check out this @regassistproj.bsky.social report. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Check out this @regassistproj.bsky.social report. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Flexing industrial muscle: Electrifying process heat with electro-thermal energy storage
European industry is a very large user of heat: around 1,900 TWh each year for a range of low- to high-temperature processes. Electrification of this RAP analyses the opportunities and benefits associ...
www.raponline.org
July 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Electro-thermal energy storage could unlock huge potential for industrial electrification. It combines electrified heat with storage for flexible, continuous heat supply, cutting costs and boosting system services.
Check out this @regassistproj.bsky.social report. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
Check out this @regassistproj.bsky.social report. www.raponline.org/knowledge-ce...
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A reforestation project that integrated local communities and their ecological knowledge in Nepal is showing the fruits of success, almost one decade since the completion of the project.
Nepal sees positive outcome from reforestation project using local knowledge
KATHMANDU — A decade ago, people from Salija village in western Nepal traveled several hours into the uphill forests to gather firewood and feed for their livestock, Shakhamani Khorja recalls.…
news.mongabay.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A reforestation project that integrated local communities and their ecological knowledge in Nepal is showing the fruits of success, almost one decade since the completion of the project.