Erik De Leye
@erikdleye.bsky.social
Born 320ppm. Trying to cycle, walk or use public transport as much as I can. A bicycle takes roughly 1m2, a car 7m2 and a SUV 10m2.
Global warming is more dangerous with every ppm added. Former spokesperson of the Belgian power transmission grid operator.
Global warming is more dangerous with every ppm added. Former spokesperson of the Belgian power transmission grid operator.
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Erik De Leye
@erikdleye.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Graph from the Planetary Health Check 2024, published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. A very good illustration of the mess we got ourselves into.
What to add to this sobering warning? Some flashing red lights, maybe? on.ft.com/4a0AGV4
Amazon climate scientist Carlos Nobre: ‘This is an enormous risk for the entire world’
The Brazilian academic believes that the tipping point he has warned of for decades is ‘much closer’ — but he retains his optimism about the next generation
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November 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What to add to this sobering warning? Some flashing red lights, maybe? on.ft.com/4a0AGV4
It’s almost three times worse … do you really, really have to take that flight?
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It’s almost three times worse … do you really, really have to take that flight?
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
www.newscientist.com/article/2502...
Biodiversity and global warming problems are tightly entwined; so much so that it is odd the UN holds two separate summits each year to discuss them.
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Green activists need to think beyond carbon emissions
The economic imperative of climate resilience means adaptation must be considered as well as mitigation
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October 31, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Biodiversity and global warming problems are tightly entwined; so much so that it is odd the UN holds two separate summits each year to discuss them.
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Zeer lezenswaardige opinie: “De kans is dus groot dat onze economische groei voortaan systematisch zal worden opgesoupeerd door de negatieve klimaateffecten.”
www.standaard.be/opinies/hoe-...
www.standaard.be/opinies/hoe-...
Hoe meer groei, hoe meer klimaatproblemen: we zijn onze eigen lintworm aan het vetmesten
Weigeren de samenhang van maatregelen en hun effecten onder ogen te zien, is niet alleen de snelste, maar ook de kortste weg naar verbittering, schrijft Kris Peeters.
www.standaard.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Zeer lezenswaardige opinie: “De kans is dus groot dat onze economische groei voortaan systematisch zal worden opgesoupeerd door de negatieve klimaateffecten.”
www.standaard.be/opinies/hoe-...
www.standaard.be/opinies/hoe-...
Over 7 out of 10 businesses in the real economy of the euro area are CRITICALLY dependent on ecosystem services, while 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries have already been breached. That means your business is highly likely far more vulnerable than you think. see: EEA's Europe's environment 2025 report
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Over 7 out of 10 businesses in the real economy of the euro area are CRITICALLY dependent on ecosystem services, while 6 of the 9 planetary boundaries have already been breached. That means your business is highly likely far more vulnerable than you think. see: EEA's Europe's environment 2025 report
How surprising … www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Russian-funded fake news network aims to disrupt European election - BBC investigation
An undercover reporter discovers a network is offering to pay for social media posts undermining Moldova’s ruling party.
www.bbc.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
How surprising … www.bbc.com/news/article...
As the extinction of plants and animals accelerates, our dependence on nature is deepening. A PwC analysis found that over half of global GDP — an estimated $58tn — is moderately or highly reliant on nature, up more than 30 per cent since the World Economic Forum’s 2020 estimate. on.ft.com/4nskkYZ
Our answers to climate change are damaging nature
As the extinction of plants and animals accelerates, our dependence on the natural world is deepening
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September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As the extinction of plants and animals accelerates, our dependence on nature is deepening. A PwC analysis found that over half of global GDP — an estimated $58tn — is moderately or highly reliant on nature, up more than 30 per cent since the World Economic Forum’s 2020 estimate. on.ft.com/4nskkYZ
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10 miljoen auto's in Nederland!
⚠️ Dat is 1,25 × oppervlakte @degemeenteutrecht.bsky.social(alleen parkeerruimte)
⚠️ Dat is 8 x de gemeente Utrecht (ook weginfrastrucuur)
⚠️ 50% van de publieke ruimte in een stad gaat nu naar de auto
⚠️ 25% Nederlandse huishoudens heeft geen auto
⚠️ Dat is 1,25 × oppervlakte @degemeenteutrecht.bsky.social(alleen parkeerruimte)
⚠️ Dat is 8 x de gemeente Utrecht (ook weginfrastrucuur)
⚠️ 50% van de publieke ruimte in een stad gaat nu naar de auto
⚠️ 25% Nederlandse huishoudens heeft geen auto
August 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
10 miljoen auto's in Nederland!
⚠️ Dat is 1,25 × oppervlakte @degemeenteutrecht.bsky.social(alleen parkeerruimte)
⚠️ Dat is 8 x de gemeente Utrecht (ook weginfrastrucuur)
⚠️ 50% van de publieke ruimte in een stad gaat nu naar de auto
⚠️ 25% Nederlandse huishoudens heeft geen auto
⚠️ Dat is 1,25 × oppervlakte @degemeenteutrecht.bsky.social(alleen parkeerruimte)
⚠️ Dat is 8 x de gemeente Utrecht (ook weginfrastrucuur)
⚠️ 50% van de publieke ruimte in een stad gaat nu naar de auto
⚠️ 25% Nederlandse huishoudens heeft geen auto
Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks
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on.ft.com/4fmgJJ1
Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks
Experts say materials are harmful ‘at every stage’ of human life, as diplomats hold talks on global treaty
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August 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Plastics a ‘grave’ danger to health, scientists warn before UN talks
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Definitely bad news for all creatures great and small on this planet: www.newscientist.com/article/2485...
Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought
Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions than some researchers had hoped, meaning the world will have to up its decarbonisation efforts
www.newscientist.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Definitely bad news for all creatures great and small on this planet: www.newscientist.com/article/2485...
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🚲 Top 3 for Thu 19-06-2025 at 22h 🚲
🥇 Rue de la Loi 130 + 145 - 9763 bikes passed today
🥈 Avenue des Arts 26 - 7625 bikes passed today
🥉 Quai des Charbonnages 8 - 6877 bikes passed today
Total: 59275 🚲
🥇 Rue de la Loi 130 + 145 - 9763 bikes passed today
🥈 Avenue des Arts 26 - 7625 bikes passed today
🥉 Quai des Charbonnages 8 - 6877 bikes passed today
Total: 59275 🚲
June 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🚲 Top 3 for Thu 19-06-2025 at 22h 🚲
🥇 Rue de la Loi 130 + 145 - 9763 bikes passed today
🥈 Avenue des Arts 26 - 7625 bikes passed today
🥉 Quai des Charbonnages 8 - 6877 bikes passed today
Total: 59275 🚲
🥇 Rue de la Loi 130 + 145 - 9763 bikes passed today
🥈 Avenue des Arts 26 - 7625 bikes passed today
🥉 Quai des Charbonnages 8 - 6877 bikes passed today
Total: 59275 🚲
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The latest advice from the independent @esabcc.bsky.social is clear: a competitive, resilient, secure and sustainable Europe depends on ambitious climate policies.
That means both cutting emissions and adapting to our already changing climate.
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climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/staying...
That means both cutting emissions and adapting to our already changing climate.
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climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/staying...
Staying the course on climate action essential to EU security and competitiveness
climate-advisory-board.europa.eu
June 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The latest advice from the independent @esabcc.bsky.social is clear: a competitive, resilient, secure and sustainable Europe depends on ambitious climate policies.
That means both cutting emissions and adapting to our already changing climate.
👇
climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/staying...
That means both cutting emissions and adapting to our already changing climate.
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climate-advisory-board.europa.eu/news/staying...
If this is not an overwhelming wake-up call, I guess we'll continue to sleep forever.
Scientists expect a range of knock-on effects (...) including a fall in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. That's over 2 billion people!
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Scientists expect a range of knock-on effects (...) including a fall in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. That's over 2 billion people!
on.ft.com/3STKczF
Global temperature rise to reach near 2C in next five years, WMO says
Warming of more than 1.5C from pre-industrial levels is expected to become more ‘commonplace’
on.ft.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If this is not an overwhelming wake-up call, I guess we'll continue to sleep forever.
Scientists expect a range of knock-on effects (...) including a fall in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. That's over 2 billion people!
on.ft.com/3STKczF
Scientists expect a range of knock-on effects (...) including a fall in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. That's over 2 billion people!
on.ft.com/3STKczF
Doesn't look like the UK will import large quantities of US beef, as agreed upon in the recently announced US-UK trade agreement ... on.ft.com/4kd6AQ6
US beef prices extend surge as ranchers face thinnest herds in 70 years
A years-long drought in the American west has dried up grazing lands and created a shortage of calves
on.ft.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Doesn't look like the UK will import large quantities of US beef, as agreed upon in the recently announced US-UK trade agreement ... on.ft.com/4kd6AQ6
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Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!
April 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Spring reminder, as people start to think about gardening: NEVER buy compost with peat it in (inexplicably still on sale). If it does not say "peat free" in big letters, do not buy it. Peat is incredibly valuable in peat bogs, for rare biodiversity and as a carbon store. Don't put it on your garden!
A good description of where international trade is now: on.ft.com/42h5Li2
April 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A good description of where international trade is now: on.ft.com/42h5Li2
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Brexit was so treacherous & self defeating no EU member state or populist party advocates a similar experiment
Trump is undeterred. So US voters will now learn the hard way: resurrecting trade barriers and destroying integrated supply chains won't create the dividends he claims
Trump is undeterred. So US voters will now learn the hard way: resurrecting trade barriers and destroying integrated supply chains won't create the dividends he claims
April 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Brexit was so treacherous & self defeating no EU member state or populist party advocates a similar experiment
Trump is undeterred. So US voters will now learn the hard way: resurrecting trade barriers and destroying integrated supply chains won't create the dividends he claims
Trump is undeterred. So US voters will now learn the hard way: resurrecting trade barriers and destroying integrated supply chains won't create the dividends he claims
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✨🚲 My Ride. Our Right. 🚲✨
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
March 31, 2025 at 10:18 AM
✨🚲 My Ride. Our Right. 🚲✨
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
Women cycle half as often as men, often held back by poor infrastructure, imagine if every ride felt like the image on the right. Our right.
Today we launch #MyRideOurRight because safer cycling for women means safer cycling for all. Join us: cyclinguk.org/myrideourright
In het VK is het aantal woningen dat risico loopt op overstromingen door hevige regenval 2-maal groter dan de woningen in overstromingsgebied van beken en rivieren. Warmere lucht betekent meer neerslag (causaal). Het gaat om meer dan 10 miljoen mensen. In België is de situatie
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A hard rain’s a-gonna fall: why are we ignoring the rising risk of surface water flooding?
New modelling puts 4.6mn English properties at risk from rain that falls faster than the ground can absorb it — a jump of 43 per cent on a year ago. Insurers are beating a retreat, but few homeowners ...
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March 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In het VK is het aantal woningen dat risico loopt op overstromingen door hevige regenval 2-maal groter dan de woningen in overstromingsgebied van beken en rivieren. Warmere lucht betekent meer neerslag (causaal). Het gaat om meer dan 10 miljoen mensen. In België is de situatie
on.ft.com/3E1xnzB
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David Van Reybrouck's very interesting essay in De Standaard (in Dutch): www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
David Van Reybrouck's very interesting essay in De Standaard (in Dutch): www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...
Such extortion by the executive branch should never be tolerated or ignored in a constitutional democracy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump cancels executive order against law firm after $40m promise
Paul, Weiss promised $40 million of free legal work to the White House and to change its diversity policies.
www.bbc.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Such extortion by the executive branch should never be tolerated or ignored in a constitutional democracy.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Here's the evidence: wmo.int/publication-...
- Key climate change indicators again reach record levels
- Sea-level rise and ocean warming irreversible for hundreds of years
- Record greenhouse gas concentrations combined with El Niño and other factors have driven 2024 record heat
- Key climate change indicators again reach record levels
- Sea-level rise and ocean warming irreversible for hundreds of years
- Record greenhouse gas concentrations combined with El Niño and other factors have driven 2024 record heat
State of the Global Climate 2024
wmo.int
March 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Here's the evidence: wmo.int/publication-...
- Key climate change indicators again reach record levels
- Sea-level rise and ocean warming irreversible for hundreds of years
- Record greenhouse gas concentrations combined with El Niño and other factors have driven 2024 record heat
- Key climate change indicators again reach record levels
- Sea-level rise and ocean warming irreversible for hundreds of years
- Record greenhouse gas concentrations combined with El Niño and other factors have driven 2024 record heat
The same on the other side of the Channel: Gas, not net zero, has driven up UK power bills
Can you imagine we’ve let the Kremlin set our energy prices? More renewables is the cure.
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Can you imagine we’ve let the Kremlin set our energy prices? More renewables is the cure.
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Gas, not net zero, has driven up UK power bills
Britain has been unhelpfully exposed to international price shocks
on.ft.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The same on the other side of the Channel: Gas, not net zero, has driven up UK power bills
Can you imagine we’ve let the Kremlin set our energy prices? More renewables is the cure.
on.ft.com/4igrptv
Can you imagine we’ve let the Kremlin set our energy prices? More renewables is the cure.
on.ft.com/4igrptv
Nope, it’s not a silver bullet … www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
Oil firms' plans for net-zero oil extraction labelled as 'PR spiel'
A comprehensive analysis pours cold water on claims that using carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere to drive oil extraction can result in carbon-neutral fossil fuel
www.newscientist.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Nope, it’s not a silver bullet … www.newscientist.com/article/2467...