Chris Littlecott
@chrislittlecott.bsky.social
Director, Global Electricity Initiative, Climate Imperative.
Accelerating the global transition from coal to clean power generation.
Pompey, Milton Keynes, Mexico, Lake District, Brubeck/Desmond, Bowie, Bike trips.
Accelerating the global transition from coal to clean power generation.
Pompey, Milton Keynes, Mexico, Lake District, Brubeck/Desmond, Bowie, Bike trips.
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Young voices for a coal-free future 🌏
Students Xu Yazi & Wang Xuxin show how innovation starts with youth, driving China’s low-carbon future and echoing the goals of #COP30.
Listen to their insights👇🏻
youtu.be/q3y8ORJYBbM?...
Students Xu Yazi & Wang Xuxin show how innovation starts with youth, driving China’s low-carbon future and echoing the goals of #COP30.
Listen to their insights👇🏻
youtu.be/q3y8ORJYBbM?...
Youth Leading the Energy Transition
YouTube video by People of Asia for Climate Solutions
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November 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Young voices for a coal-free future 🌏
Students Xu Yazi & Wang Xuxin show how innovation starts with youth, driving China’s low-carbon future and echoing the goals of #COP30.
Listen to their insights👇🏻
youtu.be/q3y8ORJYBbM?...
Students Xu Yazi & Wang Xuxin show how innovation starts with youth, driving China’s low-carbon future and echoing the goals of #COP30.
Listen to their insights👇🏻
youtu.be/q3y8ORJYBbM?...
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The last new coal plant proposal in Brazil - and the whole of Latin America - has now officially been archived and can’t proceed. Huge success from @arayaraoficial.bsky.social and others on the first day of #COP30 🎉 bit.ly/3XnYMBG
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The last new coal plant proposal in Brazil - and the whole of Latin America - has now officially been archived and can’t proceed. Huge success from @arayaraoficial.bsky.social and others on the first day of #COP30 🎉 bit.ly/3XnYMBG
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Now that China's new climate targets are out, here's a comparison to IPCC scenarios. The 2030 and 2035 targets are weak even compared to the median of 3-degree scenarios, which would entail devastating climate impacts, but the long-term 2060 target is in line with 2 degrees.
September 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Now that China's new climate targets are out, here's a comparison to IPCC scenarios. The 2030 and 2035 targets are weak even compared to the median of 3-degree scenarios, which would entail devastating climate impacts, but the long-term 2060 target is in line with 2 degrees.
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Clean air is a critical health issue. One in nine people around the world are breathing unsafe air.
But this is a solvable problem.
At #UNGA Clean Air side-event, stressed the need for collective action, with solutions across sectors and agencies, backed by finance: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
But this is a solvable problem.
At #UNGA Clean Air side-event, stressed the need for collective action, with solutions across sectors and agencies, backed by finance: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Let the right air in
Urgent action is needed to tackle indoor air pollution, tobacco use, and outdoor pollutants, clean air is essential for health, climate, and sustainable development, says UNEP’s Inger Andersen.
www.unep.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Clean air is a critical health issue. One in nine people around the world are breathing unsafe air.
But this is a solvable problem.
At #UNGA Clean Air side-event, stressed the need for collective action, with solutions across sectors and agencies, backed by finance: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
But this is a solvable problem.
At #UNGA Clean Air side-event, stressed the need for collective action, with solutions across sectors and agencies, backed by finance: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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The world can move from coal power to clean energy, and our Solutions Bank shows how.
Featuring 1️⃣7️⃣case studies from 5️⃣ continents, this Bank will contribute to the Action Agenda for COP30.
Launching today at #ClimateWeekNYC. Find out more here ⏩
poweringpastcoal.org/solutions-ba...
Featuring 1️⃣7️⃣case studies from 5️⃣ continents, this Bank will contribute to the Action Agenda for COP30.
Launching today at #ClimateWeekNYC. Find out more here ⏩
poweringpastcoal.org/solutions-ba...
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The world can move from coal power to clean energy, and our Solutions Bank shows how.
Featuring 1️⃣7️⃣case studies from 5️⃣ continents, this Bank will contribute to the Action Agenda for COP30.
Launching today at #ClimateWeekNYC. Find out more here ⏩
poweringpastcoal.org/solutions-ba...
Featuring 1️⃣7️⃣case studies from 5️⃣ continents, this Bank will contribute to the Action Agenda for COP30.
Launching today at #ClimateWeekNYC. Find out more here ⏩
poweringpastcoal.org/solutions-ba...
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It would be super cool to go back to 2014, find a rando and ask them whether a fall in EU coal use for power generation of 60% in 10 years feels possible or even likely
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September 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It would be super cool to go back to 2014, find a rando and ask them whether a fall in EU coal use for power generation of 60% in 10 years feels possible or even likely
ember-energy.org/data/electri...
ember-energy.org/data/electri...
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⚡ Deep decarbonisation of the power sector is essential for the #netzero transition, & will require substantial financial support, market reforms, capacity building, technological innovation & more, analyse Vishwanathan, @chrisbataille.bsky.social et al. in study on 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇿🇦 ⬇️
Towards net-zero electricity sector in emerging economies – Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa
www.tandfonline.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚡ Deep decarbonisation of the power sector is essential for the #netzero transition, & will require substantial financial support, market reforms, capacity building, technological innovation & more, analyse Vishwanathan, @chrisbataille.bsky.social et al. in study on 🇧🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇿🇦 ⬇️
The mass deployment of district heating for UK cities fed by the warm waters of old coal mines would be both practical and poetic.
We can’t turn back the clock, but we can honour the past as we build a cleaner future.
inews.co.uk/news/environ...
We can’t turn back the clock, but we can honour the past as we build a cleaner future.
inews.co.uk/news/environ...
This disused Gateshead mine could be the future for cheaper heating bills
Mine water technology extracts heat from floodwaters to power homes and it is hoped it could be used for millions of homes across the country
inews.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The mass deployment of district heating for UK cities fed by the warm waters of old coal mines would be both practical and poetic.
We can’t turn back the clock, but we can honour the past as we build a cleaner future.
inews.co.uk/news/environ...
We can’t turn back the clock, but we can honour the past as we build a cleaner future.
inews.co.uk/news/environ...
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Driven past these vast monoliths many times. Gone now. All gone.
Bye bye coal.
Bye bye coal.
UK's End of Coal:
"Each these 375ft tall, 290ft diameter cooling towers used to process a staggering 7.5 million gallons of water per hour.
Safely bringing them down meant using around half a tonne of explosives across ~16,500 holes, connected with 19km of detonating cord."
"Each these 375ft tall, 290ft diameter cooling towers used to process a staggering 7.5 million gallons of water per hour.
Safely bringing them down meant using around half a tonne of explosives across ~16,500 holes, connected with 19km of detonating cord."
August 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Driven past these vast monoliths many times. Gone now. All gone.
Bye bye coal.
Bye bye coal.
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🧵 What makes fossil fuel emissions "abated"?
Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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July 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🧵 What makes fossil fuel emissions "abated"?
Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept....
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NEW – Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop | Qi Qin @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/0KFqDho
Read here: buff.ly/0KFqDho
Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop - Carbon Brief
Four common talking points surrounding China’s ongoing coal-power expansion and how and why the current wave of new projects might end.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
NEW – Guest post: Why China is still building new coal – and when it might stop | Qi Qin @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/0KFqDho
Read here: buff.ly/0KFqDho
Great new data viz from @globalenergymon.bsky.social showing progress to date (+ distance still to go) on coal power transition:
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
Coal Phaseout Tool
Global coal phaseout: Tracking coal plant retirements In order to meet the Paris Agreement goals and put the world on a pathway to no more than 1.5°C of global warming, all existing coal plants must b...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Great new data viz from @globalenergymon.bsky.social showing progress to date (+ distance still to go) on coal power transition:
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
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‘Had it not been for football, I would probably be stuck in corporate law reading contracts. It was a massive moment of luck.' John Mousinho long read on his unconventional route into football at 19 and rise to become #Pompey boss. What a man!
I was eyeing being a lawyer: Pompey boss John Mousinho's remarkable football journey
An unconventional route but John Mousinho went on to represent Brentford, Wycombe, Stevenage, Preston, Gillingham, Burton and Oxford United
www.portsmouth.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
‘Had it not been for football, I would probably be stuck in corporate law reading contracts. It was a massive moment of luck.' John Mousinho long read on his unconventional route into football at 19 and rise to become #Pompey boss. What a man!
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#climateflation graphic of the day, via @financialtimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#climateflation graphic of the day, via @financialtimes.com
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The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions.
‘Significant legal breakthrough’ as NSW court blocks state’s largest coal expansion over emissions
Decision is a significant blow for MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coalmine expansion in Muswellbrook in the upper Hunter
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The New South Wales court of appeal has overturned the approval of the largest coalmine expansion in the state after a community environment group successfully argued the planning commission failed to consider the impact of all of the project’s greenhouse gas emissions.
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In just 10 years, the UK's electricity sector has gone from #1 emitter to #6 emitter... what a transformation 👏🇬🇧
Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..
Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..
July 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In just 10 years, the UK's electricity sector has gone from #1 emitter to #6 emitter... what a transformation 👏🇬🇧
Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..
Now to see what clean power can do to help cut the other sectors..
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Coal produced just 6% of EU electricity in June 📉
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
July 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Coal produced just 6% of EU electricity in June 📉
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
Germany and Poland – the EU’s biggest coal users – also saw record lows in June amid solar and wind’s strong performance 🇩🇪🇵🇱
ember-energy.org/lat...
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You know what's cool? Solar energy surpassing dirty coal across the EU!
Almost like the sun 🌞 and wind 🌬️ provide everything we need, and we don't need fossil energy of the past to power our homes 🧐
#Solar #GoodClimateNews
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Almost like the sun 🌞 and wind 🌬️ provide everything we need, and we don't need fossil energy of the past to power our homes 🧐
#Solar #GoodClimateNews
🔗
Solar tops EU power mix for first time in June, Ember says
Solar power was the European Union's largest source of electricity for the first time in June, overtaking nuclear and wind while coal's contribution fell to an all-time low, data from energy think tank Ember showed on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You know what's cool? Solar energy surpassing dirty coal across the EU!
Almost like the sun 🌞 and wind 🌬️ provide everything we need, and we don't need fossil energy of the past to power our homes 🧐
#Solar #GoodClimateNews
🔗
Almost like the sun 🌞 and wind 🌬️ provide everything we need, and we don't need fossil energy of the past to power our homes 🧐
#Solar #GoodClimateNews
🔗
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In the early 1990s, Ireland was getting more than 40% of its electricity from coal.
Last week it closed its last coal plant: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Last week it closed its last coal plant: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In the early 1990s, Ireland was getting more than 40% of its electricity from coal.
Last week it closed its last coal plant: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Last week it closed its last coal plant: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
NEW: Cheaper batteries mean near-24/365 solar is now economic☀️
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
We analysed 18 years of hourly insolation data at 12 places, to see how close to 24/365 electricity it was possible to get.
The sunniest places get over 90% - and up to 99% - of the way... from just $100/MWh. 🧵
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A slightly more positive perspective: The three largest power sectors are cleaning up their electricity supply in lockstep.
Different levels, same trajectory...
Carbon intensity of electricity generation has fallen a lot in China, the US and the EU in the last two decades.
Different levels, same trajectory...
Carbon intensity of electricity generation has fallen a lot in China, the US and the EU in the last two decades.
June 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A slightly more positive perspective: The three largest power sectors are cleaning up their electricity supply in lockstep.
Different levels, same trajectory...
Carbon intensity of electricity generation has fallen a lot in China, the US and the EU in the last two decades.
Different levels, same trajectory...
Carbon intensity of electricity generation has fallen a lot in China, the US and the EU in the last two decades.
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RTÉ reporting this morning that the coal-burning units at Moneypoint will become emergency-only oil units starting today 🙌
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
June 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
RTÉ reporting this morning that the coal-burning units at Moneypoint will become emergency-only oil units starting today 🙌
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
With Kilroot in Northern Ireland - along with all other coal plants in the UK - having shut down in 2023, it looks like the end of the coal era in these islands.
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Ireland shutters its last coal-fired power plant
Ireland shutters its last coal-fired power plant
“Ireland has quietly rewritten its energy story, replacing toxic coal with homegrown renewable power,” said pressure group Beyond Fossil Fuels.
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June 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Ireland shutters its last coal-fired power plant