Robin Lamboll
@robinlamboll.bsky.social
Climate sciences research fellow at Imperial College London. UK poetry slam champion 2019.
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On Wednesday, I'll be on a panel about climate justice at COP30 in Belem. We'll be talking about indigenous rights, community judgement of COPs and what climate justice looks like - I'll be more on the metrics and less on the social side of these questions!
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
On Wednesday, I'll be on a panel about climate justice at COP30 in Belem. We'll be talking about indigenous rights, community judgement of COPs and what climate justice looks like - I'll be more on the metrics and less on the social side of these questions!
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Tracking market reactions to COP30 in real-time!
As COP30 unfolds in Brazil (Nov 10-21), our live tracker shows how different stocks respond. Updated daily.
👉 johannesemm.shinyapps.io/HowStocksJud...
Credits: @robinlamboll.bsky.social (Imperial College) & @johannesemm.bsky.social (CMCC)
#COP30
As COP30 unfolds in Brazil (Nov 10-21), our live tracker shows how different stocks respond. Updated daily.
👉 johannesemm.shinyapps.io/HowStocksJud...
Credits: @robinlamboll.bsky.social (Imperial College) & @johannesemm.bsky.social (CMCC)
#COP30
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Tracking market reactions to COP30 in real-time!
As COP30 unfolds in Brazil (Nov 10-21), our live tracker shows how different stocks respond. Updated daily.
👉 johannesemm.shinyapps.io/HowStocksJud...
Credits: @robinlamboll.bsky.social (Imperial College) & @johannesemm.bsky.social (CMCC)
#COP30
As COP30 unfolds in Brazil (Nov 10-21), our live tracker shows how different stocks respond. Updated daily.
👉 johannesemm.shinyapps.io/HowStocksJud...
Credits: @robinlamboll.bsky.social (Imperial College) & @johannesemm.bsky.social (CMCC)
#COP30
I'll be presenting on including AI effects in energy models at IAMC this Wednesday. Then next Wednesday I'll be in Belém to give a short talk as part of an event on COPs, indigenous activism and climate justice in the Blue Zone GUAC pavilion at 10.30. If you are around, catch me for a chat!
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I'll be presenting on including AI effects in energy models at IAMC this Wednesday. Then next Wednesday I'll be in Belém to give a short talk as part of an event on COPs, indigenous activism and climate justice in the Blue Zone GUAC pavilion at 10.30. If you are around, catch me for a chat!
Do climate conferences actually achieve anything? A lot of people have strong opinions, but we wanted measurements, so we look at how the stock market moves during yearly international meetings called COPs – explanation below, or read the paper here:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Do climate conferences actually achieve anything? A lot of people have strong opinions, but we wanted measurements, so we look at how the stock market moves during yearly international meetings called COPs – explanation below, or read the paper here:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
📈COP delivers stock market boost for ‘green’ companies but renewables unaffected, Imperial College London study shows 🧵
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
📈COP delivers stock market boost for ‘green’ companies but renewables unaffected, Imperial College London study shows 🧵
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
Read it here: ow.ly/o6xY50XnEuH
Something that's worth flagging about this report is the subtle pivot from "current policy" being the worst-case scenario to including discussions of backsliding. Most calculations presented include the USA meeting its new-but-Biden-era NDC commitments, which will formally elapse in Jan.
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Something that's worth flagging about this report is the subtle pivot from "current policy" being the worst-case scenario to including discussions of backsliding. Most calculations presented include the USA meeting its new-but-Biden-era NDC commitments, which will formally elapse in Jan.
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
NEW: The latest climate pledges under the Paris Agreement have driven only a slight fall in predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century.
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
The UN Emissions Gap Report finds that implementing current policies would lead to up to 2.8°C of warming, down from 3.1°C. 🧵
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
There's an informative paper by Bossy et al out today, probing the emissions pathways compatible with keeping earth within five different planetary boundaries:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I wrote a little context-setting piece about it, which you can find here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I wrote a little context-setting piece about it, which you can find here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spaces of anthropogenic CO2 emissions compatible with climate boundaries - Nature Climate Change
This study explores pathways of emissions and mitigation compatible with four climate boundaries—planetary boundaries for the climate system. The results highlight the importance of peak emission timi...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There's an informative paper by Bossy et al out today, probing the emissions pathways compatible with keeping earth within five different planetary boundaries:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I wrote a little context-setting piece about it, which you can find here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I wrote a little context-setting piece about it, which you can find here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In case anyone is wondering why I'm up and tweeting at 2am, my attempted veganisation of the recipe for Paradise Pumpkin Pie takes a million years to set but hopefully has fully caramelised now
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In case anyone is wondering why I'm up and tweeting at 2am, my attempted veganisation of the recipe for Paradise Pumpkin Pie takes a million years to set but hopefully has fully caramelised now
Giving a talk at TechUK tomorrow on the latest in climate science and emissions for their Tech and Net Zero conference www.techuk.org/what-we-deli...
Tech and Net Zero Conference 2025
Our third annual Tech and Net Zero Conference will take place on 22 October
www.techuk.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Giving a talk at TechUK tomorrow on the latest in climate science and emissions for their Tech and Net Zero conference www.techuk.org/what-we-deli...
I'll do a little talk about the science of carbon budgets before a team of dancers lead by Eleonora Moratto and her team of dancers reinterpret science in ballet at this free event:
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'll do a little talk about the science of carbon budgets before a team of dancers lead by Eleonora Moratto and her team of dancers reinterpret science in ballet at this free event:
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
Performing at the Patras World Poetry Festival this week - quite a lot of it should be livestreamed in case people want to see it abroad! pwpf.gr
September 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Performing at the Patras World Poetry Festival this week - quite a lot of it should be livestreamed in case people want to see it abroad! pwpf.gr
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
Sharing our new paper in #NatureCommunications on solar-based mini-grids interconnecting with national grids can boost reliability, cut costs + emissions, and reduce the risk of asset stranding, co-led by @benwinchester.bsky.social & with @shivmit.bsky.social, + others! @natureportfolio.nature.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sharing our new paper in #NatureCommunications on solar-based mini-grids interconnecting with national grids can boost reliability, cut costs + emissions, and reduce the risk of asset stranding, co-led by @benwinchester.bsky.social & with @shivmit.bsky.social, + others! @natureportfolio.nature.com
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
🙌Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial climate report than any other organisation in the world.
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
Imperial researchers take leading role in major IPCC climate report | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial report on climate change than any other organisation in the world.
ow.ly
August 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🙌Imperial has more authors contributing to a crucial climate report than any other organisation in the world.
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
Once finished, the IPCC Assessment Report 7 (AR7) report will help shape policies to tackle climate change throughout the 2030s 🧵
📰 ow.ly/BlYz50WIMpk
What's the best tiramisu recipe? Can people tell if you make vegan versions? We ran an "experiment" to find out. scienceisshiny.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/a...
An investigation into the optimal tiramisu
Introduction Tiramisus taste great. But which is the best one? We recently ran an experiment (or, as some might call it, party) to find the best tiramisu. The aims of this experiment were: to estab…
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August 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
What's the best tiramisu recipe? Can people tell if you make vegan versions? We ran an "experiment" to find out. scienceisshiny.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/a...
Honoured to be selected as a lead author in the upcoming IPCC report chapter on scenarios and projected temperatures (AR7 WG1 Ch5) - looks like we'll have a great team!
For the complete list of authors, see apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For the complete list of authors, see apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
August 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Honoured to be selected as a lead author in the upcoming IPCC report chapter on scenarios and projected temperatures (AR7 WG1 Ch5) - looks like we'll have a great team!
For the complete list of authors, see apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For the complete list of authors, see apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
If 1.5°C warming is the safety line and 2°C the cliff edge, how far into the danger zone can we go?
@joerirogelj.bsky.social and @robinlamboll.bsky.social say we need a clearer, stricter upper limit, around 1.7°C, to guide policy beyond 1.5°C
The question: how close to the edge is too close?
@joerirogelj.bsky.social and @robinlamboll.bsky.social say we need a clearer, stricter upper limit, around 1.7°C, to guide policy beyond 1.5°C
The question: how close to the edge is too close?
Is it time to aim for 1.7°C as the new limit for global warming?
With the world on the cusp of passing 1.5°C of warming, scientists are turning their attention to defining a new limit for temperature rises – but not everyone agrees that we should
www.newscientist.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If 1.5°C warming is the safety line and 2°C the cliff edge, how far into the danger zone can we go?
@joerirogelj.bsky.social and @robinlamboll.bsky.social say we need a clearer, stricter upper limit, around 1.7°C, to guide policy beyond 1.5°C
The question: how close to the edge is too close?
@joerirogelj.bsky.social and @robinlamboll.bsky.social say we need a clearer, stricter upper limit, around 1.7°C, to guide policy beyond 1.5°C
The question: how close to the edge is too close?
Last summer I visited my cousin's wedding in Vanuatu, an intricate and fascinating event which involved a fairly high fraction of all living speakers of the endangered language Mele. I've written a description of events here: scienceisshiny.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/m...
Mele Wedding Customs
Intro In 2024 I attended the wedding of my cousin Serah, from the South Pacific nation Vanuatu. Vanuatu has a huge cultural and linguistic diversity, with its 80 islands containing over 130 languag…
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July 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Last summer I visited my cousin's wedding in Vanuatu, an intricate and fascinating event which involved a fairly high fraction of all living speakers of the endangered language Mele. I've written a description of events here: scienceisshiny.wordpress.com/2025/07/21/m...
Here's a little article on what the very small carbon budget means about 1.5C and what happens after we get there. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
We're within 3 years of reaching a critical climate threshold. Can we reverse course?
A report published in June found that the world only has three years before it crosses the 1.5 C climate target. So what should we do now?
www.livescience.com
July 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Here's a little article on what the very small carbon budget means about 1.5C and what happens after we get there. www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
I'll be at Scenarios Forum in Leeds from tonight - let me know if you want to meet up to discuss things!
July 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I'll be at Scenarios Forum in Leeds from tonight - let me know if you want to meet up to discuss things!
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
More frequent & intense heatwaves are already having a measurable effect on the UK's economy. Workers' health is not sufficiently protected, affecting productivity & putting pressure on health services.
We need adaptation + investment in a low-carbon economy & an equitable transition to net zero.
We need adaptation + investment in a low-carbon economy & an equitable transition to net zero.
“The increasing heat and heatwaves are definitely going to make it yet more challenging to achieve economic growth," @profejzrobinson.bsky.social tells @telegraphnews.bsky.social.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Britain’s heatwave is burning the economy
Rising temperatures are hitting growth and smaller businesses are struggling
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
More frequent & intense heatwaves are already having a measurable effect on the UK's economy. Workers' health is not sufficiently protected, affecting productivity & putting pressure on health services.
We need adaptation + investment in a low-carbon economy & an equitable transition to net zero.
We need adaptation + investment in a low-carbon economy & an equitable transition to net zero.
Reposted by Robin Lamboll
⚠️Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.27°C per decade – the highest rate since records began.
This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1
This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1
June 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
⚠️Global warming caused by humans is advancing at 0.27°C per decade – the highest rate since records began.
This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1
This is one of the indicators updated every year by over 60 international scientists in the annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report – published today. doi.org/10.5194/essd... /1
In case anyone is confused by the different headlines on carbon budgets today, the Guardian's 2 years value is based on a 66% chance, the 3 years comes from a 50% chance.
June 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
In case anyone is confused by the different headlines on carbon budgets today, the Guardian's 2 years value is based on a 66% chance, the 3 years comes from a 50% chance.
Over the weekend I talked to people at Elmbridge's citizen's assembly, giving an introduction to climate change suitable for a general audience which included several climate change skeptics. I thought I'd share some principles I work from when giving these sorts of talks:
June 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Over the weekend I talked to people at Elmbridge's citizen's assembly, giving an introduction to climate change suitable for a general audience which included several climate change skeptics. I thought I'd share some principles I work from when giving these sorts of talks: