Piers Forster

Our 2035 NDC advice to ⁦@Ed_Miliband⁩ is 81%. We brought forward analysis of latest science, sector tech and delivery opportunities and challenges to give it. Thanks to ⁦@ChiefExecCCC⁩ and team for the heavy lifting 💪🏻 theccc.org.uk/2024/10/26/ccc…

Half of kettles boiled last year were powered by carbon neutral electricity. Windmills work! Hear our Chief Exec @ELPinchbeck on @BBCRadio4 PM later bbc.com/news/articles/… @theCCCuk

Very excited to be bringing some exiting new blood onto our @theCCCuk Committees to deepen our expertise. Expert evidence underpins all our advice and recommendations. And these set us up nicely for a big 18 months ahead with CB7 and CCRA4 theccc.org.uk/2024/11/07/new…

📢The #IPCC calls for the nomination of authors for the Seventh Assessment Report "Our priority is to attract the most talented individuals... reflecting the breadth & depth of knowledge on #climatechange," says @JimSkeaIPCC Submissions close: 17 April bit.ly/3XJOb4F

While UK newspapers were falling over themselves to cover the "stalling" EV market, the actual number of EVs on the UK's roads surged by 39% in *just 1 year* The 1.4m EVs, 0.8m PHEVs & 76,000 EV vans on the road in 2024 saved ~£1.7bn in lower fuel costs carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-em…

All I can say is thank you Ned this made my day!

Note it’s Carbon budget 7, not 6 which is already set in law. ⁦@theCCCuk⁩ will publish our 7th carbon budget advice, including for aviation on 26 February. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg7z…

Excited to be presenting our new approach to reaching net zero in the farming sector for our upcoming 7th Carbon budget advice #OFC2025 @oxfordfarming @theCCCuk

China plans to announce new climate targets in the next few weeks, outlining its first roadmap for reducing emissions. Professor Piers Forster (@piersforster) is mentioned in this article, comparing China's emissions caps to the UK's carbon budgets. semafor.com/article/01/07/…

A reminder that frequent megafires in California are a relatively recent phenomenon (at least since the 1930s). Via @CAL_FIRE, and not even including 2024 Park fire...

We will publish our ⁦@theCCCuk⁩ Seventh Carbon Budget advice on 26 of February, Fiona gives some useful context, going to be an exciting year! theguardian.com/environment/20…

Merry Christmas from the Priestley Centre team, thank you all for a wonderful year! 🎄✨ Take a look at some of our highlights from 2024 including our launch event, some new faces and as always, lots of world-changing climate research 👇

Excited to be hosting the international Scenarios Forum conference next year. We want your theme ideas to make it fit for the challenges of today. Please join us in Leeds as well 👇

Thank you for having James and I on. Getting our @theCCCuk advice properly scrutinised by Parliament is vital to setting appropriate and deliverable climate targets. We expected a grilling and we got one from a very well informed Committee 🙏

I'm so proud of the Carbon Brief #COP29 team for finishing our big summary of the talks It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting… –NCQG –Stocktake –Article6 –China +Much more …delivered in record time after a brutal fortnight of sleep deprivation!…

Explainer: Why is climate change causing ‘record-shattering’ extreme heat? | @daisydunnesci w/ comment from @RobertVautard @erichfischer #CBarchive Read here: buff.ly/3Z0Q7qI

We passed 1.5°C of human-caused warming this year (just not as the Paris agreement measures it) theconversation.com/we-passed-1-5-… @PriestleyCentre @UniversityLeeds

Cop29: world leaders must be held to account on climate with scientific evidence theconversation.com/cop29-world-le… @PriestleyCentre @theCCCuk

The Committee has responded to a request for advice on expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme. We support the inclusion of Energy from Waste and waste incineration, but recommend not increasing the overall cap. theccc.org.uk/publication/le…

Thanks for all your hard work, we’ll be looking at these with great interest 👀

So Table 12.12 addresses a very narrow question with a high bar. It is unsurprising those wishing to delay climate action cherry pick and misrepresent this table. But IPCC AR6 says much more about observed increases in extreme weather events. Here’s heavy precipitation: