Glen Peters (@Peters

Glen Peters

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Glen Peters

@Peters_Glen

Energy, emissions, & climate @CICERO_klima Projects @V_ERIFY_H2020, @4C_H2020, @ParisReinforce, @CoCO2_project, @iam_compact, @climatediamond, @EuPathfinder

Oslo, Norway

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Joined October 2012

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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Nov 13, 2024
📢Global Carbon Budget 2024📢 Despite some predicting a peak in global fossil CO2 emissions, we estimate growth of 0.8% [-0.3% to 1.9%] in 2024. Maybe a peak next year? Is it all bad news, or can we find some good news? 1/
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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Dec 13, 2019
How big is the CO₂ bucket for 1.5°C? Well, the bucket is about to overflow in a few short years, unless we: 1. Turn off the tap (urgently) 2. Put a hole in the bottom to remove CO₂ (negative emissions) #COP25 #CarbonBudget @FutureEarth @gcarbonproject globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/i…
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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Jun 18, 2023
A very cool animation of atmospheric CO₂ for the year 2021: * Fossil fuels, orange * Burning biomass, red * Land ecosystems, green * Ocean, blue For a well-mixed GHG, it takes some time for CO₂ to distribute globally from the sources in the North! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5110
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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Jul 5, 2019
“The only way we can keep below 1.5°C or 2°C is to stop emitting fossil fuels”... It could take hundreds of years to add enough mature forests to remove what we will emit in 20 years at the current rate of 40GtCO₂/yr. @StephenLeahy
How to erase 100 years of carbon emissions? Plant trees.
From nationalgeographic.com
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Mar 3, 2019
People say ‘Oh the children are going to save us’ "But no, we aren’t. We are too young to be able to do that. We don’t have time to wait for us to grow up and fix this in the future. The people who are in power now need to do this now." @GretaThunberg ft.com/content/4df1b9…
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Dec 12, 2020
The Global Carbon Bucket 2020 Climate change stops getting worse when CO₂ emissions get to zero! #ClimateAction must put us on a clear path to zero emissions globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/i…
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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Jan 7, 2020
Just a reminder that the only time we seem to be able to reduce CO₂ emissions is in times of economic crisis... The challenge for climate policy is to reduce emissions without collapsing the economy (as opposed to being agnostic to growth) globalcarbonproject.org/carbonbudget/
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Dec 28, 2021
Did you know that 2021 saw the second biggest absolute increase in fossil CO₂ emissions ever recorded? The biggest increase was in 2010, the year after the Global Financial Crisis. 1/
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Jan 9, 2020
The annual atmospheric CO₂ concentration at Mauna Loa averaged 411.5 ppm in 2019 Year-on-year, the CO₂ concentration continues to rise in line with our growing CO₂ emissions... It was only 2016 that we crossed 400ppm! folk.uio.no/roberan/t/MLO_…
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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Nov 30, 2021
Three Decades of Climate Mitigation What have we achieved? * 60% rise in fossil CO₂ emissions * Half of all fossil CO₂ emitted (since 1990) * Developed countries dominate CO₂ emissions per person Read why... annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.11…
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Aug 19, 2023
According to the #IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report, to limit global warming to '1.5°C with no or limited overshoot', then global CO2 emissions decline: * 48% in 6 years * 80% in 14 years * 99% in 24 years (thanks @_david_ho_ for reminding me to remind people) ipcc.ch/report/sixth-a…
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Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Dec 9, 2019
"CO₂ emissions must decline sharply if the world is to meet the ‘well below 2°C’ mark set out in the Paris Agreement, & every year with growing emissions makes that target even more difficult to reach", says @robbie_andrew cicero.oslo.no/en/posts/news/… Fig: folk.uio.no/roberan/GCB201…
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
May 18, 2021
💥HUGE NEWS FOR CLIMATE💥 There @IEA with a clear message: "There is no need for investment in new fossil fuel supply in our net zero pathway" If you invest in new coal, oil, or gas, you do so knowing it is inconsistent with <1.5°C. iea.org/reports/net-ze…
Glen Peters
@Peters_Glen
Dec 8, 2022
We were wrong... Some of us thought fossil CO₂ emissions were nearing a peak, the dynamics were there (coal to gas & renewables), but they just seem to keep going up, even with the help of COVID. What are the forces that keep pushing emissions up? washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…