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Damon Matthews
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Climate scientist and professor at Concordia University in Montreal Co-creator of climateclock.net and Science Co-Director at
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Montrealconcordia.ca/artsci/geograp…Joined August 2011
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Ever wondered whether temporary natural carbon storage still has value as a climate solution? Our new paper shows there is climate benefit - nature can help flatten the global warming curve, but only if we also stop burning fossil fuels A 🧵1/8
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Temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower peak warming in a well-below 2 °C scenario
Communications Earth & Environment - Temporarily enhanced terrestrial carbon storage through nature based climate solutions can reduce the peak global temperature increase only when...
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Mitchell Dickau
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1/4 Here is an interview I did for CBC Radio Montreal on declining availability of outdoor skating due to climate change. This relates to my first peer-reviewed paper on how outdoor skating will change under various emissions scenarios (quoted below) cbc.ca/listen/live-ra
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Mitchell Dickau
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I'm a year late, but here is my first paper! IMO, there are simple ways to demonstrate climate impacts that may motivate people who do not care about climate change to push for stronger political action. A bit of a cheesy example, but hopefully useful doi.org/10.1088/2515-7
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Dénes Csala
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New paper out (with some nice charts🚀) on energy transitions! Pleasure working on this with
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Corey Lesk,
@DEWAOfficial
Sgouris Sgouridis,
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Robin Hasse & Antoine Levesque.
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A study uses models of energy transition, coastal impact, and energy demand to estimate the carbon emissions embedded in #renewable energy deployment and suggests approaches to minimize #emissions embedded in climate transition pathways. In PNAS: ow.ly/9yKZ50LLcGE
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Damon Matthews
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This is not actually what we said — 1.5C is only implausible at the current level of global effort But the harder we try the more likely it is that implausible things start to look possible
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New Scientist
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We need to be more honest about the climate path our planet is on, according to two climate scientists – which begins with accepting that the 1.5°C target in the 2015 Paris Agreement is implausible newscientist.com/article/232559
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Emily Pontecorvo
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A new study finds that most companies are buying cheap renewable energy credits — an increasing amount each year — to illustrate progress, even though there's little evidence these RECs actually bring more renewable energy online. grist.org/accountability
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Turns out to be a big issue! Companies have reported big decreases in electricity-related emissions over the past 5 years -- but 2/3 of this decrease is because of renewable energy certificates. So "real" emissions reductions are only a third of what has been reported. 4/7
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So if companies say their emissions have dropped because they have purchased RECs ... they are claiming emissions reductions that have not actually occurred in the real world! Clearly a problem. But how big a problem is it? 3/7
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