
David Vetter
Senior Contributor at Forbes
Climate Journalist at Freelance
Owner and Writer at The Climate Laundry
Climate writer @ Forbes & The Climate Laundry. @ davidrvetter on Bluesky + Threads. Leads to vitruvius.09 on Signal.
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1 week ago |
forbes.com | David Vetter
Leading scientists have reacted with exasperation to a major new climate change report showing that Europe experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, confirming its status as the world's fastest-warming continent. The report, from two leading EU science bodies, reveals unprecedented climate challenges across the continent, with severe weather events, from flooding to wildfires, affecting over 413,000 people and claiming 335 lives.
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2 weeks ago |
forbesjapan.com | David Vetter
米国のドナルド・トランプ政権が地球温暖化の原因となる化石燃料からの脱却を阻止しようとする中、2024年には世界の発電量のうち、再生可能エネルギーと原子力発電が40.9%を占めた。 エネルギーを専門とする英国のシンクタンク、エンバーの最新の報告書によると、2024年の再生可能エネルギー発電量は858テラワット時増加し、22年に記録した577テラワット時を49%上回った。特に太陽光発電の成長が著しく、発電量は前年比で29%増加した。エンバーは「過去20年連続で最も急速に成長した電力源」は太陽光だとした。 他方で、現時点では、低炭素電力に占める太陽光発電の割合はわずか6.9%に過ぎない。低炭素電力のうち、水力発電が14.3%で最も大きな割合を占め、次いで原子力発電が9%、風力発電が8.1%だった。低炭素発電に占める原子力の割合は、過去45年間で最低となった。...
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | David Vetter
Global clean energy has reached a historic milestone, with renewables and nuclear generating 40.9% of the world’s electricity generation in 2024, even as the Trump administration attempts to prevent the United States from moving beyond planet-warming fossil fuels. According to a new report from energy think tank Ember, renewable energy generation grew by 858 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2024—a 49% growth over the previous record of 577 TWh set in 2022.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com.br | David Vetter
Bilhões de pessoas perderão seus meios de subsistência, e a produção econômica será reduzida em até 34% se a Terra continuar aquecendo até 3 graus Celsius neste século. No entanto, investir menos de 2% do PIB agora poderia eliminar a maior parte dessas perdas, de acordo com um novo e inovador relatório do Boston Consulting Group (BCG) e da Universidade de Cambridge.
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1 month ago |
forbesargentina.com | David Vetter
Si la temperatura global aumenta 3 grados Celsius en este siglo, miles de millones de personas perderán sus medios de vida y la producción económica mundial podría reducirse hasta un 34 %. Sin embargo, invertir menos del 2 % del PBI ahora podría evitar la mayor parte de esas pérdidas, según un informe innovador elaborado por Boston Consulting Group (BCG) y la Universidad de Cambridge.
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