Diana Urge-Vorsatz
Professor, Central European University
@CEU
Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
@IPCC_ch
- New paper in Energy Policy: Long-term evaluation of energy consumption in 100 energy-efficient buildings (Austria).
- New paper out in Nature Clean Technology: renewables are growing fast, but rising energy demand—especially from data centers & cooling—risks slowing fossil fuel phase-out. AI can help climate solutions, but only with strong demand-side policies. 🌍⚡️
- Open access for 2 weeks: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- "China is making more money from exporting green technology than America does from exporting fossil fuels." @economist.com Sounds like an attractive blueprint for a 21st century #EU economy: green tech and innovation in the driving seat rather than heavy industry www.economist.com/the-world-in...
- "our study warns against different forms of #sciencewashing of #greenFinance (GF) Evidence suggests a gap btwn the suggested possibilities and the actual outcomes of GF. Many products serve financial markets&wealthiest investors more than nature or communities." theconversation.com/why-green-fi...
- Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport www.economist.com/internationa... "In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by two to one and in Paris, they outnumber motorists across the whole city. In Copenhagen bikes account for almost half of commuter journeys to work and school."
- Dreamt about engaging with the @IPCC 's Special Report on Climate Change and Cities #SRCities? The expert review is ongoing, closing on December 12th: www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p... It is the thousands of review comments that make the IPCC's reports so widely "owned", thus so impactful!
- The planet is heating up from increasing energy use. #datacenters are among the largest power demand growth drivers. In this crisis, can humanity afford a #slop flood to drive energy related emissions even higher? "Sloponomics: the AI-content flood" www.economist.com/business/202... @theEconomist
- "Climatework’s flagship Mammoth #DACCS plant in Iceland, which has a nameplate capacity of 36k t of CO2/yr, captured 750 t in its first 10 months since opening, w net removals after accounting for emissions in the supply chain coming to just 105 tons." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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- Reposted by Diana Urge-VorsatzNEW STUDY: How much CO2 can we safely store in geological formations? In a new @nature.com study, we cross-check established academic and industry estimates with various risk factors. We find a prudent geological CO2 storage limit that is about 10x smaller. /1
- "Australian researchers found the 2024-25 season was the "most severe coral bleaching on record" for W.Australia's coral reefs across both the northwestern and central reefs. www.bbc.com/news/article...
- We are approaching new (planetary) boundaries in more&more locations: the planet's and civilisation's beauties are overused by the richest. #tourism We need to reevaluate: there is no way 8 (9?) bln ppl can see all (or even many) key world sights. www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article...
- Clean energy is growing fast—but demand is growing faster. Until we tackle energy demand, we’re not truly transitioning. Shared this new figure at my keynote in Nara, Japan. #EnergyTransition #ClimateAction #DemandSide
- Droughts keep appearing in the news—but they’re more than a lack of rain. IPCC AR6 shows rising crop loss, water stress & wildfires, especially in low-income regions. We must track all types: meteorological, agricultural, hydrological. #climaterisk #drought
- Spoke at @esa.int 's Living Planet Symposium today. 🌍 The @ipcc.bsky.social helps turn petabytes of Earth observation data into actionable knowledge for decision-makers—especially through our co-produced reports like the upcoming Special Report on Cities.
- We always celebrate the #ozone layer restoration as the biggest environmental sccess story. But is it safe? No - new threats: space junk, space launches. And this will be not as easy to fix... "Will the Hole in the Ozone Layer Close?" @bbc #bbcInsideScience podcastaddict.com/bbc-inside-s...
- We think we are inventing the #circularEconomy? This Japanese wooden temple (no nails!) has been sequstering that carbon in the wood for 1400 years, and is even earthquake-safe. It does need to be refurbished every 300 years...
- Thank you, @hannahdaly.ie , for so perfectly summarising the most important message of my keynote yalk at #IEW25
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- I dont usually go to the movies, but for #WorldOceansDay we went with the whole family to watch #Attenborough's #Oceans. I wish every school showed this film to all pupils. Just be4 they go to their seaside holidays And to be aware that the #UNOceansConference in June can still turn evrthg around.
- What makes a #city happy? US's happiest city has 180 parks, 22 lakes, & prides in 2/3rd of its population commuting or running errands by bike. Things that make low-GHG and climate resilient cities also make them happiest. #ClimateAction does not need to be sacrifice www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
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- Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires rocketed www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
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- #China's emissions curve finally bending? "after years of keeping its emissions steady, they have finally begun to fall - while ist power demands have increased, suggesting its efforts to build clean energy are paying off." @newScientist #podcast podcastaddict.com/the-world-th...
- #climate colleagues, pls help! I am supposd to board a ✈️ in 11 hrs to #Harvard for a #climateIntervention event. But i have just beed warned that it might be dangerous for me, being an IPCC Vice Chair, chairing its gender actn team, w many ppl being detained at the border. Pls advise urgently!
- Finally - paying reviewers of journal articles being considered. Not ideal, but it would be a significant improvement over the prevailing exploitational business model of scientific publishing: u pay for your intellectual creation to profit others, a lot... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Where do our airborne microplastics go? New paper. With the numbers consider that with our annual plastic production increasing yearly, we are watching an exponential trend in what acclumates in the environment. Https://phys.org/news/2025-03-airborne-microplastics.html
- @forbes warns that #ClimateChange could wipe half of GDP off between 2070 and 2090. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
- A major loss for @ipcc.bsky.social . These outstanding USA colleagues are the bedrock of IPCC as well as climate science. I am positive we will find solutions to cooperate also in a world with higher emphasis on economic growth and prosperity - many solutions proper businesses and economies.
- Discourses of #climatedelay - translated into #Hungarian now! @jksteinberger.bsky.social @efesce.bsky.social
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- ‼️ Egy óra múlva kezdünk 🌍 Küzdjünk vagy alkalmazkodjunk? - Vitaest az éghajlatváltozás elleni megoldásokról Az esemény teltházas, de online még követhető! www.facebook.com/events/49138...
- I just love this figure from @jksteinberger.bsky.social in their paper on "Discourses of Climate Delay". You can find all the arguments of your colleagues and influencers taking the world in the wrong direction. Perhaps we need another paper rebutting each? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
- 🌍 Klímaváltozás: Elkerülés vagy felkészülés? 🌍 📅 Időpont: Feb. 19. 18:00 📍 Helyszín: Európa Pont 🔗 Regisztráció: tixa.hu/eghajlatvalt... 🎥 Élő közvetítés: Európa Pont és az Európai Bizottság Magyarországi Képviselete Facebook & YouTube csatornáin
- "What is the single change #universities need to embrace?" Question for President of #UCL @stsucl.bsky.social Dr. Michael Spence @ etnowgbs.com "Cement free speech, critical thinking - most traditional values of universities, essential for innovation and social progress" (from my recollection)
- #ClimateAction can be excellent business. In fact, that is what it all should be. Great to see, among others, this impressive Indian company, Bootes, not only to build AND RETROFIT! impressive #NetZero buildings, but growing ten times a year! Congratulations! #WeHaveTheSolutions bootes.in
- The #EnergyTransition has been more successful in several areas than any institution predicted: these industries outperformed the wildest projections. Over and over and over again. We can now move on to other relevant ones such as #netzero #buildings and #retrofits. @rockymtninst.bsky.social
