Reporting on climate change means forever being on the hunt for inflection points. Have global emissions peaked? When will the building of coal-fired power plants slow in, say, China? Has Arctic sea ice extent reached a record low?
Every time the International Energy Agency (IEA) publishes a fresh report, journalists and analysts dive in to search for such nuggets buried in the data. This week, it released its latest annual “World Energy Investment” report and Carbon Brief’s Josh Gabbatiss rolled up his sleeves and pulled out the key charts for his summary article.

Predictably, the Covid-19 crisis has had a dramatic impact on energy investment around the world. This year will see the largest ever fall in both investment and consumer spending on energy, said the IEA.
However, the report also reveals various other insights. For example, it shows that, as demand and prices collapse, consumer spending on oil is expected to drop by more than $1tn, prompting a “historic switch” as spending on electricity exceeds oil for the first time (chart above).

Another surprising find within the report was that investment in battery storage fell for the first time last year. It seems that fires at energy storage installations in South Korea were a significant cause.

IEA: Coronavirus 'accelerating closure' of ageing fossil-fuelled power plants
https://www.carbonbrief.org/...oronavirus-accelerating-closure-of-ageing-fossil-fuelled-power-plants

The neoliberal era is ending. What comes next? - The Correspondent
https://thecorrespondent.com/466/the-neoliberal-era-is-ending-what-comes-next/61655148676-a00ee89a

mozna off topic, nevim. pan co napsal Utopie pro realisty

If there was one dogma that defined neoliberalism, it’s that most people are selfish. And it’s from that cynical view of human nature that all the rest followed – the privatisation, the growing inequality, and the erosion of the public sphere.

Now a space has opened up for a different, more realistic view of human nature: that humankind has evolved to cooperate. It’s from that conviction that all the rest can follow – a government based on trust, a tax system rooted in solidarity, and the sustainable investments needed to secure our future. And all this just in time to be prepared for the biggest test of this century, our pandemic in slow motion – climate change.

TADEAS: Jasny, pres vrstevnice to dodelas rychleji (to mi potvrdil primo znamy, co to jezdi). Nikdo je neplati od toho, aby nebyla eroze. Musi to udelat rychle, protoze maji spoustu jine prace. Dalsi ze serie selhani trhu:/

TADEAS: Musim verejne priznat, ze kdyz jsem tu pred par mesici obhajoval JE, tak to bylo spis akademicke, nez realisticke. Ty argumenty mi porad prijdou pravdive, ale v mafianske realite CR to dopadne tak, jak to dopadne - ze si to draze zaplatime vsici:/ No co, porad zbyva varianta ostrovniho systemu:)

Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow will be delayed by a year, UN confirms | Environment | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/.../cop26-climate-talks-in-glasgow-will-be-delayed-by-a-year-un-confirms
Cop26 is the most important international meeting on the climate emergency since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015. Under the landmark accord, countries must come forward every five years with revised plans on curbing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris goal of limiting global heating to no more than 2C, and preferably no more than 1.5C.

Current national targets would take the world to at least 3C above pre-industrial levels, scientists warn, so countries are under pressure to come up with more stringent commitments.

TUHO: Nestojí to za to, působí to celé dost amatérsky. Opravdu nechápu jaký byl záměr autora. Pokus o parodii dezinfo produkce? Nebo jen výkřik pro upoutání pozornosti?
Zajímavější mi přišly reakce, třeba tahle:
Planet of the Humans : Let's just have a think...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmNjLHRAP2U

TADEAS:

Hodně stojíme o to, aby zemědělci pronajímající si půdu od obcí a států museli hospodařit udržitelně a zodpovědně. Konečným cílem ale je změna dotační politiky. Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad dlouhodobě vyčítá ministerstvu zemědělství, že není schopné upravit dotace do souladu s politikami na ochranu před suchem.

Nesmyslem jsou i protichůdné dotační programy, kdy ministerstvo zemědělství podporuje technickou úpravu koryt toků a ministerstvo životního prostředí zase vypisuje programy pro odstraňování technických úprav koryt toků a jejich návrat k přírodě blízkému stavu. Neuvěřitelné.

Na to klademe velký důraz, protože dotace musí podporovat zadržování vody v krajině a udržitelné zemědělství. S tím souvisí i náš provokativní návrh spojit ministerstvo zemědělství a životního prostředí. My víme, že ve stávající sestavě Toman Brabec a jejich pohledu na ekologickou politiku to nemůže fungovat. Nicméně finálně zemědělství má být v souladu s životním prostředí.

Radek Kubala

Nad nedostatky evropské zelené politiky nejde přimhouřit oči. Dostali jsme od Corporate Europe Observatory jako jedno z evropských médií dopředu jejich dvě studie a já napsal o tom, jak se na evropské úrovni vysávají veřejné rozpočty na neudržitelné projekty spojené s biomasou. Jestli něco ohrožuje zelenou transformaci stejně jako moc fosilního průmyslu, tak jsou to podobná strategická partnerství s velkým zeleným byznysem.

Dotace EU na využití biomasy ničí přírodu a prohlubují klimatickou krizi
https://denikreferendum.cz/...dotace-euna-vyuziti-biomasy-nici-prirodu-aprohlubuji-klimatickou-krizi

Byly tu velké lobbistické tlaky, abychom na podporu solárů nesahali. Ale nenechám se vydírat, říká ministr Havlíček | Hospodářské noviny (iHNed.cz)
https://archiv.ihned.cz/...-na-podporu-solaru-nesahali-ale-nenecham-se-vydirat-rika-ministr-havlicek

Stát půjčí ČEZ peníze na nové jaderné bloky za 160 miliard, říká Havlíček. Vláda to přitom dosud odmítala | Hospodářské noviny (iHNed.cz)
https://archiv.ihned.cz/...-nove-jaderne-bloky-za-160-miliard-dokazeme-si-levne-pujcit-rika-havlicek

tohle uz prece musi dlouho fungovat ne? vi nekdo kolik solarnich projektu ma fixni/staticky solarni panely?

kazdopadne potencial 70% energie na panel navic rocne je krasnej :)

Point Load Power Launches the PV Booster Gen 2 - Solar Industry
https://solarindustrymag.com/point-load-power-launches-the-pv-booster-gen-2

The next generation rooftop tracking system is designed to maximize solar production from monofacial and premium bifacial solar panels, producing up to 70% more energy per panel compared to ordinary rooftop mounting solutions constrained to fixed-tilt positions.

New material releases hydrogen from water at near-perfect efficiency – Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/...w-material-releases-hydrogen-from-water-at-near-perfect-efficiency/?amp=1

The key thing about this research is that it has identified the principle by which we might create the catalyst that could drive such a (hydrogen) revolution. There is a wide variety of materials that can use light, including at visible wavelengths, to catalyze hydrogen production poorly. There is a much larger collection of photovoltaic materials that might do the same if combined with the right catalysts. The work described here provides a recipe that might convert some of them to useful materials.

Get rid of the defects. Find a material where electrons and holes take different routes through the material. Use the presence of electrons and holes to link the right catalysts to where they are supplied with charges. If that works with a better starting material, we could be producing hydrogen through an extremely simple system.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2278-9