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Climate & energy are changing everything. This is the fastest way to keep up.
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What mattered this week
Pope blesses ice. Earth crosses 7 of 9 planetary boundaries. Humanity unbothered.
What happened? We smoked the seventh of the systems keeping our home inhabitable. Ocean acidification, if you’re asking.
Why does it matter? Don’t worry about it, no-one else seems to care.
Read more: Pope Leo “Listen to the cry of the earth”; Planetary Healthcheck’s 2025 update
At least in disaster movies, people have the sense to look worried
What happened? Massive, unprecedented floods in Ibiza.
Why does it matter? Funny tourist socials. Nothing on the news.
Guess what? Renewables do mean cheap power in sunny places ☀️🇪🇸🇺🇸
What happened? Spain’s 2025 prices 32% lower than EU. Texas demand up, all new power from renewables, prices low as ever.
Why does it matter? Rewiring the world = investment. Result is cheap, abundant power.
Read more: Ember on Spain; Doug Lewin on Texas
One thing to worry about
Panama depends on an annual “upwelling”: winds force deep nutrient-rich water up, sustaining fisheries & keeping the coast cool.
This year it didn’t happen. First time in 40 years of monitoring. (SciTechDaily)
One thing to be optimistic about
China will build as much battery energy storage in the next two years as mankind has ever built - 180GWe. (Energy Storage News)
We have the tech.
Does anyone, except China, have the will?
If you’ve got more time…
Jane Goodall died this week. In her final message, she pointed something out:
We have a window of time. But it’s not a very big window. If we don’t change the way we do things, the way we develop economically, then it will be too late.
Her last interview, a week before she died:
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