What mattered this week

How big would Carbon Capture be, to stop climate change? Second biggest industry in the world 😱

It works, but costs? Sort of works. Cost a lot. But we’d need to get rid of 10bn tonnes. Call it $1T a year. Will we really spend that to clean up an ongoing mess?
Why does it matter? Fossilists say we can suck down carbon, thereby justifying sending it up.
Read more: Guardian on why we need CCS; Carbon Herald on $1T estimates

COP: Governments argue but business gets on with it

What happened? Annual inter-governmental climate talks ended with… almost nothing.
Does it matter anymore? Tbh, not really. Progress is coming from the private sector. As always.
Read more: Reuters “COP30 inched the world forward on climate action. Business wants to sprint”; Carbon Brief with a breakdown of what happened

Ninth country goes 100% renewable… The Vatican 😇

Every little helps? Suppose so. Vatican built solar on a farm it owns outside Rome. Kind easy, for them.
Who are the first eigh? Joins Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia, and the DRC with clean power grids.
Read more: Forbes

One thing to worry about

Serious floods this week in Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia.

Millions displaced.

Hundreds killed.

Hotter air = more moisture, big dumps of rain.

We’re going to need to adapt - on a global scale (Channel News Asia).

One thing to be optimistic about

BMW launched an EV that does 1000km (621 miles) on a single charge (Autoblog).

And Tesla have filed a patent for a battery that will last for ONE MILLION miles 🤭(@jigarshahdc)

The tech is coming. Fast. 🥳

If you’ve got more time…

Arguably the most important issue for UK industry right now: Why are our energy prices so high?

Sky News has a useful explainer.