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There will be a more accessible version of this (time pressures prevented us getting done on time). It’ll be on the .gov website.

Gaia Vince @wanderinggaia.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

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Great to see this put together quickly - as is needed for a pacy switch away from gas

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Martin Wheatley @martinhwheatley.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Government has experienced bumps and missteps in first 6 months, for sure, but plenty of serious policy activity, manifested publicly, like this. (Whether one happens to agree with it or not on specifics.)

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You can probably imagine the nature of some of my recent private correspondence there.

Maybe ‘skim’ again. Perhaps you’ll be less ‘shocked’. Control F only takes you so far. (Top tip: you’ll get much more from social media interactions with me if you’re less aggressive.)

Chris Stark @chrisstark.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Our brand new Clean Power 2030 Action Plan is published today. We’ve produced this at lightning pace - it’s packed with new steps towards clean power. We’re moving quickly and making big decisions to open the path to 2030. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Clean Power 2030 Action Plan

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/675bfaa4cfbf84c3b2bcf986/clean-power-2030-action-plan.pdf

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Big day tomorrow. Lots for you to read. We’ve been busy. 👀

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Chris Stark @chrisstark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We’re building our own. But we’re using tools developed in govt.

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Chris Stark @chrisstark.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I don’t think we have a URL. I’d like one of course. We’ll shortly have a dashboard - and we will hopefully be able to publish live progress. So that might be the moment.

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Chris Stark @chrisstark.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I’m not there anymore, but they’re brilliant at social media and comms, so I’m sure they’ll have a plan.

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Chris Stark @chrisstark.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

So useful - a brilliant summary of the #COP29 outcomes from the lovely people at @carbonbrief.org

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

After net zero CO2 emissions do you want to halt or continue global warming? If you want to halt global warming, the point of getting to net zero emissions, then we better define it correctly! The key is how “removals” are defined & the role humans play. doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1/

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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Now this place is cooking, maybe worth doing a big old energy thread. Let’s talk about how electricity prices are set, why they’re so high in Britain, and how we could reduce them… 🧵

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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I love the fact that I first posted this👇🏽 almost exactly a year ago. 12 months and 2 jobs later, @chrisstark.bsky.social’s work is still absolutely VITAL to decarbonisation in the UK, and will be setting the pace of decarbonisation for many G20 countries. (USA excepted, obvs 😔)

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I’ve had a Bluesky account for quite a long time, but it has only become useable very recently. That’s social networks for you. Twitter is still unrivalled for getting a message out quickly. LinkedIn is like putting a sign in the proverbial village square. They’ll mostly see it but not immediately.

I confess I’m finding it hard to love twitter now. The direct engagement with curious people used to be a wonderful thing. It doesn’t happen so much now (see 400+ replies to this: x.com/starkclimate... But I worry that polarised views won’t be helped much by having social networks for each ‘group’.

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Very glad to hear that (although I think there are lots and lots of people helping to move things faster).

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It’s great! Lots to do - and we’re very much on the clock.

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Note to self: check for typos when writing “shift”

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Huge thanks to colleagues @neso_energy for the immense effort that has gone into the production of this advice. It’s testament to the quality of the NESO team that they’ve been able to produce something so comprehensive to support the clean power mission so quickly. Over to us.

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There’s loads more in this report. Do read it. The final point to make is an obvious one: this won’t be possible without substantial reform across a whole host of policy priorities. And, crucially, without serious reforms to the pace of development. We’re on it.

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Reducing the cost of electricity rests on bringing lots of clean power onto the system under long-term contracts, reducing the points in the year when gas sets the price paid by consumers. That’s good for energy security; importing less gas at volatile prices on global markets.

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On electricity bills, there’s the very striking conclusion that overall costs to consumers would not increase from the shift to a clean power system. NESO acknowledge that we @energygovuk have tools at our disposal that will allow us to further lower consumer bills. We agree.

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Likewise, there’s a huge skills and workforce challenge in delivering CP2030 - 10s of thousands of jobs across Britain. That could become a blocker of progress if we don’t act ahead of need, but it’s an enabler of highly-transferable skills and jobs across the country if we do.

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