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Emma Pinchbeck

@elpinchbeck.bsky.social
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CEO of the UK’s Climate Change Committee. Former CEO of Energy UK. Also worked for small businesses, renewables companies, and an environment NGO. Fellow of the Energy Institute. Mum to 2 small humans.

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Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Grandparents may soon tell their grand children stories about climate as if they were talking about music tapes and times without mobile phones: Paper led by Alessandro Dosio from @ec.europa.eu JRC: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @wegenercenter.bsky.social
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How fast is climate changing? One generation is sufficient for unfamiliar heatwave characteristics to emerge in Europe - Climatic Change
We analyze the observed (1950–2020) and expected (2021–2050) change in temperature extremes and heatwave characteristics over Europe across time, and the emergence of unfamiliar (Signal to Noise ratio...
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“They were up for change. They didn’t mind challenge. They wanted fairness. But they also really didn’t understand what the change meant for them, for their communities." @elpinchbeck.bsky.social on what the British public think about the transition to net zero
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Ben Spencer @ben-spencer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A pleasure to go for a stroll with CCC CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social to talk about the trade offs between nature and climate, what climate action means for the UK and the metropolitan fantasy of an unchanging English countryside. In the Sunday Times @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/article/b729...
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UK’s net-zero guru: ‘Only Londoners say rural folk can’t adapt’
Emma Pinchbeck wants to dispel the myth that saving the planet will mean austere lifestyle changes and says the countryside is forever changing
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Adam Scorer @adamscorer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
This is so positive to see from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social and the CCC. Understanding, acknowledging & addressing the unavoidable distributional impacts on low income households properly, & from the start, will allow Govt to act faster & bolder. If not, you build hesitancy & caution into policy.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Thanks Fiona Harvey @theguardian.com for this long-promised “starting at the ccc” interview, coming at an unintentionally interesting couple of weeks for decarbonisation in the UK! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Labour warned it risks losing support for net zero if costs not spread fairly
Exclusive: Chief climate adviser calls on Starmer to make ‘strong, confident’ case for green UK that public can buy into
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Vikki Thompson @vikkithompson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
In @wwattribution.bsky.social report on the LA wildfires this January we show the frequency and intensity of the atmospheric circulation of the event has increased in winter, raising the risk of weather conditions that drive the spread of wildfire. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
Figures taken from https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-change-increased-the-likelihood-of-wildfire-disaster-in-highly-exposed-los-angeles-area/ showing the ERA5 Z500 field of Jan 8 2025 over California, and the closest analogues from a past and present period. Below, a timeseries of the change in frequency of similar events through time - showing an increase between 1950 and 2024.
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Lara Williams @lararhiannon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
It might seem like there's a net zero backlash, but: The CCC finds that the public are more ambitious than the gov expects. They just want clarity about what they’re being asked to do. My v. interesting chat with @elpinchbeck.bsky.social @ @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Most People in the UK Are Worried About Climate Change
bar chart showing survey results to the question how worried are you about climate change. 80% said they were very worried or somewhat worried.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 23/01/2025
Lots of "growth vs net-zero" media coverage today following comments by Rachel Reeves. But if u read her comments she didn't say they were in direct opposition, she was simply listing her "priorities". The UK (and others) have shown over recent decades that growth and emissions can be decoupled
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Gave evidence to the Scottish HoC Select Committee yesterday morning with CCC’s great power sector lead Owen Bellamy, plus reps from the Just Transition Commission (panel 1). Fraser is right - was an interesting discussion about where energy & climate policy meet industrial & social policy.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’m in that stage of having a 2.5 yr old where it was easier to let him go to nursery dressed as the Very Hungry Caterpillar than to have an argument about sensible play clothes. GOOD MORNING.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“…protecting what is most important to us, supporting vulnerable communities across the globe, and ensuring a decent life for our kids can be possible and is worth working towards as best as we can. We can be both realistic and hopeful of finding a positive solution”
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Jos Olivier @josolivier.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future? Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Warmer homes and healthier people: what’s not to like about a low-carbon future?
Challenges of hitting net zero emissions are often discussed, but little focus is given to the gains of living in a low-carbon world
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 11/01/2025
NEW: In light of the LA wildfires, I've put together a special in-depth report about how climate change is increasing the risk of such fires escalating quickly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Why wildfires are becoming faster and more furious
With the risk factors increasing, is it still safe to live in areas prone to these disasters - and can fireproofing ever work?
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The Interim Chair of the @thecccuk.bsky.social , world-class climate scientist @piersforster.bsky.social has new research out with colleagues, which suggests a temperature rise of around 1.37 (with uncertainty 1.25-1.49 degC). As Piers & the Committee have said: bit of additional warming counts.
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Reto Knutti @retoknutti.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Essentially all inhabited places on the planet were warmer in 2024 than the recent baseline. Most of the ocean area too. About 1/3 of the planet experienced record high temperatures. We know why. And we know how to fix it. @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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Brian Schatz @schatz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Climate inaction is way more expensive than climate action, and it’s not even close.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Good write up of a key theme of today’s DESNZ Select Committee evidence www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Public will not have to change lives ‘radically’ for 2035 climate goal, MPs told
Government climate advisers said the UK can ‘absolutely’ meet its targets for 2030 and 2035, but it currently remains off track.
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Emily Nurse of the UK Climate Change Committee says that Labour's responses so far on plans to make electricity cheaper have been a "little underwhelming". She says cheaper elec is urgent. "It's so important for the whole [energy] transition," she says.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 08/01/2025
As climate change increases the risk of dry conditions and fire weather, fires across western NAm are bigger, more dangerous, and burning greater area. It’s the difference between accidentally dropping a match into a pile of green, wet wood versus dropping it into a stack of bone dry kindling.
A pie chart showing the area burned by the 20 largest wildfires on record from 1900 through 2021 in California.
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A clean energy system is a secure and cheap energy system, @elpinchbeck.bsky.social tells @evanhd.bsky.social. @thecccuk.bsky.social
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
A well-deserved award for Chris Stark, my predecessor at the CCC, for his outstanding leadership on climate change, including through the period where the Committee advised Government on the world’s first Net Zero target.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
A jay bird has decided to visit our garden, and now my two small humans know what a jay bird is, which is as good an end to 2024 as any other. Happy New Year, all. Switching off until 2025.
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International Energy Agency @iea.org · 26/12/2024
The world is set to move rapidly into the Age of Electricity ⚡️ In recent years, electricity rose 2x as fast as total energy demand But from now to 2035, it's set to grow 6x as fast, driven by EVs, air conditioners, AI & more More in #WEO24 ➡️ iea.li/41zj0Me
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
The National Trust is worried about UK seasonal homogenisation. The seasons in the our part of the countryside, which my husband and I know so well, is already changed from our childhoods. Fewer frosts, wildflowers blooming early, etc ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @nationaltrust.bsky.social
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Tim Mitchell @timmitchell.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It is great to see the @metoffice.bsky.social Local Authority Climate Service highlighted in the UK government response to the CCC. We provide councils with tailored climate data to make evidence-based decisions in their climate adaptation planning: climatedataportal.metoffice.gov.uk/pages/lacs
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Local Authority
Welcome to the Met Office's climate service for Local Authorities in the UK. This site provides tools and resources that have been specifically designed for Local Authorities to help you better unders...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
UK electricity price falls below zero on record windfarm output www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
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Electricity price falls below zero on record wind farm output
Price drops to minus £6.57 per megawatt-hour on Wednesday morning thanks to high winds in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
GOOD MORNING but especially to the @thecccuk.bsky.social comms team, who got to hear my surprise shout-out on the latest @therestpolitics.bsky.social Question Time in live time this morning, following a comment I made about TRIP coverage of energy 😅. alastaircampbell.org/2024/12/353-...
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Environment @environmentappg.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Last night we celebrated the end of our Climate & Nature Leadership Programme with @climateappg.bsky.social A delight to hear from @elpinchbeck.bsky.social, CEO of @thecccuk.bsky.social and Ruth Davis, the UK Special Representative for Nature Thanks to MPs, peers & partners for a great evening!
A group of MPs holding placardsRuth Davis speaking with APPG banners behind herEmma Pinchbeck speaking with APPG banners behind herGuests at reception, including Carla Denyer and Barry Gardiner
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Thanks to the Government for getting their response to the CCC Progress Report done for Parliament, before Christmas! It's great to see how much has been achieved. But there’s a lot on the Gov To Do list for climate action in 2025 & beyond. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Committee on Climate Change 2024 progress report: government response
Government response to the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) 2024 progress report.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
My 2yr old has had one of those sudden leaps in language. Unfortunately this means that every time he sees me putting on smart clothes he tells me that he doesn’t want me to leave him to get on the big train and go to work. Relatedly, this is why there are always small handprints on my work clothes
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Ben Nelmes @bennelmes.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
This from @nytimes.com on the plight of global automakers is a really great roundup. Reversing or weakening EV targets and regulations will only add to the problems they face. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/b...
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Automakers Thrived in the Pandemic. Many Are Now Struggling.
Changing technology, political turmoil and competition from China are cutting into profits and forcing carmakers to cut jobs and close factories.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Only a few years ago there were almost no electric vehicles being sold. This year China is approaching 50% share of electric vehicles in total sales. But Europe is not doing too badly either with 25% outperforming the US. Source RMI
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
The Climate Change Committee is recruiting for its Chair - important role to lead work on this key issue with their CEO @elpinchbeck.bsky.social www.saxbam.com/appointment/... @thecccuk.bsky.social
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Climate Change Committee
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is an independent, statutory body established under the Climate Change Act 2008. Their purpose is to advise the UK and
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Abigail Dombey @abigaildombey.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Brilliant to see @elpinchbeck.bsky.social here on BlueSky. Looking forward to hearing both the latest from the @thecccuk.bsky.social and the battles with the 5 yo and toddler… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK 'not ready' for extreme weather, says climate change head
The head of the Climate Change Committee calls on the government to invest in adaptations now.
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Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk · 09/12/2024
@elpinchbeck.bsky.social is right. Adaptation has been a lesser priority for too long. Not only are the costs of events like #StormDarragh significant, but climate impacts are holding back the govt's renewal agenda. More here: green-alliance.org.uk/briefing/ada... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK 'not ready' for extreme weather, says climate change head
The head of the Climate Change Committee calls on the government to invest in adaptations now.
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We should be acting now to tackle and adapt to the risks from climate change, @elpinchbeck.bsky.social, chief executive of @thecccuk.bsky.social, tells @bbclaurak.bsky.social.
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Emma Pinchbeck @elpinchbeck.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
The five year old is just about able to write simple words now. Happy to confirm that she will be putting this skill to good use by quietly trolling me: The list she’s written for Santa goes: pet, dog, jet plane ride.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 13/11/2024
"I hardly ever talk about climate change and emissions in this job. We just call it economics" Really good 'exit' interview with Emma Pinchbeck in the Observer as she heads from @energyukcomms.bsky.social to @thecccuk.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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‘We need to show what we’re trying to do is worth it’: voice of the UK energy industry steps down
After five years making Energy UK ‘noisier’ on green issues, Emma Pinchbeck has been picked to lead the UK’s fight against global heating
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