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Chris Russell

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Desk Editor, @asia.nikkei.com | Oxford Climate Journalism Network 2024 @reutersinstitute.bsky.social

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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 03/09/2026
Very strong El Nino to run through February as Asia impacts build asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/environme…
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Very strong El Nino to run through February as Asia impacts build
WMO forecasts temperatures far above normal for much of the region
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 06/04/2026
Bangladesh garment makers see some costs triple in wake of Iran war asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/iran-tens…
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Bangladesh garment makers see some costs triple in wake of Iran war
Fabric and yarn prices on the rise, squeezing margins in an already struggling sector
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
India pivoted to oil from Saudi Arabia and Iraq because of U.S. pressure, but because the U.S. has now attacked Iran, it can no longer get hold of oil from those countries. asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/ir...
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Iran war upends India's pivot from Russian oil
Strait of Hormuz shipments up 56% since August on rising imports from Saudi Arabia, Iraq
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I don't think I've ever had to maintain such a large list of muted words on a social media platform as I have Bluesky, Nuzzi being the latest addition
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 10/10/2025
Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP asia.nikkei.com/politics/japan-lead…
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Japan's Komeito withdraws from ruling coalition with Takaichi's LDP
Quarter-century of formal partnership comes to end over political funding scandal
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 23/09/2025
India's increasing cloudbursts put Himalayan hydropower at risk asia.nikkei.com/business/energy/ind…
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India's increasing cloudbursts put Himalayan hydropower at risk
Intensifying extreme rains are damaging and disrupting key clean energy source
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Whether we aim to reduce atmospheric CO₂ by carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) or CO₂ removal (CDR), we must store the carbon somewhere durably. This new study, led by @gidden.bsky.social, showed that global geologic carbon storage capacity is 10 times less than previous estimates. Not good.
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A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature
A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 01/09/2025
WATCH: Japan just had its hottest summer on record. With the extreme heat, companies have been taking various steps to keep workers safe and to remain compliant with new government regulations. Read more here: trib.al/r9SekbO
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
It's against this backdrop that Japan has set out new heat protection regulations for workers. With temperature records also being set across East Asia, other governments are following suit. From "heat holidays" to heat allowances, this is @asia.nikkei.com's look at how the region is responding:
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In a hotter world, East Asia tries to keep workers working
New rules prompt employers to offer more heat protections, but gaps remain
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The Japan Meteorological Agency has just confirmed this summer was the country's hottest on record, with the average temperature coming in at 2.36 C over the norm for the season. www.data.jma.go.jp/cpd/longfcst...
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気象庁 | 2025年夏(6月〜8月)の天候
気象庁が提供するページです
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 26/06/2025
Indian AC makers can't keep up with demand driven by hotter summers asia.nikkei.com/Business/Electronic…
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Indian AC makers can't keep up with demand driven by hotter summers
Reliance on Chinese parts limits supply as climate change boosts cooling need
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 19/06/2025
Our new paper updating key metrics in the IPCC is now out, and the news is grim: ⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C ⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade ⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance ⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2 essd.copernicus.org/...
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Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence
Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639576; Smith et al., 2025a) to produce updated estimates for key indicators of the state of the climate system: net emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate forcers, greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, the Earth's energy imbalance, surface temperature changes, warming attributed to human activities, the remaining carbon budget, and estimates of global temperature extremes. This year, we additionally include indicators for sea-level rise and land precipitation change. We follow methods as closely as possible to those used in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group One report. The indicators show that human activities are increasing the Earth's energy imbalance and driving faster sea-level rise compared to the AR6 assessment. For the 2015–2024 decade average, observed warming relative to 1850–1900 was 1.24 [1.11 to 1.35] °C, of which 1.22 [1.0 to 1.5] °C was human-induced. The 2024-observed best estimate of global surface temperature (1.52 °C) is well above the best estimate of human-caused warming (1.36 °C). However, the 2024 observed warming can still be regarded as a typical year, considering the human-induced warming level and the state of internal variability associated with the phase of El Niño and Atlantic variability. Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024. This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being at an all-time high of 53.6±5.2 Gt CO2e yr−1 over the last decade (2014–2023), as well as reductions in the strength of aerosol cooling. Despite this, there is evidence that the rate of increase in CO2 emissions over the last decade has slowed compared to the 2000s, and depending on societal choices, a continued series of these annual updates over the critical 2020s decade could track decreases or increases in the rate of the climatic changes presented here.
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Really good to see a greater effort in Japan to track the influence of climate change on extreme weather. Will be interesting to see how/if this shifts public opinion and debate on climate. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Japan Wants a Bigger Role In Science of Extreme Weather Attribution
Nation’s new research center aims to pinpoint the role of climate change in heat waves to typhoons
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Nikkei Asia (Official) @asia.nikkei.com · 17/05/2025
The startup helping rebuild Nepal, one eco-brick at a time asia.nikkei.com/Business/Constructi…
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The startup helping rebuild Nepal, one eco-brick at a time
Build Up Nepal's bricks promise to address major source of pollution, CO2
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 22/04/2025
For Japan’s largest utilities, lab-made fuels are a meaningful step toward greener energy that also extends the life of existing fossil-fuel infrastructure. Their critics says they are an expensive distraction.
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Japan embraces lab-made fuels despite costs and climate concerns
Japanese utilities say e-methane is chemically almost identical to natural gas but is effectively carbon-neutral.
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Quick announcement: Pleased to say that last week I joined @asia.nikkei.com as a desk editor. I'll be focused on South Asia, but I'm aiming to keep an eye on climate too.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The IEA has released a new analysis on energy use in 2024, and it's full of interesting data and insights. I urge people to check it out. Here are my top-line reactions to it, below. A thread.... www.iea.org/news/growth-...
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Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average - News - IEA
Growth in global energy demand surged in 2024 to almost twice its recent average - News from the International Energy Agency
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 26/02/2025
NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040 ⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought 💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP) 🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400 🔌Electrification is key THREAD + charts www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/10
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 16/02/2025
JAL and ANA both have ambitious climate goals, but slow progress in many areas shows just how challenging decarbonization is for the aviation sector.
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Sky not the only limit for JAL and ANA’s climate goals
The airlines' similar but different carbon neutrality plans highlight the difficulty of decarbonization, especially as the sector is now growing again.
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Nice working with @gristnews.bsky.social on this story. As someone who has been flexitarian for 5+ years now, I can say myself that the struggle is real when it comes to avoiding animal products. But things are changing — I got a few nice restaurant/bakery tips from this article!
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 26/01/2025
Japan is investing billions of yen to get carbon capture and storage off the ground in order to keep key, high-emitting industries operating, but the technology is dogged by high costs and uncertainty.
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Chris Russell @russ-chris.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Presumably Japan wouldn't fit in at the "peak of inflated expectations"
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Stephen Stapczynski @sstapczynski.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Japan sees nuclear and solar as the cheapest energy sources in 2040 🇯🇵☢️ ⚡ The total system cost for nuclear power is the cheapest option in all but one scenario ☀️ Solar power could be cheapest or most expensive depending on scale of intermittent renewable sources on the grid
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Tomoko Otake @tomokootake.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
"Expert" panels are ubiquitous in Japan's government, setting policy directions for everything from energy to public health, but are they fair and balanced? @russ-chris.bsky.social and I examined the question through a recent debate over climate policy-related committees. For @japantimes.co.jp
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
🚨 We are thrilled to present the 7th cohort of our Oxford Climate Journalism Network It includes 34 men and 66 women from dozens of countries and territories. The new members of our climate network will join us in January Check out our new members reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/members-oxfo...
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 28/11/2024
Here we are. Pleased to meet you! 👋
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 15/11/2024
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is targeting widespread use of hydrogen to hit its climate goals, but strong competition and its physical properties are limiting its applications.
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Tokyo's climate goals rely on a fuel that is falling out of favor
The metropolitan government is targeting the widespread use of hydrogen, but strong competition and its physical properties are limiting its applications.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 24/11/2024
Japan has regularly renewed costly energy subsidies since the start of the Ukraine war, but these measures come at a high cost and only encourage the use of planet-warming fossil fuels. www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/20……
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How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
While offering relief to low-income households, such measures encourage the continued use of the fossil fuels driving climate change.
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