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Sarah Walker

@sawalker.bsky.social
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Transport Programme Manager, European Climate Foundation. Posting mostly about European transport policies, the climate crisis & flightfree travel. Brit & Belgian. Views my own. She/Her

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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Wim explains to the audience at Autoworld how much he enjoys driving his electric truck and training other drivers. "With smooth gear shifts and no vibrations, they don't want to give it back!" Lovely to hear from happy EV drivers! #emobility #etrucks #2030
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Cut petrol cars in cities. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Air pollution can drive devastating forms of dementia, research suggests
Airborne particles cause toxic clumps of proteins in brain that are hallmarks of Lewy body dementia, study indicates
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This short documentary is unmissable and profoundly moving. Thank you George and Todd for sharing your stories via #SafeLanding www.theguardian.com/film/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
Guilt Trip: the pilots torn between flight and the fight for the planet - documentary
Pilots-turned-environmentalists grapple with the reality of their dream jobs, torn between childhood ambitions and the impact of their industry on the world beneath them
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I don't think enough people are talking about the interrelationship between climate change and insurance - not just in the US, but in Europe too. If anyone has more resources on this, I'd gratefully receive them!
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Best #Eurovision bit in a long while...
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Raised by a Dad who was a child in the Second World War, I feel strongly about the value of marking anniversaries such as #VEDay. It is a time for thanks but also for reflection. This article does the latter powerfully. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
theguardian.com
The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories
On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happened
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Renewable Energy = Energy Security. Ed Miliband gets it. Can he come to Brussels and explain it to some EU politicians please?
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
97% of business leaders support the transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy - poll in 15 major economies by @e3g.bsky.social #climatecrisis #the89Percent www.e3g.org/publications...
e3g.org
Powering Up: Business leaders overwhelmingly back a rapid transition to renewable power
Business voices have expressed overwhelming support for the transition to renewable energy.
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"In a volatile global economy, it is frankly insane to keep relying on imported fossil fuels—the main cause of climate change—when renewable energy offers a cheaper and cleaner alternative." Can't say clearer than that.
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has “100% hatred” toward Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “How else can you see a person who came here and murdered our people, murdered children?” says Zelenskyy. cbsn.ws/3YyaIlp
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
A great introduction from @jamesbwood.bsky.social to today's ECF & Fathom Consulting event on "Europe's flightpath to economic competitiveness", focussing our minds on the need to find solutions for this sector for our generation and, especially, the ones on the way!
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Sales of electric cars to rise 35% to 16m in China this year HT @carbonbrief.org www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202504/01/...
chinadaily.com.cn
NEV sales in China seen topping 16m this year
Sales of new energy vehicles in China are expected to exceed 16 million units in 2025, as the market enters a stable growth phase with annual growth rates moderating, experts said.
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Thanks to @jeppejuul.bsky.social @sorenhave.dk and many others for a fantastic inaugural #CopenhagenContrails conference. We can see a clear opportunity to reduce the heating impact of aviation - now we just need to get more companies & policymakers on board!
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
In Copenhagen for a conference on the as yet unrealised potential of limiting global warming by addressing contrails - seen in the first photo I took of this lovely city. More info in this timely report from @transenv.bsky.social - www.transportenvironment.org/topics/plane...
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
MEP @tpellerincarlin.bsky.social calls out Automotive lobbyists who have not bothered to read the IPCC Report's executive summary. "It is not alarmist to state the scientific fact that this is an existential crisis" #emobility
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Packed room for the Platform for Electro-Mobility's event "Clean or Dirty?" on the Clean Industrial Deal
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Inspiring speech at @smartfreightcentre.bsky.social by @mliebreich.bsky.social #SmartFreightWeek2025 in an old ship building factory in Amsterdam. "Nothing is inevitable... we have to make things happen we want to see happen"
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A reminder that climate change doesn't mean a new, hotter "normal" but instead greater uncertainty going forward. www.reuters.com/business/env...
reuters.com
Cities face 'whiplash' of floods, droughts as temperatures rise, study warns
The weather in some of the world's most densely populated cities is swinging from droughts to floods and back again as rising temperatures play havoc with the global water cycle, a study commissioned by the charity WaterAid showed on Wednesday.
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Just to make a fun-sponge point: if every Trump supporter bought an EV, even if the electricity grid was 100% fossil fuel powered, it would still reduce carbon emissions, because EVs are ~5 times more efficient than internal combustion engines.
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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 10/03/2025
Indeed. Join the Copenhagen Contrails Conference to push on this actually happening: copenhagencontrails.org
copenhagencontrails.org
Copenhagen Contrails Conference March 25-26 2025.
From the lab to the skies. The conference brings together global leaders in aviation, climate, and sustainability to turn contrail science into climate progress
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
"Lithuania has quietly gone about one of the fastest energy transitions on the planet. Wind and solar accounted for nearly two-thirds (65%) of the country’s power generation in 2024" - climate solutions = energy security
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone #ULEZ #airpollution www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
HOT OFF THE PRESS: Clean power in the UK by 2030 will halve gas imports for power generation. New Ember report. But transport and home heating remain highly exposed to energy imports unless the transition to clean energy accelerates. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Meanwhile, in countries that have clear targets for zero emission vehicles... you get more zero emission vehicles!
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BEUC - The Consumer Voice @beuc.eu · 03/03/2025
The Commission has given more leeway to carmakers 🚗 who have been given 3 more years to comply with their 2025 CO2 targets. This will have strong consequences for consumers limiting their choice of small and affordable electric vehicles and the 🌍. More here 👇 www.beuc.eu/press-releas...
beuc.eu
Watering down of car CO2 targets will make electric cars more expensive and less accessible for consumers
Today, the European Commission buckled in the face of strong industry lobbying to water down 2025 CO2 targets, which will mean that electric cars will be less available and affordable for consumers in...
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
When governments back EVs, they sell lots. There's a lesson in there somewhere (but apparently not one the EU is learning).
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Big congrats to the European car industry today for increasing their share price at the expense of the planet (again). Thankfully we have lots of time to waste. www.euractiv.com/section/eet/...
euractiv.com
Von der Leyen proposes more relaxed CO2 target compliance for new cars - Euractiv
The topic of emissions targets had previously been a placeholder in a Friday draft of the Automotive Action plan.
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Justin Guay @guayjg.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Even as total European car sales fell 2% EV sales grew a blistering 37% as automakers raced to meet C02 rules Turns out the regulations work 🤷‍♂️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Europe EV Sales Jump 37% as Carmakers Push for Laxer CO2 Rules
Europe’s electric-vehicle sales rose 37% last month as automakers promoted their battery-powered cars in order to comply with tighter emissions regulation this year.
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 26/02/2025
To no one's surprise, UK newspapers are full of truly dreadful - and, at times, outright bizarre - "reporting" of the Climate Change Committee's new carbon-budget advice. For a sane and nuanced summary – with lots of charts - here's our detailed coverage... www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-reducing...
carbonbrief.org
CCC: Reducing emissions 87% by 2040 would help ‘cut household costs by £1,400’ - Carbon Brief
The UK should cut its emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040 under its...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 25/02/2025
EV sales in Europe: up 38% Tesla sales in Europe: down 45.2% Breathe it in folks, breathe it innnnnnnnnnnnn www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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a man with long hair is sitting in the driver 's seat of a truck with his eyes closed .
Alt: a man with long hair stepping out of a bus, closing his eyes and enjoying the wind in his hair (from con air)
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Interesting data. Is anyone doing major studies into this?
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This is not remotely connected to anything I normally post about. It's just brilliant.
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Oh yes please 🙏🙏 "New direct high-speed train routes could serve Cologne, Frankfurt, Geneva and Zurich by 2029..." www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
St Pancras and Channel tunnel plan rail routes to Germany and Switzerland
Partnership comes as London station looks at ways to almost triple passenger numbers
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 19/02/2025
The car industry is trying to lobby out climate targets for its biggest polluting vehicles. 10% of the most polluting vehicles would be excluded from the cars CO2 targets under ‘relief measures’ proposed by the industry. Read our analysis ➡️ bit.ly/41n4bvR
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 21/02/2025
Carmakers don’t seem to mean what they say. One minute they can comply with the EU’s car CO2 targets. The next, they are demanding the targets be scrapped. They are playing a double game to weaken climate rules: complain then comply. Explore the timeline ➡️ bit.ly/3X8ReTP
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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Go Canada! 🇨🇦
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Commissioner for Sustainable Transport Tzitzikostas emphasises "we need to make bold investments today to take advantage of these opportunities tomorrow" for EU decarbonisation & competitiveness at @transenv.bsky.social #ProjectSkyPower e-SAF event
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Is there a special term for when you accidentally dress in the same colour palette as the conference branding? @transenv.bsky.social
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 18/02/2025
e-SAF is the key to decarbonising aviation but without stronger financial tools the 30 large-scale projects planned for the EU could fail. T&E is joining CEOs from the aviation industry to call for urgent policy support to scale e-SAF production in the EU. Read the letter ➡️ bit.ly/4gACZhq
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
If you want to experience something that previous generations haven't, here it is: The last 10 years have been the 10 warmest years on record.
npr.org
January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.
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Peter Mock @petermock.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Having worked in the field for more than 20 years, it is now already the 3rd time that I witness carmakers exaggerating compliance costs ahead of a next stage of the EU's #CO2standards for new vehicles.
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Flight Free UK @flightfreeuk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
A comprehensive take-down of SAF by @benpurvis42.bsky.social - overblown estimates on emissions savings - same CO2 output when burned - at worst, could be more carbon-intensive than regular jet fuel - limited feedstock, often imported - savings are extinguished by expansion of the industry
theconversation.com
There isn’t enough ‘sustainable’ aviation fuel to make a dent in our emissions – and there won’t be for years
It’s better than regular jet fuel, but beware the hype.
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
As the car industry moans in Politico about "just" growing by 3% in 2024, @chloemiko.bsky.social reveals the money and tactics behind key car industry lobbyist ACEA ... www.linkedin.com/posts/chlo%C...
linkedin.com
Chloé Mikolajczak on LinkedIn: 🚨 Meet your lobbyist episode 6! A tour of the most powerful lobbies in…
🚨 Meet your lobbyist episode 6! A tour of the most powerful lobbies in the EU that are changing YOUR life, without you even knowing it. 🚗 For this first…
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
E-Mobility Europe and @newautomotive.org have released a new study which shows that the EU *must* stick to the 2025 targets to protect 450,000 electric cars to be sold, 530,000t CO2 savings and €270 million fuel savings. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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T&E UK @transenvuk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
UK EV sales are booming!⚡️🚗 January saw a record-breaking start to the year for EVs, with 21.5% of new car registrations fully electric. Carmakers are stepping up efforts to hit their 23-24% 2025 target. The momentum is building with more affordable models hitting the market.
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Non Road Mobile Machinery - the next frontier of decarbonised vehicles?
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
"Nowhere in the 28 contracts granted to NGOs and analyzed by POLITICO does the Commission provide direct instructions to lobby on its behalf." #slowclap Of course they don't. Now investigate corporate lobbying. www.politico.eu/article/fact...
politico.eu
Fact-check: Did the EU Commission really pay NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal?
Confidential contracts seen by POLITICO do not tend to support claims that the executive paid green groups to lobby on its behalf.
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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The news getting you down? I invite you to stare at this chart of solar and wind deployed capacity in China. They blew past their ambitious 2030 target... last July.
Solar and wind growth in China has ramped up to 1400 GW of installed capacity.
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Sarah Walker @sawalker.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
AVERE since 1978 has just become "E-mobility Europe" (to a rapturous round of applause!) - new branding launched, of course, at Autoworld 🚗
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