iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One of the pressure points emerging from the the US attack on Iran is the restricted supply - and hence rising price - of #diesel. Pivoting to electric trucking has made #China more resilient in the face of the oil shock.

111

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first new cat species in more than 100 years was discovered in the Yungas forests of Bolivia. Mistaken for a stray by the person who found it, it's the only living member of the Tilcayo cat family. What a beauty! 😍 🐈‍⬛ 🐾 #tilcayo #bolivia #cats #nature #conservation Image: Paola Nogales Ascarrunz

2101

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#Germany, the world's 3rd largest economy, has committed to phasing out fossil fuels by 2045, in its roadmap to “transition away” from coal, oil and gas. Plans include ramping up #renewables, accelerating the rollout of #EVs and cutting #methane emissions by 30%. Image: Karsten Würth #cleantech

021

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

100 nations have now ratified the High Seas Treaty. Australia, Brunei, Canada, Germany, Papua New Guinea & Zimbabwe are the latest countries to ratify. Currently, less than 1% of international waters are fully protected. #oceans #nature Image: Vyacheslav Argenberg

012

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Campaign for Nature's Global Assessment 30×30 report found that around 20% of land and inland waters are already designated protected - with the High Seas Treaty come into force - and would increase to 27% by 2030 on current policy plans. See more: for-the-ocean.org/ocean-protec... #naturepositive

020

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You can't win a fight against market forces Donald. In America, states that backed #Trump accounted for 8 of the top 10 #solar building states in early 2026 and nearly three-quarters of the 11+ gigawatts added nationally in Q2, a 45% jump year-over-year

133

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#China #cleantech exports - #solar, #wind, #batteries & #EVs - avoided 374 MtCO2 in 2025, more than total #UK emissions, says the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. Over their lifetime, these 2025 exports will avoid 6,900 MtCO2, a 31% increase from 2024 and 2X #India annual emissions.

021

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Ukraine & Iran wars have pushed coal demand up 1.2% this year (IEA), but Carbon Brief says global CO2 emissions will still fall. In China, coal use rose, but emissions fell 1% in Q2 as oil use for transport dropped 16% and EV sales hit records. IEA predicts zero oil growth in 2027 #cleantech

041

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Bristol is the latest city - along with #Amsterdam, #Cardiff and #Edinburgh - to ban adverts for fossil fuels and other polluting products. Image: Dietmar Rabich

081

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Iceland’s government announced a review of the country’s whaling legislation, potentially resulting in a permanent ban. #Iceland, #Japan, #Norway and the Faroe Islands are the only countries that still allow commercial #whaling, despite the 1986 global moratorium on whaling. Image: Luis Ga

051

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. -H.G. Wells, writer (1866-1946)

100

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Green hydrogen is one of the key Technologies of Hope, and it needs investment to bring the costs down. Projects like this one are a good sign Source: BloombergNEF #greenhydrogen #cleantech #climatetech

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Long-duration energy storage is the next wave in battery technology, and data centres are taking note #batteries #datacentres #climatetech #cleantech

031

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One of the few issues where there is bipartisan alignment in the US #AI

041

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What sits above the surface is only a fraction of how systems actually change. When we look at driving sustainability, it’s easy to focus on visible actions—policy tweaks, target setting, or standalone projects.

221

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Under new French legislation, ultra-fast fashion - determined by the volume of products available, how much they cost, and their repairability - will pay fees ranging from €0.50 for underwear to €12 for a coat, capped at 50% of the product’s sales price. #fastfashion Image: Romane Gautun

040

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In England's worst drought on record, a restored #wetland on the Holnicote Estate in England appears lush and green, in stark contrast to the parched landscape around it. That's #climate #resilience from #nature based solutions. Image: National Trust/Steve Sayers #wetlands #restoration

0138

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The UK’s rarest bird of prey has bred chicks for the second consecutive year at a secret location in England. Six Montagu’s harrier chicks were raised at two separate nests this summer, according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). Image: Tisha Mukherjee, Wiki Commons

020

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For the first time in 200 years, a Przewalski’s #horse has been born on the steppes of central #Kazakhstan. Przewalski’s horses are considered to be the last truly wild horses on Earth. Most of the population lives in Mongolia and China. Image: Claudia Feh, Wiki Commons #rewilding #naturepositive

061

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The new EU Right to Repair Directive expects the new rules to give a €4.8bn (£4.1bn) boost to the bloc’s economy. A European repair directory, set to go online in 2027, will allow people to find repairers in each EU nation. Image: Amuzujoe, Wikimedia Commons #repair #righttorepair #circulareconomy

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It looks like Trump’s Make China Great Again (MCGA) strategy is working! 🤔🇨🇳

010

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

With the 40th anniversary of the 1986 #whaling moratorium. a new study chronicling sightings of Antarctic blue #whales and fin whales off the southern coast of Africa shows that 95% of viewings for the two species occurred since 2012 Source: African J of Marine Sci Image: Callum Evans Photography

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

According to Ember, 2026 has seen a 50% increase in #battery additions globally – enough to shift an average of 34% of new #solar generation to non-sunny hours. In #Bulgaria and #Chile, which are leading the way, the figures are 77% and 76% respectively. Source: Positive News Image: Somchai_Stock

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We use #lithium in our #EVs and other batteries. Direct lithium extraction is an alternative method that research teams and companies are exploring. These systems use membranes, solvents and electrochemical processes to selectively remove lithium ions from brine. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

nature.com

Demand for lithium is surging: here’s how to make mining more sustainable

Researchers are looking for ways to extract the metal from underground reservoirs that use less water in the process.

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🎉🥳🎈Celebrate guilt free. Researchers at Imperial College London say standard #balloons can take years to break down and can release harmful chemicals. But their new #Bioloon #biodegrades within nine months. It is no more expensive than a standard balloon and is easier to blow up.

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

British firm #Polymateria has developed an additive that is incorporated into the #plastics during manufacturing. After sufficient environmental weathering, the treated #plastic breaks down into a low-molecular-weight wax that can be consumed by soil microbes. Image: Polymateria

034

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#Ospreys have bred on an #RSPB reserve in England for the first time since the Victorian period. There are now an estimated 316 breeding pairs across the #UK Image: KaroGraphix Photography #naturepositive

021

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The UK’s postal service, Royal Mail, has had a very special delivery: its 9,000th electric van. Almost a third of Royal Mail’s delivery routes now use zero-emission vehicles. #EV #EVs Image: Royal Mail

020

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#Deforestation alerts in the #Brazilian Amazon have fallen to their lowest level in 13 years, according to new satellite data. Alterts are down by more than a third compared with the previous 12 months, and 55.6% below the average for the last decade. Image: rahimajan

010

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

70%: That’s been the average growth in U.S. #battery installations over the last three years, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and it’s continuing to accelerate. Here’s the chart

120

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#Biodiversity small wins, like the future of the #numbat in #Australia. There are now around 3,000 nationwide, & in Dryandra numbers have increased ten-fold. It’s recently been taken off the international endangered species list & is now classified as near-threatened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

020

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Nepal’s #tiger population has risen sharply to 429 – more than triple the number recorded in 2009. #Nepal is the first country to meet a global pledge, agreed by 13 nations in 2010, to double their tiger populations by 2022. Source: Global Tiger Forum Photo: Praniket Desai

020

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#Germany has become the latest nation to cross a green #energy “tipping point” as #wind and #solar generated 44% of Germany’s electricity in 2025, just ahead of fossil fuels on 43%. Source: Carbon Brief

150

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

A rooftop #solar revolution has helped the #UK break its previous record for the amount of solar power generated in a single month. Solar provided 14.4% of the UK’s electricity in July, breaking the 12.4% record set in May, and way up on the 9.6% recorded last July.

143

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

White storks have returned to England’s Midlands region for the first time in more than 600 years, thanks to a successful reintroduction programme at the #Knepp Estate #naturepositive

172

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Could this nut be the boost that Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) need? A $3 billion project to plant macauba palm trees in Brazil across an area larger than the city of L.A. The planned biorefinery could produce 20,000 barrels of #SAF up from global output of 41,000 barrels a day in 2025

110

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🎙️ The Dancing With Systems podcast launched yesterday. "We can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!" — Donnella Meadows This insight is at are at the heart of our new podcast. Check it out here or wherever you consume your podcasts: dancingwithsystems.buzzsprout.com

100

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🔥 New data in: This is was a #solar #energy revolution looks like: an exponential adoption curve 📈 : ☀️ 2012: 100 GW ☀️ 2022: 1 TW (took 10 years from 2012) ☀️ 2024: 2 TW (took 2 years from 2022) ☀️ 2026: 3 TW (took 18 months from 2024)

164

Reposted by Prof Wayne Visser

Jim McClelland @sustmeme.com · 03/08/2026

Top voices* this week in our SustMeme Business & Finance Feed include: @econocabreado.bsky.social @eib.org @james-bg.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social + @waynevisser.bsky.social View (+ Like) our thematic Feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:... (*Pls see pinned Post for algorithm note) #SustMemeBandF

012

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#Sweden will ban products containing “forever chemicals” or #PFAS – per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – from January 2028. They’re found in everything from cookware to cosmetics and rainwear

030

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A #Finnish town has slashed emissions from its district heating system by 70% with the help of the world’s largest sand #battery. The 13m-tall silo – in the town of Pornainen – contains 2,000 tonnes of crushed soapstone, which is heated using #renewable electricity, often at cheap, off peak rates.

062

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#Deforestation in the Brazilian #Amazon has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, according to fresh data from the country’s National Space Agency. In the first half of 2026, some 500 sq miles of #rainforest was cleared, compared to 807 sq miles over the same period in 2025 – a 38% decrease.

153

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, has been mooted as a potential treatment for anorexia nervosa, when combined with talking therapy, following a trial led by Imperial College London

020

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Emblehope and Burngrange Estate (pictured) in Northumberland - around 3,000 hectares of degraded land in the north of England – roughly equivalent to 4,200 football pitches – is set to be restored for nature by Restore

052

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This day in 1918 Nelson #Mandela was born. A promising career as a lawyer was cut short and he spent 27 years in jail before becoming South Africa’s first democratic president. Here is my #poem: He Lived Among Us A Tribute to Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) www.waynevisser.com/poetry/he-li...

041

Reposted by Prof Wayne Visser

Nature @nature.com · 18/07/2026

The lithium-ion battery powers eight billion mobile phones, hundreds of millions of laptops and rapidly growing fleets of electric cars and energy-storage banks. But there’s a new contender breaking into the battery market go.nature.com/4waiKQo

go.nature.com

Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world

Nature - Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy...

16027

Reposted by Prof Wayne Visser

Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 18/07/2026

Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.

nowtoronto.com

Ontario hardest hit as wildfires cost Canada billions | NOW Toronto

A new report estimates wildfire smoke has cost Canada $231 billion since 2014. See how much each province has spent.

20582296

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It won’t reverse the clean energy wave, but it’s an unnecessary pandering to the fossil fuel lobby

063

Prof Wayne Visser @waynevisser.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

New milestone for #renewables in Europe: #Solar was the bloc’s largest single source of power in June, ahead of nuclear (21%), gas (15%), wind (14%) and hydro (12%), as coal generated just 8%, according to data from the energy thinktank Ember.

021