Ingmar Rentzhog

Ingmar Rentzhog

@ingmar.wsocial.eu

CEO & Founder, We Don’t Have Time. Forbes Contributor. “Official Eco-warrior,” according to The Sun. Top 100 Most Influential in Climate according to Table.Climate. Chair of W

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I stayed up many nights this week writing this. Not because I had a deadline. I just couldn’t stop. It’s the most personal thing I’ve written about climate, hope, my children and the lie that we still have more time. Please read or listen: thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.org #thebiggestlie

thebiggestlie.wedonthavetime.orgThe Biggest Lie Ever Told Is Only Four Words LongNot carbon dioxide. A lie, spoken calmly in parliaments and boardrooms, only four words long.

1/1 Europe needs an emergency brake on the climate crisis. Researchers estimate over 50,000 heat-related deaths in European cities this summer, two-thirds linked to human-caused warming. Yet governments want to brake EU legislation.

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10/10 Imagine having an approved vaccine during a pandemic and waiting three years to use it. Delaying climate action also costs lives. Europe needs one market, predictable rules and investment in its future. Stop protecting pollution. Start backing the companies building what comes next.

1/1 Europe needs an emergency brake on the climate crisis. Researchers estimate over 50,000 heat-related deaths in European cities this summer, two-thirds linked to human-caused warming. Yet governments want to brake EU legislation.

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8/10 That includes digital sovereignty. Europe needs its own infrastructure, AI and platforms, with access to a genuinely European market. Weakening rules for US tech giants will not build European alternatives. We must fund them, buy from them and help them scale across borders.

1/1 Europe needs an emergency brake on the climate crisis. Researchers estimate over 50,000 heat-related deaths in European cities this summer, two-thirds linked to human-caused warming. Yet governments want to brake EU legislation.

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6/10 Germany’s car industry lost over 50,000 jobs in the year to summer 2025. Helping manufacturers electrify more slowly risks leaving them further behind. It is like wetting yourself to stay warm. Brief relief. Then a much bigger problem. Workers deserve a future.

7/10 Yes, Europe must get its industry back on its feet. Regulation alone cannot do that. Invest in clean energy, grids, charging, factories, research and skills. Make permits faster and capital easier to access. Keep the direction clear. Regulate AND invest.

1/1 Europe needs an emergency brake on the climate crisis. Researchers estimate over 50,000 heat-related deaths in European cities this summer, two-thirds linked to human-caused warming. Yet governments want to brake EU legislation.

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4/10 Volvo Cars just announced 2,500 more job cuts. The crisis has several causes. But easing EU emissions rules also weakens the value of Volvo’s electrification lead, giving slower competitors breathing room. Europe should reward companies that prepare for the future.

5/10 The same danger threatens green steel. Stegra already faces higher project costs and needs more capital. Proposals to weaken EU ETS trading add uncertainty. Making pollution cheaper risks undermining the market for cleaner steel that European companies are investing billions to produce.

1/1 Europe needs an emergency brake on the climate crisis. Researchers estimate over 50,000 heat-related deaths in European cities this summer, two-thirds linked to human-caused warming. Yet governments want to brake EU legislation.

2/10 Europe must act as ONE market. We cannot build European competitiveness while national governments protect their own polluting industries from competition. That rewards political connections over innovation and weakens the market our companies need to grow.

3/10 Europe is undermining its green competitiveness by reversing rules businesses have already invested billions to meet. Companies that moved first lose their advantage. Those that delayed get more time. What investor would trust the next political promise?

Look at these curves. Now you see why fossil fuel interests are fighting so hard to slow the transition. Every new electric car chips away at their future oil profits.

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5/8 The same speech. Two very different conversations. Our first W Live broadcast carried Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address, with only verified humans in the chat. See W and X side by side:

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Windows 11 shouldn't be the only choice when Windows 10 extended support ends in October 2027. That's why we're building CusDeb OS — an ambitious project aiming to become a viable Windows 10 alternative and give users the freedom to choose. Explore the project: cusdeb.com/os

Orbán as UN Secretary-General? WSJ says Trump officials are pushing the idea, with Russia and China believed supportive. I covered the contenders in Forbes. Orbán wasn’t among them. But who knows in this crazy world? www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

forbes.comWill The Next UN Secretary-General Deliver Institutional Evolution?The race for the next UN Secretary-General is underway as the United Nations faces a legitimacy crisis, climate pressure, and the need for institutional transformation.

1/11 We just avoided a major climate policy backlash that could have pushed the Amazon closer to irreversible collapse and made global warming far harder to slow. Lula’s victory matters far beyond Brazil. What was at stake? A forest that helps regulate the climate we all depend on. 👇

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10/11 That is why, alongside We Don’t Have Time, I’m focusing on building W. Climate action depends on people hearing the facts, debating solutions and organizing. If the channels connecting us fail democracy, they also put our ability to act on climate at risk.

11/11 We are building W as a communication infrastructure for real people. Verified humans. Privacy. Accountability. Made in Europe for the world. Defending a liveable planet also means defending our ability to reach each other and especially if we don't agree on everything.

1/11 We just avoided a major climate policy backlash that could have pushed the Amazon closer to irreversible collapse and made global warming far harder to slow. Lula’s victory matters far beyond Brazil. What was at stake? A forest that helps regulate the climate we all depend on. 👇

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8/11 Mobilizing people matters. After losing the first round, Lula revamped his social media strategy alongside mass rallies. He said his campaign convinced people that voting was essential to protecting democracy. Turnout rose. People mobilized in the streets and online.

9/11 But look at the platforms we depend on. Meta acknowledged wrongly disabling some Lula campaign ads, while denying political bias. In 2022, Global Witness found Facebook and YouTube approved test ads containing election disinformation. Who controls who gets heard?

1/11 We just avoided a major climate policy backlash that could have pushed the Amazon closer to irreversible collapse and made global warming far harder to slow. Lula’s victory matters far beyond Brazil. What was at stake? A forest that helps regulate the climate we all depend on. 👇

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6/11 Additional warming would increase the risk of crossing other climate tipping points. Some changes could become irreversible on human timescales. That is the global danger: Amazon collapse could amplify warming and make an already dangerous crisis harder to contain.

7/11 Avoiding that outcome required a historic comeback. For the first time since direct presidential elections returned in 1989, Brazil elected a candidate who finished second in the first round. Lula’s victory does not make the Amazon safe. But it keeps a vital opportunity alive.

1/11 We just avoided a major climate policy backlash that could have pushed the Amazon closer to irreversible collapse and made global warming far harder to slow. Lula’s victory matters far beyond Brazil. What was at stake? A forest that helps regulate the climate we all depend on. 👇

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4/11 Then comes the food shock. Disrupted rainfall could damage South American harvests. Brazil is a major supplier of soybeans, coffee and sugar. The economic chain could reach your supermarket: smaller harvests, tighter supplies, higher prices. A dying forest could deepen hunger far away.

5/11 Falling river levels could disrupt drinking water, river transport and hydropower. Communities could lose livelihoods. Businesses could face electricity and transport disruptions. Those shocks could spread through trade, adding economic damage to the human and ecological disaster.

1/11 We just avoided a major climate policy backlash that could have pushed the Amazon closer to irreversible collapse and made global warming far harder to slow. Lula’s victory matters far beyond Brazil. What was at stake? A forest that helps regulate the climate we all depend on. 👇

2/11 Imagine vast areas of rainforest drying out. Trees dying. Fires spreading. Rainfall failing. The Amazon helps generate its own rain. Lose enough forest, and that system weakens. Drought kills more trees. More fires burn. Destruction starts feeding further destruction.

3/11 The Amazon holds carbon equivalent to roughly 15–20 years of humanity’s CO2 emissions. Collapse would not release it all at once. But vast releases could accelerate warming worldwide. Every country would face the consequences of losing part of this enormous carbon store.

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Spending som days with my son and the W cap in beautiful Prague. Easy to reach with a direct train from Copenhagen!

Electric aviation is taking off. ⚡✈️ Dutch pilots already train in electric planes. Now Elysian is developing a battery-powered aircraft for 90 passengers, targeting up to 1,000 km. Europe can lead. Let’s back the pioneers. #MadeInEurope l.euronews.com/gtFd

Historic: Solar has overtaken coal as China’s largest power source by installed capacity. ☀️ Solar: 1,286 GW 🏭 Coal: 1,285 GW The next challenge: turning that capacity into enough clean electricity to push coal out.

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Remember this: 17 Nov 2023 was the first day in which the global temperature exceeded 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The exact temperature was 2.07ºC. Then 18 Nov came in at 2.06ºC Well there is now a strong possibility for this record to be broken before October ends. 22 Oct was 1.95ºC

It means so much to read the Nordic Museum’s kind words about my father ❤️ As a child, I helped him brainstorm ideas for the children’s exhibition, Lekstugan. Later, I had the honour of opening it alongside Astrid Lindgren. A memory I will always treasure. www.linkedin.com/pulse/nordis...

linkedin.comNordiska museets minnesord över Sten Rentzhog (1937–2026)Vi som arbetar på Nordiska museet påminns dagligen om Sten Rentzhogs enorma, och till synes outtröttliga, engagemang för att göra museets verksamhet tillgängligt för en bred publik, för historien och ...

This is so true! "What we need is a sense of Gratitude toward the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, the things we use, and every being that assists our life every moment." Thank you Sadghuru

Carl Bildt @cbildt.bsky.social takes the microphone and becomes the interviewer. 😂 This is what we need more of in politics today: humour, humanity, warmth and friendship across party lines. We can disagree and still laugh together.

A New Mexico court has ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found it misled Facebook users about their data and privacy. The case stems from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Meta plans to appeal. Is $25 billion enough when the stakes include trust in democracy?

What a fantastic investor evening for W! Thank you to everyone who joined us and supports what we’re building together. Europe needs a voice of its own. Let’s make it heard.

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Still buzzing from Berlin! 🇩🇪🏆 From football legend Philipp Lahm to Europe’s leading changemakers, what a night! When our CEO Anna Zeiter received the European Future Award for Innovation & Business, it marked another milestone for W. What a moment! 🇪🇺❤️

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Is the Gulf Stream system already slowing down? Direct measurements only began in 2004 — so Levke Caesar read 150 years of ocean temperatures instead, including the telltale “cold blob” south of Greenland.