Muhammad Ittefaq, Ph.D.

How much of the world’s proven coal, oil and gas (i.e. already found, pays to extract at today’s prices) can still be burned for a 66% chance of holding 2 °C? About 30%. The other 70%, 2,040 billion tonnes of CO₂, are stranded assets. Burn it all and CO₂ alone means roughly 2.7 °C Purple = added

The cyclonic storm is set to make landfall on Wednesday, with 400,000 people in need of evacuation.

"We estimate 430,365 heat-related deaths over the study period, with just over half of the modelled burden attributable to human-induced warming." #Europe 🇪🇺 #ClimateEmergency

Nice article on the so-called ‘Climate Working Group’ shenanigans including new excuses for why they can’t respond to the critics. thebulletin.org/2026/10/scie...

Truly mind-boggling and very scary The 1997-98 El Nino resulted in a global economic hit of $5.7 trillion When we look back on the current hyper El Nino, don't be surprised if there is not much change out of $20 trillion

My conversation with @weatherwest.bsky.social on El Niño, global climate system, COP31, and IPCC report. @ipcc.bsky.social Thank you Dr. Daniel for your time and work. youtu.be/qZFGvCgynok?...

My conversation with @weatherwest.bsky.social on El Niño, global climate system, COP31, and IPCC report. @ipcc.bsky.social Thank you Dr. Daniel for your time and work. youtu.be/qZFGvCgynok?...

In case you have missed our conversation with @markhamhislop.bsky.social about global energy crisis, Iran war, geopolitics and electrification, & more. @energimedia.bsky.social @ittefaq.bsky.social youtu.be/ptcH8UoVa7M?...

Couldn't make the breakfast launch of our new #Climate Popularism report on Thursday? You can now watch a recording of the event, hosted by Jon Alexander. Hear from me and my co-author, Caroline Lucas, about why this is so important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px_0...

I had a chance to sit with @markhamhislop.bsky.social to discuss global energy systems, geopolitics, Iran war and electrification, rise of China in clean technology, and more. @energimedia.bsky.social youtu.be/ptcH8UoVa7M?...

I had a chance to sit with @markhamhislop.bsky.social to discuss global energy systems, geopolitics, Iran war and electrification, rise of China in clean technology, and more. @energimedia.bsky.social youtu.be/ptcH8UoVa7M?...

Our conversation with @zekehausfather.com on the state of climate change and El Niño. We discussed El Niño way before many started talking about it. @profbillmcguire.bsky.social @climatecasino.net @nebriefing.bsky.social Thank you Dr. Zeke for your time. youtu.be/ERyJ1iShNkM?...

Bill's Climate Catch-up 34 Subscribe to read the latest paid content in my #CoolEarth Substack newsletter Lots of free stuff too 😊

Taking too much water from rivers can destroy wildlife habitat, as Nick Measham of Wildfish describes: "Depleted & polluted, rivers that were once abundant in fish, invertebrates, mammals & birds turn into a line of fetid pools that eventually dry out completely." share.google/YYtRXJ0PqozF...

I really don’t want to worry you, but a 1960 paper in Science pointed to 13 November 2026 as a mathematical doomsday singularity. That’s only one month away… and honestly, looking at the state of the world, it’s hard not to feel like we’re heading in that direction. www.science.org/content/arti...

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/13/o... @coveringclimatenow.org @katharinehayhoe.com @insideclimatenews.org @guydauncey.bsky.social @climatedesk.org @climatecaucus.bsky.social @youthclimatej.bsky.social

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today: "Scientists are coming under pressure from some petro-states and major developing countries to delay publication of a key global report on the climate, despite pleas from vulnerable countries worried that postponement could spell disaster for them."

Our conversation with @caulfieldtim.bsky.social on the anti-science movement, MAHA, distrust in science, AI health influencers, and more. Watch here 👇 youtu.be/8N2pkXun7Vc?...

“Everything is not going to be fine…” I sat down with Muhammad Ittefaq from @scitalkofficial.bsky.social for a wide ranging discussion, including on the Godzilla #ElNiño, the biggest in at least a thousand years. Watch now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocpT...

Your 'doom quote' for today: "There are very severe limits on the extent to which we can predict the future, and that goes also as well for people, who rightly, lean into the likelihood that we're now on a societal collapse trajectory." youtu.be/ocpTV62fUQs?...

Interesting conversation with the Co-Director of the Climate Majority Project. youtu.be/ocpTV62fUQs?...

My conversation with @rupertread.bsky.social on collapse, overshoot, AI, European heatwave, and more. @climatemajority.bsky.social youtu.be/ocpTV62fUQs?...

My conversation with @rupertread.bsky.social on collapse, overshoot, AI, European heatwave, and more. @climatemajority.bsky.social youtu.be/ocpTV62fUQs?...

Hong Kong hosts, 200 yellow-crested cockatoos, roughly 10% of the critically endangered species' global population. To overcome a shortage of natural nesting spaces, researchers are installing camera-equipped artificial nest boxes to protect and study the birds. @yennikwok.bsky.social reports.

97% of surveyed health equity scientists reported changing/ planning to change their science in response to Trump's ideological war on diversity, equity & inclusion. Changes included: - Language: 84% - Research question: 56% - Topic: 50% - Stopping entirely: 19% osf.io/preprints/so...

HUGE news Kind of shocking that it's up to the High Court to make decisions democratic governments are proving incapable of making. And kind of shocking that it was a split decision. But massive congrats to everyone who made this happen. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Good news at last as Australias High Court rules that emissions from Australia’s coal exports (Scope 3) must be taken into account when approving coal projects in Australia. This is massive as Australia is the 2nd largest coal exporter on the planet. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

👏👏Bravo to the mighty DAMSHEG‼️ (Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Enviro Grp)✊✊ “Today the high court has said what we have always known: we cannot dig up coal, ship it overseas, watch it drive climate change,& then pretend the consequences have nothing to do with us & won’t be felt by us”

Recommended. The great @ayanaeliza.bsky.social takes on "climate hushing," the underappreciated role of the oceans, climate and clean energy solutions, and more on Why Is This Happening with Chris Hayes. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:

Conservative groups are targeting climate researchers. Scientists say the campaign aims to intimidate them and undermine lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. “I have never seen this many open records requests in such a short time.” via @politico.com buff.ly/HoqceW7

Always read @jeffgoodell.bsky.social. IMHO, attribution science, which connects specific extreme weather events to climate change, is the most important area of climate science.

'One of UK's biggest oil refineries spilled pollution into local rivers and the Mersey Estuary on dozens of occasions in 2023 & 2024, docs shared exclusively with BBC suggest. …pleaded guilty this year to 12 charges of breaching environmental law between 2018 & 2020.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am grateful for this conversation with the hosts of The Climate Pod youtu.be/yPqAPratTcE?...

I am grateful for this conversation with the hosts of The Climate Pod youtu.be/yPqAPratTcE?...

I am grateful to Dr. Zia for quoting me and citing my work on climate justice in the Global. uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/when-sk...

This week, we just released a new episode of @scitalkofficial.bsky.social where we interviewed the hosts of Climate Pod to discuss Paris Agreement, 1.5C, AI, climate projections and models, and more. youtu.be/yPqAPratTcE?...

This week, we just released a new episode of @scitalkofficial.bsky.social where we interviewed the hosts of Climate Pod to discuss Paris Agreement, 1.5C, AI, climate projections and models, and more. youtu.be/yPqAPratTcE?...

More evidence that data centers are driving a resurgence of local democracy: Across the country, first-time candidates for local office say they were inspired to run so they can help protect their communities from data center harms.

"If the Supreme Court takes an aggressive stance in support of the oil industry, it will indicate something troubling about how the Supreme Court is thinking about its role in our constitutional system," said Chris Winter of the University of Colorado Law School.

Women form the backbone of Nepal's agriculture, yet cultural barriers keep many from owning their land despite legal equality. Experts note that expanding land access for women boosts farm productivity, reduces poverty, and slows environmental degradation. Haven Sager reports for #Mongabay.

Trump says climate change is hoax, but the US has refrained from opposing a landmark UN General Assembly Resolution. The reason? Because it is a hard reality that sea levels are rising, and all states including the US want to preserve their maritime zones. www.straitstimes.com/world/united...

I have a new post on the #water crisis up at Substack. Check it out and subscribe! substack.com/home/post/p-...

EXCLUSIVE: Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 Media.

"Scientists say prolonged warming is disrupting fisheries, damaging coral reefs, raising sea levels and threatening economies that depend on healthy seas." via @en.rfi.fr at www.rfi.fr/en/environme...

Trump's coal fetish is turning out to be very costly to ratepayers, not to mention the atmosphere.

"If you were on a big boat, like the Titanic, & someone comes up to you & says the boat's going down, you bloody well get on those lifeboats & start acting & do stuff" "We're not doing that. The ship is starting to sink in a really massive way, & we're not seeing it as what it is. It is so serious"

'‘There are no easy answers here’: New study forecasts a dire dip in food production if key Atlantic currents collapse. …the system is currently the weakest it’s been in >1,000 years, having lost 10% to 20% of its strength due to climate change, estimates show.' www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Recommended read: Drilled interviewed Nepalese climate negotiator Raju Pandit Chhetri about the country’s demands for loss-and-damage financing and climate justice.