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The Retreat Continues
Updated again, lower again. CMIP7's highest emissions scenario now has less than half the CO₂ of RCP8.5.
Back in April, THB broke the news to the world that the only three official reference scenarios used for the past 15 years in much of...
Why Europe's Heat Waves Are Getting Worse
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The image at the top of this post is real — not AI. It shows the Earth as a thermostat with the message: “You Control Climate Change.” The 2006 PR campaign was developed by the European Commission — in the words of European C...
The Real Costs of Implausible Scenarios
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“It is quite interesting that even these rather abstract scenarios have such consequences as well in daily decisions”
— RCP scenario architect upon learning that they harm real people in 2026
The retirement of implausible...
Energy Transition: Yes, No, Maybe?
THB figures and tables from the 2026 EI Statistical Review of World Energy
The 2026 Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy — successor to the old BP Statistical Review, and an authoritative accounting of global energy data — h...
THB World Cup Special: VAR has Gone too Far
Why we should roll back video assisted refereeing
3 July 2026 — Last night, a thrilling end to the Croatia vs Portugal match was interrupted by Video Assisted Referee (VAR). Croatia’s seeming miracle goal in the dying seconds of the match...
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