@mbxsustain
Deputy CEO @ the Institute of Sustainability & Environmental Professionals www.isepglobal.org; NED @ Society for the Environment www.socenv.org.uk & Broadway Initiative www.broadwayinitiative.org.uk; Visiting Professor @ Cranfield University
Global coal demand has reached a plateau & is forecast to edge down through the end of this decade as competition intensifies with other power sources.
But developments in China’s electricity sector will remain key for the sector's prospects.
Read more in our new Coal 2025 report 👉 iea.li/3L5Dc2m
Some history of science jobs to share.
An assistant professorship in Environmental History at the Uni of Warwick, FT, open-ended/Permanent, £46-57k, deadline 5 Jan. I know some great people in that department, including historians of science.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Might not want to start with going to the gym as the option, exercise snacking might be enough with a well balanced diet (without the need for supplements). www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/54mscpFxdQWZMk6jZbq3cWb/don-t-worry-about-going-to-the-gym-shorter-bursts-of-exercise-could-be-better-for-you
Leaf drop
Leaf drop
Silver birch
My silver birch at home in the UK had a significant leaf drop in August due to extremely dry conditions…but seems to have held on to the remaining leaves for longer than usual. Isn’t nature clever!
OUT NOW: TRANSFORM Sept/Oct 🌍
Is #Education ready for the #ClimateUrgency era?
💬 Experts on barriers to #GreenSkills
🗣️ Mike Berners-Lee on #ClimateTruth
🔄 Systems thinking, levies & more
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ISEP ranked Top 10: We're delighted to have been recognised by Sustainability Magazine as one of the world's Top 10 Sustainability Associations!
Dept CEO @mbxsustain.bsky.social said this recognition reflects our global #Sustainability & #Environmental professionals driving change
bit.ly/463OeLY
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: ‘Sustainable Matters’ S3: Ep1 features Futerra, co-Founder & Chief Solutionist @greensolitaire.bsky.social sitting down with
ISEP CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE to discuss her life & journey to becoming an influential 'eco-entrepreneur', life lessons & more!
Tune in: bit.ly/3GvgnmJ
Are renewables actually cheaper?
Read our guest blog, by Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social, Bennett Institute Scholar who highlights that 91% of all new renewable energy projects are actually cheaper than fossil fuels.
bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/rene...
#renewables #climatechange
This week on the pod, I'm joined by Abby Chicken of Openreach which builds and runs digital networks in the UK. We talk carbon benefits of broadband, the largest order of EVs in history and making change happen, amongst many other things!
www.terrainfirma.co.uk/decarbonisin...
Image highlighting that I'm playing a part in transforming the world today for a sustainable future.
Hugely exciting and important day for the global sustainability and environment profession - today we launch our new name - the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP) & embark on the next chapter in driving positive impact for #SustainableFuture.
@isepglobal.bsky.social
According Dr. Robert Atlas, the elimination of NOAA's AOML as proposed in their 2026 budget would result in a 20-40% decrease in hurricane forecast accuracy, costing the economy an estimated $10 billion each hurricane season. Sobering numbers on what's at stake.
Westminster #LandfillTax receipts fall £3million year-on-year environmentjournal.online/waste-recycl...
Picture of Martin Baxter in the rain
Another day of London Climate Action Week events and meetings, really looking forward to the @isepglobal.bsky.social Fellows networking reception later….not sure we needed Manchester weather to start the day! #LCAW
Don't let oil bulls fool you. Crude oil extraction, stuff of OPEC quota policy and benchmark prices, is still below a 2018 peak. Investments in exploration and extraction are falling.
2025 investments:
Upstream oil - $420 billion
Solar - $450 billion
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
DETR….sadly didn’t become DERT (the soil scientists would have been in dreamworld)
a chart showing power consumption of big tech companies
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
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Thrilled and proud to be included in the @endsreport.com 2025 Power List, alongside IEMA CEO Sarah Mukherjee MBE @isepglobal.bsky.social members and colleagues!
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🏅 Martin Baxter @mbxsustain.bsky.social, deputy chief executive of IEMA
🏅 @alastairchisholm.bsky.social, policy director at @ciwem.bsky.social
🏅 Adam Donnan MIEnvSc CEnv MBA, chief executive of the Institution of Environmental Sciences
Great to see our new #GreenHorizons "A Workforce Fit for Tomorrow" digital series launch today. Check out the Green Horizons series here and discover how you can be part of the green revolution! greencareershub.com/green-horizons
Confirmation message of blood donation being issued to Bolton hospital
Never fails to make me smile 😀🩸
To be clear, the centre ground on net zero is that the public are broadly supportive - even if there is some conditionality to that support.
The idea that net zero is a source of significant electoral discomfort for Labour is a zombie political fact.
📉 In 2023, 81% of newly commissioned utility-scale #renewables outperformed fossil fuels on cost — that's 382 GW of cleaner, cheaper power. Since 2000, global renewable deployment has slashed $409 bn in power sector fuel costs. Learn more: www.irena.org/Publications...
We've figured out why our Sierra Leone solar vid has so few views. YouTube shadow-banned it as political content. We only found out because, in desperation, we tried to promote it. Apparently saving babies' lives is political in the US today. We have appealed, but WTAF!
youtube.com/watch?v=yMxJ...
Picture of the SocEnv Environmental Professional of the Year trophy for 2024.
Don't miss this opportunity to gain recognition for your outstanding #EnvironmentalSustainability work - @socenv.bsky.social awards. Open to #CEnv #REnvP #REnvTech registrants. Application window closes soon, submit your FREE nomination(s) today socenv.org.uk/socenv-awards/ @isepglobal.bsky.social
Wide range of recommendations (29 in total) in the independent review of the Defra regulatory landscape, recommendation to develop integrated "Local Environmental Improvement Plans" echoes the approach we set out in a 2019 Broadway Initiative/IEMA paper! irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/ba38e7c3/fil...
Climate Action Commissioner speaking at the European Climate Pact.
In Brussels for the #EuropeanClimatePact session with Wopke Hoekstra, European Commissioner for Climate Action.
Big focus on European competitiveness - need to double down on breaking the link between economic activity and impacts on the climate, and give policy certainty for investment.
While Kemi Badenoch has branded net zero by 2050 "impossible", 61% of Britons and 52% of Tory voters say they support the commitment - although this figure has fallen in recent years
Support: 61% (-10 from Jul 2023)
Oppose: 24% (+8)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Good to see - ICVCM Core Carbon Principles are aligned to Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement and clean cookstoves are essential in the drive for doubling energy efficiency by 2030 under the Global Stocktake agreed at #COP28
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Heather burning in Saddleworth today - exposes valuable peat resources to erosion with marginal protection from summer moorland fires from regrowth. Not the answer to climate change!
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/24/britain-net-zero-economy-booming-cbi-green-sector-jobs-energy-security?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
