Andreas Follér

🌡️ What happens if we exceed the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C limit? and how do we bring temperatures back down? Overshoot is the term used for scenarios where global warming temporarily surpasses 1.5 °C before being lowered again through deep emission cuts and large-scale carbon removal. The first-ever international conference on climate overshoot was held in Laxenburg, Austria to explore one of the most uncomfortable questions in climate science. 🌱 Net-negative is the new net-zero. Limiting warming in the long term means removing more CO₂ than we emit. Yet, most countries still lack quantified net-negative targets. 🧪 Carbon removal is a necessity not a licence to delay. It must “enable ambition,” not excuse inaction, and we urgently need more knowledge about its risks, impacts, and equity dimensions. ⚖️ Overshoot has irreversible consequences. Even a temporary exceedance could trigger glacier melt, species extinction, and sea-level rise. A 0.1–0.3 °C overshoot could lead to 15 % more heat-related deaths this century. 📜 Ambition must remain high, and nations will likely be expected to go beyond net-zero. Delayed action today means heavier burdens and greater legal liability tomorrow. Communicating this reality is one of our greatest challenges. How do we explain that 1.5 °C remains the goal even if we cross it? The answer is by making it clear that overshoot is the emergency response to decades of insufficient action. 🌍 The message is sobering but empowering: We have not lost the fight but winning now requires removing as much as we emit, repairing what we’ve damaged, and protecting what we still can. The era of overshoot is not an excuse for delay. It’s a call to radical ambition — faster, fairer, and deeper than ever before. Read more the Carbon Brief coverage: https://lnkd.in/eHCCFD4g

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2026 will be a landmark year for whole-life carbon in Europe's buildings! Just before summer the European Commission published guidance for member states on implementing the EPBD Recast, (Annex 13 if you want to google it). The key points are that every member state has to map out how and when they’ll measure and cap carbon in new buildings. 🔹 Roadmaps due end of 2026, this will require lots of data! 🔹 Carbon limits kick in 2028 (large buildings) & 2030 (all new) at the latest! 🔹 Some are already far ahead, Denmark is on version two of its limits 💪 And by the end of this year we’ll get the EU’s harmonised method for life-cycle GWP – this will be a key document that should help to drive consistency and harmonisation across the region and beyond! I’ll be presenting on this along with Marios Tsikos from One Click LCA in a free webinar: 🎯 Designing for EPBD: Whole-life carbon disclosure & limits in construction projects 📅 Tuesday 30 September • 10:00 CEST 👉 Save your spot: https://lnkd.in/d-Wpb6St? #Decarbonisation #EPBD

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The Voluntary reporting standard for SMEs (VSME) will/can/might be the new default way of sustainability reporting for SMEs and mid-sized companies in Europe, given the drastically reduced scope of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). What climate-related metrics do companies need to report under the VSME? 👉 In the Basic Module (B3) - Total energy consumption (renewable vs. non-renewable) - GHG emissions: scope 1 and scope 2 location-based - GHG intensity - Optionally, scope 3 GHG emissions if appropriate 👉 In the Comprehensive Module (C3, C4) - GHG reduction targets for scope 1 and 2 (scope 3 is optional, see above) - Climate risks and their potential impact on financial performance Personally, I’m relieved to see that core climate metrics are embedded in the VSME (as-is emissions, targets and risk assessments). However, the optional nature and vagueness around scope 3 reporting remains a disappointment. Source: https://lnkd.in/eKAPJgfV

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