We Don't Have Time
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Why is building nuclear so expensive? 🏗️ "For anything new & novel, the NRC is gonna expect real physical evidence." Reactor Designer, Nick Touran breaks down why #nuclear design costs spiral, from complex machines to endless legislation. Watch more: www.wedonthavetime.org/events/howto...
Climate change is rarely the top story in the media. But right now, it is the #2 global topic on W’s Trend Machine. When people can see the smoke, smell it, and feel it in their lungs, the climate crisis is no longer something they can scroll past.
"You can make enormous savings on your bottom line." Jo Vanhoren of Alfa Laval says energy can top 23% of production costs, & Alfa Laval supplies over 50 gigawatts of extra heat recovery to customers each year. Watch more from the @iea.org confarence on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
⚛️ Everyone talks about nuclear. But what does it actually take to build a nuclear power plant? Our new 6-part series starts July 17, covering everything from design to operation with expert Nick Touran. Register now: wedonthavetime.org/events/howto...
"The how is quite hard." 💡 Cecilia Garpe, AFRY, on the real challenge in energy efficiency. Her example: Fortum & Microsoft's data center near Helsinki, built fast, tied into district heating to reuse waste heat. Watch more from the @iea.org conference on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"The grid is really the bottleneck we are facing right now for industry and for households." 🔌 Reinier Koppelaar, @ministerieezk.bsky.social, on why electrification only works if renewables & grid expansion move together. Watch more from the @iea.org conference on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"The cheapest form of energy is energy that you don't use." 🔋 Ben Copp of Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency argues the challenge is no longer innovation — it's implementation. Watch more from the @iea.org conference on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
Fossil fuel answer to the heatwaves? Rewrite the rules. 🇳🇿 New Zealand could block climate lawsuits against major polluters. 🇪🇺 The EU could label new oil and gas expansion as “green". Both decisions are days away. Both can still be stopped. Read how: r.sib.wedonthavetime.org/mk/mr/sh/1t6...
"Does it really make sense to make such big investments to generate more before actually working on being efficient at consumption?" 🔌 Dave Rhéaume, Hydro Quebéc, on Quebec's 10,000 MW electrification push & $200 bn in investment More from the @iea.org Conference: wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"We are not really taking off." 🤖 Mike Umiker of the Energy Efficiency Movement Association says AI and better measurement could finally make efficiency easy to prove and sell. Watch more from the @iea.org Energy Efficiency Conference on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"Half of the world's electricity is converted into some sort of electrical motion." 🔌 Erich Labuda of ABB says upgrading the world's 300M+ aging electric motors to today's tech could cut 10% of global electricity use. Watch more from the @iea.org Conference on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"AI data center energy usage could see a five-to ten-fold increase in the U.S. by 2035." ⚡ At the @iea.org Energy Efficiency Conference, James Wolf, CEO of ARC Clean Technology, explains why SMRs could help meet this demand. Watch more on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"Those stop and goes are never good." 🌡️ Julien Gennetier, Executive Vice-President at Alfa Laval, on five years of heat pump policy in Europe: big subsidies, a boom, a sudden removal, then collapse. Watch more from the @iea.org conference on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"Energy efficiency isn't just about saving on your bill; it's electricity you can free up for electrification." 💡 Mario Giordano, Signify, dives into the multiple benefits of efficient lighting at the @iea.org Energy Efficiency Conference 📺 July 6 & 7 on wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"Heat pumps & EVs use 3 to 4 times less energy than their fossil counterparts." ⚡ Jérôme Bilodeau, @iea.org, on why 30 countries are boosting efficiency & electrification to improve energy security & affordability. 📺 Watch more from the IEA Conference, July 6 & 7: wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"We need to make energy efficiency sexy again." ⚡ Rosalinde van der Vlies, Director at DG Energy in @ec.europa.eu, on why energy efficiency lacks its ribbon-cutting moment. Watch more from the @iea.org Energy Efficiency Conference on We Don't Have Time: wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
SAF is already being blended into jet fuel. The bottleneck is feedstocks. 🌱 Mahesh Roy of the Green Finance Institute breaks down why waste-based supply constraints are the real barrier to scaling sustainable aviation fuel. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"It's better to grow your own clean, cheap energy." 🌍 Dan Jørgensen of @ec.europa.eu on why February 2022 changed Europe's calculus on fossil fuel dependence. Watch more from the @iea.org Conference on Energy Efficiency on We Don't Have Time - July 6 & 7: wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
What's the real cost of cooling a data center? 🌡️ Klas Forsström, CEO, Munters Group, told us about their solutions at the @iea.org Conference on Energy Efficiency in Montreal. Register for the full conversation on We Don't Have Time, July 6 - 15:00 CEST / 09am ET: wedonthavetime.org/events/iea2026
"We see two steps of auditing or verification that are needed in this." 🔍 Malin Baltzar, Head of Group Sustainability at Stegra, outlines how the company is building a registry to make decarbonization claims credible. Watch more from #LCAW2026 on wedonthavetime.org/london
"The money's there, and the business case is clear." 💡 Matt Neal, Global Energy & Resources Lead at Endava, says the real barrier to decarbonizing energy isn't funding — it's connecting long-term grid change with short-return finance. Watch more from #LCAW2026 on wedonthavetime.org/london
"Our cooperation is painted in green." 🌍 Anthony Agotha of @eudiplomacy.bsky.social explains how the EU's emissions trading system has become a platform for practical cooperation with China on carbon pricing. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"Where government can absorb the first 10% of losses is where you can leverage in private sector money." 🌍 Andrew Wordsworth, CEO of Sustainable Ventures, makes the case for Europe's model of public-private collaboration on climate projects. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"There's too much energy in the world, and now that heart is beating and sending that balancing energy out into the world." 🌎 Kjell Kühne of LINGO reflects on the indigenous Mamos ceremony that blessed the conference in Santa Marta, Colombia. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"The transition away from fossil fuels is not scary anymore." 🌍 Caterina Sarfatti of @c40cities.bsky.social on why the Santa Marta process must complement COP mitigation talks, not replace them. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"We wanna take it back to what it should have been, systems transformation." 🌐 @shantabarley.bsky.social, Director of the Real Zero Hub at IIASA, challenges the foundations of net zero. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"We need to see whether those countries from the global south who are stuck with the fossil fuel economy have sufficient finance" 🌍 Harjeet Singh, @fossiltreaty.bsky.social, on how equity has to sit at the center of the fossil transition. Watch more from #LCAW2026 on wedonthavetime.org/london
"Name and shame doesn't work when people have no shame." 🌍 Angela Hultberg, Global Head of Sustainability at Kearney, on why coalitions and treaties aren't enough — the real progress is in practical collaboration. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
"We need to have a clear policy in place on new demand coming to market from the AI boom." 👩💻 Vicky Sins, @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social, makes the case that national climate plans must become sectoral investment plans. Watch more from #LCAW2026 at wedonthavetime.org/london
