Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

RT @samdknowlton: A polyculture of wheat grown with walnut trees produces ~ 40% higher yields.

1 hectare of wheat/walnut mix yields the same as 1.4 hectares of each crop grown separately.

This is an example of overyielding.

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@ROCKWOOLGroup are you still supplying your products to Russia? This is a comment made in the trail below but I realise it might not be true. Can you clarify?
RT @ROCKWOOLGroup: As a leader in the global sustainability transition, ROCKWOOL is honoured to be recognised by @corporateknight as #1 most sustainable building products company in the world.
Read more here:
https://t.co/ghjIcRiLM5
#CKG100

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@ForestDefence @CEIBois @fionaharvey @Wood4Bauhaus JCR are not saying HWPs don't store carbon & hence not needed, rather they are saying it doesn't solve the whole problem, agree. We need to reverse the decline in the forest sink AND store carbon long term in wood products in the built environment. It's never either/or, it's both

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@ShaunSpiers1 @GreenAllianceUK @Ben_Raskin @Farm3Dwithtrees @hanslope @agroforestrynw @agricology @ianedwardbrown @EnergyCropsUK @farmingGeorge @AJPendleton @forestsandwood @LydiaCollas Thanks. Agree hard to cover everything in a short report but UK will need to produce a lot of biomass given we're currently the second biggest importer of timber in the world after China. We'd been keen to input to your construction report re storing carbon in homes @TimberDevUK

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@GreenAllianceUK Why no mention of trees? We need wood fibre for the growing bioeconomy & more timber to decarbonise the built environment. Hence agroforestry on farms has a key role & it boosts biodiversity but you don't mention. Some farmland has to become commercial forest. @ShaunSpiers1

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RT @FarrellCentre: The Farrell Centre – a new centre for architecture and cities in Newcastle, UK – will now be opening on Saturday 22 April 2023. We can’t wait to welcome you!

Stay tuned for info about our opening weekend and sign up to our e-newsletter at https://www.farrellcentre.org.uk/

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RT @PEFC: #DYK that mass timber buildings are 25% faster to construct than concrete buildings? That's primarily because timber panels are prefabricated & assembled on site. This cuts down on project timelines and makes #construction safer & quieter. #DesigningTheFutureWithSustainableTimber

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RT @flossiemboyd: Guess which one of these houses on my street is owner occupied and which is privately rented…

Tighter regulation on energy efficiency standards for private landlords would #cutbills for renters and #cutcarbon for the 🌍

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Wood's ability to store carbon long term in the built environment recognised in a major new academic report.
"construction materials ... made from conversion of harvested biomass (in the cases of ... wood in construction)"
@CEIBois
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/633458017a1ae214f3772c76/t/63c8876b8b92bf2549e83ed5/1674086272412/SoCDR-1st-edition.pdf

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RT @OceanCEO: Worth retweeting just in case there’s anyone out there still believing the twin myths of ‘heat pumps don’t work in the cold’ and ‘the grid won’t be able to take it’. 🤦

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Good to see the HoHo building in Vienna, one of the tallest wooden buildings in Europe, being used to illustrate the benefit of storing carbon in the built environment in a presentation today by ⁦@EUClimateAction⁩ ⁦@CEIBois⁩ ⁦@c_kulterer⁩

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@DavidHowey It's a tricky one this. You will gain an immediate reduction in your fuel bills but the net climate benefit won't kick in until you've 'paid off' the carbon released while making the polyurethane, 5-10 years? This is the sting in the tail with most insulation. @europanels_EPF

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RT @DavidHowey: External wall insulation is going up fast now on our house and coinciding with a cold spell (-3degC ATM). I’m astounded at the difference in thermal comfort it’s already making. I knew it would, but I had no idea that it would *feel* so much warmer. Insulate Britain!

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This is good climate news.
RT @janrosenow: NEW RECORD: Europe has never added more renewable energy capacity as in 2022.

Wind and solar are becoming the backbone of the energy transition.

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RT @RuthReichstein: Now happening: press conference on #NewEuropeanBauhaus w. European Parliament & Commissioners @ElisaFerreiraEC @GabrielMariya presenting our first progress report & NEB criteria in the Compass. All info here: https://new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu/new-european-bauhaus-progress-report_en

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Brilliant graphic. Watch Germany ditching Russian natural gas:
RT @simongerman600: Bye, Russia! Animation shows where Germany has been getting its natural gas from. Source: https://t.co/c4nxJOwcxi

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RT @TetlowTweets: Great to see @CSkidmoreUK raise the political importance of cross-party working on the environment as part of the launch of “mission zero” this morning.

The @EnvironmentAPPG, which Chris chairs, helps to bring Parliamentarians together on this issue 👉 https://environment.inparliament.uk/

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RT @PEFC: While other #construction materials emit large amounts of CO2, #wood does the opposite: it stores carbon, even after a tree has been harvested. Replacing steel and concrete with wood could reduce global CO2 emissions by 31%. #DesigningTheFutureWithSustainableTimber

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"Net zero will ultimately leave us warmer and richer."
"Over promising and under delivering not an option."
"Wall of capital that stands to be invested."
All good points made by @CSkidmoreUK today at @KingsCollegeLon
RT @horton_official: And here’s the man himself. He’s looking forward to getting back into the work of making sure net zero policies are implemented now he’s submitted his 300+ page report @CSkidmoreUK

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RT @CSkidmoreUK: Mission Zero: The Net Zero Review is formally launching at 11.30am this morning.

To watch speeches from myself @grahamstuart and a panel discussion with @ChiefExecUK100_ @NinaSkorupska @REAssociation @LloydsBank and @nationalgriduk join the livestream link below...

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