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Last week, during London Climate Action Week, our founder Ingmar Rentzhog met King Charles III, fittingly, in a sweltering room with no air conditioning.
At St James’s Palace, where temperatures climbed above 30°C, around 200 climate leaders, scientists, and policymakers gathered at the King’s invitation for a mission with real urgency: cutting methane and other short-lived climate pollutants quickly enough to reduce expected warming by up to 0.5°C by mid-century. UN Secretary-General António Guterres stood among the crowd before stepping forward to address it. His warning about the climate crisis landing harder in a room where everyone was already sweating through it.
Ingmar spoke briefly with the King himself, thanking him for decades of climate leadership and presenting him with a #MakeScienceGreatAgain cap, which, by all accounts, landed well.
The takeaway: methane cuts are one of the fastest, highest-leverage tools we have for slowing near-term warming.
Sometimes influence isn’t about reach. It’s about who can get the right people in one room.
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Be like King Charles III. Support science with a #MakeScienceGreatAgain cap!
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A Double Launch for Climate Action and Digital Trust
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Annika Billing, Secretary General of the We Don’t Have Time Foundation, presents the Transition Away Tracker. Photo: Marine Stephan
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London Climate Action Week concluded with a special double launch hosted by We Don’t Have Time at County Hall.
The afternoon brought together two initiatives that address very different challenges but share a common goal: strengthening trust.
The first was the London launch of W, a new social network built in Europe for the world that aims to put verified humans, not bots, at the center of online conversations and help restore trust in the digital public square.
The second was the launch of the Transition Away Tracker, a new We Don’t Have Time initiative designed to track how countries are implementing their commitments to transition away from fossil fuels. The tracker is part of our broader Growing the Coalition of the Willing initiative, which aims to accelerate transparency, accountability, and collaboration ahead of the next international conference in Tuvalu.
The event featured keynotes from W CEO Dr. Anna Zeiter, We Don’t Have Time CEO Ingmar Rentzhog, and We Don’t Have Time Foundation Secretary General Annika Billing, followed by discussions with leaders from media, business, civil society, and climate policy on the future of trusted information and climate action.
As misinformation and polarization increasingly challenge both democracy and climate progress, the event highlighted a shared conviction: solving the climate crisis requires not only better policies and technology, but also trustworthy information and constructive public dialogue.
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One Week After W’s Public Beta Launch
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From the left, Ingmar Rentzhog, Anna Zeiter & Nick Nuttall. Photo: Marine Stephan
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One week after the public beta launch of W, in Brussels, We Don’t Have Time sat down with W CEO Dr. Anna Zeiter and Chairman Ingmar Rentzhog to reflect on the first week.
The launch has generated significant interest, brought thousands of new users to the platform, and provided valuable feedback from the community. As with any public beta, it has also sparked important discussions around topics such as open source, the AT Protocol, and the future of trusted social media.
In this candid conversation, Anna and Ingmar discuss what has happened since launch, what they’ve learned, what they’re improving, and why they believe the world needs a trusted social network built in Europe, for the world.
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Is it time for Europe to embrace air conditioning?
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This month, Spain and France hit 44°C. In June. Weeks before summer even peaks. Schools closed. Events were canceled. ERs overflowed. And once again, Europe is confronting the same uncomfortable question it now faces every summer: should the continent finally give in to air conditioning?
It’s not a simple yes or no. Europe’s lack of AC makes perfect sense historically: mild summers, old buildings, and a healthy skepticism of American-style over-consumption all play a part. But “historically” is doing a lot of work in that sentence, and the data on heat deaths is getting hard to look away from. Widespread air conditioning would certainly increase emissions, but it would also save lives.
So, is AC climate adaptation, or climate hypocrisy? Is there a version of this that the most committed environmentalist could actually get behind?
Read our editor’s take, and tell us yours.
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Energy Efficiency: The First Fuel
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This week, we’re headed to beautiful Montreal for the IEA 11th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency.
Energy efficiency is a top priority for governments worldwide as they work to ensure energy security and affordability while reducing emissions. This year’s IEA’s annual global conference gathers 600 energy ministers, CEOs, and high-level officials to deliver on their pledge to double energy efficiency.
We Don’t Have Time are on the ground to cover the most important energy efficiency event of the year.
Join ministers, government officials, and CEOs at a truly impactful event where the focus is on how energy efficiency can accelerate affordability, security, and industrial competitiveness.
The global conversation on energy efficiency happens here!
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