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Data Scientist @VernerViisas

Verner Viisainen

Data Scientist SINCE October 2023

Dr Verner Viisainen holds a PhD in engineering from the University of Cambridge and a MEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Bristol. He previously worked for two years as a policy analyst for environmental thinktank Green Alliance, primarily focusing on accelerating industrial decarbonisation and assessing government progress on its net-zero goals.

LATEST BY Verner Viisainen

Wood cut of the Great Fire of London in 1666.

Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666

UK policy | 12.03.25

DeBriefed 14 February 2025: Nearly 95% of countries miss UN climate deadline; 1.5C on horizon; Behind-the-scenes of CB analysis

DeBriefed | 14.02.25

Planes queuing for takeoff at Heathrow airport in Britain.

Analysis: UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion

Emissions | 27.01.25

Pylons striding across the Cotswold countryside near Gloucestershire.

Analysis: UK’s electricity was cleanest ever in 2024

UK policy | 02.01.25

A sculpture titled "Giant Plastic Tap" by Canadian artist Benjamin Von Wong.

Five charts: Why a UN plastics treaty matters for climate change

International policy | 25.11.24

Financial district skyline, Shanghai, China. Credit: Sean Pavone / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: EN5EFE.

Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU

Emissions | 19.11.24

Delegates huddle at COP29 in Baku.

Analysis: Which countries have sent the most delegates to COP29?

COP29 Baku | 12.11.24

Delegates review the new text on the GGA. Credit: IISD/ENB - Kiara Worth.

Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP29 climate summit

COP29 Baku | 08.11.24

A solar park in front of a decommissioned lignite-fired power plant in Germany.

Analysis: Solar surge will send coal power tumbling by 2030, IEA data reveals

Renewables | 18.10.24

A person writes on paper.

Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the UN’s COP16 biodiversity summit

COP16 | 16.10.24

Ratcliffe-on Soar power station.

Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power

Coal | 27.09.24

Car carriers load cars for export at Yantai Port, Shandong province, China.

Q&A：中国蓬勃发展的电动汽车产业引起的“贸易战”争论

Translations | 10.09.24

Car carriers load cars for export at Yantai Port, Shandong province, China.

Q&A: The global ‘trade war’ over China’s booming EV industry

China Policy | 28.08.24

DeBriefed 26 July 2024: Biden’s ‘climate legacy’; Global wildfires; Life in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

DeBriefed | 26.07.24

Man plants a tree in Abernethy Forest, Scotland.

Analysis: UK misses tree-planting targets by forest the ‘size of Birmingham’

UK policy | 26.06.24

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