What we learned this week

Shareable have published a toolkit for those interested in setting up a Library of Things. Lots of practical advice here for getting them started and growing their user base.

Hannah Ritchie on the famous bet between Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon on whether resource prices would rise or fall. What would have happened if the bet had taken place in a different decade? And was it a useful exercise?

China added over 200 gigawatts of new solar power capacity in 2024. To put that figure in cont...