Dr. Robbie Morrison

[Tom Brown]

Dear open modellers,

I have the pleasure to report to you that Robbie Morrison, pillar of the
openmod community, early open-source modeller and advocate, and go-to
person for all questions around licensing, has passed his PhD defence at
the TU Berlin for his early work on xeona:

https://github.com/robbiemorrison/xeona

Congratulations Dr. Morrison!

Best wishes,

Tom


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Tom Brown (he/him)
Professor of Digital Transformation in Energy Systems
Institute of Energy Technology
Technische Universität Berlin

Group website: https://www.tu.berlin/en/ensys
Personal website: https://nworbmot.org/

Visitor Address:
Einsteinufer 25 (TA 8)
10587 Berlin

[Mark Howells]

Whoop Whoop Dr Morrison [!!] 

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[Jesse Jenkins]

Congratulations!!

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[ADI]

Congratulations Dr. Robbie 🎉 

Best wishes,

Thangjam Aditya

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[Grant Wilson]

Well done Robbie, excellent news 😊

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[David Brayshaw]

Congrats Robbie!  Very well done – really wonderful news.

 

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[Taco...@sfu.ca]

Congratulations Dr. Robbie!  Wonderful news!

[Lucie Ricq]

Very nice to hear! Congratulations Robbie! 🎉

Lucie

[Mark Howells]

Dear All: 

🌍 Open Source at COP: A Major Breakthrough in National Climate Commitments

At this year’s COP, we’re thrilled to announce a major milestone  — Türkiye will present its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and climate commitments built using open-source tools.

This marks one of the first times a leading economy is showcasing its national climate strategy using open and transparent modelling frameworks. It’s a moment that demonstrates what’s possible when open science meets real policy.

Türkiye is not alone. Several other countries — including Uganda, Cyprus, Ecuador, and Botswana — will also be present either results or their progress, sharing their journeys using open-source tools for energy and climate planning. In addition, new open-source finance tools are being showcased, alongside universities establishing dedicated modelling units to sustain this progress at these events.

What makes this effort special is how it’s been done: in many instances we’ve been building capacity within governments, rather than doing the modelling for them. Some country teams needed no help, some are now fully independent; others are in transition — but all are moving towards open, country-led climate modelling. Its a longer-term play, but one more likely to result in self-sustaining impact.

Please do pass this onto folk who you are connected to who may be at the COP and would like to see first-hand the impact of open-source modelling in policy development. Conscious that there are many tools in this community, so do feel free to caveat forwarding this on with "this is just an example of how open source can be useful ..."

I would be massively grateful if you could share these sessions widely — especially with:

• Philanthropies interested in in-country capacity building,
• Technical assistance programmes aiming to scale open tools, and
• Country teams working on NDCs, particularly in emerging economies.

Global progress through openness, collaboration, and trust is a goal that we all share, and our team is humbled and happy to be in this large Open-Mod community. 

If easier to send on an associated Linked In post is here: https://lnkd.in/e29Vsbxh

Best, Mark

Ps Dr Morrison, apologies for the use of LinkedIn 🙂.

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🔹 Key Side Events Showcasing Open Tools

📍 All times local to COP venue.

• Establishing Türkiye’s Country-Specific GHG Modeling Framework
  🗓 Tuesday, 11 November | 🕙 10:00–11:00
  🔗 Event link
• Empowering Countries to Build Their Own Climate Transitions
  🗓 Wednesday, 12 November | 🕛 12:00–16:00
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• How to Finance Climate Transition Plans
  🗓 Wednesday, 12 November | 🕐 13:45–14:45
  🔗 Event link
• From Data to Deal: Building Climate Plans into Real Investments
  🗓 Wednesday, 12 November | 🕒 15:00–16:00
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• Delivering Africa’s NDCs: Mobilising Finance through Energy Planning and Capacity Building
  🗓 Saturday, 15 November | 🕓 15:30–16:45
  🔗 Event link