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Doing comms around how climate impacts affect the economy, and how economics addresses that, with GSCC Network. Formerly at Les Echos, La Tribune, McKinsey&Co. Born 331ppm
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Nouvelle étude de @climatecentral.org sur la vague de chaleur actuelle en France : le changement climatique a rendu cette vague de chaleur cinq fois plus probable Ceci concerne plus de 16 millions de personnes en France www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

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"In climate science, the US is now a rogue state", says the FT This is true, but incomplete: the US is also a rogue state in climate finance, and more generally in climate action... www.ft.com/content/9ac5... via @financialtimes.com

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Semi-regular check: Does anybody know of anyone who had said they "reluctantly" voted for Trump "after some deep thought and reflection" because: the "economy," or "business" or "America's standing in the world" or... who has since publicly changed their mind?

submitted 60 days ago • 2 comments

Climate Disinformation ‘Normalised’ on French TV and Radio, Report Finds New findings from an alliance of NGOs challenges the belief that climate falsehoods are confined to social media @quotaclimat.org @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/04/15/c...

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The student paper at the college at which I teach reports a "tsunami of takedown requests" from international students terrified of being targeted for innocuous, legitimate op-eds & opinions.. Many ask in person--leave no trace in writing. Reminds me of my father's account of studying in the USSR.

submitted 62 days ago • 63 comments

32 labo pharmaceutiques dont Pfizer, Sanofi, Roche, Servier ont écrit à la presidente de la commission en menaçant de quitter l’UE. Parmi leur revendications: suspension de cette mesure. Continuons à polluer l’eau avec les conséquences qu’on connaît pour la santé humaine et les écosystèmes. 🤬🤬🤬

submitted 62 days ago • 7 comments

I've been a journalist for 25+ years and I'm not sure I've witnessed as much wilful (and v likely coordinated) disinformation from certain corners of the UK media than over past few days. Sun, Mail and Telegraph have been truly awful - and seemingly shameless www.theguardian.com/business/202...

submitted 64 days ago • 51 comments

Dans 6 mis, Microsoft va cesser les MàJ de sécurité des PC tournant sous Windows 10. Aux utilisateurs, Microsoft n'offre que 2 options : payer ou acheter un nouveau PC. L'asso @halteobsolescence.bsky.social dénonce "un choix inadmissible complètement à contre-courant d'une économie soutenable".

submitted 62 days ago • 9 comments

From his prison, Ekrem İmamoğlu writes: "As the EU strives to fortify itself against growing challenges, the presence of a democratic Turkey is indispensable. A regime that crushes dissent and governs by fear will only deepen regional volatility"... www.ft.com/content/4bf4...

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On n'est même pas mi-avril et le Doubs ne coule déjà plus autour de Morteau. Mais tout va bien, changez rien : www.estrepublicain.fr/environnemen...

submitted 68 days ago • 17 comments

Russie 🇷🇺 – Histoire des viols de guerre Depuis des décennies, le Kremlin encourage les viols sur les civils & les prisonniers de guerre. Moscou cherche ainsi à faire plier ses adversaires, à briser ses ennemis pour les soumettre à ses ambitions impérialistes⤵️ 1/22

submitted 67 days ago • 10 comments

Après avoir passé au crible les programmes d’information des dix-huit principales chaînes de télévision et de radio au premier trimestre, des associations ont recensé 128 cas de désinformation sur le climat... www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...

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Market Manipulation ⁉️ #StockMarket #EconSky #Tariffs

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A little ominous… #agsky #econsky

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Tech sociopath billionaire Eric Schmidt is testifying that humanity needs to destroy itself in service of AI gods "The demand will go from 3% to 99% of total generation" "an additional 29 gigawatts by 2027 and 67 more gigawatts by 2030" "superintelligence is the intelligence higher than humans"

submitted 69 days ago • 30 comments

If you assume that the primary client is domestic fossil fuel producers (not consumers, workers, env protection, economic performance), you can fairly accurately predict this administration's energy policy grist.org/accountabili... 🔌💡

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Victoria’s Secret and Tesla face French boycott as anti-Trump feeling surges 57% of the French say they are ready to boycott U.S. goods or services in the coming months as positive public perception of America falls to the lowest level in France in the past 40 years www.politico.eu/article/over...

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Op-ed: The UK chancellor is investing in growth and defence. Climate change risks damaging both... "This is a rapidly becoming a national security issue, with food, water and heat stresses increasingly impacting populations’ health and wealth", warn Sandy Trust @ IFoA and Tim Lenton @exeter.ac.uk

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"If the UK wants to grow resilience and create the right conditions to protect national security, it must move budget and policy towards safeguarding planetary solvency," says Exeter's Prof Tim Lenton @gsiexeter.bsky.social in @sustainableviews.bsky.social www.sustainableviews.com/the-uk-chanc...

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“Climate breakdown is a recipe for permanent recession, with disasters making more and more regions unliveable and food production declining... The climate crisis is an urgent national security crisis that should be at the top of every cabinet agenda.” (Actually this report is "forthcoming")

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🔴 660 MILLIONS $. C’est la somme à laquelle ont été condamnées des entités de @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social et @greenpeace.org Nous nous sommes réveillé·es dans un monde où une organisation d'intérêt général peut être condamnée pour avoir soutenu des populations impactées par un projet polluant. [1/6]

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Le gouvernement prépare, en catimini, le déploiement de deux nouvelles générations de centrales nucléaires. En totale inadéquation avec nos besoins électriques... usineages.fr/les-non-dits...

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La ministre de l’écologie a présenté la semaine dernière le plan national d’adaptation au changement climatique. Mais les financements pour préparer la France à + 4 °C sont très insuffisants et, pour certains, empiètent sur ceux fléchés pour réduire les émissions www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecol...

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Un scientifique français refoulé à la frontière américaine à cause de messages anti-Trump trouvés dans son téléphone Le Quai d'Orsay «déplore et rappelle sa volonté de promouvoir la liberté d’expression» Pour mémoire, JD Vance est venu nous faire la leçon précisément sur la liberté d'expression 🤡

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

"Il y a un vrai décrochage dans la sphère politique sur la transition écologique, à la fois financier, opérationnel, et réglementaire", alerte Thierry Pech de Terranova voir aussi ce papier: "Winter is coming" : comment l'écologie est sortie des radars de l'exécutif www.lesechos.fr/politique-so...

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LE papier qu'il fallait écrire en ce moment : "L'Europe va dépenser davantage pour l'armée . Mais dans le même temps, il serait périlleux de ne pas dépenser davantage pour accélérer la transition énergétique, qui renforcera, elle aussi, notre sécurité." www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats...

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Salut Ciel Bleu ! Cette semaine, un haut dirigeant de TotalEnergies a été de nouveau nommé au ministère des affaires étrangères. J'explique ça rapidement dans ce papier et j'en dis quelques mots dans la suite du fil 🧵 1/5

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Audience cruciale pour l’ #A69 : des opposants installés dans les arbres face au tribunal ; la décision du TA attendue sous une quinzaine reporterre.net/A69-des-ecur... Soutien aux écureuils !

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Climate change threatens EU’s survival, German security report warns Climate disasters come with a hefty price tag for reconstruction and economic losses, which will “lower the potential for investments in national and European resilience and security” www.politico.eu/article/clim...

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Nearly all Californians could see an insurance surcharge to cover part of the industry’s losses from the Los Angeles fires The cost of natural disasters — supercharged by climate change — is now directly hitting everyone’s pocketbooks... politi.co/4aUiYkJ

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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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Discuter de transformer la bande de Gaza en Riviera, sans même évoquer le genodice en cours et le sort des millions de Palestiniens... C'est possible. Et ce n'est même pas sûr Cnews ou BFM mais sur France Info.

submitted 131 days ago • 15 comments

I'm going to be posting this daily

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Yesterday I was asked to resign from the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. I tendered my resignation with this note. Nobody will read it, most likely, but it’s the writing of it that mattered to me.

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"Heil, Tesla!" Led By Donkeys was up on Elon Musk's Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin detailing his boosting of far-right figures across Europe youtu.be/NjWl_RNDMSA?...

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Dave Jones, former CA insurance commissioner: insurance commissioners and legislatures should require insurers to pursue compensation from oil and gas companies as a condition of approving rate increases in response to climate-fueled catastrophes.

submitted 145 days ago • 1 comment

#climaterisk: "The most immediate economic danger is from insurance. We're already seeing signs, eg in Florida. The LA fires are making it worse. No insurance, no mortgage. Then properties can't be sold at value, and that cascades into a 2008-style recession"

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L. Tubiana: “US philanthropy, along with millions of Americans, cities, & states across the country, is stepping up—recognising the huge benefits of climate action, the necessity to pursue the transition to zero carbon economy & the devastating costs of inaction.” www.bloomberg.org/press/un-spe...

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LA fires, Helene, etc: "Progress in climate attribution science promises to deepen our ability to quantify and attribute the climate change-related damages for which individual companies, countries, and fossil fuel projects should be held responsible"... open.substack.com/pub/tempests...

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