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From Chip and PIN to “Payment Sovereignty”: Why Britain’s Card Revolution Is Entering a New Political Phase

In February 2006, millions of Britons stood awkwardly at supermarket tills, unsure whether they remembered a four-digit code they had barely used before. Chip and PIN had arrived, replacing signatu…

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Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social

International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL

Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.

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Looking forward to this 👇

Amsterdam Law School@uvalawschool.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social

A dramatic climate-insurance breakdown that shocks the financial system of entire national economies .....is not going to happen. Why not? NEW: @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...

Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay

The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.

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Looking forward to discussing this excellent book !

Amsterdam Center for International Law@acil-uva.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. W/ @celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social 25 September, 17:15cet acil.uva.nl/content/even...

This is a truly terrible response to an already flawed paper & even more flawed editorial process, a microcosm of what is problematic about western academia. The reliance on fomalities is an exercise in what Tania Li termed 'rendering technical', the technocratic depoliticisation of events 1/3

Leiden Journal of International Law@ljil-leiden.bsky.social · last yr.

LJIL joins this platform today, with announcement of our new issue, 38(1): “Special Issue Addressing Issues and Concerns Raised by the Publication of the ‘Gaza Marine Article’”.

The 2nd webinar of our series "Illegal occupation, genocide, and business - reflections on the case of Palestine" is on 28 July, with reflections from @irenepietropaoli.bsky.social @chiaramacchi.bsky.social Francesca Albanese, Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall, Dr Mark Taylor, and Andressa Soares. Reg 👇🏻👇🏻

Shahd Hammouri@shahdhm.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us for an expert panel exploring the UN Rapporteur on the OPT's latest report on the economy of genocide with a fantastic line up of Business and Human Rights experts. @chiaramacchi.bsky.social @alhaq.bsky.social @somoamsterdam.bsky.social Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I have made very good friends in this ‘island of strangers’. This is one the UK’s greatest strengths. It’s entire economy depends on such strangers working together & bonded by shared bafflement over separate hot & cold water taps, carpets in bathrooms & draughty buildings 1/2

Perhaps this is a good moment to say a few words about the EU’s so-called “trade bazooka”, the anti-coercion instrument. What is it and how does it work? 👇

For a sneak preview of my forthcoming monograph, please join for the virtual book talk of 'The Pathology of Plenty' organised by the fabulous @juliadehm.bsky.social & Caitlin Murphy! Details below 👇

Julia Dehm@juliadehm.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join us next Tuesday for a talk by @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social on her forthcoming book, "The Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law"

Massive congrats to @bambosmp.bsky.social for an excellent debate in Parliament just now on debt cancellation and to the drafters of the bill @kpatricio.bsky.social, Stephen Connelly and @celinetan.bsky.social Much more to be done, but justice is certainly around the corner. #CancelTheDebt

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs

Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says

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Good article if you're curious about container ships. Great article if you're curious about traveling as a passenger on a container ship. Lots of fascinating smaller details about Filipino crew members, Russian officers, political tension, and more. Still looking for ethnographies on all this.

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 2y ago

🚢 @jamesrball.com spent a week on a container ship. Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, he writes. www.prospectmagazine...

Six major US banks, including JP Morgan, have recently left the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Banks in other countries have also followed, with four Canadian banks announcing on Friday that they were also leaving the NZBA. greencentralbanking.com/2025/01/20/u...

US bank exodus from NZBA raises questions about voluntary climate commitments

The departure of US financial institutions from the Net Zero Banking Alliance and other net-zero commitment groups raises questions about the effectiveness of voluntary associations.

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Another great post by @reddmonitor.bsky.social showing the tight web of links between pro-offsetting conservationists, big finance & big polluters: a timber company owned by a bank founded by a Conservation Int'l board member is selling Microsoft offsets from covering savanna with eucalypts

Big Tech’s false solution to ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions? You guessed it, carbon credits

“It’s problematic to trade forest carbon for fossil fuel emissions.”

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The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT and AR.

Carbon Markets and the New Scramble for African Land

The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions.

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“We are disturbed that this siege, coupled with expanding evacuation orders, appears intended to permanently displace the local population as a precursor to Gaza’s annexation in further violation of international law.” UN experts on Israel's annihilation of Gaza www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel’s assault on the foundations of international law must have consequences: UN experts

GENEVA – Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, a group of independent human rights experts* said today,...

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My heart breaks for all these children who had hopes and dreams and their future stolen from them. 💔

Save the Children UK@savechildrenuk.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨 NEW: 96% of children living through the war in Gaza feel that their death is imminent, a new study by @warchilduk.bsky.social has found. We refuse to accept the violence that Palestinian children continue to face as normal. The UK has a responsibility to uphold children’s rights.

Inspiring presentation by Nauru ICJ highlighting that no single treaty or regime from which polluting states could withdraw can replace the general rules of international responsibility for climate change.

Reflecting on these words today: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: 'climate finance is not charity,' 'If two-thirds of the world’s nations cannot afford to cut emissions, every nation pays the price.' Source: ENB COP29 Summary report enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...

Summary report 11–22 November 2024

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World Bank: Poor nations spend more money paying off debts to the countries that impoverished them ($1.4tn) than the amount of money they've asked for to combat climate change ($1.3tn). And remember: the paltry $300bn in finance announced at COP29 comes with strings attached.

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2y ago

World Bank: "Developing countries spent a record $1.4tn to service their foreign debt…in 2023…squeezing budgets of many…in critical areas such as health, education, & envt" Perspective on developing countries' unmet request at #COP29 for $1.3tn in annual climate finance…

🚨 Article 6, the Paris Agreement's carbon trading mechanism was agreed at COP29. 🚨 It's a "get out of jail free card" for Big Polluters. 🚨 Carbon markets are about profit and have nothing to do with addressing the climate crisis. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/cop29s-get...

COP29’s “Get out of jail free” card: Article 6 carbon trading mechanisms

“Countries have little incentive not to game the system.”

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The programme did perpetuate negative stereotypes of international students. It was racist & doesn’t reflect my experience as a former such student or current staff teaching cohorts of int students for 20 years.

Zoe Gardner@zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 2y ago

A hat tip to @paulkenyontv.bsky.social - in the hands of many other presenters the issue could easily have ended blaming or demonising migrant students themselves, but that didn't happen. As several guests made clear, foreign students are exploited under this system. It is marketisation to blame.

Yes I was fuming but not for those reasons. It was sloppy journalism & failed to nuance or tackle the complexities of the system & added onto already negative stereotypes. bsky.app/profile/celi...

Zoe Gardner@zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 2y ago

Anyone else been listening to #FileOn4 & absolutely fuming at the the scandal of university funding? Industrial scale exploitation of foreign students, used as cash cows with no regard for their plausible ability to complete the courses. International recruitment agencies raking in the profits...

I listened to this garbage so you don't have to. It is a horrifically one-sided, un-nuanced hit piece on international students that will do damage to universities & pile on racist abuse of vulnerable students. Shame on Jo Grady & @ucu.org.uk for contributing to this & adding to negative tropes 1/8

CJ McKinney@cjmckinney.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Jo Grady from the UCU, which represents 120,000 lecturers and university staff, says it is an open secret that students who lack English skills find ways to come to the UK to study” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This year & this term especially has been very challenging for me so this is a public notice to say that if I have missed responding to your emails or messages, I am trying to get back on track so bear with me. Send me a reminder but I am likely to get back after the new year.

So pleased to have taught with you. Smashed it! 🎉🎉🎉

Marina Veličković@marinavelickovic.bsky.social · 2y ago

communist barbie is done with teaching for the year and we went out with a bang

I am excited to finalise my slides and join tomorrow’s @asilorg.bsky.social panel on sovereign debt, with @astridiversen.bsky.social, Anahí Wiedenbrüg, and Julieta Rossi, exploring the role of law in addressing debt sustainability and safeguarding human rights. 🗓 Wed 4 Dec 2024 ⏲ 11am EST

Lula at UN: “African countries borrow at rates up to 8 times higher than Germany and 4 times higher than the United States. It’s a Marshall Plan in reverse, in which the poorest finance the richest.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar... I presented at G20 Rio YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...