As different parts of the world battle the consequences of climate change, @ingmar.wsocial.eu documented 45 climate policy reversals in one year across 15 jurisdictions. 😬 Ask more from your politicians. Show them you are ready for change Source: app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/c374dd...

Heading soon for vacation in France and it's the first time I use this "forest fires alert " website ahead of a holiday (feuxdeforet.fr/cartes/feux/). The website is crowdsourced from fire services and citizens.

🔥 Here in Boston, like elsewhere, we're seeing air pollution from Canadian wildfires — the odd-colored sun, the haze, and the real health risks that come with it. This has real costs. @kclausing.bsky.social, @knittelmit.bsky.social and I tallied ways that U.S. hhs have experienced climate change.

Yes. Leadership is as important as governance.

euobserver — EU news that matters@euobserver.com · last mo.

Europe's standing will not be restored by shifting responsibilities from one building to another, moving competences between commissioners and directorates-General, or publishing yet another security strategy.

Europe's worst heatwave so far, in terms of heat stress measures and temperatures - brought to you by fossil fuels. New @wwattribution.bsky.social study showing how such deadly heat became possible in only a few decades. www.worldweatherattribution.org/fossil-fuel-...

May 2006: World Health Organization declares climate change a health crisis June 2026: second heatwave of the year in BE. Schools closed. Trains canceled, etc. Politicians: "Drink a lot and protect yourself from the sun". No discussion about climate adaptation. www.lesoir.be/755263/artic...

Le message des gouvernements aux Belges écrasés par la chaleur : « Débrouillez-vous »

La Belgique, mise en mode survie, est honteusement confrontée à l’incroyable légèreté des visions et des plans – quand ils ne sont pas absents – pour, au minimum, protéger hommes, femmes et enfants de...

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This new podcast series is REALLY good ! Interesting new insights and ideas on big questions. Every time. And I love the fact that they propose solutions to improve things.

Economics for Inclusive Prosperity@econfip.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Harvard Kennedy School economist Dani Rodrik was ahead of the curve predicting the end of neoliberal globalization. Now he's defying conventional wisdom again, saying the service sector—not manufacturing—is the most promising source of good jobs in the future. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Cette semaine, j'ai eu le plaisir de discuter transition énergétique avec Maxime Vande Weyer et Ondine Werres. On a balayé large: guerre en Iran, prix des énergies fossiles, électrification, ETS, ....

L'Echo@lechobe.bsky.social · 4mo ago

La Belgique reste fortement dépendante des énergies fossiles importées, avec des conséquences directes sur les prix et l’économie. Entre électrification, nucléaire et renouvelables, la sortie de cette dépendance s’annonce longue, coûteuse et semée d’arbitrages.

Interesting concept, inspired by Country Overshoot Day and the like. For Belgium, we've passed our energy dependence day already. It was April 7 .... Net fossil fuel imports account for 73.4% of primary energy demand.

Ember@ember-energy.org · 4mo ago

#FossilDependenceDay marks the day of the year from which an economy relies on imported fossil fuels for its energy. Some major economies use fossil imports to meet most of their energy needs, leaving them exposed to price and supply shocks 🧵 ember-energy.org/foc...

Can't agree more

Georg Zachmann@gzachmann.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Another energy crisis - another lack of unbiased, relevant, timely ENERGY DATA for policy-making: What is possible: The US Energy Information Administration, provides among many other series granular weekly! oil&petroleum data for: refinery production, imports, exports, prices, stocks, ... 1/4

EDF casse sa tirelire pour l’électrification

Le Parisien@leparisien.fr · 4mo ago

Des pompes à chaleur et des camions électriques pour moins dépendre des coûteuses importations d’hydrocarbures : le groupe électricien français EDF a annoncé mercredi un plan à 240 millions d’euros pour accélérer le passage à l’électrique des ménages modestes...

ECB to European governments: Please please invest in renewables, it’ll make our job so much easier. Plain as day.

La hause des prix du gaz va impacter le prix de l'électricité, même quand celle-ci est produite majoritairement à partie de technologie bas-carbone (renouvelables + nucléaire). Comment corriger cette distortion? Natalia Fabra (CEMFI) propose d'étendre la solution ibérique à toute l'Europe.

Natalia Fabra@nataliafabra.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Mi Tribuna hoy en @lemondefredo.bsky.social lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Chaque fois que les prix de l’électricité montent en Europe, les gouvernements se précipitent pour baisser les taxes et chercher des solutions budgétaires à ce qui est un problème de conception du marché de l’électricité....

How to make AI and content creators friends and not foes. This proposal makes sense. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Mistral CEO: AI companies should pay a content levy in Europe

A revenue-based charge would protect the livelihoods of copyright holders and bring legal certainty

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As a prep for an interview with a journalist, I looked for info on the prevalence of long-term contracts for gas in Europe. I found this: globallnghub.com/europes-expo... I don’t know whether the situation in 2026 is similar, but if it is, it’s time for the industry to hire more risk managers. 😱

Timely info for those who worry about energy prices. The study comes from Norway. #substitutioneffect

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 5mo ago

What is “the E-Bike Effect?” “Those who bought e-bikes increased their average daily bicycle use from 2.1km (1.3 miles) to 9.2km (5.7 miles), a 340% increase. The e-bike share of all their transportation increased dramatically too; from 17% to 49%.” Fewer car trips. Via @lloydalter.bsky.social

In Belgium in 2025, wholesale electricity prices were negative for 408 hours. Not a great deal for producers. Today, incumbent Engie announces free electricity for its clients when this happens. #demandflexibility www.lecho.be/monargent/en...

Engie lance ses "Happy Hours" et propose de l'électricité "gratuite"

Le fournisseur d'énergie propose depuis ce mercredi à ses clients de bénéficier de l'électricité gratuite en période de surproduction d'énergie renouvelable.

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🌿Nature as equity ❓️How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment? 🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with Bruegel’s @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @estellecantillon.bsky.social 🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/c3uwiEb

Nature as equity

How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?

bruegel.org

📢 Call for Papers! The 9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Econ. will be held in London June 8-9 ✅ Submissions by Feb 1 📄 Full papers only (no abstracts) 🎤 Keynote: Prof. @rmetcalfe.bsky.social 🔗 more details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics

Information about the LSE Department of Geography and Environment's Environmental Economics Workshop.

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This online, PhD-level course in the economics of innovation is a huge opportunity. Taught by some of the world's top scholars on this: @heidiwilliams.bsky.social, Chad Jones, Azoulay, van Reenen, many others! (Also: me.) Cost=zero. Applications due January 9th! #EconSky @ifp.bsky.social

Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Online PhD Short Course | Institute for Progress

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Nice win-win way to phase-out gas: the utility identifies pipelines due for replacement. If it is cheaper to electrify all the buildings served by that pipeline than digging, they pay for electrification. In Belgium, we're still extending the gas network 🙁

Emily Pontecorvo@emilypont.bsky.social · 8mo ago

My latest is a feature about Julie Liu, one of the most fascinating women I’ve had the privilege of interviewing. She basically invented the job of electrification contractor in NY, and is currently running all of ConEd’s whole-home retrofits. heatmap.news/energy/coned...

My first COP ! 😀 Looking forward to share our proposals for decarbonisation, nature restoration and conservation, and intl cooperation and climate finance alongside a great group of co-authors. Link to join online 👇

Centre for Economic Policy Research@cepr.org · 9mo ago

🎥 #COP30 @bruegel.org-CEPR "International Decarbonization through Coalitions of the Willing: Carbon Pricing, Climate Finance, Trade, and Nature" 20 Nov 13:00 Belém time pik-potsdam.zoom.us/j/6186129707... #EconSky

Last month, I spoke with Tim Philipps @talknormal.co.uk about our proposal for reforming nature-based markets and scaling up funds for nature restoration and conservation. The podcast is here 🎙️ Comments welcome ! Presenting this paper has helped us crystallize and improve our proposal.

VoxEU @ CEPR@voxeu.org · 9mo ago

How can we design markets that protect nature and rebuild trust? @estellecantillon.bsky.social‬ (Université libre de Bruxelles) joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss a new approach to funding conservation through market incentives — and how to avoid greenwashing cepr.org/multimedia/d... #EconSky

How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/scho... #econsky

On how priority rules in school admissions can contribute or instead harm educational equity (access to effective schools). Based on data from all secondary schools and local authorities in England. 🏫

Simon Burgess@profsimonb.bsky.social · 9mo ago

NEW REPORT: Modelling and reforming school choice By Ellen Greaves, @estellecantillon.bsky.social, @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social and me. Blog economics.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/11/06/a... Policy briefing www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar... #EconSky #EduSky 1/9

One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices. The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas. There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ember-energy.org

📈 Record interest in ERC Starting Grants 2026! 4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call. 👩‍🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call. More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln #ChooseEurope

Starting Grants 2026 applications: Facts and figures

The ERC Starting Grants 2026 call closed for applications on 14 October 2025. These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals:

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Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ? www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.... #job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social