Jan Fichtner
@janfichtner.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow at Leuphana University, Germany. Previously SuFi Project Uni Witten & University of Amsterdam | Global finance, age of passive investing, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, greenwashing, decarbonization | www.jfichtner.net
The story isn't just that batteries are getting cheaper. It's that batteries are getting cheaper while gas is getting more expensive. When the disruptor's costs fall as the incumbent's costs rise, adoption can accelerate far faster than most people expect. #SWB #Bettrification #Renewables
Batteries are getting cheaper while gas gets pricier. Here’s why
The battery boom is accelerating Australia’s shift away from gas.
theconversation.com
BOMBSHELL story by Olivia Carville @bloomberg.com Internal Report Shows TikTok Kept Safety Feature From Millions A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement NO PAYWALL www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide
A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.
bloomberg.com
“Climate Change Is a Core Banking Risk: Having acknowledged that climate change undeniably impacts long-term financial stability, regulators requiring banks to prove that climate-risk [are] consistent determinants of their lending and business decisions” internationalbanker.com/banking/in-2...
In 2026, Climate Change Is a Core Banking Risk
Incorporating climate risk into traditional prudential oversight signifies a significant transformation in global banking. Supervisors and regulators require banks to demonstrate how climate risks inf...
internationalbanker.com
Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
democracyforsale.substack.com
oh good, a new and even more dangerous phase of universities actively looking to collaborate with the behemoth looking to destroy them.
Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 2d agoSo no I'm not surprised by: "the administration’s latest move was developed in partnership with university leaders, primarily the Association of American Universities, which represents dozens of top research institutions including all eight Ivy League colleges." 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chemie-Lobby, voran BASF, bekämpft Europäischen Emissionshandel Währenddessen #Klimakrise, #Extremhitze, Pegel sinken. #Rheinpegel Köln, wahrscheinlichkeitsbasierte 14-Tage-Vorhersage: vorhersage.bafg.de/14-Tage-Vorh... Demnächst: jammern, dass Rohstoffe & Waren nicht mehr über den Rhein kommen…😬
Gesa Steeger@gesasteeger.bsky.social · last mo.Interne Dokumente zeigen: In Brüssel und Berlin tobt eine Lobbyschlacht um den Europäischen Emissionshandel, angeführt von der chemischen Industrie. Es geht um Milliarden. „Alle Geschütze werden aufgefahren“, bestätigt ein Lobbyist uns gegenüber. Neue Recherche: correctiv.org/aktuelles/lo...
"Damit trete ein, was sich viele nicht einmal vorstellen konnten und was auch die Betreiber und Planer des Kraftwerks noch in den vergangenen Jahren für ausgeschlossen gehalten hatten." Waren wohl auch alles Klimawandelleugner.
Niedrigwasser der Donau: Ungarn erlebt "beispiellose Energiekrise"
Fast die Hälfte des benötigten Stroms fällt in Ungarn plötzlich weg. Wegen der anhaltenden Hitze muss das Atomkraftwerk Paks abgeschaltet werden. Premier Magyar spricht von einer "beispiellosen Krise"...
tagesschau.de
I know I'm a fey, out-of-touch coastal elite, etc. etc., not representative of heartland values etc. etc., but still ... I simply can not imagine wanting to live in a place like this.
Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 2d agoLove drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos.
"Mother of all risks": the scale of climate-related disruption to supply chains is being underestimated as global warming pushes the planet to the brink of environmental tipping points, according to Singapore’s former central bank chief www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate Is ‘Mother of’ Supply Chain Risks, Ex-Bank Chief Says
The scale of climate-related disruption to supply chains is being underestimated as global warming pushes the planet to the brink of environmental tipping points, according to Ravi Menon, Singapore’s ...
bloomberg.com
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is beginning before our eyes. How does it happen? Gradually, and then all at once. Buckle up. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare
The European Central Bank and EU insurance regulators have called on Brussels to set up an EU-level reinsurance scheme and a public natural disaster fund.
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A few weeks ago, the world crossed a major solar milestone: 3 terawatt installed. Why did no one notice? 0.1 TW to 1 TW: 120 months 1 TW to 2 TW: 29 months 2 TW to 3 TW: 19 months Gift link to the story 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The World Crossed a Major Solar Milestone. No One Noticed
The next phase of the boom may reveal a shift in who is gaining access to the technology.
bloomberg.com
EU Ministers discuss Schengen this week over a crisis that never threatened Europe's free-movement area: no one leaves Ceuta without a border check. Instead, the EPP & far-right allies use this manufactured crisis whose price was paid by real lives to attack Spain's different stance to migration.
(1/2) The Iran war is a redistribution machine: Big oil profits have shot up to historic highs. Our research shows that 50% of fossil fuel profits go to the richest 1% in the U.S. The rich are the ultimate beneficiaries of the war windfalls.
The Republicans have been lambasting the quiet medical professional who guided us through COVID because they prefer the style of this roided up road rage case
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoRFK Jr yelling at Dana Bash sounds like a rabid dog barking
But also worth noting that Americans won't call off their blockade until the Iranians provide enough concessions for Trump or whoever follows him to save face Until the Iranian regime works out where it can concede a bit, we'll get cycles of escalating attacks, panicked phone calls, rinse repeat
Kampf mit Kette@kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 3d agoThe average "senior US official" when talking to Axios, N12 or the WSJ about the Iran negotiations
Is this the final TACO now or will the conflict flare up repeatedly?
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3d ago447/ Iran‘s threat, ability and willingness to destroy the Gulf kingdoms has worked. US inability to protect their protectorates has never been seen so starkly. This is what setting the pace and escalation dominance looks like. www.ft.com/content/9cb8...
The anti-climate lobby has been all over UK media this week, pushing stories designed to counter action. There's been almost no pushback from political leaders. Governments need to use these scenes as a teaching moment, to show what climate change means &what it costs www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Devastating European wildfires in maps - and how they're being tackled
Spain and France have so far borne the burnt of this summer's wildfires, caused by a succession of heatwaves and prolonged dry spells.
bbc.co.uk
He dumped water we needed in LA to fight the Palisades wildfires into the Central Valley just to fuck us over and it wasted water they needed for the grow season. No one remembers this either. It's insane.
Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d agoIt's pretty infuriating that Trump is denying disaster aid to Oregon for political reasons and I have barely heard anything about it, while Biden was falsely accused of doing the exact same thing to North Carolina and millions of people believed that
A man brushed a crow, stopped, and the bird handed the brush right back. Corvids rival great apes in cognition, using memory and intent to keep interactions going.
Some people find it hard to grasp how slow some things change in political lifecycles, but this is 💯 true. I was 8yo when Berlusconi became prime minister for 1st time and his shadow still features Italian politics in 2026 (3yrs after his passing). And this is just one of many fitting comparisons.
Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d agoThe rest of your natural life—and then some. That's how long we'll be cleaning up the mess of Trump and MAGAism. The nation as it was before is lost. It won't return. What we seek to save now isn't what used to be. It'll be something else altogether. It'll be what we make it.
The ST leader is even worse. No realism on adaptation costs and how they will rise indefinitely until net zero is reached. No question about who pays these costs. No understanding of the marginal nature of N Sea gas. No acceptance of the risks of continued gas reliance. bsky.app/profile/jes1...
Jason Scott-Warren@jes1003.bsky.social · 3d agoSunday Times leader today. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
I suppose we should be grateful the Sunday Times is both-sidesing the idea we should try to cut carbon emissions, rather than dismissing it outright. But it’s still further evidence of how mainstream reporting on climate has got dramatically worse in recent years. www.thetimes.com/article/ed72...
How wildfires put climate (and net zero deadlines) back on the agenda
Much of the country is experiencing the extreme heat scientists have long warned about, but reignited political debate shows no sign of finding consensus
thetimes.com
