This is what climate failure looks like. Nature, homes and livelihoods are being destroyed. The Government must act now.
Jasper Blom
@jasprblom.bsky.social
Lead researcher ING climate lawsuit @milieudefensie and lecturer @uva.nl. IPE of global financial governance by day, Anthropocene politics by night. Views are my own.
this chat on political ecology by Edouard Gaudot and Eliza Popper for @gef-europe.bsky.social is well worth the watch! My take on political ecology slightly differs here and there, but the gates are a nice way of looking at things + sound advice for young politicians www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXPe...
The Past, Present and Future of Political Ecology
YouTube video by Green European Foundation
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There could (and should!) be a proper political debate on the policies to mitigate and adapt to dangerous climate change. Instead, the right dodges the debate by soft and hard climate denial, selling voters who overwhelmingly care about climate change short... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Climate change kills’: Pedro Sánchez speaks plain truth to Spain’s deniers
PM has long history of speaking out on realities of global heating but political opponents remain unnmoved
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We staan als PRO-leden voor een belangrijke keuze die de toekomst van onze partij bepaalt. Wij zijn ervan overtuigd dat die toekomst bij de Europese Groenen ligt: de meest progressieve beweging in Europa. Op progroen.eu leggen we uit waarom. Al overtuigd? Meld je aan en doe met ons mee!
'Elderson said it was clear the rising frequency of natural disasters linked to global heating pose a threat to financial stability'. And yet, too much prudential regulation lets financial institutions put fuel to this fire by expanding fossil fuel production www.theguardian.com/business/202...
ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy
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Good to see more conformance with the 'no new fossil fuels' norm. Fully agree with @reclaimfinance.org: 'Insurers cannot claim to be acting to protect the public from floods, wildfires or extreme weather events if they are also investing in fossil fuel expansion' reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2026...
French state-backed reinsurer CCR ends support for oil and gas expansion - Reclaim Finance
French state-backed reinsurer CCR will no longer make new investments in companies developing new oil and gas projects across the entire value chain.
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Allemachtig hoe sommige PvdA mastodonten blijkbaar bereid zijn de ledendemocratie te killen om maar de macht te krijgen Laten we met Progressief Nederland ajb een einde maken aan zulke vieze achterkamertjespolitiek en écht solidair en open strijden voor een betere wereld www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Groen of rood? In Europa mondt de fusie van Pro uit in geruzie
Europees Parlement: Om de fusie van PvdA en GroenLinks te voltooien, moet Pro nog kiezen voor aansluiting bij de rode óf de groene ‘familie’ in het Europees Parlement. Dat open eindje dreigt een open ...
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'European industry and Europe’s rightwing parties have been pushing to roll back or slow walk regulation, thinking that the way to remain economically competitive is to race Trump’s America to the bottom. It is not. It is economic doom' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is burning – and if Trump’s war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst
The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course, says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst
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Certainly puts the Gaia hypothesis in new light..."Providing funding for Lovelock’s early testing of the hypothesis, Shell would continue to publicly support Gaia (...) oil companies have used this idea to undermine concerns about GHG emissions” #ShellMustFall www.desmog.com/2026/07/29/t...
The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms
“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...
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“Having spent decades bankrolling the climate crisis, Barclays is now picking out opportunities to profit from the disaster it helped create.”
Gaia Vince@wanderinggaia.bsky.social · last wk.This is grotesque
De Peak District is een gepaste locatie om met Rene ten Bos te gaan dwalen in het Antropoceen. Een nationaal park dat feitelijk menselijk productieland is (vnl. schapen) en daarmee het oorspronkelijke Atlantisch regenwoud teniet gedaan heeft. Maar ook: een waterspreeuw,veenpluis en weidevlinders
What a powerful way to illustrate shifting baseline syndrome. And how sad it sounds... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost
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Interesting contribution on the future of green politics. I'm not entirely convinced that the sovereignty track is the best one, but this debate is important to be had for green parties across Europe. Kudos to @gef-europe.bsky.social for facilitating it www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/how-can-the-...
How Can the Just Transition Defeat the Fossil Fuel Empire?
To win the fight against the oil empire, Europe must treat energy sovereignty and climate justice as two fronts of the same battle.
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Hoe lukt het Shell in Nederland geen belasting te betalen? Wetenschappers hebben het antwoord ontdekt in gehackte documenten. Als de Belastingdienst van Shells ‘illegale’ strategie op de hoogte is – en die kans is groot – is mogelijk sprake van verboden staatssteun.
‘Ontluisterend en illegaal’: hoe Shell erin slaagt in Nederland geen cent belasting te betalen
Wetenschappers zeggen in gehackte documenten te hebben ontdekt hoe het Shell lukt in Nederland geen belasting te betalen: door aan buitenlandse dochterbedrijven diensten te verlenen onder de marktprij...
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Mind-blowing abdication of any basic notion of societal duty of care: 'While companies' target-setting points to net-zero emissions in 2090, based on installed capabilities and progress, 2090 might even be too ambitious'. Courts should hold corporations to account profundo.nl/projects/com...
Companies abandon corporate climate targets while profits explode - Profundo
Profundo is an independent research organisation with a clear mission: with profound and fact-based research and advice, we aim to make a practical contribution to a sustainable world and social justi...
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ING wijst de eis van @milieudefensie.bsky.social om absolute doelen te stellen resoluut van de hand. Maar intussen schuift de rest van de sector wel onze kant op: ABN Amro, Nordea en Triodos bevestigen dat absolute doelen nodig zijn om gevaarlijke klimaatverandering te voorkomen. Volgt Rabobank?
Jasper Blom@jasprblom.bsky.social · 2w agoimportant intervention by Phlippen, Hannerz & Stegeman: 'most major European banks have a set of emission intensity targets to help steer their financing. (...) it is now time to consider an *absolute* emission reduction target' www.weforum.org/stories/clim...
Interessant, volgens de analyse van PROKiestKleur (zie de insta voor de methodologie) zou @progressiefned.bsky.social zich bij @europeangreens.eu aan moeten sluiten obv stemgedrag in EP. Dat zou een mooie uitkomst zijn van het ledenreferendum
important intervention by Phlippen, Hannerz & Stegeman: 'most major European banks have a set of emission intensity targets to help steer their financing. (...) it is now time to consider an *absolute* emission reduction target' www.weforum.org/stories/clim...
Banks must act on climate and set absolute emission targets
European banks need to develop clear emission reduction and climate strategies for beyond 2030 in order to meet global net zero targets two decades on.
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📣 Shellzaak update: de laatste juridische stukken zijn ingediend! Shell leidt af, zaait angst en spreekt zichzelf tegen. In onze repliek weerleggen we die argumenten en laten we zien waarom de rechter wél grenzen kan stellen aan de verwoestende koers van Shell. Lees meer: https://bit.ly/4fCGiY1
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As a central banker, Carney provided a key push to increase climate awareness in the financial sector. He knows the science. As prime minister he is expanding fossil fuel infrastructure in the midst of this. His cognitive dissonance must be off the charts - how does that work??
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Ik steun Straat - en als je ervaring hebt met moshpits en je punkgeschiedenis kent snap je waarom dit goed is. Het stuk eindigt wat laconiek dat het voorspelbare ophef is. Daarmee gaat @parool.nl voorbij aan de extra beveiliging die er afgelopen weekend was bij Sophie Straat's optreden...
Het Parool@parool.nl · 3w agoSophie Straat bedolven onder haatberichten na Best Kept Secret: ‘Zolang de grote meerderheid zijn bek houdt, blijft dit bestaan’
'There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that the more fossil fuels are burned, the hotter the planet will get. (...) Yet Big Oil is planning to make a bad situation worse, because more fuel burning means bigger bucks' www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot
The scientific consensus is that burning fossil fuels drives the climate crisis, yet the world’s biggest oil companies are planning to increase production
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Sounds like an interesting PhD project at Lund university: the role of finance in shaping (dis)orderly energy transitions. With @bvanveelen.bsky.social and @amyjanzwood.bsky.social. Fully funded! lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
PhD in Sustainability science
Department: Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) The Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is an institute hosting research and education to address sustaina
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Keuzestress, ING? 🤔 ING pompte volgens onderzoek van de Eerlijke Geldwijzer ruim $37 miljard in Amerikaans gas en verschoof zo onze afhankelijkheid simpelweg van Rusland naar de VS. Weten hoe dat precies zit? Lees het op https://bit.ly/4vPK721 ✏️Jip van den Toorn
Shell alleged to have misled UK courts in Nigeria pollution case ft.trib.al/qfMjoFJ
Shell alleged to have misled UK courts in Nigeria pollution case
Long-running trial over blighting of Niger Delta due to begin next year
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'the South African Council of Churches argues that the rights to life, health, and a satisfactory environment—enshrined in the African Charter—are directly threatened by continued investment in fossil fuels' www.oikoumene.org/news/south-a...
South African Council of Churches makes submission to African court on climate obligations and fossil fuel finance
The South African Council of Churches submitted an amicus curiae brief to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, calling for stronger recognition of states’ obligations under the African Char...
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Een van de mooie bonussen van mijn werk: gastcollege geven over de verantwoordelijkheid van multinationals mbt mensenrechten in een vak dat ik vroeger zelf ook gevolgd heb #UNISCA
⚠️ European banks are addicted to US gas: last week, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, ING, Intesa, Natixis of Groupe Banque Populaire Caisse d’Epargne, Santander, and Standard Chartered once again helped the LNG developer Venture Global raise US$2.25 billion.
Mooi verhaal in het ND over dominee Thea de Ruiter. Het kan niet vaak genoeg gezegd worden "geld is niet neutraal" www.nd.nl/nieuws/klima...
Deze dominee riep ING op de fossiele industrie niet langer te financieren. ‘Herstel is mogelijk’
Dominee Thea de Ruiter sprak de directie van ING toe tijdens een aandeelhoudersvergadering. Ze hoopt dat de bank geen geld meer stopt in fossiele brandstoffen. Micha Nederland spoort christenen en ker...
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