☀️ Bruegel's Senior Fellow @heathergrabbe.bsky.social speaks about the heatwave that has engulfed Europe & how climate-related disasters are affecting the public budgets of a number of European Union countries. 📚️ Read 'Planning for the rising fiscal costs of climate disasters' 🔗 buff.ly/gAgKpx6

I am big fan of @bruegel.org papers. Accurate, sound, well explained… In this one, making clear why investing in climate action and preparedness & resilience is so important. Txs @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social.

Great summary of our new paper with @gzachmanm below.

This week’s heatwave shows how temperatures and rainfall patterns that used to be considered extremes are becoming the norm. But climate disasters don't have to become fiscal crises if EU countries plan better for adaptation investments and risk-sharing: see www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...

⛈️ What action can be taken at the national and European levels to strengthen prevention and adaptation finance? 📑 By @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @marie-lappe.bsky.social, @iremonas.bsky.social, Massimo Tavoni and @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/QN0cs5M #EconSky

📊 Chart of the week: Annual EU direct economic losses from extreme weather and climate events 📑 By @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @marie-lappe.bsky.social, @iremonas.bsky.social, Massimo Tavoni and @gzachmann.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/QN0cs5M #EconSky

Encouraging words from @RachelReeves on ambitions for UK-EU: “Economic gravity is reality … we are up for doing deals with India, US and other countries but half our trade is with the EU” … We are up for deeper alignment for more integration with the EU … including financial services.” We agree:

📣 JUST ANNOUNCED 🗣️ UK Chancellor Rt Hon Rachel Reeves will participate in a fireside chat with Bruegel Director @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, closing Bruegel's 20th anniversary event today in London. Organised with @lse-ei.bsky.social. 🔴 WATCH LIVE 🔗 Info and registration:

🌿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

This piece by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social is very good and well worth your time. Building on the brilliant work by Ruth Wodak and with important insights from @timbale.bsky.social

The EU’s agendas for economic security, strategic autonomy and competitiveness would benefit from stronger circularity, most notably through eco-design, improved recovery of materials for secondary use and innovation, writes @heathergrabbe.bsky.social. Read here www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...

⚠️ #Venezuela: the upending of values and another warning to Europe 🌎 If the events of this weekend were a warning, will Europe heed it? 🗨️ Read the First Glance by @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social: buff.ly/1pXFxpv #EconSky

▶️ Live now! Investment in enlargement: a conversation with Odile Renaud-Basso ⏱️ 13:00-14:00 CET A fireside chat with @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and @odilerenaudbasso.bsky.social on investment, reform, support for Ukraine and candidate countries for EU enlargement 🎥

@heathergrabbe.bsky.social @bruegel.org noted vdL excelled at crisis response in her 1st term, (largely) maintaining unity on 🇺🇦. But it’s unclear this will last for broader strategy on security or budget. Her leadership style & the Commission’s structure may not suit long-term policymaking.

🎙️ Climate, data and complacency 🌍 @rebeccawire.bsky.social discusses the cost of climate change with @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social, highlighting the ways in which it will affect insurance, housing and GDP. #EconSky 👂 Listen to the podcast:

Our third panel at #TheBodrumRT with @edamorg.bsky.social looked at “The green transition with a perspective from the Global South” with Ignacio García Bercero @bruegel.org, @dorameredith.bsky.social, @mohancraja.bsky.social and Dinna Prapto Raharja, chaired by @heathergrabbe.bsky.social

🌍 Climate, data and complacency: Why economists need to take the costs of climate change more seriously @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social in conversation w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social 🎙️ Listen to the podcast: buff.ly/MbfbRul

🇪🇺 Today, the EU Enlargement Summit convenes in Brussels 🇪🇺 To dissect the details of it all, join @anandmenon.bsky.social, @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @jobmaynooth.bsky.social 💻 Online 📆 Tues 18 Nov, 1pm GMT ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

🔴 LIVE NOW: The 21st century economic consensus: rethinking policy and strategy ⌚ 11:15-12:30 CET How can Europe renew its economic and political vision in a fragmented global order? w/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Sara Hagemann, Andrés Velasco & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social 🎥 buff.ly/QIQggd5

❓A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession 🗓️3 December 2025 13:00-14:00 W/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Gert Jan Koopman, Slavo Radošević & Nina Vujanović Funded by the Open Society Foundations-Western Balkans 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/M8PgcKl

🌐 The 21st century #economic consensus: rethinking policy and strategy 🔗 buff.ly/QIQggd5 🎤 w/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Sara Hagemann, Andrés Velasco & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social

🤔 Curious about the prospects for EU enlargement? Join Anand Menon, @sebastienmaillard.bsky.social, Heather Grabbe & Prof John O Brennan as they discuss the 2025 enlargment package 💻 Online 📆 Tues 18 Nov, 1pm GMT https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-the-prospects-for-eu-enlargement/

❓A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession 🗓️3 December 2025 13:00-14:00 W/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Gert Jan Koopman, Slavo Radošević & Nina Vujanović Funded by the Open Society Foundations-Western Balkans 🔗Sign up: buff.ly/M8PgcKl

🌳 The European Parliament votes for a second delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation ⚠️ But what are the costs to the EU of dragging its feet on #deforestation? 💡 Read @heathergrabbe.bsky.social 's piece for a breakdown: 🔗 www.bruegel.org/first-glance... #EconSky

➕ A bigger Single Market before enlargement: how to integrate the Western Balkans ahead of accession W/ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Slavo Radošević, Valentina Superti & Nina Vujanović 🔗 buff.ly/eslh1cP

On both right and left, there's anger about the recent assessments of Russia's threat to the UK and the rest of Europe, and about the need for us to prepare to meet it. There's a lot I could say here (as my students know), but most of it boils down to two things. 🧵

Thanks to @api-ipa.bsky.social & @unbrussels.bsky.social for the opportunity to brief journalists today on the pressing topic of climate migration. Our Susanne Melde joined @heathergrabbe.bsky.social to talk about the importance of a solution-focused approach to preparedness, adaptation & resilience

👥 And a Panel debate “Investing in Europe’s climate transition – do we have what it takes?” with William Todts #T&E; @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social; Giles Dickson @windeurope.bsky.social and Bertrand Magné @eib.org 👇 More informations about the event www.i4ce.org/en/evenement...

🔬 ‘Project Einstein’: research excellence for Europe and the world @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and Daniel Gros add their voices to the call for European institutions to coordinate on attracting top talent from the US. 💭 Time for Project Einstein? 🔗 First Glance here: buff.ly/n8swPwV #EconSky

WATCH LIVE: "Green, digital and resilient growth" with @suomenpankki.fi with @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social, @ollirehn.suomenpankki.fi, Leena Mörttinen, @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @kristiraik.bsky.social, @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social ➡️ www.bruegel.org/event/green-...

Our #EuropeDay continues with a superb panel dialogue about economic resilience. @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social, @kristiraik.bsky.social, @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, @iikkakorhonen.bsky.social and Leena Mörttinen discuss how to best handle the current multi-crisis. @suomenpankki.fi @bruegel.bsky.social

💭 The Commission's Choose Europe Initiative is a welcome start, but will it go far enough? 💡 A more ambitious agenda might be needed. Read @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and Daniel Gros' 'Project Einstein' proposal. 🔗 buff.ly/1PPBIVn

🤝 The EU-UK reset: a first, big step in the right direction For Ignacio Garcia Bercero and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social the EU-UK summit offered progress in areas of mutual benefit. 💭 Can the EU and UK revive the habit of working together? 🔗 buff.ly/nRvgrw1 #EconSky

🎙️ EU-UK trade and the Trump effect @rebeccawire.bsky.social‬ speaks with Ignacio Garcia Bercero & @heathergrabbe.bsky.social‬ about the shift in post-Brexit ties between the two trading partners, what needs to be negotiated next, and how this relates to contentious transatlantic trade relations.

"I think it's really good that we had positive news coming from the EU-UK summit; that the two sides see each other as a close strategic partnership." #EconSky 🗣️ Ignacio Garcia Bercero w/ @rebeccawire.bsky.social‬ & @heathergrabbe.bsky.social‬ 🔗 buff.ly/Lj4Vp8s

Panel debate Investing in Europe’s #ClimateTransition: do we have what it takes?" 👥w/ William Todts #T&E; @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social; Giles Dickson @windeurope.bsky.social & Bertrand Magné @eib.org 👤moderated by @alicemhancock.bsky.social @financialtimes.com 👇See the live

♻️EU Green Week 2025 Theme: how to put circularity at the centre of Europe's economic transition. 💭 What intersections will be critical to developing a just and competitive transition? 🔗 buff.ly/JgVsALZ 🖊️ Edited by @heathergrabbe.bsky.social‬ and @tagliapietra.bsky.social‬ #EconSky

Trade Britannia? www.piie.com/events/2025/... With @davidheniguk.bsky.social and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social

Join us on Wednesday with @davidheniguk.bsky.social and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social

🌲 Nature markets: how can credits and shares provide durable, additional finance? 💭 Can the Commission succeed in making #nature credits a genuine driver of positive change, and not another avenue for greenwashing? 🖋️ By Anna Fiore and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/n1g9rWX #EconSky

🌳 LIVE NOW: EU Nature Restoration Law: How can EU countries restore ecosystems while balancing budgets? 📅 13:00-14:00 CET On the EU Nature Restoration Law and national budgets. Joining us: @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Friederike Erxleben, Camille Mehlbaum & Dirk Schoenmaker. 🔗 buff.ly/Z2pRyC2

🎥 ICYMI: EU Nature Restoration Law: How can EU countries restore ecosystems while balancing budgets? Rewatch the event on EU Nature Restoration Law with @heathergrabbe.bsky.social, Friederike Erxleben, Camille Mehlbaum & Dirk Schoenmaker. 🔗https://buff.ly/Z2pRyC2

🌎️Bruegel Annual Meetings: Multilateralism, nationalism and the future of international order 📅3 September | 14:00-15:00 CET 🗣️ @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & André Sapir will cross-interview Pascal Lamy @parispeaceforum.bsky.social & Gérard Roland @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/FIURkeu

🌐 Bruegel Annual Meetings: Multilateralism, nationalism and the future of international order 📆 3 September | 14:00-15:00 CET 🗣️ heathergrabbe.bsky.social, André Sapir (Bruegel), Pascal Lamy parispeaceforum.bsky.social & Gérard Roland ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/sMtqB2e

"The existing national standards are projected to reduce overall national energy consumption by 10% between 2025 and 2035." theconversation.com/appliance-ef...

The penguin was wearing a suit

I wasn't aware @timothysnyder.bsky.social is leaving/has left Yale for Toronto. @jasonstanley.bsky.social, too. munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

Beertopia Europe. What’s not to like?

Insurers warn that mass firings at NASA, the US Geological Survey and other science agencies could threaten the public weather and geospatial data they use to manage natural disaster risks — and could raise prices for consumers: on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K

The EU and the UK should aim to conclude a security and #defence partnership by the time of their planned summit in May. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @lscazzieri.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/w68A47x