RIP Stan Fischer, a wonderful mentor, thinker, leader. Incorruptible, wise, and influential until the end. Unforgettable to all who had the honour of interacting with him.

In this excellent Comment in Nature, @patrickbolton.bsky.social, O. Edenhofer, A. Kleinnijenhuis, J. Rockström & @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social argue that it's in HICs' interest that they provide 0.3% of GDP in grants, conditional on decarbonization in the Global South. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I published a short note on the implications of a proposed constitutional amendment in Germany, which includes an 11% of GDP fund for infrastructure and permission to fund most military spending outside the debt brake’s maximum deficit of 0.35% of GDP (Thread, 1/9): www.bruegel.org/analysis/can...

Thread (1/11). In the last few days, Bruegel published has two pieces on the new European Commission’s policy platform: a policy brief explaining the Commission’s ideas on growth and security and asking whether they make sense in the new Trump world ...(www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...)

Can I ask anyone that is following me: are you still posting on X? If not, why not; and if yes, why yes? Thanks!!

In an important new paper, picked up by the FT (www.ft.com/content/6019...) Patrick Bolton and Bruegel fellow Alissa Kleinnijenhuis make the economic case for a New Common Quantified Goal of Climate Finance based on the economic self-interest of advanced countries