Our new analysis of Europe’s largest banks has found progress on climate has ground to a standstill, and in some cases, reversed As environmental and social risks rise, banks’ responses are still falling short: the average score across the 25 banks was 41%🔽 shareaction.org/reports/in-d... 🧵1

This FT article’s charts are pretty horrifying as well. on.ft.com/4oRaHET

@garyseconomics.bsky.social . Have you come across? yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

This makes for disturbing reading not least as this is someone simply asking a legitimate question at AGM. No protesting, no disruption. And worse, the IR team at the very least would know who they are - and in some cases, have been in dialogue for years.

I just learned that the entire press team at the FDA was fired last week. The *entire* press team. It's difficult to grasp how bizarre this is. To wrap my brain around the idea, I made a list of things the FDA is responsible for, and that reporters now have no one at the agency to ask about... 🧪🛟

1. You feel powerless? Don’t know what you can do to resist the rise of fascism? Here is an answer: Good Things. Fascism inflicts pain and harm as a matter of doctrine. Kindness, care and conviviality defend us from it. The more we build community, the less it can take root. 🧵

Yet again, France ahead of the UK but what a worthwhile initiative for US researchers👇

www.ft.com/content/541c... Climate has consequences….

NEW: A moment in Munich. Zelenskyy says Russia is creating 15 new divisions of 150,000 soldiers: "Maybe these soldiers are for Ukraine. Maybe they are for you.” He ends hoping for peace. A long, standing ovation. What a contrast to Vance, met with silence as he torched transatlantic relations.

Successful rollout of solar panels could lift 1.2 million people in UK out of fuel poverty, & help decarbonise the UK’s electricity system In fuel-poor households savings from rooftop solar panels could reduce energy bills by 24% say @resfoundation.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For 90 mins away from the world, wld recommend #Titanique. Mad, bonkers fun, amazing singing. Deserved to be full. Loved it! 💙

Very much worth a watch if you have not yet seen the PM’s brief and moving speech to Americans and Canadians. “From the beaches of Normandy …to the streets of Kandahar, we have fought and died alongside you during your darkest hours. We're always there, standing with you."

You can say, “gravity isn’t real,” but if you step off the cliff, you’re still going down. And if you convince other people it’s not real, you are responsible for what happens if they make decisions based on the information you withheld.

Letter printed in The Times, 1st Jan 2025.

Concern over the #ClimateCrisis may evaporate in the White House from Jan, but financial costs are now starkly apparent to Americans in the form of soaring insurance premiums. Those in riskiest areas for floods, storms & wildfires suffer the steepest rises

Last chance to register for our 'Loading the DICE' Webinar to hear how: Flawed economics is risking your pension, savings & future dreams - 11:00-12 GMT today https://buff.ly/4glDU5R #ClimateRisk

Hooray!!! One of my favourite accounts to follow.

Big news! The 'all scientists who do climate' feed now stands at: 🌏 3500 MEMBERS 🌎 ...more than it ever had on Twitter! Huge welcome to #3949, my fav colleague @brasmus.bsky.social, and #3500, @johndparker.bsky.social, who says he’s “not good at social media.” No longer, John! Pin it here ⬇️

Look who's here!