Some particularly resonant lines in that speech- worth reading in full

Europe is increasingly facing climate-related hazards. Extreme temperatures, heavy rainfall, and droughts threaten human health, ecosystems, and create substantial economic losses.

💬 Should NICE increase the cost-effectiveness threshold for new NHS medicines? @francisjruizhe.bsky.social & Andy Briggs discuss the history of NICE’s price threshold and arguments around its increase #healtheconomics #publichealth Read more 🔽 occamresearch.substack.com/p/the-20000-...

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work" on.ft.com/43eYeRZ @jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work. It's not just AI. And education still matters

open.substack.com/pub/hannahri... Fascinating- condensation trails have a climate impact but are inexpensive to eliminate. Action is possible now.

Towards an ecological health economics www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e... Looking forward to this! @lshtm-gheco.bsky.social

Expert Comment: Paracetamol use during pregnancy does not increase risk of autism www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...

Weight loss jabs won’t make Britain healthy again on.ft.com/4mYbbrf | opinion

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‘Let us not risk getting trapped in the last war.’ My piece for @pbe.co.uk on why the wellbeing v GDP framing has run out of road pbe.co.uk/insights/bey...

“Like many societies past and present, its economic ambitions outpaced ecological limits…. But Troy also offers a glimmer of hope: the possibility of adaptation after excess, resilience after rupture.” theconversation.com/troys-fall-w...

Populist politics is on the rise—from Trump to Reform UK. Why? It's not just economic hardship or distrust in elites. In a new blog, Rosa Marks argues something deeper is at play: the collapse of social & cultural infrastructure. 🧵 www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/social-...

Policy exchange, backed by Sajid Javid, think we need to switch the NHS funding model to social insurance, and introduce new charges for NHS services, like to see a GP policyexchange.org.uk/publication/... These are not new ideas, but they are bad ideas A thread with some evidence

We have responded to the ICJ advisory opinion on the legal obligations countries have to prevent climate change. Joana Setzer said “For the first time, the world’s highest court has made clear that states have a legal duty not only to prevent climate harm — but to fully repair it."

The latest admissions data shows a 14% rise in American applications for undergraduate courses starting this autumn. https://on.ft.com/4m2G39l

Our new analysis of ONS data and modelling explores the striking variations in premature deaths across the country. In the North East, all but one local authority have premature death rates above the average for England and Wales ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4lBe3sZ

Without adaptation, global food price inflation could increase by 1 to 3 percentage points by 2035, adding between 0.3 and 1.2 percentage points to headline inflation on.ft.com/44Cv13o

"We now understand that obesity is multifactorial. Genetics, childhood experiences, cultural norms, economic disadvantage, psychological health, mental illness and even the kind of job you have all play a role. These aren’t things you can simply change with a Fitbit and salad."

🧵Some thoughts re inflation. Not the data today, but two deep issues we should prob spend more time thinking about. 1. While economists and policymakers may have convinced themselves that the cost of living squeeze is over, for millions of households, it doesn't feel that way.

Early June, SPRINGS joined #PlanetaryHealthCluster partners in Brussels to strengthen collaboration. At a high-level EU Parliament event, our coordinator @vcharris.bsky.social highlighted the need to advance our understanding of the links between #climate and #health.

Excited to share our research! The study explores how data systems and economics can improve pandemic preparedness for climate-sensitive infectious diseases. Our review revealed gaps related to data interoperability and gender considerations, posing challenges to effective and equitable responses.

journals.plos.org/globalpublic... Effective priority setting for climate-sensitive infectious diseases requires transparent decision making processes supported by appropriate economic evaluations and fit-for-purpose data systems. A key challenge relates to overcoming intersectoral barriers.

Stop believing that your brain peaked in your 20s... it's not true but it might become a self-fulfilling prophecy if you stop challenging it www.ft.com/content/5d47...

The editorial boards of seven leading health econ journals are taking a stand today against political influence and ideological attacks on peer review and academia. No matter what you study we want to see your scholarship and will NEVER collaborate with suppression. Please repost.

LSHTM responds to funding cuts and attacks on science A statement from LSHTM’s Executive Team on threats to global health programmes and research: www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n... #PublicHealth

Cancer drugs' average US net launch prices doubled from $100K to $200K between 2008 and 2022, with no clear link to clinical efficacy, raising questions about whether these prices reflect value. Read new research co-authored by CEVR’s Katherine Clifford and James Chambers: tinyurl.com/4my6h8zs

The XXVI Annual BIOECON Conference on "Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Solutions," taking place on 1-2 September 2025 at St. John’s College, Cambridge University. Call is here. SUBMIT!! @GRI_LSE @UniofExeterNews @EAERE_envecon www.bioecon-network.org/pages/26th_2...

A negative example of a dynamic many centre-right & centre-left politicians seem to have forgotten - political leaders can change public opinion, they do not always have to follow the polls.

🏦 Policymakers increasingly use health technology assessments (HTAs) to make evidence-informed decisions for their healthcare systems @francisjruizhe.bsky.social & colleagues ask an important question: are HTAs value for money? #HealthEconomics Read their answer 🔽 ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...

How much foreign aid is spent domestically (rather than being spent overseas)? That's the question @simonvanteutem.bsky.social and I look at in our latest article on Our World in Data: ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-...

@ctraeger.bsky.social & I have a chapter in the new Handbook of the Economics of Climate Change (Eds: Lint Barrage & Sol Hsiang, Elsevier)! We synthesize insights from 2+ decades of research on how uncertainty shapes optimal climate policies and affects the SCC. Our main takeaways: 🧵 1/

🧵 1/14 The WHO "Best Buys" have been effective but underutilised. Our paper @lancetrh-europe.bsky.social introduces "Quick Buys"—cost-effective interventions that show measurable public health impact within 5 years. w/ David Stuckler, @gauden.bsky.social and other colleagues at WHO EURO

ebm.bmj.com/content/earl... Establishing evidence driven processes to inform priority setting are not cost free - so is it worth it? @lshtm-gheco.bsky.social

Water is essential to humans’ everyday existence & for a range of economic activities in rural and urban contexts. Yet access to water varies around the world. Today is World Water Day, learn more about water security & how it’s impacted by climate change in our explainer www.lse.ac.uk/granth...

13. We might stop thinking about "the economy" and "the environment" as two different things - and arguing over which should "come first". Instead, we might see "economy" as a way of thinking: a set of intellectual tools that we could bring to our stewardship of the natural world.

Defence spending and net zero are actually quite similar in economic terms. No one benefits directly from tanks, fighter jets or missiles: they are a thing we have to build to make our world safer, to avoid catastrophe. Which is exactly the same reason why we need to do net zero.

Thread on Keynes' newly-pertinent How To Pay For the War (1940) now extended to this column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...

Now, I do think there’s a strong moral imperative to help poorer countries catch up. We should help them build capital, skills, better institutions, ensure they have fair access to global markets (one reason why aid budgets are so important). But we definitely shouldn’t stop trade…

🗞️ New paper from Prof Richard Grieve & Luke Keele can help researchers wade through the variety of #statistics models Choose the best model to reduce the bias of bias from observed confounders in #biostatistics #healtheconomics Read the tutorial 🔽 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Centre for the Study of African Economies at University of Oxford will automatically consider all applicants from Africa for full funding for the MPhil in Economics - we have new scholarships for eligible students. How? Just apply asap: deadline 4th March (extended deadline): see below

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n... “Countries that implemented austerity measures over the past 30 years had higher mortality rates, highlighting the long-term impact of reduced investment in public services.”

Decarbonised technology could enable military advantage and offers an opportunity for the British Army and UK industry to lead within NATO, writes Major Paul Goodall in the latest RUSI Commentary.

Climate-Related Discussions on Social Media: Critical Lessons for Policymakers 📱💬 In this paper from our latest NIER issue, Anandadeep Mandal, Akshay Kaushal and Animesh Acharjee explore the crucial role of communication in tackling #ClimateChange ⬇🔓 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Re defence spending rising to 2.5% by 2027: remember, it’s not just what you spend, it’s how you spend it… www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Keir Starmer announces Nato-qualifying UK defence spending will rise to 2.5% of GDP/year by 2027 (from around 2.3% today) - to be funded by cutting overseas aid budget from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%

" They relish its walkability, architecture and the absence of active shooter drills at their kids’ schools"- on.ft.com/3XdQflh via @financialtimes.com

New paper out: with Charles Palmer, Lorenzo Sileci @elchinosauro.bsky.social and Steve Langton. “Biodiversity -food trade-offs when agricultural land is spared from production” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Govt could use the reordering of the Western security alliances to do two things: explain that this new world 1) means we have to pivot to the EU, so old red lines pre election are gone 2) old tax promises can't be kept because we have a new threat/need - to increase defence spending.

Difficult choices….. @theifs.bsky.social