A level playing field for US & EU banks would mean *higher capital requirements* for Europe. 👀 That's right! There is no systemic evidence that EU banks have too much capital & the US too little. Nor is there evidence that lower requirements are what allow US banks to invest more in innovation.

Sensible advice 'The perceived “greenlash” has caused many Green parties to become more hesitant and careful, watering down their demands and moderating their appeals. The lesson from the UK is a different one: be bolder and clearer in your message' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Everything I do has got climate and climate justice at its centre, it’s one of our core principles... from trying to buy back council homes and make housing safer and more resilient, to rewilding in parks, from public health to transport.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

De vraag bij welke Europese politieke familie @progressiefned.bsky.social zich zal scharen wordt, in tegenstelling tot Nederlandse media, door @politico.eu wél gevolgd. Het lijkt erop dat het partijbestuur de touwtjes strak in handen wil houden en dat de voorkeur uitgaat naar de sociaaldemocraten.

Ben je medewerker of student bij @maastrichtu.bsky.social? Roep de universiteit op om zich uit te spreken tegen ING’s fossiele financiering. Teken de petitie gestart door docenten en studenten hier 👇

“the correlation between emission levels and [credit default risks are] positive and statistically significant…increased asset volatility is found to be the main channel through which transition risk affects credit risk for high-emissions companies” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A nice positive story for the weekend: 'Time and again, when the revival of local biodiversity improves the livelihoods and wellbeing of local people, change becomes truly sustainable.' www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

indeed! 'For Stern, meaningful compliance [with the KlimaSeniorinnen judgment] means confronting Switzerland’s financial sector, which through continued investment in fossil fuels generates emissions many times greater than those in the country itself' www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/the-older-ac...

Met groot verdriet kondigen we aan dat onze Directeur Marjan Minnesma op 22 mei 2026 is overleden aan kanker. Ze was de oprichter en drijvende kracht achter St. Urgenda. Visionair, oplossingsgericht, vol energie. We zullen haar allemaal ontzettend missen. Lees het statement hier: marjanminnesma.nl

Wat een verlies! Zo een belangrijke rol gespeeld in de klimaatbeweging en zo jong nog. Natuurlijk de @urgenda.bsky.social klimaatzaak, maar ook acties als de massa-inkoop van zonnepanelen die een concrete en grote impuls hebben gegeven. Wat een treurigheid nos.nl/artikel/2615...

Wie zou dat nu zijn 👀 "One ESG professional at a Dutch bank explained that they were unsure whether they could live up to the commitment at launch and that, in retrospect, many banks were unaware of the implications of signing up."

New paper in @internatltheory.bsky.social! In 2020-23, nearly every major financial company worldwide was pledging to reach net zero. By 2024-25, many bailed as political backlash ramped up. Why were net-zero norms so weak? In the paper, I argue that companies were caught in a "hype cycle"

This is it. Our lawyers gave their final argument. You could feel the tension in the Supreme Court. And now, we wait… Curious what it was like inside? Read everything here: https://bit.ly/4tV2DnL

'Will this fossil fuel fascism, that billionaire-backed campaign to crush a green transition by any means necessary, hold back the tide of clean energy autonomy? It cannot be ruled out.' --> In a way, this is what @milieudefensie.bsky.social vs Shell is about www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

today, @milieudefensie.bsky.social and #Shell face off against each other in the Dutch Supreme Court. An historic and crucial case revolving around the question whether corporations have a responsible to prevent dangerous climate change. On a more abstract... en.milieudefensie.nl/news/the-fin...

I’m hiring 2 doctoral researchers in Politics of Climate Change at Heidelberg University 🌍 📊 Survey Research & Political Participation 🗣️ Qualitative Research & Group Formation Part of “The New Climate Divide” Deadline: 21 June 2026 Calls: www.ipw.uni-heidelberg.de/en/about-us/... Please share!

So, this is somewhat outdated. But has someone else written such a neat overview of the reasons behind (international) financial regulation and its accompanying alphabet soup of regulators? #TrainReads

'Most large-cap companies have targets. The differentiation is happening at the level of transition credibility: the degree to which a company can demonstrate, with verifiable evidence, that its trajectory is consistent with its stated commitments' environmentenergyleader.com/stories/inve...

I wrote about the debate over whether Democrats should talk about “climate,” which is kind of a nonsensical question, and how it’s sort of like a debate over whether to talk about capitalism newrepublic.com/article/2103...

Belangrijke rol voor Olaf Sleijpen, goed dat @dnb-nl.bsky.social een prominente rol blijft spelen in de aanpak van klimaatverandering in het financiele systeem bij de NGFS www.dnb.nl/algemeen-nie...

Super interesting PhD opportunity with @johannespetry.bsky.social to work on the transformation of global financial structures in the context of increasing geopolitical tensions and analyze China’s efforts to build an alternative, Sinocentric financial system www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

Een goede illustratie van het belang van de rechtszaken van @milieudefensie.bsky.social tegen Shell en ING

Klimaatorganisatie sleept Rotterdamse haven voor de rechter wegens fossiele industrie

binnenkort naar een festival dat nog netjes een blokkenschema gemaakt heeft (daar moet je tegenwoordig al heel blij mee zijn). En het is colour coded om aan te geven welke bands stevig zijn, droompop, etc. Nu vraag ik me af waarom niet alle festivals dat altijd al deden #festivalleven

These old Fiat advertisements from the MK&G museum are mind-blowing on so many levels

🌍Today is the European Union’s Overshoot day. 😱 This means that we have already used up 1 year's worth of resources, and the rest of the year will be tapping into future resources. 💪 We need climate action now.

"this can only succeed through some no-holds-barred wrestling against the old theories and customary ways of thinking, whose life has been artificially prolonged by the word 'post'." First page and already enthusiastic about Beck's classic 'Risk Society'

It seems 'resilience' signifies not just rebranding ESG analysis, but also a - highly problematic - shift to adaptation. However, it is good to see investors remaining focused on reality and side-stepping political attacks driven by fossil interests www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-new-esg-...

Amsterdam is one of the world's most popular cities. And now, it's even better. The city’s fossil fuel ad ban is now in effect - making it the first capital globally to take on polluter ads. 🎉 The story. 🧵 1/5 Wish your city was like Amsterdam? 👇 www.badverts.org/campaign-upd...

'Frontline communities and campaigners demanded the Dutch bank [ING] end all finance for fossil fuel expansion, including LNG across the United States' www.banktrack.org/article/ing_...

Stark words from host Colombia "There is inertia in the power and the economy of this archaic form of energy – fossil fuels – that lead to death." Telling that co-host NL is not mentioned in the article, but France is... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Leve de republiek!

Ach, Robert Skidelsky is kort geleden overleden. Inspirerende economisch denker

'More than 50% of shareholders came out against its plans to scrap its existing climate reporting, and its resolution to replace in-person annual shareholder meetings – a lightning rod for climate protest in recent years – with online-only events' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Today major Dutch bank ABN AMRO announces that they will set absolute CO2 reduction targets for their lending portfolio. A positive development in terms of the types of climate target financials use fd.nl/bedrijfsleve...

De dagvaarding is afgeleverd. Onze tweede Klimaatzaak tegen Shell is officieel van start. We eisen dat Shell stop met het aanboren van nieuwe olie- en gasvelden. Hoe dat precies zit? Lees het nieuwsbericht: https://milieudefensie.nl/actueel/dagvaarding-klimaatzaak-shell-nieuwe-velden

As Ed Miliband seeks to 'double down' on the UK energy transition to clean power, this is a reminder of why that matters to consumers: The highest proportion of fossil fuels in the energy mix leads to the highest prices according to Fidelity international www.ft.com/content/6b4e...

Nieuwe stap van @milieudefensie.bsky.social om fossiele instabiliteit te voorkomen: 'Door nieuwe velden te exploiteren, creëert de sector zijn eigen lock-ineffect: wie miljarden investeert in nieuw fossiel, zet zichzelf voor decennia klem om ze te blijven gebruiken' www.volkskrant.nl/economie/nie...

Grote bedrijven in Nederland lobbyen veel vaker rechtstreeks bij politici dan elders in Finland of Denemarken. Dat vergroot volgens onderzoekers het risico dat smalle bedrijfsbelangen het beleid onevenredig beïnvloeden.

"it's not my revolution if I can't dance to it'

Publication alert! 🔔 My new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social shows that the way in which credit ratings assess climate risks is detrimental to chances of the green transition. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DEWKJ... 1/n 🧵

With the Bretton Woods institutes moving in the right direction their biggest shareholder steps in. Another pillar of the liberal economic order ready to crumble under the buffoonery of Trump www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Er is meer hoopvol nieuws uit Budapest 😉. Onvergetelijke festival ervaring met The Cure en Iggy Pop (voordat het overlopen werd door half Europa)

'volgens het bedrijfsleven [moet] de oplossing voor het duurzaamheidsvraagstuk grotendeels buiten hen gezocht worden. De vergroeningsacties die ze wel zelf voorstellen, worden nog steeds maar zelden financieel onderbouwd' www.parool.nl/columns-opin...

Wat is eigenlijk het Nederlandse plan?

☝️Dinsdag is de jaarlijkse aandeelhoudersvergadering van ING, waar de bank zijn beleid moet verantwoorden tegenover zijn aandeelhouders. Hoog tijd voor ons om de lange lijst met vervuilende bedrijven waar ING geld in steekt eens op een rijtje te zetten. Benieuwd? https://bit.ly/bedrijven-ing-bs

'Towards a Revolutionary Political Economy of Climate Transition?' SPERI Doctoral Researchers Network organised a roundtable discussion at #PSA26 last week debating strategy and political agency in climate crisis. The podcast of the session is out now: open.spotify.com/episode/3oxb...

ECB to European governments: Please please invest in renewables, it’ll make our job so much easier. Plain as day.

De eerste peiling (ooit) waarin de Britse Groenen als grootste uit de bus komen. Je hoeft niet in te leveren op je waarden - juist niet - als je wilt winnen. Je moet het alleen met overtuiging uitdragen.

I had a blast at the LSE just before the Easter break. Impressive work by students on bank accountability for climate change, a panel full of interesting contributions and a packed lecture hall. Kudos to @mariepetersmann.bsky.social for bringing this together www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...