The points Macron makes in this interview came up in several conversations I’ve had over the last few months - when the same points are made by different knowledgable people, I listen. The consensus appears to be that the chance of NATO being drawn into conflict in Europe with…

Incredibly proud of Columbia University student leaders who wrote the single best analysis of recent events available anywhere. Shame on The New York Times The Wall Street Journal and other media for failing to accurately report their views. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#Gaza : The Israeli Authorities continue to deny humanitarian access to the United Nations.

Just this week, they have denied - for the second time- my entry to Gaza where I planned to be with our UNRWA teams including those on the front lines.

The past while recorded an…

VIDEO: 🇻🇳 Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave hits Southeast Asia

Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in the southern province of Dong Nai, with locals and media reports suggesting a brutal heatwave and the lake's management are to blame
#AFPVertical

Excellent from my NYU Law colleague Karin Loevy on how universities in Manhattan including, shamefully, our own New York University , have resorted to violence repression in response to peaceful protest. bit.ly/3WrY8Ux Edward Luce Anne-Sylvaine Chassany Noa Landau נעה לנדאו Patrick Wintour

I wrote a piece about the #StudentProtests through the lens of teaching at Princeton & faculty engagement.. theguardian.com/us-news/commen…

“Journalists who report on environmental issues face increasing violence around the world from both state and private actors, UNESCO said on Thursday, highlighting that 44 of these journalists have been murdered between 2009 and 2023.” reuters.com/business/envir…

Solar is set to overtake generation capacity of all other power sources by 2027.
In three years, it will overtake gas.
In four years, it will push past coal.
And it's creating jobs as it does it.

We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

The divide between climate privileged & climate precarious is widening

The below link allows access to new paper on climate apartheid appearing in Political Geography:

authors.elsevier.com/a/1j0Z63Qu6ujR…

Climate change / heat wave dynamics are scary:
The Asian/SE Asian heat wave is now being called the
'most extreme climate event in history'.

cbsnews.com/news/heat-wave…

Prof Michael E. Mann Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Extinction Rebellion Global

I love London for lots of reasons. But today, I love it because Count Binface, whose policies include “Thames Water bosses to be made to take a dip in the Thames, to see how they like it” & “Claudia Winkleman's fringe to be Grade I listed” has beaten the Britain First candidate👏

“In Indian cinema you are not supposed to show kissing or close embraces or intimate love scenes, nothing of that sort, particularly not in 1958. But I wanted something that would suggest intimacy, the tenderness of married life, what it does to an erstwhile bachelor...(1)

Le Monde reporting that the ICC Prosecutor hasn't even applied for arrest warrants yet.

If so, it could take months for the PTC to issue any.

But who knows. Not me.

66% of primary school students have never heard of #ClimateChange - despite being the generation most impacted.

#ClimateEducation is critical to equip children with the tools to learn sustainable habits and fight climate change.

If you agree, share this post. #EarthDay2024

'These are good results for Sadiq Khan'

Prof Sir John Curtice gives analysis of London's mayoral election after early results, saying 'a lot of the speculation that emerged late last night... has probably proven to be misplaced'

Follow live: bbc.in/3wjgEny

I am at Charles De Gaule airport. They are preventing me from entering France. I am supposed to speak at the French Senate today. They say the Germans put a 1 year ban on my entry to Europe.

Stunning graph: the plummeting tax rates of the richest Americans. For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans.

I've been really restrained with sharing lamb photos but couldn't resist this one. Ladybug had 2 babies!

📸 @bopeep_valaisblacknose (insta)

I haven't seen my parents in over two years and don't know when I'll see them next. But that's a small sacrifice. Hundreds of World Service colleagues had to go in exile. And those in Ukraine are working under constant Russian bombing. They are very brave. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

Glad to see that this inane post by Merriam-Webster has been deleted.

Once more for the people at the back:

Irish names *are* pronounced the way that they are spelled. In *Irish.* It’s another language…