Sorting bookshelves. Deep sadness finding this 2000 white paper. Such ambition for UK lead on eliminating world #poverty signed by #DFID Secretary of State Clare Short. Now, no devt or climate Sec in cabinet, aid slashed & spent in UK, ‘UK interests’ = short-termism dominates.

Anneliese Dodds has resigned. That cuts the list of serving ministers with aid connections by one. @labourcid

Perhaps people who are celebrating the cuts to Aid in the USA and Uk - and think that “it was all corruption and woke nonsense” would like to read this thread on the real world impacts of cuts to development for hundreds of millions 👇

Angers me to write this letter again. Following previous cuts, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation managed to plug some gaps with peers, but hole created by #UK & #US #aid #cuts is enormous. Countries need more time to plan aid exit. #Debt #crisis makes this nigh impossible. People suffer greatly.

Congratulations to Mark Carney - and to his wife, Diana, former colleague at ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social and formidable think tank intellectual in her own right.

Un-be-lieve-able.

Don't miss this! A few tickets left.

New from Climate:Change, with comments from Simon Maxwell. Has the 1.5 threshold been breached? What are 'zombie emissions', and why do they matter? tinyurl.com/5ctxy5xc.

This: businessgreen.com/news/4411350/c…

Can someones explain what this para means in letter from Jenny Chapman to International Development Committee? Will FCDO get a protected cash budget? How big? Romilly Greenhill Ranil Dissanayake Ian Mitchell

Simon Maxwell International Development Committee Romilly Greenhill Ranil Dissanayake The spending review will set FCDO (and other) ODA budgets and they will no longer automatically change with GNI (or under/over spends). Not protected but fixed. As you imply, depends on how quickly Home office ODA spend is set to fall.

Four strategic priorities for climate research and action in 2025 – and one for think-tanks and public authorities. tinyurl.com/8avf464c

Adaptation funding is in the news, and it's true: climate change plays havoc with the national risk register. But what is 'appropriate' given other demands? tinyurl.com/8avf464c Climate Change Committee Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Julia King

Why is 13 July 2028 an important date in climate change? tinyurl.com/4sdma3z5

What did Tony Blair get right on climate change? My review of the new report from Tony Blair Institute for Global Change Lindy Fursman: climatechangebh.org.uk/perspectives/r….

Dr David Nabarro youtu.be/OG_BXQpnXD4?si… via YouTube

The thing about Dr David Nabarro was that he combined a strong moral sense and belief in the power of policy with a commitment to collective action via the UN - and then won the trust of leaders around the world actually to deliver change. Remarkable and admirable. RIP