The NYC #NoKings protest is so massive that we've been on 42nd St filing into the march on 5th for an HOUR. People have turned out and the vibes are HIGH ❤️🇺🇸 "No ICE! No KKK! No fascist USA!"

🔥 Just In! Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been named Special Envoy for Fossil Fuel Free Cities under the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. 🌍 In this global role, he’ll push for cities to lead the charge in phasing out fossil fuels — driving bold climate action,

This night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 352 drones and 16 missile 6 people in Kyiv died. 5 buildings were damaged. In Bila Tserkva [a town near Kyiv], a Shahed drone killed a patient in a hospital. 1/

From the 1970s oil shocks to Russia's invasion of Ukraine to today's Iran tensions—fossil fuel dependency creates economic vulnerability. The UK's new Industrial Strategy connects energy independence to economic resilience, but the clean energy mission needs stronger cross-sector

Ik stuur ongeveer eens per week een nieuwsbrief per mail, waarin ik de meest recente overzichten van alle besluiten van Trump en de impact daarvan benoem én ook een en ander analyseer. De nieuwsbrief van vandaag plaats ik eenmalig hier in een draadje: Er is wéér groot nieuws:

Three myths distort development finance: 1️⃣ Financing gap – the real problem isn’t lack of money, but lack of direction and asymmetric distribution of risks and rewards. 2️⃣ “There is no public money” – yet development banks hold $22.5 trillion in assets, governments spend $7

Europe’s lack of confidence in industrial policy remains striking. Worried the EU can’t build rare earths? The global market is only €3.5B/year. Germany spent more bailing out gas wholesaler Uniper than it would cost to buy 10 years of global rare earth supply.

Shell and other fossil-fuel companies have abandoned the Science Based Targets initiative—a six-year-long attempt to define a global, corporate “net zero” emissions strategy—after being told that such a standard would require them to stop developing new oil and gas fields.

The costs of not acting on the water crisis far exceed the costs of action. High-income countries may see GDP shrink by 8% by 2050, while low-income countries—many in Africa—could face losses of 10-15%. Water is not a soft issue—it's hard economics, security and development.

Kaag: "de onmacht die de lidstaten laten zien, de onmacht van keuzes, de onmacht van politieke moed en een moreel kompas om het juiste te doen ongeacht wat het recht is voor een ieder. Dat is eigenlijk wel gekmakend."

Hostage Square rally begins, with former hostages and relatives calling for deal and end to war haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Geospatial mapping reveals the scale of the clean cooking challenge Millions live in areas with little or no access & limited infrastructure, from LPG storage & distribution to power reliability Investing in these gaps is key to scaling up solutions 👉 iea.li/3GUewI1

"The Netherlands has stood with us from the very start of the full-scale war – helping Ukraine, Ukrainian families, and our military. And I am grateful for this ongoing support." En wij zijn dankbaar voor Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський leiderschap!

My message to the G20 on how to design an economy that delivers for the many and not the few: g20.org/wp-content/upl…

We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia. That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.

Voor wie denkt dat de hypotheekrenteaftrek naar "middengroepen" gaat. 48% van het belastingvoordeel landt bij het 9e & 10e hoogste inkomensdeciel. De onderste 60% van de bevolking krijgt in totaal 24%. De hypotheekrenteaftrek is daarmee een enorme overdracht van arm naar rijk.

(1/2) Terwijl zoveel mensen in NL zoeken naar een huis, staan er nog steeds tienduizenden woningen langdurig leeg. Daarom komt GL-PvdA vandaag met een leegstandsheffing. Hiermee zorgen we dat leegstaande huizen weer gebruikt worden waarvoor ze bedoeld zijn: om in te wonen.

"As a scientist, I've never had reason to be so concerned as I am today for the future we are facing," states PIK Director Johan Rockström as #COP30 kicks off in #Belém, Brazil. The first ever Planetary Science Pavilion shall raise the voice of science and support the policy process.

The world isn't short of climate targets or commitments. What's missing is the ability to turn investments into tangible outcomes: state capacity to implement and coordinate action. That’s why this week’s COP30 must be a Solutions COP focused on delivery, not just declarations.

Under no circumstances are we going to accept this text. Nothing that is remotely close to what is now on the table. Yes, we do have a few more hours left. You can count on us to do our absolute utmost to deliver #COP30 See my remarks this morning 👉🏻 ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…