"Globalisation was an American project, from which American businesses profited handsomely, until technological &industrial developments threatened to undermine US state power...At that point, the American state changed the rules, joining the revisionists" lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Striking chart via Kingsmill Bond - seems even more relevant on eve of US election. Will it usher in an era of Chinese clean tech dominance as the US retreats within itself... or does DC meet the #climate challenge head on? rmi.org/the-race-to-th…

Sally Rooney Political Economic Thought is so good, so crisp

“Chinese officials moved to soothe angry delegations from India, Saudi Arabia, Africa and the small island group” during the tense final #COP29 plenary. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Absolutely fire speech by Amitav Ghosh accepting the Erasmus prize erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/a…

This is an incredible quote, but what I was more shocked by was learning that it would only cost $24 billion to be prepared for ANY VIRAL PANDEMIC. For a few pennies to the federal government, the U.S. could simply crush any new viral pandemic before it gets serious.

Analysis from Joe Thwaites on COP29 outcome on finance: (a) how to get to at least $300 billion/yr by 2035; (b) how to scale-up to the $1.3 trillion; & (3) key things to deliver in the coming months/years to get more & better int'l climate finance flowing to developing countries.

NEW – Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems | Josh Gabbatiss w/comment from Joe Thwaites Li Shuo_ASPI Center for Global Development Read here: buff.ly/49o9iyi

"At no point ever did I think I'm going to have a musical on the West End...my dreams were capped." Comedian and musician Tim Minchin tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why not everyone has have to have a dream.

Thinking about this Barbara Kingsolver speech today today.duke.edu/2008/05/kingso…

Jon Stewart highlights how government can work quickly when it wants to, so why doesn't it want to all the time? @sensanders #TheWeeklyShow #Immigration

🚗What's happening to Europe's car industry is one of the biggest stories in the world right now, & prob the biggest story of next year too. A slow motion implosion driven by multiple factors (esp Chinese competition). Watch my primer on what's going on👇

In his farewell address in 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a former 5 star general, stated: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the

NEW RECORD: 2024 is the first year in history when wind, solar and hydropower generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the UK.

COP29: Key Outcomes Signal Need to Deliver Greater Climate Action (our final take on the COP29 outcome with more detail) with Joe Thwaites (1/8)

Environmental diplomacy has reached a hard new crossroads: The science of ecological destruction is settled, the trajectory is bleak, and the need for change is obvious. All that’s left to do is decide who should deal with it. @ZoeSchlanger reports: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Objectively hilarious that the exact people saying Democrats need to run right on immigration lose their minds as soon as Bernie calls for higher wages for H-1B workers and a crackdown of corporate abuse of guest workers (a position he's held for decades btw).

Tony Benn’s 5 critical questions: “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How do we get rid of you? And if you can’t get rid of the people who govern you, you don’t live in a democratic system.”

Amid all the suggestions for reforms to make COPs more effective, one has flown under the radar: a shift from consensus decisions to majority voting. Joanna Depledge of CEENRG writes for Climate Home News on how this could be a game-changer climatechangenews.com/2025/01/13/to-…