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Very sorry to hear of Martin Indyk’s death. He was a fierce believer in Middle East peace, fiercely critical of all sides preventing it; also a very nice man.

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The US agrees to help build Ghana’s first small modular reactor project in a push to promote nuclear technology for African countries trib.al/ApXq53O

Old column of mine on Kamala Harris's unconvincing effort in 2020 to pretend to be a leftie. "She is a natural centrist. Why not say so?" economist.com/united-states/…

“The most practically useful guide to politics I have ever read” - George Osborne likes Tony Blair’s new book on.ft.com/3MxRAgS

Britain's last remaining coal-fired power station closes today. The last British coal mine closed 9 years ago. Here's an old column of mine on the last gasp of an industry that changed the world. economist.com/britain/2015/0…

How did the US invent solar power and dominate it for 60 years, before giving it up to China over the past decade? The answer is, IMO, quite different to the stories we have told ourselves in recent years. And it has important lessons for the future.🧵 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

New from IEA: "A single journey by a large container ship filled with solar PV modules can provide the means to generate the same amount of electricity as the natural gas from more than 50 large LNG tankers or the coal from more than 100 large bulk ships." iea.org/reports/energy…

Chinese EVs leave other carmakers with only bad options ft.com/content/faa69e… via @ft

It is incredibly gutsy to release this poll. It won't put Harris ahead in our forecast because there was also another Iowa poll out today that was good for Trump. But wouldn't want to play poker against Ann Selzer.

The Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows Kamala Harris picking up support from women to surpass Donald Trump in Iowa, a ruby-red state he has won twice. Details: desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

We've all seen enough

Is limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C still possible? Yes, but only in a model. Some new commentary by Glen Peters (Glen Peters) provides a fitting swan-song for our now-unachievable ambition: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29…

A great conversation at #COP29Baku on the ideal, long-term role of ⁦World Bank⁩ and ⁦IMF⁩ in climate action. Thank you ⁦Helen Mountford⁩, ⁦Andrew Steer⁩, ⁦@AmaleeAmin⁩

Our #COP29 event on the long-term role of the Bretton Woods Institutions in climate action focused on the need for system-wide change, a climate-centric updating of economic models, and the power of public-private collaboration. Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=g9rPjM…

Thanks @Premkayan. I suspect I was right about the IPL’s impact on Test cricket… but hope I was wrong.

A good corrective to the over optimistic view that extreme poverty will somehow vanish by itself because “everything is better than we think”…430 m live in extreme poverty in Africa today compared to 170m in 1980

A fascinating thread that shows what happens when you skimp on infrastructure investment

He was good at this stuff.

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