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NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials. Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a wildly successful initiative - a part of the New Deal - to employ young Americans to build their national parks. Great to see the President Donald J. Trump's team announcing its successor with the American Climate Corps 👇 acc.gov/about/

2020: Microsoft sets goal to be carbon negative by end of the decade. 2023: Microsoft's emissions are 30% higher than in 2020. Main cause? The relentless push to meet AI demand, which requires carbon-intensive steel, cement, chips. Story with Dina Bass: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Interesting report from Tone Langengen for Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Definitely agree that we need to reform institutional frameworks to be more fit for the transition & U.K. needs to double down on strategic advantage on tech innovation.

If you wondered where Rishi Sunak got the idea for compulsory national service, it was proposed last August by the right think tank Onward. Sunak’s deputy chief of staff Will Tanner was a founder and initial director of Onward ukonward.com/reports/great-…

🔵 BURY ST EDMUNDS & STOWMARKET: Will Tanner wins selection on first round "by a landslide".

‘Local’ MPs can’t give leadership we need. A parliament dominated by former councillors would be ill-equipped to respond to the great global challenges ahead. Read my latest The Times and The Sunday Times column here: bit.ly/3wSuEVJ

Very interesting proposal. This was a core focus of our Onward report last year. My bet is that climate change will become the key driver of immigration by mid century.

My Election Day Monologue on Times Radio. In praise of British democracy. It’s election day in the United Kingdom, a seminal event we too often take for granted. We also do it in a very British way.  There will be no armed guards at the polling stations. No intimidating mobs.

Google is no longer claiming to be carbon neutral. It has all sorts of implications for how companies go about making climate claims, buying carbon credits, and, generally, contributing to the climate fight. 🧵

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Back in May, Climeworks quietly put out some startling news. It's Orca facility, the world's largest direct air capture + storage plant, was not delivering on its 4,000 tonne/year capacity. In 2023 it delivered just 921 tonnes. climeworks.com/news/the-reali… Some thoughts...

🚨 NEW: Where's the UK's worst night out? London was once a world-class nightlife destination, but the data shows it's now the worst night out in Britain Ed Halford and I decided to find the best places to party Here's what we found 👇🧵 1/ thetimes.com/article/dd3b3f…

I wrote for ConservativeHome discussing how weird I find it that tackling climate change is chucked in the woke belief box set alongside trans-rights and defunding the police.

📈 Increased UK government commitment to Greenhouse Gas Removal (or Carbon Dioxide Removal) could unlock 60,000 highly skilled jobs by 2050 and contribute significantly to the government's mission to kick-start economic growth. How? 1. Drive corporate demand, use public

"Greenhouse gas removals could play a vital role in delivering net zero and creating high-quality jobs across the UK." says Prospect Union's Sue Ferns. We explain how in our new report 👉 carbongap.org/wp-content/upl… "The UK has made a strong start, putting GGR on the policy map. But

What could carbon dioxide removal (or GGR) bring to the UK? James Townsend, Francesca Battersby and Ted Christie-Miller lay out the answers in this new report. 👉 carbongap.org/ggr-in-the-uk/ "Between hype, controversy and uncertainty, there is a need for a clear and practical plan to make

"Britain is falling behind in the carbon removals race - that has to change" 🔗 businessgreen.com/opinion/451540… BusinessGreen covers our freshly-published report on UK economic opportunities through GGR (or CDR) Read the report: carbongap.org/ggr-in-the-uk/ 👥 Piece authored by Ted Christie-Miller

Globally, we're moving back towards an aristocracy of wealth, more akin to the 19th century than the 20th. Anyone who cares about social justice, about moving away from higher and higher levels of taxation on work, should be very concerned. Time to do something about it.

Repealing the Climate Change Act is bad politics, bad economics and deeply un-Conservative. My piece for ConservativeHome today 👇