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Benjamin Jullien
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Doing comms around how climate impacts affect the economy, and how economics addresses that, with GSCC Network.
Formerly at Les Echos, La Tribune, McKinsey&Co.
Born 331ppm
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · Oct 16
WaPo analyzed millions of real estate transactions along the Florida coast to see how climate change may be transforming home values, and found that

"the gap between riskier properties and safer ones is only growing"...

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Column | Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners
Millions of Americans could face a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of their biggest asset.
www.washingtonpost.com
benjullien.bsky.social
"We urgently need more just, equitable systems where nobody is able to accumulate such extremes of wealth and power in the first place. Our puckish little digital graffiti is a call for all the above."
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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madisoncondon.bsky.social
feel like today's a big day for realizing how much power (allegedly democratically accountable) pension funds actually have
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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capitalclimate.bsky.social
'This is sell America' — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes

www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/s...
'This is sell America' — U.S. dollar, Treasury prices tumble and gold spikes as globe flees U.S. assets
The 'sell America' trade is in full swing Tuesday morning.
www.cnbc.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social
Most people have no idea where their retirement savings actually go.

Many 401(k) and 403(b) plans still invest in fossil fuels, driving climate disasters.

Join our friends @stand.earth TOMORROW - January 21 - to learn how retirement plans can shift toward climate-safe options.

🔗: bit.ly/4sI8f5A
January 20, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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peark.es
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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audreygarric.bsky.social
Depuis un an, le climatosceptique Donald Trump a engagé un démantèlement brutal des politiques de lutte contre le changement climatique (solaire, éolien, véhicules électriques, etc). L’université Colombia dénombre 300 actions en ce sens. Je fais le point ici : www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Aux Etats-Unis, les émissions de gaz à effet de serre dérapent avant même l’effet Trump
Les émissions de CO₂ du deuxième pollueur mondial sont reparties à la hausse en raison d’un hiver froid et du recours au charbon pour les data centers. Les conséquences des attaques de Donald Trump co...
www.lemonde.fr
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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globalcommonshq.bsky.social
📢 The outdated model of fossil-fueled growth is under fire as #WEF26 begins.

An open letter from a coalition of scientists and economists urges leaders to abandon 'failed' systems that accelerate inequality, and swiftly transition to a #SafeAndJust economy: globalcommonsalliance.org/news/wef-sci...
January 20, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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robmajteles.bsky.social
US’s economic exceptionalism was based on massive cost of capital advantages built on centuries of commitment to the idea of the rule of law, and the civil liberties underlying that commitment. Trump is destroying all of this. Investors will have to re-price.

www.ft.com/content/9f73...
Trump’s Arctic ambitions torch the most important US asset
The market reaction to the threat of tariffs on supposed allies over Greenland has been extremely telling
www.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Danish parliamentarian Rasmus Jarlov speaking to MS NOW on Stephen Miller comments regarding Greenland: "I hope he’s kept away from young women, because that’s the mentality of a rapist. You can’t defend yourself, so I’m going to take you. That’s basically what he’s saying."
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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strictlychristo.bsky.social
Danish protest over the weekend. They don't GAF about Chump! 😆
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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kostyack.bsky.social
Senator Whitehouse is a national treasure. As consumers start to face what is likely to be years of crushing increases in their utility bills, they'll need to understand the role of Trump and his fossil fuel industry donors. Offering simple explanations like this is critical.
January 16, 2026 at 1:08 PM
benjullien.bsky.social
Donald Trump has vowed to unleash a surge in US fossil fuel exploitation while attacking renewable power sources

Instead — despite a sharp adverse shift in federal policy — the 4% growth in power demand over next 2 years is expected to be covered with... renewables 🤡

www.ft.com/content/b52c...
US green energy growth is proving hard to kill
Solar and wind power to rise as fossil fuel generation drops, predict government analysts
www.ft.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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ecfr.eu
Donald Trump did not go into politics to make China great again. But that is what our latest poll of global public opinion suggests he has done in the eyes of the world. @ECFRPower

A few takeaways🧵👇

ecfr.eu/publication/...
How Trump is making China great again—and what it means for Europe – European Council on Foreign Relations
A post-Western world is learning to love China, while Europeans are starting to fear America.
ecfr.eu
January 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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nicolefoy.bsky.social
I’m one of the ProPublica reporters who has been documenting the aggressive tactics federal agents are using against immigrants & U.S. citizens

All eyes are on Minnesota right now, but I want to tell you about Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-YO citizen in Houston who was choked by immigration agents in October
A teenage boy with dark hair and a black and gold football jersey holds his helmet, standing on the side line of a green football field
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
"An actuarial review of key #climate change assumptions shows we may have seriously underestimated the rate of warming as well as the related economic impacts. Unless we rapidly change course, climate damages will start to impact growth & future prosperity"

#ClimateEmergency
Underestimates in global warming pose major climate and financial risks
New analysis suggests the planet may be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than many models assume, meaning temperatures could rise faster and bring much greater climate risks than policymakers and fi...
news.exeter.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 AM
benjullien.bsky.social
In interviews going back to the 1980s, Trump outlined his interest in the U.S. seizing oil from other countries. Now, his intervention in Venezuela is an effort to realize that agenda, which could bind the U.S. economy to fossil fuels for decades....

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump’s Risky Fixation With Other Countries’ Oil
Venezuela operation reflects a long-held desire to leverage military might into control over energy—though falling prices are hurting U.S. producers.
www.wsj.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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atrupar.com
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This is where it is going. This is what Stephen Miller is pushing to Trump. The only reason it has not happened yet is that the violence is obviously coming from state actors. There is no insurrection to control. But we are one incident away from Trump sending in the military.
peark.es George Pearkes @peark.es · 5d
President threatens to deploy the Insurrection Act against Minnesota.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the INSURRECTION ACT, which many Presidents have done before me, and quickly put an end to the travesty that is taking place in that once great State. Thank you for you attention to this matter! President DJT 43 ReTruths 183 Likes Jan 15, 2026, 8:04 AM
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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lincolnproject.us
This has been the plan all along.
- Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN
- Implement the Insurrection Act
- Declare Martial Law
- Suspend elections
January 15, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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cwebbonline.com
This is so dangerous!

Trump is threatening to deploy the Insurrection Act because people are mad at ICE. He calls protesters insurrectionists after leading an actual insurrection himself.
January 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
benjullien.bsky.social
FT: For the EU, decarbonisation is a geopolitical no-brainer. But this insight has been lost in the backlash against net zero. Those who want to talk to the Kremlin have a duty first to bring the geopolitical imperative to ending fossil fuel dependence back to centre stage
www.ft.com/content/7409...
Europe must turn the tables on Putin before talking
The priority should be to maximise strategic leverage — and only then pursue communication channels
www.ft.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
benjullien.bsky.social
Must-read: "The (US) war on terror comes home once again"

National murder rates are now lower than they ever were in records dating back to the 1960s

But the logic of the forever culture war is that it must continue...

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January 15, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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climateeconomics.bsky.social
Never before has the insurance industry faced such big losses tied to floods, severe thunderstorms and wildfires… and the evidence points to climate change playing "an increasing role in this development"

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Insured Losses From Wildfires, Storms and Floods Hit Record High
Never before has the insurance industry faced such big losses tied to floods, severe thunderstorms and wildfires, according to a fresh study that links rising temperatures to increasingly dangerous we...
www.bloomberg.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
benjullien.bsky.social
"exceedingly rare": FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter on Wednesday as part of a leak investigation, a significant escalation...

Free speech experts condemned the move as an aggressive escalation that could undercut press freedom.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
F.B.I. Searches Home of Washington Post Journalist in a Leak Investigation
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
benjullien.bsky.social
Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned on Tuesday over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM