Gerbrand Haverkamp
@gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social
Co-founder and Executive Director of the World Benchmarking Alliance
@sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social
& https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/
@sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social
& https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/
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"If a country as rich as Norway can’t afford to stick to principles, who can?" Great edition of the Free Lunch newsletter today by @martinsandbu.ft.com on Norway suspending its $2.1 trillion oil fund's ethics rules. www.ft.com/content/f6b3...
How Norway jeopardised its integrity overnight
Oslo abruptly changed the ethics rules for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"If a country as rich as Norway can’t afford to stick to principles, who can?" Great edition of the Free Lunch newsletter today by @martinsandbu.ft.com on Norway suspending its $2.1 trillion oil fund's ethics rules. www.ft.com/content/f6b3...
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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The biggest names in tech are failing to address systemic harms against women and LGBTQI+ people, new research from BHRRC and @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social reveals: www.bhrrc.org/en/from-us/b...
July 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The biggest names in tech are failing to address systemic harms against women and LGBTQI+ people, new research from BHRRC and @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social reveals: www.bhrrc.org/en/from-us/b...
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Important reporting from Gaza:
‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine
www.ft.com
July 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Important reporting from Gaza:
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This is what people don’t understand. All countries can produce electricity, many countries have to important refined oil products like gasoline and diesel using hard currency which is in limited supply.
One in four vehicles sold this year will be EVs.
One in four vehicles sold this year will be EVs.
Ethiopia banned all ICE imports in 2024—& now over 100,000 EVs are entering the country every month. Ban tightened further in 2025. Backed by hydropower and aiming for 500,000/month by 2030, this isn’t just transition—it’s a pivot. Africa’s EV tipping point may start right here.🌍⚡ #EVs #AfricaRising
Ethiopia Could Open EV Floodgates Across Africa, Asia, And Beyond - CleanTechnica
Last year, when Ethiopia decided to ban the import of fossil fuel vehicles, it was a huge and unprecedented move — not just for Africa, but for any country in the world. One immediately had to wonder,...
cleantechnica.com
June 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
This is what people don’t understand. All countries can produce electricity, many countries have to important refined oil products like gasoline and diesel using hard currency which is in limited supply.
One in four vehicles sold this year will be EVs.
One in four vehicles sold this year will be EVs.
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🗣️“Trump is not the US and the US is not the world, and the world is moving towards a transition of our energy system.”
Yesterday, @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social was speaking at @financialtimes.com Live "Climate policy under Trump 2.0".
Watch here on demand: trumpandclimate.live.ft.com
Yesterday, @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social was speaking at @financialtimes.com Live "Climate policy under Trump 2.0".
Watch here on demand: trumpandclimate.live.ft.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🗣️“Trump is not the US and the US is not the world, and the world is moving towards a transition of our energy system.”
Yesterday, @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social was speaking at @financialtimes.com Live "Climate policy under Trump 2.0".
Watch here on demand: trumpandclimate.live.ft.com
Yesterday, @gerbrandhaverkamp.bsky.social was speaking at @financialtimes.com Live "Climate policy under Trump 2.0".
Watch here on demand: trumpandclimate.live.ft.com
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Good morning with good news: EV sales in Nepal reach 70% in recent months!
Nepal's EV sales goal is 90% by 2030!
Nepal pushes EV to slash oil import costs & to clean air.
Hydro mostly powers Nepal & 94% of its 29.6 million people have grid supply.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/n...
Nepal's EV sales goal is 90% by 2030!
Nepal pushes EV to slash oil import costs & to clean air.
Hydro mostly powers Nepal & 94% of its 29.6 million people have grid supply.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/n...
Nepal’s Electric Leapfrog: How This Himalayan Nation Is Leading Global EV Adoption - CleanTechnica
Nepal has achieved remarkable EV adoption, using indigenous hydroelectric power and smart taxation, offering policy insights for countries worldwide.
cleantechnica.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Good morning with good news: EV sales in Nepal reach 70% in recent months!
Nepal's EV sales goal is 90% by 2030!
Nepal pushes EV to slash oil import costs & to clean air.
Hydro mostly powers Nepal & 94% of its 29.6 million people have grid supply.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/n...
Nepal's EV sales goal is 90% by 2030!
Nepal pushes EV to slash oil import costs & to clean air.
Hydro mostly powers Nepal & 94% of its 29.6 million people have grid supply.
#energysky cleantechnica.com/2025/06/14/n...
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NEW: After an 86-day blockade of food into Gaza, starving residents are pictured being herded like livestock & surrounded by fencing and barbed wire as they await food parcels.
This photo was posted in the last hour by Gaza-based journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
This photo was posted in the last hour by Gaza-based journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
May 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW: After an 86-day blockade of food into Gaza, starving residents are pictured being herded like livestock & surrounded by fencing and barbed wire as they await food parcels.
This photo was posted in the last hour by Gaza-based journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
This photo was posted in the last hour by Gaza-based journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
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This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867...
May 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This chart is incredible, have used it myself in the past. www.ft.com/content/f867...
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
May 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
Israel is using aid as a weapon of war in Gaza, UN court told
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
www.thetimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The blockade on Gaza has left two million at risk of starvation, Palestinian representatives said at the opening of a case at the International Court of Justice
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The @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social Ranking Digital Rights index, just released this week, ranks major tech companies around the world on more than 300 metrics related to human rights.
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
April 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The @sdgbenchmarks.bsky.social Ranking Digital Rights index, just released this week, ranks major tech companies around the world on more than 300 metrics related to human rights.
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
It’s been 3 years since the last index, and A LOT has changed. #RDR2025
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World Press Photo of the Year door Samar Abu Elouf.
April 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
World Press Photo of the Year door Samar Abu Elouf.
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Flashback to three months ago: Wall Street was excited because Trump would let say them say the word 'retard' www.ft.com/content/cf87...
April 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Flashback to three months ago: Wall Street was excited because Trump would let say them say the word 'retard' www.ft.com/content/cf87...
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"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that's over
The U.S. Forest Service has terminated $75 million awarded to the Arbor Day Foundation to help disadvantaged communities plant trees.
apnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...
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Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.
February 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.
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He's not wrong. Many in Europe are retreating from some of Europe's most fundamental values: the rule of law, religious tolerance, the Enlightenment commitment to reason and science, human rights and social solidarity.
BREAKING: US VP just launched an extraordinary attack on Europe.
“The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor.
“What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
“The threat that I worry most about, vis-a-vis Europe, is not Russia, it’s not China, it’s not any other external actor.
“What I worry about is the threat from within: the retreat of Europe from some of its most fundamental values.”
February 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
He's not wrong. Many in Europe are retreating from some of Europe's most fundamental values: the rule of law, religious tolerance, the Enlightenment commitment to reason and science, human rights and social solidarity.
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Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk
https://www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d87-af67-3d7d15caf306
https://www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d87-af67-3d7d15caf306
Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk
Insurance groups and pension funds threaten to dump those ‘misaligned’ with retiree objectives
www.ft.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk
https://www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d87-af67-3d7d15caf306
https://www.ft.com/content/0a703624-37ba-4d87-af67-3d7d15caf306
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now that DeepSeek has completed AI, we hope that Silicon Valley will turn its attention to the next best thing: investing in rural history museums
January 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
now that DeepSeek has completed AI, we hope that Silicon Valley will turn its attention to the next best thing: investing in rural history museums
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A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
January 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A paper that understands its responsibility, in a country that knows it when it sees it.
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
Impressive from Die Zeit. Refuses to show the salute, but calls it out for what it so obviously was.
Headline: “A Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute is a Hitler Salute”
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Our collective future depends on 2000 companies – the SDG2000. In the hands of 2000 CEOs lies the power to shape a sustainable, equitable future. Let’s ensure they become 2000 reasons to be hopeful! See which companies are on the list: www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/sdg2000/
#2000Reasons
#2000Reasons
January 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Our collective future depends on 2000 companies – the SDG2000. In the hands of 2000 CEOs lies the power to shape a sustainable, equitable future. Let’s ensure they become 2000 reasons to be hopeful! See which companies are on the list: www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/sdg2000/
#2000Reasons
#2000Reasons
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We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100.
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
I have a new paper in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes under current policies. I find that we are likely headed toward 2.7C by 2100 (with uncertainties from 1.9C to 3.7C), and that high end emissions scenarios have become much less likely.
journals.sagepub.com...
journals.sagepub.com...
January 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We now predict a mean of 2.7C of warming in 2100.
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
Not the 4C we predicted a decade ago.
This is due to less exaggeration and better policy and technology.
However, 2.7C is still very bad and it could still become much worse.
At the same time we can bend the curve down further
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“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Is corporate America going Maga?
Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms
www.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
“I feel liberated,” said a top banker. “We can say ‘retard’ and ‘pussy’ without the fear of getting cancelled . . . it’s a new dawn.”
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Business in the age of Trump. Sounds liberating.
www.ft.com/content/cf87...