Jasper Blom
@jasprblom.bsky.social
Lead researcher ING climate lawsuit @milieudefensie and lecturer @uva.nl. IPE of global financial governance by day, Anthropocene politics by night. Views are my own.
"opvallend" #GenosseDerBosse 'In de jaren 90 was het opvallend genoeg een PvdA’er, Willem Vermeend, die Nederland verder in de richting van fiscale vrijplaats voor bedrijven duwde' www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ge...
De wederopbouw van een belastingparadijs: hoe Nederland na de oorlog een fiscale vluchthaven werd
Tot 1940 zette de financiële sector alles op alles om een belastingverdrag met Duitsland te voorkomen, want dat zou het einde betekenen van Nederland als financieel toevluchtsoord. Maar na de oorlog b...
www.ftm.nl
January 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"opvallend" #GenosseDerBosse 'In de jaren 90 was het opvallend genoeg een PvdA’er, Willem Vermeend, die Nederland verder in de richting van fiscale vrijplaats voor bedrijven duwde' www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ge...
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
look forward to engage with Kingsnorth's new book, here discussed by @rupertread.bsky.social. Dark green food for thought. I, for one, will be thinking through whether rootedness is localised or stems from a connection to the biosphere wherever we are perspecteeva.substack.com/p/what-else-...
What else are we against, if we are AGAINST THE MACHINE?
Rupert Read on Paul Kingsnorth’s latest book
perspecteeva.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
look forward to engage with Kingsnorth's new book, here discussed by @rupertread.bsky.social. Dark green food for thought. I, for one, will be thinking through whether rootedness is localised or stems from a connection to the biosphere wherever we are perspecteeva.substack.com/p/what-else-...
zeer relevante quote uit het boek van @coenvdven.bsky.social over de linkse fusie: "in het Europees Parlement stemmen de NL sociaaldemocraten vaker mee met de Groenen dan met de eigen S&D fractie." Het fusievehikel zal in Europa met de billen bloot moeten en kiezen voor een vd partijfamilies..
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
zeer relevante quote uit het boek van @coenvdven.bsky.social over de linkse fusie: "in het Europees Parlement stemmen de NL sociaaldemocraten vaker mee met de Groenen dan met de eigen S&D fractie." Het fusievehikel zal in Europa met de billen bloot moeten en kiezen voor een vd partijfamilies..
'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 AM
'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Got around to this one in the holiday break. One wonders: if banks say they find the climate transition of their customers important enough to ease credit conditions for green companies, then why are banks' own transition plans so woefully inadequate? www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
Climate performance matters for bank credit in the euro area
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
www.ecb.europa.eu
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Got around to this one in the holiday break. One wonders: if banks say they find the climate transition of their customers important enough to ease credit conditions for green companies, then why are banks' own transition plans so woefully inadequate? www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
nice read from @cornelban.bsky.social 'price stability and planetary stability can no longer be separated. Every rate hike now carries climate consequences. Liquidity provision has become a form of environmental policy—whether central bankers admit it or not' geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
Central Banking for the End of Times
Frankfurt measured the risk, Beijing moved the money, and Washington looked away.
geoeconomic.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
nice read from @cornelban.bsky.social 'price stability and planetary stability can no longer be separated. Every rate hike now carries climate consequences. Liquidity provision has become a form of environmental policy—whether central bankers admit it or not' geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
Rather happy with my reading pile for this holiday season (and yes, I know I am late to the 'Debt' party)
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Rather happy with my reading pile for this holiday season (and yes, I know I am late to the 'Debt' party)
'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
Paris-aligned investments offer similar returns and stability | Banque de France
Post No. 422. This study shows that Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices for both equities and bonds. Thus, from an investor’s perspective, Paris alig...
www.banque-france.fr
December 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
interesting observation from @annpettifor.bsky.social underscoring why state of the art climate litigation is targeting finance: "The fossil fuel sector would not be where it is today without the finance sector. So I regard the finance sector as more powerful" greencentralbanking.com/2025/12/15/c...
Central bank independence should be reframed in light of climate change, say economists
Monetary and fiscal policy should work in tandem while balancing risk of political interference, say economists Geoff Mann and Ann Pettifor.
greencentralbanking.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
interesting observation from @annpettifor.bsky.social underscoring why state of the art climate litigation is targeting finance: "The fossil fuel sector would not be where it is today without the finance sector. So I regard the finance sector as more powerful" greencentralbanking.com/2025/12/15/c...
Higher thresholds for ESG reporting proposed in EU's Omnibus present a dual challenge for large banks: fewer competitors are faced with reporting requirements, while fewer of their customers will be obliged to produce the data on which they rely. Bad idea all around think.ing.com/articles/esg...
ESG Omnibus: Three proposals but a common path towards major scope reductions
New proposals would drastically shrink the number of companies required to report ESG disclosures
think.ing.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Higher thresholds for ESG reporting proposed in EU's Omnibus present a dual challenge for large banks: fewer competitors are faced with reporting requirements, while fewer of their customers will be obliged to produce the data on which they rely. Bad idea all around think.ing.com/articles/esg...
Triodos bank's 'financial system vision' is well worth the read with a relevant analysis and interesting - and sometimes even radical - reform proposals. Commendable that a private financial institution brings out such a vision! www.triodos.com/en/press-rel...
Triodos Bank calls for fundamental overhaul of financial system and backs stronger public guidance over capital flows
Triodos Bank today announced its renewed vision for the future of finance, calling for a fundamental transformation of the financial system to better serve s...
www.triodos.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Triodos bank's 'financial system vision' is well worth the read with a relevant analysis and interesting - and sometimes even radical - reform proposals. Commendable that a private financial institution brings out such a vision! www.triodos.com/en/press-rel...
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Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
While Western central banks hesitate on climate, China’s acts - LSE Business Review
Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a central banking problem.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
New update from @shareaction.bsky.social 'most banks are failing to take the concrete steps needed to transition their business from a fossil-dependent economy to new green opportunities' shareaction.org/reports/in-d...
In Debt to the Planet 2025
ShareAction's latest assessment of environmental and social strategies in the European banking sector
shareaction.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New update from @shareaction.bsky.social 'most banks are failing to take the concrete steps needed to transition their business from a fossil-dependent economy to new green opportunities' shareaction.org/reports/in-d...
onderzoek DNB "Alle generaties bankklanten waarderen een ‘groene bank’, die rekening houdt met natuur en klimaat" (www.dnb.nl/algemeen-nie...). Wil je meehelpen om te zorgen dat ook ING die waardering verdiend? Ga naar milieudefensie.nl/niet-met-mij...
Samen zeggen we: ING, Niet Met Mijn Geld
Wat ING met jouw geld doet is onzichtbaar, maar niet bepaald onschuldig. Terwijl jij probeert te sparen voor je toekomst, financiert ING bedrijven die diezelfde toekomst in gevaar brengen: van nieuw o...
milieudefensie.nl
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
onderzoek DNB "Alle generaties bankklanten waarderen een ‘groene bank’, die rekening houdt met natuur en klimaat" (www.dnb.nl/algemeen-nie...). Wil je meehelpen om te zorgen dat ook ING die waardering verdiend? Ga naar milieudefensie.nl/niet-met-mij...
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The G-20 has done important work on sovereign debt, access to finance and debt crisis resolution.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The G-20 has done important work on sovereign debt, access to finance and debt crisis resolution.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
Interesting reading to ponder over during the Christmas break
Cutting Through The Noise
How can we not only cultivate our pessimism of the intellect, but also foster an optimism of the political will against all odds? In this #ISRFbulletin contribution, @mbabic.bsky.social suggests three avenues that might help with this task.
isrf.org/blog/cutting...
How can we not only cultivate our pessimism of the intellect, but also foster an optimism of the political will against all odds? In this #ISRFbulletin contribution, @mbabic.bsky.social suggests three avenues that might help with this task.
isrf.org/blog/cutting...
Cutting through the noise
isrf.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Interesting reading to ponder over during the Christmas break
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👇🎯 This interconnectedness is exactly why more bank capital - not what we got post-GFC, but <a lot more> - was necessary. As soon as this web makes it to systematically important financial institutions (& it probably already has), & one does a Lehman, we’re facing another systemic financial crisis.
October 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
👇🎯 This interconnectedness is exactly why more bank capital - not what we got post-GFC, but <a lot more> - was necessary. As soon as this web makes it to systematically important financial institutions (& it probably already has), & one does a Lehman, we’re facing another systemic financial crisis.
The Swiss National Contact Point of the OECD has delivered an interesting statement regarding passive investing (in this case UBS involvement in private prisons). It indicates passive investing does not warrant turning a blind eye to human rights abuses of the companies invested in 1/3
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The Swiss National Contact Point of the OECD has delivered an interesting statement regarding passive investing (in this case UBS involvement in private prisons). It indicates passive investing does not warrant turning a blind eye to human rights abuses of the companies invested in 1/3
Euhm, this is not really how international fora work. America is not the boss of the G20, they were not even the ones which came up with the idea of this G-group
Trump bars South Africa from G20 summit on.ft.com/4roH9Q7
Trump bars South Africa from G20 summit
US president says country will not be invited to Miami meeting following latest diplomatic spat
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Euhm, this is not really how international fora work. America is not the boss of the G20, they were not even the ones which came up with the idea of this G-group
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Toffe #vacature @milieudefensie.bsky.social: hoofdonderzoeker Shell-zaken. Ook wel bekend als mijn olie&gas-counterpart :) Zegt het voort en DM me als je vragen hebt (DL 8 december) milieudefensie.nl/over-ons/wer...
Vacature: hoofdonderzoeker Klimaatzaak Shell
Sta je stevig in je schoenen? Wil je impact maken richting grote vervuilende bedrijven? Word hoofdonderzoeker Klimaatzaak Shell.
milieudefensie.nl
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Toffe #vacature @milieudefensie.bsky.social: hoofdonderzoeker Shell-zaken. Ook wel bekend als mijn olie&gas-counterpart :) Zegt het voort en DM me als je vragen hebt (DL 8 december) milieudefensie.nl/over-ons/wer...
LOL about the Nixon echo, 'I am not a crook'
In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
LOL about the Nixon echo, 'I am not a crook'
Toffe #vacature @milieudefensie.bsky.social: hoofdonderzoeker Shell-zaken. Ook wel bekend als mijn olie&gas-counterpart :) Zegt het voort en DM me als je vragen hebt (DL 8 december) milieudefensie.nl/over-ons/wer...
Vacature: hoofdonderzoeker Klimaatzaak Shell
Sta je stevig in je schoenen? Wil je impact maken richting grote vervuilende bedrijven? Word hoofdonderzoeker Klimaatzaak Shell.
milieudefensie.nl
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Toffe #vacature @milieudefensie.bsky.social: hoofdonderzoeker Shell-zaken. Ook wel bekend als mijn olie&gas-counterpart :) Zegt het voort en DM me als je vragen hebt (DL 8 december) milieudefensie.nl/over-ons/wer...
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🇳🇱 @dnb-nl.bsky.social says climate change, particularly flooding, poses rising risks to Dutch financial stability—warning of “sudden & substantial costs” for households & firms.
The bank is working with NGFS & @nlenvironagency.bsky.social to assess impacts. 🔍
The bank is working with NGFS & @nlenvironagency.bsky.social to assess impacts. 🔍
Dutch central bank sees rising risk of shock climate transition due to delays
New report from De Nederlandsche Bank says risk of climate shock increasing as the Netherlands looks set to miss emissions targets.
greencb.co
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
🇳🇱 @dnb-nl.bsky.social says climate change, particularly flooding, poses rising risks to Dutch financial stability—warning of “sudden & substantial costs” for households & firms.
The bank is working with NGFS & @nlenvironagency.bsky.social to assess impacts. 🔍
The bank is working with NGFS & @nlenvironagency.bsky.social to assess impacts. 🔍