Benjamin Jullien
@benjullien.bsky.social
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
Formerly at Les Echos, La Tribune, McKinsey&Co.
Born 331ppm
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Benjamin Jullien
@benjullien.bsky.social
· Oct 16
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
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...
"the gap between riskier properties and safer ones is only growing"...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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OK. Some (mostly negative) thoughts on Bill Gates.
With special shoutout to @timinclimate.bsky.social & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for their wise words.
youtu.be/9MmqKEkOtwo
With special shoutout to @timinclimate.bsky.social & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for their wise words.
youtu.be/9MmqKEkOtwo
Climate Scientist Responds to Bill Gates
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
OK. Some (mostly negative) thoughts on Bill Gates.
With special shoutout to @timinclimate.bsky.social & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for their wise words.
youtu.be/9MmqKEkOtwo
With special shoutout to @timinclimate.bsky.social & @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for their wise words.
youtu.be/9MmqKEkOtwo
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal docs show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods
When Facebook thinks there is a 90% chance the advertiser is a scammer, it just charges higher ad rates
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods
When Facebook thinks there is a 90% chance the advertiser is a scammer, it just charges higher ad rates
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, internal docs show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods
When Facebook thinks there is a 90% chance the advertiser is a scammer, it just charges higher ad rates
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods
When Facebook thinks there is a 90% chance the advertiser is a scammer, it just charges higher ad rates
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Suis-je seule à trouver gênantes les grossières tentatives de récupérations de la victoire de Zohran Mamdani?
Les ami·es, ce n’est ni un insoumis, ni un socialiste, ni un écologiste français.
C’est un homme de gauche new-yorkais.
Sa victoire, pleine d’enseignements, est à étudier.
Pas à récupérer.
Les ami·es, ce n’est ni un insoumis, ni un socialiste, ni un écologiste français.
C’est un homme de gauche new-yorkais.
Sa victoire, pleine d’enseignements, est à étudier.
Pas à récupérer.
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Suis-je seule à trouver gênantes les grossières tentatives de récupérations de la victoire de Zohran Mamdani?
Les ami·es, ce n’est ni un insoumis, ni un socialiste, ni un écologiste français.
C’est un homme de gauche new-yorkais.
Sa victoire, pleine d’enseignements, est à étudier.
Pas à récupérer.
Les ami·es, ce n’est ni un insoumis, ni un socialiste, ni un écologiste français.
C’est un homme de gauche new-yorkais.
Sa victoire, pleine d’enseignements, est à étudier.
Pas à récupérer.
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I hadn't realized Bill Gates is advised by Bjorn Lomborg, but now Gates's nonsense is explicable.
It's possible we might not need billionaire opinions on absolutely everything all the time
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
billmckibben.substack.com/p/climate-ga...
Climate Gates
Maybe we don't need billionaire opinions on everything
billmckibben.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I hadn't realized Bill Gates is advised by Bjorn Lomborg, but now Gates's nonsense is explicable.
In their celebratory election-night press release, the Democratic National Committee failed to mention Mamdani by name until nearly the final line of the 500-word bulletin.
(via @thelever.bsky.social)
That's not exactly how you "fuel momentum"...
democrats.org/news/breakin...
(via @thelever.bsky.social)
That's not exactly how you "fuel momentum"...
democrats.org/news/breakin...
BREAKING: Democrats Sweep Election Night, Fueling Momentum Going Into 2026 Midterms - Democrats
democrats.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
In their celebratory election-night press release, the Democratic National Committee failed to mention Mamdani by name until nearly the final line of the 500-word bulletin.
(via @thelever.bsky.social)
That's not exactly how you "fuel momentum"...
democrats.org/news/breakin...
(via @thelever.bsky.social)
That's not exactly how you "fuel momentum"...
democrats.org/news/breakin...
Politico: Macron is France’s ‘worst’ president, says his old mentor:
the president’s narcissism has driven him to make reckless decisions that “imperiled French institutions” and boosted the far right ahead of the 2027 presidential election...
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
the president’s narcissism has driven him to make reckless decisions that “imperiled French institutions” and boosted the far right ahead of the 2027 presidential election...
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron is France’s ‘worst’ president. Just ask his old mentor.
The French leader is a narcissist who is in denial of reality, argues Alain Minc.
www.politico.eu
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Politico: Macron is France’s ‘worst’ president, says his old mentor:
the president’s narcissism has driven him to make reckless decisions that “imperiled French institutions” and boosted the far right ahead of the 2027 presidential election...
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
the president’s narcissism has driven him to make reckless decisions that “imperiled French institutions” and boosted the far right ahead of the 2027 presidential election...
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
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Alors que la crise climatique s’aggrave rapidement, l’action des Etats ne progresse toujours que très lentement. La poursuite des politiques actuelles conduit la planète vers un réchauffement de 2,8 °C en 2100, selon l'ONU ⤵️ www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
La lutte contre le réchauffement climatique s’éloigne dangereusement des objectifs à atteindre, alerte l’ONU
La poursuite des politiques actuellement en place conduit la planète vers une hausse des températures mondiales de 2,8 °C d’ici à la fin du siècle, selon le Programme des Nations unies pour l’environn...
www.lemonde.fr
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Alors que la crise climatique s’aggrave rapidement, l’action des Etats ne progresse toujours que très lentement. La poursuite des politiques actuelles conduit la planète vers un réchauffement de 2,8 °C en 2100, selon l'ONU ⤵️ www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
"Of course, what is missing from this picture (of far-right narratives against climate action) is any discussion of the costs of inaction. The economic and environmental consequences of not mitigating climate change and the consideration of externalities remain invisible"...
New guest post!
Turning Climate Action into Economic Threat: The Far Right’s Moral Storytelling by @tillhilmar.bsky.social
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/guest-posts/...
Turning Climate Action into Economic Threat: The Far Right’s Moral Storytelling by @tillhilmar.bsky.social
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/guest-posts/...
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
"Of course, what is missing from this picture (of far-right narratives against climate action) is any discussion of the costs of inaction. The economic and environmental consequences of not mitigating climate change and the consideration of externalities remain invisible"...
"Curbing the excessive carbon emissions of the rich through both consumption and investment (is) central to addressing the climate challenge"
"Various measures inc. taxation of luxury consumption like private jets and yachts would also raise significant revenues for public investment in mitigation"
"Various measures inc. taxation of luxury consumption like private jets and yachts would also raise significant revenues for public investment in mitigation"
Selon un rapport du comité d'experts du G20 dirigé par le prix Nobel Joe Stiglitz :
les 1 % les plus riches ont accaparé 41 % des nouvelles richesses créées depuis l'an 2000
tandis que les 50 % les plus pauvres de l'humanité n'ont vu leur richesse augmenter que de 1 %...
les 1 % les plus riches ont accaparé 41 % des nouvelles richesses créées depuis l'an 2000
tandis que les 50 % les plus pauvres de l'humanité n'ont vu leur richesse augmenter que de 1 %...
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
"Curbing the excessive carbon emissions of the rich through both consumption and investment (is) central to addressing the climate challenge"
"Various measures inc. taxation of luxury consumption like private jets and yachts would also raise significant revenues for public investment in mitigation"
"Various measures inc. taxation of luxury consumption like private jets and yachts would also raise significant revenues for public investment in mitigation"
Selon un rapport du comité d'experts du G20 dirigé par le prix Nobel Joe Stiglitz :
les 1 % les plus riches ont accaparé 41 % des nouvelles richesses créées depuis l'an 2000
tandis que les 50 % les plus pauvres de l'humanité n'ont vu leur richesse augmenter que de 1 %...
les 1 % les plus riches ont accaparé 41 % des nouvelles richesses créées depuis l'an 2000
tandis que les 50 % les plus pauvres de l'humanité n'ont vu leur richesse augmenter que de 1 %...
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Selon un rapport du comité d'experts du G20 dirigé par le prix Nobel Joe Stiglitz :
les 1 % les plus riches ont accaparé 41 % des nouvelles richesses créées depuis l'an 2000
tandis que les 50 % les plus pauvres de l'humanité n'ont vu leur richesse augmenter que de 1 %...
les 1 % les plus riches ont accaparé 41 % des nouvelles richesses créées depuis l'an 2000
tandis que les 50 % les plus pauvres de l'humanité n'ont vu leur richesse augmenter que de 1 %...
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⚠️🤝 Les acteurs clés des retraites françaises pactisent avec le champion des investissements dans l’expansion fossile : BlackRock.
Pour en savoir plus :
reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/11...
Pour en savoir plus :
reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/11...
Quand les retraites françaises pactisent avec BlackRock - Reclaim Finance
L’Agirc-Arrco, l’ERAFP, et le FRR cautionnent ainsi BlackRock connu pour son soutien massif à l’expansion fossile et ses récents reculs climatiques, tout en ayant pour responsabilité de sécuriser notr...
reclaimfinance.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
⚠️🤝 Les acteurs clés des retraites françaises pactisent avec le champion des investissements dans l’expansion fossile : BlackRock.
Pour en savoir plus :
reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/11...
Pour en savoir plus :
reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/11...
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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Où en est la déforestation de l'Amazonie ? Est-elle encore un puits de carbone ? Approche-t-elle d’un point de bascule ? Papier pédago très utile sur la plus grande forêt tropicale du monde, avant la #COP30 www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Déforestation, puits de carbone… Quel est l’état de santé de l’Amazonie, la plus vaste forêt tropicale du monde ?
Le Brésil, qui organise la 30ᵉ conférence mondiale pour le climat (COP30) dans la ville de Belem, veut mettre l’accent sur la nécessité de protéger cet écosystème crucial, qui fait face à de multiples...
www.lemonde.fr
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Où en est la déforestation de l'Amazonie ? Est-elle encore un puits de carbone ? Approche-t-elle d’un point de bascule ? Papier pédago très utile sur la plus grande forêt tropicale du monde, avant la #COP30 www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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As we crash through the 1.5C target & head into planetary #overshoot the task before the #climate movement becomes ever clearer, we must focus our efforts on keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
I discussed how we can achieve this with @racheldonald.bsky.social on her 'Planet Critical' podcast.
I discussed how we can achieve this with @racheldonald.bsky.social on her 'Planet Critical' podcast.
Why Scientists Must Rebel | Aaron Thierry
YouTube video by Planet: Critical
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
As we crash through the 1.5C target & head into planetary #overshoot the task before the #climate movement becomes ever clearer, we must focus our efforts on keeping fossil fuels in the ground.
I discussed how we can achieve this with @racheldonald.bsky.social on her 'Planet Critical' podcast.
I discussed how we can achieve this with @racheldonald.bsky.social on her 'Planet Critical' podcast.
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas”...
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas”...
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas”...
“Our negotiators had never seen this before in any international talks. People being summoned to the U.S. Embassy in London — intimidation, threats of cessation of business, threats of family members losing visas”...
this is well worth your time
eg, Gates wrote about one unnamed "low-income country that set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers. Farmers’ yields plummeted, there was much less food available, and prices skyrocketed"
But climate was NOT among the reasons Sri Lanka tried to do that
eg, Gates wrote about one unnamed "low-income country that set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers. Farmers’ yields plummeted, there was much less food available, and prices skyrocketed"
But climate was NOT among the reasons Sri Lanka tried to do that
I quite enjoyed a lot of the takedowns of Bill Gates' EA brain snap on climate. It is really deadassed in a number of ways.
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
But no-one mentioned the most important thing. He isn't *just* full of shit. He knows he is full of shit.
I can prove it: timinclimate.medium.com/even-bill-ga...
Even Bill Gates knows he is full of shit
Did you hear about that “one low-income country set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers”?
timinclimate.medium.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
this is well worth your time
eg, Gates wrote about one unnamed "low-income country that set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers. Farmers’ yields plummeted, there was much less food available, and prices skyrocketed"
But climate was NOT among the reasons Sri Lanka tried to do that
eg, Gates wrote about one unnamed "low-income country that set out to cut emissions by banning synthetic fertilizers. Farmers’ yields plummeted, there was much less food available, and prices skyrocketed"
But climate was NOT among the reasons Sri Lanka tried to do that
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More troubling signs from the recent takeover of CBS news -- their climate team has been gutted and their new ED, Bari Weiss, has a long history of downplaying the climate crisis. @sammyroth.bsky.social
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 PM
More troubling signs from the recent takeover of CBS news -- their climate team has been gutted and their new ED, Bari Weiss, has a long history of downplaying the climate crisis. @sammyroth.bsky.social
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
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42 million Americans will lose SNAP benefits tmw, and this is what the dude shares today.
October 31, 2025 at 5:12 PM
42 million Americans will lose SNAP benefits tmw, and this is what the dude shares today.
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This is typical of the kid gloves treatment of Bill Gates pivot toward Bjorn Lomborg-style climate downplaying that we're seeing from legacy media. The beltway reporters are entirely complicit in what some are rightly terming an ecocidal plutocratic agenda.
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/g...
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/g...
Bill Gates has an urgent ask for the UN climate summit
Gates' comments reflect how society's current zeitgeist has pushed climate change off the front burner.
www.axios.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is typical of the kid gloves treatment of Bill Gates pivot toward Bjorn Lomborg-style climate downplaying that we're seeing from legacy media. The beltway reporters are entirely complicit in what some are rightly terming an ecocidal plutocratic agenda.
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/g...
www.axios.com/2025/10/28/g...
Robert Reich in conversation with Zohran Mamdani open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
In conversation with Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani is getting a new generation of young people excited about politics
open.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Robert Reich in conversation with Zohran Mamdani open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Roughly three in four Americans believe “if a wealthy donor or corporation gains influence over or access to an elected official, I consider that official to be corrupt,” and agree that unlimited campaign spending makes democracy weaker.
"Citizens United" - the name itself is a farce
"Citizens United" - the name itself is a farce
79% of Americans, inc 74 % of Republicans, disagree with the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which found that unlimited campaign giving does not give rise to corruption or the appearance of it, nor does it cause citizens to lose faith in democracy
www.levernews.com/the-montana-...
www.levernews.com/the-montana-...
The Montana Plan To Kill Citizens United
A new state ballot measure could deal a winning hand against dark money in elections.
www.levernews.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Roughly three in four Americans believe “if a wealthy donor or corporation gains influence over or access to an elected official, I consider that official to be corrupt,” and agree that unlimited campaign spending makes democracy weaker.
"Citizens United" - the name itself is a farce
"Citizens United" - the name itself is a farce
79% of Americans, inc 74 % of Republicans, disagree with the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which found that unlimited campaign giving does not give rise to corruption or the appearance of it, nor does it cause citizens to lose faith in democracy
www.levernews.com/the-montana-...
www.levernews.com/the-montana-...
The Montana Plan To Kill Citizens United
A new state ballot measure could deal a winning hand against dark money in elections.
www.levernews.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
79% of Americans, inc 74 % of Republicans, disagree with the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling, which found that unlimited campaign giving does not give rise to corruption or the appearance of it, nor does it cause citizens to lose faith in democracy
www.levernews.com/the-montana-...
www.levernews.com/the-montana-...