Im Europamagazin des ARD wurde ich zum europäischen Klimaschutz befragt. Danke für das Interview

Fossil fuel use continues to climb, despite the growth of renewables. Bad news in today's Financial Times newsletter

10 years after the signing of Paris, coal shows no sign of peaking. Bad statistic of the morning in today's FT

Musk is totally right on this one. It will aggravate the fiscal deficit, thereby the trade deficit and brings the US in real fiscal difficulties. This shows that US bond markets and the dollar are different than they used to be and investors lose trust. ht @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy

what a picture. wow

Trump and Putin talked. I doubt any European other than Putin was informed or involved on a strategic level. Meanwhile Hegseth tells Europeans off on their own defence. Welcome to geopolitical reality, Europe. But sure, let's hope that Trump will be nice.

Russia's net weekly gains since January in Ukraine
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Spiegel cartoon: "Trump will declare that climate change is fake" - "thanks god, then finally there won't be any fires anymore" ;-)

Interesting findings by #EIOPA and #ECB showing that the insurance coverage against natural catastrophes is quite patchy. As the frequency of extreme weather events and other natural catastrophes increases with #climate change, this will mean more losses directed affecting households and companies

Latest Forsa polls put BSW, FDP and Linke out of the parliament in Germany #Bundestagswahl2025

Very much enjoyed giving the keynote lecture to kick of the EBRD board and executive retreat. I focused on
- global trade
- climate
- security
The geopolitical disruptions will have major consequences along all these three dimensions... And many more. Thank you Odile Renaud-Basso for invitation