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.
Interesting find, although classifying environmental protest as 'cultural' strikes me as odd. Climate change is dangerous for both human rights and the economy, and requires an economic transformation of big corporations to address it
Authors find increase in cultural protest (left: war, enviro, + right: anti-immigrant, anti-EU, and both: Covid pro and anti-containment measures) across Europe and diminishing economic protests, which are typically led by unions. Where is European labor these days?
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Interesting find, although classifying environmental protest as 'cultural' strikes me as odd. Climate change is dangerous for both human rights and the economy, and requires an economic transformation of big corporations to address it
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Bij de opening van Oleum Shell Isla de Curacao van Tinkebell. www.torchgallery.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Bij de opening van Oleum Shell Isla de Curacao van Tinkebell. www.torchgallery.com
Timmermans benadrukt in zijn email aan de @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social leden wederom dat de fusie een 'voldongen feit' is. Dan heb ik ook een 'voldongen feit': de primaire onderbouwing van de fusie ('meedoen in de strijd om de macht') blijkt bijzonder wankel, om niet te zeggen: afwezig...
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Timmermans benadrukt in zijn email aan de @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social leden wederom dat de fusie een 'voldongen feit' is. Dan heb ik ook een 'voldongen feit': de primaire onderbouwing van de fusie ('meedoen in de strijd om de macht') blijkt bijzonder wankel, om niet te zeggen: afwezig...
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🌍💰 The world is burning – and banks are cashing in.
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
Major banks pump $1.6 trillion into fossil fuel industry as world nears climate tipping point
The world’s biggest banks have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years in fossil fuel companies, new data shows. Analysts told Follow the Money that the financial institutions are bet...
www.ftm.eu
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
🌍💰 The world is burning – and banks are cashing in.
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
From 2021–2024, global banks channelled $1.6 trillion to fossil fuel firms driving new carbon bombs that push emissions beyond the world’s carbon budget 11× over – even as experts warn it could run out in four years.
🔗 Read the story below:
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When central banks were asked to "do smth" about climate, the Fed sat it out, the ECB experimented then retreated but the PBOC planned green and brown money at scale. 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
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When central banks were asked to "do smth" about climate, the Fed sat it out, the ECB experimented then retreated but the PBOC planned green and brown money at scale. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
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Het wereldwijde uitstootbudget is bijna op, toch investeren ING en Rabobank nog altijd miljarden in bedrijven met fossiele projecten die extreem veel nieuwe CO₂-uitstoot veroorzaken. Daarmee kopen we geen toekomst, maar fossiele afhankelijkheid, waarschuwt de directeur van Milieudefensie.
ING en Rabobank financieren nog steeds bedrijven die mega-uitstoot veroorzaken
ING en Rabobank staken de afgelopen jaren miljarden in fossiele bedrijven met projecten die gigantisch veel uitstoot gaan veroorzaken. Dat blijkt uit data in handen van Follow the Money. ‘Overheden mo...
www.ftm.nl
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Het wereldwijde uitstootbudget is bijna op, toch investeren ING en Rabobank nog altijd miljarden in bedrijven met fossiele projecten die extreem veel nieuwe CO₂-uitstoot veroorzaken. Daarmee kopen we geen toekomst, maar fossiele afhankelijkheid, waarschuwt de directeur van Milieudefensie.
Een groene boodschap voor derde weg sociaal democraten
The interviewer asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he's worried about splitting the left vote & whether the best way to beat the right is to vote Labour.
Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"
Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Een groene boodschap voor derde weg sociaal democraten
Late stage capitalism meets the misguidedness of GDP accounting: when one big chunk of growth is a technology bubble responsible for huge greenhouse gas emissions and another big chunk is cleaning up the mess caused by those emissions
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Late stage capitalism meets the misguidedness of GDP accounting: when one big chunk of growth is a technology bubble responsible for huge greenhouse gas emissions and another big chunk is cleaning up the mess caused by those emissions
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From FaS to FAZ!
The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎
Check out the paper here 👇
The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎
Check out the paper here 👇
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
From FaS to FAZ!
The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎
Check out the paper here 👇
The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎
Check out the paper here 👇
"No major bank has yet committed to stop funding new oil and gas fields or coal capacity, research has found.
Most banks that have recently updated their climate policies have weakened them" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most banks that have recently updated their climate policies have weakened them" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No major banks have yet committed to stop funding new oil, gas and coal, research finds
‘The objectives of the Paris agreement are slipping further out of reach,’ say researchers from LSE
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
"No major bank has yet committed to stop funding new oil and gas fields or coal capacity, research has found.
Most banks that have recently updated their climate policies have weakened them" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Most banks that have recently updated their climate policies have weakened them" www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ben ik de enige die het communicatielijntje van GroenLinks-PvdA dat ze "het enige alternatief" voor rechts zijn (terwijl ze standpunten opnoemen die nog een handvol partijen in het linkerkwadrant hebben) irritant vind?
October 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Ben ik de enige die het communicatielijntje van GroenLinks-PvdA dat ze "het enige alternatief" voor rechts zijn (terwijl ze standpunten opnoemen die nog een handvol partijen in het linkerkwadrant hebben) irritant vind?
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🧠 mensen zijn eerder ecocentrisch dan antropocentrisch www.ipsos-publiek.nl/actueel/nede...
🧠 over onze waarden en hoe we onderschatten hoeveel De Ander om de levende planeet geeft research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
🧠 over efficacy video.uva.nl/media/UvA+le...
🧠 over onze waarden en hoe we onderschatten hoeveel De Ander om de levende planeet geeft research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
🧠 over efficacy video.uva.nl/media/UvA+le...
Nederlanders hebben eerder een ecocentrisch dan een antropocentrisch natuurbeeld - Ipsos I&O Publiek
Natuur is belangrijk voor Nederlanders. Sterker nog, Nederlanders hebben eerder een ecocentrisch natuurbeeld (de mens als onderdeel van de natuur) dan een antropocentrisch natuurbeeld (waarin de mens ...
www.ipsos-publiek.nl
October 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🧠 mensen zijn eerder ecocentrisch dan antropocentrisch www.ipsos-publiek.nl/actueel/nede...
🧠 over onze waarden en hoe we onderschatten hoeveel De Ander om de levende planeet geeft research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
🧠 over efficacy video.uva.nl/media/UvA+le...
🧠 over onze waarden en hoe we onderschatten hoeveel De Ander om de levende planeet geeft research.rug.nl/nl/publicati...
🧠 over efficacy video.uva.nl/media/UvA+le...
'Given the potential for severe and irreversible harm from environmental change, a shift to a pre-damage control approach based on the precautionary principle is essential' greencentralbanking.com/2025/10/01/f...
Financial resilience in an age of climate change
Huge uncertainty over how environmental changes will affect financial stability means a new approach is needed to guard against crisis, says Sunil Sharma.
greencentralbanking.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
'Given the potential for severe and irreversible harm from environmental change, a shift to a pre-damage control approach based on the precautionary principle is essential' greencentralbanking.com/2025/10/01/f...
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Rich interview with one very political science question: can Green parties emphasize economic inequality without losing their reputation on climate. Our work on the German Greens shows: yes. More emphasis on redistribution does not weaken perceived competence on climate and increases overall support
Lower bills.
Fund the NHS.
Invest in our communities.
My long form conversation with @lewisgoodall.com 👇🏼
youtu.be/j8hiBI6T_24?...
Fund the NHS.
Invest in our communities.
My long form conversation with @lewisgoodall.com 👇🏼
youtu.be/j8hiBI6T_24?...
Zack Polanski on populism, patriotism and poverty
YouTube video by The News Agents
youtu.be
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Rich interview with one very political science question: can Green parties emphasize economic inequality without losing their reputation on climate. Our work on the German Greens shows: yes. More emphasis on redistribution does not weaken perceived competence on climate and increases overall support
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Heat waves, droughts, floods, and extreme weather affect the economy and the financial system. Ignoring the risks doesn't make them go away.
Federal regulators have rescinded a requirement that the nation’s largest financial institutions factor climate risks into their long-term planning, a policy dating from the Biden administration.
Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks
Financial regulators said the Biden-era policy was superfluous. Democrats said it protected financial stability in an era of unpredictable weather.
nyti.ms
October 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Heat waves, droughts, floods, and extreme weather affect the economy and the financial system. Ignoring the risks doesn't make them go away.
De enige manier van dynamic pricing die acceptabel is van concertorganisatoren: een korting (gratis biertje) geven als mensen ook het voorprogramma komen kijken. Hulde #EKKO (tevens voor de beprijzing naar draagkracht, nog zo'n mooie innovatie)
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
De enige manier van dynamic pricing die acceptabel is van concertorganisatoren: een korting (gratis biertje) geven als mensen ook het voorprogramma komen kijken. Hulde #EKKO (tevens voor de beprijzing naar draagkracht, nog zo'n mooie innovatie)
Flashbacks keep on coming! Robust PSI (private sector involvement) mechanisms in sovereign crises were strongly resisted by the US government back in the day. But these days up is down and down is up I guess
Apparently $20B of our taxpayer money wasn't enough to bail out Argentina.
Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.
So much for America First.
Now Trump wants U.S. banks to divert ANOTHER $20B away from lending to American businesses, farmers, and families to prop up Milei's corrupt presidency and failing economy.
So much for America First.
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Flashbacks keep on coming! Robust PSI (private sector involvement) mechanisms in sovereign crises were strongly resisted by the US government back in the day. But these days up is down and down is up I guess
Een uitgesproken Groene partij naast een sociaal-democratische partij die - zoals gebruikelijk - huiverig is om een daadwerkelijk links alternatief te presenteren. Het VK laat zien hoe je energie creëert om het Overton window echt de goede kant op te trekken www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Labour has a Green problem
Zack Polanski’s first month as leader shows he’s the biggest threat Keir Starmer has faced from the left.
www.newstatesman.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Een uitgesproken Groene partij naast een sociaal-democratische partij die - zoals gebruikelijk - huiverig is om een daadwerkelijk links alternatief te presenteren. Het VK laat zien hoe je energie creëert om het Overton window echt de goede kant op te trekken www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
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Good piece. Growing threat to Labour from Greens on the left flank has been evident for a number of years now - clear in local election results, in polling, and in last year's general election. Polanski has increased this by (a) boost membership - crucial reource (b) increasing attention to Greens
Labour has a Green problem – why Zack Polanski’s first month as leader shows he’s the biggest threat the party has faced from the left. www.newstatesman.com/politics/mor...
Labour has a Green problem
Zack Polanski’s first month as leader shows he’s the biggest threat Keir Starmer has faced from the left.
www.newstatesman.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Good piece. Growing threat to Labour from Greens on the left flank has been evident for a number of years now - clear in local election results, in polling, and in last year's general election. Polanski has increased this by (a) boost membership - crucial reource (b) increasing attention to Greens
The artwork which we used during the public delivery of our climate litigation summons to ING bank is now part of the Dutch Design Week! Come take a look: ddw.nl/programme/da...
Dagvaarding ING | Dutch Design Week
ddw.nl
October 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The artwork which we used during the public delivery of our climate litigation summons to ING bank is now part of the Dutch Design Week! Come take a look: ddw.nl/programme/da...
Read @brettchristophers.bsky.social's The Price is Wrong with my book club and it was awesome. I learned a lot about the electricity market from this very insightful (albeit slightly depressing if you aim to avoid dangerous climate change) application of PE (with nice Polanyi ref)
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Read @brettchristophers.bsky.social's The Price is Wrong with my book club and it was awesome. I learned a lot about the electricity market from this very insightful (albeit slightly depressing if you aim to avoid dangerous climate change) application of PE (with nice Polanyi ref)
Flashbacks to my first job working on an earlier Argentinean crisis. That on this occasion a libertarian extremist is asking for a governmental bail-out, though, tells you all you need to know about the fairy-tale nature of their ideology. Living in economic la-la-land till the powerful also get hit
Even concrete US interventions are unlikely to save Argentina's peso for long unless they go further than so far promised—though it might give Milei a rickety bridge through the October election without an embarrassing devaluation.
By Maurice Obstfeld:
By Maurice Obstfeld:
America's Argentina rescue won’t save the peso for long
The Argentine peso is in trouble again, but this time the US government is riding to the rescue. In late September, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced several supportive measures, including po...
www.piie.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Flashbacks to my first job working on an earlier Argentinean crisis. That on this occasion a libertarian extremist is asking for a governmental bail-out, though, tells you all you need to know about the fairy-tale nature of their ideology. Living in economic la-la-land till the powerful also get hit
Guest lecture with political economists @radboudpol.bsky.social, love it! Good discussions on using climate litigation to address corporate power and governance gaps. Thanks for having me @angelawigger.bsky.social!
October 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Guest lecture with political economists @radboudpol.bsky.social, love it! Good discussions on using climate litigation to address corporate power and governance gaps. Thanks for having me @angelawigger.bsky.social!
Once more for the people in the back #Offsets. Are. A. Scam. Deep and fast corporate CO2 emission reductions are what is needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Once more for the people in the back #Offsets. Are. A. Scam. Deep and fast corporate CO2 emission reductions are what is needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...