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Oliver Frings
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PhD student in economics at AgroParisTech, Bureau for Applied and Theoretical Economics (BETA)
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🚨New Paper🚨
Would people support global redistributive policies?
Surveys in 20 countries show strong majority support for:
- global climate policies
- a global wealth tax
- a global democratic assembly
- transfers from high- to low-income countries
1/N
November 14, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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"Across nine US and European oil companies, low carbon spending fell to 10 per cent of capital expenditure in 2024, “well below expectations a few years ago”. Low carbon businesses will account for 7 per cent of BP’s earnings by 2030, falling to 5 per cent at Shell."

www.ft.com/content/318e...
BP and Shell rein in electricity ambitions to escape ‘valley of death’
Oil majors caught between pro-fossil fuel and pro-climate investors scale back $18bn power generation push
www.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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The British media is rigged in favour of the privileged - as figures for... the @pressgazette.co.uk show.

Here's my piece taking down this dire attempt to deflect from the facts 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/britains-n...
December 4, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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No genocide has been so confessed to as it actually happened.

No genocide has been so evidenced by both victims and perpetrators as it actually happened.

This devastating report underlines why every facilitator, every cheerleader, of Israel's genocide must be held to account.
1/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
December 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds

- Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

Story by @damiengayle.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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Automatisierte Datenanalysen bergen erhebliche Risiken für Grundrechte und Transparenz.
DIETER KUGELMANN und ANTONIA BUCHMANN betonen die Notwendigkeit klarer Vorgaben und menschlicher Kontrolle, um Vertrauen und Rechtsstaatlichkeit zu wahren.

verfassungsblog.de/big-brother-...
December 11, 2024 at 10:13 AM
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A new 'systematic review & meta-analyis' finds that substituting plant-based meat alternatives for meat had beneficial effects on cardiametabolic parameters: total cholesterol, LDL-c and body weight. "PBMAs may facilitate the transition to a plant-based diet". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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Did you miss the C3S Climate Bulletin?

🌡️ After November data, 2024 is virtually certain to become the warmest year on record.

❄️ Antarctic sea ice extent: Record low for November, 10% below average

Read the summary: climate.copernicus.eu/2024-track-b...

#CopernicusClimate #C3S
December 11, 2024 at 10:35 AM