Peter Bosshard
@peterbosshard.bsky.social
Campaign adviser, blogger (SwissClimateRambles.substack.com) and mentor. Retired campaign manager with the Sunrise Project, Insure Our Future, International Rivers and the Public Eye.
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🚨 Our new analysis reveals that Lloyd's is bucking the insurance market trend by persisting in growing its fossil fuel business.
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Lloyd’s of London’s booming fossil fuel business bucks market trend - Reclaim Finance
Lloyd's of London is bucking the global trend by continuing to grow its fossil fuel business.
reclaimfinance.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🚨 Our new analysis reveals that Lloyd's is bucking the insurance market trend by persisting in growing its fossil fuel business.
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
Its fossil fuel premiums continue to grow at a rate of +2.4% per year vs. -2.8% for the rest of the global insurance market.
Read more: reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...
"As a rich country with a proud environmental tradition, world class climate science and active NGOs, Switzerland could play a leading role in fighting climate change." It's shameful that Swiss climate policies are undermined by short-sighted export promotion instead. lecourrier.ch/2025/11/02/d...
Du gaz couvert par la Suisse - Le Courrier
A la COP de Glasgow en 2021, la Suisse s’était engagée à arrêter de financer publiquement des projets liés aux combustibles fossiles et à donner la priorité aux énergies propres. Et pourtant, elle con...
lecourrier.ch
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"As a rich country with a proud environmental tradition, world class climate science and active NGOs, Switzerland could play a leading role in fighting climate change." It's shameful that Swiss climate policies are undermined by short-sighted export promotion instead. lecourrier.ch/2025/11/02/d...
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15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Switzerland plans to extend export credits for a new gas project in Cote d’Ivoire – the 7th since it pledged to stop funding such projects. Meanwhile, Swiss support for clean energy projects is stalling. My commentary at swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/swiss-expo.... #SwissClimateRambles
Swiss export promotion remains stuck in the fossil fuel era
Switzerland’s export credit agency supports up to ten new fossil fuel but hardly any clean energy projects
swissclimaterambles.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Switzerland plans to extend export credits for a new gas project in Cote d’Ivoire – the 7th since it pledged to stop funding such projects. Meanwhile, Swiss support for clean energy projects is stalling. My commentary at swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/swiss-expo.... #SwissClimateRambles
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New data from our Global #CoalPlant Tracker is out. A few key trends:
📉 Countries w/coal power under dev't hit a record low — only 33 remain since the Paris Agreement.
📉 New proposals fell below 2 GW in Q3 2025 — 85% below recent averages.
Explore the data ⤵️
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
📉 Countries w/coal power under dev't hit a record low — only 33 remain since the Paris Agreement.
📉 New proposals fell below 2 GW in Q3 2025 — 85% below recent averages.
Explore the data ⤵️
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New data from our Global #CoalPlant Tracker is out. A few key trends:
📉 Countries w/coal power under dev't hit a record low — only 33 remain since the Paris Agreement.
📉 New proposals fell below 2 GW in Q3 2025 — 85% below recent averages.
Explore the data ⤵️
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
📉 Countries w/coal power under dev't hit a record low — only 33 remain since the Paris Agreement.
📉 New proposals fell below 2 GW in Q3 2025 — 85% below recent averages.
Explore the data ⤵️
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
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NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
A dark-money MAGA group targets a leading insurer because it (wait for it) “recognizes the reality of climate change”. Will insurers abandon basic principles to please Trump and his fossil fuel backers? My commentary on the #SwissClimateRambles blog. swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/will-insur...?
Will insurers abandon climate science to please Trump?
Leading insurance company attacked for recognizing climate change
swissclimaterambles.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:26 AM
A dark-money MAGA group targets a leading insurer because it (wait for it) “recognizes the reality of climate change”. Will insurers abandon basic principles to please Trump and his fossil fuel backers? My commentary on the #SwissClimateRambles blog. swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/will-insur...?
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China has explicitly named solar, wind and EVs at the heart of its NDC.
Solar and wind are not a scam, they are the real deal💪
Solar and wind are not a scam, they are the real deal💪
FULL TEXT: Unofficial transcript of remarks delivered by China's president Xi Jinping to the UN climate action summit, including the outlines of China's 2035 climate pledge
docs.google.com/docu...
docs.google.com/docu...
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
China has explicitly named solar, wind and EVs at the heart of its NDC.
Solar and wind are not a scam, they are the real deal💪
Solar and wind are not a scam, they are the real deal💪
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BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
August 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
BBC News, "The BBC World Service has compiled material on over 160 cases where children have been shot in Gaza and found that in 95 cases the child was shot in the head or the chest"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
"In most these cases, the victim was under 12 years old"
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When the world's biggest insurer says climate change has pushed traditional home insurance to its limits, it's already too late to start preparing. And we are in no way ready for a post-insurance world.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Home Insurance as You Know It Is Doomed. You’re Not Ready.
The remedies for homeowners so far aren’t preparing them for a financially stable existence as the risk of disaster increases.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
When the world's biggest insurer says climate change has pushed traditional home insurance to its limits, it's already too late to start preparing. And we are in no way ready for a post-insurance world.
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
#SolarPower is growing faster than any other power source in history, and is silently transforming the global energy sector. If you’re hungry for some #GoodNews, read this brief summary of the latest evidence from @ember-energy.org and Bill McKibben. swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/how-solar-...
How solar power is silently transforming the global energy sector
Renewable energy accounted for 93% of new global power capacity last year.
swissclimaterambles.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
#SolarPower is growing faster than any other power source in history, and is silently transforming the global energy sector. If you’re hungry for some #GoodNews, read this brief summary of the latest evidence from @ember-energy.org and Bill McKibben. swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/how-solar-...
Excellent letter in the FT from @reclaimfinance.org’s Ariel le Bourdonnec. #InsureOurFuture share.google/nPRZubOcCvwf...
Letter: Lloyd’s cannot shirk its responsibility to battle climate change
From Ariel Le Bourdonnec, Insurance Campaigner, Reclaim Finance, Paris, France
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September 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Excellent letter in the FT from @reclaimfinance.org’s Ariel le Bourdonnec. #InsureOurFuture share.google/nPRZubOcCvwf...
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The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
September 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The summer is over - and for about 16,600 people across 854 European cities that doesn't mean autumn comes, but death. People who would still be alive if it wasn't for our burning of fossil fuels. - New study with @lshtm.bsky.social www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...
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This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
India to Spend $570 Million to Help Steel Companies Decarbonize
India plans to roll out a 50 billion rupee ($570 million) program to encourage steel producers to cut emissions, a top government official said.
www.bloomberg.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Robert Redford didn’t mince words about the fossil fuel industry. 😢
September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Robert Redford didn’t mince words about the fossil fuel industry. 😢
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NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly)
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly)
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
🧵quick thread
www.carbonbrief.org/...
1/6
Muhammad is 7 years old and one of 2.38 million children in Gaza. I have never met him but am standing up for his right to live. #LetChildrenLive! #ChildrenOfGaza
September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Muhammad is 7 years old and one of 2.38 million children in Gaza. I have never met him but am standing up for his right to live. #LetChildrenLive! #ChildrenOfGaza
By withdrawing from @sciencebasedtargets.org (SBTi), the gold standard setter of corporate climate targets, Swiss Re has just made a strong case for stronger climate regulation. Check out my comment on the #SwissClimateRambles blog at swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/swiss-re-d....
Swiss Re demonstrates the limits of voluntary climate commitments
Reinsurance leader withdraws from global effort to set and validate climate targets
swissclimaterambles.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
By withdrawing from @sciencebasedtargets.org (SBTi), the gold standard setter of corporate climate targets, Swiss Re has just made a strong case for stronger climate regulation. Check out my comment on the #SwissClimateRambles blog at swissclimaterambles.substack.com/p/swiss-re-d....
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"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."
‘China Is the Engine’ Driving Nations Away From Fossil Fuels, Report Says
www.nytimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."
Ethics be dammed: if local laws allow it, our insurers can underwrite it, the new boss of Lloyd's says. Will Lloyd's, the insurer of the Atlantic slave trade, soon underwrite forced labor in NKorea and Turkmenistan? Prison labor in China? Cluster bombs in Myanmar and Syria? tinyurl.com/bp2s7der
tinyurl.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Ethics be dammed: if local laws allow it, our insurers can underwrite it, the new boss of Lloyd's says. Will Lloyd's, the insurer of the Atlantic slave trade, soon underwrite forced labor in NKorea and Turkmenistan? Prison labor in China? Cluster bombs in Myanmar and Syria? tinyurl.com/bp2s7der
In a pioneering #ClimateJustice case, Indonesian islanders are trying to hold cement giant #Holcim, Switzerland's biggest carbon emitter, to account for the climate damages it has caused. Read my report from today's court proceedings at open.substack.com/pub/swisscli...?
Switzerland’s biggest CO2 emitter in court over climate impacts
Four Indonesian islanders are suing Holcim for compensation in a pioneering legal case
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In a pioneering #ClimateJustice case, Indonesian islanders are trying to hold cement giant #Holcim, Switzerland's biggest carbon emitter, to account for the climate damages it has caused. Read my report from today's court proceedings at open.substack.com/pub/swisscli...?
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University of California should not settle with Trump. Our democracy is at stake as Trump attacks the courts, lawyers, the media, the civil service, science, and universities. UC should sue, not settle.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Why California universities must fight Trump in court
If the prestigious UC schools give in, what’s to stop the president from shaking down every college in the country?
www.latimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
University of California should not settle with Trump. Our democracy is at stake as Trump attacks the courts, lawyers, the media, the civil service, science, and universities. UC should sue, not settle.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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To be clear what happened here.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
August 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
To be clear what happened here.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
Israel bombed a hospital.
They waited for paramedics and first responders to arrive.
Then they bombed it again.
This is known as the 'double tap'.
You are watching unfathomable evil, armed and facilitated by the West.
Strong statement on the #GazaFamine: "It is a famine within a few 100 meters of food in a fertile land, watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history."
The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
August 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Strong statement on the #GazaFamine: "It is a famine within a few 100 meters of food in a fertile land, watched over by drones and the most advanced military technology in history."
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